1997 CHEVY BLAZER $1000. Body in good condition. 423-548-5601.
FREE PUPPIES Blue Heeler Mix. 423-548-7408.
PAP’S INDOOR FLEA MARKET Conasauga, TN. Fri • Sat • Sun. Mason’s Auction, Friday night @ 7, Saturday morning at 10:30. 11/24
FULL YEARS OF the Polk County News are available on disc in PDF format. 2007-2010 available. $15 per year. Call 423-338-2818 for info, or just stop by the office in downtown Benton.
OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE Elliminate High Heating Bills. Heat your home and hot water. Furnaces starting at $4990 Instant Rebates up to $1000 Financing Available.North GA Outdoor Wood Furnaces. 706-455-3497 www.centralboiler.com
COFFEE, TEA, LATTE cookies, muffins and more!! All available inside the Polk County News office, downtown Benton. 423-338-2818.
NEW MUSIC RELEASES ARE AVAILABLE ON VINYL! Visit Inherent Records, 2372 Blue Springs Rd, Cleveland, TN 37311 for new and used LPs and more. Live music shows for all ages, too! www.inherentrecords.com
SALE OF UNREDEEMED ITEMS. Tools, guns, TV’s rings, and much more. E & B Pawn Shop, 690 Inman St., Cleveland. 479-4988. Tf
SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $3997- Make Money & Save Money with your own bandmill- Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com 1-800-578-1363 Ext. 300N (TnScan)
GUN SHOW. OCT. 22-23 Sat. 9-5 & Sun. 9-4. Knoxville, Chilhowee Park (3301 Magnolia Ave) Exit 392 A Off 1-40. Info: (563) 927-8176 (TnScan)
Services
B&B LAWNCARE All your lawncare needs. Call 423-322-6401 or 423-241-1230 or 423-496-2653. Bobcat service available. tf
HARBUCK HANDYMAN Repainting to remodeling, home repairs and improvements. Call 423-496-3059 or email tnturtle@etcmail.com.
ANDREWS GARAGE DOOR service of Benton. Repairs and installation. All major credit cards accepted. 423-715-1524 Tf
DIVORCE with or without children $99.95. Includes name change and property settlement agreement. FREE information. SAVE hundreds. Fast and easy. Call 1-888-789-0198 24/7. (TnScan)
Help Wanted
DRIVERS - INCREASED BUSINESS No-touch freight & have a home life! Great pay & benefits! 2 yrs CDL-A, safe driving record! Swing Transport. 1-800-849-5381.
DRIVERS-CDLA O/O and CO Teams for ultra sensitive specialized carrier. Must qualigy for HAZ and security clearance. Sign-on $$$$’s. www.RandRtruck.com 1-866-204-8006.
NEED EXTRA INCOME? Become an Avon Representative and sell America’s best beauty products! Start your business for $10. Contact Alicia today. 423-241-9098 • asloan5100@yahoo.com.
TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD Set yourself apart and Rise to the Challenge! Tuition Assistance, Medical Benefits, Monthly Paycheck - The Time is NOW Contact a Recruiter at www.NationalGuard.com (TnScan)
NOW HIRING: COMPANIES DESPERATELY need employees to assemble products at home. No selling, any hours. $500 weekly potential. Fee required. Info. 1-985-646-1700 Dept. TN-1196 (TnScan)
BIG G EXPRESS INC Currently hiring OTR Drivers. Good equipment, home most weekends Option to run the weekends, good benefits, Assigned trucks and dispatchers, APU’s in every truck. Free retirement program and more. Call 800-684-9140 x2 or visit us at www.biggexpress.com. (TnScan)
TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING & Job Placement Assistance!! Great Earnings Potential & Job Security. No Experience Required. Tennessee Truck Driving School 865-330-0035. 5227 Middlebrook Knoxville. www.DriveBigRigs.com (TnScan)
DRIVERS - CDL-A OTR DRIVERS Start up to 44¢ per mile!! • Lease Purchase Available! • Great Hometime • Experience Req’d. Call Today! 800-441-4271 X TN-100 HornadyTransportation.com (TnScan)
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DRIVER $2000 SIGN ON Bonus! Start a New Career! 100% Paid CDL Training! No Experience Required. CRST Expedited 800-326-2778 www.JoinCRST.com (TnScan)
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DRIVERS - CDL-A DRIVERS NEEDED! We Have The Miles! OTR positions available! Teams Needed!! Class A CDL & Hazmat Req’d 800-942-2104 Ext. 7307 or 7308 www.totalms.com (TnScan)
GET BACK TO BASICS. Solid Miles Good Pay New Equipment = Your Success! Great Benefits & Hometime. Dry Van & Flatbed. CDL-A, 6mo. OTR. 888-801-5295 (TnScan)
DRIVERS- REGIONAL DRIVERS EARN 37 cpm w/1 years experience (top pay .425 cpm.) Only 4-12 Months Experience? Paid Refresher Course Available. Call 888-362-8608, or visit AVERITTcareers.com. Equal Opportunity Employer. (TnScan)
DRIVER- CDL-A EXPERIENCED OTR Drivers Up to $3000 Bonus Up to .39¢ Per Mile 888-378-7137, 6 mo. OTR exp. & CDL Req’d www.usatruck.jobs (TnScan)
Real Estate
OWNER FINANCE several lots 1 to 5 acres. Copperhill, Belltown area. City water, power available. 10% down. Some lots restricted; creek and/or view on some. 706-455-9291 or 706-851-7508. tf
ATTENTION: HAS your home been on the market for months without an offer? Would you like Multiple Offers from Competitive Buyers? Our Marketing Plan works! Call: 423-284-3295. DON HARRIS AUCTION AND REALTY
2 - GROCERY STORE & Food Service Equipment Auctions, Nov 5th Lexington, KY & Nov 12th Nashville, TN. Complete sale bill & Terms. www.taylorauction.net or Auctionzip.com, ID1680. Mark Taylor Auctioneer: KY N6138, TN 5525/TN FIRM 4640, 618-889-6899. (TnScan)
GRANDVIEW REALTY Carol Kamm/Broker. For all your real estate needs. Experienced & Trustworthy. 423-790-4547, 423-479-1515.
Wanted
CASH FOR TENNESSEE STATE Shaped License Plates (most yellow on black, no year) with names such as: Bristol, Tenn.; Copper Basin; Dayton Monkey Town; Petros, Tenn.; Smoky Mountains; White House; Grand Ole Opry; Enjoy our State Parks; etc. Call Sam 423-282-8232 (TnScan)
Polk County Planners approved multiple plats during the April meeting and discussed permitting staff approval on plats that meet all necessary qualifications.
A handicapped-complaint building for concessions and restrooms will be built at the Benton ball fields following action by the county commission April 19.
The governor’s recently released three-year transportation program does not include any Polk County projects, although current projects are continuing.
Questions have been raised about the cost of a precinct rental and the decision to put the sample ballot in the Fannin County, GA newspaper rather than the Polk County newspaper.
Diane Wilson said she was more upset by the response of Election Administrator Steve Gaddis when she reported the incident than she was by the incident itself.
A Special Master’s Hearing was held last Wednesday to take an accounting of the Home Owners Association for Ocoee Mountain Club in preparation for an upcoming trial.
Paul Hunter has asked the U.S. District Court to award him at least $169,920 in “front pay” following last month’s verdict that his firing from Copperhill was due to age discrimination.
If 20 or 30 people had turned up for opening night, we would have breathed a big sigh of relief and considered the evening a success.
The final head count was 82 people, from three states
Talley recommended to the congressional delegation new statewide incentives for solar energy development, cellulosic ethanol production, biomass gasification and waste to energy.
Photo from 1910 provided by Bill Lillard shows the family of Calvin Higdon, who built the Higdon Hotel in Reliance. Calvin (1836-1919) and Amanda Linderman Higdon (1845-1926) were married in 1860.
From Polk County News, 9/13/34
Famous Monroe County Hotel Is Now No More
People from All Over South Visited the “Saratoga of the South” in the Good Old Days.
Walking the Line, a series of drawings inspired by 16 years of attendance at the John C. Campbell Folk School’s Friday Night Concert series, is now on display at the Folk School’s History Center.
On May 19th at 5pm there will be a Walk-A-Thon to raise awareness for Domestic Violence. The event will be held at the Park by the Greenway on Raider Drive in Cleveland.
The Overhill Shutterbugs, a regional photography club, present their 2nd Annual Photography Exhibit through June 1, 2012 at the Etowah Arts Commission,
“The Journey of the Lost Boys of Sudan” will be held on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 7 p.m. in the George R. Johnson Cultural Heritage Center Theater on CSCC’s campus.
Cleveland State Community College and Chattanooga State Community College will be co-hosting information sessions about the Veterinary Technology Program at Chattanooga State.
Miss Misty Brooke Hill and Mr. Mason Ray Cross, both of Cleveland, exchanged marriage vows on Saturday, January 14th at the Kingdom Hall of Jehova’s Witnesses in Cleveland.
The Copper Basin Medical Center’s District Board honored Dr. William E. Lee last week. Dr. Lee, 85, has spent a lifetime in service, not only to the community but to the world through his medical mission trips.
Scott Jones and daughter Abby recently enjoyed a backpacking trip on the John Muir Trail, starting at the Hwy. 68 and making their way down to the lower section
Beginning in mid-January culverts will be replaced on Sina Branch Road where it crosses Sawmill Branch in the Ocoee Ranger District in Polk County, TN.
Fall trips on the Hiwassee River Rail Adventure are quickly selling out. On Oct. 22, the train traveling along the Old Line took 210 passengers to Copperhill for a two-hour layover. (Photo by Robert J. Duncan Sr.)
Drawdown is underway at Apalachia Lake, according to David Bowling with River Operations at TVA. He said the lake will drop 18-20 feet for routine maintenance work.
Trout stocking will be reduced about 20% in the coming fiscal year and could be reduced 85% after that, according to Frank Fiss, Assistant Chief of Fisheries at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
TVA has created a smartphone app for those wanting to check on reservoir elevations, water release schedules and more. The information has been available online, but the new app will allow access by cell phone.
Unseasonably high temperatures -- in the 90s -- are sending folks to the water. The Ocoee Whitewater Center is a popular place when the river isn't flowing, and the Hiwassee and Ocoee are popular when it is.
VEC was recently notified by a neighboring utility that they have been receiving complaints from customers who have been visited by scam artists posing as energy evaluators.
The Tennessee Historical Commission is now accepting nominations for its Certificate of Merit Awards to honor individuals or groups that have worked to preserve Tennessee’s cultural heritage during 2011.
The Tennessee Tobacco QuitLine offers personalized support for Tennessee residents who want to quit smoking by connecting them with trained quit coaches to guide them through the quitting process.
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) Consumer Affairs division is urging consumers to be wary of emails that request participation in a survey and that promise a gift card in return.
While many job placement firms may be legitimate and helpful, others may misrepresent their services, promote outdated or fictitious job offerings and charge high fees in advance for services that may not lead to a job.
The annual campaign has enrolled tens of thousands of children in the low-cost health insurance plan, which provides coverage for everything from physician visits to hospitalization to dental and vision care.
“Kids Fishing Day” event in Cherokee National Forest’s Ocoee/Hiwassee Ranger District is scheduled for May 21, 2011 at McCamy Lake. Anglers 15 years and under are invited to try their luck.
Ducktown resident Jack Suites and his partner Bitt Ledford of Murphy, N.C. took home the $700 second place prize at the Tri-County Community College Foundation Fishing for Scholarships Bass tournament on April 2.
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