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SANFORD, N.C. (AP) — Lowe’s store manager Michael Hollowell had heard the torna-do warnings but his first clue that the danger was outside his front door came when he saw his staff running toward the back of the home improvement store.

More than 100 employees and customers screamed in near unison when the steel roof curled off overhead Saturday. The store was becoming part of the wreckage left by a fero-cious storm system bristling with killer twisters that ripped through the South.

“You could hear all the steel

ripping. People screaming in fear for their lives,” Hollowell told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Those in the store did not become part of the death toll that totaled at least 45 across six states, and officials said quick action by Hollowell and his employees helped them all make it out alive in Sanford, about 40 miles south of Ra-leigh.

In all of Lee County, where Sanford is located, officials said there was just one confirmed fatality during the storm, which claimed at least 21 lives statewide, damaged hundreds

of homes and left a swath of destruction unmatched by any spring storm since the mid-1980s.

In Raleigh early today, authorities were blocking ac-cess to a mobile home park of about 200 homes where three children were killed. Officials planned to assess conditions after sunrise before deciding whether to allow residents to return home.

Power lines and trees still covered nearby roads. Where roads were clear, there were massive piles of debris that had been pushed to the side of the street.

Survivors were left to recall miraculous escapes.

In the Bladen County com-munity of Ammon, about 70 miles south of Raleigh, Audrey McKoy and her husband Milton saw a tornado bearing down on them over the tops of the pine trees that surround the seven or eight mobile homes that make up their neighborhood. He glanced at a nearby farm and saw the winds lifting pigs and other animals in the sky.

“It looked just like ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” Audrey said.

They took shelter in their laundry room, and after emerg-ing once the storm had passed,

were disoriented for a moment. The twister had turned their mobile home around and they were standing in their back-yard.

Milton found three bodies in their neighborhood, including 92-year-old Marchester Avery and his 50-year-old son, Tony, who died in adjacent mobile homes. He stopped his wife from coming over to see.

“You don’t want to look at this,” he told her.

The storms crushed trailer parks and brought life in the center of the state’s second-largest city to a virtual stand-still. It was the worst outbreak

in the state since 22 twisters in 1984 killed 42 people.

Gov. Beverly Perdue planned to tour hard-hit areas in three counties today. The devastation she saw Sunday left her near tears, she said. The storm pum-meled bustling cities and re-mote rural communities. One of Perdue’s stops was down-town Raleigh, where fallen trees blocked major thorough-fares and damage to the Shaw University campus forced it to cancel the remainder of its spring semester.

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By Ashley RAdeRSTAR [email protected]

Becky Jarnagin and Charlotte Pruitt are working to raise local awareness for Parkinson’s Disease af-ter Pruitt was diagnosed with Parkinson’s two years ago.

The mother-daughter pair started their work when they found that the closest Parkinson’s Dis-ease Foundation Office was in Knoxville. They also discovered that few people knew many of the details surrounding the disease, much as they were before Pruitt was diagnosed.

“Until I got Parkinson’s, I knew nothing about the disease,” said Pruitt, who is now 69 years old. “I didn’t really know what it was. I was diagnosed two years ago and it has been hard. Every day is a new challenge.”

When they started getting information from the Foundation, they gathered extra information they

can distribute to local individuals so they won’t have to wait to receive it in the mail. Ultimately, the goal would be to have a local chapter but the financial backing for that is not available at this point. Their current goal is to raise local awareness about the disease and to hold some events to help raise funds for research.

Jarnagin said they would like to hold a “Stand Still” event, similar to walks held by the March of Dimes, the Alzheimer’s Association and the Ameri-can Cancer Society. A “Stand Still” is an event that was started by a man in Canada in honor of his father who had Parkinson’s Disease.

“They call it a stand still because people with Parkinson’s are never still,” she said. “The way they had it set up, people could walk if they wanted to or they could come and stand still for however long they wanted to do it.”

Mother and daughter work togetherto increase Parkinson’s awareness

Photo by Hannah Bader

Becky Jarnagin and Charlotte Pruitt received a proclamation from Mayor Curt Alexander during last Thursday’s City Council meeting recognizing April as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month.


In the spotlightWill Dugger served as master of ceremonies for the Elizabethton High School Variety Show Friday night. For more photos from

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At least one person was injured in a three-car accident Sunday afternoon near Lakeshore Marina on Watauga Lake in Hampton.

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Local attorney Thomas E. Cowan Jr. has filed a lawsuit in Carter County Circuit Court against his former partner, James Collins Landstreet II, re-garding alleged unpaid fees.

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Cameron Loessberg as a young sailor in the U.S. Navy.

By Steve BurwickSTAR [email protected]

Retired Naval Officer Cam-eron Loessberg is proud of his ac-complishments as part of a team of dedicated men who worked on several humanitarian projects in the Philippines.

“I was interviewed for a special assignment to the U.S. Naval Sup-ply Depot at Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines,” said Loess-berg. “I was assigned as the ad-ministrative officer, department head. While stationed there, I was assigned the additional duty of public affairs officer. I organized and set up the supply depot’s people-to-people program. Dur-ing my entire tour in this assign-ment the supply depot obtained donated goods for the needy from the program headquarters in San Diego.”

Truckloads of shipped goods were stored in a warehouse for delivery to many parts of the Phil-ippines. Naval personnel worked side by side with the local people on each project, performing all the work.

“We were recognized for our work on 33 schools and two or-phanages, and we built boys’ and girls’ homes from surplus goods provided by USAID (United States Agency for International Devel-opment) through the U.S. Em-bassy,” Loessberg recalled. “I was recognized for my efforts by the people of the Philippines and pre-sented an engraved bronze plaque signed by the Congress of the province of Bataan for my work on these projects. I also received numerous plaques and awards from the different schools. We painted entire schools, re-roofed them and provided hardbound books for grades one through 12 at each school.

“That was one of my best memories, doing that, because of the kids,” he continued. “I know we made a difference in children’s lives. We provided orphanages with baby diapers, baby powder, pedal sewing machines that re-quired no electricity, canned food and vitamin pills.”

Loessberg said naval personnel also provided surgical equipment to enable the governor to staff and open two medical clinics in distant and isolated regions of the Bataan province where a doctor would see needy people weekly.

He explained that the items were provided by company dona-tions from the United States.

“We had pallets of goods that the Navy ships brought over,” Loessberg said. “They had never seen anything like it. The com-manding officer, executive officer and I were adopted as sons of the province of Bataan.”

Loessberg enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1959, and retired with 25 years of honorable active naval service in 1984.

“I enlisted at the age of 17 years and 12 days,” he said. “My mother had to sign me into the Navy. I told my mother later, ‘You know, Mom, discipline in the Navy was a piece of cake com-pared to yours, so I just stayed in for 25 years.’”

Following boot camp in San Diego, Loessberg, originally from Sacramento, served at the home port of the USS Maddox at Long Beach.

“Then I received orders to the U.S. Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,” he said.

“While assigned there, I was sent to yeoman ‘A’ school and again to motion picture opera-tor school,” Loessberg contin-ued. “I graduated honor man of my ‘A’ school. While assigned to Submarine Base Pearl, I worked on my off-duty hours as the mo-tion picture operator of the base theater. Upon completion of duty in Hawaii, I was then sent to yeo-man ‘B’ school, where I gradu-ated honor man of my class. I was selected to attend yeoman ‘C’ school and graduated as a flag writer.”

After a brief stint at the Naval Supply Center in Oakland, Calif., Loessberg was assigned to head-quarters at Deseret Test Center, Fort Douglas, Utah, where he served as part of a top secret spe-cial operations unit and traveled to numerous islands, atolls and various countries in the Pacific. He served temporary duty in Viet-nam during this period.

“It was a rewarding assign-ment,” Loessberg said. “While assigned to Deseret Test Center, I wore civilian clothing on all my clandestine assignments. I am unable to discuss my operations due to a security debriefing state-ment which forbids discussion as to when, where and what I was do-ing while on assignments to these areas. Upon departing Deseret, I was assigned as commissioning

crew for the U.S. Naval Commu-nication Station, Northwest Cape, Western Australia. Later, I was assigned to U.S. Naval Schools Command, Mare Island, Calif.”

Loessberg also served as ad-ministrative chief in charge on the USS Kilauea. After that came the Philippines operation, from 1975-79. From there, he was due to retire from the Navy but was asked to take an assignment to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), located in Mons, Belgium, where he served on the staff of the supreme commander.

“I was assigned under General Alexander Haig, who was com-mander in chief of Europe,” he said. “I had the highest secret security clearance and handled all U.S. messages and top secret documents for General Haig, who later became the U.S. Secretary of State.”

Loessberg then served as officer in charge of the U.S. Naval Am-munition Depot, Royal Air Force Base, Macrahanish, Scotland, be-fore finally retiring in 1984 as a senior chief petty officer.

After the service, Loessberg at-tended school in California and became a certified paralegal. Af-ter working in contract law for a short time, he worked for the state of California, retiring with 19 years of service as an information systems analyst.

Loessberg earned several med-als and awards during his Naval career: A Joint Service Commen-dation Medal, two Secretary of the Navy Achievement Medals, six Good Conduct Medals (for 24 years of consecutive Good Con-duct), a Navy Expeditionary Med-al, Presidential Unit Citation, two Navy Unit Citations, a National Defense Medal and a Vietnam Service Medal.

“We moved here in 2003,” said Loessberg. “My wife is local; she was born here. We were coming back and forth visiting the fam-ily for about 10 years, and when I saw Tennessee I told her ‘That’s where I want to be.’”

His wife, Robin, retired as an accountant for the state of Cali-fornia. They met while she was working there. The Loessbergs have six sons: Cameron Jr., Cliff, Donnie, Shane, Shawn and James, and seven grandchildren. They also had two daughters: Cindy Kay and Laura, both de-ceased.

Cameron Loessberg proud of humanitarian efforts during Naval career

Photo by Brandon Hicks

Cameron Loessberg still looks sharp in his Navy uniform.


Cameron Loessberg (center) is pictured with orphaned children in the Philippines in the late 1970s.


Cameron Loessberg (top right, on truck bed) supervising a humanitarian project in the Philippines in the late 1970s.

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By Steve BurwickSTAR [email protected]

“Nose to the grindstone” and “shoulder to the wheel” are two old expressions that might well be used to describe a young nursing student at Milligan College.

Tiffany Weinbender is not only studying intensely for a BSN de-gree, but the Salem, Ore., native, who will be married three years on May 24, has many other “irons in the fire.” She is also interested in cooking, crafting, painting, scrapbooking and photography. In fact, she has a regular blog about her activities (http://thek-itchencurtain.blogspot.com).

“My husband, Jack, is helping to get our own Web site up and running,” said Weinbender. “He works in the library (at Milligan) and at First Christian Church in Johnson City.”

Weinbender, who also works part-time in the Milligan public relations office as well as at the “grill” in the student center, said she was trying to figure out how she can squeeze in two six-hour hospital clinicals. Having trans-ferred from Shemeketa Commu-nity College in Oregon, she plans to graduate in the spring of 2013 with the goal of pursuing a career in pediatric oncology.

“I’d like to work at a cancer research center,” she said. “My husband was going to school at Johnson Bible College in Knox-ville and he had one year left when we got married. We wanted him to be able to finish up at the same school. He’s now getting a master’s in divinity at Emmanuel School of Religion.”

Asked how she and her hus-band met, Weinbender respond-ed, “Our sisters played T-ball to-gether, and my dad coached their team. Our mothers like to say that we were both sitting on the bench hanging out at some point. So we grew up together.”

After graduating high school, she traveled to Ukraine where she visited an orphanage and taught English to youth and adults. While there, she felt there was so much more she could do to help people as a nurse.

“It’s hard to teach things when you don’t know if some-one’s even going to survive, so I thought that if I had some kind of medical degree I could go in and actually do something that is helping them physically,” she said. “I think pediatric oncology will be useful. There’s a whole ‘nother realm of stresses that come with it. I’m not saying that crafting makes it all better, but I think it will be continue to be that release in my life.”

Following are excerpts from Weinbender’s blog, explaining how her interests evolved...

Flowers: “My mother would say I was a born ‘artist.’ Ever since I was a toddler, I have had a fascination with nature. Mom tells me we used to go on walks where ‘toddler me’ would stop at each little plant or flower we passed and gently inspect every last detail of it. I was captivated by this simple beauty.”

Photography: “Moving on to my junior high days, all I wanted was a “real” camera

(a Pentax 35). I’m sure I drove my parents insane asking for one over and over but I was so enamored by life. There are so many beautiful aspects of life that we never stop to appreci-ate or perhaps we simply never slow down enough to notice. A camera makes you slow down. A camera makes you stop and take notice and keep a record of the beautiful moments that fill our days.”

Painting: “The painting has been a more purposeful learning experience. I started out drawing with charcoals and pastel chalks and simply loved working with vibrant col-ors and learning how to blend them together just right to make something beautiful. I finally decided in high school to take an art class in order to learn some of the finer points of per-spective and that is where I fell in love with painting.”

Sewing: “Sewing started much later for me. Jack’s mom, my sweet mother-in-law, is one of the craftiest people I know. The year we became engaged, she bought both me and my sister-in-law sewing machines. Up until then I had slowly been learning the craft of making baby blankets and using her sewing machine constantly. When I finally had my very own machine, there was no stopping me. I worked furiously to learn

Crafty Milligan nursing student keeping ‘many irons in fire’

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Photo courtesy Tiffany Weinbender

Milligan College nursing student Tiffany Weinbender loves to incorporate bright colors into her crafts. Pictured here with a hand-ful of daffodils, she enjoys flower arranging, sewing, scrapbooking, painting and photography among other artistic endeavors.


Luke Broyles beatboxes during the EHS Variety Show, which was held in the auditorium at T.A. Dugger Junior High School.


Alex Power sings “On My Own” at the EHS Variety Show.

Photo by Steve Burwick

Tiffany Weinbender, a Milligan College nursing student who plans to pursue a career in pediatric oncology, manages to find time between classes and two part-time jobs on campus to do a variety of crafts. Here she shows off some of her handiwork: A quilt and a diaper bag.


Taylor Mullin performs “Iris” at the EHS Variety Show Friday night.

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Music, drama, comedy and much more were cen-ter stage when Elizabeth-ton High School presented a variety show and one-act play on Friday and Saturday evenings in the T.A. Dugger Junior High School Audito-rium.

The production spotlight-ed students showing talents ranging from acrobatics to rapping. A one-act play, “A Tell-Tale Heart,” a modern adaptation of the famous Edgar Allan Poe short story, was also staged.

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Obituaries

Beatrice GloverMrs. Beatrice Glover, 87, of

Watauga, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at NHC Healthcare in Johnson City.

She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Sarah Coffee Barnett and was born in Erwin, Tenn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Glover; twin in-fant sons; two sisters, Ruth Cal-lahan and Clara Lee Smith; and a granddaughter, Kari Case.

Mrs. Glover was a member of Mountain View Church of Christ. She was a homemaker all of her life and loved quilting, help-ing her husband in the garage and spending time with him. She also loved her children and grandchildren.

Mrs. Glover is survived by two daughters, Connie G. Mead-ows, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Brenda G. Greene, Johnson City; two sons, Gary D. Glover and his wife, Marie, Gray, and Rickie D. Glover and his wife, Susan, Kodak, Tenn.; six grandchil-dren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Roy Barnett and his wife, Bonnie, Erwin; one sister, Dorothy Barnett, Erwin; and one brother-in-law, Aaron Glover, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

The funeral service for Mrs. Glover will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funer-al Home, Elizabethton, with Mr. Wayne Carr, minister, officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral chapel from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the service, and at the residence of a daughter, Brenda Greene, 161 Woodlyn Road, Johnson City, at other times. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the McLaney Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be her grand-sons, Sammy “Ray” Greene Jr.,

Mark Greene and Jeffrey Greene, and her great-grandsons, Dayton Case, Joshua Greene and Dylan Greene. Everyone will meet at Tetrick Funeral Home in Eliza-bethton at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to go in procession to the cem-etery. The family would like to thank all of the nurses at NHC Healthcare for their loving care and kindness beyond measure. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make dona-tions to the American Cancer So-ciety, c/o Lou Cooter, 415 Wash-ington Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.tetrickfuneralhome.com and signing the guestbook or by fax to (423) 542-9499.

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er, 74, of Eliza-bethton, went

on to Heaven to be with the

Lord, Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Johnson City Medical Center sur-rounded by his family.

A lifelong resident of Carter County, he was a son of the late Wade Charles Sluder Sr. and Laura Francis Tolley Sluder.

Mr. Sluder was a retired In-dustrial Engineer from North American Rayon Corporation. He was a member of Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church.

Mr. Sluder served in the United States Army. He loved to visit with the patients in nurs-ing homes.

Mr. Sluder is survived by his wife of 35 years, Gail Ingram Sluder; a daughter and son-in-law, Celena and Greg White-head, Hampton; a son and daughter-in-law, Brent Charles and Kerrie Sluder, Johnson

City; six grandchildren, Reece, Ethan, David, Evan, Sam and Seth; and two sisters and broth-ers-in-law, Elizabeth and Reo Wolfgang, Rutherfordton, N.C., and Patricia and Robert Ray, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services for Mr. Sluder will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, April 18, at Me-morial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Randy Johnson offi-ciating. Graveside services and interment will be at noon Tues-day, April 19, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with the Rev. Mark Potter officiating. Music will be provided by Loren Har-ris, Megan Harsh and Rusty Pippin. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary pallbearers with be the Men’s Bible Class and the church family of Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence. To those who prefer, memori-als may be made in memory of Wade to the Building Fund, Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church, 1503 Riverview Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Fam-ily and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences to the Sluder fam-ily may be e-mailed to [email protected].

Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Mable H. TroutmanMrs. Mable H. Troutman, 92,

140 Burbank Road, Roan Moun-tain, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Roan Highlands Nurs-ing Center.

A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Bessie Honeycutt Hughes. In addition to her parents, she was

preceded in death by her hus-band, Jesse Troutman, a brother, two sisters, a sister-in-law, a brother-in-law and a nephew.

Mrs. Troutman was a home-maker and a member of Burbank Freewill Baptist Church.

Mrs. Troutman is survived by a great-niece, Kathy Ledford and husband, Johnny, Roan Mountain; two great-great-nieces, Melinda Fields and husband, Dean, and Jessica Led-ford, all of Roan Mountain; two great-great-great-nieces, Kaylen Fields and Karah Fields, both of Roan Mountain; special friend, Edith Miller; and special friend and loved one, Pauline Hill.

The funeral service for Mrs. Troutman will be conducted at 7 p.m. Monday, April 18, in the Rhododendron Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, with Minister Chris Wilson and Minister Bedford Motley officiating. Music will be under the direction of Mrs. Charlotte Smith. The family will receive friends at the fu-neral home from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, prior to the service, or at the residence of her great-niece, Kathy Ledford, 375 Shell Creek Road, Roan Mountain, at other times. Graveside services and interment will be conduct-ed at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Car-roll Hill, Barry Stockton, John-ny Hill, Jim Strickland and Don Hill. Honorary pallbearers will be Harold Jarrett, Jerry Calhoun, J.L. Troutman, Jack Troutman and Ralph Troutman. Everyone will meet at the Rhododendron Chapel at 10 a.m. Tuesday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family would like to ex-press special thanks to the staffs of Hillview Health Care and Roan Highlands Nursing Cen-ter, the nursing staff of Cannon Memorial Hospital and Dr. Da-vid Kimmel for their loving care of Mrs. Troutman. Condolences may be sent to the family by vis-iting www.tetrickfuneralhome.com and signing the guestbook or by fax to (423) 542-9499.

Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, is serving the Trout-man family. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 772-3928.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Repub-lican Tim Pawlenty disclosed his 2012 presidential aspirations on Facebook. Rival Mitt Romney did it with a tweet. President Barack Obama kicked off his re-election bid with a digital video e-mailed to the 13 million online backers who helped power his historic campaign in 2008.

Welcome to The Social Network, presidential campaign edition.

The candidates and contend-ers have embraced the Internet to far greater degrees than previous White House campaigns, commu-nicating directly with voters on plat-forms where they work and play. If Obama’s online army helped de-fine the last campaign and Howard Dean’s Internet fundraising revo-lutionized the Democratic primary in 2004, next year’s race will be the first to reflect the broad cultural mi-gration to the digital world.

“You have to take your mes-sage to the places where people are consuming content and spending their time,” said Romney’s online director, Zac Moffatt. “We have to recognize that people have choices and you have to reach them where they are, and on their terms.”

The most influential of those

destinations include the video shar-ing website YouTube; Facebook, the giant social network with 500 mil-lion active users; and Twitter, the cacophonous conversational site where news is made and shared in tweets of 140 characters or less.

All the campaigns have a robust Facebook presence, using the site to post videos and messages and to host online discussions. In the lat-est indication of the site’s reach and influence, Obama plans to visit Fa-cebook headquarters in California this coming Wednesday for a live chat with company founder Mark Zuckerberg and to take questions from users who submit questions on the site.

Candidates have embraced Twitter with an intensity that rivals pop star Justin Bieber’s. Twitter was the Republican hopefuls’ platform of choice last Wednesday, moments after Obama gave a budget speech calling for some tax increases and decrying GOP proposals to cut Medicare.

“President Obama doesn’t get it. The fear of higher taxes tomorrow hurts job creation today,” Missis-sippi Gov. Haley Barbour tweeted.

“The president’s plan will kill jobs and increase the deficit,” for-mer House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned in a tweet, attaching a link to a more detailed statement posted on Facebook.

In the past, candidates would have pointed supporters to their websites for such a response. Now, as Moffatt puts it, “the campaign site may be headquarters, but it needs digital embassies across the web.”

Republicans once seemed slow

to harness the power of the web. The party’s 2008 nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, told reporters he didn’t even use e-mail. The 2012 hopefuls have worked hard to prove their Internet savvy, particularly with social media.

Pawlenty “understands the pow-er of new technology and he wants it to be at the forefront. We are going to compete aggressively with President Obama in this space,” spokesman Alex Conant said. Conant pointed to efforts to live stream videos to Face-book and award points and badges to supporters in a way that mirrors Foursquare, the emerging location-based mobile site.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain’s 2008 running mate and a potential presidential candidate this time, has made Facebook a center-piece of her communication efforts to supporters.

Palin has been criticized for treating it as a one-way form of communication that allows her to bypass direct questions from report-ers and voters. Other Republicans insist they’re willing to wade into the messy digital fray and cede some control of their message.

“We trust our supporters and want to err on the side of giving them more control, not less,” Co-nant said.

Just as social networking liber-ates candidates to take their mes-sage directly to voters, it offers plenty of pitfalls as well.

It’s prone to mischief, with doz-ens of fake Twitter accounts and Facebook pages popping up daily that are intended to embarrass the candidates. Also, a candidate’s gaffe or an inconsistency on issues can be

counted on to go viral immediately.Gingrich has gotten ensnared

in some online traps. His appar-ent back-and-forth on whether the U.S. should intervene in the conflict in Libya was discussed widely and amplified online. He first advocated military engagement, then came out against it after Obama ordered airstrikes.

Twitter lit up with the news that a photo on Gingrich’s exploratory web-site showing people waving flags was a stock photo once used by the late liberal Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass.

Spokesman Rick Tyler rejected such criticism and said Gingrich has pioneered the use of digital technology.

“Over 1.4 million people follow him on Twitter. He has a very active Facebook. There are eight websites connected to organizations started by Newt (that) use social media platforms to communicate to their coalitions,” Tyler said.

But Josh Dorner, who tracks GOP candidates online for the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, said the Republi-can presidential hopefuls appear to be unprepared for the unforgiving pace of the digital age.

Obama, who in 2008 had to re-cover from plenty of web-amplified flubs such as his comment that bit-ter small town voters “cling” to guns and religion, will probably be more nimble, Dorner said.

“We are moving in a warp speed environment, and none of the Re-publican candidates understand the media environment in which they’re operating. It puts them at a huge disadvantage to the president,” Dorner said.

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two children who depend on me, and I can’t face this. Maybe you could pray for me. — Mrs. L.J.

Dear Mrs. L.J.: My heart goes out to you, because every single parent has a hard road to travel — and your fears that you

may have a life-threatening illness only make your burden heavier.

But let me ask you a question: What do you think God wants you to do? Perhaps you haven’t thought about this, or perhaps you have — but either way, I want to assure you that God is even more concerned about your situation than you are. He knows your fears, and He also knows your struggles and feelings. He wants to help you get through this, because He loves you — and He loves your children also.

This is why the first step I hope you’ll take is to turn in faith to God, and turn your burdens — and your life — over to Jesus Christ. His prom-ise is for you: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). This doesn’t mean all your problems will suddenly vanish — but it does mean God will help you by giving you wisdom to deal with your prob-lems. Ask Him also to lead you to a church where you’ll feel welcome, and where others can help and en-courage you.

Then by all means get the medi-cal help you need — both for your sake and the sake of your children. If it turns out you don’t have cancer, you’ll be relieved — but even if you do, you’ll be able to get the help you need.

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professionalism and the level of disrespect shown by some of the County Commissioners at Mon-day night’s Budget Commit-tee meeting. It was pretty clear that many of the commission-ers present were mostly clueless about the agenda items. Then, rather than deal with issues, there were repeated attempts to table critical items, an inordi-nate amount of time spent on a $55 a month electric bill for lights and a continuing effort to shift blame onto the County Mayor for issues with the jail that occurred long before he took office.

(Rather than wasting all that time complaining that Mayor

Humphrey is making their life difficult, perhaps they should learn from his level of profes-sionalism, preparedness, com-mitment and courtesy in deal-ing with the community.)

During the public comments, several commissioners showed their complete disrespect for the public by smirking, talking or sharing candy while county residents voiced their concerns, then replying in a condescend-ing tone. One commissioner was so inconvenienced by having to wait for all the public comments that he jumped up to leave three times before the meeting was actually adjourned. I wonder if they heard a single word.

I think it’s time for the citi-zens of Carter County to wake

up, start attending these public meetings, and remind the com-missioners that THEY work for US. If it’s inconvenient for them to be well-informed, professional and courteous to the public, then it’s time for us to replace them with public servants who will take the job, and us, seriously. Things don’t have to stay “the way they’ve always been.”

By the way, commissioners, it’s called an “animal shelter,” not a “dog pound” or a “jail for dogs and cats.” And I care about animals, and I VOTE. I chal-lenge other animal lovers to get involved NOW.

Peace,Danika NadzanElizabethton

Reader appalled at behavior of commissioners

If there was any real doubt as to the value of the Office of At-torney General and Reporter to the state of Tennessee, the opinion handed down last week by Attorney General Bob Cooper should dispel that notion.

His opinion: that pending legislation to require photo identifi-cation to vote in Tennessee would violate both the state and federal constitutions. It’s not likely to be a popular decision with sponsors of this deplorable bill, but it is an opinion that they should take seriously, before they drag this state down a path that will prove costly and embarrassing.

As is the job of the state attorney general, Cooper did not dis-cuss whether imposing this requirement on would-be voters was a good idea. His role is to determine, as he was asked, whether the bill meets constitutional muster.

He stated that, given that a would-be voter is duly registered, adding another qualification, such as a photo ID card, that is not provided free by the state, would constitute a poll tax, which is expressly prohibited under the 24th Amendment of the U.S. con-stitution and the Equal Protection Clause.

Also, Article XI, Section 8 of the Tennessee Constitution has been held by the state Supreme Court to confer the same protec-tion to citizens as the federal Equal Protection Clause.

It’s not a slam-dunk for opponents of this bill. Cooper also answered a question about the burden to a potential voter of trav-eling to obtain a photo ID, and found that burden to be minimal. Also, on whether the state has to show proof that widespread voter fraud exists before enacting this ID law, the attorney general as-sured them the law does not require this.

But the “poll tax’’ issue may be insurmountable in any legal challenge. And even though Democrats in the legislature have forwarded an alternative bill that would have the state issue free photo IDs to voters who need them, don’t expect the Republican sponsors of HB 0007/SB 0016 to agree to giving away these IDs.

The threat of fraud is not what this voter ID bill, or its coun-terparts in legislatures around the country, are about. This bill’s true intent is to discourage voters of certain groups — elderly, the poor, the disabled — who are less likely to have driver’s licenses or other government-issued photo IDs. And who tend to vote for the opposition party.

Sponsors of HB 0007/SB 0016 publicly will bridle at the es-timated cost of free photo IDs: $200,000 a year. If they simply admitted that they really want to keep certain groups out of the polling booth, they would save the state even more time and trou-ble. Instead, they cite isolated incidences of voter fraud and try to make them seem to be a sinister trend. That is why the question about needing prior evidence of fraud was posed to the attorney general.

Few people actually seem to believe fraud is a problem; instead, they are worried that there is a real move afoot to take away their right to vote — a move that, if this bill is passed, will only become more aggressive.

The Republicans’ bill passed the full Senate in February. The House version is scheduled for a floor vote today. Neither their bill nor the Democrats’ version is needed by the people of this state. With the attorney general’s finding, lawmakers have a perfect op-portunity to put this bill in the shredder, where it belongs.

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Editor:Please accept my letter so that I may illustrate

my sincere gratitude for the support I have re-ceived for the 2010-2011 basketball season. As a first year head coach, the learning curve is steep. Fortunately, I have had tremendous support from the Roan Mountain community. I would like to recognize my athletes and their parents, my assis-tant coaches, the community, the board members and the faculty, staff and administration at Cloud-land Elementary and High School.

Given the success the Cloudland High School varsity basketball team demonstrated this year they earned the chance to play in Murfreesboro as part of the state’s “elite eight.” The community of Roan Mountain and area businesses once again stepped up and supported our team for their suc-

cesses. While I will not name every business and individual that supported us because inevitably I will miss one, I will say the community and sur-rounding businesses, as a whole, all pitched in to recognize our kids for their efforts and accom-plishments.

It is my genuine hope that this letter expresses my true appreciation for everyone involved with Highland basketball. I couldn’t be prouder to work and coach for Cloudland High School. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to do so.

Sincerely,Brandon L. CarpenterCloudland High SchoolAssistant Principal &Head Boy’s Basketball Coach

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TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson won a Tallade-ga two-step Sunday, edging Clint Bowyer by about a foot with a big push from Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The official margin was 0.002 seconds, tied for the closest finish in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.

The tag-team race came down to an eight-car sprint — actu-ally, four pairs of cars — with only the guys at the front of the duos having a chance to win the Aaron’s 499.

After laying back most of the day, five-time series champion Johnson came on strong at the end for his 54th career victory and first of the season.

“We were just the lucky guy at the end with a good run,” John-son said. “We had some big mo on our side, and off we went.”

Coming out of the fourth turn, the No. 48 car dipped right next to the yellow line, surged past Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin and got to the finish line just ahead of Bowyer in a four-wide dash down the long finishing straight at Talladega Superspeedway.

“What a bummer,” said Bow-yer, who led a race-high 38 laps. “I saw him coming.”

Earnhardt, the fourth Hen-drick driver, finished fourth and essentially gave up a chance to claim his first win since 2008 by deciding he was more comfort-able pushing Johnson than get-

ting pushed.“I can’t thank Junior

enough,” said Johnson, who gave Earnhardt the checkered flag as a reward for being such a team player. “He made the deci-sion that my car was faster lead-ing. And the way these things are finishing up, the lead car’s going to get the win. In some respects, he was more worried about the team having a good performance than anything.”

Kevin Harvick, who was Bow-yer’s pusher, wound up fifth. Carl Edwards almost got into the mix as well, going right up against the outside wall with Greg Biffle on his bumper but didn’t have enough room to pull it off, fin-ishing sixth.

Biffle was seventh, while Mar-tin dropped back to eighth.

The finish matched the closest since NASCAR went to electronic timing — Ricky Craven edging Kurt Busch in 2003 at Darling-ton — and made up for a day of lackluster racing with this new tandem style, which the drivers began using at the season-open-ing Daytona 500 and really per-fected at this 2.66-mile trioval.

Twenty-six leaders swapped the top spot 88 times, tying the record set in last year’s spring race at Talladega. Many of those changes were carefully cho-reographed by pairs who were merely trying to stay out of trou-ble, conserve their cars and give

themselves a chance at the end.“If you didn’t like that finish

and forget about the race, there’s something wrong with you,” Bowyer said. “It always seems to fix itself at the end of these restrictor-plate races. We always have a hell of a finish.”

Hendrick Motorsports claimed the first four spots in qualifying, only the third team in NASCAR history to sweep the first two rows in a Cup race. They were all right there at the end.

“With as crazy as it gets in these closing laps, sometimes a third is almost like a victory at these type of race tracks,” Gor-don said.

The finish overshadowed the mundane riding-around that came before it.

Rather than run together in huge drafting packs, which used to be the norm at the restrictor-plate tracks, the drivers figured out they can run even faster in pairs. So, everyone cut deals before the race, usually with teammates, and swapped radio frequencies so they could make changes on the fly if needed once the green flag dropped.

One guy in the pairing would run out front for a while, then they’d switch positions before the driver doing the pushing over-heated his car.

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Johnson edges Bowyer at Dega

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Derek Dooley doesn’t give too much weight to the results of Tennes-see’s annual Orange and White scrimmage. The Volunteers coach does want his players to pay attention to the way the white team stole a win from the favored orange team though.

The white team, led by reserves Matt Simms and Rajion Neal, won Saturday’s spring game 24-7 thanks to tough play at the line of scrimmage, which helped the run game find success.

“I told the team it was a great example that it doesn’t matter what kind of game it is, spring game, SEC game, you name it. The team that can win it at the line of scrimmage and run the football will win it,” Dooley said.

The white team controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, opening holes for Neal and Toney Williams while pressuring starting quarterback Tyler Bray, who opened the game 0-for-8.

The offensive and defensive lines are the youngest units on the team, but the linemen made significant gains throughout the spring. Alex Bullard, a sopho-more offensive tackle who trans-ferred from Notre Dame, was awarded the Harvey Robinson award for top performance by an offensive player in the spring, and defensive tackle Daniel Hood was given the Andy Spiva Award, honoring the top defensive per-formance.

“They were enthusiastic all spring,” tailback Tauren Poole said of the linemen. “They talked — that’s the first time I heard a lot of those guys talk.”

Despite winds of speeds around 25 mph, Simms hit Neal on a wheel route for a 43-yard touchdown pass early in the game. Simms later ran 2 yards

for another score and completed 6 of 13 for 93 yards.

Neal ran 12 times for 60 yards, and Williams gained 53 yards on 10 runs.

“The white came in heavy underdog,” Dooley said. “Or-ange was confident, talking smack, had all the skill and the white went blue-collar on them and punched them right in the mouth. It was fun to watch.”

Bray found a little rhythm after halftime and found Mychal Rivera wide open on busted cov-erage by the white team for a 54-yard touchdown pass. Bray fin-ished 5-of-30 for 122 yards, and Tauren Poole ran nine times for 61 yards for the orange team.

“They were talking real tough this whole week about how they were going to win, but they didn’t realize the trenches were where it was at,” white team defensive tackle Malik Jackson said.

Brent Brewer led the orange team with seven tackles, while his teammates Robert Nelson and Daryl Vereen each had six tackles. Willie Bohannon had two tackles for loss, and Antho-ny Anderson recovered a muffed punt by Eric Gordon — the only turnover in the entire game.

Malik Jackson led the white team with three tackles, two of them for loss.

Dooley said he was pleased with the way the entire team improved throughout the monthlong spring practice ses-sion, but he’s looking forward to the team’s 20 incoming players joining the squad in June.

“Improved, but a long way to go,” Dooley said. “There are some areas where we feel like we’ve got good enough play-ers to continue to develop, and there are some areas we still need some help.”

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Tennessee tailback Rajion Neal (20) is tackled by linebacker Robert Nelson (35) and defensive lineman Willie Bohannon (86) during the Orange and White spring game at Neyland Stadium Saturday.

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was staying together. During an early pit stop, Johnson stayed in a little longer to make some ad-justments on his car. Earnhardt just idled in his box, waiting to go back out with his partner.

Of course, bumping cars from behind and pulling off choreo-graphed switches at 190 mph didn’t always go smoothly — es-pecially when the second driver in a tandem can’t see a thing.

Busch can attest to that. He twice got into cars while push-ing, totally blind to what was go-

ing on in front of him.First, the No. 22 car nudged the

rear bumper of Landon Cassill’s machine on lap 28, sending him into Brian Vickers, whose car smashed into the outer wall at the start of the backstretch. For-tunately, Vickers entirely missed a wave of cars bearing down on his sliding vehicle.

Busch was at the center of things again on the second crash of the day. He appeared to clip Brad Keselowski from behind when the lead car slowed, spark-

ing a five-car melee that also took out Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, David Ragan, Marcus Ambrose and Kasey Kahne.

“Just one of those deals here at Talladega,” Keselowski said. “I just got on the wrong end of it.”

Kahne tried to nurse his smoking car back to pit road, but finally had to bring it to a stop and hustle out.

“The car just got some flames in the back because of the oil, I guess,” he said. “I sucked up a little bit of black smoke, but that

was it. I stink, too.”The 20-year-old Bayne had

another disappointing finish since his improbable Daytona win in just his second Cup start. The youngster hasn’t finished higher than 17th since then.

He certainly had a car that was strong enough to contend at Talladega, qualifying a career-best 11th and running up front three times for five laps.

“I thought we were kind of out of harm’s way there but, ob-viously, we weren’t far enough

back out of it,” Bayne said.Another Busch, Kurt’s little

brother Kyle, was taken out in a third wreck that was a virtual copy of the first two. Joey Logano bumped the No. 18 car, sending it spinning hard into Matt Kenseth and taking out two other cars, as well.

“So much is out of your hands here,” Kenseth said. “It’s a frus-trating type of racing, to say the least. It would be nice to be able to see and control your own des-tiny a little more.”

AP Photo/Todd Warshaw, Pool

Jimmie Johnson (48), thanks to a push from teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., crosses the finish line slightly ahead of Clint Bowyer (33) to win Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Talladega.

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Flames shoot from under David Ragan’s car (6) in Turn 3 as Brad Keselowski, right, and Marcos Ambrose (9) crash dur-ing Sunday’s Cup race.

Bowl for Kids’ SakeBig Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennes-see will present its 29th annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake event beginning Thursday, April 14, at Belmont Lanes in Bristol, and concluding in Johnson City on April 21. Bowl For Kids’ Sake is BBBSETN’s sig-nature fundraising and awareness event. All funds raised by bowlers directly ben-efit the programs of BBBSETN and will help match the nearly 55 children on the waiting list for a Big Brother or Big Sister. Bowl For Kids’ Sake helps put guidance, friendship and fun in the lives of area kids. Studies and independent national research show that one-on-one mentor-ing gies children a better chance of suc-ceeding in school and eventually becom-ing positive members of the community. The remaining Bowl For Kids’ Sake dake will be:• Mountainview Lanes in Johnson City, Thursday, April 21, 5-8 p.m.For more information or to donate to this year’s event, call Debbie Boggs, Community Partnership Coordinator for BBBSETN, at 247-3240 or e-mail her at [email protected] today.

ETSC Summer Basketball League

East Tennessee Sports Complex will be sponsoring a summer league for boys and girls middle and high school basket-ball teams. The cost is $275 per team and each team will be guaranteed 12 games plus a tournament. The season will begin the last week of June with high school finishing the first week of August while middle school action will conclude the last week of August. All games will be played in the air conditioned East Ten-nessee Sports Complex. For more info, call Roger Norris at 440-9409. There will be a coaches meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, for coaches to receive their coaching packets.

Men’s Slow Pitch Softball

Tri-Cities Tennessee Senior SPA Slow Pitch Softball is looking for players for its 60 team. Anyone who will be 60 or older this year is eligible to play. The organiza-tion plans to field a traveling team to com-pete in tournaments around the South. Practices will be held at Winged Deer Park in Johnson City. The team provides an op-portunity to stay active, meet good people and have fun. Contact Mike Melton at 543-6034 0r [email protected] for more information.

ETSC Basketball Tournaments

— ETSC Easter Classic! Basketball Tour-nament April 22-23. For boys and girls ages 8-18 at the East Tennessee Sports Complex Cost $100. 3+ game guarantee. Call 543-6730 or visit www.etsportscom-plex.com. — ETSC Spring Classic! Basketball Tour-nament April 29-May 1. For boys and girls ages 8-18 at the East Tennessee Sports Complex Cost $100. 3+ game guarantee. Call 543-6730 or visit www.etsportscom-plex.com. — Mother’s Day Extravaganza! Basketball Tournament May 6-8. For boys and girls ages 8-18 at the East Tennessee Sports Complex Cost $100. 3+ game guarantee. Call 543-6730 or visit www.etsportscom-plex.com. — ETSC Roundball Ruckus! Basketball Tournament May 13-15. For boys and girls ages 8-18 at the East Tennessee Sports Complex Cost $100. 3+ game guarantee. Call 543-6730 or visit www.etsportscom-plex.com. — ETSC SlamFest! Basketball Tourna-ment May 20-22. For boys and girls ages 8-18 at the East Tennessee Sports Com-plex Cost $100. 3+ game guarantee. Call 543-6730 or visit www.etsportscomplex.com. — Memorial Day Classic! Basketball Tour-nament May 27-29. For boys and girls ages 8-18 at the East Tennessee Sports Complex Cost $100. 3+ game guarantee. Call 543-6730 or visit www.etsportscom-plex.com.

To have your event such as sports signups, meetings, or tournaments placed in the new Star Sports Scoreboard — email the event in-formation to Ivan Sanders, Sports Editor, at [email protected] or bring the information by our of-fice during normal business hours Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please include a name and contact information if more infor-mation is needed.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) If you're smart, you'll keep yourself in the background as much as possible, where you can quietly have a slow burn should something annoy you. You should avoid lashing out at others.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Regardless of how angry you get over a thoughtless, abrasive comment made by another, criticizing this person in front of others will only make you look bad. Keep your head and your cool.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) It behooves you to appease your friends and adjust your social preferences to the will of the majority. You will get to do what you want at another time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Instead of envying oth-ers and getting yourself upset, you'll be more content and a lot happier if you use your jealousy to motivate you into going after something big.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Be careful not to inject a volatile issue into a conversation with friends. You'll provoke a reac-tion, all right, but it is likely open Pandora's box.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Strive to be practical, prudent and patient in all of your finan-cial affairs. If you must access your resources, be sure it is for something that you truly need.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) You won't like being around people who are overly asser-tive and dictatorial, so avoid these types and don't place yourself in a position where you feel obligated to bend to someone's will.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) If something you want to do means confronting dif-ficult impediments, carefully plan your procedures well in advance in order to limit the obstacles as much as possible.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) There is nothing wrong with joining a group of acquaintances, as long as they are not people with whom you suspect you wouldn't want to be identified. Otherwise, take a pass on the action.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Guard against making any snap judgment calls, espe-cially concerning important career matters. If your facul-ties aren't too sharp, you could make a major mistake.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Regardless of what you think about other people's ideas, don't voice your thoughts out loud if you want to get along with colleagues. Say only complimentary words.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Don't hesitate to put a stop to someone who tries to man-age an arrangement in which you're involved, if you see that this person is inadequate and lacks the needed expertise. Protect your neck.

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GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

NYSE8,400.31 +26.15

AMEX2,408.68 +6.68

NASDAQ2,764.65 +4.43

Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgYM Bio g 70922 2.74 +.22RareEle g 62045 15.62 -.52AdeonaPh 56667 1.22 -.51AvalRare n 48745 9.45 -.29GtPanSilv g 45794 4.08 -.08NwGold g 35014 10.65 -.18KodiakO g 33919 6.48 +.16EllieMae n 33632 6.77 ...NovaGld g 30122 13.27 +.05NA Pall g 29279 5.87 -.31

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgGenFin un 4.40 +1.60 +57.1HSW Intl h 4.79 +.84 +21.2BOS Ltd 3.24 +.46 +16.5Amylin 13.09 +1.83 +16.3AllianceBk 6.25 +.85 +15.7L&L Engy 6.65 +.90 +15.7CmGnom n13.44 +1.74 +14.9Kingstone 3.87 +.48 +14.2HaupDig 2.14 +.26 +13.8Zhongpin 16.13 +1.92 +13.5

Name Last Chg %ChgVlyNBc wt 2.25 -.85 -27.4OptiBk rsh 3.39 -.59 -14.8InfosysT 63.21 -9.80 -13.4ChinaWind 2.54 -.34 -11.8GeoMet pf 12.25 -1.55 -11.2RIT Tech 5.54 -.69 -11.1OlScCTrI pf 3.06 -.34 -10.0Merrimn rs 2.65 -.26 -8.9Hollysys 11.63 -1.11 -8.7FuweiFlm 3.29 -.31 -8.6

DIARYAdvanced 1,692Declined 892Unchanged 132Total issues 2,716New Highs 82New Lows 31

1,743,194,227Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgYM Bio g 70922 2.74 +.22RareEle g 62045 15.62 -.52AdeonaPh 56667 1.22 -.51AvalRare n 48745 9.45 -.29GtPanSilv g 45794 4.08 -.08NwGold g 35014 10.65 -.18KodiakO g 33919 6.48 +.16EllieMae n 33632 6.77 ...NovaGld g 30122 13.27 +.05NA Pall g 29279 5.87 -.31



LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgIEC Elec 8.50 +1.41 +19.9Solitario 3.03 +.28 +10.2YM Bio g 2.74 +.22 +8.7iBio 3.40 +.25 +7.9SuprmInd 2.52 +.17 +7.2CheniereEn 8.39 +.54 +6.9Richmnt g 8.32 +.51 +6.5Bacterin n 3.20 +.19 +6.3Tofutti 2.55 +.12 +5.0GoldResrc 28.85 +1.30 +4.7

Name Last Chg %ChgUnivPwr 3.75 -.25 -6.3AdcareH wt 2.30 -.15 -6.1MinesMgt 2.71 -.17 -5.9BowlA 12.50 -.66 -5.0EstnLtCap 4.20 -.22 -5.0NA Pall g 5.87 -.31 -5.0Inuvo rs 2.19 -.11 -4.8MincoG g 2.57 -.13 -4.8ProlorBio 5.52 -.28 -4.8WellsGard 2.01 -.10 -4.7

DIARYAdvanced 249Declined 217Unchanged 39Total issues 505New Highs 9New Lows 4

Name Vol (00) Last ChgCitigrp 3774980 4.42 -.01BkofAm 2494420 12.82 -.31S&P500ETF1327430132.04 +.48SprintNex 633284 4.81 -.15iShSilver 554895 41.84 +.77iShEMkts 508338 49.14 +.07SPDR Fncl507098 16.14 +.01WellsFargo498616 29.89 -.26GenElec 492360 20.04 +.04Pfizer 486492 20.53 +.04



LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgAssuredG 17.60 +3.43 +24.2MBIA 10.48 +1.55 +17.4NoahEduc 2.75 +.40 +17.0Solutia wt 3.03 +.39 +14.8AegeanMP 9.16 +.99 +12.1Knoll Inc 21.63 +2.05 +10.5GrayTvA 2.09 +.17 +8.9ChinaDEd 3.71 +.27 +7.8DeltTim 70.35 +5.08 +7.8Feihe Intl 8.56 +.60 +7.5

Name Last Chg %ChgCenPacF rt 6.05 -.95 -13.6IAMGld g 20.07 -1.85 -8.4AmRepro 9.20 -.74 -7.4AldIrish rs 3.26 -.24 -6.9Youku n 60.13 -4.23 -6.6iP SER2K 27.10 -1.80 -6.2StancrpFn 42.54 -2.83 -6.2Wipro s 14.07 -.78 -5.3BkIrelnd 2.03 -.11 -5.1CSVS2xVxS31.70 -1.57 -4.7

DIARYAdvanced 2,071Declined 959Unchanged 121Total issues 3,151New Highs 105New Lows 14

3,967,788,123Volume 141,784,570

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC.n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt =Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy orreceivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tablesat left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

DAILY DOW JONES

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

12,450.93 9,614.32 Dow Industrials 12,341.83 +56.68 +.46 +6.60 +12.015,404.33 3,872.64 Dow Transportation 5,284.74 +34.70 +.66 +3.49 +13.75

422.43 346.95 Dow Utilities 416.07 +4.19 +1.02 +2.74 +9.658,545.78 6,355.83 NYSE Composite 8,400.31 +26.15 +.31 +5.48 +10.752,453.68 1,689.19 Amex Market Value 2,408.68 +6.68 +.28 +9.07 +24.432,840.51 2,061.14 Nasdaq Composite 2,764.65 +4.43 +.16 +4.21 +11.421,344.07 1,010.91 S&P 500 1,319.68 +5.16 +.39 +4.93 +10.701,007.30 692.75 S&P MidCap 982.57 +8.12 +.83 +8.30 +19.74

14,276.94 15.80 Wilshire 5000 14,025.37 +63.20 +.45 +4.98 +12.05859.08 587.66 Russell 2000 834.98 +7.51 +.91 +6.55 +16.84

52-Week Net YTD 12-moHigh Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg

MUTUAL FUNDS

American Funds IncAmerA m MA 54,296 17.32 +3.6 +12.5/A +4.6/B 5.75 250American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 49,590 29.15 +3.0 +8.0/D +2.4/C 5.75 250American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 40,310 28.76 +3.9 +12.8/A +2.5/B 5.75 250Fidelity Contra LG 63,411 70.37 +3.2 +13.2/B +4.6/A NL 2,500Fidelity Magellan LG 19,411 74.45 +2.5 +7.3/E +0.1/E NL 2,500Oppenheimer DiscoverA m SG 1,030 64.36 +6.7 +30.0/A +6.2/A 5.75 1,000PIMCO TotRetIs CI 136,166 10.97 +1.0 +7.4/B +8.7/A NL 1,000,000Putnam GrowIncA m LV 4,994 14.24 +3.0 +9.1/C 0.0/E 5.75 500Putnam VoyagerA m LG 4,052 24.22 +2.1 +8.6/D +6.6/A 5.75 500Vanguard Wndsr LV 8,173 14.24 +2.6 +9.4/C +1.1/D NL 3,000

Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min InitName Obj ($Mlns) NAV 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -ForeignLarge Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV -Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs.others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

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AT&T Inc NY 1.72 5.6 9 30.65 +.36 +4.3AlcatelLuc NY ... ... ... 5.96 -.02 +101.4Alcoa NY .12 .7 23 16.52 -.03 +7.3Altria NY 1.52 5.6 14 27.01 +.12 +9.7Amgen Nasd ... ... 11 55.51 +.68 +1.1Apple Inc Nasd ... ... 18 327.46 -4.96 +1.5ApldMatl Nasd.32 2.2 14 14.72 -.06 +4.8AssuredG NY .18 1.0 6 17.60 +3.43 -.6ATMOS NY 1.36 4.1 17 33.54 +.35 +7.5BP PLC NY .42 ... ... 44.96 -.58 +1.8BkofAm NY .04 .3 19 12.82 -.31 -3.9Bar iPVix rs NY ... ... ... 27.55 -.64 -26.7Boeing NY 1.68 2.3 16 72.60 +.30 +11.2CSX NY 1.04 1.4 19 76.66 +.55 +18.7Chevron NY 2.88 2.7 11 106.24 +1.36 +16.4Cisco Nasd.24 1.4 13 17.03 -.14 -15.8Citigrp NY ... ... 13 4.42 -.01 -6.6CocaCola NY 1.88 2.8 13 68.01 -.30 +3.4Comcast Nasd.45 1.8 19 24.49 +.24 +12.0Comc spcl Nasd.45 2.0 18 23.07 +.17 +11.4Corning NY .20 1.0 9 19.77 +.15 +2.3Dell Inc Nasd ... ... 11 14.92 -.03 +10.1DeltaAir NY ... ... 13 9.25 -.10 -26.6DrxFBull s NY ... ... ... 29.28 +.14 +5.2Disney NY .40 1.0 18 41.52 +.50 +10.7DowChm NY 1.00 2.6 21 37.78 +.85 +10.7EMC Cp NY ... ... 31 26.91 +.28 +17.5EastChm NY 1.88 1.9 17 98.66 +1.64 +17.3EKodak NY ... ... ... 3.37 +.13 -37.1EmersonEl NY 1.38 2.4 21 57.55 +.14 +.7ExxonMbl NY 1.76 2.1 14 84.29 +.85 +15.3FstHorizon NY .04 .4 ... 10.87 -.03 -7.7FordM NY ... ... 7 14.71 -.10 -12.4FMCG s NY 1.00 2.0 11 51.17 -.76 -14.8GenElec NY .56 2.8 20 20.04 +.04 +9.6GlaxoSKln NY 2.04 5.0 ... 41.13 +.38 +4.9GraphPkg NY ... ... 23 4.75 -.16 +22.1Hallibrtn NY .36 .8 23 46.82 +.68 +14.7Heinz NY 1.80 3.5 17 50.72 +.51 +2.5HewlettP NY .32 .8 10 40.26 -.10 -4.4HomeDp NY 1.00 2.6 19 38.17 +.33 +8.9HonwllIntl NY 1.33 2.3 22 57.75 +.25 +8.6iShJapn NY .14 1.4 ... 10.03 -.01 -8.1iShSilver NY ... ... ... 41.84 +.77 +38.6iShEMkts NY .64 1.3 ... 49.14 +.07 +3.1iS Eafe NY 1.42 2.3 ... 60.95 -.09 +4.7iShR2K NY .89 1.1 ... 83.51 +.88 +6.7Intel Nasd.72 3.7 10 19.75 +.17 -6.1IBM NY 2.60 1.6 14 166.21 +1.24 +13.3

JPMorgCh NY 1.00 2.2 10 44.89 -.08 +5.8JohnJn NY 2.16 3.6 13 60.56 +.54 -2.1Kellogg NY 1.62 2.9 17 55.37 +.12 +8.4Kennamtl NY .48 1.2 25 38.64 -.06 -2.1Kraft NY 1.16 3.5 14 33.36 +.41 +5.9LSI Ind lf Nasd.20 2.8 31 7.10 +.09 -16.1Level3 Nasd ... ... ... 1.73 -.01 +76.0Lowes NY .44 1.6 19 27.05 -.04 +7.9MBIA NY ... ... 40 10.48 +1.55 -12.6MGM Rsts NY ... ... ... 14.00 +.06 -5.7MarvellT Nasd ... ... 12 15.97 +.31 -13.9McDnlds NY 2.44 3.2 17 77.38 +.31 +.8MeadWvco NY 1.00 3.2 24 31.73 +.55 +21.3Merck NY 1.52 4.4 17 34.51 +.65 -4.2MicronT Nasd ... ... 7 10.75 +.10 +34.0Microsoft Nasd.64 2.5 6 25.37 -.05 -9.1Nvidia Nasd ... ... 45 18.71 +.20 +21.5OCharleys Nasd ... ... ... 6.07 +.17 -15.7Oracle Nasd.24 .7 23 34.18 +.38 +9.2PepsiCo NY 1.92 2.9 17 67.11 +.41 +2.7Petrobras NY 1.41 3.7 ... 37.81 +.87 -.1Pfizer NY .80 3.9 20 20.53 +.04 +17.2PhilipMor NY 2.56 3.8 17 66.56 +.37 +13.7PwShs QQQ Nasd.39 .7 ... 56.65 -.10 +4.0PrUShS&P NY ... ... ... 21.09 -.14 -11.2ProUShL20 NY ... ... ... 36.69 -.94 -.9ProctGam NY 2.10 3.3 17 64.18 +.88 -.2Qualcom Nasd.86 1.6 24 53.14 +.54 +7.4S&P500ETF NY 2.34 1.8 ... 132.04 +.48 +5.0SaraLee NY .46 2.5 36 18.53 +.16 +5.8Schwab NY .24 1.3 49 18.61 +.39 +8.8SeagateT Nasd.72 4.1 6 17.64 +.55 +17.4SilvWhtn g NY .12 .3 51 42.61 -.27 +9.1SiriusXM Nasd ... ... ... 1.84 +.03 +12.6SnapOn NY 1.28 2.1 19 60.36 +.68 +6.7SwstAirl NY .02 .2 19 11.63 +.03 -10.4SprintNex NY ... ... ... 4.81 -.15 +13.7SP Engy NY 1.05 1.4 ... 77.19 +.63 +13.1SPDR Fncl NY .16 1.0 ... 16.14 +.01 +1.2SP Inds NY .64 1.7 ... 37.13 +.13 +6.5Supvalu NY .35 3.3 ... 10.62 +.01 +10.3TempleInld NY .52 2.2 15 23.14 +.69 +8.9TimeWarn NY .94 2.6 15 36.05 +.43 +12.1VangEmg NY .82 1.7 ... 49.55 +.02 +2.9VerizonCm NY 1.95 5.2 29 37.85 +.14 +5.8WalMart NY 1.46 2.7 13 53.55 +.05 -.7WellsFargo NY .20 .7 14 29.89 -.26 -3.5WendyArby NY .08 1.7 ... 4.84 +.09 +4.8Yahoo Nasd ... ... 18 16.62 -.07 -.1

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Local government meetings are not published in the Elizabethton Star’s Com-munity Calendar. Look for a listing of the week’s upcoming government meetings in each Monday edition of the newspaper.

MONDAY, APRIL 18• The Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter No.

824, will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 167 of the Domi-ciliary Building 160 at the VA Medical Center. Meet-ings are held the third Monday of each month. For more information, call 543-8963 or 543-5941.

• The Neva Ruritan Club will meet at the Neva Volunteer Fire Department. A potluck meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by a meeting at about 7:15 p.m. For more information, call 768-2252. All seasonal and full-time residents as well as local businesses are encouraged to visit.

• Take Off Pounds Sensibly, or TOPS, will meet at First Baptist Church, 212 East F St., Elizabethton, on Mondays with weighing in from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 543-6540.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19• Sycamore No. 163 Order of the Eastern Star will

have a stated meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Dashiell Lodge. Members are encouraged to attend and visiting mem-bers are welcome.

• The Green Pastures Group of Alcoholics Anony-mous will meet at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 413 East Elk Ave., Elizabethton.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20• Narcotics Anonymous will hold an open meet-

ing at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 413 E. Elk Ave., Elizabethton. Please enter around back.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21• Narcotics Anonymous will hold an open

meeting at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 413 E. Elk Ave., Elizabethton. Please enter around back.

• The Blue Knights TNG Motorcycle Club will meet at Golden Corral in Johnson City. Dinner is at 6 p.m. followed by a meeting at 7 p.m. The group, which meets the third Thursday of each month, is open to all active and retired law en-forcement with a motorcycle. For more informa-tion, call 232-8825.

• The Roan Mountain 12-Step Group of Alco-holics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. at Magill Presbyterian Church, 296 Highway 143, Roan Mountain.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22• The Elizabethton Senior Dance Club will

hold an Easter Dance at the Elizabethton Elks Lodge, No. 1847, 1000 N. Sycamore St., from 7-10 p.m. Music will be provided by Rambling Rose Band. Those attending are asked to bring finger foods to share. There is a $6 door charge.

• The Southern Countrymen Band will perform at the Outdoorsman’s Building, 4535 Highway 11W, Kingsport, from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call Daryl Goodman at 943-5600.

• The Green Pastures Group of Alcoholics

Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 413 East Elk Ave., Elizabeth-ton.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23• Buffalo Ruritan Club will hold a dance fea-

turing Rambling Rose Band from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call 534-7456.

• Highway 76 will perform at the Outdoors-man’s Building, 4535 Highway 11W, Kingsport, from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call Daryl Goodman at 943-5600.

• Narcotics Anonymous will hold open meet-ings at 12:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 413 E. Elk Ave., Elizabeth-ton. Please enter around back.

SUNDAY, APRIL 24• Narcotics Anonymous will hold an open

meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 413 E. Elk Ave., Elizabethton. Please enter around back.

MONDAY, APRIL 25• The Butler Ruritan Club will meet at the

Butler Volunteer Fire Department, located on Piercetown Road in Butler. A potluck meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by a meeting at about 7:15 p.m. For more information, call 768-0305 or 768-3159. All seasonal and full-time residents as well as local businesses are encour-aged to visit.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27• Narcotics Anonymous will hold an open


THURSDAY, APRIL 28• Narcotics Anonymous will hold an open


FRIDAY, APRIL 29• The Southern Countrymen Band will per-

form at the Outdoorsman’s Building, 4535 Highway 11W, Kingsport, from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call Daryl Goodman at 943-5600.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30• The annual Gardeners Plant Exchange will

be held at 9 a.m. at Sycamore Shoals State His-toric Area in Elizabethton. Meet at the parking lots at the visitors center to trade and exchange plant material. Bring cuttings and potted out-door and indoor plants, to exchange for species that you don’t have. It’s a fun way to meet other gardeners and increase your collection. For more information, call 543-5808.

• Buffalo Ruritan Club will hold a dance featuring the band Country Tradition from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission is $5. For more informa-tion, call 534-7456.

• Narcotics Anonymous will hold open meet-ings at 12:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Conference Room at Crossroads, 413 E. Elk Ave., Elizabethton. Please enter around back.

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HVHS teacher receives March grant from credit unionNortheast Community Credit Union recently presented a $300 grant award to Helping Teachers

Teach Grant Winner, Bernadette Bowling. Kathy Campbell, President/CEO, Northeast Community Credit Union, is pictured as she presented the grant check to Bowling, who is a teacher at Happy Valley Middle School. Bowling will use the grant money to purchase a classroom set of TI 30XII calculators for her seventh grade math class. The calculators will be used by the students on a daily basis during mathematical problem solving activities and are authorized for use on the state-mandated achievement test. It is essential that students become familiar and comfortable with this tool, as technology continues to play an increasingly important part in daily life. Her goal is to ensure that every student is afforded the opportunity to take advantage of this technology. Each student will be assigned a calculator for use on a daily basis (in the classroom) and the calculators will be made available for overnight checkout as needed. Northeast Community Credit Union awards a Helping Teachers Teach Grant every month to a deserving classroom. Teachers interested in applying may go to www.BeMyCU.org and download the application.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Econ-omists say the U.S. economy is gaining strength despite politi-cal unrest in North Africa and the Middle East and last month’s devastating earthquake and tsu-nami in Japan.

A survey from the National As-sociation for Business Economics finds that economists are hopeful that the broader economy is sub-stantially improving, with rising employment reported for the fifth quarter in a row. The survey found that “companies appear to be positioning themselves for a firming economic environ-ment,” said Shawn DuBravac, an economist with the Consumer Electronics Association, who an-alyzed the findings.

The outlook for employ-ment rose slightly, reaching a 12-year high. No firms reported significant layoffs, with the only reductions coming from already planned cuts.

Sales increased for the third consecutive quarter, profit mar-gins continued to improve and the number of economists whose

firms increased spending over the previous quarter held steady. Nearly all of the 72 economists surveyed, about 94 percent, now expect the economy to grow at least 2 percent in 2011.

The quarterly survey includes the views of economists for pri-vate companies and trade groups who are NABE members. The data are reported by broad indus-try groupings. Many results in the survey are expressed through the Net Rising Index, or NRI — the percentage of panelists reporting better outlooks minus the percentage whose outlook is bleaker.

The survey looked at two new questions for its April survey, gauging the financial impact of anti-government unrest in the Arab world and the deadly Japa-nese earthquake and tsunami.

Nearly 60 percent of those polled said they expected higher costs because of political turmoil in Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria and about 52 percent said they expected economic growth to be weaker in 2011 be-

cause of the protests and fight-ing.

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which left nearly 28,000 people dead or missing and sparked a crisis at a nuclear plant, had less of an impact on the economic forecasts. About 31 percent said costs would be high-er and 40 percent said it would weaken the broader economic recovery.

In the first quarter of this year, 63 percent of economists said sales rose from the previous quarter — the highest percent-age since 1994. The NRI rating for sales rose 11 points from the previous quarter to 54, and the improvement was across all in-dustry sectors: goods, utilities, information and communica-tions, finance, insurance and real estate, and services.

Profit margins rose to an NRI figure of 31 — the highest rat-ing since 1983. The number of economists reporting rising prof-its has almost doubled over the past year, to 45 percent from 25 percent.

Poll: Economy improving despite global events

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415 CARTER BLVD

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43 HOUSESW/PHOTO

Used car lot for rent. Comes with office building, garage and

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40 LOTSFOR RENT

LAND FOR DOUBLEWIDE

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37 LAND W/PHOTOFOR SALE

1/2 acre land for sale off of Hwy.91 in Bob’s Hollow. Septic tank.Price negotiable. 276-466-3717,

(276)494-2219

36 LANDFOR SALE

Happy Valley, 2 bedrooms,1 bath, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath,

private lot, appliances,good credit,

references, please call 423-416-0021.

2 bedroom 1 bath, private lot.Watauga area. Water furnished.

NO PETS. 423-542-8064.

33 MOBILE HOMEFOR RENT

REMODELED, new windows, new paint, 1 bedroom, 1 bath,

appliances, carpet.Hazelwood Hollow, Hampton.$300. month, $300 deposit.

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Near Elizabethton Airport3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch, nice deck, fireplace, yard barn, no

pets, non-smokers, $750 month.Call 423-213-2560 leave msg.

Large 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath,2100 sq. ft. on 1/2 acre.

Stove, refrigerator,dishwasher, washer, dryer,above stove microwave, on

quiet deadend street.Trash and lawn maintenance

provided.Only $800. month plus

$500. security. (423)213-5312.

IN the city spacious 2 bedrooms,CH&A, appliances, garage,

carport, $485 month, deposit,no pets, (423)474-2660

In city, 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath,living room and kitchen, No pets.

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deposit. (423)542-4276.

Hampton, 2 bedroom, all appliances, section 8 okay,

mature pets okay.$475 month, $475 deposit

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32 HOUSESFOR RENT

VERY nice townhouse, private lot,beautiful setting, loaded,

2 bedroom, 2 bath, References,application

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TOWNHOUSE for rent;129 Townview Estates:2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath,appliances furnished,

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NICE one and two bedroom apartment with W/D hook-up and water. $400 month and $450 plus

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Hwy. 91N Midway Apartments,2 bedrooms, plus water,

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AIRPORT Apt. 2 bedroom, 1 bath,baseboard heat, window air,$400 rent-$425 rent, water

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31 APARTMENTFOR RENT

APPLICATIONS for persons 62+ or mobility impaired are being taken for Village Eas

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2 bedroom, 1 bath , appliances,washer dryer hook-up, heat and

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694 Apt. #2 GAP CREEK ROAD,2 bedroom duplex: Stove,

refrigerator, water furnished.W/D hookup. No Pets.References. Shown by

appointment only. $400. month,$200 deposit (423)297-8032

**All Real Estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limita-tion or discrimination based on race,color, religion, sex, handicap, famil-ial status, or national origin, or an in-tention, to make any such prefer-ence, limitation or discrimination.”Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with par-ents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing cus-tody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our read-ers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspa-per are available on an equal oppor-tunity basis. To complain of discrimi-nation call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The Toll-free tele-phone number for the Hearing Im-paired is: 1-800-927-9275

31 APARTMENTFOR RENT

MOTEL 6 $44.99 + tax (single),

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Budget Inn$150+ tax (single) Weekly

$450 + tax monthlyall utilities included

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30 ROOMSFOR RENT

2 BEDROOMS, 1.5 bath Townhouse. washer, dryer

hookup, appliances, dishwasher,deck, $495 month, deposit.

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29 TOWNHOUSESCONDOS FOR SALE/RENT

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20 ARTICLESFOR SALE

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5 SPECIALANNOUNCEMENTS

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURTFOR CARTER COUNTY

AT ELIZABETHTON TENNESSEE

IN RE: ESTATE OF CONA RAY RICHARDSON,

DECEASED

HERMAN RICHARDSON,PLAINTIFF

-VS-ESTATE MANAGEMENT,

HOWARD A. ENDERS, ESQ.,GENERAL COUNSEL, THE

CREDITOR’S RIGHTS & BANKRUPTCY GROUP

CIVIL ACTION P060066

In this cause, it appearing from the Plaintiff’s bill, which is sworn to, that the Defendants, ESTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND HOWARD ENDERS, ESQ., GENERAL COUN-SEL, THE CREDITOR’S RIGHTS & BANKRUPTCY GROUP, A DIVI-SION OF PHILLIPS & COHEN AS-SOCIATES, LTD., addresses un-known, it is ordered by me that pub-lication be made for four successive weeks, as required by law, in the Elizabethton Star, a newspaper published in Elizabethton, Tennes-see, in said County, notifying said Defendants to appear before our said Probate Court, at the Court-house, 801 East Elk Avenue, Eliza-bethton, TN within thirty (30) days after this notice has been published for four successive weeks in said newspaper, and make answer to said complaint, or the allegations thereof will be taken for confessed and this cause will be set for hear-ing ex parte as to the defendants,ESTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT,HOWARD A. ENDERS ESQ., GEN-ERAL COUNCIL, THE CREDI-TOR’S RIGHTS & BANKRUPTCY GROUP.

This 1st day of April, 2011

MELISSA MORELANDCLERK and MASTER4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR CARTER COUNTY AT

ELIZABETHTON, TENNESSEE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSper

TCA 30-2-306

ESTATE OF:EMOGENE DAVIS THOMPSON

DECEASED

PROBATE NO: P-110038

Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of April, 2011, Letters ofTestamentary in respect to the Es-tate of Emogene Davis Thompson who died February 14, 2011, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court, of Carter County,Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resi-dent, having claims, matured or un-matured, against the Estate ofEmogene Davis Thompson are re-quired to file the same with the Clerk and Master of above Court within the earlier of four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice or twelve (12) months from the decedents date of death,otherwise, their claims will be for-ever barred.

This the 7th day of April, 2011.

Carol Davis HartExecutrix

Deceased:Emogene Davis Thompson

T.J. Little, Jr.Attorney

By: MELISSA MORELAND Clerk and Master4/11, 4/18

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE

WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants,terms and conditions of a Deed ofTrust dated June 25, 2008, exe-cuted by LISA CAMPBELL, UN-MARRIED WOMAN, conveying cer-tain real property therein described to CHARLES E. TONKIN, II as same appears of record in the Reg-ister's Office of Carter County, on July 1, 2008, as Instrument No.08004957, in Book T832, at Page 904; and

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last trans-ferred and assigned to BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS,Notice of the Right to Foreclose (“Notice”) was given in compliance with Tennessee law by the mailing a copy of the Notice to the parties atleast sixty (60) days prior to the first publication of the Substitute Trus-tee's Sale.

WHEREAS, the undersigned, RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., hav-ing been appointed by as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for re-cord in the Register's Office of Car-ter County, Tennessee.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebt-edness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned,RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.,as Substitute Trustee or its duly ap-pointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on April 26, 2011,11:00 AM at the Carter County courthouse door where the foreclo-sure sales are customarily held At the Carter County Courthouse,Elizabethton, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following de-scribed property situated in Carter County, Tennessee, to wit:

SITUATED IN THE 9TH CIVIL DIS-TRICT OF CARTER COUNTY,TENNESSEE, TO-WIT: BEING ALL OF LOT 24 IN THE RANGER ES-TATES SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1,AS SHOWN BY PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT CABINET A, SLIDE 349,IN THE REGISTER'S OFFICE OF CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE,TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HERE MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF SAID LOT. AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO LISA CAMPBELL,UNMARRIED FROM JACOB CAMPBELL AND LISA CAMPBELL BY QUITCLAIM DEED DATED JANUARY 26, 2007 OF RECORD IN THE REGISTER'S OFFICE FOR CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN DEED BOOK D509, PAGE 384 PROPERTY ADDRESS:

The street address of the property is believed to be 147 RANGER DRIVE, ELIZABETHTON, TN 37643.

In the event of any discrepancy be-tween this street address and the le-gal description of the property, the legal description shall control.

CURRENT OWNER(S): LISA CAMPBELL

OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES:N/A

The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all mat-ters shown on any recorded plat;any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac-curate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee.

This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to ad-journ the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announce-ment at the time and place for the sale set forth above.

All right and equity of redemption,statutory or otherwise, homestead,and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the under-signed will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without repre-sentations or warranties of any kind,including fitness for a particular use or purpose.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.,Substitute Trustee 2380 Performance Dr,TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 Tel: (800) 281-8219 Fax: (805) 553-6392,TS# 09-0170985,FEI# 1006.114724,4/4, 4/11, 4/18

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Substitute TrusteeRecord Book 87, Page, 779,Register's Office for Carter County,Tennessee.4/11, 4/18, 4/25

PUBLIC NOTICES

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, KEITH W. RICHARD-SON AND DEANA JENKINS exe-cuted, acknowledged and delivered to Christine Bartz, Trustee, a certain Deed of Trust dated 4th day ofJune, 2008 and of record in Trust Deed Book 831, Page 122 in the Register's Office for Carter County,Tennessee, to secure a certain in-debtedness owing to Happy Valley Credit Union, and more fully de-scribed therein. Further, on April 6,2011, Regina L. Shepherd was ap-pointed as Substitute Trustee and the Appointment of Substitute Trus-tee is of record in Record Book 87,Page 779, Register's Office for Car-ter County, Tennessee; and

WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of said indebtedness and the same has become due and payable and the owner and holder of said indebtedness has declared the entire balance owing thereon due and payable and has instructed the said Trustee to foreclose said Trust Deed and to advertise and sell the property therein and herein de-scribed, upon the terms and condi-tions set forth in said Trust Deed;

NOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that I will on the 13th day of May, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. pre-vailing standard time in Carter County, Tennessee, at the entrance of the Carter County Courthouse in Elizabethton, Tennessee, sell the following described real estate at public auction for cash, to the high-est bidder, and in bar of the equity of redemption, the statutory right ofredemption, dower and homestead,but subject to all liens, encum-brances, easements, rights-of-way,set-back lines, restrictions, cove-nants, and unpaid taxes affecting the subject property having priority over the lien created by the subject deed of trust. The property to be sold is described as follows:

SITUATED in the 10th Civil District of Carter County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at an iron pin in the westerly boundary line of Berry Hill Road corner to property of Ivan Morley; thence with the Morley property line North 88 deg. 44 min-utes 28 sec. West 250.24 feet to an iron pin, new corner of property ofBetty Berry Richardson; thence with new line of Richardson the following calls: North 00 deg. 09 deg.Min. 54 sec. East 163.87 feet to an iron pin; South 89 deg. 49 min. 16 sec. E. 250.20 feet to an iron pin in the westerly boundary line of Berry Hill Road; thence with the same South 00 deg. 10 min. 05 sec. West 168.59 feet to the point of the BE-GINNING, and containing 0.96 acre more or less, according to survey ofSteven G. Pierce, RLS No. 1564,dated 3-25-95.

BEING the same property from Keith W. Richardson to Keith W.Richardson and Deana Jenkins from Quitclaim Deed, dated June 5,2008 and recorded in Deed Book 520, Page 49 Register's Office for Carter County, Tennessee. Also be-ing the same property conveyed to Keith W. Richardson by Trustee Deed from Bill Hampton, Trustee,dated April 24 2008 and recorded in Deed Book 520, Page 46, Regis-ter's Office for Carter County, Ten-nessee.

The subject property is located at 310 Berry Hill Road, Elizabethton,Tennessee 37643.

It will be the responsibility of the successful bidder to obtain posses-sion of the property at his expense.The successful bidder shall be re-sponsible for any damage, vandal-ism, theft, destruction, etc. to the property. This sale may not be sub-ject to valid filed or unfiled me-chanic's and material's liens. No representations are made as to the validity or enforceability of any memorandum of mechanic's liens or any suit to enforce the same.

Interests in the property other than the Deed of Trust being foreclosed or matters affecting title known to the undersigned include the follow-ing:

1. Taxes for the year 2011 are yet not due and payable but constitute a lien on the premises. Property taxes have been paid through the year 2010.

2. All property is subject to zoning ordinances which control the uses which may be made of the property.The undersigned makes no repre-sentation as to the uses which can be made of the premises in compli-ance with the applicable zoning or-dinances.

3. Rights of parties in possession, ifany.The sale will be made as Trus-tee only, without convenants ofseizen or warranties of title, subject to unpaid taxes and assessments owing on the property, and subject to all liens, encumbrances, ease-ments, right-of-way, set-back lines,restrictions, and covenants affecting the subject property having priority over the lien created by the subject deed of trust.

The proceeds derived from the sale of said property will be applied to the payment first to the expenses ofthis sale, including attorney's fees,then to the payment in full of the in-debtedness including interest se-cured by said Trust Deed, and the balance, if any, to be paid by the parties legally and entitled thereto.

The sale may be postponed or ad-journed from time to time without re-advertising the sale, and the sale may be dismissed and not con-ducted. The acting Trustee or any Substitute Trustee is authorized to appoint an agent or an auctioneer to conduct the sale, and any sale so made shall have the same validity as if made by the original Trustee.The sale shall be for cash, to the highest bidder.

Dated this the 7th day of April,2011.

REGINA L. SHEPHERD,

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FOR sale 1978 Presendital Edition Holiday Rambler Camper

30ft., good to fair condition.Camper is located on a private

site directly overlookjing Mallard Cove Marina. Two super single

beds, bathroom, livingroom,kitchen combination. Has side deck for relaxing, well shaded.Power & water are hooked up.

Camper can remain on site until December 31, 2011 possible long

term placement will be considered. Call 423-543-5555 or

423-768-2234 ask for Scott.

61 CAMPERS & RV’S

PRIVATE campsites located at Mallard Cove Marina. Beautiful

direct view overlooking the marina. Pop up camper and single axle small campers

welcome. Well behaved pets on leases welcome. Water & power available. 4 campsites only. Call 423-543-5555 or 423-768-2234

ask for Scott.

61 CAMPERS & RV’S

THE BONE YARD we buy cars.Free pick-up. 423-791-1384,

423-928-4469.

59 AUTOSFOR SALE

For sale Floating boathouse 20ftx30ft boat with well

10ft.x 20ft. ample front and side decks, many extras. Equipped

with hot & cold water, small livingroom, kitchen combination,

partial kitchen with sink and small refrigerator, numerous

handcrafted storage cupboards.Satellite TV, presently located at

Mallard Cove Marina. Call 423-543-5555 or 423-768-2234

ask for Scott.

55 BOATSFOR SALE

Storage space $60 month, no deposit. (423)542-4187,

423-342-5407.

743 HIGHWAY 321 - HAMPTON

$99,900

Fantastic place for retail busi-ness! Major US Highway, high

traffic count. Double lot.


Johnson City423-895-0430,423-952-0226

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acquired without referral or as-sistance of the plaintiff, Cowan, the plaintiff was to be paid 30 percent of the fee.

In addition, for any legal work that was acquired by the plaintiff and referred to an attor-ney for assistance in performing legal service, the plaintiff was to be paid 50 percent.

The lawsuit states that the agreement did not require fixed monthly payment.

In the suit, Cowan accuses Landstreet of “theft and fraudu-lent misapplication of funds due to plaintiff from attorney’s fees he collected.”

The suit also states that the alleged fraud began in 2000 and continued through 2010.

“Plaintiff’s demands for relief are as follows: that plaintiff have judgment against Landstreet in the sum of $210,431.47,” the suit states.

The suit also requests that the plaintiff have judgment against Landstreet in the sum of $139,242.84 for pre-judgment interest at 10 percent annum. For punitive damages, plaintiff asks for $250,000.

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the basics of sewing and have since learned new techniques as I go. There is a lot to know about sew-ing. I fear I may never know it all, but I suppose that just keeps me plugging away at the task.”

Cooking: “I have always loved cooking and anyone who knows me, knows I love to eat... My mom was the baker in our family, my dad the cook. I have learned many valuable lessons from watching and helping them throughout the years. While I do love the actual eating part of cooking/baking, the beauty of food is an aspect we often overlook. Half the items I bake or cook don’t have an ingenious taste to them, but they look fantastic. I love incorporating as many col-ors as possible into the food I make. Chef Curtis Stone says that color equals health (unless we are talking cookies and food coloring).”

“Being young and married and in school, sometimes you just need a release,” said Tiffany. “I think a lot of the cooking and crafting is for my relaxation. I love painting. I use acrylics and re-cently started using pastel chalks on canvas. Most of the things I make end up as gifts for people. With cooking, I’ll try just about anything but I’m partial to seafoods because they cook quickly and easily. I love being able to start and finish a project in one afternoon if possible. Right now I’m working on a knitted blanket which is three months in the making.”

Asked whether children are in her future, she said

working a three-day, 12-hour shift as a nurse will en-able her to have four days off, but...

“I would like to stay home when kids come, but I’m very independent and I love working and being with people all the time,” Weinbender said. “Kids are definitely in the future.”

She said her husband hopes to move on to a PhD program, and after two more years she hopes to move to Berkeley, Calif., closer to home, to pursue her ca-reer. She said at that point they hope to start a family of their own. She has a sister, Kendra, who lives in Los Angeles. Her parents work for Northwest Natural Gas Co. in Oregon.

“Lots of friends have been pregnant recently, so I make lots of diaper bags and other baby parapherna-lia,” Weinbender said. “That’s been a theme in the last few months. I’ve also made two quilts lately.”

Weinbender said she reads other blogs about cre-ative projects, adapting ideas and making them her own.

“So how does all of this fit into my life now?” she asked. “Jack and I will be married three years next month and our lives are just as busy today as they were on that wonderful day three years ago back in Oregon. Actually, our lives are probably more chaotic now than ever. Between work, school, homework, broken down cars, friends, bills, we are moving 24/7, not to mention trying to fit in time to spend with one another. So why add crafts and cooking to these crazy days? Simple. It is who I am.”

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contact with President Barack Obama, who pledged his sup-port, and that federal emergen-cy management workers were already on the ground.

“We have in North Caro-lina a tremendous relationship with our federal partners, and have been through this so many times,” she said. “That’s not a good thing. That’s a bad thing.”

One place Perdue was sched-uled to visit was Bertie County, where storms were deadliest. At least 11 residents died, Bertie County Manager Zee Lamb said, including three members of the same family.

Jean Burkett lived near Roy and Barbara Lafferty and Bar-bara’s mother, Helen White, in Colerain. Burkett and Barbara Lafferty graduated from high school together in 1964 and had always been neighbors. On Sun-day, at her relatively untouched home, Burkett pointed out a row of four or five about 400 yards away that had been demolished. The Laffertys and Helen White died in their home.

“The neighborhood has lost some mighty fine neighbors,” Burkett said. “It’s the worst thing we’ve ever seen.”

The violent weather began Thursday in Oklahoma, where two people died, before cutting across the Deep South on Fri-day and hitting North Carolina and Virginia on Saturday. Au-thorities said seven people died in Arkansas; seven in Alabama; seven in Virginia; and one in Mississippi.

More than 240 tornadoes were reported from the storm system, including 62 in North Carolina, but the National

Weather Service’s final num-bers could be lower because some tornadoes may have been reported more than once.

The state emergency man-agement agency said it had re-ports of 23 fatalities from Satur-day’s storms, but local officials confirmed only 21 deaths to The Associated Press.

The conditions that allowed for the storm occur on the Great Plains maybe twice a year, but they almost never happen in North Carolina, according to Scott Sharp, a weather service meteorologist in Raleigh.

The atmosphere was unsta-ble Saturday, which allows air to rise and fall quickly, creating winds of hurricane strength or greater. There was also plenty of moisture in the air, which fu-els violent storms. Shear winds at different heights, moving in different directions, created the spin needed to create tornadoes, Sharp said.

Many of the deaths across the state occurred in mobile homes like the ones in Ammon. The three deaths in Raleigh were in a mobile home park about five miles north of downtown, which was still closed off to residents early today.

Census data from 2007, the latest available, estimates 14.5 percent of residences in North Carolina are mobile homes, the seventh highest percentage in the nation and well over the U.S. average of 6.7 percent.

North Carolina officials tal-lied more than 130 serious inju-ries, 65 homes destroyed and an-other 600 significantly damaged by Sunday evening, according to state public safety spokeswoman

Julia Jarema. Officials expect those totals to climb as damage assessments continue.

Back at the Lowe’s store, Jo-seph Rosser and his 13-year-old daughter, Hannah, had pulled their Chevrolet Colorado pickup off the road Saturday, seeking shelter. Instead, the store’s exte-rior concrete toppled, crushing the truck’s cab with both inside.

“I really didn’t see much be-cause I had a pillow over my face to protect my head and I heard my dad tell me it was going to be OK,” Hannah said. “And then all of a sudden, I just heard a loud boom.

“My dad was lying there, tell-ing me he was going to die,” said Hannah, her midsection wrapped in a back brace. “He sounded very hoarse like he couldn’t breathe. He was crying and was hurt really bad.”

She crawled out the truck’s shattered back window and ran around the parking lot calling for help, because her cell phone wouldn’t work. Both Rossers are recovering from their injuries.

While the death toll may climb and while it will be weeks before final damage assess-ments are completed, residents and officials alike are looking to make repairs and start build-ing what was lost.

Aleta Tootle and four other people sheltered in a closet in her Bertie County home, emerg-ing with only a few scratches after the rest of the building was ripped to shreds. Surveying the wreckage Sunday, she said there was only one thing left to do.

“All we can do is start over,” she said. “We don’t have a choice.”

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Parkinson’s can be genetic but they are still researching to determine exactly how the dis-ease occurs. That is one of the things the Foundation does is to raise money for research. People with Parkinson’s Disease in their family are more likely to have the disease than those who do not. Jarnagin added that Parkin-son’s has also been connected with head injuries and strokes. Her mother suffered through five strokes before being diagnosed.

There was no documented family history of Parkinson’s in Pruitt’s family before she was di-agnosed. She noted her mother used to shake but in that time people thought that was just a part of growing older. Her moth-er was never diagnosed as having Parkinson’s disease.

“It could have been but we didn’t know it if it was,” she said.

Pruitt started showing minor symptoms at first. She would have a finger spasm that would knock a cup out of her hand. It would happen occasionally and grew to be more regular. The singular finger spasm morphed into a whole hand tremor that is a continuous part of daily life for Pruitt. She said the tremors have also spread to her feet and her jaw.

Jarnagin noted that tremors are not the only effect of Parkin-son’s that affects the patient’s life. The disease also causes issues with balance and move-ment and frequently causes muscles to cramp and become rigid and stiff.

It is also important for a pa-tient to be diagnosed as early as possible which will make the treatments more effective. Par-kinson’s Disease will manifest itself differently in each patient so not all cases will be the same. However, the disease does be-come progressively worse over time.

Jarnagin and Pruitt received a proclamation from Mayor Curt Alexander during Thurs-day night’s City Council meeting proclaiming April to be Parkin-son’s Disease Awareness Month.

Jarnagin said people want-ing more information can send a letter addressed to either her or Pruitt to 605 Maple St., Eliza-bethton, TN 37643 or may call 747-1055 anytime or 547-7410 between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.

before the SUV flipped. The two other vehicles involved in the ac-cident reportedly belonged to the same family.

The driver of the SUV was air-lifted to the hospital with injuries. Traffic near the accident scene was blocked and sat at a standstill for close to one hour as the acci-dent scene was cleared.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to the scene. Further details were not available at press time.

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