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Wednesday Herald-Citizen The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland 114th Year — No. 28 Weather Tonight Tomorrow Cookeville, Tennessee, February 3, 2016 Algood PD searching for stabbing assailant By LAURA MILITANA HERALD-CITIZEN Staff 30º ALGOOD — The Algood Police Department is seeking the help of the public in finding a man who is accused of being involved in a double 42º Complete forecast, Page 2 16 Pages — 2 Sections • 50¢ stabbing that occurred last night. The incident occurred around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday night when Algood Police Detective Justin Medlin was called to the Garden Grove Apartments at 300 Quinland Lake Court in response to two stabbing victims. “Upon arrival, I spoke with Officer (Roy) Phipps and he advised me that two men had been stabbed on the sidewalk in front of building A,” Detective Medlin’s report said. “I reSee STAB, Page 3 Choate Stolen truck forced off road Winds Sports By TRACEY HACKETT Overtime win HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Cavs beat Pickett County in overtime win /B1 Living Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen Mark West of Cookeville Public Works supervises the clean up of debris on Spring Street from last night’s high winds. Police closed the road for a time to allow public works employees to clean up the debris. Another photo on Page 2. Top honors Local dancers snag honors in competition /A9 Roof blown off laundromat By LAURA MILITANA HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Nation Wind South hit by high winds, twisters /A5 COOKEVILLE — It was around 9:40 Tuesday night when Shawna Gaw, coowner of Hour O Matic Cleaners and Alterations, received a report of damage to the building that houses her business. “I immediately thought, ‘There goes my business,’” she said this morning as the sun rose and showed the extent of damage done by straightline winds that blew through. “I went in and found that fortunately, there was not a lot of damage.” She said that the front lobby received HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Abby............................A8 Calendar......................A6 Crossword ...................A9 Living ..........................A8 Obituaries ...................A7 Dr. Gerald Stow Stella Hall Orville Bryant Emma Eldridge Opinion.......................A4 Sports ..........................B1 Sudoku ........................A9 Weather ......................A2 the roof off the Spring Street cleaners were much higher. “There’s no telling what that gust was,” he said. With a lot of rain falling in a short amount of time — around 2.1 inches since midnight — flooding was also a concern, but Smith said there were no reports. In the meantime, Gaw is working on cleaning up the debris and getting the lobby gutted and repaired. “It really could have been a lot worse,” she said. “Hopefully, we’ll be back up and running soon.” See CHASE, Page 2 World Cancer Day rallies public to fight the disease By MEGAN TROTTER Index some water damage, but no customer items were damaged. “It was the tin roof that blew off,” she said. “There are concrete pillars on the building that prevented a lot more damage from happening.” According to Tyler Smith, Putnam County Emergency Management Agency director, this was the only damage reported to that agency. “We had high winds associated with this storm system,” he said. “It was not a tornado, but strong straightline winds.” The emergency operations center reported a gust of 31 MPH, but the winds that took PUTNAM COUNTY — A 35year-old man from Hermitage took Putnam County deputies on a high-speed chase late last night and into the morning as they pursued him in a vehicle that had been reported stolen earlier in the evening. Brad E. Welch, of Bexhill Court North in Hermitage, was charged in the incident. According to a report by Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Hull, it began when the owner of a green Chevrolet Silverado truck came out of a Spring Street convenience store to find someone else leaving the parking lot in his vehicle. The truck was later reported having been spotted at a Baxter gas station, and Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputies Patrick Short and Nelson Lafever encountered the vehicle on Old Baxter Road and were able to approach and get behind it. “I then ran the tag on the truck and activated my emergency lights,” Deputy Short reports. The truck turned north onto Highway 56, and the driver looked back at the pursuing patrol car. At that point, the deputy said, he could tell the driver was a white male who was wearing a white shirt and hat. The truck turned onto the ramp to Interstate 40 and went east- PUTNAM COUNTY — Thursday, Feb. 4, is World Cancer Day, a day when organizations and individuals around the globe rally together to educate the public about ways to fight cancer. Every year more than 8 million people die from cancer worldwide, and those involved in World Cancer Day want to lower that number as much as possible. “Around the world, communities will hold festivals, walks, seminars, public information campaigns and other events to raise awareness and educate people on how to fight cancer through screening and early detection, through healthy eating and physical activity, by quitting smoking and by urging public officials to make cancer issues a priority,” Dianne Ledbetter, local American Cancer Society/Relay For Life community manager, said. The theme for World Cancer Day is “We Can, I Can,” which focuses on things that everyone can do in order to reduce cancer around the world. Organizers of World Cancer Day encourage individuals to help cut out cancer in their own lives by making healthy lifestyle choices such as avoiding tobacco, exercising, eating healthy, limiting alcohol and wearing sun protection, as well as learning about how to detect cancer early. Communities can gather to call on the government to commit adequate resources to reduce cancer deaths and provide a better quality of life for patients and survivors. They can also educate people about things that increase cancer risks, as well as encouraging healthy habits. There is also the need for those who have been Megan Trotter | Herald-Citizen affected by cancer to talk about their experiences, communi- Randy Porter, Putnam County executive, prepares to observe World Cancer Day with local cancer survivors Dianne Ledbetter, American Cancer Society/Relay for Life comSee FIGHT, Page 3 munity manager, and Lois Weatherholt, Relay for Life caregiver lead. A-2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 LOCAL READER SERVICES Contact us: Address: 1300 Neal St. Cookeville, Tenn. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2729 Cookeville TN 38502 Man reportedly drags woman with car after prayer By TRACEY HACKETT HERALD-CITIZEN Staff PUTNAM COUNTY — A 60-year-old Cookeville man was arrested on Monday after reportedly dragging a female acquaintance with his car. Eldred Dale Smith, of Denny Road, was arrested in connection with the incident that happened the day before at a Benton Young Road address. According to a report by Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Martin, the man had originally come to the woman’s house Phone: 931-526-9715 Fax: 931-526-1209 because he wanted to talk to her. But the deputy said that the man had active bond conditions in effect, preventing him from being around the woman because of a previous offense. According to information in other reports, the man asked the woman to pray for him after arriving at her house, and she did. “The defendant then got up and said he felt better and then began verbally degrading her,” according to that information. According to the deputy’s report, when the man began calling her names, she told him to leave. “He went out and got into his car. At this time [the victim] followed him out and opened the passenger door and told Mr. Smith to never come back,” the deputy reports. “At this time, Mr. Smith put his car into reverse and backed up at a high rate of speed, hitting [the victim] with the car door and knocking her to the ground,” Deputy Martin continues. The victim was reportedly dragged for some distance across a parking lot and Smith left the scene before authorities arrived. The deputy reports that she had a cut on her left knee and a knot on her forehead, which were treated by emergency medical service personnel at the scene. But she refused transport to the hospital. Smith was taken into custody shortly after midnight very early on Monday morning, charged with aggravated assault and violation of bond conditions. He was booked into the Putnam County Jail on a total bond of $55,000. According to information on his arrest warrants, his initial appearance in Putnam County General Sessions Court was on Monday. Storm damage Email: News editor@herald-citizen.com Sports sports@herald-citizen.com Advertising advertising@herald-citizen.com Living living@herald-citizen.com Circulation circulation@herald-citizen.com Business News business@herald-citizen.com Church News church@herald-citizen.com School News school@herald-citizen.com Classified Ads classified@herald-citizen.com Planner sees need for road By LINDSAY McREYNOLDS HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Letter Guidelines All letters to the editor must be signed and include the writer’s name, address and phone number. Letters are subject to editing and/or rejection. 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Herald-Citizen USPS 313-680 ISSN 8750-5541 The Herald-Citizen is published daily except Saturdays, New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day by Cookeville Newspapers, Inc., at 1300 Neal St., P.O. Box 2729, Cookeville, TN 38502. Periodicals postage paid at Cookeville TN. POSTMASTER: send address changes to Herald-Citizen, P.O. Box 2729, Cookeville TN 38502. The Herald-Citizen is a member of the Tennessee Press Association and the Associated Press. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to use for publication news printed in the Herald-Citizen. This photo provided by the Cookeville Fire Department shows the damage caused by high winds right after the roof blew off of Hour O Matic Cleaners located at 121 E. Spring St. Amendment for CRMC joint ventures considered Thursday By TRACEY HACKETT HERALD-CITIZEN Staff COOKEVILLE — Cookeville Regional Medical Center might soon be able to enter into joint medical ventures in Putnam and Clay counties without first having to own property where those ventures will be located. The Cookeville City Council on Thursday will consider a resolution that could change the hospital’s private act so that land ownership in those counties won’t be a necessary requirement for entering joint medical ventures there. That resolution would have to be approved by the state Legislature to become effective, and the city attempted to make such a change last year, but because that proposed change did not limit the locations to Putnam and Clay counties — where CRMC already owns property — it was not approved. “This proposal would allow CRMC to enter into joint ventures without being re- quired to own property in Putnam and Clay counties. If the hospital were to enter into joint ventures elsewhere, in locations other than these, it would still be required to own property there,” City Manager Mike Davidson told the council at a work session on Monday afternoon. The act currently requires CRMC to own property before entering into any joint venture. Paul Korth, CEO of CRMC, also attended that council work session in order to answer possible questions that the council members may have had about the issue. When the issue was brought up last year, the council approved the change, but it was not approved by the Legislature after State Rep. Cameron Sexton expressed concern. Rep. Sexton represents a portion of eastern Putnam County as well as Van Buren and Cumberland counties. Now that the proposed change has been drafted so that it applies only to counties already represented by CRMC, officials say they don’t expect to encounter the same opposition. Vice Mayor Larry Epps asked if the proposed change would cause any hinderance to the development of health care in other areas of the Upper Cumberland. Both hospital and city officials said they did not think it would. “It will provide more opportunities for the hospital in Putnam and Clay counties, but it doesn’t change the policy anywhere else, in any other geographic area,” Korth explained. In addition to the proposed change, the council will also consider a bid for the sale of CRMC property located at West Broad and West 3rd streets and Chestnut Avenue. The council will also set dates for public hearings relating to several issues and consider awarding a bid for luminaries for the Cookeville Electric Department. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the city council chambers at Cookeville City Hall. CHASE: Deputies force stolen truck off the road, end chase From Page 1 bound. “Dispatch then advised me that truck was the stolen truck. I then activated my siren with my emergency lights and notified dispatch that I was in pursuit,” Deputy Short said. The truck fled at speeds near 100 mph, and Deputy Matt Scott joined the pursuit. According to Welch’s arrest warrants, the deputies saw him force “several vehicles off the side of the road” as it traveled down the Interstate. Around mile marker 288, Algood Officer Roy Phipps deployed spike strips that de- flated the front driver’s side tire of the truck. But the driver of the vehicle continued at approximately 50 mph on I-40 before exiting at the 290 mile marker and going eastbound on Highway 70. “At this time, the vehicle continued eastbound on Highway 70 with the driver’s side rim of the truck digging into the pavement,” Deputy Short reports. The driver was apparently having difficulty controlling the vehicle and drove on the wrong side of the road for several miles. The pursuit ended when responding deputies, for the safety of other possible drivers, forced the vehicle off the roadway. Deputy Short reports that the driver of the stolen vehicle had locked himself inside, and the window had to be broken out so they could retrieve him and place him into custody. The driver was transported to Cookeville Regional Medical Center for evaluation following the incident, and there he reportedly admitted to having recently used methamphetamine. Upon his release from medical care, he was charged with theft of property, evading arrest, reckless endangerment and driving under the influence. His total bond was set at $10,000, and he was scheduled to appear in Putnam County General Sessions Court this morning. PUTNAM COUNTY — A longtime member of the Putnam County Regional Planning Commission raised concerns over the need for an east west connector road south of Interstate 40 at a meeting of the planning commission last night. Former county planner Bill Bennett told county planners that they really needed to start thinking about an east west connector in light of the higher density of houses and the recent increase of industry south of the interstate, such as Academy Sports + Outdoors distribution center and FICOSA. “It could take 15-20 years,” Bennett told planners about the time it would take for such a connector road to be completed. “If we don’t start this now, it will just drag and drag and drag.” A current member asked Bennett if he wished to be reappointed to the planning commission, where he served for several decades, to which Bennett laughingly responded, “No.” Highlands Planning Department Director Kevin Rush said he would bring Bennett’s suggestion to the next meeting of the Rural Transportation Planning Organization, which meets a few times a year to make recommendations to the Tennessee Department of Transportation on transportation projects in the counties of Putnam, White, Cannon, Warren, Cumberland, DeKalb and Van Buren. “I’ll go ahead and mention it to the folks at TDOT,” Rush told the Herald-Citizen. “What we may do is have TDOT do a study on an east west connector south of I-40. The RPO process may take several years, to get on a list of projects to be funded.” Rush said that right now the majority of the development in the county, outside the city limits of Cookeville, is residential. “In the county, we had somewhere around 200 lots created in new subdivisions in 2015,” Rush said. “I expect to see even more in 2016.” Rush said one interesting part of about Putnam County development last year is that a few developers are actually building roads in the subdivisions they’re creating, something that hadn’t happened as much in the five years prior. “They’re taking a large tract and building a new road so they can subdivide and build on either side of the road,” he said. “We’ve had four in the last year.” The Putnam Regional Planning Commission meets monthly in the conference room of the Putnam Courthouse to review new development in the county. The next meeting is Tuesday, March 1, at 6 p.m. Weather Mike DeLapp Editor & Publisher Buddy Pearson Managing Editor Roger Wells Advertising Director Keith McCormick Circulation Manager Tonight Thursday Night Partly cloudy. Low around 30. WNW wind around 5 mph. Thursday Mostly sunny, High near 42. NW wind 5 to 10 mph. Clear. Low around 23. NW wind around 5 mph. Friday Friday Night Partly cloudy. Low around 26. Calm wind. Saturday Sunny. High near 46. Calm wind. Mostly sunny. High near 49. South wind around 5 mph. Saturday Night Mostly clear. Low around 28. NW wind around 5 mph. Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Readings: Tuesday’s high in Cookeville was 72, low 41, with 2.1” of rain. Tuesday’s high in Monterey was 66, low 50, with 2.31” of rain. Almanac: Wednesday is the 34th day of the year with 332 remaining. The sun sets at 5:10 p.m. and will rise at 6:41 a.m. on Thursday. The moon is a waning crescent with 26% of the visible disc illuminated. HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 — A3 LOCAL/STATE State in Brief Monterey to rezone for ‘major’ development By AMY DAVIS HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Soddy Daisy man sentenced to 7 years for child pornography CHATTANOOGA (AP) — A Soddy Daisy man who possessed child pornography featuring hundreds of known victims has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Federal prosecutors say 37-year-old Jason Collins was sentenced after pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography. In addition to prison time, U.S. District Judge Harry S. Mattice ordered that Collins be supervised for 15 years after he is released and pay restitution to some of his victims. Collins was arrested after FBI agents and Bradley County officials discovered more than 80,000 images and 300 videos on his computer and other storage media. Authorities say there were at least 222 known victims in the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s database that were on Collins’ devices. The videos featured at least 90 images of known victims. MONTEREY — A “pretty major” commercial development could be on the way for Monterey. That’s what Mayor Bill Wiggins told board members concerning property at 203 New Avenue before they passed the first and second reading of an ordinance to change its zoning classification from high density residential to limited commercial based on a recommendation by the planning commission. “A developer is wanting to purchase that whole tract of land, which is currently zoned R-2 to accommodate the mobile homes,” Wiggins said of the 0.87acre property. “They want to get this deal closed. They’ve requested that it be put on the fasttrack.” Before board members voted to change the property from R-2 to a C-1 limited commercial district, Wiggins said he confirmed with the Municipal Technical Advisory Service that they could in fact take care of both the first and second readings in one motion. “If we pass this tonight, we will Amy Davis | Herald-Citizen Monterey aldermen, from left, Mark Farley, Joey Isabell and Amy Clark take part in Monday’s meeting, when board members approved the first two readings to rezone property on New Avenue from R-2 to C-1. have a called meeting to do a public hearing and final reading on the ordinance Feb. 22,” Wiggins said. “We have to wait 15 days from the time it’s published in the news media.” Aldermen Dale Welch, Johnny Looper, Clarice Weist, Mark Farley, Joey Isabell and Amy Clark gave their approval. Rebecca Iaquinta abstained since she owns property near the area. Nathan Walker was absent. “This is to be, by rumor, a pretty major commercial development for Monterey,” Wiggins said. “That’s why it’s on such a fasttrack.” The board also passed a resolution to apply for Community Development Block Grant funds from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Commu- nity Development for improvements and upgrades at the water plant. During committee reports, Amy Clark presented the water and sewer committee’s recommendation to accept a bid from First Response Inc. out of Goodlettsville for a sewer line cleaning and televising inspection. “(Sewer and water quality man- Pipe collapse FIGHT: Day rallies public against cancer From Page 1 Brothers who were basketball standouts accused in slaying NASHVILLE (AP) — Two brothers have been charged with killing a man outside a Nashville high school in a crime that police say appears to be motivated by a lingering dispute over a girl. Metro police say they have arrested Jamontae and Ke’Vonte Davis and charged them both with criminal homicide. The brothers were standout high school basketball players at Nashville’s Hillsboro High and formerly played for Columbia State Community College. Police say they were arrested in Columbia Tuesday. Columbia State Community College officials say 18-year-old Ke’Vonte Davis is still enrolled in school, but quit the basketball team in December. His 21-year-old brother Jamontae is no longer enrolled in the school. The brothers are accused of killing 23-year-old James G. Nevils. Online court documents do not list a lawyer for either of them. Voucher bill scheduled for Monday vote in Tennessee House NASHVILLE (AP) — A proposal to create a limited school voucher program has been scheduled for a Monday floor vote in the state House. The measure cleared its last hurdle on a voice vote in the House Calendar Committee on Tuesday after clearing the Finance Committee by a single vote last week. Tuesday’s hearing appeared to largely be a formality, as there were no audible votes in favor of the measure sponsored by Republican Rep. Bill Dunn of Knoxville before the acting chairman declared that the bill had been approved. The vouchers worth about $7,000 would be made available to parents of children eligible for free or reduced lunch who attend public schools ranking in the bottom 5 percent statewide. ager) Duane (Jarrett) felt it was the best direction to go,” Clark, who chairs the committee, said of the $29,475 bid. “It will clean and also send a camera through the lines to show what the problems are so we can be more accurate in our work.” Clark also noted that the water plant needs a new turbidimeter, which measures water cleanliness after it is filtered, at a cost of $3,750. Bids for cleaning the water plant’s clearwell are still out. As for the economic development committee, chairman Joey Isabell reported that details are being worked out on a lease agreement between the City of Monterey and Danny Patel of Global Recycling Inc. for the establishment of a tire recycling facility in Monterey’s industrial park. As previously reported in the Herald-Citizen, the facility would not actually recycle tires but cut and place them in barrels to be shipped overseas for further processing. “It’s a fascinating process...” Isabell said, pointing out that the facility would not impact the environment. “Hopefully, we’ll have some new industry in our town.” Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen Cookeville Water Department crews patch a hole on the northbound lane of Old Kentucky Road on Tuesday after they replaced a broken section of a 40-year-old, 12-inch cast iron water line. cate with decision-makers and join support groups to help make positive change for all people affected by cancer. This year’s Relay for Life event in Putnam County will be held from 6-11 p.m. Friday, April 8, at Dogwood Park in Cookeville. The theme this year is “Paint Your World Purple.” “Please come out and support the American Cancer Society and the many volunteers that work tirelessly to raise funds for research so cancer patients can have the best treatment available,” Ledbetter said. Anyone interested in getting involved in the 2016 Relay for Life event can contact Kim Taylor, 2016 co-event lead, at kimtaylor@fnbotn.com or Mara Lish, 2016 co-event lead, at maral@gpmnow.com. Harwell: Durham scandal won’t STAB: Man sought affect gubernatorial decision in Algood attack By ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press NASHVILLE (AP) — House Speaker Beth Harwell said Tuesday that the scandal surrounding a Republican lawmaker who has gone on hiatus amid sexual harassment allegations shouldn’t damage her prospects as a serious gubernatorial candidate in Tennessee. The Nashville Republican emphasized to reporters after a speech to the state chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business that she has not yet made up her mind about a run for governor in 2018. “I’m looking at it; I think a number of good people are,” she said. “I’m looking at it, but it’s a little early to decide right now.” Harwell said she has been working toward a “cultural change” at the state Capitol after allegations of inappropriate behavior by Rep. Jeremy Durham, R-Franklin, toward women at the Legislature. Durham has denied any wrongdoing, but last week stepped down as House majority whip and later withdrew from the House caucus before announcing a leave of absence to seek medical and pastoral help. Harwell last week called on Durham to resign and ordered an overhaul of the chamber’s sexual harassment policies for the first time in 19 years. “I take this very seriously,” Harwell said Tuesday. “There is nothing I could have done prior to this, because I knew nothing.” Harwell said she was unable to act earlier until The Tennessean last month obtained text messages Durham had sent to two women after midnight, asking them to send him pictures. Before that, all rumors about the lawmaker were just hearsay, she said. From Page 1 viewed the crime scene and started processing with photos of footprints in the mud and a set of digital scales.” He then spoke to one of the victims, who identified the assailant as Derrick Justin Choate of Algood. “[The victim] stated that he went outside and observed Mr. Choate in the parking lot and advised him to leave because he was not to be on the property,” the report said. “Mr. Choate then pulled a pocket knife out and said, ‘Who is going to make me leave?’” A fight ensued, with the victim hitting Choate and knocking him to the ground. Choate then stabbed the victim in the right side and also stabbed another person helping the victim in the left forearm. The victims were not transported to the hospital. Choate fled the scene prior to police arriving and is wanted on two counts of aggravated assault. Anyone with information on Choate’s whereabouts are asked to call Detective Medlin at 5376830. Haslam presents $34.8B spending plan By ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press NASHVILLE (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam in his annual State of the State address proposed what he called Tennessee’s largest investment in public education without a tax increase in the state’s history. Haslam’s $34.8 billion spending plan also provides new spending on colleges and universities, road projects and another large deposit into Tennessee’s emergency budget reserves. “Our commitment to education continues in a big way tonight,” Haslam told the joint session of the General Assembly gathered in the House chamber. The governor’s plan calls for $261 million in new funding for K-12 education, including $105 million to pay for teacher raises that are part of Haslam’s efforts to make Tennessee the fastest-improving state in the nation in terms of teacher salaries. While the governor took a victory lap on his administration’s accomplishments inside the chamber, protesters outside sang and chanted about the failure Haslam’s proposal last year to expand Medicaid in Tennessee. Haslam did not mention his Insure Tennessee proposal to extend health coverage to 280,000 people during his 38-minute speech, and has said he won’t seek to revisit the issue until after this year’s presidential election. The governor credited his fiscally conservative spending priorities for putting the state in a strong budget position. Lawmakers applauded when Haslam noted that Tennessee has the lowest debt per capita in the country and that the state is amid the second-longest period of not raising its sales tax. At the same time, Tennessee has cut the sales tax on groceries, eliminated the es- tate and gift taxes and reduced the Hall tax on earnings from stocks and bonds for senior citizens. Meanwhile, Haslam proposed placing $100 million into budget reserves that would bring the state’s rainy day fund to $668 million, its second-highest level on record. “We’re using taxpayers’ money like we would use our own,” Haslam said. “We’re holding in the reins during good times so we’re prepared during the bad times.” Haslam’s budget proposal does not include money for some legislative priorities like a new building for the state library and archives or a deeper cut in the Hall income tax. But it also doesn’t incorporate his controversial efforts to outsource more stateowned buildings. Haslam urged an “all hands on deck approach” toward improving graduation rates in Tennessee, pushing to give fouryear schools in the Tennessee Board of Regents more autonomy while refocusing attention on two-year community and technical colleges. Haslam proposed to transfer $130 million from the general fund to pay for highway projects and maintenance. That’s about half of the amount diverted from the highway fund to help bridge budget gaps about a decade ago. While Haslam warned that nobody should “fool themselves into thinking that this comes close to solving our transportation funding issue,” he has put off proposing a gas tax increase for the first time since 1989. Haslam choked up while memorializing the sailor and four Marines who were killed in a shooting rampage in Chattanooga last summer. “None of us will soon forget the tragedy of last July and the loss of military lives on Tennessee soil,” Haslam said. “We also won’t forget how that community responded.” Herald-Citizen Wednesday, February 3, 2016 OPINION 4 Herald-Citizen The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Established 1903 Mike DeLapp, Editor and Publisher Buddy Pearson, Managing Editor Rubio’s the one Y ou can pick your headline for Iowa: “Trump Didn’t Win!” “Hillary Didn’t Lose!” “Rubio’s the One!” I prefer the third. Of course I’ve left some out, like “Bernie Almost Ties Hillary” or “Ted Cruz Wins,” but those are easy. On the first, we’ll have months to discuss whether this is really a reflection of Hillary Clinton’s weakness or a product of the ridiculousness of the process of selecting a nominee, but that has to wait until we see what happens in South Carolina and Nevada. As for the second, I’m no Cruz fan, but the slight is not personal. It’s just that in primary politics, when you win where you’re supposed to win — and indeed have to win because everyone’s concluded the state is tailormade for you — it’s a big “So what?” Did you see Susan Clinton cut right into his Estrich victory speech? Poor Ted. My prediction is we’ve seen his high point. The press is going to pound him with true stories and accurate quotes. (One of his colleagues from the Bush 2000 campaign quipped, “Why do people take such an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? It just saves time.”) He’ll get that from the press. But he won’t get the big bounce. I’m predicting that Rubio does. Trump’s belated but muchlonged-for show of weakness allows establishment Republicans to breathe as big a sigh of relief as Clinton. That’s because those “establishment Republicans,” previously known to those on the other side as “right-wing conservatives,” are now understood to be moderate and responsible and interested in winning and governing. (Who knew John Boehner was a moderate?) Rubio’s is the best story, because he is the only one of the three who has any chance of ending up in what Lee Atwater, George H.W. Bush’s campaign manager, used to call the “little boat.” The hypothetical boat has room only for the few men and women Americans could imagine as president (whether or not they like them). Some 75 percent of Republican primary voters voted against Trump. That it was the much-hated (by fellow Republicans) Cruz who beat him this time doesn’t prove that Cruz can win anywhere else, but it does prove that Trump could also lose somewhere else. Maybe not in New Hampshire, but remember, nobody’s really fighting about delegates now. Delegates don’t start mattering in big numbers until March. It’s who does BTE (“better than expected”) and who loses. Rubio was the first of the top five candidates — the ones everyone was watching — to take the stage on Monday. Smart. His version of Bill Clinton’s 1992 “Comeback Kid” speech (when Bill turned a second-place finish into a victory by getting out on television and declaring a moral victory before the real winner could claim it) worked like a charm. Rubio was not facing a crisis like Clinton was then, but, politically speaking, the trick was the same: Turn yourself into the night’s winner by going out and claiming — within reason — that you are the one who did the most “BTE,” which has always been the standard course in Iowa. Iowa is also best known on the Democratic side for launching not those expected to win who do but those who lose by less than expected. Jimmy Carter, then a littleknown one-term Georgia governor, actually lost to “Uncommitted” in 1976, but he was the first of the rest, and that was close enough. In 1984, Gary Hart’s campaign really took off after he lost Iowa but came closer to Walter Mondale than expected. And of course, President Lyndon Johnson was driven from office after defeating — but not by enough — Sen. Eugene McCarthy, unleashing a mad and tragic race for the presidency. That’s primary politics: the march of the calendar, the manipulation of expectations and the amassing of delegates from a minority of a minority of voters. It’s so laden with the potential for disaster that I am sometimes surprised that it functions as well as it does. Susan Estrich is a syndicated columnist. Bigger problems ahead for Trump? D onald Trump’s supporters showed up at the Sheraton Monday night fully expecting their man to win the Iowa caucuses. And why shouldn’t they? Trump had held a lead of varying sizes in 13 of the last 13 polls listed in the RealClearPolitics average of Iowa polls. How could that not win? Months ago, before Trump took the lead in Iowa, a number of analysts argued that he wasn’t a “good fit” for the state’s Republican electorate, made up heavily of voters who describe themselves as born-again evangelical Christians. Then Trump took the lead and — in the polls at least — fought off challenges from Ben Carson and eventual winner Ted Cruz. So analysts thought Trump might not be so bad a fit after all. The caucus results — Trump soundly beaten by Cruz, finishing barely ahead of Marco Rubio — seemed to confirm another nagging suspicion about the Trump campaign: that it had not paid sufficient attention to turning out its voters. Most of the people at the Trump event had attended caucuses earlier in the evening. At those caucuses, the presiding officer asked whether there was a representative from each campaign present to speak, and, if not, whether anyone attending would like to speak on a particular candidate’s behalf. At the caucus I attended, in Pleasant Hill, a suburb just east of Des Moines, there was no one to speak for Trump — no representative of the campaign — and no voter willing to stand up and speak on his behalf. (The precinct ended in a Cruz landslide: 110 votes for the Texas senator, versus 36 for Trump and 34 for Rubio.) At the Sheraton, some Trump supporters had similar stories. “We were at a caucus and Trump did- n’t even have anyone there to speak for him,” one man told me. “That’s insane,” added a man nearby. “I was at a caucus, and no one spoke for him there, either,” Byron added someone else. York I asked everyone I talked to at the Sheraton whether they felt Trump had made any mistakes in the campaign, like deciding not to attend last Thursday’s Republican debate. Most felt Trump had made the right call; they weren’t in the mood to second-guess their candidate. But in light of the caucus results, the debate decision looms as a critical error in judgment for Trump. In the days leading up to the voting, when I talked to voters on the fence between candidates — people who could possibly be persuaded to support Trump — one thing became clear: everybody watched the debate. It was the only debate held in Iowa, and it took place in the final days of the campaign, when voters who had been reluctant to pay attention months earlier had finally become interested and involved. They all tuned in. And Trump wasn’t there. “That was the one thing that I thought was a clear mistake,” Republican blogger Craig Robinson, a former political director of the state GOP, said in a phone conversation Monday afternoon. With that one decision, Trump undermined a lot of the work he had done in the previous months. The debate decision showed that Trump’s political instincts could be This week’s ‘Storm of the Century’ H ere’s my question: Can you starve to death by not eating for one day? I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure you can’t. As a matter of fact, they used to call “not eating for a day” (or longer) fasting, and it was considered a healthy thing to do occasionally, both physically and spiritually. Not the near-death experience it’s considered today. People used to fast all the time, and some still do it today. So why do the store shelves look like they’ve been ransacked by invading Visigoths when the TV weather crew says a snowstorm is on the way? Do people think they’ll starve between Friday and Monday? Maybe I’m the only one on the planet with this problem, but there is no way I could put a morsel of extra food in our fridge or freezer. And it’s not because I won the Powerball, or because I’m an outof-touch millionaire who spends more money on food than I should. It’s because that’s what refrigerators and freezers are for: storing food. They are there so we don’t have to run to the grocery store every single day, or every time something unexpected happens. Yes, plenty of people lack full-sized refrigerators and freezers, perhaps due to finances. But that’s another issue. What I’m asking is, why does a place catering to people of means — a store like Whole Foods — get a run on bread after news of an impending snowstorm? It seems to me that a snowstorm would be a good time to empty out the freezer and the pantry, not cram even more into them. Wouldn’t a big snowstorm be the perfect Jim time bake a loaf of bread with that flour Mullen that’s been sitting in your cupboard since Christmas, instead of running to the supermarket in a panic? If a storm hits, it’s not as if you’re going to be going anywhere. It would be the perfect time to dig something out of the bottom of the freezer and use it before you forget what it is. Isn’t this the time to try that new recipe you thought would take too long to make? Part of this “buy more food” insanity is driven by television. Weather reporters act as if the falling snow is the Ebola virus mixed with drug-resistant TB. “Snow! It’s the worst thing that could happen to you in your entire life!! Why, oh why, didn’t we build snow shelters under every house? Whose fault is the snow? The governor’s? The president’s? The Democrats’? The Re- publicans’?” Look at that brave reporter out in the snow. Why don’t they give him a Purple Heart for that? How many other people could do that? I mean, besides little children out sledding, old ladies waiting for the bus that’s already an hour late, and hundreds of thousands of skiers, snowboarders, ice skaters and hockey players. Oh look, the reporter’s wearing one of those nice North Face coats. I wish I could afford that. Every sentence during the weather report seems to end with a double exclamation point. “This could affect 30 million people!!” They make the word “affect” sound like “kill.” I think the word they should be using is “inconvenience,” with no exclamation point. Don’t they remember longing for snow days when they were children? Do they not remember how beautiful snow is? How much fun it is? Yes, it may keep you from getting to work, but so does a traffic jam. So does Washington’s birthday. So does a bad cold. Do any of those make you want to run to the closest grocery store and buy all the bread they have? Instead of panicking, take a look in the fridge. I’m sure you’ll find something worth eating. Jim Mullen is a syndicated columnist. wrong. But the caucus loss could point to even more serious problems ahead for Trump. Just as fundamentally, Trump’s Iowa loss could cast doubt on his unconventional tactics in other states. Trump’s strategy is based on a big bet: that because voters are tired of conventional politicians, then they will also be resistant to conventional political appeals. Iowa proved just the opposite. Ted Cruz won a smashing victory by doing things the old-fashioned way, visiting all of Iowa’s 99 counties, pressing the flesh in gatherings of 100, 150 people, and tailoring his pitch to appeal to concerned evangelicals. That — plus a highly sophisticated data operation — won the day for Cruz. Trump tried something different, and it didn’t work. So Trump now heads to New Hampshire, where, unlike Iowa, his lead in the polls is enormous — more than 20 points. Will that lead go away on election day, too? Trump’s first encounter with the voters should probably teach him several things. One, never suggest that you’ve got their support in the bag. Two, show up at the biggest events. And three, do everything you can to turn out your voters. All that will be important. But even more critical will be questions about Trump’s judgment and temperament. If Iowans who once supported him did in fact retreat when it came time to enter the voting booth — if they did in fact worry that he is just not serious enough to become president — Trump has a problem that might not be possible to solve. Byron York is a syndicated columnist. Moderately Confused HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 — A5 NATION Nation in Brief Snyder calls for $30M in state help for Flint water bills LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing $30 million in state funding to help pay the water bills of Flint residents facing an emergency over the city’s lead-contaminated water supply. Snyder will brief city officials and pastors in Flint about the proposal Wednesday and outline it to lawmakers in his annual budget proposal next week, according to a statement his office provided to The Associated Press. The money would cover the portion of residential customers’ utility bills for water used for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing hands. Snyder says Flint residents “will not have to pay for water they cannot drink.” The Republican-led Legislature would have to approve the plan. The state has allocated nearly $39 million in the current budget year to address Flint’s crisis. Man arrested, charged in apparent road-rage killing in Texas ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A suspect has been arrested and charged in what investigators say was the apparent roadrage killing of a Fort Worth woman on a North Texas freeway. In a statement late Tuesday, Arlington police announced the arrest of Aspen Shaquill Darren Warren as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Brittany Daniel. Authorities say Daniel, who was 26, was driving on Interstate 30 in Arlington around 7 p.m. Jan. 27 when a rear-seat passenger in another car opened fire. Warren is booked into the Arlington City Jail on a murder charge with bond set at $500,000. No attorney is listed for him in jail records. 2 LA County deputies convicted of jail beating cover-up LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two sheriff’s deputies have been convicted of trying to cover up the beating of a handcuffed inmate at the Los Angeles County jail. A federal jury convicted Joey Aguiar and Mariano Ramirez on Tuesday of falsifying reports. But the panel acquitted them of conspiracy to violate civil rights and deadlocked on another charge. The deputies could now face up to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors said that in 2009 the deputies choked, struck, kicked and pepper-sprayed handcuffed inmate Bret Phillips and then wrote reports indicating he attacked them. Defense lawyers argued the deputies used legal force after Phillips became combative and threatening. The deputies were among 21 current or former sheriff’s employees charged in connection with a probe of corruption and abuse in the Sheriff’s Department. Alleged phony priest arrested for pope trip swindle LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arrested a man they say posed as a priest, officiated at Masses, funerals and even a wedding and sold thousands of dollars in phony tickets to see the pope. Erwin Mena was arrested Tuesday and remains jailed on dozens of criminal charges that include grand theft and committing perjury by filing a marriage license as a priest. Tornadoes in the South; snow in Midwest By EMILY WAGSTER and JOSH FUNK Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Heavy rain prompted an apartment evacuation in northwest Georgia one day after storms spawned tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama and dumped snow on places farther west. The National Weather Service, citing a report from an emergency manager in Catoosa County, Georgia, said the apartments being evacuated before dawn Wednesday were near the town of Fort Oglethorpe, just south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and about 110 miles northwest of Atlanta. No serious injuries were reported in the flooding. On Tuesday, tornadoes touched down in Mississippi and Alabama as thunderstorms swept through the region, while a powerful snowstorm buried parts of Colorado and Nebraska in more than a foot of snow before crawling into the Upper Midwest. Greg Flynn, spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, said a confirmed tornado was reported just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in eastern Newton and Lauderdale counties, largely rural areas in the eastern part of the state. Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie said the storm damaged homes, toppled trees and knocked out power. In Alabama, the National Weather Service in Birmingham reported a “confirmed large and destructive tornado” on the ground near the city of Aliceville, about 45 miles west of Tuscaloosa. Minor injuries were reported. Later, in west Tennessee, high Paula Merritt /The Meridian Star via AP A riding lawn mower lies on the ground after a storm in Collinsville, Miss., Tuesday. Authorities say a large tornado in rural western Alabama left a trail of damage as powerful storms moved into the state. winds damaged several homes and school buildings in Crockett County. Public schools there were to close Wednesday as officials surveyed the damage. Law enforcement officials believed a tornado had passed through, but Weather Service meteorologists in Memphis said late Wednesday they couldn’t confirm a touchdown, The Jackson Sun reported. The combination of snow in one part of the country and severe thunderstorms in another isn’t unusual when a powerful system moves across the country, said Greg Carbin with the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. “February can feature some exciting dynamics in the atmosphere,” Carbin said. “This system we’ve had our eye on since it was in the Pacific.” The weather system that blew in from California steadily dumped snow on the Denver area Monday and continued overnight. Heavy snowfall and powerful winds on Tuesday knocked out power, prompt schools and businesses to close, and triggered flight cancellations across a swath of states from Colorado to northern Michigan. Report finds record number of U.S. exonerations in 2015 By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press Felipe Dana, File | AP An Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. The mosquito behind the Zika virus seems to operate like a heat-driven missile of disease. Sexually-transmitted Zika case confirmed in state of Texas DALLAS (AP) — Health officials on Tuesday reported that a person in Texas has become infected with the Zika virus through sex in the first case of the illness being transmitted within the United States amid the current outbreak in Latin America. The unidentified person had not traveled but had sex with a person who had returned from Venezuela and fallen ill with Zika, Dallas County health officials said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a statement saying lab tests confirmed the non-traveler was infected with Zika. The virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, is primarily spread through mosquito bites, but investigators had been exploring the possibility it could be sexually transmitted. There was a report of a Colorado researcher who picked up the virus in Africa and apparently spread it to his wife back home in 2008, and it was found in one man’s semen in Tahiti. “It’s very rare, but this is not new,” Zachary Thompson, director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services, told WFAA-TV in Dallas. “We always looked at the point that this could be transmitted sexually.” The CDC says it will issue guidance in the coming days on prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus, focusing on the male sexual partners of women who are or may be pregnant. The CDC has already recommended pregnant women postpone trips to more than two dozen countries with Zika outbreaks, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Venezuela. It also said other visitors should use insect repellent and take other precautions to prevent mosquito bites. In the epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, the main villain identified so far is called Aedes aegypti — a species of mosquito that spreads other tropical diseases, including chikungunya and dengue fever. HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. saw a record number of exonerations in 2015, with nearly 40 percent of the cases involving individuals who were exonerated in homicides, a new report shows. The National Registry of Exonerations said in its report Wednesday that 149 people falsely convicted of crimes were exonerated last year. That’s 10 more than in 2014, the year with the previous highest total since the group began keeping records in 1989. The registry is a project of the University of Michigan Law School and has documented more than 1,730 such cases in the U.S. Since 2011, the annual number of exonerations has more than doubled and there are now an average of nearly three exoner- The hearing Wednesday for John T. Booker Jr., of Topeka, was scheduled before U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia to allow Booker to change his pleas of not guilty to three charges. They included attempting to use prison. There were homicide exonerations in 25 states and the District of Columbia, with Illinois having the most (11 exonerations), followed by New York (9 exonerations) and Alaska (4 exonerations). The registry’s report also said there was a record 27 exonerations in 2015 for convictions based on false confessions, with 22 of those in homicide cases. Also, 44 of the 58 homicide case exonerations involved cases in which there was official misconduct by authorities. “The thing that is most troubling to me about these cases is it’s clear that for every innocent defendant who is convicted and later exonerated, there are several others who are convicted who are not exonerated because almost all the exonerations depend on a great extent on good fortune, on Lady Luck,” Gross said. Obama to make first visit to a U.S. mosque WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s first visit to a U.S. mosque comes as Muslim-Americans say they’re confronting increasing levels of bias in speech and deeds. Obama is scheduled to visit the Islamic Society of Baltimore on Wednesday. Its campus contains a mosque and school that runs from kindergarten through 12th grade. Last week, Obama became the first sitting president to speak at the Israeli Embassy. In remarks at the embassy, he warned of growing anti-Semitism in the world. Obama’s message in Baltimore will follow a similar tack. The White House said he will focus on the need to speak out against bigotry and reject indifference. It’s the kind of effort that Muslim-Americans Kansas man due in court over alleged plot to bomb Army post TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 21year-old man is due back in federal court over criminal charges alleging that he sought to aid the Islamic State group by planting a bomb at an Army post in northeast Kansas. ations a week, said Samuel Gross, a University of Michigan law professor and registry editor. “What’s driving it? Continuing increased interest and sensitivity and concern about the problem but also a focus on increasing activity by conviction integrity units,” Gross said. The integrity units are divisions in various district attorney offices around the country that identify and correct false convictions. Texas, the second-most populous state, had the most exonerations with 54. New York, the fourth-most populous, was second with 17. Homicides and sex crimes made up nearly half of all exonerations in the U.S. According to the registry, a record 58 defendants who were exonerated in 2015 had been convicted of homicide, with five having received death sentences and 19 having been sentenced to life in a weapon of mass destruction. Booker was arrested in April 2015 outside Fort Riley, about 60 miles west of Topeka. He was trying to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb in a van. said they’ve been waiting for from America’s political and religious leaders. “For some time, we’ve been asking for pushback. Perhaps this will start a trend,” said Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR has tracked a growing number of attacks on mosques and on individuals in the months following the Paris terrorist attack and the shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California. A severed pig’s head was delivered to a mosque’s doorstep in Philadelphia. A6 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 LOCAL/NATION Shadowy companies, big bucks: Election mystery money returns WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaign money from shadowy sources is back this election. More than $4 million of it channeled to outside groups helping presidential candidates has come from unknown or masked donors. Super political action committees, or super PACs, helping White House hopefuls like Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton received big checks recently from obscure corporations or from nonprofits that don’t have to disclose their donors’ names. A super PAC backing Rubio, a Republican senator from Florida, benefited from companies with spec- tral names like “IGX LLC” ($500,000) and “TMCV #2 LLC” ($90,000). The Associated Press traced IGX to a New York investor, and the other to an Idaho billionaire. Meanwhile, Democratic-leaning American Bridge 21st Century reported more than $1.5 million from its affiliated nonprofit, which doesn’t have to name its donors. American Bridge, which said it used the money to pay for shared expenses like rent and staff, was founded by Clinton supporter David Brock. 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Opaque contributions aren’t new: In 2011, a oncemysterious group gave $1 million to a super PAC supporting then-GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The group was formed by an executive at Romney’s old company, and that co-worker ultimately acknowledged he was behind the contribution. But this time, no White House incumbent likely means more money to go around, especially during a contentious primary season. Much of the super PAC money so far has paid for pricey political ads, among other expenses. Community Calendar DAILY DOW JONES STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS in campaign finance laws. That has made it difficult at times to tell who’s really backing candidates — and what favors or influence could be owed should they get elected. The AP counted more than two dozen groups that each gave at least $50,000 to presidential-aligned super PACs during the last three months of 2015. 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Sales figures are unofficial. Feb. 2 AMERICAN LEGION: The Livingston American Legion and Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday at 121 S. Church St. in Livingston. The Auxiliary meets at 5 p.m., and the Legion meets at 6 p.m. FARMERS: The Cookeville Future Farmers of America (FFA) alumni will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the Ag Shop (room 105) at Cookeville High School. All former Cookeville FFA members, community supporters and former and current parents of Cookeville FFA members are invited to attend. Feb. 3 & 4 UNIFORM/SHOE SALE: The CRMC Auxiliary of Volunteers will have their fundraiser uniform/shoe sale on Wednesday from 7 a.m.-5 p.m., and on Thursday from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Pants, tops, jackets, lab coats and shoes (Alegria, Dansko, Merrell and more). Held at Cookeville Regional Medical Center Education Center. Payroll decuction, major credit cards and cash. For more info., call Karen at (931) 783-2740. Feb. 5 & 6 BOOK SALE: Twice Told Tales, a used bookstore located at the Putnam County Library, will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also open on Friday, Feb. 5, from 4-6 p.m. for members of the Putnam County Library Friends only. Memberships are available at the door. Hardcover books for $2 and paperback books for 50 cents. Feb. 6 COFFEE/VET: Coffee with a vet is hosted by Livingston’s American Legion Post 4 and Auxiliary and VFW Post 5062. Held on the first Saturday of each month from 8-11 a.m. at the VFW Post building in Livingston. We are inviting the public and those who have served or who are currently serving in our armed forces to come and have coffee, conversation and enjoy the comradeship. BOOK SALE: Friends of Monterey Branch Library will have their monthly book sale from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Monterey Library. Hard cover books are $1, paperback books are 50 cents. Used book donations accepted during normal library hours. BENEFIT: A benefit for Bruce Jones (for the purchase of a prosthetic leg) will be held at 2 p.m. at Gearheads Bar in Cookeville. All-you-can-eat chili and hot dogs with fixin’s for $5 per person. For more info., call Dale Dyer a 239-4375. DODSON BRANCH: The Dodson Branch community monthly fish fry will be on Saturday at 5 p.m. There will be fried and baked fish, chicken, baked beans, steamed vegetables, hush puppies, fries, coleslaw, drink and dessert. There will also be a cake walk and live music. Adults $8 and children 12 and under $3. Feb. 8 ROSE SOCIETY: The Cookeville Rose Society will hold their first meeting of the new year at 7 p.m. at Johnson’s Nursery. Special speaker. The public is invited. Feb. 9 SUPPORT GROUP: The Upper Cumberland Development District/Area Agency on Aging and Disability (AAAD) will hold its caregiver support group meeting from 10-11 a.m. The meeting is for anyone caring for another individual. It will be held at UCDD, 1225 S. Willow Ave., Cookeville. For more information, call 931-432-4111. Feb. 10 BUFFALO VALLEY: February birthday party at the Buffalo Valley Community Center will be on Wednesday at noon. Lunch provided by the library staff. For info., call 858-1403 or 858-5127. Feb. 11 DODSON BRANCH: The Dodson Branch monthly meeting will be on Thursday at 6 p.m. This will be our first meeting since December, so come and help us plan activities to keep your center open. MEETING: PEO chapter L will meet at 10 a.m. at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Feb. 13 CUPID’S CHASE: Community Options will hold their annual Cupid’s Chase 5K at TTU’s Tucker Stadium parking lot. Registration at 8 a.m. and race begins at 10 a.m. Registration before Feb. 12 is $30, afterward is $40. Proceeds benefit people with disabilities. To register, visit www.comop.org/cupidschase. SCAVENGER HUNT: Set out from the Cookeville Depot to have fun, win fabulous prizes and meet wonderful WestSide neighbors at one of the WestSide Scavenger Hunts. The first of 2016 is Saturday, Feb. 13. Stop in the Cookeville Depot between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to participate. NATURE HIKE: Join the park ranger for a 2.5 mile hike of the Millennium Trail at 10 a.m. at Edgar Evins State Park. Spring is just around the corner, and spring wildflowers may be starting to pop out. Make sure to wear sturdy boots and dress appropriately for the weather. Feb. 15 CLOSED: LBJ&C Development Corporation Head Start centers and central office will be closed today in observance of Presidents’ Day. Feb. 16 SENIORS: Marie Farran will visit the Cookeville Senior Center at 10:30 a.m. to offer legal advice and answer legal questions. Feb. 18 CPR: Dr. Grisham teaches the fundamentals of CPR at the Cookeville Senior Center at 12:15 p.m. Feb. 20 NATURE HIKE: Join the park ranger for a 2 mile hike on the Highland Rim Nature Trail at 10 a.m. at Edgar Evins State Park. With spring just around the corner, spring wildflowers may be starting to pop out. Make sure to wear sturdy boots and dress appropriately for the weather. COUCH TO 5K: Meet Park Ranger Brad Halfacre at the Camp Store at 10 a.m. at Edgar Evins State Park to kick off this year on the right foot. You will be given an information packet with information regarding our upcoming 5k race on April 30. Participants will be meeting every Saturday at the park until race day to exercise and get in shape for the run. Feb. 22 SENIORS: Jessica Scruggs from Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital will visit the Cookeville Senior Center at 12:15 p.m. to speak on “following your prescriptions.” Its Almost Time for the The annual Home & Garden Show is coming March 4-6th at the Hyder-Burks Pavilion in Cookeville! If your business is participating be sure to contact one of our advertising representatives at the Herald-Citizen. We’ll be producing a special pull out section that will be published Sunday, February 28th in the Herald-Citizen and Wednesday, March 2nd in the Regional Buyers Guide. Promote what your business will have at the show and get the word out to over 35,000 readers in the Upper Cumberland. Reserve your space by calling (931) 526-9715. The deadline is Thursday, February 18th. HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 — A7 LOCAL/NATION Nation in Brief Growth at services companies slowed By JOSH BOAK Ryan calls for unity, less anger from his fractious GOP WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan says Republicans need to stop fighting angrily among themselves and not be distracted by guns or other “hot-button” issues that President Barack Obama raises. The Wisconsin Republican said Wednesday that instead, the GOP needs to unite behind a conservative, pro-growth agenda they can display to voters in the November elections. Ryan’s remarks at a Heritage Action for America policy meeting followed a year that saw bitter strife between congressional conservatives and more pragmatic Republicans that led to the departure of the prior speaker, Ohio Rep. John Boehner. Despite Ryan’s call for harmony, Republicans may struggle this election year to push a budget through Congress because of divisions over spending levels. Ryan said Republicans “can’t fall into the progressives’ trap of acting like angry reactionaries.” North America, China power GM to record $9.7b annual profit DETROIT (AP) — If you’re an automaker, especially one from Detroit, conditions probably aren’t going to be better for you to make a lot of cash. For General Motors, that’s what happened last year as the company posted a record $9.7 billion net profit. Yes, a good chunk of that was a $3.9 billion one-time accounting gain due to better prospects in Europe, but the company still made billions on booming sales of its strong lineup of SUVs and trucks, mainly in North America. Earnings were so strong that most of GM’s 49,600 hourly workers will get $11,000 profit-sharing checks on Feb. 26. The checks were based on North American pretax earnings, which hit a record of just over $11 billion for the year. Despite the profits, GM’s stock didn’t get much respect. Shares fell 94 cents, or 3.1 percent, to $28.71 in morning trading Wednesday. Investors haven’t been kind to auto stocks of late. Even with record profits, GM shares are down more than 16 percent in the past year, and are more than $4 below the company’s initial public offering price of $33 in November of 2010. Fiat Chrysler recalls Chargers that can slip off jacks DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than a half-million Dodge Chargers worldwide because they can slip off of a jack when tires are being changed. The recall covers Chargers from the 2011 to 2016 model years and includes almost 442,000 cars in the United States. The company says the body beneath the doors can become deformed during jack use, making the cars unstable. Fiat Chrysler is doing the recall because an analysis of warranty claims showed that they could fall from jacks. The company says it knows of three minor injuries from the problem. Fiat Chrysler will provide wheel chocks free of charge to keep the cars stable during jacking. Customers will be notified when they can get the chocks. Harris Monuments 526-9115 *Custom Etching* Largest selection of black granite Work done locally for best price 149 W. Spring St., Cookeville AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey says U.S. services companies grew in January at the slowest rate in nearly two years, as global economic challenges are showing some signs of spreading to consumers. The Institute for Supply Management said that its services index fell to 53.5 last month from 55.8 in December. The January figure was the lowest since February 2014, when it was 52.6. Still, any reading above 50 signals that services firms are expanding. “It’s a little bit of a cooling off,” said Anthony Nieves, chair of the ISM non-manufacturing business survey committee. But Nieves stressed, “As long as we’re staying above the 50 baseline, things are still going in the right direction.” The U.S. economy is off to a rocky start in 2016. Stocks have plunged. Manufacturing activity fell in January for the fourth consecutive month. U.S. growth economic growth slowed sharply in the final months of 2015. China, Japan, Europe and Brazil face more immediate financial challenges. Still, the U.S. services sector has been a source of stability amid the turmoil. The ISM index has been expanding for the past six years, its gains dovetailing with the recovery from the recession. An improving services sector has coincided with a healthy dose of hiring, as employers added 292,000 workers to their payrolls in December. The unemployment rate held at 5 percent. Economists say the government Lynne Sladky, File | AP Jazmin Donati places a price label on baked goods for sale at Panther Coffee, in Miami. jobs report for January to be released Friday should show another 200,000 jobs added. The majority of respondents to the survey for the services index were positive about business conditions. But they expressed concern about the global economy and turbulent stock market eroding consumer confidence. The services survey showed continued but slower growth for business activity, new orders and employment. Falling oil prices have hurt U.S. exports and factories, yet that has meant more breathing room for consumers, whose wages have barely budged. Gasoline costs have tumbled 13 percent over the past year to a national average of $1.79 a gallon, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge. The troubled global economy walloped the United States in the October-December quarter of last year. Annual economic growth slowed to a rate of 0.7 percent from 2 percent in the prior quarter. Consumer spending, business investment and exports each decelerated as 2015 ended. Manufacturing remains the primary drag. The ISM’s index of factory ac- tivity inched up to 48.2 from a revised 48 in December, but any reading below 50 signals a contraction. The index has stayed below 50 since September. The ISM is a trade group of purchasing managers. Its services survey covers businesses that employ the vast majority of workers, including retail, construction, health care and financial services companies. Cosby arrives for Day 2 of bid to get sex charges thrown out NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby arrived in court Wednesday for Day 2 of his bid to get the sexual assault case against him thrown out over an unwritten promise of immunity that a previous district attorney says he gave Cosby’s nowdead lawyer a decade ago. Supporters yelled “We love you, Bill!” as the 78-year-old comedian made his way slowly into the courthouse with assistants to either side of him. Cosby uses a cane, and his eyesight is said to be deteriorating. Cosby, 78, was arrested and charged in December with drugging and violating former Temple University athletic department employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004. He could get up to 10 years in prison if convicted. On Tuesday, Judge Steven T. O’Neill puzzled over the testimony of former District Attorney Bruce Castor and peppered him with questions as Castor wrapped up hours of testimony as the star witness for the defense at the pre-trial hearing. Castor testified that he believed Constand’s story but found serious flaws in the case in 2005 and declined to bring charges. He said that as district attorney, he considered the decision final and binding “for all time” on his successors. Castor suggested that Cosby and his then-lawyer, Walter Phillips, had the same understanding because the comic later agreed to testify without invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a lawsuit brought against him by Constand. “Cosby would’ve had to have been nuts to say those things if there was any chance he could’ve been prosecuted,” Castor said, referring to the damaging testimony from a deposition unsealed last summer. Phillips died last year. Castor said that in ruling out any prosecution of Cosby, he hoped to prod the TV star to testify in the lawsuit. “I was hopeful that I had made Ms. Constand a millionaire,” he said. Constand eventually settled for an undisclosed sum. “If there was an agreement, why didn’t you make that agreement in writing?” the judge asked Castor. “It was unnecessary because I concluded there was no way the case would get any better,” he said. He also said Cosby was afraid such an agreement would make him look bad. Kevin Steele, the newly elected district attorney who is pursuing the case, has said Cosby would need an immunity agreement in writing to get the case thrown out. The judge said he hoped to rule Tuesday on the request to dismiss the charges. Dozens of women have accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them since the 1960s, destroying his good-guy image as America’s Dad. Obituaries Emma Sue (Nan) Eldridge ALGOOD — Funeral services for Emma Sue (Nan) Eldridge, 78, of Algood, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Algood Family Event Center. Interment will be in Algood City Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, and from 10 a.m. until time of services on Saturday at the funeral home. Ms. Eldridge passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, (931) 526-6111. Dr. Gerald L. Stow BRENTWOOD — A celebration of life service for Dr. Gerald L. Stow, 82, of Brentwood, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at Brentwood Baptist Church, 7777 Concord Rd. A private in- Tired of renting your own property? Let us do it for you! Over 20 years experience. Call Devon or Michelle at Falcon Realty Property Management. 931-528-2158 terment will take place later in the Stow Family Cemetery in West Tennessee. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until time of Dr. Stow service at the church Saturday. Dr. Stow went to be with the Lord on Jan. 29, 2016. He was born in Weakley County, Tenn., on Sept. 6, 1933, the son of the late William M. and Bertha L. Stow. He was a Baptist pastor for 25 years, serving in four churches in Texas and two in Tennessee, which include South Fulton Baptist Church in South Fulton, Tenn., and First Baptist Church in Cookeville. In 1984, he became president/treasurer of the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes, where he served 15 years, and then served 15 more years as ambassador of the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes. Dr. Stow preached in churches across the state of Tennessee during his time with the TBCH and also served on the State Commission on Children and Youth. He mentored many young men and women while sharing with them his love for the Lord. He is survived by his wife of 61 Wills, Living Trusts & Estate Planning Planning now may save $1000ʼs later Dale Bohannon, Attorney ➟ 115 South Dixie Ave., Cookeville, TN 526-7868 years, Barbara Hassler Stow; three children, Stephen, Lori (Zack) Brown and John Christopher; six grandchildren; and one sister, Wilma (Jimmye) Boyd. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes, Inc., PO Box 2206, Brentwood, Tenn. 37024. An online guest book is available at www.austinfuneralservice.com. Austin Funeral & Cremation Services LLC in Brentwood (615-377-0775) is in charge of arrangements. Orville Lee Bryant Sr. MONTEREY — Funeral services for Orville Lee Bryant Sr., 69, of Crawford, will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4, from the chapel of Goff Funeral Home in Monterey. Interment, with full military honors, will be at 11:30 a.m. (EST) on Friday, Feb. 5, in East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, 2200 E. Governor John Seiver Highway, Knoxville, Tenn. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until time of services on Thursday at the funeral home. Features: • Sani Rinse • Pro Scrub Model# KUDS30IXSS THE Mr. Bryant passed away on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in the VA Medical Center in Nashville. D.M. Goff Funeral Home, Inc. in Monterey is in charge of arrangements, (931) 839-2311. Stella Merlene Hall GAINESBORO — Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Merlene Hall, 91, of Gainesboro, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, in Anderson-Upper Cumberland Funeral Home. Interment will follow in John L. Clark Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1-8 p.m. today, Wednesday, Feb. 3, and from 9 a.m. until time of services Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Hall passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta. She was born Feb. 6, 1924, in Jackson County to the late Willie Wiley and Mamie Spivey Wiley. She was a homemaker and defense worker in her early years and was a member of Center Grove Church of Christ. She is survived by one son, Sammie (Peggy) Hall of Cookeville; one daughter-in-law, Brenda Hall of Cookeville; a grandson, Jeff (Tressa) Hall of Cookeville; two granddaughters, Samantha (Stanley) Anderson of Cookeville and Kelly (Kenny) Anderson of Murfreesboro; nine great-grandchildren, Jamie Hall, Lora (John) Whaley, Kristina Hall, Jared Anderson, Ann Marie Anderson, Sammy Anderson, Kendelyn Chilton, Kelsey Secord and Kennedy Selby; two brothers, Berl Domer Wiley and friend, Betty, of McMinnville, and Omer (Ann) Wiley of Gainesboro; a special niece, Starlene (James) West of Gainesboro; and special friends Jackie and Amy Carmack of Gainesboro. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sam L. Hall, whom she married July 2, 1942, and passed away Sept. 3, 2010; one son, Kenneth Wayne Hall; four brothers, Odus Wiley, Junior Wiley, Earl Wiley and Thurell Wiley; and two sisters, Betty Wiley and Georgia Wiley. Bro. Danny Hall will officiate the service. Anderson-Upper Cumberland Funeral Home in Gainesboro (931-858-7474) is in charge of arrangements. Call 526-9715 to subscribe Heating Problems? Call Appliance Mart 749 S. Jefferson 528-6467 FULL LINE OF KITCHENAID APPLIANCES “WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL” 528-1247 Herald-Citizen Wednesday, February 3, 2016 LIVING 8 Tools that make life easier Woman on egg donor registry need not volunteer her status G D EAR ABBY: I recently decided that I wanted to help an infertile couple conceive by becoming an egg donor. I’m well-educated and have a job I love. I understand the commitment both time-wise and emotionally. I am now part of a registry, and I could be selected for a donation at any time. Like other young women, I am dating. However, I am conflicted about whether to tell my dates about my involvement with egg donation and if so, how. I understand that this is extremely personal, but at the same time I could have genetic offspring out there. Dear Can you Abby advise? — HELPING OUT IN BATON ROUGE DEAR HELPING OUT: I do not think it would be appropriate to share Abigail this inforVan Buren mation with any man you are seeing casually. However, if a relationship becomes serious, you should discuss it. A way to start the conversation would be to say, “It’s said that the most meaningful gift a person can give is a gift of self. Well, I have taken it literally.” DEAR ABBY: My 22-yearold daughter, a recent college graduate, is back living at home. She has been bringing her boyfriends home and having sex in her room. I have a real problem with it. There are younger children living here. My husband is not aware of what goes on behind her closed doors at night. How should I handle this? — STILL UNDER MY ROOF DEAR STILL: If you prefer not to involve your husband in this, have a private chat with your daughter and tell her you are not comfortable with her entertaining her boyfriends in your home in the manner you have described. Tell her that if she wants to have sex, she should do it elsewhere — but not under your roof with younger children nearby. Because it’s your home, your rules should apply. DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend of two years was offered the opportunity to travel to Nepal for a month-long stay. Leading up to the trip I tried not to be jealous, but I did say some childish things like, “You’re leaving me for a mountain?” However, before she left, I told her I knew it was a great opportunity and that she should enjoy herself. She emailed me a couple of nights ago about how she and two of her male guides went to a bar together where she got drunk. They plan on going to the club again later during the trip. I trust my girlfriend, but I can’t help but worry that she may be taken advantage of. I didn’t mention my concerns and even encouraged her to go and have fun. But am I wrong to feel worried? Am I being insecure? — LEFT AT HOME IN FLORIDA DEAR LEFT AT HOME: You’re not wrong to feel worried. Under the circumstances, it’s only normal. Does your girlfriend drink at home? And if she does, how does it affect her? At high altitudes the effects of alcohol can be magnified. It’s one thing to be openminded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out. Rather than encourage her, you should have warned her to be careful because what she did was risky. As for feeling insecure, at this point you’re entitled to feel that way. Pictured with directors Andrea and Caleb Camacho are Lily Oakley, Elizabeth Reagan, Amanda Lefave, Lena Hawk, Catalina Jared, Eliza Oakley, Kelsey Sanders, Katherine Nelson, Sarah Mendoza, Lauren McHenry, Grace Lamb, Ellie Nolan, Juila Garner and Savannah Barrett. Dancers snag top honors in competition By MEGAN TROTTER HERALD-CITIZEN Staff COOKEVILLE — The senior company dancers from The Centre School of Dance in Cookeville has returned home with the prestegious title of “Rising Stars” from the recent Dance Revolution in North Carolina. Dance Revolution, a Christian dance convention, is held four times a year in the United States. This latest gathering brought in groups of dancers from Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. After a weekend of classes, the groups got the chance to perform for the professional judges. “They choose their favorite one — the one they feel was the best of the night — and they give them the title of ‘Rising Stars,” said Andrea Camacho, who is the director of The Centre School of Dance with her husband Caleb. “Then those dancers get to come back and dance with the faculty the next day.” This year, the group from The Centre that contained high school students from Putnam County was the one to snag the title after going up against 39 other groups. They performed a modern piece that they had worked hard to perfect with classes three days a week, and a two-hour rehearsal each week. They normally perform for churches, nursing homes and events like Fall Fun Fest. “Dance Revolution is their biggest performance of the year in front of a total different audience,” Camacho said. “This year our motto is ‘Passion, Power, Purpose.’ The dancers started meeting together on their own and really pouring their hearts into everything they were doing. Some of them were crying on the stage. What we do is worship-based. They just really became a team and pulled together and gave their all, and it was recognized. I think that’s the real victory, and I think our younger students can see that too. They’re an inspiration to others.” The win comes on the heels of The Centre’s becoming affiliated with the More Than Just Great Dancing program that encourages the dancers to not just focus on the dance but also the morals and values that they will use the rest of their life, even if they don’t pursue dancing as a career. “I love that last year being the first year that we did ‘More Than Just Great Dancing’ and this competition being the one where the girls were recognized,” Camacho said. “I really think they were recognized for the bonding together and the unity of their hearts and the putting their passion into it. It really came full circle. It was about more than just the dance steps, and I think that’s what the judges picked up on.” SXSW slate includes Reynolds documentary NEW YORK (AP) — The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival unveiled the slate for its 23rd edition, including premieres of a documentary on Burt Reynolds and an upcoming HBO series from Danny McBride. As usual for SXSW, the 139 films announced Tuesday by the Austin, Texas, festival are heavy on music documentaries, thrillers and comedies. Among them are Jesse Moss’ “The Bandit,” about Reynolds; the Ethan Hawke-starring revenge thriller from Blumhouse Pictures, “In a Valley of Violence”; a first-person action film starring Sharlto Copley, “Hardcore Henry”; and McBride’s upcoming comedy series, “Vice Principals.” Other selections include Mike Birbiglia’s “Don’t Think Twice,” starring Keegan-Michael Key; the Adam ScottNick Kroll comedy, “My Blind Brother”; and Marina Zenovich’s documentary on the Duke Lacrosse scandal, “Fantastic Lies.” A few films that previously played at festivals will stop in Austin, including Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Demolition,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal; Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis biopic, “Miles Ahead”; and the Chet Baker biopic, “Born to Be Blue,” starring Hawke. The nine-day festival will kick off AP File Burt Reynolds appears at the Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con in Chicago. The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival unveiled the slate for its 23rd edition, including a documentary on Burt Reynolds. SXSW Film runs March 11-19. March 11 with the previously announced opener: the Richard Linklater ‘80s comedy, “Everybody Wants Some.” Also previously slated to debut at SXSW is Paul Reubens’ Pee-wee return, “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday,” for Netflix, and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s comic book adaptation “Preacher,” an AMC series. Super Bowl ads this year might be a snooze By MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No GoDaddy. Not a bikini in sight. Service messages instead of crotch or fart jokes. As the Super Bowl turns 50 and faces middle age, will this be the year that advertisers stick to — gasp — good taste? The Super Bowl remains advertising’s biggest stage, especially as the broadcast TV audience fragments further thanks to Netflix and other on-demand TV services. Advertisers are spending as much as an estimated $5 million per 30 seconds to capture more than 114 million viewers expected to tune in. Debate over the game-day ads will start on social media before the game and carry over to work the next day, so it’s crucial to stand out, without going so far as to offend. But this year, amplifying a trend seen the past few years, advertisers seem to be playing it extra safe. And that might mean a repeat of last year’s “Somber Bowl,” when viewers were turned off by too-serious ads. Distinguished British actress Helen Mirren will deliver a lecture about drunken driving and why it’s a terrible idea. Many others are going with anthemic or public service-style messages: Colgate Palmolive will urge viewers to “Save Water,” while outdoor brand Marmot urges people to spend more time outside and BMW showcases people who “Defy Labels.” Slapstick, crass humor and sex seem to be relegated to the sidelines. Internet address provider GoDaddy, which for 11 years walked the line of bad taste with ads that showed skimpily clad women and an extremely long close up of a kiss, is sitting it out, citing the need for more targeted advertising. “People want to be entertained. They don’t want somber messages or to be reminded of their problems,” said veteran ad man Richard Kirshenbaum, CEO of ad agency NSG/SWAT. “The Super Bowl is America’s great campfire. People want to gather around and have a great time.” Of course, light-hearted humor will be in abundance when the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos face off on CBS on Sunday. There are the requisite talking animals and celebrities galore. Doritos’ ad shows dogs trying to check out at a grocery store, and Ryan Reynolds plays all of the residents in a town called “Ryanville” for Hyundai, for example. And there are still several major advertisers, including Chrysler and Coca-Cola, whose super-secret ads could deliver big surprises. Cinematic or serious ads can be Super bowl hits. Chrysler has garnered kudos for years for its spots about American engineering and its cars featuring stars like Eminem and Clint Eastwood. Attaching your brand to a social cause can be a way to engender goodwill. But advertisers can’t afford another crop of ads like last year. Those ads struck viewers as depressing, most notably a dark PSA from insurer Nationwide. It featured a child’s death to highlight the risks of preventable household accidents. (Nationwide is not returning this year.) “The Nationwide ad sucked the oxygen out of the room at every Super Bowl Party in America,” said Peter Daboll, CEO of AceMetrix, which measures the advertising effectiveness. Squarespace is one advertiser that is sticking to comedy, enlisting comedy duo Key & Peele to promote its website services. Last year’s ad starred Jeff Bridges meditating in a couple’s bedroom that was deemed by some as too esoteric. ran, why is this fat pencil in here?” Elsie, my eightyear-old Grand, held a thick yellow pencil from my kitchen desk pencil and pen jar. “I like it,” I said. Elsie opened her eyes wide. “Really? This is for little kids.” “And for grown-ups whose fingers don’t work as well as they once did. I’ll use it. You can choose another.” She picked a number two pencil that had a rubber gripper near the sharpened point and she shoved that gripper close to the eraser. I made my grocery list; she worked on her math schoolwork. Fat pencils and fat pens — my choice for writing. Fat ballpoint pens with rubber grips fit my hand best and when they’re given as marketing products, I always ask for more than one. I want tools that make Where life easier. We Are I used to struggle opening bottles or jars. Wrapped the lid in a dishtowel or put on my rubber gloves. Tried to break the vacuum seal. Susan Ran hot Ray water over the lid. But now I just pull out my handydandy bottle opener that looks like a giant Y. No matter how big or small, the jar top fits between the V-shape on the opener and its teeth grasp the lid. I give a twist, and voila — the jar lid loosens. Pampered Chef advertises this product as great gifts for grandma. True. A funny looking knife is another tool I’ve added to my kitchen. Jo Ann, my college roommate, held the strangest knife. The blade and handle were positioned at an angle — almost a right angle. She grasped the fat handle with all four fingers meeting her thumb and easily sliced a cucumber. A description of such as knife reads, “Keeps the wrist in a neutral position. Ergonomic handle provides a firm grip in either hand. Designed especially for people with weak hands or wrists, but is comfortable for all users.” Weak hands? I’m not sure about that but I know my odd looking knife surely makes cutting and carving easier. Anyone else have trouble opening a medicine bottle? The last one I tried to open labeled with instructions to push down and turn, I cussed. The push down, I got. The turn, I didn’t. Sick with a sinus infection and running a fever, I couldn’t get a little pink pill out of the bottle. I pushed with one hand and tried to turn with the other. I pried the top with an old-fashioned bottle opener, forcing the small triangle end under the lid. It didn’t budge. I tried to turn with a pair of pliers. I couldn’t push down, hold the bottle and pliers all at the same time — I needed another hand. About the time I considered smashing the plastic bottle with a hammer, Husband came home from work and pushed and turned. When I shared my frustration with my pharmacist, he nodded. “We can fix that. I’ll make a note to not put child resistant lids on all your bottles. Just keep them out of reach of children.” So now, I get those easy flip off lids and medicine bottles are stored on high shelves. Fat pens and pencils. Funny looking knives. Flip top pill lids. I’m thankful for tools that work well with stiff fingers, lazy grips, and wrists that don’t bend as they once did. But my newest favorite kitchen gadget I can use easily and both the Grands and I think it’s fun. Tune in next week. Susan Ray is a Cookeville writer. Her column appears every Wednesday. Read her blog online at http://susanrray.com. 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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Too much spending, indulging and overreacting will lead to trouble. You are best off staying at home and avoiding any situation that will put you in a vulnerable position. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Share your findings with others. By taking the lead, you will control the outcome and impress someone you love. Romance is encouraged. Crossword A10 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 NATION/WORLD World in Brief Afghan insurgents kill 10-year-old boy who joined militia KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A 10-year-old Afghan boy who was declared a hero after fighting the Taliban has been shot dead by insurgents while on his way to school, officials said on Wednesday. The deputy police chief of the province, Rahimullah Khan, said the boy, Wasil Ahmad, was killed in Tirin Kot, the capital of the southern Uruzgan province. The boy had fought Taliban alongside his uncle on many occasions, Khan said. Photographs on social media showed ten-year-old Ahmad holding an automatic weapon and wearing uniform and a helmet. Khan said that unknown gunmen he referred to only as insurgents had killed the boy near his home. Ahmad’s uncle was formerly a Taliban commander who changed allegiance to the government and was appointed local police commander in Khas Uruzgan district, Khan said. The use of child soldiers is illegal in Afghanistan, but the charity Child Soldiers International says both government forces and insurgents have been recruiting minors for years. Eurozone economy 'losing steam' amid market turmoil LONDON (AP) — The economic recovery in the 19country eurozone lost steam in January, a closely watched survey found Wednesday, a sign that the turmoil in global financial markets is beginning to weigh on business activity. Financial information company Markit said its purchasing managers’ index — a broad gauge of activity across both the manufacturing and services sectors — fell to a four-month low of 53.6 points in January from 54.3 the previous month. According to Markit, that means the region has started off the year growing at a modest 0.4 percent quarterly tick. Rates of growth also diverged, with Spain once again leading the pack, followed by Germany. France appears to be stagnating. Though the index remains above the 50-point threshold that indicates expansion, the survey found evidence that business activity, orders and employment are all losing momentum. The survey also noted a bigger drag on prices despite the stimulus measures the European Central Bank has pursued over the past year to push them higher. South Korea warns North Korea not to launch satellite SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea warned on Wednesday of “searing” consequences if North Korea doesn’t abandon plans to launch a long-range rocket that critics call a banned test of ballistic missile technology. The South’s rhetoric about unspecified harsh consequences comes less than a month after North Korea’s defiant fourth nuclear test and as diplomats at the U.N. work on strong new sanctions against the North. North Korea on Tuesday informed international organizations of its plans to launch an Earth observation satellite on a rocket between Feb. 8 and 25, and if North Korea’s past patterns are any clue, angry warnings by its neighbors and Washington probably won’t dissuade a coming launch. The launch declaration, which is meant to warn civilians, shipping and aircraft in the area about the rocket and falling debris, follows North Korea’s disputed claim on Jan. 6 to have tested a hydrogen bomb, the country’s fourth nuclear test. Slaying suspect facing more serious charge BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Tech student who was initially accused of helping dispose of 13-year-old Nicole Lovell’s body is now believed by authorities to have played a bigger role in the girl’s stabbing death. Just exactly what Natalie Keepers is accused of doing still hasn’t been explained. She faces a bail hearing Wednesday, a day after prosecutors added a more serious charge of being an accessory “before the fact” to first-degree murder. Her classmate, David Eisenhauer, is jailed on charges of kidnapping and murder. Both Eisenhauer and Keepers graduated from nearby high schools in Maryland. A neighbor said the seventhgrader told friends she would sneak out to meet her “boyfriend” David, an 18-yearold she met online through the Kik messaging app. Nicole’s mother discovered her missing last Wednesday morning, setting off an intense hunt for the girl, who suffered bullying at school and online over her weight and a tracheotomy scar, and needed daily medication after surviving a liver transplant, lymphoma and a drug-resistant bacterial infection as a 5-yearold. Police quickly zeroed in on Eisenhauer, and then found Nicole’s body Saturday, hidden off a North Carolina road, two hours south of campus. Eisenhauer told police he believed the “truth will set me free” after he was arrested Saturday, Edmee Rodriguez/The Roanoke Times via AP The investigation continued in the death of Nicole Madison Lovell as a state police search and recovery team searched the pond for evidence on the Virginia Tech Campus. but a police document did not elaborate on what he meant by the statement. Stacy Snider, a neighbor whose 8-year-old twins played with Nicole, told The Associated Press that before she vanished, Nicole showed her girls Eisenhauer’s picture along with a thread of texts they had shared and said she would be sneaking out to meet him. “She was talking about this boyfriend she had that was 18 and went to college, and his name was David, and showed some text messages off of a Kik and pictures. And that’s what the girls told the police officers when they asked.” scribing the health problems her daughter battled and the joys in her short life. “Her favorite color was blue. Nicole was a very lovable person. Nicole touched many people throughout her short life,” Weeks read from a statement before her sobs became uncontrollable and she was ushered away. 3 teens arrested in deadly shooting at Seattle homeless camp Drought rules extended By SCOTT SMITH Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — State water regulators voted to extend emergency conservation measures because of a drought, even though an increase in rain and snow this winter has improved California’s snowpack. But with the drought still severe, conservations efforts fell off in December. Officials said Tuesday that residents used 18 percent less water than in December 2013, but that was the worst showing in seven months of tracking and fell well short of Gov. Jerry Brown’s goal of 25 percent. It’s also the third straight month that the state missed its target. California, however, will likely beat its long-term conservation goal, saving a combined 25.5 percent since Brown issued the mandate in June calling for savings from 2013 use rates, the State Water Resources Control Board reported. State water managers are looking ahead to April 1 — when the Sierra Nevada snowpack is historically at its deepest before melting and feeding rivers and streams and replenishing depleted reservoirs. The snowpack’s depth then will signal whether drought conditions are easing after the state’s driest four-year period on record. “We’re at halftime,” water board chair Felicia Marcus said in an interview. “We’re not doing too badly, but we certainly haven’t won the game yet.” The water content of the snowpack on Tuesday measured 130 Snider said she learned all this from her girls only after Nicole vanished. “I would have told her mother. But we didn’t know nothing about it until she came up missing, unfortunately,” she said. Her fate devastated her mother, Tammy Weeks, who spoke at a Tuesday news conference, de- Rich Pedroncelli | AP Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, checks the snowpack depth as he conducts the second manual snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Tuesday. percent of its historical average for this time of year. Under a light snowfall, snowpack survey chief Frank Gehrke plunged a measuring pole into 76 inches of snow near Echo Summit in the Central Sierra region that includes Lake Tahoe. “It’s certainly a very encouraging start to the winter,” said Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources. Still, he said, the state needs to see storms each week to ease the drought. The snowpack provides nearly one-third of California’s water supply. An electronic measurement collected by more than 100 sensors throughout the Sierra has shown the snowpack at 114 percent. Officials say that despite the El Nino rain storms, California’s major reservoirs remain critically low, requiring continued conservation. Under the extended drought regulation, cities that are especially hot, dry or crowded or that have managed to come up with new sources of water would get a slight break. SEATTLE (AP) — Three teen brothers suspected in a drug-related shooting that left two people dead and three wounded at a well-known Seattle homeless camp will remain in custody. The killings came as the city struggles with a surge of people living on the streets. The suspects — ages 13, 16 and 17 — were arrested Monday in what police have described as a targeted shooting at the longstanding encampment known as the Jungle, about a mile from downtown. A judge on Tuesday found probable cause to hold the brothers on investigation of felony murder, assault and firearms violations. The teens are homeless and reportedly lived in tents with their mother near the camp where the slayings occurred, a Seattle police detective wrote in a probable cause statement. Only the oldest teen appeared in King County Juvenile Court. The others waived their court appearances through their attorneys. The Associated Press typically does not name minors accused of crimes. Police believe the Jan. 26 killings stemmed from a lowlevel drug deal and that the suspects and victims knew each other or knew of each other. According to the probable cause statement, the teens reportedly told an informant that one of the victims “owed their mother 500.00 dollars from a drug deal and they went to collect for her.” One teen also reportedly told a witness that he took heroin and cash. Katherine Hurley, a lawyer representing the 13-year-old boy, said after Tuesday’s court hearing that there is limited information at this time, and “it’s important that we don’t jump to conclusions in this very tragic situation.” Ammon Bundy: Oregon refuge ‘belongs to the people’ PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The leader of an armed group that took over an Oregon wildlife preserve to protest federal land policies is remaining defiant behind bars. While Ammon Bundy on Tuesday again urged four holdouts at the refuge to leave, he said local residents should control the federally owned prop- erty and U.S. officials do not belong there. Bundy said the FBI and Oregon State Police surrounding Malheur National Wildlife Refuge are leading an “armed occupation,” words typically reserved for the ranchers and others that launched the standoff on Jan. 2. He said the refuge “belongs to the people.” EU and U.S. reach new data-sharing agreement BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the United States struck a deal Tuesday over data-sharing that will allow the likes of Facebook and Apple to continue sending people’s information across the Atlantic — but a legal challenge of the pact is widely anticipated. The sides had been trying to forge an agreement since October, when Europe’s top court ruled against the previous pact — known as Safe Harbor — amid concerns that Europeans’ personal data stored by companies in the U.S. might be exposed to spying by U.S. intelligence agencies. The new deal, once put in place, poten- tially brings an end to a period of uncertainty that had raised the prospect of legal challenges by individuals across the 28country EU worried about privacy. “Our people can be sure that their personal data is fully protected,” said Andrus Ansip, the European Commissioner responsible for the digital single market. “Our businesses, especially the smallest ones, have the legal certainty they need to develop their activities across the Atlantic.” Ansip said the new framework, which will be known as EU-US Privacy Shield, will ensure the “right checks and balances” for European citizens and added that it “offers significant improvements” to the previous deal, which had been struck in the early days of the Internet at the turn of the century. “This solution is much better than the one we had in the year 2000,” he said. Under the new deal, there will be an annual joint review of the data-sharing pact, with the first expected sometime next year. The U.S. has also promised to appoint a new official — a so-called ombudsman based at the State Department — responsible for following up on complaints upon referral from EU data protection officers. “It’s Safe Harbor with teeth,” said Dyann Heward-Mills, Head of Data Protection at London-based legal firm Baker & McKenzie. “I think this is good for business certainty and consumer trust.” In its October decision, the European Court of Justice declared the Safe Harbor pact was invalid because it did not adequately protect consumers when their data was stored in the U.S., in light of the spying revelations made by Edward Snowden, a former contractor at the U.S.’s National Security Agency. Snowden’s revelations had prompted the complaint to the court from an Austrian law student, Max Schrems. Herald-Citizen Wednesday, February 3, 2016 SPORTS B Tech inks 19 on Signing Day TTU Sports Information Thomas Corhern | Herald-Citizen Monterey’s Makenzie Hite shoots a jumper during the Lady Wildcats’ 36-18 loss to Clarkrange on Tuesday night at Burks Middle School in Monterey. Clarkrange spoils Monterey’s celebrations COOKEVILLE — The phone calls began arriving early Wednesday morning for the Golden Eagle football coaching staff on 2016 NCAA National Signing Day, receiving word that national letters of intent (NLI) have been signed and delivered by recruits who will make up head coach Marcus Football Satterfield’s first signing class. By mid-morning, the class was completed with all 19 players in the fold. “I’m very excited about this group,” Satterfield said. “Our staff did an unbelievable job, in a short amount of time, in identifying the type of student-athletes that we were looking for.” “Our first signing day was exhilarating,” Satterfield said. “When the calls came in to alert us that the NLI was on the way, then when the NLI came in and we hung them on the wall, we were giving each other five, and hugging each other like a bunch of kids that just scored a touchdown on the playground. “To see all the hard work that our staff did come to fruition was great to be a part of,” Satterfield said. “For it to happen this quickly, with such high quality kids, it was magical, it was electric. We had some drama in the morning, but it ended up all working out for us. It was a great day for the Golden Eagles.” The incoming Golden Eagles come from seven different states and are projected to fill eight different positions. Ten of the 19 come out of Tennessee high schools, with three from Florida and two from Alabama. Tech signed one player each from Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina and Arkansas. The makeup of the class incudes five linebackers, three offensive linemen, three defensive backs, two each at tight end, running back and defensive line, one wide receiver and one quarterback. See TECH, Page B2 ■ Tennessee Tech 2016 Football signing class Pos Hometown COOKEVILLE HIGH BASKETBALL ’Cat trapping Cavaliers pull out overtime thriller HERALD-CITIZEN Assistant Sports Editor See MHS, Page B2 Wt OL 6-5 250 Oak Ridge, Tenn. Ricky Ballard / Chattanooga Notre Dame S 6-0 185 Chattanooga, Tenn. Dontez Byrd / Ballard High, University of Louisville WR 5-10 180 Louisville, Ky. Lucien Charles / Colonial High OL 6-2 265 Orlando, Fla. Matt Cook / Dalton High LB 5-11 210 Dalton, Ga. Tyler Enos / Chattanooga Notre Dame LB 5-11 225 Chattanooga, Tenn. Shannon Fayne / Donelson Christian Academy S 6-0 185 Nashville, Tenn. Jordan Giberti / Gainesville High TE 6-3 232 Gainesville, Fla. Andrew Goldsmith / Trinity Christian Academy RB 6-0 205 Jackson, Tenn. Norman Hand / Colleton County DL 6-2 245 Walterboro, S.C. Jeremiah Jackson / Ooltewah High FB 5-11 235 Chattanooga, Tenn. Matthew Leifheit / Blackman High TE 6-5 240 Murfreesboro, Tenn. Aderick Moore / Selma High LB 6-1 245 Selma, Ala. Toron Morten / Central High LB 5-11 230 Phenix City, Ala. Andre Sale / Catholic High QB 6-2 210 Little Rock, Ark. Xavier Schlueter / Lincoln County DL 6-2 310 Fayetteville, Tenn. Hudson Smith / Oakland High OL 6-2 285 Murfreesboro, Tenn. Brandon Thomas / Ribault High CB 5-11 195 Jacksonville, Fla. Dontae Wilkes / Liberty Tech Magnet LB 6-2 225 Jackson, Tenn. By THOMAS CORHERN MONTEREY — With the recent winter weather, the Monterey basketball teams had to combine Senior Night with basketball Homecoming. And while there was plenty to celebrate, it was Clarkrange who came away with two victories on Tuesday night at Burks Middle School. The Lady Buffaloes took the first game 36-18, while the Buffaloes pulled away in the second quarter and held on to a 56-45 win in the nightcap. Before the contest, senior Makenzie Hite was crowned the basketball Homecoming queen, then she scored four points in the contest, before getting honored with sister Taylor for Senior Night after the game. Taylor Hite led MHS (6-19, 06 7-A) with six points. “You can’t say enough about the two Hite girls,” said MHS girls head coach Todd Hess. “They’re wonderful. I’ve had them in spring ball, summer ball since they were in the sixth grade. They’ve just been wonderful assets to our program and they’re going to be greatly missed.” But it was a defensive struggle for the most part because neither team was getting many baskets to fall. “I was very proud with how hard we played,” said Hess. “I thought our defense was outstanding. Our offense wasn’t very outstanding at all. Our 3for-8 at the foul line really sticks out when I look at it. But defensively, I couldn’t be any more prouder of these girls. They played very hard.” And to hold a typically explosive Clarkrange team to single digits in three of the four quarters? That certainly was a gutsy effort. “It was,” Hess said, “but we just couldn’t score. We hit one 3-pointer, and, down low, we just weren’t very good either. We were battling. And, again, at the free-throw line, if we had hit a few more of those, it could have been a different game.” Clarkrange head coach Lamar Rogers saw it as a continuation of the team’s latest woes. “We didn’t play very well on Saturday (in a 6652 loss at Oneida),” Rogers said, “and I started four freshmen. Coach Hess does a good job and we just weren’t focused the way we should have Ht Alex Alcorn / Oak Ridge By BEN CRAVEN HERALD-CITIZEN Sports Staff Ben Craven | Herald-Citizen Cookeville’s Bryric Savage powers his way for a basket during the Cavaliers’ 71-67 win over Pickett County in overtime on Tuesday at CHS. COOKEVILLE — Cookeville swept Pickett County on Tuesday night as the Cavs needed extra time to edge out the Bobcats 71-67, and the Lady Cavs refused to let the Lady Bobcats come all the way back as they defeated Pickett County 75-65. The Cavs (19-6, 5-2 6-AAA) free throw shooting down the stretch was less than satisfactory as they only made 2of-10 in the second half, but Noah Hilliker was able to knock down four free throws in the overtime period to help lift the Cavs past the Bobcats (14-8, 2-4 7-A). “Well, to be honest, 17-of-31 is about our season average,” CHS head coach Kevin Bray commented on their free throw shooting. “but missing six in a row in the fourth is concerning. That’s something that’s been that way all season.” The Cavs outrebounded the Bobcats 40-26 and was due in large part to Bryric Savage and Jacob Wilberscheid. Savage posted yet another doubledouble with a team-high 22 points and 16 rebounds, while Wilberscheid flirted with a triple-double as he tallied 14 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists. Also helping out were Noah Hilliker, who scored 16 points and was the only player to shoot 100 percent from the free throw line, and Trey Bundrant with 14 points and a team-high three 3-pointers. John Michael Ferrell led the Bobcats with 21 points and was helped out by postman Blake Hughes with 17 points and long-range sniper Dawson Abbott with 16. See CHS, Page B2 TENNESSEE BASKETBALL Tennessee rallies from 21 down to stun No. 20 Kentucky By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE (AP) — What started out as a potential blowout loss developed into one of the most monumental comebacks in Tennessee history. Kevin Punter Jr. scored 27 points and Armani Moore added 18 points and 13 rebounds Tuesday night as Tennessee erased a 21-point deficit in an 84-77 upset of No. 20 Kentucky. Tennessee’s rally represented a stunning turn of events for a team that had lost its last two games despite leading by at least 14 points in the second half of each. The Volunteers (11-11, 4-5 Southeastern Conference) trailed 34-13 with less than 6 minutes left in the first half. “We kind of joked around about it, we actually said we liked it better being down instead of being up at the half,” Moore said. “It kind of makes us a whole lot hungrier.” Tennessee’s media guide doesn’t include a list of its biggest comebacks ever, but athletic department spokesman Tom Satkowiak said he believes the 21point deficit was the largest margin the Vols have erased in a victory since at least December 2006. This matched the seventh-biggest comeback by any Division I team this season, according to STATS LLC. This marked the second straight defeat for Kentucky (16-6, 6-3), which got 21 points from Jamal Murray and 20 from Tyler Ulis. The Wildcats fell 90-84 in overtime Saturday at No. 7 Kansas, which was ranked fourth at the time. “We had them down by 21 — and they came back and beat our brains in,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said. “They ended up beating us by 30 in about 25 minutes — and it could have been 50. We’ve got a ways to go.” The score was tied 70-all until Robert Hubbs III made a free throw with 5:04 left to start a 7-0 run that put Tennessee ahead for good. Kentucky couldn’t cut the margin below three points the rest of the way. Kentucky seemed on the verge of putting this game out of reach early. But after trailing by 21, Tennessee used a 100 run to get within striking distance and cut Kentucky’s lead to 42-36 by halftime. “I kept glancing over at the scoreboard and I kept looking up there and we were cutting into it, cutting into it,” Punter said. “We hit a few shots and got going, and we were down like six.” The Vols pulled ahead on Detrick Mostella’s 3-pointer with 14:09 left. Kentucky regained the lead when Ulis and Derek Willis hit 3-pointers on the next two possessions, but Tennessee kept clawing back and regained the lead at 65-63 on Hubbs’ basket with 9:41 remaining. Although Kentucky tied the score at 70-all, the Wildcats wouldn’t lead again. “I just thought our guys really deserve all the credit in the world, the way they hung in,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said. “Obviously we weren’t playing very well early, but they stayed with it. They really did. There wasn’t one person who played that game who didn’t help us some way, somehow.” Mostella had 13 points and Admiral Schofield added 11 points and eight rebounds for Tennessee. Alex Poythress had 12 of his 14 points in the first half for Kentucky. TIP-INS Kentucky: The Wildcats are 151-68 in this series. Kentucky has lost to Tennessee more than any other team. See VOLS, Page B3 B2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 SPORTS Upperman blasts Central Magnet From staff reports MURFREESBORO — With the start time moved up to avoid potential storms, Central Magnet couldn’t withstand the storm inside their own gym on Tuesday night as the Upperman basketball teams swept the doubleheader in convincing fashion. The Lady Bees won 81-32, while the Bees cruised 67-26. The UHS girls blasted out of the gates to take a 23-2 lead, then outscored CMS 27-16 to take a 50-18 lead at halftime. Upperman (24-2, 11-0 8-AA) outscored the Lady Tigers 31-14 in the second half. Gracie Maynord, who eclipsed 1,000 career points on Monday at DeKalb County, scored 23 points as she hit seven 3-pointers in the win. The Lady Bees, as Smith County takes two from Livingston By ROGER EALEY Special to the HERALD-CITIZEN CARTHAGE — The Smith County basketball teams swept visiting Livingston Academy on Tuesday. The Lady Owls claimed a 55-52 win, while the district leading Owls claimed a 6356 win in the nightcap. In the opener, SCHS never trailed in the game and at no point in the game did the lead get over s e v e n points. LA was only able to tie the game twice at 15 and at 26. After playing to a 15-15 first frame, the hosts were able to get a 26-24 advantage at the break. SCHS’ Shelby Hix hit three treys in a row in a 90-second stretch in the third quarter to give the Lady Owls a sevenpoint cushion. Livingston kept it close as it cut the lead to 43-39 after three. LA finally had a chance to take a lead in the final two minutes of the game but missed. With the score at 53-52, Hix was fouled with five seconds to play and hit both free throws to make it 55-52. LA rushed the ball down the floor, but was unable to get a shot to tie at time expired. SCHS (14-8, 8-2 8-AA) was led by Hix with 19 points, 17 of those were in the second half. Erin Beasley added 13. LA (18-7, 9-2 8-AA) got 22 from Mikala Brown and Jaci Baltimore had 13. The boys game was even closer than the girls as, for three-and-a-half quarters, no more than four points separated the two clubs. Livingston led most of the first half, only to see Cameron Huff hit a trey at the buzzer giving the Owls a 24-23 halftime edge. The visitors regained the lead in the third quarter and held a 34-33 lead going to the final eight minutes. Smith County regained the lead and pushed out to a fivepoint advantage in the first four minutes of the final quarter. Smith County forced LA to foul going down the stretch and they hit 14-of-14 from the line in the final period to claim the win. Jaylon Shepperson led SCHS (15-8, 8-2 8-AA) with 25. Shemar King had 11 of his 16 in the final quarter and Johnny Hayden came off the bench to chip in 10. LA (13-11, 7-4 8-AA) was paced by Dylan Linder with 14, Logan Clark 13, Carter Hayes 11 and Xander Miller with 10. Both schools will be in district play Friday — SCHS visits Dekalb County, while LA hosts York. Both twinbills begin at 6 p.m. a team, hit 14 3-pointers. Central Magnet fell to 10-12, 3-8 in District 8-AA. Akira Levy added 15 points, while Ashlyn Medley and Abby Greenwood also Prep scored 13 each. Roundup In the boys game, Austyn McWilliams led the way with 20 points, while Josh Endicott scored 14 and Dylon Cushing added 10. Endicott completed a double-double, pulling down 14 rebounds. Upperman (20-4, 8-3 8-AA) took an 18-3 lead after the first quarter, then took a 41-10 advantage into the locker room at halftime. The Bees outscored CMS 26-16 in the second half. UHS was a nearly-perfect 13-for-14 from the charity stripe. Jordan Burchfield led CMS (15-8, 5-6 8-AA) with nine points. Upperman returns to action on Friday night as the teams travel to Woodbury to take on Cannon County, with the girls game starting at 6 p.m. DeKalb County girls 55, Macon County 43 LAFAYETTE — DeKalb County rallied in the second half from a 27-23 deficit, then outscored Macon County 32-16 in the second half to take a 55-43 win on Tuesday. Ashli Chew led DCHS (3-8, 19-11 8AA) with 25 points, while Hannah Panter scored 11 and Jailyn Bolding added 10. Mattie Goolsby led MCHS (8-17, 1-10 8-AA) with 14 points, while Lyndsey Belton added 10. Macon County 56, DeKalb County boys 37 LAFAYETTE — DeKalb County hit a lull in the second and third quarters, allowing Macon County to pull away and take a 56-37 win on Tuesday. Macon County led 18-11 after the first quarter, then outscored DCHS 11-5 and 11-7 in the second and third quarters. Gentry Harpole and Tanner Poss led DCHS (1-10, 13-15 8-AA) with 11 points, while Tyler Carlisle led MCHS (16-9, 7-4 8-AA) with 17 points and Michael Ashburn scored 15. White County girls 66, Nashville Central Christian 40 SPARTA — White County led 35-26 at the half, then outscored Nashville Central Christian 31-14 in the second half to shut the door en route to a 66-40 victory on Tuesday night. Deandra Luna led WCHS (19-3, 6-1 6AAA) with 24 points, while Hannah Leftwich added 14 points. Alexis Christensen led NCC with 20 points. White County boys 96, Nashville Central Christian 61 SPARTA — White County had no trouble with visiting Nashville Central Christian, blasting them 96-61 on Tuesday. WCHS opened with a 24-13 run in the first quarter, then took a 45-26 lead at the half. Pierce Whited led White County (220, 7-0 8-AA) with 28 points, while Jacob Fresh scored 18, Cade Crosland added 15, Mitchell Lamb scored 11 and Jared Carter chipped in with 10. CHS: Savage led Lady Cavs with 19 points From Page B1 The Cavs got off to a good start as they built a first quarter advantage of three points at 14-11, and then they improved that lead to nine points by the end of the half at 2920. However, in the second half, the Bobcats started to make little comebacks here and there to show they were still in the game. The Bobcats scored the first nine points of the third quarter to tie the game up pretty quickly, and Blake Hughes’ layup midway through the third even gave the Bobcats their first lead of the second half at 3837. The lead changed hands several times (13 times throughout the whole game) and the Bobcats led at the end of the third quarter 49-47. Just two minutes into the fourth quarter, Hilliker tied the game at 51 with a layup, and at the 2:55 mark, Savage took the lead back for the Cavs at 56-55. The Cavs found themselves down three points with one minute to go when Hilliker sunk a huge three to tie the game at 61. The Bobcats wasted most of the final minute trying to make sure they got the last shot. And they missed. The Cavs’ lob pass to the middle of the court was intercepted and overtime commenced. Hilliker made his four free throws in overtime, and with some help from Wilberscheid, Gist, and Jacob Reeves, the Cavs edged out the Bobcats. Well, Pickett County came in here and took it to us,” Bray commented. “They came out the third quarter and played like a very seasoned and experienced team. I know they have some young players, so my hat’s off to coach (Nathan) Aaron and his team becuase they really came in here and played hard.” On the girls side, the Lady Bobcats (19-2, 6-0 6-AAA) hung around, but the Lady Cavs (15-9, 43 6-AAA) kept up an average of a 10-point lead and finished the game strong. The Lady Cavs had one of their best nights shooting as they hit 64 percent of their shots from inside the arc and 44 percent from behind it. The Lady Cavs also shot 46 percent from the free throw line, but they missed 11-of-19 in the fourth quarter. “I think, you contribute a lot of that to fatigue,” CHS head coach Mindy Odom comented. “I’ve never seen my five sitting in front of me as tired as they were tonight. It hurts us, because our depth is not as much as we’d like for it to be at times and games like this where Thomas Corhern | Herald-Citizen Monterey’s Parker Payne drives to the basket during the Wildcats’ 56-45 loss to Clarkrange on Tuesday at Burks Middle School in Monterey. MHS: Coleman led Wildcats with 17 points From Page B1 Ben Craven | Herald-Citizen Pickett County’s Courtney Pritchett tries to get past Cookeville’s Courtney Savage during the Lady Cavaliers’ 7565 win on Tuesday. every possesion is important. They were super tired but they dug deep.” Courtney Savage had her best game of the season for the Lady Cavs as she scored 19 points and brought down six rebounds. Savage was helped by Sydney Bean, who scored 15 points with four assists and six rebounds, Megan Whitson with 14 points, and Toiya Gwynn, who scored 13 points with team highs of six assists and 9 rebounds. “It just kind of happened,” commented Savage. “I wasn’t really expecting anything big. I just got in there and played hard. We moved the ball well and my teammates were able to get it in to me. Coach Odom has been stressing to us in practice about finishing the game and playing the full four quarters. I feel like we gave a team effort and played through our fatigue.” The Lady Cavs hit 7 3-pointers in the contest, including four in the first quarter alone. This helped the Lady Cavs build an early lead and go into halftime with a 38-31 ad- vantage. The Lady Cavs extended their lead to as much as 13 points and had it chipped to as low as five points, but the Lady Cavs were able to pull away down the stretch and take this one by 10 points. Jayna Ferrell led the Lady Bobcats with 21 points and was helped out by Tristan McClellan, who scored 17 points with three assists and three rebounds. “We didn’t always take the best shots,” Odom comented, “but most of the ones we made were pretty good shots so we worked hard to get them. There was a lot of pressure out there. Anybody who was at the game knows that this Pickett County team puts pressure on you the entire game. We made a ton of mistakes, but the difference in (Tuesday night) and some of the games that we’ve played here lately against teams like this, was that we played four quarters instead of just three.” Up next, Cookeville will play host to the second showdown between CHS and White County High School on Friday. been. We just played terrible. We’ve beat Shelbyville and Lebanon and we need to be playing like that. It’s kind of like a roller-coaster.” The first quarter ended with a scorching 8-2 tally in favor of the Lady Buffaloes, then Clarkrange led 166 at halftime. Gracie Bush led Clarkrange (12-11, 2-3 7-A) with nine points, while Zoie Crouch added seven. In the boys game, Monterey kept an even pace with Clarkrange as the Buffaloes eked out a 14-11 lead after the first quarter. But after Monterey tied the game at 14, Clarkrange soared out on an 8-0 run, then outscored MHS 17-7 in the period to take a 31-18 advantage at halftime. The Buffaloes hardly had to look back as Monterey outscored CHS 12-7 in the third, but then Clarkrange outscored MHS 18-15 in the final eight minutes. “When we cut it to eight points in the third quarter, I thought we had a chance to make a run,” said MHS head coach Adam West. “We just never could get over that hump. Every time one of our guys made a play, one of their guys would make a play.” Dalton Coleman led the Wildcats (12-15, 0-6 7-A) with 17 points, while Cade Painter and Parker Payne each added six. “Dalton played pretty well,” West said. “I think he got a little tired. Our other post player got into foul trouble and we had to keep him out there. It kind of put us in a little bit different situation.” Senior Zeb Randolph, honored before the game, added two points. “He’s a big part of this team,” West said, “and it’s the only year he’s been here. I told him last night, and I’ll say it over and over — there’s not a better kid that I’ve had. He’s a great kid, and he’s the type you’d love to have for more than one year." Hunter Crouch led Clarkrange (18-6, 4-2 7-A) with 19 points, while Ryan Miller scored 13. Up next for Monterey is a trip to Jackson County on Friday. Clarkrange, meanwhile, travels to Pickett County on Friday. TECH: Signed 10 from the state of Tennessee From Page B1 “The first thing we had to do was build quality depth,” Satterfield said. “We knew with just 17 days and three official visits we couldn’t be as position-specific as we will be going forward. This signing class was about getting the best football players, and the best young men, the best student-athletes available, and our guys did a great job. “We got them on campus, and I think the campus and community sell themselves,” Satterfield said. “From the day they arrived on campus, our staff worked relentlessly to get out into the state and get that first weekend set up,” Satterfield said. “We got 12 guys on campus, and we received commitments from 11 of the 12. We’re finding that with this city, this area, and this campus, if we can just get those kids and their families here, it’s an easy sales job because how great the university is.” With 10 signees from Tennessee, Satterfield pointed out that in-state recruiting was a priority. “We have to reestablish ourselves within the state of Tennessee, make it the most important recruiting area for our program,” Satterfield said. “We saw a lot of coaches, and we let them know how important the state of Tennessee will be for our program.” Satterfield said the focus of his staff’s efforts was finding the best people for the Golden Eagle program that they could find. “We had position-specific needs, but we knew we couldn’t just say we were going to sign a certain amount of offensive or defensive players, or for any particular position,” he said. “We didn’t want to pass up on any great players. We knew we needed some offensive linemen, and we knew we needed linebacker/safety-type players. We were not just going to take people at those position to fill a number, and pass up on a great player an another position, but we feel like we definitely filled those two specific needs.” Named head coach just over a month ago, Satterfield said the quality of the Golden Eagle recruiting class is impressive, not only on the field but also in the classroom. “We’re excited about the high quality of athletes that we’ve signed, but we’re really excited about the quality of young men that our coaches were able to identify,” Satterfield said. “College is not easy. You can’t just come in and float through four years. You’ve got to really work at it. The guys we’ve signed, guys who are now going to be part of our family, are guys who are really committed to succeed, and they are going to be driven by those challenges. That helps make championship teams and we’re looking forward to seeing where this group can take us.” HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 — B3 SPORTS Brouwer scores with 1:05 left, Blues beat Predators 1-0 By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE (AP) — No matter which goalie they start, the St. Louis Blues have been flawless in Nashville this season. Troy Brouwer scored with 1:05 remaining in the third period and Brian Elliott made 16 saves to give St. Louis a 1-0 victory over the Predators on Tuesday night. St. Louis has won all four matchups between the teams this season, including both in Nashville by shutout. Jake Allen stopped 45 shots in a 4-0 win Nov. 7. “I just think the way we are structured, we have more hunt on the puck. That’s what we talked about,” Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. “We had more forecheck.” Mark Humphrey | AP St. Louis Blues goalie Brian Elliott blocks a shot as defenseman Carl Gunnarsson (4) and Nashville Predators center Ryan Johansen (92) watch for the rebound in the second period on Tuesday in Nashville. Coming off his first All-Star four straight. Game appearance, Pekka Rinne On the game’s only goal, Robby made 22 saves in defeat. The Fabbri carried the puck around Predators had won a season-best the net and found Alex Pietrangelo just inside the top of the right circle. Pietrangelo fired a one-timer toward the Nashville net, and Brouwer was in front. The puck deflected off his leg past Rinne. “(Paul) Stastny made a great play to Magnus (Paajarvi) in tight. Twice, actually,” Brouwer said. “Rinne is a great goalie and he’s playing well right now, so we wanted to put a couple of more pucks and see what happened. At the end there, we saw some good opportunities to throw some pucks at the net and one goes in.” The Predators did not like the way they managed the puck late in the game. “We had a few opportunities to get the puck out before they scored,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. “We didn’t get it done. It stayed in the zone. We got caught on a long shift and a shot that’s probably going a foot to 2 feet wide of the net hits a shin guard and goes in.” Elliott’s best save came at 10:27 of the first period, when he turned aside James Neal’s one-timer taken from the top of the left circle. He also denied Neal’s attempt with 5 seconds remaining to preserve the win. “We kind of carried that momentum into the third period,” Elliott said. “It was just a tight game; the ice was kind of chopping up and the pucks were bouncing, so it was going to take a tip or screen or something to go in. It was a big game for us.” Elliott earned his first shutout this season and the 31st of his career. “We had a good start to the game. The second period we kind of let off the gas a little bit, but we battled hard, we did a lot of good things, we just couldn’t score,” Nashville’s Ryan Johansen said. “Obviously, give credit to their goalie a little bit, but it’s on the guys who score goals on this team. I missed a couple great chances where you’ve got to step up and put them in.” Algood City Council Work Session (Special Called Meeting) will be held on Monday, February 8th, 2016 at 5:00 pm at Algood City Hall. This meeting will be an open discussion regarding FY 15-16 and FY16-17 Budget, long term plans and council agenda. On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Algood City Hall the following will meet: Board of Zoning Appeals at 5:15 pm Planning Commission at 5:30 pm City Council at 6:00 pm Public is encouraged to attend. Vaughan Larson City Recorder 2/3, 7 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated December 30, 2011, executed by SHAWNA KAY FLOREA, ADRIENNE RAE HAWKINS, SYLVIA KAY MCCLOUD, conveying certain real property therein described to ALAN E. SOUTH, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Putnam County, Tennessee recorded January 18, 2012, in Deed Book 675, Page 254; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Finance of America Reverse LLC, f/k/a Urban Financial of America, LLC who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Putnam County, Tennessee. NOW, THERE... This marked the 18th time an unranked FORE, notice is hereby given the entire indebtedness has Tennessee team has beaten a ranked Ken- that been declared due and payable, tucky squad. and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute NEXT UP Trustee or his duly appointed Kentucky: hosts Florida on Saturday. by virtue of the power, Tennessee: is at Arkansas on Saturday. agent, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on February 25, 2016 at 10:00 AM at the Main Hall or Front Steps of the Put- VOLS: Travels to Arkansas on Saturday From Page B1 Tennessee: Kyle Alexander, a 6-foot-9 freshman forward, made his third career start as Hubbs moved to the bench. Alexander started for the first time since Dec. 29. Tennessee had been using a starting lineup with nobody taller than 65. QUOTABLE “I never did get worried,” Moore said of the 21-point deficit. “I just wanted us to step it up on defense. Obviously we’re a whole lot better than that. It’s a game of runs.” KEY STATS Tennessee went 30 of 34 from the free throw line and made its first 21 attempts. SCOREBOARD ■ On Television Wednesday, Feb. 3 COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5:30 p.m. BTN — Illinois at Rutgers FS1 — St. John’s at Xavier 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Notre Dame at Miami ESPNU — Penn St. at Iowa SEC — Arkansas at Florida 7 p.m. CBSSN — Creighton at Villanova 7:30 p.m. BTN — Maryland at Nebraska FS1 — Marquette at Seton Hall 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Kansas St. at Kansas ESPNU — Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech SEC — Mississippi at Missouri 10 p.m. ESPNU — Arizona St. at Washington GOLF 1 p.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour, Coates Golf Championship, first round, at Ocala, Fla. 10 p.m. GOLF — European PGA Tour, Omega Dubai Desert Classic, first round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Golden State at Washington 9:30 p.m. ESPN — Minnesota at L.A. Clippers NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. NBCSN — Detroit at Tampa Bay SOCCER 1:45 p.m. NBCSN — Premier League, Chelsea at Watford ■ High School Basketball Cookeville boys 71, Pickett County 67, OT PCHS 11 9 29 12 6 — 67 CHS 14 15 18 14 10 — 71 PCHS — John Micheal Ferrell 21, Blake Hughes 17, Dawson Abbott 16, Brian Gibson 6, Trent Young 5, Peyton Rector 2. CHS — Bryric Savage 22, Noah Hilliker 16, Jacob Wilberscheid 14, Try Bundrant 14, Ayden Gist 3, Jacob Reeves 2. Cookeville girls 75, Pickett County 65 PCHS 14 17 19 15 — 65 CHS 22 16 17 20 — 75 PCHS — Jayna Ferrell 21, Tristan McClellan 17, Courtney Pritchett 9, Alahana Bilbrey 8, Savannah Hammock 6, Abbi Buck 2, Gracie Martin 1, Kassidy Geesling 1. CHS — Courtney Savage 19, Sydney Bean 15, Megan Whitson 14, Toiya Gwynn 13, Heidi Smith 8, Riley Masters 6. Class AA No. 4 Upperman girls 81, Central Magnet 32 UHS 23 27 21 10 — 81 CMS 2 16 7 7 — 32 UHS — Akira Levy 15, Brooke Farris 2, Sarah Eldridge 6, Gracie Maynord 23, Autumn Dyer 3, Ashlyn Medley 13, Abby Greenwood 13, Kori Moss 2, Gracie Waller 4. CMS — Dyer 5, NAnderson 2, Smith 5, Kelly 8, White 4, MAnderson 4, Faulk 4. Class AA No. 6 Upperman boys 67, Central Magnet 26 UHS 18 23 13 13 — 67 CMS 3 7 13 3 — 26 UHS — Austyn McWilliams 20, Josh Endicott 14, Jake Dronebarger 7, Ben Guffey 8, Austin Shrum 3, Braxton Lafever 3, Cade Stover 2, Dylon Cushing 10. CMS — Matt Murray 2, Jordan Reynolds 5, Ben Gregory 4, Patrick Blair 3, Cole Yoders 2, Jordan Burchfield 9, Michael Brown 3. Clarkrange 36, Monterey girls 18 CHS 8 8 6 14 — 36 MHS 2 4 3 9 — 18 CHS — Hannah Garrett 6, Gracie Bush 9, Katelin Beaty 5, Emily Beaty 2, Charity Crabtree 5, Breanna Bush 2, Zoie Crouch 7. MHS — Makenzie Hite 4, Taylor Hite 6, Courtney Bilbrey 4, Allie Ragle 4. Clarkrange 56, Monterey boys 45 CHS 14 17 7 18 — 56 MHS 11 7 12 15 — 45 CHS — Emory Lane 2, Austin Monday 8, Coleman Linkous 7, Hunter Crouch 19, Ryan Miller 13, Cobe Hayes 7. MHS — Bryan Stamps 4, Dalton Coleman 17, Tyrus West 5, Cade Painter 6, Grayson Randolph 5, Zeb Randolph 2, Parker Payne 6. ■ College Basketball Tennessee men 84, No. 20 Kentucky 77 KENTUCKY (16-6) Ulis 3-10 12-14 20, Briscoe 5-10 0-1 10, Poythress 6-9 2-4 14, Murray 7-20 4-4 21, Willis 3-8 0-0 8, Lee 1-1 0-0 2, Labissiere 12 0-0 2, Matthews 0-0 0-0 0, Hawkins 0-2 00 0. Totals 26-62 18-23 77. TENNESSEE (11-11) Punter Jr. 7-19 10-11 27, Moore 5-11 7-8 18, Schofield 2-6 6-6 11, Alexander 0-1 0-0 0, Baulkman 1-3 0-0 2, Hubbs III 2-6 4-6 8, Mostella 4-7 3-3 13, Reese 0-1 0-0 0, Phillips 2-2 0-0 5. Totals 23-56 30-34 84. Halftime-Kentucky 42-36. 3-Point Goals-Kentucky 7-22 (Murray 3-12, Ulis 2-4, Willis 2-6), Tennessee 8-19 (Punter Jr. 3-8, Mostella 23, Phillips 1-1, Moore 1-2, Schofield 1-4, Baulkman 0-1). Fouled Out-Poythress, Ulis. Rebounds-Kentucky 36 (Briscoe, Willis 8), Tennessee 37 (Moore 13). Assists-Kentucky 15 (Murray, Ulis 5), Tennessee 12 (Moore 4). Total Fouls-Kentucky 26, Tennessee 19. A19,295. Men’s scores EAST Manhattan 65, Rider 57 Syracuse 68, Virginia Tech 60, OT UMass 61, Rhode Island 56, OT SOUTH Alabama 82, Mississippi St. 80, OT Bethune-Cookman 62, Savannah St. 59 Clemson 76, Wake Forest 62 Duke 80, Georgia Tech 71 Georgia 69, South Carolina 56 LSU 80, Auburn 68 Liberty 88, Winthrop 77 Louisiana-Lafayette 72, Louisiana-Monroe 65, OT Northwestern St. 91, Cent. Arkansas 75 Tennessee 84, Kentucky 77 MIDWEST Akron 80, Ohio 68 Ball St. 72, Bowling Green 64 Buffalo 90, N. Illinois 78 Butler 87, Georgetown 76 Cent. Michigan 88, Kent St. 61 DePaul 77, Providence 70 E. Michigan 94, Miami (Ohio) 69 Indiana 80, Michigan 67 Indiana St. 63, Drake 56 Missouri St. 77, Bradley 71 Toledo 89, W. Michigan 62 West Virginia 81, Iowa St. 76 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 79, Houston Baptist 72 Incarnate Word 70, Texas A&M-CC 65 Oklahoma 95, TCU 72 FAR WEST Air Force 70, Wyoming 62 Boise St. 70, Utah St. 67 New Mexico 87, UNLV 83 San Diego St. 69, Colorado St. 67 San Francisco 100, Menlo 68 EXHIBITION UT Martin 122, Boyce 60 Women’s scores EAST Monmouth (NJ) 72, Manhattan 62 Quinnipiac 66, St. Peter’s 49 SOUTH Bethune-Cookman 50, Savannah St. 44 Louisiana-Lafayette 52, Louisiana-Monroe 40 McNeese St. 92, New Orleans 63 MIDWEST Iowa St. 63, Kansas 53 Maryland 87, Purdue 67 Nebraska 87, Penn St. 69 SOUTHWEST West Virginia 69, Texas Tech 42 FAR WEST Stanford 53, California 46 ■ National Football League NFL Playoffs All Times EST Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 New England 27, Kansas City 20 Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT Sunday, Jan. 17 Carolina 31, Seattle 24 Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC Denver 20, New England 18 NFC Carolina 49, Arizona 15 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Irvin 49, Team Rice 27 Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara, Calif. Denver vs. Carolina, 6:30 p.m. (CBS) Nashville Minnesota Winnipeg ■ National Basketball Association Standings and schedule All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 33 16 .673 Boston 28 22 .560 New York 23 28 .451 Brooklyn 12 37 .245 Philadelphia 7 41 .146 Southeast Division Atlanta 28 22 .560 Miami 27 22 .551 Charlotte 23 25 .479 Washington 21 25 .457 Orlando 21 26 .447 Central Division Cleveland 35 12 .745 Chicago 26 21 .553 Detroit 26 23 .531 Indiana 25 23 .521 Milwaukee 20 31 .392 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 40 8 .833 Memphis 29 20 .592 Dallas 28 23 .549 Houston 26 25 .510 New Orleans 18 29 .383 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 37 13 .740 Portland 24 26 .480 Utah 22 25 .468 Denver 19 30 .388 Minnesota 14 36 .280 Pacific Division Golden State 44 4 .917 L.A. Clippers 32 16 .667 Sacramento 21 27 .438 Phoenix 14 36 .280 L.A. Lakers 10 41 .196 Tuesday’s Games Boston 97, New York 89 Houston 115, Miami 102 Toronto 104, Phoenix 97 Portland 107, Milwaukee 95 L.A. Lakers 119, Minnesota 115 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Golden State at Washington, 8 p.m. New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Miami at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Denver at Utah, 9 p.m. Chicago at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games New York at Detroit, 7 p.m. Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m. Friday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 9 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. GB — 5½ 11 21 25½ — ½ 4 5 5½ — 9 10 10½ 17 GB — 11½ 13½ 15½ 21½ — 13 13½ 17½ 23 — 12 23 31 35½ ■ National Hockey League Standings and schedule All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 50 30 15 5 65 140 110 Tampa Bay 49 27 18 4 58 130 117 Detroit 49 25 16 8 58 122 124 Boston 50 26 18 6 58 150 135 Montreal 51 24 23 4 52 138 138 Ottawa 51 23 22 6 52 144 161 Toronto 49 18 22 9 45 118 137 Buffalo 50 20 26 4 44 114 136 Metropolitan Division Washington 48 35 9 4 74 160 109 N.Y. Rangers 50 27 18 5 59 144 132 N.Y. Islanders48 26 16 6 58 135 121 Pittsburgh 49 25 17 7 57 127 125 New Jersey 51 26 20 5 57 117 120 Carolina 51 23 20 8 54 123 135 Philadelphia 48 22 18 8 52 113 129 Columbus 52 19 28 5 43 134 168 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 54 34 16 4 72 149 123 Dallas 51 32 14 5 69 167 136 St. Louis 53 29 16 8 66 130 128 Colorado 53 27 23 3 57 144 144 51 24 19 8 56 129 132 50 23 18 9 55 124 120 50 22 25 3 47 129 145 Pacific Division Los Angeles 50 31 16 3 65 135 115 San Jose 49 26 19 4 56 144 132 Anaheim 48 23 18 7 53 104 113 Arizona 50 24 21 5 53 133 152 Vancouver 50 20 19 11 51 122 139 Calgary 48 21 24 3 45 126 146 Edmonton 51 20 26 5 45 127 150 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Toronto 4, Boston 3, OT New Jersey 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 N.Y. Islanders 5, Minnesota 3 Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 6, Ottawa 5 Florida 5, Washington 2 St. Louis 1, Nashville 0 Dallas 5, Winnipeg 3 Chicago 2, Colorado 1 Edmonton 5, Columbus 1 Los Angeles 6, Arizona 2 Anaheim 3, San Jose 2 Wednesday’s Games Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. Carolina at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Florida, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 8 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m. Chicago at Arizona, 9 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Columbus at Calgary, 9 p.m. Arizona at Anaheim, 10 p.m. ■ Transactions Tuesday BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Peter Moylan on a minor league contract. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with INF Sherman Johnson, LHP Tyler DeLoach, C Stephen McGee, C Michael Strentz, INF Alex Yarbrough, LHP Greg Mahle, C Taylor Ward, OF Chad Hinshaw, RHP Yunesky Maya, C Wade Wass, RHP Kyle McGowin and LHP Nate Smith to minor league contracts. MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with Of Carlos Quentin on a minor league contract. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with LHP Wesley Wright on a minor league contract. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Named Greg Maddux and Raul Ibanez special assistants to the president of baseball operations and the baseball operations department. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Chris Capuano on a minor league contract. NEW YORK METS — Traded OF Darrell Ceciliani to Toronto for cash. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with RHP Brandon Morrow on a minor league contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with INF Brendan Ryan on a minor league contract. Pacific Coast League LAS VEGAS 51S — Named Deb Iwanow athletic trainer. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released C Michael Leach. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed LHP Evan Deluca and RHP Jeremy Strawn. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed INF Ryan Court. TEXAS AIRHOGS — Signed INF Will DuPont. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed INF Maikol Gonzalez and LHP Chris Anderson. Can-Am League SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed RHPs Tanner Kiest and Michael Tamurino. Released OF CJ Beatty and INF Jon Talley. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Suspended Houston C Dwight Howard one game for striking the arm of a game official and fined Houston coach J.B. Bickerstaff $10,000 for public criticism of the officiating of Saturday’s game. Women’s National Basketball Association MINNESOTA LYNX — Re-signed C Sylvia Fowles and G Renee Montgomery. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed RB Bronson Hill to a reserve/future contract. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Named Dan Campbell assistant head coach-tight ends coach, Ronald Curry and Brendan Nugent offensive assistant coaches, Peter Giunta senior defensive assistant coach, Aaron Glenn secondary coach, Joe Lombardi quarterbacks coach, Dennis Allen defensive coordinator, Dan Roushar offensive line coach and Brian Young pass rush specialist. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with DE Vinny Curry on a five-year contract. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DB Macho Harris and DE Shayon Green. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled LW Harry Zolnierczyk from San Diego (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled D Viktor Svedberg from Rockford (AHL). ECHL ECHL — Suspended Alaska’s Garet Hunt three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in Jan. 31 game at Colorado. Suspended Fort Wayne’s Garrett Meurs two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Jan. 31 at Kalamazoo. SOCCER Major League Soccer PORTLAND TIMBERS — Transferred M George Fochive to Viborg FF (SuperligaDenmark). National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Traded D Katherine Reynolds to Portland for D Alyssa Kleiner. United Soccer League LOUISVILLE CITY FC — Signed M Paolo DelPiccolo. SAN ANTONIO — Signed M Carlos Alvarez. VOLLEYBALL USA VOLLEYBALL — Announced the retirement of chief executive officer Doug Beal, effective Jan. 2, 2017. COLLEGE ALBION — Named Wytse Molenaar men’s soccer coach. ALCORN STATE — Named Fred McNair football coach. KANSAS STATE — Agreed to terms with volleyball coach Suzie Fritz to a four-year contract extension through the 2020 season. LAMAR — Named Henry Zapata women’s associate head soccer coach. NYU — Named Samantha Miller women’s assistant softball coach. POST (CONN.) — Named Kayte Mills women’s lacrosse coach. ST. JOHN’S — Announced women’s soccer M Madeline McCracken has transferred from Boston College. UTSA — Announced QB Blake Bogenschutz is leaving the football program for health reasons. ■ Today in Sports Feb. 3 1944 — Syd Howe of the Detroit Red Wings scores six goals in a 12-6 victory over the New York Rangers. 1980 — Larry Bird hits the first 3-point shot in the history of the NBA All-Star Game. Bird’ 3 came in overtime when the East outscores the West 16-8 in the extra period for a 144136 win. 1982 — Skier Steve Mahre, twin brother of overall champion Phil Mahre, becomes the first American man to win a gold medal in Olympic or world championship competition when he edges Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark by 0.51 seconds in the giant slalom. 1990 — Bill Shoemaker, the world’s winningest jockey, finishes fourth on Patchy Groundfog in his final ride at Santa Anita. The 58-yearold Shoemaker finishes his 40-year career with $123,375,524 in earnings, a record 8,833 wins, 6,136 seconds and 4,987 thirds in 40,350 starts. 2000 — World Wrestling Federation mastermind Vince McMahon unveils his latest creation: the XFL, a new pro football league. 2001 — One year later, the XFL muscles its way onto the national sports scene with its first two games. With exuberant cheerleaders and trash-talking players sharing center stage, the Las Vegas Outlaws beat the New York/New Jersey Hitmen 19-0, while the Orlando Rage beat the Chicago Enforcers 3329 before a crowd of 35,603 in Orlando. 2006 — Martin Brodeur becomes the third goaltender in NHL history to reach 100 shutouts as New Jersey blanks Carolina 30. Brodeur joins Terry Sawchuk (115) and George Hainsworth (102). 2013 — The Baltimore Ravens survive a power outage at the Super Bowl to edge the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. Jacoby Jones returns the second-half kickoff 108 yards, a Super Bowl record, to give Baltimore a 28-6 lead. Moments later, lights lining the Superdome fade. When action resumes 34 minutes later, Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers score 17 consecutive points, getting as close as 31-29. Baltimore stops San Francisco on fourth-and-goal from the 5 with under two minutes left when Kaepernick’s pass sails beyond Michael Crabtree in the end zone. 2015 — Geno Auriemma reaches 900 victories faster than any other college basketball coach when the No. 2 UConn women rout Cincinnati 96-36. The milestone comes after 1,034 games. Cookeville office opened in 1987 by Arnold E. Lefkovitz ALL TYPES OF BANKRUPTCIES Chapter 7 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 • • • More than 35 years of experience filing tens of thousands of bankruptcies. • STOP Garnishments • STOP Foreclosures • STOP Repossessions • STOP Debt Harassment ADOPTIONS DIVORCE CHILD CUSTODY WILLS & PROBATE 312-A East Broad St., Cookeville Serving Cookeville & the Entire Upper Cumberland Area 528-5297 www.lefkovitz.com We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for relief. © 2014 Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz B4 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 001 Legals nam County Courthouse, located in Cookeville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Putnam County, Tennessee, to wit: THE LAND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS SITUATED IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, COUNTY OF PUTNAM, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A 1/2" REBAR (NEW) #762 IN THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MAXWELL STREET, BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MICHAEL & BARBARA NELSON (366-521); THENCE WITH THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MAXWELL STREET N83 DEGREES 42`24"W 95.77 FEET TO A ROCK, BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CHARLES HARRIS (RB: 212-251); THENCE LEAVING THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY OF MAXWELL STREET AND WITH THE EAST LINE OF CHARLES HARRIS (RB; 212-251) N19 DEGREES 56`44"W 161.95 FEET TO A 1" PIPE (OLD), BEING A COMMON CORNER OF CHARLES HARRIS (RB: 212251), CHARLES HARRIS (RB: 156-681) AND VICTORIA PALK (RB: 154-110); THENCE WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF VICTORIA PALK (RB: 154-110) N73 DEGREES 12`29"E 94.18 FEET TO A 2" PIPE (OLD), BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF JIMMY & PHYLLIS GAW (316679); THENCE LEAVING THE SOUTH LINE OF VICTORA PALK (RB 154-110) AND WITH THE WEST LINE OF JIMMY & PHYLLIS GAW (316-679) S19 DEGREES 46`37" E 97.03 FEET TO A 1" PIPE (OLD) BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF JIMMY & PHYLLIS GAW (316-679), ALSO BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF JOHNNY & DEBORAH MAHAN (394-567); THENCE WITH THE WEST LINE OF JOHNNY & DEBORH MAHAN (394-567) AND THE WEST LINE OF MICHAEL & BARBARA NELSON (366521) S15 DEGREES 32`49"E 102.38 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 0.384 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, BY SURVEY DONE BY BARLETT SURVEYING, 214 EAST STEVENS STREET, COOKEVILLE TENNESSEE, 38501, ALFRED M. BARTLETT, R.L.S. #762, ON DECEMBER 19, 2011, DRAWING. #2011223. Parcel ID: 041C-E-01200000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 124 Maxwell Street, Cookeville, TN 38506. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): ESTATE AND/OR HEIRS-AT-LAW OF SYLVIA KAY MCCLOUD OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: DISCOVER BANK, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 001 001 Legals payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on February 25, 2016 at 10:00 AM at the Main Hall or Front Steps of the Putnam County Courthouse, located in Cookeville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Putnam County, Tennessee, to wit: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE FIRST CIVIL DISTRICT OF PUTNAM COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AS FOLLOWS: BEING LOT 8A OF THE RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 3 & 8, THE VILLAS AT MAPLE POINT, A PLAT OF WHICH IS OF RECORD IN PLAT CABINET F, SLIDE 6A, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE OF PUTNAM COUNTY, TENNESSEE, WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREIN REFERRED TO FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. Parcel ID: 066D C 008.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 726 MAPLE POINT DRIVE, COOKEVILLE, TN 38501. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): FRANK C PAPA, JR. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 3 8 1 0 3 www.rubinlublin.com/propertylistings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #92202: 2016-01-27 2016-02-03, 201602-10 1/27, 2/3, 10 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations described in and secured by a certain Deed of Trust executed by BRIAN SCOTT MITCHELL and LORI LEANN MITCHELL, husband and wife, to W. Aaron Fortner, Trustee, recorded December 4, 2007 in Putnam County Register's Office at Record Book 434 Page 756 and modified at Book 721, Page 270 and the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust is owned by CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, and the undersigned having been appointed Successor Trustee by instrument recorded in said Register’s Office, this is notice that the undersigned will on March 8, 2016 at 1:00 PM local time, at the Putnam County Courthouse, Cookeville, Tennessee will proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash the following property located in Putnam County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record. Described property is located in www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Putnam County, Tennessee, beTel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) ing Lot 29, Fisk Park Subdivi601-5846 Ad #92056 sion, Phase II, per plat Cabinet 1/13, 1//27, 2/3, 2/10 B NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated February 17, 2015, executed by FRANK C PAPA, JR. , conveying certain real property therein described to ARNOLD M WEISS, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Putnam County, Tennessee recorded March 9, 2015, in Deed Book 862, Page 191; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to New Penn Financial, LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing who is now the owner of said debt; and W H E R E A S , t h e undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Putnam County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and Legals B, Slide 149. Being the same property conveyed to Brian Scott Mitchell and wife, Lori LeAnn Mitchell, recorded 4/18/97, at Book 381, Page 709, in the Register’s Office of Putnam County, Tennessee. Property Address: 1069 Fisk Park Drive, Cookeville, TN 38506 TAX ID: 026I E 017.00 000 Current Owner(s) of Property: BRIAN SCOTT MITCHELL and LORI LEANN MITCHELL The street address of the above described property is believed to be 1069 Fisk Park Drive, Cookeville, TN 38506 but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. Other Interested Parties: None All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publication, upon announcement of the time and place for the sale set forth above. If you purchase the property at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of certified bank check made payable to Solomon Baggett, LLC Escrow Account. No personal checks will be accepted. You must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee at any time. THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Robert J. Solomon Substitute Trustee Solomon | Baggett, LLC 3763 Rogers Bridge Road Duluth, Georgia 30097 (678) 243-2512 Our File No. CMS.01453 1/27, 2/3, 10 001 Legals the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Putnam County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows: We desire quality people to give quality care. 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Any W I L S O N & A S S O C I A T E S , home repair, plumbing, garages, 135 Yard Work/Related P.L.L.C., decks, porches, siding, roofing, Successor Trustee RHETT BUTLER's additions.(931)265-5687 LAWN CARE FOR SALE INFORMATION, Landscaping, Mulching, Painting/Wallpaper Mowing,Yard VISIT WWW.MYFIR.COM and 120 Maintenance WWW.REALTYTRAC.COM Call local cell 544-3303 2/3, 10, 17 PAINTING/ STAINING / P. W A S H , w i n d o w s c r e e n s , LAWN MOWING: Gutter cleanPlumb., Elec., Storm Doors. 38 ing, light hauling. odd jobs, re005 Public Notices yrs exp. Exc. Ref's. Call David, move old barns & buildings, garage cleaning. Free Est, Reason931-445-3796 or 265-0639. able rates. 432-0863 / 510-4040 Some secrets need BUDGET PAINTING CO. to be shared. Int/Ext Painting & Log/Deck M O W I N G , L A N D S C A P I N G , Staining, Power Wash Vinyl, Pressure Washing, hauling, SEXUAL Driveways. FREE EST. Lic./Ins. cleaning, odd jobs. Free Est. Call 265-5775 Call 931-525-6482 ASSAULT it's not your fault! For confidential help or information, call WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note (931)526-5197 • 1-800-707-5197 dated May 29, 2009, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded June 5, 2009, in Book No. 533, at 025 Special Notices Page 115, and modified on February 12, 2013, In Book No. 743, FOR YOUR At Page 250 in Office of the ReCONVENIENCE gister of Deeds for Putnam County, Tennessee, executed by Deborah L. Craig, conveying The Herald Citizen has installed certain property therein de- an after hours drop box for scribed to Arnold M. Weiss as ! Circulation Dept. payments Trustee for Mortgage Electronic ! Classified Dept. payments Registration Systems, Inc., as a ! Letters to the Editor nominee for Guaranty Mortgage ! Community News Bulletin Services LLC, its successors ! I Like to Know Questions and assigns; and the under- ! 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Paige shot 10 of 17 from the field, none bigger than the 3 that gave West Virginia a 75-74 lead. The Mountaineers outrebounded the Cyclones 43-26, and Tarik Phillips grabbed his own missed free throw to seal it with 19 seconds left. Georges Niang scored 20 points and Abdel Nader had 19 for Iowa State (16-6, 5-4), which lost consecutive games for the second time this season. No. 1 OKLAHOMA 95, TCU 72 NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 17 points to help No. 1 Oklahoma defeat TCU 95-72 on Tuesday night. Hield, the nation’s No. 2 scorer, was held well below his 26.2 average, but he shot an efficient 7 for 13 from the field and made 3 of 8 3-point attempts. Hield was coming off consecutive games with at least 30 points. Jordan Woodard scored 14 points, Isaiah Cousins had 13 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Ryan Spangler had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Sooners (19-2, 7-2 Big 12), who won their fourth straight. The Sooners shot 51 percent from the field and held TCU to 41 percent shooting. Vladimir Brodziansky scored 17 points, Chris Washburn had 15 and Malique Trent added 12 for Charlie Neibergall | AP Iowa State guard Matt Thomas, left, fights for a loose ball with West Virginia guard Jevon Carter, right, during the first half Tuesday in Ames, Iowa. TCU (10-12, 1-8), which lost its sixth straight conference game. DEPAUL 77, No. 11 PROVIDENCE 70 ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Myke Henry had 27 points and 11 rebounds as DePaul got the surprising win. The Blue Demons (8-14, 2-8 Big East) had lost eight of nine, but they outrebounded the Friars 4824 on the way to just their second victory of the season against a Top 25 team. Billy Garrett Jr. added 16 points and Rashaun Stimage had nine points on 4-for-4 shooting. Kris Dunn had 14 points and eight assists for Providence (18-5, 6-4), but was 5 for 20 from the field. The star guard was coming off a 26-point performance in a 73-69 victory over Georgetown on Saturday. It was the Friars’ first road loss of the season. No. 22 INDIANA 80, MICHIGAN 67 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Yogi Ferrell had 17 points and nine assists, and Indiana finished the first half with 25 straight points. The Big Ten-leading Hoosiers (19-4, 9-1) struggled early on, missing eight straight shots and falling behind 10-2, but they were nearly flawless in the final minutes of the half. Indiana led 45-24 at halftime and went on to its most lopsided victory over the Wolverines (17-6, 7-3) in Ann Arbor since 2008. Robert Johnson scored 16 points for the Hoosiers and O.G. Anunoby added 11. Zak Irvin led Michigan with 16 points. The Wolverines were without Caris LeVert for a ninth straight game because of a lower left leg injury. GEORGIA 69, No. 25 SOUTH CAROLINA 56 ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Yante Maten scored 18 points, Kenny Gaines had 17, and Georgia handed South Carolina its third loss. Georgia led by 10 points at halftime and never trailed in the second half. J.J. Frazier scored 13 points — all in the second half — and hit two 3-pointers in the closing minutes for Georgia (12-8, 5-4 Southeastern Conference), which snapped a two-game losing streak. South Carolina (19-3, 6-3) was denied its attempt to reach 20 wins for the first time since 2008-09, when the Gamecocks finished 21-10. Sindarius Thornwell led South Carolina with 18 points. Michael Carrera had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Gamecocks, ending his streak of three straight games with 20 or more points. Lakers break losing streak The Associated Press Michael Conroy | AP Purdue guard Bridget Perry (13) fouls Maryland guard Brene Moseley (3) as she shoots during the first half in West Lafayette, Ind., Tuesday. WalkerKimbrough scores 41 in Maryland win The Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored a career-high 41 points to lead No. 5 Maryland to an 87-67 victory over Purdue on Tuesday night. Kristen Confroy and Brionna Jones each had 13 points, and Malina Howard added 12 to help Maryland (20-2, 9-1 Big Ten) win its Top 25 eighth straight. Roundup Ashley Morrissette scored 19 points to lead Purdue (16-6, 7-4). Walker-Kimbrough, a junior forward, finished with the highest point total by a Boilermakers opponent and topped her previous career best of 26 on Nov. 18, 2015, against High Point. She broke her career high with 4:51 remaining in the third quarter. No. 15 STANFORD 53, CALIFORNIA 46 STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Erica McCall had her 12th double-double of the season, and Karlie Samuelson hit three 3-pointers and finished with 15 points to help Stanford beat California for its ninth straight home victory. McCall had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Lili Thompson added 11 points and Kaylee Johnson grabbed 15 boards for Stanford (18-5, 83 Pac-12). Kristine Anigwe scored 17 points for Cal (11-11, 2-9). LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant hit seven 3-pointers while scoring a season-high 38 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped their 10game losing streak with a 119-115 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Lou Williams scored 20 points for the Lakers, who avoided the longest losing streak in the 16-time champion franchise’s history despite blowing a 16-point lead in the second half. Los Angeles had lost 10 straight for the first time since 1994. Bryant took charge with a vintage performance in his farewell season, repeatedly scoring from the perimeter in the Lakers’ first win since Jan. 12. After Minnesota took the lead in the waning minutes, Bryant put the Lakers back ahead with dramatic back-toback 3-pointers. He scored 14 of the Lakers’ 18 points in the final 5:02. Andrew Wiggins scored 30 points for the Timberwolves, who have lost five straight and 16 of 18. ROCKETS 115, HEAT 102 HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden scored 26 points and tied a career-high with 14 assists as Houston snapped a three-game skid. The Rockets had a double-digit lead for most of the second half and were up by 10 when Josh Smith scored all of the team’s points in a 7-2 run that pushed the advantage to 104-89 with about five minutes remaining. Houston started Smith, a 6-foot-9 forward, at center with Dwight Howard serving a one-game suspension for making contact with an official this weekend and Clint Capela out with a thigh injury. Smith scored a season-high 19 points in his second start this season and first since returning to Houston in a trade from the Clippers on Jan. 22. Luol Deng had 17 points for the Heat whose season-high four game winning streak ended. RAPTORS 102, SUNS 97 PHOENIX (AP) — Kyle Lowry scored 26 points, including five 3pointers, DeMar DeRozan added 22 points and Toronto spoiled the debut of Phoenix interim coach Earl Watson. The Raptors, whose franchise-record 11-game losing streak ended Monday night in Denver, led the entire second half but had to hold on at the finish. Markieff Morris had 30 points and 11 rebounds, both season highs, for the Suns, who fired coach Jeff Hornacek on Monday and promoted the 36-yearold Watson to the interim job. Phoenix rookie Devin Booker added 27 points, matching his career best with six 3s. Archie Goodwin had 18 points and a career-best 12 assists for the Suns, who have lost five in a row and 20 of their last 22. CELTICS 97, KNICKS 89 NEW YORK (AP) — Isaiah Thomas had 20 points and eight assists, and Boston wore down New York. Jae Crowder and Tyler Zeller each added 16 points, while reserves Evan Turner and Kelly Olynyk were also in double figures as the Celtics were fresher and sharper in dominating the final 15 minutes. Turner had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Olynyk scored 13 points in the Celtics’ fifth victory in six games. Carmelo Anthony had 16 points and 14 rebounds but shot just 4 for 16 in the Knicks’ sixth loss in seven games. Robin Lopez added 17 points and 13 rebounds, while Arron Afflalo ended a shooting slump with 18 points but had some careless turnovers. TRAIL BLAZERS 107, BUCKS 95 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — CJ McCollum had 30 points and Portland got its season-high fifth straight win. Damian Lillard had 14 points and 12 Mark J. Terrill | AP Minnesota Timberwolves guard Andrew Wiggins (22) and Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant reach for a rebound during the first half Tuesday in Los Angeles. assists for his 11th double-double of the season. Al-Farouq Aminu added 16 points for the Blazers, who have won nine of their last 11. Khris Middleton had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks, who have lost four straight and six of their last seven. Milwaukee was coming off a 111-104 loss at Sacramento the night before. Giannis Antetokounmpo added 19 points and Greg Monroe had 17 for the Bucks, both also with eight rebounds apiece. Newton wants black QB issue put away for good By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cam Newton wants any discussion of black quarterbacks in a Super Bowl put away. For good. Newton on Tuesday emphatically tried to lay to rest any relevance of an African-American quarterback appearing in the NFL’s championship game. During a series of questions by a media member that bordered on confrontational, Newton finally said to the reporter: “It’s not an issue. It’s an issue for you.” Carolina’s All-Pro quarterback, seemingly tired of the topic, added: “I think we shattered that a long time ago.” This was the third time Newton had to deal with the subject since the Panthers made the Super Bowl. He didn’t need to point out that several other black quarterbacks have led their teams to the big game: Doug Williams, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb, Colin Kaepernick, and Seattle’s Russell Wilson the past two years. Color? It matters not at all and never should have. “I don’t even want to touch on the topic of ‘black quarterback’ because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green,” the fifth-year Panther said. “I think we limit ourselves when we just label ourselves just black this, that ... “I want to bring awareness because of that, but yeah, I don’t think I should be labeled just a black quarterback. It’s bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.” Newton was on a podium for the media session, calmly and often comically answering questions for about 30 minutes. But when the issue of race was raised, his demeanor turned serious, and his answers profound. He spoke about being a role model and an inspiration to others. About living the dream he has had since he was very young. And about making a difference. “I pray to God that you know I do right by my influence,” Newton said. “So when you ask me questions about African-American or being a black and mobile (quarterback), it’s bigger than that. David J. Phillip | AP Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton answers a question during Opening Night for Super Bowl 50 Monday in San Jose, Calif. “Because when I go places and I talk to kids and I talk to parents and I talk to athletes all over, they look at my story and they see a person — African-American or not — they see something that they can relate to. They see a guy who went a different route than just going to a major Division I school and flourishing there. “But I just want to become relatable, you know what I’m saying? It’s bigger than race. It’s more so of opening up a door for guys that don’t want to be labeled, that have bigger views and say: ‘Well, I’m in this situation, I’m living in this environment right now, but I also want to be an artist, I want to be a poet. But I don’t have the means, you know, to necessarily do the right things at that point. “As for me, I just want to give those people hope.”