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BY O.J. EARLYSTAFF WRITER

When future NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Pey-ton Manning arrived in Greeneville last summer, it was hush-hush.

So when local drivers on Sunday morning, June 24, spotted a section of West Andrew Johnson Highway blocked off with police cars, etc., many of the drivers likely thought a terrible accident had occurred, or that road crews were about to start a major project.

Actually, the former University of Tennessee quarterback was in town as the star attraction in a 70-plus-member televi-sion production team.

Their assignment: to shoot a TV commercial for Buick, featuring Pey-ton and aimed at boost-ing the company’s newest mid-size luxury automo-bile, the Verano.

Manning, now the quarterback of the Den-ver Broncos, had signed a new advertising deal with Buick just two weeks ear-lier.

“The timing was right, and Peyton likes to be in Tennessee,” said Tim O’Neill, advertising man-ager for Buick, that sum-mer morning while at the shoot.

The filming was big for Greeneville, as Manning joined an entourage of production workers, doz-ens of law enforcement personnel and several local extras that had been recruited for the event.

The shoot was conduct-ed along the West Andrew Johnson Highway near the Summer Street inter-section. Crews spent

much of the morning working from the park-ing lot of the Lighthouse Assembly of God Church.

Commercial crews simulated, with the help of local extras, a major traffic jam, using bar-riers, road cones, signs signaling road work, and Summers-Taylor trucks parked on the U.S. 11E overpass that crosses Summer Street.

ULTIMATE SIGNAL-CALLERHere’s how the commer-

cial goes:Manning is cruising

along on the 11E Bypass in his new Verano, when

he suddenly comes upon a huge traffic jam.

Using the car’s Intel-lilink GPS system, Man-ning is able to talk with his car by barking com-mands in football-signal-style into the GPS, and the system responds by quickly telling him how to escape the upcoming traffic snarl.

An in-car camera was installed to get close-up footage of Manning talk-ing into the GPS.

HOW IT ALL HAPPENEDProduction workers

arrived before dawn to get things in place for

the shoot.Manning arrived at the

church lot just after 8 a.m.

After he had a brief talk with the production team, as well as with O’Neill and others around the set, the shooting began.

Manning was seated inside the Verano, and made several trips in which he began at the median cross-over in front of the church, trav-eled west on 11E, then turned around and head-ed back east toward the “traffic jam.”

The circuit was halt-ed a couple of times as

makeup artists rushed to the vehicle to make sure his appearance was the way they wanted it.

By 9 a.m., that part of the shoot was over. Man-ning left the vehicle and went to the tent where a replay of the video was set up to view the work from the in-car camera.

He then left the church parking lot for “base camp,” which had been established at the Quik Stop Market at the corner of the 11E Bypass and the Rogersville Road.

A motor home was parked there for Man-ning, while the produc-

tion crew rapidly disas-sembled their set-up in the church parking lot and headed to the mar-ket.

More work was per-formed there, as the crew had another Verano wait-ing on a trailer which was equipped with in-car cameras.

Later in the morning, Manning was placed inside the car that had been on the trailer, and more filming was done as the car was towed down 11E, and later down Highway 70 (Rogersville Road).

WHY GREENEVILLE?According to O’Neill,

timing was the key reason that the commercial was filmed in Greeneville.

The former University of Tennessee star had actually planned to be in East Tennessee around the time the commercial was filmed, playing in the Niswonger Children’s Hospital Golf Classic at Blackthorn Golf Club at The Ridges.

Timing, of course, wasn’t the only reason the commercial shoot worked when it did— Manning just likes to be in the Vol-unteer State.

The Greene County Partnership’s Vickie Andrew played a major role in coordinating with Buick, as well as in recruiting the local extras for the shoot.

“Vickie was just won-derful to work with,” said Michael Bigham, location scout for Buick.

Bigham began working in Greeneville more than

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SUN PHOTO BY O.J. EARLYPeyton Manning exits a Buick Verano early on Sunday morning, June 24, after shooting a Buick commercial on the U.S. 11E Bypass.

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GREENEVILLE WAS PEYTON’S PLACE FOR BUICK TV COMMERCIALQuarterback Peyton Manning has been Tennessee’s best-known signal-caller for years. A Buick TV commercial took his skills to new levels last June during a film-ing in Greeneville that included the participation of many local residents and had Manning barking signals to an onboard GPS system. Sun photo by O.J. Early.

THE BAND PERRY READIES NEW ALBUM, ‘PIONEER’Greeneville residents, from left, Neil, Kimberly, and Reid Perry, the sibling trio known as The Band Perry, announced plans earlier this year for the release of their second album, “Pioneer,” on April 2. Sun photo by O.J. Early.

LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPENS WALKING TRAILA paved, one-mile walking trail at Laughlin Memorial Hospital opened not only to the hospital staff but to the public in June 2012, and quickly became very popular and much used. The trail circles the hospital campus. Sun photo by O.J. Early.

A BANNER YEAR IN SPORTS WITH MANY WINNERS, CHAMPIONSGreeneville Mayor W.T. Daniels, at left, presents Allen Johnson, at far right, a plaque from the Town of Greeneville, recognizing Johnson as the 2012 NHRA Drag Racing Series Pro Stock World Champion. His father and engine-builder, Roy Johnson, at center, also attended the award presentation. Sun photo by Lauren Henry.

NEW ALLENS BRIDGE IS OPENED FOLLOWING A 2-YEAR PROJECTA new bridge serving motorists on West Allens Bridge Road in southern Greene County opened in March 2013. Work has continued since early 2011 on a new, wider, safer bridge at the location, which spans the Nolichuckey River. Sun photo by O.J. Early.

BABB LOG HOME RISES AGAIN — IN DOWNTOWN SETTINGAbout 50 people turned out last April at the Babb Log Home, in Fox Park, near the intersection of College and McKee streets in downtown Greeneville. The volun-teers assisted with re-assembly of the historic cabin. Volunteers, along with family members, worked to seal the homestead’s log walls. Sun Photo by O.J. Early.

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BY LISA WARRENSTAFF WRITER

Two historic Greene County churches — Mt. Tabor United Methodist and Meadow Creek Presbyterian — celebrated 200th anni-versary milestones during 2012.

Another Greene County church, Mt. Pleasant United Methodist, marked its 175th anniversary.

Two others, Cedar Creek Church of God, and Asbury United Methodist, celebrated centennials.

MT. TABOR UMOn May 20, 2012, a lit-

tle more than a year after tornadoes damaged Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church and claimed the lives of three members of its congregation, the church came together to mark the 200th anniversary of its founding.

Dr. Joe Miller is the pas-tor of the church, which is located in the Camp Creek/Greystone area and is part of the UMC’s Greystone Cir-cuit.

Keynote speaker for the anniversary celebration was Holston Conference Bishop James E. Swanson.

The first Mt. Tabor Church was organized in 1812 in a log structure.

The land on which the first church was built was donat-ed by Archibald McAfee, who settled in Greene County from Pennsylviana.

The church became known as the McAfee Log Church, and was affiliated with the Methodist Episco-pal Church.

McAfee had purchased the land from John Sevier, the first governor of Ten-nessee.

The current church build-ing, which dates to 1927, was damaged last year by the tornadoes that struck on April 27, 2011.

Three members of Mt. Tabor Church — Gene Har-rison, Marty Myers and Brenda Myers — suffered fatal injuries when torna-does struck their homes.

Mt. Tabor’s church steeple was destroyed by the storm — with the exception of the bell, which was salvaged and reset within a newly-constructed steeple which now sits atop of the church.

MEADOW CREEK PRESBYTERIAN

Meadow Creek Presbyte-rian Church, at 4850 West Allens Bridge Road, com-memorated its 200-year anniversary in May.

Members of Meadow Creek celebrated with a combination of special ser-vices.

The Rev. Jeff Neikirk has served as Meadow Creek’s pastor since 2008.

To commemorate the anniversary, the church held three days of events, begin-ning on a Friday and ending on the following Sunday.

On Friday evening, a video was shown, titled “Find Us Faithful,” chroni-cling the birth of the church up to the present, with pic-tures, music and text that explained important aspects of the church’s long history.

On Saturday, a small museum, filled with photos and artifacts of the church’s past, was on display on the first floor of the church.

A dinner, along with a dra-matic presentation entitled “Precious Memories,” con-cluded Saturday’s events.

On Sunday, a worship ser-vice, a tree dedication in the churchyard, and dinner on the ground wound up the weekend’s events.

MT. PLEASANT UMIn July, music, history and

food were all part of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist

Church’s 175th anniversary celebration.

The Rev. Roger Crim, pas-tor at Mt. Pleasant for the past 10 years, welcomed a large crowd.

The Mt. Pleasant com-munity was settled in the late 1700s by persons who were mainly of English and Scots-Irish descent.

Many of these settlers had been brought up in the Methodist faith, and, thus, wanted to continue that tra-dition for their families in their new home, Crim said.

In the 1820s, “a few hardy, brave Methodist men known as circuit-riding preachers” began to make their way into this area, he said.

One of those circuit-preachers who eventually came to the Mt. Pleasant community was the Rev. Joseph Milburn.

It was Rev. Milburn who founded the first Mt. Pleas-

ant congregration, in a barn owned by community mem-ber Adam Bible.

The congregration also later met in an upstairs room at Bible’s home.

As the membership increased, it was eventually decided that a church build-ing would be constructed on donated land, located adja-cent to the Bible farm.

“The site was 150 yards north of the present church and included the land we now refer to as the old cem-etery,” Crim said.

In 1882, a second church building was completed.

The church was “a lovely frame building measuring 36x40 feet, nicely weather-boarded and painted white inside and out, plastered and wainscoted,” Crim said.

The third and current Mt. Pleasant Church structure was dedicated on July 17, 1927.

The stately brick building has served the Mt. Pleasant congregation for the past 85 years.

ASBURY UMCIn April 2012, Asbury

United Methodist Church, at 201 N. Main St., in down-town Greeneville, celebrat-ed the 100th anniversary of the church building’s dedi-cation.

One church member who was recognized for long-time membership during the spe-cial service was Elizabeth Tullock, who joined Asbury United Methodist Church in 1932.

The theme of the Rev. David S. Woody’s Sunday-morning sermon was “You’re Family.”

Those attending the ser-vice participated in a “Prayer of Dedication” thanking God “for giving us a beautiful house of prayer and worship

for these 100 years.”Rev. Woody said the

church was built in 1911-12 for the then-princely sum of $23,500, the result of “a vision that had deep roots.”

The Rev. James A. Mitch-ell was the pastor when the cornerstone on the current church building was laid on Oct. 2, 1911.

The church was named after Bishop Francis Asbury, the first Methodist bishop ordained in Amer-ica.

CEDAR CREEK In July, Cedar Creek

Church of God, at 2800 Cedar Creek Road, in southern Greene County, marked its 100th anni-versary with a three-day weekend celebration that included worship, food, fun,

music and history lessons.Cedar Creek Church of

God got its start between the years of 1900 and 1912, thanks to the efforts of vari-ous individuals in the Cove Creek, Houston Valley and Cedar Creek communities, according to church histo-rian Carolyn Renner Bow-ers, who compiled a written and pictorial history of the church.

The church was initially founded as the “Church of God,” and met at the homes of David and Frances Wad-dell, Joseph and Laura Cornwell, William and Flora O’Dell, Anderson and Min-nie Collins, and Anderson and Emma Holt.

The Holt cabin still stands today at 185 Parman Road, serving as a reminder of the church’s primitive begin-nings, Bowers said in her book.

In 1921, land was pur-chased for a church build-ing.

“This land had been owned by William G. Bro-yles, and was located on what is now Garrett Hill Road, about one-half mile from the heart of Cedar Creek,” Bowers writes. The church structure was com-pleted on May 2, 1922.

“The church was then named Broyles Chapel Church of God, in keeping with a custom of the day by which churches were com-monly named after the sell-er or donor of property for a church,” Bowers said.

By the late 1960s, the Bro-yles Chapel congregation had grown to the point that church leaders decided to look to a new location.

Five acres were purchased for the new church build-ing from Ellis Freshour for $8,000 in 1969.

In 1974, plans began for the new church facility, with groundbreaking on April 7, 1974.

“By January 1975, the building was nearing com-pletion, and the date of Feb. 2, 1975, was set as ‘Becom-ing Day’ for the church,” Bowers wrote in the church history.

“This was to be the day on which Broyles Cha-pel Church of God was to ‘become’ Cedar Creek Church of God.”

Since 2009, Cedar Creek Church of God has been led by Pastor Darryl and Susan Allen, along with youth min-ister E.J. Swatsell.

Congregations At 5 Churches Celebrate Major Milestones

SUN FILE PHOTOA standing-room-only crowd was on-hand in May 2012 to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church.

SUN FILE PHOTOMeadow Creek Presbyterian Church marked its 200th anniversary in 2012 with a series of special services and events.

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Greeneville’s own The Band Perry continued their string of country music successes during the past year with more No. 1 hits, national and international tours, and a soon-to-be released new album.

Despite their fame, however, the musical siblings — Kim-berly, Reid and Neil Perry — did not forget their friends, family and fans back home in Greeneville, especially when it came time to make plans for their second album, titled “Pio-neer.”

The band announced that it would be giving a free concert in downtown Greeneville on March 30 to celebrate the release of the new album, which is due out April 2.

Presented by the Greene Coun-ty Partnership and sponsored by General Mills, the concert will also help to raise awareness for “Outnumber Hunger”: an initia-tive of General Mills, Big Machine Label Group and Feeding Ameri-ca that is designed to help fight hunger in local communities by making sure food banks have plenty of meals for the needy.

The outdoor show will be staged, beginning at 6 p.m., in the 200-block of North Main Street. In the case of inclement weather, the event will take place at the Hal Henard Elementary School gymnasium.

This will be the second time that the Perrys have performed a free concert for their hometown

fans to celebrate the release of an album.

In October 2010, the trio per-

formed a mini-concert on Acad-emy Street, next to the Greene County Partnership, to mark the

release of their debut, self-titled album.

BAND’S STAR KEEPS RISINGThe Band Perry catapulted into

country music stardom with the success of their quadruple-plati-num hit, “If I Die Young,” from that first album, which also pro-duced the hits “All Your Life,” “Hip to My Heart,” “Post Card From Paris” and “You Lie.”

Nearly three years later, the band has millions of dedicated fans and plenty of shiny hardware after winning multiple Coun-try Music Awards and receiving GRAMMY and Billboard Music Award nominations).

The new album — scheduled for April 2 release — has already produced a No. 1 single, “Better Dig Two,” which topped the Bill-board Country Chart in Febru-ary, marking the band’s third No. 1 single.

The album’s second single, “Done,” is also making its way up the charts.

The Perrys will be attending the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which will air on CBS Television on April 7, begin-ning at 8 p.m.

The band is vying for “Vocal Group of the Year” at the ACM awards show, along with the Eli Young Band, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and the Zac Brown Band.

BANDS GET TO PARTICIPATEWhen it came time to think

about the packaging and design for their new album, Kimberly Perry said that she and her

brothers wanted to come home to Greeneville to do part of the photography.

As part of the photo shoot, the band invited two local high school marching bands to lend some “color” to the look of their new album package.

Members of the South Greene and Chuckey-Doak high school marching bands — dressed in their full band uniforms — were invited to join the Perrys in a spe-cial photo shoot at two Greeneville locations in January, including one on West Depot Street in the downtown area.

The South Greene and Chuck-ey-Doak bands were selected to participate in the photo shoot by the group’s photographer based upon photographs of the five local high school marching band uni-forms.

In addition to having photos taken with the local bands, the siblings also were photographed at various other sites in down-town Greeneville as part of the project.

Several photos from the shoot are included in the packaging and design for the new album.

‘MARCHING BAND’ IMAGEIn thinking about inspiration

for their new album, Kimberly Perry said that “One of the most inspiring images that we had in our minds while we were writing for this album was a marching band.”

“I have no idea why,” she added. “I guess it was kind of about the forward motion and the unity of that picture.

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BY SARAH GREGORYSTAFF WRITER

Last year brought many special honors, awards, recognitions, and achieve-ments for numerous Greeneville and Greene County residents.

KEN EARLKen Earl, well-known

Greeneville resident and retired Greeneville Water Superintendent, in June 2012 accepted an Air Medal earned 42 years ago while he was serving with U.S. Army forces as a combat helicopter pilot in South Vietnam.

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-1st, of Johnson City, pre-sented Earl the medal-lion.

For years, Earl said he took no action toward receiving the medal but contacted Roe in 2012 to see if it would be possible to receive the honor.

Shortly after receiving the medal, Earl said the desire to pass it on to his children prompted him to contact Roe about receiv-ing it.

CLIFF KAYHARTIn May 2012,

Greeneville centenarian Cliff Kayhart became the oldest known veteran to take an Honor Flight to visit the World War II Memorial and other Washington, D.C., land-marks.

Born in 1911, he was 33 years old when he was involved in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II — Iwo Jima.

Kayhart, who walked unassisted throughout the Honor Flight trip, said

the trip was “wonderful” and that other veterans should take advantage of the opportunity.

C. RAY ADAMSC. Ray Adams,

Greeneville resident and founding part-ner of accounting firm Adams and Plucker, was the Exchange Club of Greeneville’s 2012 Book of Golden Deeds award recipient.

The award is the Exchange Club’s highest individual honor for an individual and recogniz-es community service.

Adams was recognized for a lifetime of service in education, on hospital boards, and in profes-sional organizations.

He has served on the Greeneville City Board of Education, the Laughlin Memorial Hospital board and the Laughlin Health Care Foundation.

Adams also played a key role in establishing the Greene County Emer-gency Communications

District — better known as 911 — in 1989, and continues to serve as its board treasurer.

He has served as presi-dent of the Appalachian Chapter of the Tennes-see Society of Certified Public Accountants and trustee of the Marga-ret Johnson Patterson Bartlett estate.

He is also secretary-treasurer of the Bartlett-Patterson Corporation, which works to carry on the memory of President Andrew Johnson.

WAYNE PHILLIPSThe Greeneville Sun’s

former and longtime Sports Editor, Wayne Phillips, retired from full-time work in October after 22 years as Sports Editor and more than 30 years with the publica-tion.

Phillips, well-known in the community and statewide for a high level of journalistic integrity and ability, was named Sports Editor Emeritus.

He is continuing to write for the Sun on a part-time basis.

He had served as Sports Editor since Sep-tember 1990, following the August 1990 death of Claude “Tiny” Day.

RESCUE SQUAD MEMBERSThree members of the

Greeneville Emergency & Rescue Squad were elect-ed 2012-13 officers of the Tennessee Association of

Rescue Squads (TARS). Kevin “Bucky” Ayers

was elected to a second term as state vice presi-dent.

Dale Dodds was elected to a third term as state historian.

Bobby Darnell was elected state chaplain.

Elections took place during the 57th annual TARS convention busi-ness meeting held in October in Knoxville.

NICKI SENTELLENicki Sentelle, of

Greeneville, a volunteer with Relay for Life of Greene County, was named to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life State Leader-ship Council in November 2012.

She has held numerous positions for the Greene County Relay for Life event,

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PAUL HONEAPaul Honea received the

top honor at the 124th Moose International Convention held June 28 through July 3, 2012 in Tampa, Fla., becoming the first person to bring the honor to the state of Ten-nessee.

Honea was selected as Moose of the Year from a total international mem-bership of 657,490.

Honea enrolled in the local Moose Lodge in 2006. In the years since, he has served in every elective office, on every committee, and as chairman of many of the committees.

FREDDIE COMBSGreeneville resident

Freddie Combs sang his way into the hearts of judges and fans of “The X-Factor” talent-search show in September 2012.

Then 40 years old and weighing 540 pounds, he was wheelchair-bound and had to be wheeled onstage by his wife, Kay.

Once on stage, he launched into a perfor-mance of the song, “Wind Beneath My Wings,” earning approval from all four of the show’s celebrity judges.

“I find your voice shockingly amazing,” said Britney Spears, “X-Factor” judge and one of the most commercially successful recording art-ists in the history of pop-ular music.

All four judges gave Combs “yes” votes to pro-ceed to the next level of the competition.

Combs had high hopes

for continuing through the competition, but his ride came to an abrupt end when he and anoth-er contestant flubbed lyrics during the second round.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB Boys & Girls Club of

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Rader, a key youth

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Jones was honored as outstanding full-time staff professional.

Pendleton was named Tennessee Boys & Girls Club Board Member of the Year.

Fortner was presented with the Children Are the Reason for Excel-lence (C.A.R.E.) Award, which spotlights efforts by groups and individu-als who serve Boys & Girls Club organiza-tions.

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The past 12 months again brought many highlights in the Greene County sports world.

At the top of the list was the achievement of Greeneville native Allen Johnson and his father, Roy, teaming up with their associ-ates to win the 2012 NHRA Drag Racing Series Pro Stock world championship.

But local athletes of various sports brought home many other athletic honors as well.

ALLEN JOHNSONBack in the early

1980s, Roy Johnson had to make a tough parent-ing decision.

His son, Allen, was struggling in college, raising two children, and couldn’t keep his focus on either due to a drag racing hobby.

Roy needed some extra cash so he decided to solve both problems and sell the race car.

Allen was furious. Roy made a deal with his son.

“I told him, when he got his degree and [got his] own money, then I’ll help you,” Roy remembered. “I was thinking he would never give it another thought.

“But he came back [to the sport], and here we are.”

Where they are is at the pinnacle of the national drag racing circuit.

With Allen as the driv-er and Roy as the engine-builder, Johnson & John-son racing won the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock world champion-ship.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPSGreeneville High

School won its fair share of TSSAA state champi-onships in 2012.

Back in the spring of 2012, the 4x800-meter relay team — consist-ing of Wesley Pectol, Lawson Burrow, Wesley King and Simeon Rob-erts — placed first at the Class A/AA state track and field championships.

Roberts also claimed an individual state title in the 800 meters.

In October, the Greeneville boys’ cross-country team won its second consecutive state championship.

And just last month, the GHS wrestling team won its first-ever state duals’ title in dramatic fashion.

At West Greene last spring, track senior Jenna Shaw raced to a state title in the 300-meter hurdles.

BASEBALLNorth Greene had the

best season of all the area baseball teams last spring, advancing to the TSSAA Class A State Tournament for the first time in school history.

At the end of the year, pitcher Tyler Bailey was named second-team All-State by the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Asso-ciation.

Bailey, Brett Bolton and Zane Britton were recog-nized by the Tennessee Baseball Report by being selected for the Super Freshman-Sophomore Team.

BOYS SOCCERThe Greeneville boys’

soccer team advanced to the Class A/AA state tournament for the sec-ond year in a row. The Devils won their third straight region champion-ship and finished with a 15-6-1 record.

Junior Drew Fezell and sophomore Hays Culbreth were named to the Ten-nessee Sports Writers Association’s Class A/AA All-State team.

Fezell scored 18 goals and 16 assists, while Cul-breth led the team with 28 goals.

TRACKMany local track stand-

outs had a memorable trip to the 2012 TSSAA Spring Fling.

The girls’ effort was highlighted by West Greene’s Jenna Shaw’s winning the state cham-pionship in the 300-meter hurdles and finishing run-

ner-up in the 100-meter hurdles.

She wasn’t the only Lady Buffalo who brought home high finishes, though.

Mary Ann Murphy placed second in the 300-meter hurdles, and Char-lotte Murphy was fifth in the high jump.

All three earned All-State status, and West Greene placed seventh in the state as a team.

For the boys, Green-eville’s Simeon Roberts won the state champion-ship in the 800 meters, while Roberts, Wes-ley King, Lawson Bor-row and Wesley Pectol claimed the 4x800 relay title.

Pectol earned All-State honors by placing fourth in both the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs.

Greeneville’s Quae Howard was All-State in the high jump with a fourth-place finish.

Greeneville finished fifth in the state as a team.

TENNISIn tennis, Chuckey-

Doak’s Jordan Murphy and Makaela Bowman teamed up to win their third straight district doubles’ championship, and advanced to the state doubles’ quarterfinals.

Greeneville freshman Jaspal Mahal reached the state singles’ semi-finals.

GOLFThe Chuckey-Doak boys

claimed the District 2-A/AA golf championship.

Greeneville had two golfers advance to state — junior Blake Kinser and sophomore Grace Gass.

VOLLEYBALLThe South Greene vol-

leyball team advanced to the state tournament for the fourth consecutive year.

Seniors Maelyn Cut-shaw and Javan Wilhoit, and junior Alora Ricker were named to the Class AA All-State team.

North Greene saw its season come to an end only after reaching the substate round.

GIRLS’ SOCCERChuckey-Doak senior

Hannah Riddle was named to the Class A/AA All-State soccer team after scoring a school-record 34 goals in 2012.

FOOTBALLGreeneville High

School’s run of two straight state champion-ships came to an end as the Devils lost to Fulton in the second round of the playoffs.

Meanwhile, West Greene won the first post-season game in school history with a vict ory over Cumberland Gap in the first round of the playoffs.

Chuckey-Doak also advanced to the postsea-son.

Three local players were named to the All-State team at season’s end: Greeneville’s Tyrus Rollins, West Greene’s Jaylynn Kesterson, and Chuckey-Doak’s Bryce Malone.

Kesterson was named The Greeneville Sun’s Defensive Player of the Year, Malone was Offen-sive Player of the Year and West Greene’s Joe Case was the Coach of the Year.

BASKETBALLPostseason basketball

awards for this past season have yet to be announced, but 2012-13 has already brought some memorable basket-ball moments for local schools.

The Greeneville boys rolled to a 12-0 record during the District 2-AA regular season.

However, once the postseason arrived, Chuckey-Doak showed a hot hand and went on to win the school’s first district tournament title in 23 years.

The Black Knights proceeded to win their first regional tourna-ment game since 2002.

CROSS-COUNTRYGreene County was

certainly well-repre-sented at the 2012 state cross-country champi-onships in November.

Not only did the Greeneville boys win a state championship, but the Lady Devils, as well as the South Greene girls, also made it to the state championships as a team. It was the first team appearance in the cross-country champi-onships in South Greene history.

Many local individu-als also competed at the state level. Sier-ra McIntosh made it from West Greene, as well as Maddison Mel-chionna and Simeon Roberts from Chuck-ey-Doak.

BOWLINGThe Greeneville boys’

bowling team advanced to the state tourna-ment, and senior Caleb Nunn placed sixth as an individual.

Greene County Sports Featured Many Winners, Champions

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Walkers in the commu-nity have helped to break-in a new walking trail during the past year.

Laughlin Memorial Hospi-tal celebrated the completion of its new Wellness Trail in June with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The one-mile paved trail, which circles the Laughlin campus on Tusculum Bou-levard, is open free-of-charge to anyone who would like to use it.

Hospital officials say that the trail has seen a great deal of use since its comple-tion.

“The number of people who have taken advantage of our

new trail has really amazed me,” said Laughlin President and CEO Chuck Whitfield.

“Morning, noon or night, I don’t think I have been by the hospital and not seen someone out walking,” Whit-field added.

The Walking Trail has been certified by the Ameri-can Heart Association, rec-ognition that makes it one of the first in the region with that designation.

Marty Price, regional director of the American Heart Association, said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony that he is “glad to see that Laughlin Hospital is helping the community live healthier lives” through the imple-mentation of the walking trail.

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The two-story Babb Log Home, originally erected in 1787, was formally dedicated in June, pre-serving for the future the home of Revolution-ary War veteran Seth Babb Sr.

More than 50 Babb family members from several states attended the dedication at Fox Park, located near the intersection of College and McKee streets, in downtown Greeneville.

“It is a little over-whelming,” said Dan-iel Babb, a Dallas resi-dent and the family’s genealogist, during the event. “We’ve worked for eight years, and it is almost hard to believe that it ’s f inally here.”

The 22-foot-by-24 -foot structure is now on permanent loan to the Nathanael Greene Museum, and is being put to good use.

In December, a gar-den was planted in Fox Park near the Babb Homestead. The garden will function as an edu-cational sidelight.

In addition, the pub-lic became involved in helping restore the more than 200-year-old home.

CHINKING PARTYA “chinking party”

was held last April, as local volunteers joined members of the Babb family in helping put daub in the spaces between the logs in the homestead’s walls.

Chinking is a way of sealing the walls of log homes.

During the day-long event, the largest crowd present at one time was between 20 and 30, according to Mitzi Busick, whose great-great-grandfather was

Seth Babb Sr.The historic structure

also attracted John “CanJoe” VanArsdall in May.

VanArsdall possesses a set of skills that few hold: He can “chink” pioneer-era structures in the way that original builders of the struc-tures did it, as opposed to more modern ways of chinking log buildings.

ABOUT THE GARDENThe garden is per-

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Only vegetables from the late 1700s and early 1800s will be harvested: one of the only stipula-tions that Nathanael Greene Museum Exec-utive Director Earl

Fletcher had. The garden will also

serve another purpose: food will be grown for those in need.

“It provides some-thing for the communi-ty,” said Fletcher. “It’s educational. There are a lot of win-wins.”

Harvesting of certain vegetables is scheduled to begin this spring, according to Heather Youngblood, with the Big Spring Master Gar-dener Association.

Once the garden is harvesting on a regu-lar basis, families that would be interested in getting vegetables must contact Christ United Methodist Church.

One regulation is that those who partake in the garden’s products will also have to work in the garden, doing things like weeding and picking crops, said the Rev. Ginger Isom, pastor of the church.

ABOUT THE BABB HOMEThe Babb log home

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After being built in 1787 along the present-day Kingsport High-way, it was in use for more than 100 years, until a larger house was built next door by Seth Babb’s descendants.

The original structure continued to be used for other purposes, includ-ing as a barn.

During a 2004 Babb family reunion in Greeneville, fam-ily members toured the 18th-century structure, which was still stand-ing, and made plans to dismantle and preserve it.

In 2006, the home-stead was disassem-bled. It was in storage until November 2011, when the walls were put in place at the current location in Fox Park.

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SUN PHOTO BY KEN LITTLEJamie Tyree, a blacksmith from Limestone, inspects his early 2013 work at the Babb Homestead in Fox Memorial Park near the Nathanael Greene Museum. Tyree installed wrought-iron strap hinges on a wooden window shutter on the second floor of the house.

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A new bridge serving motorists on West Allens Bridge Road in southern Greene County opened this month.

Work has continued since early 2011 on a new, wider, safer bridge at the location, which spans the Nolichuckey River.

With the new bridge com-plete, the existing bridge will be removed, the final step in the more-than-two-year project, according to Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) spokesman Mark Nagi.

The entire project should be complete by October, when the older, more nar-row bridge is demolished, Nagi noted.

Travelers hoping to cross the new bridge were out of luck for several weeks earlier this month,

as crews worked to build approaches from Allens Bridge Road that tie into the new bridge.

WOODLAND INDIAN VILLAGEWork on the bridge was

begun years prior to 2011 but was halted in 2009 after archaeologists locat-ed an ancient Woodland Indian burial site in the immediate vicinity of the project and the planned replacement bridge.

Archaeologists believe that the land was once the site of a Woodland Indian village that was used over a long period of time.

The Birdwell family, which has long owned and operated a large farm on the west side of the river on both sides of Allens Bridge Road, has found numerous American Indian artifacts over the years, and an archaeological team from the University of Tennes-

see also found many arti-facts, including several graves.

In order to continue construction, TDOT obtained a memorandum of agreement from four Native American tribes and met the tribes’ condi-tions for completion of the project.

State engineers for more than a decade have deemed the exist-ing bridge, built in 1976, “structurally deficient” but not dangerous. Feder-al funding to replace the bridge had been sought since 1999.

The new bridge is very close to, and downstream from, the older bridge.

The project will cost a little more than $3 mil-lion, according to Nagi.

The contractor is Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc., of Sevierville.

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SUN PHOTO BY O.J. EARLYThe new West Allens Bridge opened to motorists in March 2013. The older bridge, at right, built in 1976, will be removed by October.

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The generosity of Greene Countians was again very apparent in 2012 when there was an opportunity, and a need, to support worthy causes.

One of the premiere community fundraising drives held each year locally is the annual Greene County United Way Campaign.

As of March 1, the current United Way campaign had raised $606,869 toward its goal of $650,000.

This major campaign provides significant financial support to more than 20 local commu-nity organizations and programs, including: the American Red Cross of Greene County; the Girl Scouts; the Boy Scouts; the Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County; CASA of North-east Tennessee; CHIPS Family Violence Shelter; the Child Advocacy Cen-ter of the 3rd Judicial District; The Children’s Center; CONTACT Min-istries; Family Resource Center of Greene County Schools; Family Support Center of Greeneville City Schools; Foster Grandparents Program; Frontier Health-Nola-chuckey-Holston Area Mental Health Center; Greene County Cancer Program; Greeneville-Greene County Com-munity Ministries/Food Bank; Greeneville Emer-gency & Rescue Squad; Literacy Council; Moun-tain Region Speech & Hearing Center; Oppor-tunity House; Personal Support Services; RSVP (Retired Senior Volun-teer Program); Ten-nessee Poison Center; Tennessee Rehabilita-tion Center; and YMCA Scholarships.

For more information about the United Way of Greene County, call 639-9361.

RELAY FOR LIFESeveral local charitable

walks and fundraising drives also continued successful efforts during the past year — espe-cially the Greene County Relay for Life, an annual community fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.

The Relay for Life was so successful in the past year that it was honored regionally by the Cancer Society’s Mid-South Divi-sion.

For 2012, Greene Coun-ty received special recog-nition for ranking third in the State of Tennes-see and also for ranking ninth in the Mid-South division in fundraising, after local Relay for Life volunteers raised more than $260,000.

The Mid-South Divi-sion includes Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky and Arkansas.

Members of the Greene Relay committee and top team members learned of the recognition at the Division’s annual Sum-mit banquet.

The 2013 Relay For Life committee and teams are already in the planning process for this year’s event, which is planned for Friday, June 14, at the Greeneville Middle School track.

For more information on how to be involved in Greene County’s fight against cancer, go online to www.relayforlife.org/greenetn or call 926-2921.

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The March of Dimes, which has had a long his-tory of fundraising suc-cess in Greeneville, con-tinues to hold its annual walk each April.

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Triple-digit temperatures that shattered long-standing heat records characterized the summer of 2012.

The University of Tennessee’s AgResearch and Education Center, located on East Allens Bridge Road, reported record-breaking temperatures for three consecutive days: Friday, June 29, through Sunday, July 1, 2012.

On that Friday, the high of 101 degrees broke the long-established 99-degree June 29 record set in 1936.

The next day, a scorching 104-degree reading logged at the AgResearch Center shattered the June 30, 1954 record of 99 degrees.

And on Sunday, July 1, a 104-degree high broke the July 1 record high of 98 degrees set in 1954.

HOTTEST EVER RECORDEDThe 104-degree readings recorded on Saturday,

June 30, and Sunday, July 1, also marked the high-est all-time temperatures on record for any date at the UT Center.

The center began keeping records in 1932. Prior to 2012’s blast of extreme heat, the all-time

record high for any date had been 102 degrees record-ed between July 28-29, 1952 at the UT Center.

TOLL ON CROPS The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National

Agricultural Statistic Service reported that a shortage of moisture in soil was taking a toll on some crops.

The USDA Tennessee Crop Weather report issued on the Monday following the record-breaking weekend noted “70 percent short to very short” moisture levels for East Tennessee.

“The effect[s]t of the extended dry spell on crops have begun to show,” the report read, but added that “most crops continue to be rated in fair-to-good condition.”

The dry spell in June was characterized by only 1.64 inches of local precipitation in Greeneville — well below the long-term average of 4.22 inches for the month, according to the UT AgResearch & Education Center.

(Please see related article on Page 5 in Bench-marks Section C: Agriculture, as well as other articles in that section.)

County Suffers Through Record Triple-Digit Temperatures

SUN PHOTO BY O.J. EARLYA Capital Bank sign displays a scorching 105-degree temperature on Saturday, June 30.

Last year’s March for Babies resulted in about $44,000 being raised to benefit the organization that works to prevent birth defects and prema-ture births.

This year’s Greeneville March for Babies is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, on the campus of Greene Valley Devel-opmental Center.

For more information about participating, call the March of Dimes office in Johnson City at 461-8840.

GREENEVILLE MS WALKThe annual Greeneville

MS Walk held in April resulted in nearly $19,000 being collected to aid multiple sclerosis research and patient ser-vices.

Contributions raised through this annual walk benefit the Nation-al MS Society.

This year’s Greeneville MS Walk is scheduled for Saturday, April 20, on the campus of Tuscu-lum College.

For more information about MS or to register for the walk, go online to walktns.nationalms-society.org or call local walk organizer Jan Pass at 639-1904.

KIDNEY WALKLast year, the citi-

zens of Greeneville and Greene County helped to raise just over $10,000 in support of the Tennessee Kidney Foundation.

This year’s Greeneville Kidney Walk is set for May 19 on the Tusculum College campus.

“We are very excited about this year. Our goal is to raise $25,000 for kidney patients in Greeneville and Greene County,” said TKF spokesperson Jamie Gray.

For more details, call 943-6358.

SCOUTING FOR FOODIn November, local

Boy Scouts helped to col-lect more than 12,000 pounds of food for needy families.

The food drive was part of the annual regional “Scouting for Food” Good Turn Project headed by the Sequoyah Coun-cil of the Boy Scouts of America and sponsored by Food City.

Each of the 25 local Boy Scout units in Greene County took part in the food drive, which result-ed in 8,190 pounds of food being delivered to the Greeneville-Greene County Community Ministries Food Bank; at least 2,000 pounds of food delivered to Mosheim Outreach, and

nearly 1,900 pounds of food delivered to the North Greene Commu-nity Ministries, in Bai-leyton.

COAL FUNDThis year’s Coal

Fund campaign, spon-sored annually by The Greeneville Sun, brought in well over $100,000 to help heat the homes of Greene County fami-lies or individuals who might otherwise not have warmth in their houses during the win-ter months.

This year’s final total, as of Jan. 2, was $109,072.14.

“Because of the econ-omy, I was amazed we

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Flames shooting into the sky and smoke bil-lowing overhead on the morning of Oct. 19, 2012, alerted many people in downtown Greeneville to the fact that a major fire was burning.

The blaze gutted a vacant two-story building at 306-308 W. Depot St. that most recently housed an exterminating business and a tattoo parlor.

An investigation contin-ues.

Meanwhile, fire inves-tigators continue looking into an arson fire on Oct. 21 that heavily damaged an adjacent building at 310 W. Depot St. That investi-gation was still under way in mid-March.

There is no apparent connection between the two fires, Greeneville Fire Marshal Alan Shipley said in January.

ARREST IN FIRST FIREShipley and Mark Foulks,

Greeneville fire chief, said in January it’s possible that people staying illegally in the two-story building at 306-308 W. Depot St. may have started a fire in a sink to keep warm.

In late December, 52-year-old Daniel Reid McAffry, who authorities said was homeless, entered a guilty plea to criminal trespass-ing in Greene County Gen-eral Sessions Court and was sentenced to 30 days in jail, with the sentence suspended, except for two days.

McAffry was interviewed shortly after the fire was reported on the morning of Oct. 19, and he admitted to staying in the building, Greeneville police Detective Lt. Ray Allen Jr. said in January.

McAffry’s father, George McAffry, operated an exter-minating business in the building until his death in 2008.

Investigators said the sink fire may have spread out of control, although an

exact cause of the destruc-tive blaze had not been con-firmed by March.

McAffry denied having

anything to do with the fire, Allen said. He would not confirm that others were also sleeping in the

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crackling woke him up, and he took off out the back door,” Allen said.

McAffry committed the misdemeanor offense of criminal trespassing by staying in the building, which was “properly posted with No Trespassing signs and was vacant at the time,” an affidavit of com-plaint states.

The building was owned by American Patriot Bank and was for sale. It “sus-tained major fire damage on the day of the offense and is a total loss,” the complaint states.

The building at 306-308 W. Depot St. was razed after the fire for the safety of the public. Because of extensive damage caused by the fire, investigators could not enter the building.

“There’s a possibility there were other people in the building with [McAffry]. He went out the back of the building,”

Shipley said. “There’s a possibility other actions they had taken trying to stay warm could have started the fire, but we don’t have anything con-crete.”

SECOND FIRE Arson appears to be

the cause of the Oct. 21, 2012 fire in the building next door to the one that burned Oct. 19.

“The second fire was definitely an intention-ally set fire,” Shipley said in January.

Damage to the build-ing was so extensive it could not be entered by investigators. Evidence was collected using a city bucket truck positioned overhead.

Interviews were still being conducted earlier this year in connection with the Oct. 21 fire. The two-story building at 310 W. Depot St. housed the former Depot Star Grill on the first floor.

“We’re still looking at a few things,” Shipley said. “We’re still trying to run down any leads we have.”

An unsecured area of the second floor con-tained an old bed. The building did have elec-tricity hooked up.

“There was a possibil-ity [people] had been in that room,” Shipley said. “No one saw anyone.”

J.T. Long, owner of the building at 310 W. Depot St., said last year after the fire that the building dates to the early 1900s. He said the second floor had once been a hotel. It was still standing in March.

Long said he was in the process of renovating a first-floor kitchen when the Oct. 21 fire occurred.

The state Bomb and Arson Investigation Sec-tion of the state Divi-sion of Fire Prevention is assisting in the inves-tigation into the 310 W. Depot St. fire.

“There’s nothing new at this time,” Shipley said in March.

Investigation Continues After Vacant Downtown Buildings Burn

SUN PHOTO BY KEN LITTLEGreeneville firefighters direct a stream of water into the back of a building at 306-308 W. Depot St. on Oct. 19, 2012. The vacant building was gutted by fire several hours earlier, and hot spots popped up after the blaze was extinguished. The property was razed soon afterward for public safety. The fire, and an unrelated fire two days later in the building next door at 310 W. Depot St., both remain under investigation.

SUN PHOTO BY KEN LITTLEWorkers from Malone Bros. Excavating Inc. demolish what was left of a two-story building at 306-308 W. Depot St. that was destroyed by fire on Oct. 19. 2012. Fire investigators continue an investigation into that fire, and into an unrelated blaze on Oct. 21 that heavily damaged an adjacent building at 310 W. Depot St., at right in the photo.

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After assisting hun-dreds of families and individuals following the deadly series of torna-does that ripped through the region on April 27-28, 2011, AIDNET of Greene County formally “closed the books” on the volunteer organization’s response on July 31, 2012.

AIDNET started 2012 holding weekly meetings of its board of directors, which began in June 2011 in response to the tornadoes a few weeks earlier.

The severe storm killed seven people in Greene County, injured more than 100 others and caused in excess of $12 million in damages to houses, mobile homes, barns and other prop-erty.

The communities of Camp Creek, Horse Creek, Ducktown and the South Central area bordering Washington County were especially hard-hit.

Many residents ben-efited from AIDNET-coordinated projects that provided new housing, renovated homes and carried out other repairs and cleanup work.

AIDNET stands for Assistance In Disaster Northeast Tennessee. The all-volunteer group was first organized in 2001 in response to seri-ous flooding that dam-aged property in sections of Greene County and nearby areas.

The volunteer organi-zation re-formed follow-ing the tornadoes.

In May 2012, AIDNET began the process of winding down its efforts and began bi-weekly meetings.

By the time the orga-nization transitioned to quarterly meetings on July 31, 2012, and

wrapped up the torna-do response, its list of accomplishments on behalf of Greene County tornado survivors was significant.

IMPRESSIVE NUMBERSThe accomplishments

made possible by AID-NET volunteers, case-workers and donors speak loud and clear through statistics compiled by Wendy Peay, secretary of the board of directors and executive director of United Way of Greene County.

AIDNET of Greene County received 112 applications for assis-tance. Of that total:

• 41 cases received materials and/or volun-teer labor through AID-NET;

• 29 cases were resolved without AIDNET help (other agencies and churches assisted);

• 19 cases received volunteer help involving cleanup only;

• 19 cases were ineli-gible for AIDNET assis-tance, including renters, people living in travel trailers or those who wanted help with medi-cal bills and other bills that were not eligible for AIDNET assistance.

• Four cases needed barn or shed repair only. Early on, AIDNET direc-tors determined resourc-es would be best used by focusing on housing.

Taking volunteer hours and donated goods into account, AIDNET Trea-surer Jan Leffers esti-mated the value of the work coordinated by AID-NET in Greene County at between $750,000 and $1 million.

FRAMEWORK IN PLACEThe framework of AID-

NET remains in place to respond to future disas-ters that may strike Greene County.

AIDNET Closes The Books On Volunteer Tornado Response

SUN PHOTO BY KEN LITTLEAIDNET of Greene County officers and directors for 2012-13 were announced in October 2012 at a public meeting of the organization, held at First Baptist Church in Greeneville. Shown, from left, are: Wayne Bettis, director; Phil Gentry, director; Jan Leffers, treasurer; Jeff Idell, vice president; Valera Doherty, director; Wendy Peay, secretary; and Dr. James Kilgore, director. President Jim Ramey is not pictured.

SUN PHOTO BY KEN LITTLE An AIDNET of Greene County yard sale held over four weekends in March and April 2012 at the former Ross Furniture & Bedding store raised $20,888 to help fund projects benefiting survivors of the April 2011 torna-does. Shirley Fillers organized the yard sale, which was representative of the efforts of hundreds of AIDNET volunteers who donated their time to assist tornado survivors. This photo was taken on April 21, 2012, the final weekend of the yard sale. PLEASE SEE AIDNET | 13

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Jim Ramey, AIDNET president, said after the final semi-monthly meeting that directors will con-tinue to meet quarterly to keep the organization intact and ready to respond in the event of future need.

“AIDNET is not going away, but this is the time that we close the books on the disaster,” Ramey said of the tornado response.

He said the plan is to have some money left in AIDNET’s bank account to keep the organization active, in the event a quick response is required for a future disaster.

Peay said that amount could range between $10,000 and $20,000.

“We want to have enough money left over in the budget to take care of our insurance and other expenses. I call it seed money,” Ramey said.

“If something ever happens again, it would be nice to hit the ground running.”

AIDNET will continue as a stand-alone charitable organization char-tered with the State of Tennessee, rather than as an aff iliate of the Greeneville-Greene County Minis-terial Association.

All money donated to assist tor-nado survivors went exclusively toward that purpose, Ramey said.

AIDNET’s board of directors met in October 2012 and again in January. The January meeting focused on putting policies and best practices in place that will allow AIDNET to remain active and able to quickly respond to any disaster situation.

“We’re doing all the things we learned we needed to know and didn’t know two years ago,” Peay said.

“We did close out that disaster, and now we’re just trying to get ready for the next one.”

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The Los Angeles-class submarine, commis-sioned in 1996, left port on June 5 and returned to its base in Hawaii on Dec. 14, 2012.

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During a change of com-mand ceremony held on-board the vessel at sub-marine piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Carullo attributed the majority of his success as commander to the Green-eville’s crew.

“Being a Greeneville sail-or takes special drive and determination,” he said.

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“The crew is very excited for the deployment,” said Muckian prior to leaving port in June.

“They have worked extremely hard to prepare the submarine, and they are ready to execute a wide range of missions.”

Muckian noted that many crew members were being deployed for the first time.

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Then-Governor Ned McWherter and the Ten-nessee delegation in Con-gress also supported the effort.

The Secretary of the Navy heard many argu-ments in favor of nam-ing the submarine for Greeneville.

In particular, it was argued that the name would be representative of small towns through-out the nation, which are typically overlooked in such honors.

The decision to name the vessel Greeneville was announced in Decem-ber 1989.

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took me to meet Chief [Terry] Cannon, Sher-iff [Steve] Burns, Brad [Peters, Greeneville’s Public Works Director], the people I needed,” he said.

‘IT WAS A BLAST!’Andrew was also

assigned the job of find-ing 20 volunteers to serve as extras in the commercial, portraying drivers of the cars lined up in the “traffic jam.”

Several of the extras, interviewed after the shoot, agreed that it was fascinating that produc-ers chose Greene County as the setting for the advertisement, and it was exhilarating to par-ticipate in the filming of a commercial, especially one involving Manning.

“It was a blast!” said Steve Kinser, husband of Tammy Kinser, the Greene County Partner-ship’s tourism director. “It was a great time just knowing what you were a part of.”

Kinser drove a GMC Sierra Denali during the shoot.

“The amazing part is that they picked this area,” he said. “I don’t know how they picked us, but that was pretty cool.”

Brandon Payne, driv-ing a Chevrolet Sil-verado, found the whole aspect of the commercial interesting.

“Very fast-paced,” Payne said. “You had to really listen to be on cue with it.”

Ashley Shelton, an employee at the Greene County Partnership, also got to see first-hand the high-intensity of shoot-ing a commercial.

“This doesn’t happen everyday,” said Shelton.

She drove a Chevrolet Impala.

“To be a part of some-thing that may never happen in Greeneville again is a big deal,” she said. “It’s amazing.”

‘IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH’Sheriff Steve Burns

was on hand for much of the shoot. He left impressed with what he saw.

“It’s quite a production, isn’t it?” Burns said.

“You wouldn’t think it would take this much work to get what, a 30-second spot?

“But it’s impressive to watch these people work. They shot some footage of the car Saturday (on Rogersville Road) and it was fun just watching that crew get after it.

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SUN PHOTO BY O.J. EARLYPeyton Manning slides into the driver’s seat of a new Buick Verano, assisted by production personnel during the shooting of a national television commercial on West Andrew Johnson Highway.

SUN PHOTO BY O.J. EARLYLocal drivers and construction crew members were used as extras in the production of a television commercial Sunday morning on the 11E Bypass at the Summer Street bridge. The cars were backed up in a fake traffic jam as part of the plot of the commercial, which starred NFL quarterback Peyton Manning.

SUN PHOTO BY O.J. EARLYProduction crews were on hand early Sunday morning setting up for the com-mercial.

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