Carter County Gazette 1/1/2011

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Carter County Gazette Weekly publication delivered to Carter County on Saturdays.

Phone: (423) 302-0472www.CarterCountyGazette.com

Office at: 441 E.Elk Ave. Elizabethton, TN 37643

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Inside thisInside thisEditionEditionNEWS

SPORTS

Classifieds Page B5Church Directory A4

Local Events A6

Carter Countyman allegedlycrashed car in

river Carter County

Sheriff’s Depart-ment is search-ing for driver ofcrashed stolen

vehicle

ElizabethtonChampions of

the 13th Annual “Doc”

Maples HolidayHoops

Hamptonboys rock

the Classic

New Years DayShowers. Highsin the upper 50s.Southeast winds5 to 10 mph shift-ing to the south inthe afternoon.

Chance of rain 80 percent. Saturday NightCloudy with a 50 percent chanceof rain showers. Lows in theupper 30s.

Congratulations tothe Carter Countycollege graduates

Congratula-tions to Charles Y.Peters lll who gradu-ated with honors(Cum Laude) from E.T .S. U. He is the son

of Charles Peters,Stoney Creek, &Rhonda Peters,E l i z a b e t h t o n .Charles is the grand-son of Vera West

and Linda Peterts ofElizabethton. Hehas a brother Jeffand three sistersCrystal, Alice andNatasha Peters.

See more Graduates on page A4

Christmas fire destroys homeBy Kevin [email protected]

A Wilbur Damresidence was de-stroyed by fire Christ-mas afternoon leaving acouple and three chil-dren with no home.

When Eliza-bethton couple, BrianCarden and CricketCrawford, returned theirhome at 410 WilburDam Road, after cele-brating the Christmas

season with friends andfamily, the flashing redlights they seen sur-rounding their housewere not of the festivekind.

The lights theysaw were from the sev-eral fire trucks andemergency vehicles thathad been dispatched totheir home around 3p.m. According to re-ports, a nearby relative

reported the blaze aftersmelling smoke comingfrom the residence.

Although theCarter County Sheriff’sDepartment is still in-vestigating, the causeof the fire is suspectedto have been an electri-cal outlet in the mainhallway where most ofthe damage was cen-tered and spread firstinside the walls of the

CREEKERSCREEKERSStoney Creek’s answer to

the BBQ questionBy Kevin [email protected]

Carter County resi-dents do not have far to go forgreat barbeque with all the fix-ings since Creekers openedin early October 2010. Creek-ers is situated right off statehighway 91 in Stoney Creek.

Local flavor is pres-ent in the name as well as the

See more Creekers on pg. A6

See more Fire on page A4

Police seeking help fromlocal residents regardingrecent spate of burglariesBy Kevin [email protected]

The Elizabethton PoliceDepartment is currently investi-gating nine residential burglariesthat have plagued the city sinceearly December.

According to a report re-leased by the EPD, the burgla-ries seem to occur in the earlyafternoons after residents haveleft for periods of time.

The first burglary oc-curred at a residence on East K

Street. Police have since re-ceived reports of eight other bur-glaries in various neighborhoodsaround the city.

Police are asking resi-dents to be alert and to properlysecure their home when theyleave.

If anyone has any infor-mation regarding the burglaries,they are urged to contact theCriminal Investigation Division at547-6250 or call the Crime Stop-pers tips line at 542-7574.

Elizabethton manplead guilty to

third DUIBy Michael [email protected]

According to an Eliza-bethton Police report JamesLynn Cox, age 28, of 809 Tip-ton Street, Elizabethton wasarrested on DUI charges, driv-ing on revoked license, andresisting arrest. Cox was ar-rested after Officer DouglasCombs of the Elizabethton Po-lice Department reported see-ing Cox driving over a speedbump at high speed. OnceCombs stopped Cox, he no-ticed Cox had glassy, blood-shot eyes and slurred speech.

After arresting Cox,he reversed his handcuffsfrom behind to in front of him.After correcting the handcuffs,he said Cox refused an ordernot to reverse them again.Pepper spray was used tocontrol Cox.

In general sessioncourt this week Cox pled guiltyto a third offense of drivingunder the influence, a secondoffense of driving on a re-voked license and a count ofan implied consent violation.

Cox was sentenced to170 days of all charges com-bined and court costs andfines of $1,225.

Merry Christmaseveryone!!!Rose and Junior

Perry received aprecious Christmasgift.Their first granddaughter bouncedin here on Mon-d a y, D e c em b e r13th.Man what a

cold icey night to travel!!!Congratula-tions to Jonathan andSarah[Perry]Nelson on the arrival of ababy girl,Alivia Grace,on December13th,she weighed in at 6lb.6oz.and 191/2" long.The happy and proud grand-parents are Rose and Junior Perryand John and Cheryl Nelson.The greatgrandparents are Vernon and HessiePerry and Harold and SarahJackson,all of Bluff City.There's an-other great-grandmother,they call hergranny Nelson.Happy birthday to Larry Barr on

Dec.15th and to Pam Barr onDec.19th,Happy birthday to my grand-daughter Natasha [Tasha] Jackson onDec.26th and to my great-neice Kayla[Jackson]Ramey on Dec.24th .HappyAnniversary to Junior and Rose Perryon Dec.26th and to Robbie and ShirleyJackson on Dec.31st.Christian Love and Heart felt sympa-thy is expressed to the family ofPauline Rosenbalm Scarcela whopassed away on Dec 26th 2010.Shededicated her life to foreign missions.She went to Brazil in January of1958.She faithfully served untill her il-ness became to severe.Christian Loveand Heart felt sympathy is expressedto the family of Mary Baker Watsonwho passed away on Dec.27th 2010.And it came to pass in those

days,there went out a decree fronCaesar Agustus ,that all the worldshould be taxed.And this taxing was first made whenCyrenius was governor of Syria.And allwent to be taxed, ever one into his owncity.And Joseph also went up from Galilee

out of the city of Naraeth,intoJudea,unto the city of David,which iscalled Bethlehem,because he was ofthe house and lineage of David.To be taxed with Mary ,his espousedwife being great with child,And so itwas that,while they were there ,thedays were accomplished that sheshould be delivered.And she brought forth her first bornSon and wrapped him in swaddlingclothes and laid hin in a manager,be-cause there was no room for them inthe inn.And there were in the same country,shepherds abiding in the fields keep-ing watch over the flock by night.And lo, the angel of the Lord cameupon them and the glory of the Lordshone round about them ,and theywere sore afraid,And the angel saidunto them "Fear not for behold I bringyou good tiding of great joy ,whichshall be to all people.For unto you is born this day a Saviorwhich is Christ the Lord.And this shallbe a sign unto you Ye shall find thebaby wrapped in swaddling cloths,lying in a manager"And suddenly there was with the

angel a multitude of the Heavenly Hostpraising God and saying,"Glory to Godin the Highest ,and on earthpeace,goodwill toward men".And itcame to pass as the angels were goneaway from them into Heaven,Theshepherds said one to another, "Let usnow go even into Bethlehem, and seethis thing which is come to pass,whichthe lord hath made known unto us.And they came with haste,and foundMary and Joseph,and the babe lying ina manager.And when they had seen it,they made known abroad the sayingwhich was told to them concerning thischild .Luke 2= 1-17 KJV.Then account of the wise men is

found in Matthew 1:18-25 and chapter2.Untill next time May God bless you all,God loves you and I do too.

Boy, talk about a white Christmas.Wasn't that nice ! Christmas day wehad some snow, but not so much thatit kept us home-bound, but then itbegan to intensify and snowed allChristmas night and the day afterChristmas, we had five to six inches.Some of our friends over in CarterCounty had a foot of snow. But I wastotally amazed on Monday when Iwent to Bristol, and they had hardly nosnow at all, compared to our's.I hope all of you had a wonderfulChristmas, whether it snowed at yourhouse big-time or hardly any at all. Itdoesn't matter if Christmas is white ornot. Just remember, as the sayinggoes:JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE

SEASON.On the day BEFORE Christmas, Iwas in my kitchen cooking for thecrowd, and a little rhyme started form-ing in my head. As I would have a fewminutes, I would jot a few words onpaper. Then go back to cooking, untilsomething else would come to mind.This is what I ended up with:It was the day BEFORE Christmas,

I was cooking "up a storm" Pies were sitting all around From the oven, still warm.

I, in my apron....Uncle Will at the TV

Watching old westernsOr what ever else there is to see.It really doesn't matter to WillWhat ever is on the tube,One of his favorites is.....Andy, Gomer and Goob.The gifts are all wrappedAnd placed under the tree;The children are shouting,"Hey, there's one for me."

Uncle Willopened the

doorBecause Ilet somecooking,scorch

As he cameback in, he

said,"Look what I

found on the porch."It was a basket of fruit and candyWith a card and even much more;When we opened the card, we dis-

coveredIt was from the nice neighbors next

door.In the basket, they had placed a CDWith the most beautiful musical

soundSome of the prettiest Christmas

musicThat ever could be found.

I thank God for my good neighborsNot everyone is so blessed

I always tell everyoneThat these neighbors are the best.Later that night, as we lay in our

bedsAnd listened to fireworks being

hurledWe knew that God was in His

HeavenAnd that all was right with the world.

KEEP YOUR EYEON THE EASTERN SKY

JESUS IS COMING BACK SOONARE YOU READY FOR HIS RE-

TURN?Bye now, until next time, Aunt Bertha

Send emails to: [email protected]

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Mae’s Corner Aunt Bertha's House

"Take no thought for to-morrow!" Thats Godsidea! The same Godsaid, "you don't go towar, without first, count-ing the cost." That war,can be literal, amongNations, but the mostimmediate application

to you and me, is the struggles of life.There are many decisions we make,that should be given necessary con-sideration, so that we don't take onmore than we can handle. We will seethat there is no contradiction, betweencounting the cost, and taking nothought for tomorrow.

Every individual, has within them,memories of the past, and dreams,and hopes, for the future, but the sumtotal of their living, is done TODAY.Every decision we make today, re-quires us to count the cost, and decidewhether or not, we are able to pay therequired price, or whether or not weeven want to pay the price required.We should not limit our possibilities, bythe past, nor by what might happen to-morrow, but rather by what we are will-ing to do today, in response to thedecisions we make, because, after all,life is lived today. What God is sayingis, don't let guilt from the past, nor fearof tomorrow, cause you to fail to livetoday.

Another thing, God said, is, don'tsay, tomorrow I will do so and so, etc.,for you don't know what tomorrow willbring. You should say, If God wills it,and I have a tomorrow, I will do so andso. That brings us back to the point,that your decision are most important,to what you do TODAY. God gives usGrace for today, and that grace is notintended for us to try to live what mighthappen tomorrow, for if we do that, itwill lead to fear and frustration. Whentomorrow, and tomorrows problemscome, we will have new grace fromGod, to handle the tomorrow, that hasbecome today.

All of this brings me to the point ofwhat many are about to do. NEWYEARS RESOLUTIONS! God saidtake no thought for tomorrow, and weare getting ready to say what we aregoing to do for the whole year. I know,it is with good intentions, but it pro-vides opportunity for us to feel bad, oreven be under pressure, worryingabout whether or not we can keep theresolutions. Instead of making aYEARS RESOLUTION, try this; writeyour resolutions down, and everymorning when you get up, commityourself to keeping those resolutionsTODAY.

You will have a much fuller life, liv-ing it one day at a time.

From Chaplain Ron

Christmas PastBy Kate Stafford

Christmas has come andgone. For some reason this year, itdidn't even seem to have happened.I suppose the older one gets, it losesthe child-like magic. In another way, itbecomes more meaningful if we knowthe reason behind the Celebration:the birth of Jesus Christ. What a hum-ble beginning for the the King ofKings.

As the new year approaches,I try to jot a mental note of the manychanges I'd like to make physicallybut more importantly, spiritually al-though I never call them “New YearResolutions.” I've never made thembecause I know “me.” I know thatwhen candy or cookies are off limits,it makes me want them even more.So, I do my best to avoid or greatly re-duce my need to indulge in suchthings. Am I the only one that doesthat?

I didn't get to submit an articlelast week due to some circumstancesbeyond my control. But as things set-tled down at home as well as in mymind, memories of Christmases pastnudged me as the smells of home-baked cakes, cookies, sausage ballsand candy filled my mother's home. Itbrought me back to my childhood andthe many special Christmases sharedwith my siblings and cousins.

My cousin, Lynn, and I spokeabout Christmases spent at ourgrandparent's home in Western NC.As children, we would always go tothe Christmas Eve Service the YellowMountain Baptist Church. Each year,a little girl named Sara would sing,“The Little Drummer Boy.” But, I mustconfess that EVERY time I hear thatsong, I think of Sara, and the last timeshe sang that song. Love her heart,she had a cold. Instead of Rumpa-Pum-Pum, she could only sing Rup-a-pub-pub. I have to sing it “Sarastyle” sometimes because it makesme giggle and think about how muchI miss those days.

During the Christmas EveService, and after the nasally rendi-tion of “The Little Drummer Boy,” thekids would put on a Nativity play anddress up with home-made costumesof angels, shepherds and animalsmade from cardboard. It sounds sillyI suppose, but I miss those days.Then after the rest of the churchwould hold candles and sing carolsannouncing the birth of Christ, Santa

would come through the church witha sack full of brown bags. The brownbags!! Yes! That's what we waited for!Candy, nuts, oranges, apples, candycanes and sometimes a little toy ofsorts. I can smell those bags now. Ilove familiar smells.

When we would all get backto our grandparent's home, we woulddump our bags and begin sorting ourgoodies and trading this for that – sortof like we used to do on Halloween.Christmas, of course, was always dif-ferent. It was special. We got to seea lot of our family sometimes thatwould come back here from WA. OneChristmas, there were so many familymembers in the house that most ofthe kids had to sleep in the floor.Some of us – my sister and severalcousins – slept under the kitchentable because we ran of beds andfloor elsewhere.

That specific night, snow wascoming down quickly, the wind washowling and the power went out. Itwas cold in that old house. The five ofus under the table all snuggled to-gether under about eight blankets.We could still see our breathe whenwe breathed. It was miserable, yetfun at the same time. We laughedand sang Christmas songs and talkedabout the Bible story we knew aboutJesus' birth. At midnight, we yelled,“Happy Birthday, Jesus!” I'm sure al-though the adults appreciated ourwisdom of the Bible, they promptlytold us to be quiet if we wanted tomake it to see any gifts we might re-ceive in honor of His birth! We de-cided then that we'd settle down.

That was one of my favoriteChristmas memories as a child. As anadult, my favorite time was the birthof my daughter on Christmas Eve 15years ago. It's hard to believe thebeautiful young lady she has be-come. Christmas first and foremost isabout the birth of our Savior, but for15 years I have also celebrated thebirth of an 8 lb. 13 oz baby girl withlong dark hair and bright blue eyes. Ihave been blessed time and timeagain.

I pray you all have a wonder-ful 2011 and if you decide to makethose New Year Resolutions, I hopeyou keep them for a good while. Isuppose I'll keep living day-to-dayand do the best I can. Thank you forreading.Til next time, Kate

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Rocky SpringsMissionary

Baptist Church3297 Rocky Springs RdPiney Flats, Tn 37686Pastor Greg Lovelace

Good News Fellowship Church1684 Weaver Branch

Rd.Piney Flats, Tn. 37686Sunday School 1:00pmWorship Service 2:00pmWednesday Service

7:00pmPastor Jeff Millsaps

New Hope Church OfChrist

4527 Bristol Hwy., Johnson City, TN.

Paul W. Peer, Minis-ter

[email protected]

Faith Community Fellowship

2601 Volunteer ParkwayBristol, TN 37620

Pastor Patrick Parham968-3722 or 213-7205SS 10am Worship 11am

6pmWed. Youth club 6:30

The Lighthouse ofPrayer Christian

Church2401 Hickory Tree RoadBluff City, TN 391-7403

Pastor Wayne LambertSunday School 9:45am

Worship 11:00am Evening6:00pm

Prayer Meeting and BibleStudy Wednesday 6:30

First ChristianChurch

325 Parks Worley StreetBluff City, TN 37618423-538-7942

Sunday School 10amSunday Services 11am 6pm

Wednesday Bible Study 6:45pmRon Whitacre MinisterDavid Norvell, Youth Minis-

ter

Pilgrim Independ-ent Missionary

Baptist 462 Sugar Hollow Road Piney

Flats, TN Pastor Eddie Smith

“God Is Good All the Time”You are Invited

Morning Worship 11 amSunday Services 6pm

Sweet Hour of Prayer Wed. 7

Bluff City UnitedMethodist Church468 Cedar StreetPastor: Todd Adams

538-7822www.bluffcityumc.com

Edgefield UnitedMethodist Church745 Pickens Bridge Road,

Piney FlatsEarly Service: 8:30 amSunday School: 9:45am Morning Worship: 10:50amEvening Worship and UMYF: 7pm

Wed. Bible Zone Live for Kids: 6:30 til 8Evening Bible Study: 7pmPhone: 538-5940

Rev. Estel Williams

Tri Cities Church of God

238 Jonesboro Rd.Piney Flats, Tn423-612-3986

Pastor: Richard &Teresa Bawgus

Lick Creek Christian Church

(423) 538-8996 1172 Piney Flats Rd, Watauga,

Sunday School 10:00amMorning Worship 11:00am

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00pmPastor Leon Butka

Deerlick Union Church

793 Deerlick RoadPiney Flats, Tn

Pastor Don MorrellSunday School 10:00amSunday Worship 11:00amSunday Night 6:00 pm

------ Church Directory Church Directory ------Pleasant Beach Baptist Church108 Pleasant Beach Rd.

Elizabethton, Tennessee 37643Services: 10:00 AM-11:00am 7:00pm

Sunday 7:00PM-WednesdayRev. Bobby G. Stout, PastorRev. Charles A. Biggs,

Outreach Minister 423-542-5462www.pleasantbeachbaptist.com

River of Life ChurchP.O. Box 336 Piney Flats TN

37686423-538-4999Pastor DonnieHumphrey

Sunday School 9:45am Worship 10:45

Wednesday at 7pmEvening Service 6:00pmYou’ve got a friend at River of

Life

St. Paul United MethodistChurch

1665 Allison Road PineyFlats, TN 37686 423-538-

8026Pastor Daniel Theiben

Sunday School 10:00amWorship Service 11:00pmChild Care Availbale during

services

Bunker Hill ChristianChurch

Mark Smith PastorSunday School 10:00amSunday Worship 11:00amwww.bunkerhillchristianchurch.co

m538-5777

Piney FlatsUnited

Methodist225 Methodist Church st.

Sunday School 9:45 Worship10:45

Wed. Evening Program 5:30 Supper 538-6937

6:00 Activity Rev. Joseph W. Manis

Buffalo ChristianChurch

436 Buffalo Road Bluff City 37618

Minister: Derek Murphy423-534-4640

www.buffalocc.com

Elizabeth ChapelUnited Methodist 1041 Elizabeth Chapel Road

Bluff City, TN 37618Pastor: Tom Reed423-528-6311

www. elizabethchapel.comSS: 9am Worship 10:am

Lynnwood Christian Church2577 Watauga Road

Johnson City, TN 37601Phone: (423) 928-7740Sunday School 10:00 AMMorning Worship 11.00

AMEvening Worship 6:00 AMWed.Bible Study 7:00 PMwww.lynwoodchristianchurch.org

Church of Christ223 County Hill Rd P.O. Box

582Blountville, TN 37617

Assemblies:Wenesday 7:00pm Sunday 10 & 11am and 6pm“prove all things...” (1Thes 5:21)Free for the asking: Home BibleStudy; Bible Correspondence

courses via mail; (5 Lesson VideoJourney through the Bible at yourhouse or our meeting place.)

PINEY FLATSPRESBYTERIAN6140 Highway 11E(423) 538-6821

Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am

Family Fellowship dinner - First Wednesday each monthRev. Scott Wise, Pastor

Visit us on line at www.pfpc.us

Holston BaptistChurch

275 Old Weaver Pike RdBluff City, TN(423) 538-6193

Gateway BaptistChurch(423) 538-7156

1000 Hendrickson LnBluff City, TN 37618 www.gwbchurch.com

Victory Bible Fellowshipof East

TennesseeDr. C. Dwayne Baird,

[email protected]

423.217-5615

Charity BaptistChurch

3020 Highway 126 BlountvillePastor Charles Brooks

423-323-2244Sunday School 9:30am Morning

Worship 10:30am Evening Worship 7:00 pm

Wed. AWANA & Youth 6:30 Wed.Prayer/Bible 7:00

Center Pointe Fellowship

"Adoring, Belonging,Caring"

(up the street fromFatz Cafe entrance atthe corner of Bluff City

Hwy)Bristol, TN 37620(423)844-0574www.cpfonline.usSenior Pastor: David Shinault

Sunday Worship @11:01am

Sunday Evening Worship@ 6:01 pm

Wednesday Evening Small Group Studies @

6:31pm

Piney Flats First Baptist ChurchDr. Allen Davis-Pastor

“A church grounded in thefaith, through the power of

love.”100 Cherry St. Piney Flats, TN 423-538-8304

LIGHTHOUSE OFPRAYER CHRISTIANCHURCH

2401 Hickory Tree Rd, Bluff City, TN S.S. 9:45AM,

Morning Worship, 11:00AM Spe-cial Speaker, Daryl Cox. Dinnerwill be following the Worship

Service.Evening Service at 6:00PM

Chinquapin Grove BaptistChurch

1727 Chinquapin Grove RoadBluff City, TN 37618

Pastor. Rev. Jamie FergusonEarly Service 8:45 a.m.Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship 11:00 p.m. EveningWorship 6:00 p.m.

Fall Revival Oct. 3rd - 6thMonday - Wednesday revival

times 7:00 p.m.Rev. Eric Eggers

AT CHURCH THIS WEEK AT CHURCH THIS WEEK

At Church thisWeek Free with

Church

Currently meeting Sundaysat 10:00 AM in the lower

level of Pardner’s Restaurant

Good News Jail &Prison Ministry Sullivan County Jail Chaplain Kent Pugh 423-279-6089

Bristol, VA City Jail Chaplain Tom Browder

276-645-7442Breaking the Cycle of

Crime One Life at a Time

Our Great-great grandfa-thers would approve.Sunrise Baptist Church217 Morrell Creek Rd.

Bluff City(Off Hickory Tree Rd.)Dr. Roy Branson423-366-3536Christmas Program

First Christian Church of BluffCity held its annual youth Christmas Pro-

gram on Sun-day, December 19th. The program show-cased the gifts and talents of the youth

members and told the Christmas Storythrough traditional Christmas Carols.

Gazette * Page A4Graduates Cont. from page A1Marilyn Sherry Yatesgraduated Summa CumLaude from East Ten-nessee State UniversitySaturday, December18th. Marilyn earned aBachelor of Science De-gree in Elementary Edu-cation. She alsocompleted minors inEnglish and Environmen-tal Studies. She is in theEnglish Honors-in-Discipline Program. Sheis also a member of sev-eral honor societies in-cluding: Alpha SigmaLambda National HonorSociety, Kappa Delta PiNational Honor Society,

Golden Key InternationalSociety, and Phi KappaPhi National Honor Soci-ety.

She has adaughter, Kayla Yates, a

junior at David CrockettHigh School in Jonesbor-ough. Marilyn credits herdaughter for motivatingher in pursuing her teach-ing degree.

Congratulations to Brit-tany Nicole Richardsonwho graduated with hon-ors (Magna Cum Laude)from E. T .S. U Brittanyearned a Bachelor of Sci-ence degree in EarlyChild Hood Education.She is the daughter ofMichael Richardson &

Donna Hicks ofElizabethton. TheGrand Daughterof Herman &Erma Richardsonof Elizabethton,and Anna leeEstep and the lateRay Hicks ofRoan Mountain.

Gena Hibberts plaquepresentation

Carter County MayorLeon Humphrey, left, ispictured at the Dec. 20meeting of the CarterCounty Commission pre-senting a plaque to GenaHibberts of Mountain Cityin recognition of herbeing named 2010 Stu-dent of the Year at theTennessee TechnologyCenter at Elizabethtonand runner up in thestatewide Student of theYear competition spon-sored by the TennesseeBoard of Regents. Duringthe selection process,students delivered aspeech before a judge’spanel to describe howtechnical education im-pacted their life. Ms. Hi-bberts enrolled in thepractical nursing training

program at TTC-Eliza-bethton after she and herhusband became dis-placed workers on thesame day when their em-ployer in Mountain Cityclosed its plant. Duringthe presentation, MayorHumphreys read an ex-cerpt from a letter writtenby Ms. Hibberts’ daugh-ter, Hannah Garland, pic-tured next to her mother,in which she describedher mother as an excel-lent parent and mentor.Also pictured, from left,are her son BrandonScott, husband Brett Hib-berts, and daughtersAlyssa Scott and EmileeScott. Ms. Hibberts, whograduated from the 12-month practical nursingprogram at TTC-Eliza-

bethton in August of2010, desires to continueher education to becomea Registered Nurse. “Thefinancial hardship on myfamily will turn into a bet-ter tomorrow in helpingmy family fulfill ourdreams due to the oppor-tunities that technical ed-ucation provides,” Ms.Hibberts said. In 2010,TTC-Elizabethton gradu-ates had a 94.2 percentlicensure rate on the Ten-nessee Board of Nursingexamination to become aLicensed Practical Nurseand a 91 percent place-ment rate. There were141 practical nursinggraduates at TTC-Eliza-bethton in 2010.

Fire Cont. form page A1home before burningoutwards and into theinterior.

“The fire got sohot, it actually meltedglass,” said Cricket,holding a pane of mirrorglass that had beencurled and blackenedby heat.

F i r e f i g h t e r sfrom Stoney Creek,Watauga and Hamptonparticipated in puttingout the fire. Accordingto the couple, the fire-fighters also managedto save some of thechildren’s Christmaspresents by throwingthem out the window as

t h e yb a t -t l e dt h eblaze.T h ec o u -p l ea n dt h e i rt h r eec h i l -d r e nhave been staying withrelatives since last Sat-urday’s fire. The CarterCounty Gazette is re-questing that the localcommunity reach outand help this youngfamily recover from this

devastating loss bysending any donationsof money and children’sclothes to the couple.Persons wanting moreinformation on where tosend donations can callCricket at 423-946-0812.

Carter County man allegedlycrashed car in river

From Staff [email protected]

According to a Carter CountySheriff’s Department release Eric P.Swain, age 24, of 477 Highway 19E,in Hampton was arrested andcharged with allegedly crashing a ve-hicle into the Doe River. Swain wascharged with DUI, disorderly conduct,resisting arrest, leaving the scene ofan accident, vandalism of countyproperty, violation of implied consentand driving on an expired license.

Sheriff’s Deputies received areport that a car crashed into the riveroff Rittertown Road and the driverwas seen running off after the acci-dent. Swain was later identified asthe driver.

The report stated that Swain

was under the influence and resist ar-rest while damaging the police car inthe process of being detained.

Swain was arrested andtransported to the Carter County Jail.

Carter County Sheriff’s Department is searching for

driver of crashed stolen vehicleFrom Staff [email protected]

According to a sheriff’s officereport, investigators with the CarterCounty Sheriff's Department and Uni-coi County Sheriff's Department aresearching for the driver of a vehiclethat crashed last Wednesday on An-derson Road located near the UnicoiCounty line.

The car was reported stolenfrom Unicoi County. The car had falsetags which were registered to a blue

Buick sedan, which the crashed carwas a maroon Pontiac Grand Prix.The blue Buick, which was reportedstolen from a Culbertson Road resi-dents, was recovered in an Elizabeth-ton church parking lot.

Carter and Unicoi County of-ficers continue to investigate thecases. No arrests have been madeas yet, but if you have any informa-tion regarding these stolen carsplease contact the Carter CountySheriff’s Department.

Carter County finance director takes the city of

Elizabethton finance directorposition

From Staff [email protected]

Jerome Kitchens took thenew finance director for the city ofElizabethton after work for CarterCounty over 21 years in a variety ofjobs, which the last job held was sim-ilar to the new position. ElizabethtonMayor Curt Alexander and Kitchensgraduated from ETSU at the sametime receiving their master’s of busi-ness administration degrees. MayorAlexander is happy with Kitchen’schoice to accept the new position.

Kitchens has served in awide variety of positions in CarterCounty, ranging from teacher’s aide,interim teacher, teacher, school sys-tem budget director and deputy

countyfinanced i r e c -tor, andh a sservedas fi-n a n c edirectors i n c eA p r i l2007. Ca r te rCountyis now looking for finance director andwill be accepting application until Jan-uary 13 at 3pm.

ETSU planning reunions forclasses of 1961 and 1966Graduates of East Ten-

nessee State University’s classes of1961 and 1966 are invited to attendthe annual spring reunions on Friday,May 6, 2011. ETSU President Dr.Paul E. Stanton, Jr. will host thegroups.

Registration and a special re-union brunch will be held at The Mil-lennium Centre at 9 a.m. that day.During that time, the reunion classeswill be honored, and the Class of1961 will be inducted into the Golden

Fifties Club. Class photographs willalso be taken.

Following the brunch, thegroups will tour the campus and theJohnson City area and return to theHall of Honor Gallery in Burgin E.Dossett Hall for an old-fashioned icecream social. Later that evening, theywill be recognized at the Alumni Asso-ciation Awards Banquet and AnnualMeeting.

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Creekers Cont. from page A1food of this familyrun restaurant.According TonyWilson, one of theowners, the term“Creekers” de-notes any personwho is a residentof Stoney Creek.

Creekersis owned by Wil-son and DaveTester. Togetherthey have won nu-merous barbequecompetitions and the tro-phies attesting to standproudly on a wall in thestore.

Patrons will findthe spicy sweet and slightlytangy Tennessee traditionalStoney Creek sauce asheer delight, but they aresure to be secretly torn bythe Memphis style GapCreek sauce or the vinegarand mustard based Car-olina tasty, Jacobs Creek.Rounding out the line ofsauces is the super hot Hi-roshima, but you can coolyour mouth off with some of

the best tea ever. Creeker’stea is more than the sweet-ened brown colored sugarwater you get at mostrestaurants. It is fantastic.

The portions of hotsliced or pulled pork andbeef are huge, and so arethe orders of home fries cutfresh each day. Creeker’smenu is replete with itemsthat are made fresh. All ofthe sauces are preparedeach day as well as thecoleslaw, beans, and Vi-dalia onion rings. There iseven the great kid pleaser,mac-n-cheese, which is

served hot withlots of cheese.The always fa-vorite side of bar-beque beanscomes in a gen-erous bowl.

T h o s ewanting some-thing smokiershould try the‘burnt ends’,which is brisketthat has beenslow smoked for

over 28 hours and servedwith sauce. Baby back ribsare served on Friday andSaturdays only while theylast.

Creekers will alsocater church, school andcompany parties and otherevents. A week’s notice isrequested for all cateringevents.

The restaurant isopen Monday through Sat-urday 11am to 8 pm andclosed on Sundays. Lunchspecials start at 11am to 2pm. For more informationcall 423-542-2272.

Milligan ADCP program helpedgrad achieve longtime career goal

When Dale Blevinslearned the Carter County Emer-gency 911 Communications Dis-trict was hiring a new directorearlier this year, he knew he hadthe work experience the positionrequired.

But there was one morequalification Blevins needed inorder to secure himself as thefront-runner for the job.

“I needed to finish my col-lege degree,” said Blevins, whoworked as a paramedic and lateras a full-time dispatcher at CarterCounty 911. “I had gone as high asI could go without completing myeducation.”

Blevins reached that mile-stone when he completed hisbachelor’s degree in business ad-ministration through Milligan Col-lege’s adult degree completion(ADCP) program. The 38-year-oldproudly received his diploma infront of family and friends on Dec.10, at Milligan’s commencementceremony.

The day was also a real-ization of another important goalBlevins set for himself — in Mayhe was hired as director of CarterCounty 911.

“I would not have the jobwithout my degree from Milligan,”Blevins said. “My new position isthe equivalent to running a busi-ness. We are providing 911 serv-ice, and there are budgeting andother day-to-day business deci-sions that I make. Not a day goesby that I don’t use something Ilearned in my classes at Milligan.”

Like many working adults,Blevins’ busy family and job re-sponsibilities were important fac-tors in his decision to go back toschool.

“I am married and havetwo boys, ages 8 and 12, so myschedule is very busy,” Blevinssaid. “But I also knew I needed todo something to earn more moneyfor my family. A friend encouragedme to check into the ADCP busi-ness program at Milligan. I liked itbecause it accommodated myschedule and it was a good time-frame to finish my degree.”

Milligan’s degree comple-tion program in business adminis-tration allows adults to

conveniently earn their degreewhile working full time. The pro-gram is only 16 months of classtime, and students take just onecourse at a time for five weeks.The classes meet one evening perweek.

“It was perfect for me be-cause I didn’t have to sacrifice asmuch to earn my degree,” Blevinssaid. “The professors were excel-lent and helped in any way theycould, and the topics are topicsyou use every day in business.”

Milligan also offers a sup-port team in its Office of Graduateand Professional Studies, whichworks with ADCP students to de-velop a degree plan to make themost of their time and money.

“Our ADCP students havesimilar priorities — family, jobs,civic responsibilities and of course,that goal to complete their de-gree,” said Milton Carter, directorof adult degree completion pro-grams at Milligan. “We have manystudents like Dale, who not onlyearn a degree here, but are alsoable to achieve an important ca-reer goal because of their Milliganeducation.”

At a time of year whenpeople are thinking about NewYear’s resolutions and possiblechanges in their careers for 2011,Blevins is thankful for the directionhis life has taken in 2010.

“I would encourage otherworking adults who are even think-ing about going back to school totake that step,” Blevins said. “I amso glad I did.”

Milligan is currently ac-cepting applications for its Febru-ary 2011 ADCP businessadministration cohort. For more in-formation, visit www.milligan.eduor call 423.461.8782.

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In a hard fought battle Thursdaynight, Elizabethton Lady Cyclones sentthe Lady Vikings packing on their ownhome turf during the 13th Annual "Doc"Maples Holiday Hoops Invitational.

The win did not come easy for theCyclones. They trailed the Vikings 25-12early in the second quarter, and faceddown imminent defeat with a 51-47 gapwith only five minutes left to play in thefinal.

It looked like the game was awrap and loss when suddenly the Cy-clones began to capitalize off of Vikingturnovers on four of five possessions. Cy-clone's Cara Bowling scored on a stickback and a 3-pointer while fellow team-mate senior Chelsea Bowling converted athree-point play, lifting Elizabethton to a55-51 edge with 3:20 on the clock.

Cara Bowling and leader KristenPowell combined to spank the net with 8-of-8 throws from the charity stripe lockingin the Elizabethton win.

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December 10, 2010 – The Patriotsrebounded after a disappointingloss to Elizabethton earlier in theweek taking Johnson County totask in a Three Rivers Conferenceshootout Friday night in Bluff City.The Patriots topped the Longhornsby a score of 67-56. Ian Ollis was top scorer for the Pa-triots with 23, while team mateDavid Casaday had 16 for thenight. The Longhorn’s Jason Steelehad a team high 22. East Edges Morristown West inFCA Doubleheader

December 17, 2010 – Trailing inlate in the game, the Patriots got akey defensive steal from PrestonDishner resulting in a Garrett Carterlayup to tie the score, and DavidCasaday snagged an offensive re-bound before feeding Ian Ollis forthe go ahead layup, as the Patriotsedged the Trojans 40-39. Chance Davis led East and all scor-ers with 14, while Carter put in 11,Ian Ollis added 6, and Casadaytossed in 9. Andrew Lee tallied ateam best 10 points for the Trojans.

Patriots Record FCA Double-header Win over Rangers

December 18, 2010 – Sullivan Eastlooked to its versatile post and wingplayers Ian Ollis and Chance Daviswho combined for 44 of East’spoints in the 63-51 win over theUnaka Rangers in the second dayof the FCA Doubleheader games inBluff City. Davis poured in 23 points and Ollisput in 21, while Preston Dishnerscored 5, and David Casadayadded 9. Also scoring for the Patri-ots include Logan Jordan with 3,and Garrett Carter and DanielTruett getting 1 each. Justin Naveled the Rangers with 22.East Let Rebels Snatch First WinDecember 21, 2010 – The Patriotsstruggled generating any offenselate in the game with Sullivan Southon their home court who respondedwith strong inside play, getting theirfirst win of the season by a score of45-39.Chance Davis still managed 19,and Preston Dishner scored 9 forthe Patriots. South post playerHunter Harmon led his team with13.

Cyclones eke out a 63-55 victory over Tennessee High

Hampton Bulldogs crushWasilla 58-44 in Arby’s

ClassicBy Joe [email protected]

After a more than 20 year ab-sence from the annual showcase, theHampton Bulldogs made their presencefelt again after defeating the team fromWasilla, Alaska.

The Bulldogs hammered out anearly first quarter lead that left the faraway team far behind. This was in largepart thanks to the huge contribution ofteammate Dylan Ward who would sendthe ball to the net for 10 points of the 14to 1 lead at the first.

Hampton led 18-8 after the firstquarter, and pushed its lead to 29-15 midway through the secondperiod. However, the Warriors bat-tled back to within three points at39-36 with 1:13 left in the thirdquarter. Jacob Jones, who strug-gled through a tough night,smacked a triple which pushed theBulldogs’ lead back to five points.Then, just before the bellsounded, Ward laid up bucket tomake it 43-36 before the begin-ning of the final. Hampton then scored the firstseven points of the fourth quarterto stretch out a 50-36 gap. TheAlaskan team could not catch upor shut down the Hampton de-fense.

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December 21, 2010 – The junior var-sity Patriots traveled to the Rebelhome court just prior to the holidaybreak, besting the South JV by ascore of 60-44. The Patriots orches-trated a solid performance with allplayers on the roster scoring for thegame as Jonathan King led the waywith 20.East Junior Varsity Wins 3rd Place inMickey Forrester Tournament

December 22, 2010 – East JVnotched a third place finish in theMickey Forrester Memorial JV tourna-

ment hosted by the East Lady Patriotsin Bluff City with a decisive win overSullivan South Rebels in the tourna-ment consolation game with a score of74-48. In earlier tournament play, the

Patriots won its first round gameagainst a physical Volunteer Falconssquad 67-38, but fell to eventual tour-nament champion Unaka in the sec-ond round game.

In the game with Volunteer,the Patriots registered three players indouble figures with Jonathan King put-ting in 17, Matthew Proffitt scoring 13,and Jordan Jackson adding 11. In theconsolation game with South whichwas a coincidental rematch of a non-conference game the night before,East saw four players reach doublefigures including Colton Chaffin with14, Jordan James with 13, AustinGragg with 12, and Proffitt adding 10.

Patriots Come Up Short inArby’s Play

By Mark ProffittDecember 29, 2010 – Sullivan

East completed play in the 2010Arby’s Classic with losses to both MillCreek from Georgia and localKingsport team Dobyns Bennett. TheHawks from Mill Creek topped the Pa-triots by a score of 54-31, while the In-dians won over East by a score of56-39. .

In East’s opening game of thetournament, the Patriots struggled of-fensively against Mill Creek’s high

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Holy Cross, 90-68Four Lady Bucs scored

in double figures and ETSUshot a season-high 54-per-cent from the field as theBlue and Gold stormed pastHoly Cross 90-68 Tuesdayevening in the first game ofthe Marriott Cavalier Classic

inside Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena.Freshman Destiny Mitchell

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(Kingsport, Tenn.) scored 16of her 18 points in the firsthalf. Mitchell, who shot 9-of-14, also pulled down six re-bounds, dished out fourassists and forced twosteals in 25 minutes of work.Meanwhile, senior point

guard Tara Davis (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)finished with 16 points, six assists andfour rebounds. Rounding out the scoringattack was red-shirt senior post LatishaBelcher’s (Martinsville, Va.) 11-point per-

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proved to 4-6 on the year,while Holy Cross dipped to4-8.

The first half was a gameof runs, but the Lady Bucswere able to record the

largest spurt and led by eight at the break,45-37.

Holy Cross came out on fire asthe Crusaders hit their first three shotsand took an early 9-2 lead after AlexSmith knocked down the team’s secondthree-pointer of the contest with only one

minute, six seconds comingoff the clock. Fortunately, theLady Bucs finally found theirgroove as they mounted a23-5 run over the next 7minutes, 33 seconds, andETSU led 25-14 after GwenWashington (Manassas,

Va.) capped off the spurt with a lay-up atthe 11:21 mark.

The Lady Bucs were able to ex-tend their lead to 14 after Mitchell foundIesha Robinson (Martinsburg, W. Va.)open for an easy bucket, but the Cru-saders pulled to within seven, 43-36,when Smith drained her fourth three-pointer of the half with less than a minuteto play.

ETSU took advantage of somehot shooting in the opening 20 minutes asthe Lady Bucs nearly shot 60 percent (20-34) – and after making their first three at-tempts of the game – Holy Cross cooledoff as the Crusaders shot 41.9 percent(13-31). Most of the scoring came fromPickwell as she shot 7-of-10 and led allscorers with 16 points at the half. Thethree-point shot kept Holy Cross in thecontest as the Crusaders hit six from longrange, while the Lady Bucs were 3-for-7.ETSU dominated Holy Cross in the paintby outscoring the Crusaders 22-8, andthe Lady Bucs turned five offensive re-bounds into six second-chance points.

The Lady Bucs’ shooting surgecarried over to the second half as ETSUconnected on nine of its first 16 attemptsand extended the lead to 18, 65-47,thanks to a Jasmine McIntosh (Bowie,Md.) jumper with 13:27 left in the contest.

From there, Holy Cross managedto make it a 13-point contest at the mid-way point of the second half, but the LadyBucs held the Crusaders to nine points inthe final 8 minutes, 59 seconds of thecontest and ETSU walked away with the22-point victory.

For the game, the Lady Bucsmade a season-best 38 field goals (70 at-tempts), while Holy Cross shot 35.3 per-cent (24-68). ETSU also dished out aseason-high 17 assists, while out-re-bounding the Crusaders by nine, 44 to 35.The Blue and Gold held a plus-28 marginin paint scoring (48-20) and scored 31points off 20 turnovers.

Holy Cross, who also had fourreach double figures in scoring, was ledby Smith’s 16-point performance.

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King College alum MattLavinder has decided to step downfrom the Tornado soccer programas head coach to focus on his realestate development business.

“Coach Lavinder has lefthis mark on not only the King soc-cer program, but the campus aswell,” King College President Dr.Gregory Jordan said. “He has influ-enced many of our students andthe surrounding community duringhis time at King. His presence willbe greatly missed.”

Lavinder served as thehead coach for 12 seasons, thelongest tenure in program history.While at the helm, he guided theTornado to a 122-97-15 record withthree conference championshipsand a NAIA National Tournamentbid in 2008. He led the program tofive straight 10-win seasons, from2005 to 2009, including 15 wins in2005, the third most for a singleseason in program history.

“I am very much lookingforward to this new phase of mylife,” Lavinder said. “I am confidentI am leaving the soccer program inthe best and most healthy point ofits history. We have built somethingspecial here in the last 12 seasons,and there is a strong core returningto continue the championship tradi-tion.”

King was the 2007 and2008 Appalachian Athletic Confer-ence Tournament champions. The2007 team added the AAC RegularSeason title as well. Lavinderguided the 2005 team to the AACregular season championship. Hewas picked by his peers as AACCoach of the Year in 2004 and2005. King qualified for the NAIARegion XII Tournament five times,2002 and 2004 to 2007.

A total of 45 players wereAll-Conference selections with

s e v e ne a r n i n gAll-Ameri-can hon-ors. TheTo r n a d oalso per-formed inthe class-room with26 playerse a r n i n gAcademicAll-American nods during histenure.

The 2010 team did set aNCAA Division II record with 57points in the Tornado’s 19-1 winover Tennessee Temple Universityin November. The 19 goals rankedthird in NCAA Division II history fora single match with the 19 assistscoming in tied for second.

Lavinder, a ’95 King Col-lege graduate, was the leadingscorer, captain, All-Conference se-lection, and Academic All-Americanduring his years as a Tornadoplayer. He played on the team from1991 to 1994 before graduating.

He went on to earn hisMaster's of Divinity from Duke Uni-versity in 1999 where he assistedwith the women's program. In addi-tion to coaching, Lavinder servedas an assistant professor in the his-tory department at King. In 2007,Lavinder was selected by the stu-dent body as Faculty Lecturerwhere he delivered a lecture enti-tled "The Soul of King College as aPhilosophy of Coaching."

King will move LouisThorpe, head women’s coach, intoa Director of Soccer Operationsrole to oversee operations of bothteams during the interim period.The school will seek to name a re-placement as soon as possible.

Mitchell’s double-double not enoughto lift Lady Bucs past Virginia inMarriott Cavalier Classic Champi-

onship, 83-66Destiny Mitchell

(Bluffton, Ga.) scored 15points and pulled down 12rebounds, but it wasn’tenough to lift the LadyBucs past Virginia as theCavaliers captured theMarriott Classic Champi-onship with an 83-66 vic-tory Wednesday nightinside John Paul JonesArena.

Mitchell’s third ca-reer double-double landedher on the all-tournamentteam after averaging 17.5points and nine reboundsin the two games. Mean-while, senior Tara Davis(Murfreesboro, Tenn.)scored 18 of her team-high 21 points in the sec-ond half and also dishedout five assists.

The Lady Bucs,who wrapped up non-con-ference play Wednesdaynight, dropped to 4-7 onthe year; while the Cava-liers improved to 9-5 withthe victory.

Virginia hit on itsfirst five shot attempts tostart the game – and de-spite trailing by as manyas eight – ETSU battledback to tie things up at 14after Mitchell laid one in,forcing the Cavaliers toburn a timeout at the13:06 mark.

Unfortunately, foultrouble and shooting woeshaunted the Lady Bucs forthe remainder of the half.

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(Martinsville, Va.) andDavis each picked up twofouls before the ten minutemark, while Mitchell wasthe third starter to go outwith 7:50 remaining beforeintermission. With thegame knotted at 16, ETSUwent over four minuteswithout registering a pointand the Cavaliers scoredten unanswered to grab a26-16 lead with 8:28 left toplay in the half. However,just after Mitchell stoppedthe scoring drought at the7:56 mark, she wascharged with her secondfoul six seconds later, andthe Cavaliers controlledthe remainder of thestanza. Virginia outscoredthe Lady Bucs 19-8 in thefinal eight minutes and led45-26 at the break, thanksto Chelsea Shine sinkingher first career three-pointer as the clock struckzero.

After shootingnearly 60-percent from thefield last night, the LadyBucs struggled as ETSUshot 33.3 percent (11-33)in the first 20 minutes. TheCavaliers posted a 46.9shooting percentage (15-32), while also outscoringETSU by 12 at the freethrow line. Virginia went14-for-18 at the charityand the Lady Bucs were 2-of-2.

The Cavaliersused the first 4 minutes, 4seconds of the second half

to extend their 19-pointhalftime lead to 26, 56-30.Despite not giving up anETSU comeback wasn’t inthe cards for the Blue andGold tonight.

The Lady Bucswere able to chip the 26-point deficit in half, 71-58,when Mitchell scored twoof her 15 points on a lay-up with less than sevenminutes to play; however,Virginia wasn’t going to letETSU spoil its post-holi-day tournament fun. Fromthere, the Cavaliers re-gained control and pushedtheir advantage to 20, andcame away with the 17-point win.

For the game,ETSU shot 35.4 percent(23-65) and out-re-bounded the Cavaliers 41to 39. Virginia shot 49.2percent (30-61) andturned 23 Lady Buccaneerturnovers into 24 points onthe offensive end. Afteronly going to the freethrow line twice in the firsthalf, the Lady Bucs made21 trips to the charitystripe in the second, butthe Blue and Gold finished16-of-23 (69.6 percent) forthe contest. The Cavalierswent to the line six times inthe final 20 minutes andended 19-for-24 (79.2 per-cent).

Virginia had threeplayers score in doublefigures with Shine leadingthe way with 22 points.

Home court kind as Bucsdrop Campbell, 72-59Holding one of the

nation’s best shootingteams well under its aver-age this season, the ETSUmen’s basketball team en-joyed a victorious home-coming Thursday nightinside the ETSU/MSHAAthletic Center, droppingAtlantic Sun Conferencefoe Campbell 72-59.

The Camels en-tered the game 12th in thenation in shooting percent-age at 49 percent a game,but shot just 39 percentfrom the floor against theBuccaneers. Meanwhile,the Bucs placed four play-ers in double figures andshot 46 percent from thefloor.

“Our early sched-ule could have either bro-ken us or gotten us readyfor the league schedule,”said ETSU head coachMurry Bartow, whose teamimproved to 6-7 overall, 1-1 in A-Sun play afterspending the entire monthof December away fromthe Dome. “I hope thattonight shows that ithelped us get ready.

“I think you haveto start with holding(Campbell) to 39 percentshooting from the floor.They have been averagingnear 50 percent for theseason and are one of thebest shooting teams in the

nation. We also got bigscoring games from guyslike Adam Sollazzo andJustin Tubbs.”

Sollazzo, a juniorguard from Tampa, had acareer high 17 points onthe night, while Tubbs, asenior guard fromTrussville, Ala., posted agame-high 21 in the win-ning effort. Meanwhile,ETSU’s Isiah Brown(Miami, Fla.) and MikeSmith (Vandalia, Mo.)added 13 and 10, respec-tively.

Campbell (7-4, 1-1) got a team-high 19points from Eric Griffin,while Junard Hartley had15 and Lorne Merthie net-ted 11.

It was a game ofoffensive runs in the earlygoing, as the Camelsraced out to an early 6-0advantage only to havethe Bucs respond with a10-0 spurt of their own.Campbell then got a 5-0run to retake the lead at11-10, but ETSU manufac-tured a 9-0 run to taketheir largest lead of thehalf at 19-11 with 11:09 leftbefore the break.

From there,Campbell methodicallybattled back into the gameand back-to-back 3-point-ers from Anthony Hortonand Eric Griffin gave the

Camels the advantage at26-24 with just over threeminutes left in the half.The Bucs enjoyed a strongfinal three minutes how-ever, highlighted by a 10-2run that ended with a long-range bomb by Smith atthe buzzer, making it 37-30 ETSU at the break.

In the first half,both teams shot 46 per-cent from the floor andwere even 17-17 on theboards. The ETSU edgecame thanks to a 69 per-cent clip (9-of-13) from thefree throw line, comparedto 29 percent (2-of-7) forCampbell. ETSU also shot57 percent from 3-pointrange (4-of-7).

After the intermis-sion, Sollazzo took over,scoring 12 points ofETSU’s 15 points at onestretch and helping theBucs build a 58-41 leadwith just over eight min-utes left. Campbell wouldget no closer than 12 therest of the way.

For the game,ETSU outscored Camp-bell 24-11 off turnovers,while the Bucs also shot astrong 43 percent from be-yond the 3-point line. TheBucs also committed just11 turnovers against aCampbell team that hasthrived on forcingturnovers on steals.

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Now HiringCarter County Gazette isnow hiring full staff posi-tion which includes Adver-tisement AccountExecutive, AdvertisementTeam Leaders, and SalesSpecialist. Please submitall resume via email atj o b s @ c a r t e r c o u n -tygazette.com or you canstop our downtown Eliza-bethton office and fill outan application which is lo-cated at 441 East Elk Ave,Elizabethton, TN. Somesales preferable, but notrequired for consideration.For more detailed informa-tion you can contactMichael (423) 302-0472.

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276-494-74094993 Bluff City Hwy.-Bluff City, TN 37618

423-391-0700

667 Highway 91 Elizabethton, TN 37643667 Highway 91 Elizabethton, TN 37643(423) 542-0040Sat. 11-8 Pizza Wings and More - $11.99Sat. 11-8 Pizza Wings and More - $11.99

Sun. 11-4 Country Buffet Sun. 11-4 Country Buffet Tues. 4-8 Seniors 60 + $4.56 + Tax $5.00 Tues. 4-8 Seniors 60 + $4.56 + Tax $5.00 Wed. 4-8 Kids Night Buffet Kids eat freeWed. 4-8 Kids Night Buffet Kids eat freeThursday. 4-8 Italian Buffet with Pizza Thursday. 4-8 Italian Buffet with Pizza Sun. – Thur. Adult $9.11 + Tax $10.00Sun. – Thur. Adult $9.11 + Tax $10.00

Kids $4.56 + Tax $5.00Kids $4.56 + Tax $5.00Drinks IncludedDrinks Included

DAILY CARRY OUT SPECIALSDelivery AvailableWe are located just below

Hunter First Baptist Church on Hwy 91

Stoney’s Stoney’s Pizza& SubsPizza& Subs

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