Local family tostart Segway tours

at WildernessRoad State Park

BY ADAM YOUNG

Staff Writer

MIDDLESBORO —Local entrepreneur JeffBowling recently decidedthat he wanted to teachhis children — three sonsand a daughter — aboutthe world of business.And so began SegwayWilderness Tours, LLC.

For those who may notknow, a Segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancingelectric vehicle inventedby Dean Kamen. Theelectric vehicle is drivenby an electric motor andcan reach a maximumspeed of 13 miles perhour.

Moreover, computersand motors in the base ofthe device keep the vehi-cle upright when pow-ered on with balancingenabled. Users lean for-ward to go forward, leanback to go backward, andturn by using a "LeanSteer" handlebar — lean-ing it left or right.

Bowling, a well-known businessman, the

founder of MountainTarp and Awning, is cur-rently retired and saidthat he simply wanted toteach his children how tostart and operate a legiti-mate business.

He claimed that in theworld of business, it isimportant to learn fromone’s mistakes, and thatis the message he wantsto relay to his children atany early age.

Bowling stated thatthe idea for SegwayWilderness Tours, LLC.,arose when he purchasedtwo Segways forChristmas. Bowlingclaimed that the vehicleswere a big hit with thefamily, so he decided topurchase some extraones.

He explained that theman selling the two-wheeled vehicles spoke aof popular Segway guid-ed tour in the Cincinnatiarea and Bowlingbelieved the tours mightgo over well in the Tri-State region.

He thought with allthe trails and beautifulscenery in the area — theSegway endeavor couldbe an instant success.

According toBowling, the guidedSegway tour will offer

area visitors a completeexperience — includingcomplete Segwayinstruction, fantasticphoto opportunities, a

relaxing breeze throughbeautiful Tri-State arealandscape and the chanceto ride one of the coolestmachines in the world.

The Wilderness RoadState Park, located inEwing, Va., will work inpartnership with the

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Friends ofCumberland Gap

Park to meet CUMBERLAND

GAP, Tenn. —Friends ofCumberland GapNational HistoricalPark will have theirregularly scheduledmonthly meeting onThursday, May 27, at6 p.m. in theCumberland GapNational HistoricalPark Visitor CenterA u d i t o r i u m .Everyone is wel-come! ParkHistorian MarthaWiley will share sto-ries and photos ofHistoric HensleySettlement.

Beshear to calllawmakers into

session onMay 24

F R A N K F O RT,Ky. (AP) — Gov.Steve Beshear willcall lawmakers backto Frankfort for aspecial legislativesession May 24 totry again to enact abudget.

Beshear made thea n n o u n c e m e n tWednesday after-noon.

Lawmakers con-cluded their regularsession last monthwithout passing abudget, despitelengthy negotiationsbetween House andSenate conferees.

Beshear haswarned that failureto pass a budgetwould mean all non-essential governmentservices would ceaseby July 1. He saidthousands of stateemployees, includ-ing state policetroopers, would facelayoffs.

Budget negotia-tions have been com-plicated by a $1.5billion revenueshortfall brought onby the ailing econo-my.

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Main Street developingtourist map

BY STEPHEN WOODWARD

Staff Writer

PINEVILLE — Some pre-cious film footage documentingPineville and Bell County in theearly part of the 20th Century

could become fully restored,thanks to recent donations.

Local author Tim Cornettcame before Pineville CityCouncil on Monday night ask-ing them for financial assistancein getting several film reelsrestored where they could becopied and shown.

Cornett said one reel he wasseeking to restore captured six

hours of footage on a 16 mmcamera in the 1930’s, 40’s, and50’s in Pineville and Balkan. Hesaid that the footage shows theold city hall under construction,the Continental Hotel, and thebuilding of old Highway 25Ewith a steam shovel.

Cornett said he also had a“double reel” of footage fromthe Kentucky Mountain Laurel

Festival from 1938 and 1939.He also has a 20 minute reel

from a Civilian ConservationCorps cutting the road for PineMountain State Resort Park.

Appalshop, who is doing therestoration, allowed Cornett tosee 60 seconds from one of thereels being restored.

“They’ve done a great job,”said Cornett. “The color isalmost like digital color.They’ve restored it extremelywell. The film was just aboutdestroyed when we sent it tothem.”

Cornett said the project torestore hours of footage wouldcost $22,000. He said he hadchecked with different organiza-tions, including Smithsonian,but funding wasn’t available.

The city decided to pitch in$1,500 to help with one of therestoration, joining the RotaryClub and other organizations.

Cornett said the film will bemade available to the city,schools, the library, and theHistorical Society after therestoration is complete.Appalshop will become custodi-an of the original film to pre-serve it.

Main Street Director JoannaFoley said that she had recentlygone to the Corbin Main Streetmeeting and gotten ideas for acity map, which Pineville does-n’t have.

“It will all be in color and beon glossy paper,” said Foley.“Each block will have a businesscard.”

Foley said eventually theycould charge businesses to putcoupons or store biographies onthe back. She suggested possiblyputting the city’s history on theback as well. She hoped to haveone developed in a week.

Mayor Sherwin Rader saidshe attended a Flood LevySummit in Frankfort and gavethe council an update on it.Stephen Woodward is a Staff Writerfor the Daily News. He may be con-tacted at swoodward@middles-borodailynews.com.

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Down the drain...The Bell CountyS h e r i f f ’ sD e p a r t m e n tpoured 115 gal-lons of moon-shine down thedrain on Thursdayafternoon. BellCounty SheriffBruce Bennettsaid the moon-shine was confis-cated from 40-year-old NoelAdams Ward, whowas arrested inMarch and facescharges of traf-ficking alcoholicbeverage in a dryterritory andunlawful manu-facturing.

Deputy DougJordan (right) andSheriff BruceBennett (left)pour a 15 gallonbarrel of moon-shine down thedrain.

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Bryce Bowling, Benjamin Bowling, Blair Bowling and Boone Bowling (pic-tured from front to back) of Segway Wilderness Tours, LLC.

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— World News —Russia urges active US role

in MideastANKARA, Turkey — Russian

President Dmitry Medvedev urged theUnited States on Wednesday to activelywork to achieve peace in the Mideast withthe support of other nations, saying there isa "human tragedy" in Gaza.

His comment appeared to indicateMoscow's willingness to become an activeMiddle East mediator. On Tuesday, duringa visit to Syria, Medvedev said Israeli-Arab tensions threaten to draw the MiddleEast into a new catastrophe, addingMoscow's weight to a diplomatic push toease antagonism between Israel and Syria.

"The United States must be active andother nations must contribute," Medvedevsaid in Ankara.

Washington recently launched U.S.-mediated peace talks between Israel andthe Palestinians, but signs of troublealready have emerged. On Monday, Israelsaid it doesn't intend to halt construction ofJewish housing in east Jerusalem. ThePalestinians accused Israel of underminingtrust and urged President Barack Obamato intervene.

Obama supports establishing an inde-pendent Palestinian state alongside Israel.

edvedev said no one should be exclud-ed from the Mideast peace process, a clearreference to Khaled Mashaal, the exiledleader of the Palestinian militant groupHamas, which is shunned as a terroristorganization by the U.S. and EuropeanUnion nations.

Medvedev met Mashaal in Damascuson Tuesday. Hamas rules in the Gaza Strip,one of the territories that would one day bepart of a Palestinian state.

In Israel, Foreign Ministry spokesmanYigal Palmor slammed Medvedev's com-ments and his meeting with Mashaal.

"The foreign ministry completelyrejects the calls by the Russian and Turkishpresidents to include Hamas in the politi-cal process, and expresses a deep disap-pointment from the meeting of theRussian President with Khaled Mashaal inDamascus," Palmor said in a statement.

"Israel has always stood at Russia's sideagainst the (Chechen) terror. We wouldexpect similar treatment when it is Hamasterror against Israel," he said.

Earlier, Medvedev also said Iran must"adopt a constructive approach in someway," as the U.S. and its allies rally for newU.N. sanctions against Tehran regarding itsnuclear program. Iran has denied chargesthat it is secretly building nuclearweapons.

Eminem, Jay-Z teaming up for pair ofSept. shows

DETROIT— What could be better than New York'sown Jay-Z playing the first concert at the new YankeeStadium?

How about fellow rap superstar Eminem alongsidehim?

The two titans of the hip-hop world attendedWednesday night's New York-Detroit game atComerica Park to announce they'd be playing at theYankees' ballpark on Sept. 13.

Eleven days earlier, though, Jay-Z will be back inthe Motor City to play with Eminem at the latter'shometown ballpark, Comerica.

They made the announcement during appearanceson several television broadcasts of Wednesday night'sgame.

Jay-Z, whose recent New York-centric anthem,"Empire State of Mind," was a a big hit, performedthe song before Game 2 of the World Series at YankeeStadium.

Seinfeld joins country celebs in aidingNashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld isn'tkidding — he's going to donate all the proceeds fromone of his Nashville shows to help flood victims inthe city and throughout Tennessee.

The proceeds from Friday's show at the TennesseePerforming Arts Center, just a few blocks from thescene of widespread flood damage, will be splitbetween the Community Foundation of MiddleTennessee and American Red Cross Disaster ReliefFund.

"This is a tough time for a great city, and I'm veryhappy to donate the proceeds from this show to thelocal organizations that are bringing help where it'sneeded," Seinfeld said in an e-mail to The AssociatedPress.

Seinfeld is one of dozens of stars and organizationswho have offered help after a deadly string of stormscaused widespread flooding in Tennessee. Thousandsof homes were damaged or destroyed and more than34 people died across three states, including 22 in

Tennessee.A telethon featuring Brad Paisley and Lady

Antebellum will be held Sunday night on cable net-work GAC. A local telethon the week after the floodshosted by Vince Gill raised more than $1.7 million.

Taylor Swift has donated $500,000 to relief organ-izations and will continue to help raise funds byappearing in "Nashville Rising," a June 22 benefitconcert hosted by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Thelineup includes Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus,Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBrideand many others.

Ke$ha, a Nashville-area native, has a benefit con-cert planned for June 16.

And the Country Throwdown Tour will take theeffort on the road this summer. Some artists on thetraveling tour, including Montgomery Gentry, EricChurch and Jack Ingram, will donate a portion oftheir merchandise proceeds to flood relief. Organizersalso are giving 50 cents from every ticket to charitywith a percentage going to Hands On Nashville.

Jewel to sing national anthem at Indy500

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis 500 fans willhear Jewel sing the national anthem before this year'srace.

The singer-songwriter has sold 27 million albumsworldwide since her debut in 1995 and has been nom-inated twice for Grammy Awards. Her latest studioalbum, "Sweet and Wild," is scheduled for a June 8release.

Race organizers made the announcementWednesday.

Jewel also has performed at USO concerts for theAmerican military around the world.

This year's race is scheduled for May 30.Among the previous celebrities who have sung the

national anthem on race day were Miss America KatieStam, two-time "Dancing With The Stars" championJulianne Hough and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.

— National News —Thieves steal Ohio hearse,dump corpse, leave noteCLEVELAND — A corpse was

taken for a ride in Cleveland, thendumped by thieves who stole a crema-tory's hearse and abandoned it with anote telling police where to find thebody.

Police on Wednesday found thewoman's body, in a bag and on a gur-ney, at the intersection specified in thenote.

Computer equipment also was takenfrom the crematory duringWednesday's break-in. Sgt. SammyMorris says police are investigatingwhether the hearse was stolen to haulthe gear away. No arrests have beenmade.

Funeral director Jim Murphy saysthe corpse was unharmed. It was sched-uled to be cremated Wednesday.

The Greenfield Crematory has apol-ogized to the family. It says it was notunusual for the body to have been leftin its vehicle, which was locked insidethe building.

SC Senate beats veto, raiseslowest US smoke tax

COLUMBIA, S.C. — SouthCarolina no longer has the nation's low-est cigarette tax after lawmakers votedto override a veto and raise the cost by50 cents a pack.

Thursday's vote increases the levyfrom 7 cents to 57 cents a pack on July1 and leaves Missouri with the nation'slowest tax at 17 cents.

The 33-13 vote in the Senate fol-lowed a 90-29 vote in the House onWednesday after Gov. Mark Sanfordhad said he wouldn't allow the increaseunless some other tax was cut. The gov-ernor and House and Senate majoritiesare all Republicans.

The measure raises nearly $125 mil-lion to cover the loss of federal bailoutcash next year in Medicaid programsfor the elderly, disabled and poor. Italso is expected to generate $5 millioneach for cancer research and efforts tocurb smoking and $1 million for agri-culture marketing.

Editors Note: Four decadesafter Richard Nixondeclared war on drugs,more Americans use themand drug-related violencehas gotten worse. This is thefirst in an occasional seriesof reports by The AssociatedPress examining why thedrug war failed and why theU.S. and Mexico continue tofight a losing battle.

BY MARTHA MENDOZAAssociated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY (AP) —After 40 years, the UnitedStates' war on drugs has cost$1 trillion and hundreds ofthousands of lives, and forwhat? Drug use is rampantand violence even more bru-tal and widespread.

Even U.S. drug czar GilKerlikowske concedes thestrategy hasn't worked.

"In the grand scheme, ithas not been successful,"Kerlikowske told TheAssociated Press. "Fortyyears later, the concernabout drugs and drug prob-lems is, if anything, magni-fied, intensified."

This week PresidentObama promised to "reducedrug use and the great dam-age it causes" with a newnational policy that he saidtreats drug use more as apublic health issue andfocuses on prevention andtreatment.

Nevertheless, his admin-istration has increasedspending on interdiction andlaw enforcement to recordlevels both in dollars and inpercentage terms; this year,they account for $10 billionof his $15.5 billion drug-control budget.

Kerlikowske, who coor-dinates all federal anti-drugpolicies, says it will taketime for the spending tomatch the rhetoric.

"Nothing happensovernight," he said. "We'venever worked the drug prob-lem holistically. We'll arrestthe drug dealer, but we leavethe addiction."

His predecessor, John P.Walters, takes issue withthat.

Walters insists societywould be far worse today ifthere had been no War onDrugs. Drug abuse peakednationally in 1979 and,despite fluctuations,remains below those levels,he says. Judging the drugwar is complicated: Recordsindicate marijuana and pre-scription drug abuse areclimbing, while cocaine useis way down. Seizures areup, but so is availability.

"To say that all the thingsthat have been done in thewar on drugs haven't madeany difference is ridiculous,"Walters said. "It destroyseverything we've done. It'ssaying all the peopleinvolved in law enforcment,treatment and preventionhave been wasting theirtime. It's saying all thesepeople's work is misguid-ed."

___In 1970, hippies were

smoking pot and droppingacid. Soldiers were cominghome from Vietnam hookedon heroin. EmbattledPresident Richard M. Nixonseized on a new war hethought he could win.

"This nation faces amajor crisis in terms of theincreasing use of drugs, par-ticularly among our youngpeople," Nixon said as hesigned the ComprehensiveDrug Abuse Prevention andControl Act. The followingyear, he said: "Public enemyNo. 1 in the United States isdrug abuse. In order to fightand defeat this enemy, it isnecessary to wage a new,all-out offensive."

His first drug-fightingbudget was $100 million.Now it's $15.1 billion, 31

times Nixon's amount evenwhen adjusted for inflation.

Using Freedom ofInformation Act requests,archival records, federalbudgets and dozens of inter-views with leaders and ana-lysts, the AP tracked wherethat money went, and foundthat the United Statesrepeatedly increased budg-ets for programs that did lit-tle to stop the flow of drugs.In 40 years, taxpayers spentmore than:

— $20 billion to fight thedrug gangs in their homecountries. In Colombia, forexample, the United Statesspent more than $6 billion,while coca cultivationincreased and traffickingmoved to Mexico — and theviolence along with it.

— $33 billion in market-ing "Just Say No"-stylemessages to America'syouth and other preventionprograms. High school stu-dents report the same ratesof illegal drug use as theydid in 1970, and the Centersfor Disease Control andPrevention says drug over-doses have "risen steadily"since the early 1970s tomore than 20,000 last year.

— $49 billion for lawenforcement alongAmerica's borders to cut offthe flow of illegal drugs.This year, 25 millionAmericans will snort, swal-low, inject and smoke illicitdrugs, about 10 millionmore than in 1970, with thebulk of those drugs import-ed from Mexico.

— $121 billion to arrestmore than 37 million nonvi-olent drug offenders, about10 million of them for pos-session of marijuana.Studies show that jail timetends to increase drugabuse.

— $450 billion to lockthose people up in federalprisons alone. Last year, halfof all federal prisoners in theU.S. were serving sentencesfor drug offenses.

At the same time, drugabuse is costing the nation inother ways. The JusticeDepartment estimates theconsequences of drug abuse— "an overburdened justicesystem, a strained healthcare system, lost productivi-ty, and environmentaldestruction" — cost theUnited States $215 billion ayear.

Harvard Universityeconomist Jeffrey Mironsays the only sure thing tax-payers get for more spend-ing on police and soldiers ismore homicides.

"Current policy is nothaving an effect of reducingdrug use," Miron said, "butit's costing the public a for-tune."

___From the beginning, law-

makers debated fiercelywhether law enforcement —no matter how well fundedand well trained — couldever defeat the drug prob-lem.

Then-Alaska Sen. MikeGravel, who had his doubts,has since watched his worstfears come to pass.

"Look what happened.It's an ongoing tragedy thathas cost us a trillion dollars.It has loaded our jails and ithas destabilized countrieslike Mexico and Colombia,"he said.

In 1970, proponents said

beefed-up law enforcementcould effectively seal thesouthern U.S. border andstop drugs from coming in.Since then, the U.S. usedpatrols, checkpoints, snifferdogs, cameras, motiondetectors, heat sensors,drone aircraft — and evenput up more than 1,000miles of steel beam, con-crete walls and heavy meshstretching from California toTexas.

None of that has stoppedthe drugs. The Office ofNational Drug ControlPolicy says about 330 tonsof cocaine, 20 tons of heroinand 110 tons of metham-phetamine are sold in theUnited States every year —almost all of it brought inacross the borders. Evenmore marijuana is sold, butit's hard to know how muchof that is grown domestical-ly, including vast fields runby Mexican drug cartels inU.S. national parks.

The dealers who arecaught have overwhelmedjustice systems in the UnitedStates and elsewhere. U.S.prosecutors declined to filecharges in 7,482 drug caseslast year, most because theysimply didn't have the time.That's about one out ofevery four drug cases.

The United States has inrecent years rounded upthousands of suspectedassociates of Mexican druggangs, then turned some ofthe cases over to local pros-ecutors who can't make thecharges stick for lack of evi-dence. The suspects are thensometimes released, deport-ed or acquitted. The U.S.Justice Department doesn'teven keep track of what hap-pens to all of them.

In Mexico, traffickersexploit a broken justice sys-tem. Investigators often failto collect convincing evi-dence — and are sometimesassassinated when they do.Confessions are beaten outof suspects by frustrated,underpaid police. Judgeswho no longer turn a blindeye to such abuse release thesuspects in exasperation.

In prison, in the U.S. orMexico, traffickers continueto operate, ordering assassi-nations and arranging distri-bution of their product evenfrom solitary confinementin Texas and California. InMexico, prisoners cansometimes even buy theirway out.

The violence spansMexico. In Ciudad Juarez,the epicenter of drug vio-lence in Mexico, 2,600 peo-ple were killed last year incartel-related violence,making the city of 1 millionacross the Rio Grande fromEl Paso, Texas, one of theworld's deadliest. Not a sin-gle person was prosecutedfor homicide related toorganized crime.

And then there's themoney.

The $320 billion annualglobal drug industry nowaccounts for 1 percent of allcommerce on the planet.

A full 10 percent ofMexico's economy is builton drug proceeds — $25billion smuggled in from theUnited States every year, ofwhich 25 cents of each $100smuggled is seized at theborder. Thus there's noincentive for the kind offinancial reform that could

tame the cartels."For every drug dealer

you put in jail or kill, there'sa line up to replace himbecause the money is just sogood," says Walter McCay,who heads the nonprofitCenter for ProfessionalPolice Certification inMexico City.

McCay is one of the13,000 members ofMedford, Mass.-based LawEnforcement AgainstProhibition, a group of cops,judges, prosecutors, prisonwardens and others whowant to legalize and regulateall drugs.

A decade ago, no politi-cian who wanted to keep hisjob would breathe a wordabout legalization, but aconsensus is growing acrossthe country that at least mar-ijuana will someday be reg-ulated and sold like tobaccoand alcohol.

California voters decidein November whether tolegalize marijuana, andSouth Dakota will vote thisfall on whether to allowmedical uses of marijuana,already permitted inCalifornia and 13 otherstates. The Obama adminis-tration says it won't targetmarijuana dispensaries ifthey comply with state laws.

___Mexican President Felipe

Calderon says if Americawants to fix the drug prob-lem, it needs to do some-thing about Americans'unquenching thirst for ille-gal drugs.

Kerlikowske agrees, andObama has committed todoing just that.

And yet both countriescontinue to spend the bulkof their drug budgets on lawenforcement rather thantreatment and prevention.

"President Obama'snewly released drug warbudget is essentially thesame as Bush's, with rough-ly twice as much moneygoing to the criminal justicesystem as to treatment andprevention," said Bill Piper,director of national affairsfor the nonprofit DrugPolicy Alliance. "Thisdespite Obama's statementson the campaign trail thatdrug use should be treatedas a health issue, not a crim-inal justice issue."

Obama is requesting arecord $15.5 billion for thedrug war for 2011, abouttwo thirds of it for lawenforcement at the frontlines of the battle: police,military and border patrolagents struggling to seizedrugs and arrest traffickersand users.

About $5.6 billion wouldbe spent on prevention andtreatment.

Kerlikowske, who wish-es people would stop callingit a "war" on drugs, fre-quently talks about one ofthe most valuable toolsthey've found, in which doc-tors screen for drug abuseduring routine medicalexaminations. That program

would get a mere $7.2 mil-lion under Obama's budget.

"People will say that's notenough. They'll say the drugbudget hasn't shifted asmuch as it should have, andgranted I don't disagree withthat," Kerlikowske said."We would like to do morein that direction."

"Nothing happensovernight," Kerlikowskesaid.

___Until 100 years ago,

drugs were simply a com-modity. Then Western cul-tural shifts made themimmoral and deviant,according to London Schoolof Economics professorFernanda Mena.

Religious movements ledthe crusades against drugs:In 1904, an Episcopal bish-op returning from a missionin the Far East argued forbanning opium after observ-ing "the natives' moraldegeneration." In 1914, TheNew York Times reportedthat cocaine caused blacksto commit "violent crimes,"and that it made them resist-ant to police bullets. In thedecades that followed, Menasaid, drugs became synony-mous with evil.

Nixon drew on thoseemotions when he pressedfor his War on Drugs.

"Narcotics addiction is aproblem which afflicts boththe body and the soul ofAmerica," he said in a spe-cial 1971 message toCongress. "It comes quietlyinto homes and destroyschildren, it moves intoneighborhoods and breaksthe fiber of communitywhich makes neighbors. Wemust try to better understandthe confusion and disillu-sion and despair that bringpeople, particularly youngpeople, to the use of nar-cotics and dangerousdrugs."

Just a few years later, ayoung Barack Obama wasone of those young users, ateenager smoking pot andtrying "a little blow whenyou could afford it," as hewrote in "Dreams From MyFather." When asked duringhis campaign if he hadinhaled the pot, he replied:"That was the point."

So why persist with cost-ly programs that don't work?

Department ofHomeland SecuritySecretary Janet Napolitano,sitting down with the AP atthe U.S. Embassy in MexicoCity, paused for a moment atthe question.

"Look," she says, startingslowly. "This is somethingthat is worth fighting forbecause drug addiction isabout fighting for some-body's life, a young child'slife, a teenager's life, theirability to be a successful andproductive adult.

"If you think about it inthose terms, that they arefighting for lives — and inMexico they are literallyfighting for lives as wellfrom the violence stand-point — you realize thestakes are too high to let go."

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Several months ago I had the oppor-tunity to view the 1976 documentary"Harlan County USA" about the 1973

(miners vs. Duke Power Company)Strike. As with too many Americans,we do not know the powerful history ofthe coal counties of eastern Kentucky.For generations, the ancestors of theCumberland Gap/River counties andcommunities have lived, died, and areburied in cemeteries/ familyburial/plots in the mountains.

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For the last 6 months, I weekly goonline to the Harlan and Middlesboronewspapers and copy the obituaries andplace those individuals on the cemeterypage at the websitewww.findagrave.com. This is a largeinternational FREE website that cur-rently has 50 million names to searchby cemetery. This has become a verypersonal project for me. I read eachobituary, and have come to respect andhonor those who live and die in yourcommunities.

I am registered as a contributor atFINDAGRAVE and I am also currentlycontributing names to several cemeter-ies in your area.

After reading the article about theDowell Hollow Cemetery, I would liketo volunteer to help any descendants ofthose who were buried at this cemeteryto place their family members onFINDAGRAVE. The article mentionedDorothy Lingar and her direct ancestorPLEASANT ELLIOTT who is buriedat the cemetery. If any family memberwho has records or vital knowledge oran old photo of any one who was buriedat this cemetery, it would be my priv-iledge to place this information forfuture generations at FINDAGRAVE,or help you to register and place yourfamily names. (absolutely NO FEE)

I know there are many in thegenealogical community across thecountry who have learned of thedestruction of this burial area that alsohas sympathy and heartfelt appreciationfor the loss of these graves.

Shirley Nancemallard1213@gmail.com

Today is Friday, May 14, the 134thday of 2010. There are 231 daysleft in the year.

TTooddaayy''ss HHiigghhlliigghhtt iinn HHiissttoorryy::On May 14, 1610, King Henry IV of

France was stabbed to death while rid-

ing in his carriage in Paris by a reli-gious fanatic, Francois Ravaillac, whowas executed less than two weeks later.

OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee::In 1643, Louis XIV became King of

France at age four upon the death of hisfather, Louis XIII (the successor toHenry IV).

In 1796, English physician EdwardJenner succeeded in inoculating 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox byusing cowpox matter.

In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedi-tion to explore the Louisiana Territoryas well as the Pacific Northwest leftcamp near present-day Hartford, Ill.

In 1860, the first Japanese diplomat-ic mission to the United States arrivedin Washington.

In 1900, the Olympic games openedin Paris, held as part of the 1900World's Fair.

In 1940, the Netherlands surren-dered to invading German forces duringWorld War II.

In 1942, Congress voted to establishthe Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" wasfirst performed, by the CincinnatiSymphony Orchestra.

In 1948, according to the current-era

calendar, the independent state of Israelwas proclaimed in Tel Aviv.

In 1973, the United States launchedSkylab 1, its first manned space station.

In 1998, singer-actor Frank Sinatradied at a Los Angeles hospital at age82. The hit sitcom "Seinfeld" aired itsfinal episode after nine years on NBC.

TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: Tens of thousands ofmothers rallied in Washington todemand strict control of handguns.Former Japanese Prime Minister KeizoObuchi (kay-zoh oh-boo-chee) died inTokyo at age 62.

FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: The U.S. military inIraq wrapped up Operation Matador, amajor offensive in a remote desertregion near the Syrian border.

OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: House SpeakerNancy Pelosi bluntly accused the CIAof misleading her and other lawmakersabout waterboarding during the Bushadministration, disputing Republicancharges that she was complicit in itsuse. Chrysler announced plans to elim-inate 789 dealerships as part of itsrestructuring. A pair of spacewalkingastronauts installed a new piano-sizedcamera in the Hubble Space Telescope.

TTooddaayy''ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: Opera singerPatrice Munsel is 85. Sen. Byron

Dorgan (D-N.D.) is 68. Rock singer-musician Jack Bruce (Cream) is 67.Movie producer George Lucas is 66.Actress Meg Foster is 62. Rock singerDavid Byrne is 58. Movie directorRobert Zemeckis is 58. Actor Tim Rothis 49. Rock singer Ian Astbury (TheCult) is 48. Rock musician C.C. (akaCecil) DeVille is 48. Actor DannyHuston is 48. Rock musician Mike Inez(Alice In Chains) is 44. Fabrice Morvan(ex-Milli Vanilli) is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Raphael Saadiq is 44.Actress Cate Blanchett is 41. SingerDanny Wood (New Kids on the Block)is 41. Movie writer-director SofiaCoppola (KOH'-pah-lah) is 39. SingerNatalie Appleton (All Saints) is 37.Singer Shanice is 37. Rock musicianHenry Garza (Los Lonely Boys) is 32.Rock musician Mike Retondo (PlainWhite T's) is 29. Actress AmberTamblyn is 27. Actress MirandaCosgrove is 17.

TThhoouugghhtt ffoorr TTooddaayy:: "The cure forboredom is curiosity. There is no curefor curiosity." — Dorothy Parker,American author, humorist, poet (1893-1967).

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When it comes to whaling, Japanis a rogue state.

Since 1986, there's been a moratori-um on commercial whaling that Japanhas honored only in the breach. Norway

and Iceland don'thonor it at all, while afew aboriginal commu-nities get exemptions.As a consequence, dur-ing the past 20 years,the number of whaleskilled has steadilyincreased; roughly2,000 were killed lastyear.

This is a vastimprovement over the80,000 whales killed in1960, but it's a veryleaky ban. TheInternational WhalingCommission, the 88-nation body that regu-lates whaling, is now

considering a proposal to formally liftthe moratorium, in exchange for sup-posedly tighter limits on newly sanc-tioned hunting. The idea is that a morerealistic regime will save thousands ofwhales during the next 10 years.

But conservationists are rightlygalled at a proposal that will againlegitimate the killing of nature's mostmajestic creatures — as harmless asthey are awesome — with no guaranteethat the number of whale catches willreally go down substantially.

Whaling lost its Melville-esqueromance long ago. Once, "iron men inwooden boats" hunted the beasts insomething of an even match. OtherwiseCaptain Ahab's obsessive quest for thewhite whale wouldn't have been so self-destructive.

The rise of steam engines, explosiveharpoons and then factory ships —capable of killing and processingwhales at sea — facilitated the massslaughter of whales. The creatures hadas much a chance against their huntersas bologna does against a grinder. Theywere killed in a decades-long movablecharnel house.

In the first four decades of the 20thcentury, about 900,000 whales werekilled just in the Southern Hemisphere.Blue whales, the largest animal onEarth, had once been too fast for whal-ing ships. Not in the new age. Since1920, their population has declined by96 percent. Many species were huntedto the brink of extinction.

It became clear the carnage didn'teven suit the interests of the hunters,who would soon be bereft of prey.Hunting became restricted, and then, ina great victory for animal conservation-ists, the IWC ratified the moratorium in1986.

Why protect whales? They should bepreserved as befitting anything else thatprovokes wonder; they are the mam-malian equivalent of the Grand Canyonor of the giant redwoods. They also areincredibly long-lived creatures with asophisticated social structure, closer tochimpanzees than to cattle.

Besides, there's no reason to killwhales. No one has needed whale oil tolight lamps for at least a century, andblubber isn't a necessary source ofnutrition in a modern society. Yet, Japanpersists. It agitates against the moratori-um and organizes international opposi-tion to it, at the same time it cynicallydefies it.

Even in Japan, only 1 percent of thepopulation eats whale meat routinely.The whaling program is subsidized bythe government and justified as scien-tific research. But Japan conductswhale research the way quail huntersconduct avian studies. Japan's programhasn't produced any scientific break-

throughs, although meat from thewhales under study makes it intorestaurants and the excess into cat anddog food.

Although hunting has been greatlydiminished through the years, manywhale populations haven't significantlybounced back. "History tells us thatwhenever commercial whaling hasoccurred, whale numbers have dimin-ished very rapidly; and even whenwhaling stops, can take a long time torecover," Jim McLay, New Zealand'sformer commissioner to the IWC, haswritten. "Slow breeding rates, long lifecycles and other patterns of whale lifemean that, even with the moratorium,and with the added protection of twoocean sanctuaries, it will take manydecades for the most depleted speciesto recover, if at all."

Any deal at the IWC should tilt morestrongly in the animals' favor than theone on offer, which relies on an artifi-cial accounting to arrive at its figuresfor saved whales. For decades, the crea-tures experienced the full fury of indus-trialized destruction. They still deservea respite.Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail:comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

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Ronnie W. Warf EWING, Va. —

Ronnie W. Warf, age 61,passed away on Tuesday,May 11, 2010, at LeeRegional MedicalCenter.

He was preceded indeath by his parents,Charles Nathan andMary Clonce Warf;brother, Harley AlfordWarf; sister, Clara May(Louise) Kelly; brothers,David Lee Warf andRaymond Eulus Warf;and granddaughter,Miranda Warf.

Survivors include hiswife, Jawhana Warf;daughters and sons-in-law, Sarah and TroyWebb, and Crystal andEugene Thomas; sonsand daughters-in-law,Jeffrey and Shelley Warf,and Clint and KristyWarf; grandchildren,Candance Warf, ThomasWarf, Emilee Webb,Jaron Warf, Joshua Webband Brandon Warf;brothers, Jerry Warf,Sonny (Sally) Warf, andJimmy (Edie) Warf; sis-ters, Janice (Willis)Hounshell, Sue (Zeke)Roberts, and Patricia“Sis” Burchett; specialbrother-in-law, DarbyCheek

Visitation will be from6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday,May 13, at the Arney-Mullins Funeral Home inRose Hill.

Funeral services willfollow at 8 p.m. in thefuneral home chapel withMinister John Mace offi-ciating.

Graveside service willbe at 10 a.m. on Friday,May 14, in DillmanCemetery in HolinessHollow. Pallbearerswill be Jeffrey Warf,Clint Warf, ThomasWarf, Troy Webb,Eugene Thomas andDwayne HounshellHonorary pallbearers arePaul Clonce and LukeWest

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can be made to the fami-ly at arney-mullinsfuner-alhomes.com.

A r n e y - M u l l i n sFuneral Home of RoseHill, Va., is serving theWarf family.

Clarence E.Minor

MIDDLESBORO —Clarence E. Minor, 78 ofMiddlesboro, KY, passedaway Thursday May 13,2010 at the Fort SandersHospital.

Funeral arrangementsare incomplete at thistime and will beannounced when theybecome available.Further information maybe obtained by callingthe Creech FuneralHome 24 hour obituaryline at 248-4710 or theCreech Funeral Home at248-4700.

Creech Funeral Homeis in charge of allarrangements.

Laura WaltersPINEVILLE — Laura

Walters, 97 of Pineville,went to be with the Lordon Wednesday, May 12,2010 at the PinevilleCommunity Hospital.

She was born May 20,1912 in Bell County, adaughter of the late G.G.and Elizabeth GreenCox. In addition to herparents, she was preced-ed in death by her hus-band, Hobart Walters;four sons, Evert, Arthur“T.B.”, Millard, and PaulC. Walters; and onegrandson, Stephen A.Walters.

Survivors include twosons, Jahue R. “Cooch”(Gloria) Walters ofCincinnati, Ohio andTess (Kathy) Walters ofPineville; three daugh-ters, Loretta (Tom)Helton of Flat Lick, M.Alberta (Charles) Hodgeof Pineville and Dorothy(Dennis) Martineau of

Walton, Ky.; 11 grand-children; 32 great-grand-children; and 14 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services willbe held at 2 p.m.Saturday at the CreechFuneral Home withRevs. John C. Bruce,Shelby Money andWilliam Boyd Binghampresiding. Interment willbe in the MathelCemetery. Pallbearerswill be grandsons andgreat-grandsons. Thefamily will receivefriends from 12 to 2 p.m.Saturday at the CreechFuneral Home.

Creech Funeral Homeis in charge of allarrangements.

Faye FarleyCausey

ROSSPOINT, Ky. —Faye Farley Causey ofRosspoint, Ky., wascalled to her eternalhome on her 77th birth-day on May 12, 2010 atthe Pineville CommunityHospital.

Faye was born May12, 1933 in LeslieCounty, Ky. to the lateHence and FanniePennington Farley. She isthe mother of SheilaSmith of Middlesboro.

Visitation for FayeFarley Causey will beSaturday, May 15, 2010from 6 until 9 p.m. atAnderson-Laws & JonesFuneral Home.

Graveside serviceswill be 1 p.m. Sunday atthe Farley Cemetery atBad Creek in LeslieCounty, Ky. Family andfriends will serve as pall-bearers.

Condolences can beleft atwww.harlanobits.net.

Anderson-Laws &Jones Funeral Home ishonored to be serving theCausey Family.

Obituary courtesy ofCreech Funeral Home.

WWhhyy aarree wweeoobbeessee??

It seems everywhere we turn these days someone is telling howobese we are becoming as a nation. Our expanding waist lines andthe battle of the bulge seems the one thing the national media can

agree upon and report consistently. Last week I suggested to apatient, instead of looking at the present and his recovery, he needed

to reflect on his past and realize how much better he isnow doing than just a few days ago. In reflection herealized recovery is not always quick and easy as hebegan to conceive how well he is doing. When I lookback on my childhood I realize we did not have the fastfood restaurants to choose from as we do today. Thething I remember of my school lunch program was —bad. Maybe, we were thinner back then because wedidn’t eat the food provided to us and we were moreactive.

The media seems to want to place blame on thegrowing problem of obesity on the school meal pro-grams and the fast food industry. We seldom want toaccept personal responsibility for things that go wrongin our lives and weight gain is no exception. Take mefor example, I now weigh more than I have everweighed in my life, and what do I blame for my weightgain — school. But, the truth is I have not made thebest food and exercise choices. On the other hand ourgovernment wants to help us by shifting blame to salt,

sugar, and the fast food industry. It is interesting that 45 percent ofour nation’s food dollars are spent away from home. More space inour grocery stores is given to ready to eat meals than to fresh foods.Is it any wonder as a nation we are growing more obese?

Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests in part the following steps tohelp with an effective weight-loss strategy:

Step 1: Pack in the Protein. Studies show that protein keeps youfull longer than carbohydrates.

Step 2: Get a Full Nights Sleep. A lack of sleep appears to have adirect effect on hunger and appetite. A recent study of 12 healthy,lean young men found that when the men slept for only four hours anight they produced less of the hormone leptin in the morning thanwhen they slept for 10 hours. (Leptin helps you feel full.)

Step 3: Boost Your Fiber Intake. Research shows that increasingthe amount of fiber in your diet can decrease hunger and increasesatiety. Fiber does this by keeping food in your stomach longer.

Step 4: Weigh at Least Once a Week. Regular weigh-ins are amainstay of weight-loss programs such as Weight Watchers, andresearch shows that this tactic works for both weight loss and preven-tion of weight regain.

Step 5: Combine Smaller Portions with Lower Energy Density.Eating from a smaller bowl or plate is not the only way to fool your-self into eating fewer calories. Choosing less energy-dense foods likefruits, vegetables, soups, and salads can help, too.

There is not a quick fix to weight loss and better health. The nextfad diet I am sure will offer dramatic results while eating yourfavorite foods. But the facts are nothing will produce better resultswith lifelong benefits, than balanced sensible nutrition and addingsimple exercise to your daily routine.

Always discuss any dramatic nutrition or exercise changes withyour healthcare provider.For questions, comments, or suggestions on topics you want to read about, emailHoward Baker, RN BSN at howard@howardsbaker.com.

HowardBaker,

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LMU-DCOM students participate in DO Day on the Hill

Adelegation fromL i n c o l nM e m o r i a l

Universi ty-DeBuskCollege ofOsteopathic Medicine(LMU-DCOM) trav-eled to the nation'scapital in late April toattend DO Day on theHill. The annual

event, organized bythe AmericanO s t e o p a t h i cAssociation (AOA), isthe preeminentopportunity for osteo-pathic physicians andosteopathic medicalstudents to come tothe nation's capitoland lobby Members

of Congress and theirstaff members face-to-face. Over theyears the event hasgrown from a smallgathering of 20-30practicing physiciansto the single largestphysician advocacyevent in Washington,DC. This year more

than 600 DOs, osteo-pathic medical stu-dents and representa-tives of the AOA par-ticipated. The atten-dees met with approx-imately 329 membersfrom 44 states.Students representedthe largest segment ofparticipants, with 510

students from osteo-pathic colleges acrossthe nation participat-ing. The 24 LMU-DCOM students inattendance wereaccompanied byLMU-DCOM VicePresident and DeanRay Stowers andAssistant Professor of

Family MedicineGina DeFranco.

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LI F E S T Y LE SSection Editor: Donna Greene

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR

MAY 14YELLOW CREEK SCHOOL CENTER election of

Parent SBDM members will be held Friday, May 14,from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the school conference room.

MAY 14, 15BAKE SALE & BOOK SALE, hosted by the

Friends of the Library, will be at the Middlesborough-Bell County Public Library from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday,May 14, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 15.

MAY 14-19MIDDLESBORO PRIMARY SCHOOL will be

accepting parent nominations for the 2010-11 SBDMCouncil now through Wednesday, May 19. Electionswill take place on Friday, May 21 from 7:30 a.m. until 2p.m. in the primary school office.

BELL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COUNCILhas Boston Ferns for sale. Proceeds will be used foragricultural activities in Bell County. If interested callthe Bell County Extension Service, 337-2376 for moredetails.

MAY 14, 17, 20MIDDLESBORO HIGH SCHOOL is accepting par-

ent nominations for the 2010-2011 SBDM Council.Any parent or guardian of a child currently enrolled ingrades 8-11 may make nominations. Parents may nom-inate themselves or another parent. Nominations mustbe made in writing and returned to the school by Friday,May 14, before 3:30 p.m. A list of nominees will beposted in the high school lobby on Monday, May 17.Elections will take place on Thursday, May 20 from 7:30a.m. until 6 p.m. in the high school office.

MAY 15NATIONAL ARMED FORCES DAY program will

be conducted Saturday, May 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the Middlesboro Community Center.

NATIONAL ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRA-TION will be held Saturday, May 15, at 2 p.m. at theMiddlesboro City Parking Lot. All veterans and activeduty military personnel re encouraged to attend. Allbranches of service will be resognized. Speaker will beGen. Ron Mason, ret. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoya patriotic afternoon in honor of those that have given ofthemselves for your freedom.

CRUISIN’ the CRATER car show will be held from6-10 p.m. the 3rd Saturday of each month May throughOctober at the Middlesboro Mall. Antique cars andtrucks, hot rods and motorcycle, all makes and modelsare welcome. Food, music, shopping, fun for the wholefamily.

“LOVE A STRAY, DONATE TODAY!”, a charityevent hosted by Middlesboro High School students forthe Bell Co. Animal Shelter will be held Saturday, May15 the High School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students willbe collecting cash and/or donated items for the BellCounty Animal Shelter. Items needed at the AnimalShelter include: cat food, dog food, purina puppy chow,dog biscuits, toys, doggie beds, rawhide chews, and kittylitter.

MAY 17TWO FOOD PRESERVATION workshops will be

held Thursday. May 20, and 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. atthe Adult Learning Center in Jonesville, Va. The cost is$6 each (or both for $10) to help cover the cost of mate-rials. Space is limited. To register call the Lee CountyExtension Service at 276-346-1522 by Monday, May17.

MAY 18, 25TRI-STATE FAMILY AL-ANON GROUP meets at

6 p.m. each Tuesday at Southside Baptist Church (21st& Doncaster, Middlesboro). If you have to cope with afamily member or loved one struggling with drug and/oralcohol addiction, and you need support, this group isfor you. For more information call 248-6812 (after 5p.m.).

MAY 19HOME CANNER GAUGES can be tested by the

Virginia Cooperative Extension from 1-3 p.m.Wednesday, May 19 at the Extension Office inJonesville, Va. If you would like to have a gauge testedcontact Jeannie Mullins at 276-346-1522 to register.There is no charge for this service.

MAY 20UNITE BELL COUNTY will meet at 6 p.m.

Thursday at Shades of Brown, 2119 Cumberland Ave.,Middlesboro. Anyone interested in learning more aboutthe anti-drug effort in Bell County and becominginvolved in the effort to aid in the fight against the drugepidemic is urged to attend.

MAY 21MHS 1970 REUNION COMMITTEE meeting will

be held on Friday May 21 at Shades of Brown,Cumberland Avenue in Middlesboro, at 7 p.m.Members from the MHS classes o 1967, 1968 and1969 are invited to attend.

MAY 22BUTTERFLIES & DAISIES PARTY will be held

from 1-2 p.m. Saturday, May 22. Cost is $2 and includesa patch and refreshments. Make butterfly wings to flyon, decorate a butterfly cupcake, make new friends andfind out how much fun it is to be a Daisy Girl Scout. Toregister call Sue Ward at 606-878-8535, or e-mailsward@gswrc.org. Registration fee can be paid at thedoor.

Stepmother thinks ‘Tina’ turnedto lesbian relationship because

‘she cannot find a husband’DDeeaarr AAnnnniiee:: I have a 49-year-old stepdaughter,

“Tina,” who was married for 20 years and has twochildren and four grandchildren. Tina has beendivorced for five years and has dated regularly.Three months ago, she began an intimate lesbianrelationship. She says this is normal for divorcedwomen because men are no good.

I think this is a copout and she doesn’t want todeal with the reality that she cannot find a husband.

Her kids think she is nuts and wantnothing to do with her. They alsodon’t know how to explain this totheir children.

I was divorced for four years andeventually found a wonderful man.We have been married for 25 years.I never once thought of anotherwoman. Just thinking about it turnsmy stomach. Is this somethingnew? Is it normal? — Confused inMinnesota

Dear Confused: Most heterosex-ual divorced women do not turn towomen because “men are nogood.” It’s possible Tina is simplyexperimenting. But it is equallypossible that she has always been

attracted to women but never had the nerve to followthrough until now. Either way, please try to let hersort it out on her own.

DDeeaarr AAnnnniiee:: I was married to Tom for 20 yearsbefore he died seven years ago. He had two daugh-ters from his first marriage, both grown now, and wehad three children together.

Tom expressed to me that he did not want to beburied alone at the cemetery. His will states that hebe cremated and his urn kept “with his wife andchildren.” He also asked me to have his urn placedin my casket when I die.

Last year, our daughter was diagnosed with a ter-minal brain cancer. I thought that if she should die,I would place Tom’s urn in her casket. The problemis, Tom’s brother feels that since I have remarried,the cremains belong to him. He doesn’t care whatTom’s wishes were. He says I should have enoughrespect for his family to give them the ashes.

Tom was not close to his family. In the 20 yearswe were married, we saw his family members twice.Since his death, no one from his side, includinggrandparents, have contacted our children.

My children were devastated by their father’sdeath and cannot bear the thought of splitting up hisremains. I agree with them and am trying to respectmy deceased husband’s wishes. What do you think?— Once Widowed

Dear Once: If Tom’s will states that the ashesbelong to you, then you get to decide what to dowith them. While it would, of course, be extremelygenerous of you to give a portion of the cremains toTom’s side of the family, it doesn’t sound as if therelationship will suffer if you choose not to. Dowhatever brings you peace of mind. Our condo-lences.

DDeeaarr AAnnnniiee:: I read the letter from “Grieving inKentucky,” who could not understand why her latehusband’s brother has vanished from their lives.

My husband’s best friend passed away in his early50s. We wanted to help his wife with the adjustment,but unfortunately, she began to use us as handymen.After several weekends spent at her house doing“chores” disguised as invitations to visit, we cut tieswhen she asked my husband over to change a lightbulb that could be reached by a child.

At first we thought she was lonesome, but oncethe jobs were done, she would make it clear that shehad other things to do. Many of her previous friendshave also discontinued contact. — Sure Miss Him,But Not Her

Dear Sure: We don’t believe most widows (orwidowers) are like that. It’s a shame this woman did-n’t value the friendships for what they could offeremotionally.Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and MarcySugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@com-cast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o CreatorsSyndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles,CA 90045. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox andread features by other Creators Syndicate writers andcartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page atwww.creators.com.

KathyMitchellMarcySugar———Annie’sMailbox

55 years together

Mr. and Mrs. Jay (Eula) Loveday are grateful to God for their 55th wedding anniversary today. They were married on May 14, 1955, in Detroit, Mich. They lived for many years in Detroit

before returning to their home town of Middlesboro, where they reside now. They attend Old YellowCreek Baptist Church.

They have three children: Cathy (Charles) Smith of Lake Orion, Mich., Jack (Joy) Loveday ofMadrid, Spain, and Kim (Mike) Rosenbarker of Green Cove Springs, Fla.. They also have six grand-children: David Marshall and Carrie (Marshall) Hensler, Amanda (Loveday) Shadle and SandyLoveday, and Johnathan and Grace Rosenbarker’ and eight great-grandchildren. Two of their great-grandchildren live with their missionary parents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Psalm 121:1,2. “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My helpcometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.”

Ellen Myers perfect attendance, fifth 6 weeksKindergarten – Cassidy Combs, Matthew

Doolittle, Jaymin Huddleston, Trevor Fuson, RileyKing, James Mills, Emma Robinson

First grade – Isaac Baker, Cameron Brock,Savannah Caldwell, Jeremiah Cannon, MadelynnCline, DeLaney Coleman, Eli Cox, Blake Elliott,Johnathon Fettinger, Kaylee Fuson, Joseph Ice, NoahRobertson, Trinity Wagner, Kennedy Warwick,Cheyan Williams, Trinity Wood

Second grade – Sarah Bradshaw, Skyler Florian,Nathan Fuson, Matthew Goins, Connor Hoskins,Kaylin Miracle, Logan Miracle, Amy Mitchell,

Hannah Parish, Jared Peters, Ethan Ramsey, RachelSaylor, Mary Kate Smith, Andrew Sutton

Third grade – Brandan Brown, Joseph Douglas,Joshua Gidens, Jacob Goins, Isla Gutierrez, MakaylaHensley, Bethany Holland, Madison Hoskins,Breanna Hubbard, Cameron Smith, Evelyn Smith,Emilee Williams, Joseph Woodby

Fourth grade – Dillon Combs, Matthew Douglas,Hayli England, Mekenzie Estes, Sam Gibbons, JeseeKimbrough, Jasmine LaBounty, Trey Lake, NichNeverstitch, Savannah Porter, Jonathan Saylor,Madelyn Shevlin, Aaron Tuttle, Jayson Upton

BY DAVE BAKERKDFWR

FRANKFORT, Ky. –Black bears recentlyemerged from their dens insoutheastern Kentucky andare now on the prowl forfood. Landowners in bearcountry can take some sim-ple precautions to preventproblems with these ani-mals.

“Male bears are begin-ning to roam extensively,looking for females asbreeding season is about tobegin,” said Steven Dobey,bear biologist for theKentucky Department ofFish and Wildlife Resources.“When they do that, theycome in contact with people.With all of these bears outroaming, people should bemindful of food attractantsaround their home.”

Garbage, food scraps, petfood and even bird feedersattract hungry bears lookingfor an easy meal. “Peoplecan prevent 99 percent of allhuman-bear conflicts byremoving access to theseattractants,” Dobey said.

Dobey recommends somesimple preventive methodsto keep bears from comingnear your home or property.Don’t leave garbage outside

overnight. Instead, wait untilthe morning of pick-up toput it out. Avoid throwingfood scraps outside to feedwildlife or pets.

You should always storepet food inside. If you havean outside pet, put onlyenough food for one meal ata time. If you see bears inyour area, take down anybird feeders for one week.

“If you are camping, pic-nicking, hiking or fishingand leave your vehicle unat-tended, store food in thetrunk,” Dobey said. “Don’tleave it on the seat or floor-board.”

The worst thing peoplecan do is feed a bear.“People haven’t seen bearsin a couple of months, but donot let the desire to see abear or photograph a bearlure you into feeding thebear,” Dobey said.

Feeding a bear can teachit to lose its fear of humans.A bear that is aggressivetoward people likely will beeuthanized.

Bear sightings and nui-sance complaints have risenconsiderably in recentweeks. By taking some sim-ple precautions, residentscan avoid making bears anuisance.

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family business and will bethe site of the tours. The park,which stretches over 300acres, features a state-of-the-art visitor center and ice-cream parlor, sheltered picnicareas, comfort stations, aplayground, and the self-guid-ed Indian Ridge Trail — per-fect for a family outing.

In addition to the trail,Wilderness Road State Parkalso boasts the WildernessRoad Trail which roughly fol-lows the same path carved byDaniel Boone in 1775. Thebeautiful ten-mile trail con-nects Wilderness Road StatePark to the Cumberland GapState Park, and is perfectlysuited for saddling up on aSegway.

Boone Bowling, 15, is serv-ing as the President of SegwayWilderness Tours. He spokeabout the business endeavor onThursday afternoon.

“I am real excited to get thisproject going. It has alreadytaught me a lot about busi-ness,” he conveyed.

Vice-President BlairBowling, 13, also expressedtremendous excitement for theproject and really supports theendeavor. Blair stated that if allgoes as planned, the Segwaytours will bring in moretourists, and will give peoplesomething new and fun to dowhile visiting the area.

Benjamin Bowling, 10, isacting as Secretary of theSegway venture and stated thathe is extremely thrilled to be apart of the family project.

“I’m looking forward to seewhat this leads into,” heexpressed. Benjamin addedthat he feels the project willhelp teach him how to be a suc-cessful businessman.

Bryce Bowling, theyoungest of the Bowlingbunch, just said that he likes“to ride them fast.” He willserve as the project’s Treasurer— with a little assistance fromhis father, and his brothers andsister.

Tours will be piloted bymembers of the Bowling fami-ly. The maximum size for atour-group is limited to six per-sons — with four being theminimum.

The rates for an eight to nine

mile ride down the WildernessRoad Trail are $75, which willconclude in two to three hours.Shorter excursions last aroundan hour and a half, and costabout $40.

A waiver must be signedbefore participating in a guidedSegway tour. Rides are fullyinsured and helmets will besupplied — but people are wel-come to bring their own.

Participants must weigh atleast 100 pounds and may notexceed 270 pounds to take part.

Appointments are now beingtaken and tours will begin uponregistration.

Tours are scheduled to takeplace on Saturdays from 9 a.m.to noon. Evening rides are alsoavailable from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.on Saturdays.

The Bowling family invitesanyone and everyone to comeout with the family and ride a“hoof-less horse”.

For more information or toschedule an appointment, call(606) 248-0122, or (606) 269-4557.Adam Young is a Staff Writer for theMiddlesboro Daily News. He can becontacted by e-mail at ayoung@mid-dlesborodailynews.com.

SegwayContinued from page 1

OUTDOORSI’ve been on one of those long

road trips; nearly fourteen daysaway from home. The first few dayswere with my family. The remainingwas with a friend. We had anappointment with a few loud-mouthed gobblers. And while onebecame meat for my turkey anddumplings, the battle was mostlywon by the turkeys. But they don’tfight fair!

Well it really wasn’t the bird’sway of fighting that hindered us, itwas ours. While most hunters chaseafter the toms, our modus operandiwas to try to get the action on video,so we waited and watched from aground blind. Many times we were forced to watch theturkeys go out of sight knowing we could cut them off if wejust didn’t have that camera. Other times, a gunshot simplycould not be taken because the gobbler was not in view of thelens. The added eye made our hunting that much more diffi-cult, but it was a price we were willing to pay for the valueof having the hunt on film. And when the year is over, wewill have had our share of video success.

In life, our value system determines how we fight as well.It really determines how we do everything. And as bad as wewant to resort to the ways of others at times, our mind andheart is called back to the reason why we are here.

For a Christian, we are told that while we live in thisworld, we are not to live our lives by the same value systemas the world does. That doesn’t mean that we don’t valuesome of the same things as the world; only that they are pri-oritized differently and pursued differently as well. It’s sortof like my turkey story; while the world may be chasing thattom, I must wait on him to come to me. In this case, we bothhave the same desire, but our method is different. Mine maybe more difficult at times, but the additional blessing of filmfootage will be worth it. And in my pursuit of the good thingsof life, while mine may be more difficult at times as well, theblessings that come with it make up for the difference.

The greatest blessing about having the correct Christianperspective when it comes to things we value is this; I am notresponsible for their attainment. God is. So while the worldis dependant on themselves and others, a Christian is ulti-mately dependant on God. Again, the desire may still be thesame, but the pursuit is different.

Why is this better you ask. It is better because when youare in a blind, there’s no stress to produce and no energyexpended on the pursuit. It is a calm wait that is based on thesurety of God’s provision, made available God’s way.Outdoor Truths is written by Gary Miller. He can be reached viae-mail at gary@outdoortruths.org.

Outdoor Truths

By Gary Miller

Burkhart nets anotherTop 5 finish in FLW Series

Brad Burkhart of Speedwell,Tenn., is on a roll with another top5 finish, this time on SouthHolston Reservoir in Bristol.

This is the second top 5 finishfor Burkhart after only three tour-naments in the FLW Bass FishingLeague Series. Brad weighed in amixed bag of both smallmouth andlargemouth bass weighing 15.15lbsto secure 5th place.

He sight f ished for beddingsmallmouth bass with a shaky headworm and a Killer Bass Baits Jig,and targeted pre-spawn large-mouth on main lake points with aKiller Bass Baits Spinner Bait.Check out killerbassbaits.com tosee the lures.

Brad would like to give all theglory to his personal lord and sav-ior Jesus Christ and thank his spon-sors for all their support: ShellyMills/Realty Group II, HomeFederal Bank, Bass Pro Shops,Mercury Marine, Motorguide,Okuma Fishing, O.S.P.BassMedics, P-Line, Mustad, andJaw Jacker Lures.

Next stop in the Series will beon Lake Chickamauga inDayton,Tenn., in June.

Speedwell’s Brad Burkhart recently placed fifth at the FLWBass Fishing League Series stop at South HolstonReservoir. It was his second top five finish in three tourna-ment in the series.

Male black bearsout of the denand roaming

KDFWR PHOTO

Garbage cans, food scraps, pet food and even birdfeeders can lure hungry bears looking for an easy meal.

Hunters take record numberof turkeys during Kentucky’s

2010 spring seasonBY ART LANDER JR.KDFWR

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Forthe second year in a row,hunters took a record numberof wild turkeys during thestate’s spring season.

Hunters telechecked 36,094birds during the 23-day sea-son, which closed May 9. Itwas the first time since 2002that hunters had posted arecord harvest for two years ina row.

Kentucky reached its recorddespite high winds, heavyrains and extensive floodingwhich made the hunting diffi-cult during the last two weeksof the season.

Steven Dobey, wild turkeybiologist for the KentuckyDepartment of Fish andWildlife Resources, said hebelieved the foul weather hadan impact on the harvest. “Itrained the last two weekendsof the season,” he noted. “If ithad been clear, I think over40,000 birds would have beentaken.”

The final tally for the 2010spring season was an increaseof 24 percent over the 29,007taken during the 2009 springseason.

Kentucky wild turkey flock

currently has an estimated220,000 birds. Dobey saidwhile turkey populations have“reached capacity in someareas, there is still room togrow in others.”

Kentucky held its first mod-ern day, statewide spring wildturkey season in 1996.Hunters are experiencing qual-ity hunting in all 120 counties,where suitable habitat is avail-able, with a stable percentageof adult gobblers in the har-vest.

Clearly, Dobey said, flockseast of Interstate 75 are con-tinuing to expand.

“The biggest increases inharvest occurred in the moun-tain counties, especially in the7th (Fish and WildlifeCommission) District, wherethe harvest was up 42.3 per-cent over 2009,” he said.

The 7tt District contains 13counties bounded by Pike,Lawrence, Owsley and Harlancounties. Eleven of thosecounties are within Kentucky’selk restoration zone, whichincludes a substantial amountof reclaimed coal mine land.“There’s lots of good habitatfor turkeys in elk country,”said Dobey.

The 9th District, whichstretches west past Lake

Cumberland along the state’ssouthern border, includes pub-lic land in the Daniel BooneNational Forest and LakeCumberland WildlifeManagement Area. That dis-trict posted a 32.6 percentincrease in harvest.

In the northeastern 8thDistrict, which stretches fromAshland to Bourbon County,hunters took nearly 25 per-cent more turkeys than lastspring.

Despite the increase in theseason harvest, hunter successremained unchanged, Dobeysaid. “Seventy-three percentof hunters telechecked onebird. Overall, more hunterswere successful - and that’s agreat thing to see.”

— — —The Kentucky Department of

Fish and Wildlife Resourcesmanages, regulates, enforcesand promotes responsible use ofall fish and wildlife species,their habitats, public wildlifeareas and waterways for thebenefit of those resources andfor public enjoyment. KentuckyFish and Wildlife is an agency ofthe Tourism, Arts and HeritageCabinet. For more informationon the department, visit our Website at fw.ky.gov.

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Local teams compete at Knox Central all-comers meet

Above: Bell County’s Cory Davenport (center)and Middlesboro’s Sean Frost run in the firstheat oft he boys’ 100 meter dash. Davenportwon the event with a time of 11.05 and alsotook first place in the 200 meters laterThursday at Knox Central High School.Complete results from the track meet will be inSaturday’s paper.

Above:The Pineville 4x400 meter relay team brought home anoher victo-ry Thursday at Knox Central. From left are Victoria Knuckles, KristenBrock, Chelsea Sutton and Chelsey Smith. Pineville’s girls also won the4x200 and 4x800 relays with Rachel Barnes and Ashley Partin pitching in.

Left: Middlesboro’s Brooke Gibbs takes the baton from a teammateduringg the girls’ 4x100 meter realy

PHOTOS By JAY COMPTON/Daily News

From left: Pineville’s Rebecca Lee-Theis prepares to throw the shot-put;Bell’s Brittany Collins runs in the 1600 meters and Bell’s James Brown leadsthe pack down the stretch in the boys’ 1600.

BY JIMMY GOLENAP Sports Writer

BOSTON (AP)—The BostonCeltics sent LeBron James andthe Cavaliers back to Clevelandto admire all of their regular-sea-son accomplishments and pon-der their future.

It’s the Celtics who are still inthe chase for an NBA title.

Kevin Garnett scored 22points and added 12 rebounds,and Rajon Rondo had 21 pointsand 12 assists to beat Cleveland94-85 in Game 6 on Thursdaynight and advance to the EasternConference finals. Boston willplay the Orlando Magic, who areundefeated in the playoffs.

“Winning is gratifying,”Garnett said. “You’re playing thebest team in basketball; the chal-lenge is there; you don’t have todress it up. One thing we don’tlack is confidence. We’re a vet-eran team and we understandwhen it’s time to lock in as agroup. I think we did just that. Ithink the experience is takingover.”

Despite his sixth career play-off triple-double, James is head-ed for another early offseasonafter winning a second MVPaward and leading the Cavs to anNBA-best 61 wins and a home-court advantage they never gotto use.

“The fact that it’s over rightnow is definitely a surprise tome,” James said. “A friend ofmine told me, ‘I guess you’vegot to go through a lot of night-mares before you realize yourdream.’ That’s what’s going onfor me individually right now.”

This offseason is destined todefine the future of the fran-chise—and the rest of the NBA,too.

The LeBron watch began at10:53 p.m., when Rondo drib-bled out the last 14 seconds andthe Celtics began celebratingtheir 4-2 victory in the best-of-seven series. James is eligible toopt out of his contract this sum-mer, a move that would make thetwo-time MVP—and zero-timeNBA champion—a free agentand set off a scramble for hisservices from New York toMiami to Los Angeles and, ofcourse, back in Cleveland.

“I want to win. That’s my onlything, my only concern,” Jamessaid. “I’ve always pridedmyself—it’s all about winningfor me and I think the Cavs arecommitted to doing that. But atthe same time, I’ve given myselfoptions to this point. Me and myteam, we have a game plan thatwe’ll execute and we’ll seewhere we’re at.”

James scored 27 points with10 assists, and his 19 reboundsmatched a career-high and werethe most he’s ever had in a play-off game. But he also had nineturnovers, and he may have beenhobbled by an elbow injury thatlimited him to dunks and shortjumpers, going 8 for 21 from thefloor overall.

“I just told him, ‘Keep yourhead up, man. I’ve been there,”’said Garnett, who was a starwithout a title in Minnesota formore than a decade before join-ing the Celtics and leading themto their NBA-record 17th cham-pionship in 2008. “‘You have avery, very, very bright future.Continue to work and makedecisions based on you and yourfamily.”’

Mo Williams scored 20 of his22 points in the first half for theCavaliers.

Boston’s Paul Pierce scored 11of his 13 points in the second halfafter playing just nine minutes—and shooting 1-for-5—in the firstwith foul trouble. The Celtics hadmissed their first eight 3-pointattempts when Pierce hit a 3 thatgave them a 65-58 lead with 4:06left in the third.

Celticsbounce

Cavs with94-85 winin game 6

• See CELTICS, page 9

BY PETE IACOBELLIAP Sports Writer

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP)— From Tweet-Ups to YouTubeads, chasing the fan vote for aNASCAR All-Star spot hasgone viral.

Richard Petty Motorsportsteammates A.J. Allmendingerand Elliott Sadler took part inTwitter gatherings at Darlington

in which fans waved signs urg-ing others to vote their driverinto the May 22 race atCharlotte Motor Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr. has a seriesof YouTube spots for his "Triedand Truex" campaign.

And social media sites arefilled with race teams not yet inthe elite field attempting to getout the vote.

"If you're lucky enough and

your fans vote you in," ClintBowyer says, "that is awe-some."

It can also be lucrative.Kasey Kahne had missed all

chances to make the All-Starsin 2008 and was on his wayhome when he learned he'dwon the fan vote.

The result? Kahne won theAll-Star race, $1 million and a10-year exemption into the

event. He also parlayed themomentum into a Coca Cola600 victory a week later.

"I love it," Kahne said of thevote. "Hey, the weekend is allabout the fans."

Drivers who've won a SprintCup race in the past year, for-mer NASCAR champions andpast All-Star winners make theexclusive field.

Drivers use social media to gain All-Star support

• See DRIVERS, page 9

The top two finishers inthe preliminary Showdownrace also advance to thefinal field. The last spotgoes to the leading fanvote-getter from those notalready in and who alsofinished the Showdown.

As of May 4, the top 10— which NASCAR givesin alphabetical order topreserve the suspense —were Allmendinger,Marcos Ambrose, GregBiffle, Bowyer, Jeff

Burton, Carl Edwards,Juan Pablo Montoya,Sadler, Truex and MichaelWaltrip.

Voting continues untilan hour before the All-Starrace.

"I think the fan vote is agreat thing," Bowyer said."It is a great tool to get thefans involved."

And websites such asTwitter, Facebook andYouTube have givenNASCAR teams a newnetwork to tap into theirfans' passion for every-thing racing.

Sadler's Twitter entryMonday began: "Nice day

in VA! It's a perfect day topick up your Sprint phoneand vote me into the allstarrace."

Truex has a video pitch,which made its debut lastweek ahead of theSouthern 500 atDarlington Raceway.

He's seen in the MichaelWaltrip Racing race shopsneaking a T-shirt with his"Tried and Truex" sloganover a life-sized man-nequin. Another has Truexoutside Mac's Speedshopin Cornelius, N.C., slip-ping campaign fliers underwindshield wipers ofparked cars.

"It's fun," Truex said. "Itkind of gives fans an insidelook at what we do. It'sreally been well received."

Not all drivers in con-tention are happy about it.Jeff Burton hasn't wonsince Charlotte in 2008and only has Sunday's raceat Dover to join the All-Stars the way he wants.

"It is embarrassing thatwe are not in it," Burtonsaid. "I'm not going to gopoliticking to get in."

That hasn't stoppedRichard Childress Racingfrom pitching Burton'scase to fans.

RCR spokeswoman

Christine Brownlow saysthe team keeps the namesof Burton and Bowyer outfront as often as possible."Obviously, it's a big dealfor our sponsors to get ourcars in the All-Star race,"she said. "I have a lot offans say they see updatesand vote every hour."

Burton, whose firstNASCAR win came 13years ago, says he doesn'tgo on Twitter or Facebook."There might be sometweeting going on, but itisn't coming from me,how's that?" he said.

Still, Burton says hewould be pleased if hewere picked.

Greg Biffle enjoys theinteraction and immediacyof the modern media. "It'samazing the reaction youget," he says.

Biffle recalled recentlytweeting a picture of a rat-tlesnake found on hismountain property in WestVirginia. "Then 10,000people see it within fiveminutes. ..." Biffle said."It's amazing how stufftravels today."

Not that Biffle's got itall figured out.

"I'm a real novice.People come up to me and

say, 'You won't accept meas your (Facebook)friend,'" he said. "I'm like,'You know I like you.'"

Some in NASCAR cantweet too much. DarrellWaltrip recently apolo-gized for scooping DaleEarnhardt Jr.'s announce-ment he'd drive the No. 3, anumber made famous byhis late father, in theNationwide Series race atDaytona in July.

"DW twitters more thananybody," Allmendingersaid with a laugh.

Sadler's Tweet-Upraised several hundred dol-lars for flood relief inTennessee.

Allmendinger —AJDinger on Twitter —took part in a social mediaevent about four hoursbefore Darlington's start.He spoke with the coupleof hundred fans whoattended, and was evensnapped working a DJ'sturntables — which, ofcourse, was chronicled onTwitter.

S o m e t i m e s ,Allmendinger wonders ifit's all too much. "Doesanybody want to hear that Itook my dog for a walk? Iguess they do," he said.

It was 67-61 whenRasheed Wallace hit a 3-pointer, and then RayAllen stole James’ passand got the ball toPierce for another 3 thatcompleted a 16-4 run.

James hadn’t made anoutside shot before hit-ting back-to-back 3-pointers to cut it to fourpoints, 78-74, early inthe fourth quarter andforce the Celtics to calla timeout. But Rondodrove for a layup, thenset Pierce up for another3. Pierce found Wallacefor a 3-pointer and thenTony Allen’s steal led toa Garnett dunk at theother end that sent theCavaliers into a timeoutto regroup, down 88-74with 5:53 left in theirseason.

“You knew it wascoming at some pointwith LeBron,” saidCeltics coach DocRivers, who remindedhis players that theyweren’t good enough totake over the game.“That’s what that time-

out was about: to remindthem that we can’t dothat, what LeBron wasdoing.”

It was the secondstraight year Clevelandhas finished the regular-season with the No. 1overall seed, and thesecond in a row thatthey have failed to getout of the East. Lastyear, they lost toOrlando in the confer-ence finals, an exit thatleft James so shaken heskulked off the courtwithout shaking hands.

This year, he mightnot stop until he findshimself in a new city.

James seemed like hecouldn’t wait to slip offhis Cavaliers jersey,pulling it off as soon ashe reached the tunnel tothe locker room. Hecasually flipped it to anattendant moments afterhe walked into thedressing room.

Brown said he wasn’tready to think about thefuture yet.

“Obviously, he’s aheck of a talent and agreat guy,” he said. “Butright now we just lostthe series. I’m not think-ing of that. It wouldn’t

be fair to everyone inthat locker room tothink beyond tonight.”

Brown’s future withthe Cavs, too, appearsuncertain. After a sec-ond straight postseasonflameout, there’s noguarantee managementwill bring him back fora sixth season.

Same goes for thehired guns brought in tohelp James. ShaquilleO’Nea f inished hisfirst—and maybe last—season with theCavaliers with 11 pointsagainst the Celtics.Antawn Jamison(notes),acquired at the tradedeadline fromWashington, had justfive points.

The sold-out Bostoncrowd taunted James’every free throw with achant of “New YorkKnicks!” and fans woreKnicks jerseys with hisname on them. The only“M-V-P!” cheers werenot for James, who wasthe league’s best playerin the regular season,but for Rondo, who wasthe best player in thisseries.

NOTES: The hottestT-shirt in the stands was

a takeoff of the famousBarack Obama cam-paign poster withJames’ image and thecaption, “Nope.” …Wallace was called for atechnical foul in the sec-ond quarter. He had 14in the regular season,but it was his first of theplayoffs.

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Above: Home Federal’s Benjamin takes his turnat bat during Thursday’s game.

Left: A Community Trust runner heads for third.

Community Trust came away with a 26-19 overHome Federal in meeting between two undefeat-ed teams.

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DriversContinued from page 8

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PINEVILLE — Thefollowing people wererecently arrested andlodged in the BellCounty DetentionCenter:

JEFF CHANDLERADCOCK, 38, ofTazewell Tenn., wasarrested May 3, 2010for oper mtr veh u/influalc/drugs/etc. .08 - 1stoff, operating on sus-pended/revoked opera-tors license, operatingatv on roadway, operating atv w/oheadgear 16 or > (pub-lic property) and fugi-tive from another state- warrant required;

THOMAS ALLENBAKER, 47, ofCumberland Gap,Tenn., was arrestedMay 3, 2010 for crimi-nal trespassing-3rddegree, disorderly con-duct, 2nd degree andresisting arrest;

LARRY BOWEN,58, of Middlesboro,was arrested May 3,2010 for serving war-rant (for other policeagency);

ASHLEY RENEEDUMMETT, 25, ofHarrogate, Tenn., wasarrested May 3, 2010for oper mtr veh u/influalc/drugs/etc. .08 (aggcircum) 1st;

JOYCE ANNERVIN, 34, ofMiddlesboro, Ky., wasarrested May 3, 2010for theft by unlawfultaking/disp-shoplift-ing;

JOHN HARRISONFUSON, 28, ofMiddlesboro, wasarrested May 3, 2010for serving bench war-rant for court;

T I M O T H YDWAYNE ISON, 19,of Johnson City, Tenn.,was arrested May 3,2010 for assault, 2nddegree;

R I C H A R DANTHONY LAW-SON, 40, of Arcadia,

Fla., was arrested May3, 2010 for theft byunlawful taking/disp-shoplifting;

PATRCIA SLUSH-ER, 55, of Calvin, Ky.,was arrested May 3,2010 for serving war-rant (for other policeagency);

L E S L I L EA L E X A N D R E AWILLLIS, 22, ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 3, 2010for serving bench war-rant for court;

MARTINA EDANIELS, 38, ofPathfork, was arrestedMay 4, 2010 for posscont sub-3rd degree-1st offense-drugunspecified, operatingon suspended/revokedoperators license, andoper mtr veh u/influalc/drugs/etc. .08 -2nd;

OLLIE JEAN HAR-NESS, 46, ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 4, 2010for assault, 4th degree(domestic violence) novisible injury and dis-orderly conduct, 2nddegree;

DARLENE IVEY,35, of Middlesboro

was arrested May 4,2010 for public intoxi-cation controlled sub-stance (excludes alco-hol);

RYAN J SLOAN, 27of Middlesboro wasarrested May 4, 2010for oper mtr vehu/influ alc/drugs/etc..08 - 3rd and poss ofopen alc bev containerin mtr veh prohibited.

CLAYTON GCUPP, 69, ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 5, 2010for public intoxicationcontrolled substance(excludes alcohol) andposs cont sub-2nddegree-1st offense-drug unspecified;

JAMES MICHAELHEMBREE, 56, ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 5, 2010for traf cont sub-1stdegree-1st offense-drug unspecified, trafcont sub-1st degree-1stoffense-cocaine andtraf cont sub-1stdegree-1st offense-drug unspecified;

JET W LAWS, 37,of Middlesboro wasarrested May 5, 2010for disorderly conduct,2nd degree;

VERON B LAW-SON, 37 of Pinevillewas arrested May 5,2010 for burglary, 2nddegree, criminal tres-pass-2nd degree andpossession of burglarytools;

P A T R I C I AMILLER, 22, ofPineville was arrestedMay 5, 2010 for crimi-nal trespass-2nddegree and burglary,2nd degree;

L A D O N N AMARIE NEW, 27, ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 5, 2010for endangeringthe welfare of a minor;

DUSTIN LEE RED-MOND, 27, ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 5, 2010for contempt of court,libel/slander, resistanceto order;

NICHOLAS SAY-

LOR, 29, of Baxter,Ky., was arrested May5, 2010 for theft byunlawful taking/disp-shoplifting;

PATSY A SILCOX,44, of Middlesborowas arrested May 5,2010 for theft byunlawful taking/disp-shoplifting;

DAVID LEE SIMP-SON, 22, ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 5, 2010for theft by unlawfultaking/disp-shoplift-ing;

AMANDA BETHTURNBILL, 20 ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 5, 2010

for contempt of court,failure to comply;

RANDALL RWOMACK, 26, ofMiddlesboro wasarrested May 5, 2010for serving bench war-rant for court and serv-ing warrant (for otherpolice agency);

PAUL M ZOULEK,26, of Middlesborowas arrested May 5,2010 for endangeringthe welfare of a minor.

An arrest is an accu-sation only. Individualsarrested are consideredto be innocent, unlessproven guilty in a courtof law.

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Circuit Court hands down indictmentsPINEVILLE — Bell County Circuit Court

recently handed down several indictments:Dustin B. McDonald, 19, of Middlesboro was

indicted for trafficking in a controlled substancein or near a school (St. Julian’s) on or aboutOctober 18, 2009, by knowingly and unlawfullytrafficking in marijuana and at the same timeand place, operating a motor vehicle under theinfluence while transporting a passenger underthe age of 12 years old;

Joshua Blake Bussell, 20, of CumberlandGap, Tenn., was indicted for failure to dim head-lights, operating a motor vehicle under the influ-ence (1st offense) and possession of a controlledsubstance in the first degree, first offense;

Jack Dewayne Gore, 28, of Middlesboro, wasindicted for possession of drug paraphernaliaand at the same time and place (January 21,2010) committed the offense of theft by unlaw-ful taking or disposition/shoplifting by takingmerchandise from Walmart with a value under$500, possession of a controlled substance in thethird degree, first offense, possession of a con-trolled substance in the second degree, second orgreater offense and being a persistent felonyoffender in the second degree;

Lynna Jean Smith, 26, of Middlesboro wasindicted by the grand jury that on or about the18th day of December 2009, obtained benefits inthe amount of $1,069.64 as a payee of a payrollcheck issued by Manpower Corporation pur-suant to submission of a fraudulent agencytimesheet containing falsified work hours andthen forged the name of Randy Mitchell, theclient/employer verification authority and on orabout the same date the defendant obtained ben-

efits in the amount of $1184.84 from the samecompany and a third count of theft by deceptionfor obtaining benefits in the amount of $1226.72from the same company and was further chargedwith theft by deception (over $500) of $1002.32and $1226.72 for the same company for a totalof five counts of theft by deception (over $500);

Melissa Ann Frasure, 34, of Pineville, wasindicted for 42 counts of theft by unlawful takingor disposition (over $300) that on or about themonth of May 2008, by being an employee ofHillside Market, created fictitious sales in vari-ous amounts on a Green Dot MoneyPack DebitCard and unlawfully removed those cards fromHillside Market, without their permission withthe intent to deprive them thereof;

Mark Anthony Eldridge, 32, of Harrogate,Tenn., was indicted for on or about March 18,2010, operating a motor vehicle with one head-light, operating a motor vehicle under the influ-ence, operating on a suspended or revokedlicense and possession of a controlled substance(Oxycodone) in the first degree, first offense;

Sherrie Green, 21, of Pineville, was chargedwith on or about September 20, 2009, the com-plicity to commit burglary in the third degree(two counts) by aiding, counseling or attemptingto aid Ryan Hendrickson and T.B., a juvenile, incommitting the offense of burglary in the thirddegree by unlawfully entering the Old CannonCreek Missionary Baptist church with the intentto commit a crime and on or about the same datewith same charges by unlawfully entering theFerndale Missionary Baptist Church with theintent to commit a crime and committed theoffense of receiving stolen property (under

$10,000), two counts, by receiving, retaining ordisposing of property knowing that it had beenstolen from Old Cannon Creek MissionaryBaptist Church and Ferndale Missionary BaptistChurch, respectively;

Travis Dale Ayers, 35, Tazewell, Tenn., wascharged with on or about October 21, 2009operating a motor vehicle while under the influ-ence, first offense, failure to maintain insurance,possession of controlled substance in the firstdegree, second offense, possession of controlledsubstance in the third degree, first offense, andtampering with physical evidence;

Billy Lee Hatfield, 35, of Lafollette, Tenn.,was indicted for on or about October 10, 2009,operating on a revoked/suspended license, fail-ure to maintain insurance, failure to wear seat-belt, possession of controlled substance in thefirst degree, first offense, possession of a con-trolled substance in the third degree, firstoffense, possession of marijuana, operatingmotor vehicle while under the influence, firstoffense and use or possession of drug parapher-nalia, first offense;

Rory S. Jones, 45, Middlesboro, was indictedfor on or about August 27, 2009, operatingmotor vehicle while under the influence, posses-sion of controlled substance in the first degree,first offense, possession of drug paraphernalia,first offense, possession of marijuana, failure towear a seatbelt and failure to maintain insurance.

An indictment is an accusation only.Individuals who are indicted are consideredinnocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Bell County public records

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