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Brownsville Utility DepartmentIt’s so cold, and cold weather means high electric bills. Why? The colder it is the more your heating unit has to work to keep your home warm. Try setting your thermostat to a reasonable setting and using conventional heating methods, such as candles and blankets, to make up for the lack of heat.

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(StatePoint) There’s nothing better than getting paid to do what you love, but few people know how to turn their interests into careers.

“Turning your passion into a career requires unreasonable and unrelenting pursuit of your goals. It’s about mapping out what you want to do and planning a route to get there” says Lee Witt, a musician, corporate consultant and author who successfully changed careers in mid-life.

In his new book, “The BrickHouse Band: How An Ordinary Mid-Life Couple Created A Business Phenomenon,” Witt reveals how he and his wife, while busy with full-time careers, founded a band that became one of the most successful corporate and casino cover bands on the West Coast.

“It’s not enough to want something; you have to plan well,” he advises.

Know Your Destination

Many people know what they like, but few have clear visions of what they want their lives to look like. You have to know your destination before you can map out how to get there.

Does successfully living your passion mean making millions? Critical acclaim and recognition? Helping others? Figure this out fi rst and then plan your route.

Start by making a list of

experiences you’ve had in your desired fi eld and any marketable skills that came from these experiences. This will help you be realistic about the resources you have, those you’ll need, and the actions required to bridge the gap between the two.

Know Your Route

With your destination in mind, create a mission statement or vision plan. This will help clarify your goals.

“The most important question you should always be asking yourself is ‘Is what

I’m doing now advancing me towards my destination?’” says Witt. “This will help you prioritize responsibilities and commitments.”

Most importantly, beware the “shiny object syndrome.” This happens when you’re traveling your desired route and get distracted by a shiny new idea, project or person. When this happens,

Witt suggests you remind yourself about where you want to be and confer with your career map. If this is an unauthorized stop, keep moving!

Rest and Re-Fuel

While you don’t want to get distracted from your destination, you will need to

stop and re-fuel, regardless of your journey. You may even want to sightsee for a while by settling into a comfortable job to gain experience you need. But passionate professionals know rest stops are for re-fueling, not unpacking.

Your fuel for your new, passion-fi lled career will consist of the reasons behind

it. Is it for money? For love? To serve the planet? For recognition? None of these reasons is right or wrong, but knowing your reasons will keep you going when the going gets tough, says Witt.

More tips on turning your passion into a career can be found on Witt’s website www.BrickHouseLeadership.com.

Turning your passion into a career

Public Notices Continued IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AT BROWNSVILLE

JERRY F. SIMMONS, MARY ANN TAPP,JOHN E. SIMMONS, BETTY C. BROOKS ANDCHARLES R. SIMMONS PLAINTIFFS

VS.

LINDA L. TAYLOR, DAVID A SIMMONS,JUDY S. BISHOP, AMD SARAH J. MANSCOE

DEFENDANTS

NO. 13545

NOTICE OF CHANCERY LAND SALE

In obedience to a decree of the Chancery Court of Haywood County, Tenn., heretofore made on the 9th day of December, 2010, in the case of JERRY F. SIMMONS, MARY ANN TAPP, JOHN E. SIMMONS, BETTY C. BROOKS and CHARLES R. SIMMONS, PLAINTIFFS, vs. LINDA L. TAYLOR, DAVID A. SIMMONS, JUDY S. BISHOP, AND SARAH J. MANSCOE, DEFENDANTS, R. D. # 13545, rendered by the Honorable George R. Ellis, Chancellor, in Brownsville, Tennessee,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

THAT I WILL ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011, AT 10:00 A.M., at the east door of the Courthouse in Brownsville, Tennessee, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described tract or parcel of land, situated, lying and being in the 7th Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows:BEING Lot No. 34, Section 4, Rolling Acres Subdivision, See Plat Book 2, Page 23, Register’s Offi ce, Haywood County, Tennessee. Beginning at a stake in thesouth margin of Berrywood Ave., the northeast corner of the herein described lot and the northwest corner of Lot No. 35, Section 4, Rolling Acres Subdivision; runs thence south 2 degrees east with the west boundary line of Lot No. 35, 130 feet to a stake; runs thence south 88 degrees west 70 feet to a stake; runs thence north 2 degrees west 130 feet to a stake in the south margin of Berrywood Ave.; runs thence north 88degrees east with the south margin of said street 70 feet to the point of beginning.Being the same property conveyed to Frank Simmons and wife, Annie Mae’ Simmons by deed recorded in deed Book 139 page 324, register’s offi ce, Haywood County, Tennessee. Map 74H, Group D, Parcel 9 Being the same lot or parcel of land owned by JERRY F. SIMMONS, MARY ANN TAPP. JOHN E. SIMMONS, BETTY C. BROOKS, CHARLES R. SIMMONS, LINDA L. TAYLOR, DAVID A SIMMONS, JODU S. BISHOP, AND SARAH J,

MANSCOE and is being sold for partition.

Said sale will be for cash to the highest and best bidder in bar of the equity of redemption, homestead and all other exemptions subject to being raised and reopened according to the law relative to Judicial sales and the rules of the Court.

I will sell and convey only as the Clerk and Master and Special Commissioner, pursuant to the decree of the Chancery Court in the cause.

This is the 22nd day of December, 2010.JUDY HARDISTERCLERK & MASTER and SPECIAL COMMISSIONER(731) 772-0122CourthouseBrownsville, TN 38012Larry S. BanksAttorney for PlaintiffsPublication Dates: Dec. 30, 2010, January 6 and 13, 2011

NOTICE TO CREDITORSTCA 30-2-306

Estate of Kenneth Lankford Dickson

Docket #P-1941Notice is hereby given that

on the28th of December 2010 letters testamentary of letters of administration in respect to the estate of Kenneth Lankford Dickson who died on December 5, 2010 were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery/Probate Court of Haywood County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to fi le the same with the Clerk of the above named court within the earlier of four (4) months from the date of the fi rst publication

of posting of this notice of twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred in the manner and to the extent as provided by law.

This 28th of December 2010(Signed)Sharon Lee Dickson, ExecutrixEstate of Kenneth Lankford DicksonD. Nathaniel Spencer, Attorney for the EstateBy: Judy Hardister, Clerk & MasterPublication dates: 12-30-10 & 01-06-11

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Haywood County does hereby give notice of a public meeting on the seventeenth (17th) day of January, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at the Haywood County Court House for the purpose of reclassifying property located on the south-east corner of Hwy 70 and Tritt Road (Jimmy Phillips, owner). This property is currently zoned C (Commer-cial). Mr. Phillips is requesting that the lot (Map 073 Parcel 026.00) be rezoned to FAR (Forestry, Agriculture and Residential). All interested persons are invited to attend.

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