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KNOX • ANDERSON • JEFFERSON • CAMPBELL • CUMBERLAND CLAIBORNE COCKE • GRAINGER • HAMBLEN • BLOUNT • LOUDON • MONROE • MORGAN • ROANE • SCOTT • SEVIER • UNION Ledger FORMERLY WESTVIEW SINCE 1978 A SLEEPING GIANT EMERGES, TAKES IT PLACE IN OMAHA UT baseball transforms itself in Vitello’s 4th year
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Tennessee Athletics The “sleeping giant” that was Tennessee baseball has been awakened by coach Tony Vitello, who is in his fourth season with the Vols.
ennessee baseball players were always a little envious whenever they traveled to SEC stadiums with fervent fan bases. ey wanted to create the same environment in TKnoxville and earn some respect from opponents. ‘THAT DUDE’ After years of mediocrity and apathy, the Vols have resurrected a dormant program into a national contender under head coach Tony Vitello. ey have jolted awake a fan base thirsting for a winner to help o set the decade of disappointment and frustration in football. Plus, of course, the season was a joyous return to normalcy for VITELLO HAS VOLS fans, players and coaches after the cancellation of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Lindsey Nelson Stadium was rocking last weekend as No. 3 Tennessee secured a spot in the College World Series for the rst time since 2005. Hitting an NCAA program-record six home runs in the clinching game, the Vols (50-16) swept LSU to punch BELIEVING THEY their ticket to Omaha. “Just wanted to get this thing to where people were proud of it,’’ Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello says. “And I think the crowd today alone, but also the following on the street, or on TV or via text message for these kids, speaks volumes of where it’s at right now. CAN WIN CWS “And it’s at that spot because the guys have won. But I think it’s been more about the fashion in which they win with some ‘I think it’s time for Tennessee to step up to the grit, and they play together.” Tennessee’s late-season power surge was on display Sunday fi ght,’ says senior outfi elder Evan Russell against LSU, a 15-6 rout. e 15 runs were the team’s most ever in a Super Regional game. e six home runs came from ve players, Jake Rucker with two, Connor Pavolony, Drew Gilbert, STORY BY RHIANNON POTKEY Jordan Beck and Evan Russell. Rucker, a native of Greenbrier, and Beck had three hits apiece and the duo also had four and three RBIs, respectively. Russell and Pavolony each contributed two hits. e Vols were fourth
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Many work in high- of “Your Credit Score.” Email: lweston@ paying but demanding jobs in technology nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @lizweston. shutterstock.com Page 4 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville JUNE 18-24, 2021 Tell me, clickbait, which counties are tops in Tennessee? Clickbait internet ranking by Rotten Tomatoes that judged vast. And shallow. Memphis, Beale Street, Graceland and teases are generally “Roseanne” a better comedy than “ e But enough of the mystery. Since you’re the Peabody ducks and so on, whereas best avoided, being Andy Gri th Show.” Yeah. Right. no doubt wondering, the countdown Tripadvisor lists a cemetery as the top frequently of the “15 e results for Davidson County turned of counties outranking Davidson is: attraction in Sumner. But there you are. foods you should never out to be so-so: No. 8 on a list of the top No. 7, Washington; No. 6, Wilson; To be fair, that cemetery does include eat naked” variety. 25. at’s in the top 10% of Tennessee’s No. 5, Hamilton; No. 4, Knox; No. 3, the graves of Johnny Cash and June JOE ROGERS But they can be 95 counties, statistically, but middling Montgomery; No. 2, Rutherford; No. 1, Carter Cash. Hard to beat those for star- MY TAKE tempting. And I when you consider that the county Williamson. power nal resting places. couldn’t resist one I includes the state capital, has the “it Surprised? Fact is, I suspect all Tennesseans came across recently: “Best counties to city” label and that people are practically I wasn’t. ere seems to be some built- consider their own home area tops since raise a family in Tennessee,” for various trampling one another to move here. in bias that suggests suburban – even it validates their choice and, by extension, reasons. No. 25, by the way, was the rural – beats urban when it comes to themselves. Still, it’s fun to compare, just For one thing, I wanted to know how aforementioned Weakley County. Sorry, quality of life. And though Hamilton has as it can be diverting to collect otherwise my county of residence, Davidson, rated, Weakleyans. But take heart! You still Chattanooga and Knox has Knoxville, useless information. despite the fact that my wife and I are ranked better than 70 other Tennessee they’re both less than a third the size of Like those weather and moon facts not raising a family. (Unless housing two counties! (Including one Davidson Nashville. I mentioned on Stacker. Turns out I middle-aged cats counts.) doughnut county, Cheatham.) My hometown had a population of couldn’t resist them, either. Plus, I like being introduced to places e list was provided by an out t called roughly 6,000 when I was growing up, so Here’s my tease: Partly cloudy and in Tennessee I might not otherwise have Stacker, which seems to specialize in I’m no city slicker. I readily concede that partly sunny mean pretty much the same heard of. Weakley County, for example, compiling such minutiae. Other tidbits on Franklin, in No. 1 Williamson County, is thing. And the moon is moving away made the best counties list. its website include “50 common weather quite charming. Watertown and Lebanon, from the Earth at about 1.5 inches per I have no idea where it is, but “All roads terms, explained” and “25 things we’ve in No. 6 Wilson County, also have their year. lead to Weakley County,” its website learned about the moon since 1969.” Mayberryish appeal. By the way, I made up that “15 foods advises, so it shouldn’t be hard to nd Stacker says it used data from yet But Nashville they ain’t, a point they you should never eat naked” category. But for a visit. I’ll just set out on a road at another out t, Niche, which claims to be might consider to be in their favor. I bet you have some ideas, don’t you? random. “the market leader in connecting colleges e good news for Davidson is that we Joe Rogers is a former writer for e Also – and this is a prime goal for and schools with students and families.” did outrank Shelby County, which came Tennessean and editor for e New York “best of” lists – I was prepared to dispute Clearly, the web infrastructure for the in at No. 10, trailing Sumner at No. 9. Times. He is retired and living in Nashville. the ndings. As with, for example, a production and dissemination of trivia is A bit curious since Shelby has He can be reached at [email protected]
114.6 km. The men start at 1:15 p.m. and curated virtual cocktail parties and “Behind Calendar [email protected] do 15 laps totaling 190.7 km. The 7.9-mile the Scenes” tours of four rarely seen yet road race starts on Gay Street. Roads legendary properties that have helped define THROUGH JULY 28 June 18: Jurassic Park, Sci-Fi/Adventure – along the race route will be closed 8 a.m.-7 architectural style in East Tennessee. The Free Family Fun PG-13 p.m. Information and road closures: www. June 19 event features the General Wilder visitknoxville.com/usa-cycle-knox/event-info/ House on Riverside Drive and a wonderfully The Knoxville Office of Special Events and July 2: Predator, Action/Sci-Fi – R road-closures-maps. restored 1940’s Barber-McMurry home. July Parks and Recreation will host free Kid A’ 10, visit the Little Switzerland compound of Riffic Fun in the Park in eight city parks. Aug. 13: Beetlejuice, Comedy/Fantasy – PG KMA Summer Kickoff Party architect John Sanders and a 1962 mid-cen- Families are invited to participate in crafts, The museum will host a party to benefit tury modern home designed by Hubert Bebb games and other activities on Wednesdays Aug. 27: Mad Max Fury Road, Action/Adven- its operations and educational programs. lovingly restored by the current owners to in June and July, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. No registra- ture – R The event features heavy hors d’oeuvres its original beauty. Throughout both events, tion is required. Sept. 17: Wizard of Oz, Fantasy/Musical – G by Holly’s Eventful Catering and live music host Zack Roskop will guide viewers through June 23: Lakeshore Park, 6410 Northshore Oct. 1: The Shining, Horror/Mystery – R from The Atlanta Showstoppers party band. an exclusive behind the scene tour of each Drive Dressy casual attire. 7-11 p.m. $125 per per- house with the owners. Other events are THROUGH AUGUST 29 son. Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s planned for later in the year. Information: June 30: Ashley Nicole Dream Playground, Movie Magic Fair Park Drive, Knoxville. Information: www. www.knoxheritage.org 620 Winona St The summer movie series returns to the knoxart.org WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 July 7: Holston River Park, 3300 Holston Tennessee Theatre and features a lineup of SATURDAY, JUNE 19 six movies, including classic films and family Hills Rd MLK Parade and Juneteenth City’s Virtual Business Breakfast favorites. Each movie in the series includes The City of Knoxville will host the event via July 14: Adair Park, 1807 Adair Dr a Friday night showing at 8 p.m. and a Sun- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission Parade, in partnership with the Zoom for companies to learn about upcom- July 21: West Hills Park, 7624 Sheffield Dr day matinee at 3 p.m. Doors open one hour ing business opportunities with the City of prior to the movie start time at 7 p.m. and 2 Beck Cultural Exchange Center’s Juneteenth Celebration, will hold the MLK Parade. The Knoxville for the next 12-18 months. The July 28: World’s Fair Park p.m., respectively, and Tennessee The- event is free and open to all businesses. atre organist Freddie Brabson will play the route will begin at Chilhowee Park, 3300 E. Information: https://knoxvilletn.gov/gov- 8:30-11 a.m. Registration required. Informa- Mighty Wurlitzer before the show. Assistant Magnolia Avenue, and run through Martin ernment/city_departments_offices/spe- tion: www.knoxvilletn.gov Organist Matthew Fisher will be playing for Luther King Jr. Avenue and end at Dr. Walter cial_events Hardy Park. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., “The Big Lebowski” showings. Information: ‘Love, Loss and What I Wore’ tennesseetheatre.com and step-off will start at 10 a.m. The Beck THROUGH OCT. 1 Cultural Exchange Center’s annual June- The Flying Anvil Theatre will hold its first Ijams Movies Under the Stars June 25, 27: Casablanca (1942) teenth Celebration will kick off in the park in-person show for 2021 with the perfor- Ijams Nature Center and Central Cinema following the parade. Dr. Walter Hardy Park, mance of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” will welcome back movie lovers to the lawn July 16, 18: Wizard of Oz (1939) 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Knox- with Carol Mayo Jenkins, Laura Beth Wells, Nancy Duckles, Eileen Conway and Jayne for its outdoor movie series, presented by July 23, 25: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) ville. Information: www.mlkknoxville.com Cherokee Distributing Co. and Sierra Nevada Morgan. The show is a joint fundraiser for Brewing Co. Moviegoers are invited to bring July 30, Aug. 1: The Big Lebowski (1998) Bridles & Blue Jeans Flying Anvil and Positively Living & Choice lawn chairs and blankets. Doors open at 7 The 15th annual fundraiser will raise money Health Network. The play, written by Nora Aug. 6, 8: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) p.m., and movies begin at dark. In the event to benefit the Shangri-La Therapeutic Acade- and Delia Ephron based on the book by of inclement weather, movies will be shown Aug. 27, 29: The Goonies (1985) my of Riding (STAR), which provides positive Ilene Beckerman, features monologues and under a large tent at the Ijams Homesite, a horse-related experiences for people with ensemble pieces about women, clothes short walk from the Visitor Center. Meals, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 20 disabilities or other special challenges. For and memories. The opener is June 23 with snacks and beverages will be available for Cycling sponsorship information or to donate auction additional 7:30 p.m. shows June 24-26 and purchase from food trucks and the Ijams The USA Cycling Professional Road National items, please contact Shawn Snyder at de- a 2 p.m. show Sunday, June 27. Flying Anvil beer garden. No coolers or outside alcohol is Championships sprint event – the Criterium [email protected]. More information Theatre will sell a reduced number of tickets allowed. $10 per person or $36 for a family – will be held at 6:15 p.m. on Gay Street. to come. Shangri-la Therapeutic Academy to space out seating and use enhanced four-pack. Space is limited to 250 guests. It is fast, furious and short – just a 1.1-mile of Riding, 11800 Highway 11E, Lenoir City. cleaning procedures. Masks are required Advance purchases recommended. Dogs loop. Athletes will race for a set amount of Information: www.rideatstar.org when not eating or drinking. Flying Anvil must be leashed at all times. Guests will time and then a specific number of finishing Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road, Knoxville. be asked to wear a mask at check-in and in laps. The women will race for a maximum of JUNE 19, JULY 10 (VIRTUAL) Information: www.flyinganviltheatre.com all common areas, but may remove masks 75 minutes beginning at 6:15 p.m., followed Summer Suppers once seated on the lawn. 2915 Island Home by the men at 7:45 for 90 minutes. Sunday Knox Heritage is bringing back its popular Readers are invited to submit Avenue. Information: Ijams.org. is the 12.7-kilometer road race. Women cy- event for a limited series of events. Kick Community Calendar items to clists start at 9 a.m. and do nine laps totaling off the season safely with two carefully [email protected]. Schedule: JUNE 18-24, 2021 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville Page 5
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■ Philip Stuckey. His project is 3D hierar- Knox, Anderson, Blount and Sevier counties. Newsmakers [email protected] chical separator and catalyst support system for fuel cells. Stuckey’s novel bi-polar plate Geasland promoted Of ce is supporting an separators provide a robust structure to meet 3 UT juniors earn innovator in building en- the demands for fuel cell stack durability to IRA specialist Goldwater awards ergy ef ciency research. while extending the lifetime of a fuel cell’s The Trust Company of The Tennessee Valley electrocatalyst. Stuckey holds a doctorate Tennessee has promoted Three students at the Authority once again joins in chemical engineering from Case Western Kelly Geasland to IRA University of Tennessee – as a program sponsor for Reserve University. specialist, supporting the Keri Burge, Elijah Hix and the third year enabling rm’s focus on wealth Owen Queen – have been an innovator focused on Caughorn picked for management. named 2021–22 Goldwa- energy-related research. ter Scholars, giving UT a Since joining The Trust The six innovators Vistage Worldwide shared rst place in the Company of Tennessee Alexander were selected through a SEC for the prestigious Jim Caughorn, Jr., president and owner at in 2015, Geasland has merit-based process and award. Graphic Creations, has been selected to be served as an operations will have the opportunity a member of a chief executive peer advisory specialist, specializing in Congress established Geasland to advance technologies board in Knoxville by Vistage Worldwide. fee management. Burge the Goldwater Scholar- they aim to commercialize He joins over 300 senior executives, busi- Founded in 1987 and with of ces in ship Program in 1986 to by working with world- ness owners, and CEOs across the state of Chattanooga, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities, The honor U.S. Senator Barry class science experts Tennessee who are Vistage members. With Trust Company of Tennessee currently has M. Goldwater. The most and unique capabilities at prestigious undergraduate 30 years of business-to-business experi- more than $4 billion under management. ORNL. ence that includes a decade with a Fortune STEM scholarships in the “As part of our wealth management team, The fth Innovation 500 company, Caughorn returned to family United States, Goldwater Kelly will help clients make practical deci- Crossroads cohort of business in 2009. In 2018 he became sole Scholarships are awarded sions for funding their future and managing fellows and respective owner of Graphic Creations and has watched to college sophomores Evans their current nances,” ssays Daniel Carter, projects include: it grow fourfold over the last 12 years. and juniors who intend to president of The Trust Company of Tennes- pursue research careers ■ Caleb Alexander. Board chair Kurt Greene says, “We are see. in the natural sciences, His project is sodium ion so pleased to welcome Jim to this group. Geasland earned a bachelor’s degree in Hix mathematics and engi- membrane for high en- My mission as a Vistage chair is to help human ecology from the University of Tennes- neering. The scholarships ergy, low-cost sodium-air business leaders go from good to great and see in 2004. provide up to $7,500 battery. Alexander’s stay there, and Jim brings a unique and im- annually to cover tuition, aquaeous sodium-air portant perspective. The CEO’s job has been fees, books, and room battery can achieve the everchanging during the pandemic, so the Tranzonic welcomes and board. highest energy density value of bringing successful decision makers possible while using engineer Douglas Since 2010, 24 UT stu- together like we do is immeasurable.” low-cost elements like The Tranzonic Com- dents have been named Greene is chair of the four Vistage advisory sodium, which is free to panies has hired Jared Goldwater Scholars. Gibbons boards in the greater Knoxville area. acquire as it’s found in Douglas as an engineer at Burge, of Madison, oceans. Alexander holds its West Knoxville facility. Alabama, is a Haslam Home Federal selects Ogle; a doctorate in chemical Douglas, who lives in Scholar majoring in Queen engineering from the Maryville, is responsible anthropology with an Johnson now Emeritus University of Texas. for building, calibrating, honors concentration and Home Federal Bank has ■ Sam Evans. His proj- maintaining, troubleshoot- minoring in biological sciences. Her current named Jake Ogle to its ect is carbon supported ing, testing and repairing research, under Anneke Janzen, assistant board of directors. magnetic nano-absorbent. various equipment, professor of anthropology, uses carbon and Evans has developed a In addition, Dr. Joseph Douglas systems, hardware and nitrogen stable isotopes to analyze faunal new water ltration pro- Johnson will take emeri- software throughout the remains and charred seeds to better under- cess using waste tire-de- tus status after 30 years facility. stand early colonial human management Khurana rived mesoporous carbon of service as a board practices. She has also spent extensive time Based in Cleveland, Ohio, The Tranzon- in ltrated with magnetic member with the bank. contributing to projects at UT’s renowned ic Companies was founded in 1921 and iron oxide nanoparticles Ogle is a partner at Five Forensic Anthropology Center. manufactures and distributes wiping cloths, to bind to contaminants in Oaks Development Group. personal hygiene products, textiles, wash- Hix, of Cookeville, is a College Scholar water and then be easily Ogle His company focuses pri- room supplies and accessories, wiping and whose major focuses on quantum chemical ltered out by magnets. marily on the development cleaning supplies and safety products. biology. Hix has pursued research at UT, Evans holds a doctorate of retail, restaurants, lodging and attractions “We’re glad to welcome Jared to the Tran- Tennessee Tech and Oak Ridge National Lab- in energy science and throughout East Tennessee. Before joining zonic team,” says Brian Rhoades, executive oratory. Currently he is conducting research engineering from UT. his family’s real estate development compa- at UT under Constance Bailey, assistant pro- vice president of operations for Tranzonic. ■ Tommy Gibbons. His ny in 2015, Ogle worked for The Shopping fessor of chemistry. He subsequently plans “We look forward to his contributions on the project is energy-ef cient, Center Group in Nashville as a commercial to pursue a Ph.D. in biophysics to study the engineering challenges and opportunities at carbon-negative, bio- real estate broker. intersection of enzymatic synthesis and cel- Shriver our manufacturing facility.” based insulation. Gibbons In addition to real estate development, lular networking to develop more adaptable Douglas previously led an engineering team has developed hemp Ogle is the co-founder of several business- antibiotics. at US Tanx, where he designed, tested and pat- ber insulation that is es including Scrambled Jake’s Breakfast ented a camera system to inspect underground Queen, of Watertown, is majoring in honors non-toxic, high-performing Company, Ogle Brothers General Store and stormwater tanks. He earned a degree in computer science and honors mathematics and carbon-negative to Sugarland Cellars. and minoring in statistics. Queen participates mechanical engineering from The Citadel and is make. Gibbons holds an He is a graduate of Furman University with in the Cook Grand Challenge Program and a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve. undergraduate degree in a degree in communication studies and holds the Chancellor’s Honors Program, tutors in At The Citadel, he received the distinguished public policy from Princ- an MBA from Mercer University. Ogle serves the Academic Success Center and volunteers President’s List and Gold Star awards. eton University and is a on the board of directors for several nonprof- with Remote Area Medical clinics. His various certi ed green associate its in east Tennessee including Friends of research projects focus on a social network from the Leadership in the Smokies and is chairman of the board for modeling of opioid addiction, topological data Stuckey Energy and Environmental Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennes- analysis, and machine learning, and involve Design. see. professor Vasileios Maroulas and assistant ■ Shuchi “SK” Khurana. His project professor Christopher Strickland in the Johnson’s career is a progression of is real-time monitoring of metal additive department of mathematics and associate leadership posts that took him from the manufacturing. Khurana has created a professor Scott Emrich in the Min H. Kao classroom to the governor’s cabinet to the platform for in-process monitoring of additive department of electrical engineering and UT president’s of ce. He has served the manufacturing, using an arti cial intelligence Computer Science. University of Tennessee for 58 years, in many model to determine defects based on images roles including vice president of development, collected during the manufacturing process. chancellor of the Center for Health Sciences, ORNL Innovation Khurana holds master’s degrees in business and eventually retired as President in 1999. administration and science from Ohio State cohort announced University. “Dr. Johnson will leave an indelible mark Six science and technology innovators from on this banking institution and its employees, ■ Forrest Shriver. His project is database across the United States will join the fth customers, community, and each of us as fel- construction using machine learning for cohort of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s low board members,” says David Reynolds, cyber-attack detection. Shriver has developed Innovation Crossroads program. President and CEO of Home Federal Bank. a continuous, automatic learning system for Innovation Crossroads is sponsored by building asset-speci c operational databases. Home Federal Bank is the largest mutually DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Of ce. Shriver holds a doctorate in nuclear engineer- owned community bank in the state of Ten- nessee. Founded in 1924, with 23 of ces in New this year, DOE’s Building Technologies ing from the University of Florida. JUNE 18-24, 2021 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville Page 7
to design and construct a unique, safe and LBMC’s team members said the rm is News briefs FROM AP AND OTHER SOURCES more accessible play structure at Fort Kid. a great place to work, compared to 59% Murfreesboro-based Great Southern of employees at a typical U.S. based Techstars announces Chris Williams, vice president of business Recreation was deemed the most company. development. responsive of the seven companies that Great Place to Work is the only accelerator program e building will undergo a complete o ered proposals for a new play structure company culture award in America renovation to create an elevated and at Fort Kid, located between 11th Street that selects winners based on how fairly Techstars is launching Techstars re ned dining atmosphere with a full and World’s Fair Park Drive on the employees are treated. Companies are Industries of the Future Accelerator, bar. e menu will remain a ordable western edge of downtown. assessed on how well they are creating a a new Oak Ridge-Knoxville based and Bella will be open for lunch, dinner Knoxville businessman omas great employee experience that cuts across program committed to supporting and and Sunday brunch. Opening for Bella is Boyd has also donated $200,000 to race, gender, age, disability status, or any advancing startups focused on emerging planned for late summer 2021. the new Fort Kid play structure, and aspect of who employees are or what their technologies. the Downtown Knoxville Alliance role is. is is the rst of Techstars’ accelerator Smoky Mountain contributed $250,000 to add an accessible programs based in Tennessee. Emphasis entryway path with interactive features on across industries will include arti cial Mountain Commerce Outdoor reopens the slope from World’s Fair Park Drive. intelligence, advanced manufacturing, e public and private investment in makes top 200 list quantum information science, 5G/ Smoky Mountain Outdoor Center will a new Fort Kid honors the spirit of the advanced wireless technology, host a grand reopening in Townsend June American Banker magazine announces original while providing the play activities biotechnology and clean energy 18-June 20. Mountain Commerce Bank has earned a that residents told the City they most technology. e center moved to its newer and place among the top 200 publicly traded valued, says Chip Barry, the City’s deputy e accelerator will run in partnership larger Apple Valley Mountain Village community banks in the U.S. chief operating o cer. with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, location and is under new ownership and MCB, a subsidiary of Mountain e original 30-year-old play area and Tennessee Valley Authority and the has been undergoing renovations and Commerce Bancorp, made the list for the a decaying retaining wall made of railroad University of Tennessee in support of upgrades. third consecutive year. ties were removed last year due to safety the organizations’ shared missions of e outdoor center has a new e annual ranking is for community concerns. identifying, developing and implementing partnership with Smoky Mountain banks and thrifts with less than $2 Construction is expected to begin in innovation solutions across the Industries Guides, a skilled group of professional billion in assets and was released with the late summer, and the new play structure of the Future and staying at the forefront guides and educators o ering numerous magazine’s May 2021 issue. will be installed this fall. e entire project of these competitive and evolving adventures and tours. e ranking – based on a three-year is expected to be completed by the end of industries. “Partnering with SMG just made average of each bank’s return on average 2021. Ten startups will be selected to sense,” says SMOC owner Mark Oldham, equity – placed MCB at #47. e honor participate in each annual accelerator “When we approached SMG about recognizes the community bank as one class where they will receive funding and teaming up, they were instantly excited. Knoxville to host of only four Tennessee-based banks to hands-on mentorship from the Techstars, We can’t wait to accommodate SMOC Fourth of July weekend make the grade and secures MCB the only Oak Ridge National Laboratory, guests and Townsend visitors with great spot of any in East Tennessee. Over the Tennessee Valley Authority and the outdoor adventures like y shing, Knoxville is hosting a Fourth of July last three years, MCB’s ROAE averaged University of Tennessee networks, access kayaking, guided hikes, backcountry celebration with free live music at World’s 13.19%. to curated workshops and resources adventures, and van tours to favorite Fair Park July 2-3. and admittance to the Techstars global mountain destinations.’’ is year’s festivities will be two nights Robertson Middle network for life. In bringing these startups Among the Saturday activities for the featuring live music by local performers. to Oak Ridge-Knoxville, the program will reopening will be beginners y shing Friday’s event will conclude with a brief project goes to space support and drive growth of the region’s classes. Also being o ered on the 20th, a reworks show. A spring-loaded arm aboard the entrepreneurial ecosystem. guided at-water kayaking excursion will “We were disappointed to have to International Space Station will ing a e inaugural class of the Techstars depart from the SMOC store, free guided cancel Festival on the 4th months ago, small box touched by hundreds of Oak Industries of the Future Accelerator nature and history hikes will be available, when many COVID-19 precautions Ridge children into orbit around Earth. will operate over a three-month period and demonstrations from local search and were still in place,” says Kyndra Brewer, It’s the culmination of nearly seven from January 2022 through April 2022. rescue teams on the SMOC porch. director of the o ce of special events. years of work and represents the ordinary Applications will open for the rst year “But we are happy to be able to have a and magical ecosystem of a community: of the program July 19 and accepted Propel Insurance buys family-friendly, patriotic way to kick o the connections between parents, friends, through Oct. 6. the holiday weekend.” family members, educators and many South Risk Management Families are encouraged to bring chairs, curious kids – with help from NASA. blankets and picnic dinners; alcohol and New restaurant to Propel Insurance, a privately owned e Robertsville Middle School NASA pets are prohibited. Bottled water will insurance agency and a portfolio company CubeSat Launch Initiative project, replace Sullivan’s be available on-site, but there will not be of Flexpoint Ford, has acquired South dubbed RamSat for the school’s mascot, food or beverage for purchase on-site. e Bella, a Tuscan grill concept, is coming Risk Management, a construction-focused got its o cial start with the 2015-16 park’s restroom facilities will be open, and to Maryville. insurance consulting rm. school year. additional portable toilets will be on-site. e restaurant, owned by Lori Klonaris, e acquisition of SRM expands But the seed had been planted at a Free parking will be available in all City- will be located in the Sullivan’s building, Propel’s presence into South Carolina and Christmas church service in 2014, when owned garages as well as the nearby 11th 121 West Broadway in downtown. adds to the company’s existing Southeast RMS STEM teacher Todd Livesay ran Street Garage. Southern Cross Real Estate Partnership footprint, which includes Knoxville, into Patrick Hull, an old friend who purchased the Sullivan’s building from Charlotte, Atlanta and Orlando. was in Oak Ridge visiting family for the West Properties. e building formerly SRM founding partners David Wells, LBMC makes Great holidays. housed a JC Penney’s store, and for the Tripp Hafner and W.D. Morris look Place to Work list Hull, an Oak Ridge native who is now past 20 years has been home to Sullivan’s forward to expanding Propel’s existing an aerospace engineer at Marshall Space Downtown restaurant, which closed construction practice with John Babson Great Place to Work has selected Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, recently. Sullivan’s Rocky Hill location in taking on a leadership role. e team will LBMC as one of the 2021 Best wanted to partner with Livesay on a Knoxville will remain open under its same leverage the broader pool of resources Workplaces in the consulting and STEM education project. management. available at Propel in order to continue professional services category. Nearly seven years after that rst Southern Cross has already signed a providing risk management services to LBMC makes its debut on the conversation, the school’s RamSat lease with Pistol Creek Hospitality Group. help their clients address complex issues prestigious list this year, coming in at satellite, is bound for the International Klonaris says, “ e goal is to bring a fresh and support their business growth. number 35. Space Station. and lighter approach to Italian regional e company has o ces in Knoxville, RamSat’s mission is to take pictures dishes to downtown Maryville.” New Fort Kid gets Chattanooga, Brentwood and Charlotte, of the forests around Gatlinburg, which Bella will be managed by Spaces in the North Carolina. were destroyed by wild re in 2016. e City, the team that created and operates Council’s approval e Best Workplaces in Consulting mission is wholly designed and carried out Café 4, Ke , Vida, e Vault and e e Knoxville City Council has & Professional Services award is based by students, teachers and mentors, with Press Room in Knoxville. Spaces in the authorized Mayor Indya Kincannon’s on analysis of survey responses from support from numerous organizations, City is led by Klonaris, president, TJ sta to nalize an agreement for up to more than 463,000 current employees including Oak Ridge National Saunders, corporate executive chef, and $450,000 with Great Southern Recreation across the U.S. In that survey, 91% of Laboratory. Page 8 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville JUNE 18-24, 2021
And it’s not just working remotely Untethered employees are looking for better bene ts By Kelsey Sheehy
Vaccination rates are climbing, and employers are rolling out back-to- o ce, back-to-normal plans. But some employees might want a new normal – one that includes exible scheduling and bene ts that align with their needs and values. MILLENNIAL “Expectations have MONEY changed. ey were already changing, but with COVID-19, the how and where and why we work have all been transformed,” says Erika Illiano, a principal at Strategic Bene t Advisors, a member company of Brown & Brown Insurance. Social justice issues ampli ed over the past year have also prompted some people to expect more from their employers. “We are all, as human beings, more acutely aware of the world that we live in. at is absolutely spilling over into the workplace and impacting our expectations of what corporate citizenship looks like. shutterstock.com Bene ts are a part of that,” Illiano says. company’s mission and values statements. and through annual surveys. information is accessible on a mobile Pushing for change Have a plan for ‘no’ If a new bene t doesn’t t into your device or making it easier for new balance sheet, look at ways to make existing employees to roll over a previous Health insurance, paid vacation and Your ask might not be greenlit right o bene ts more accessible, says Beth Garner, employer’s retirement plan can help,” retirement tools should be the baseline, the bat. If your request is shot down, try not the bar, for employer-provided national practice leader for the Employee Garner says. to understand the reasoning behind the Bene t Plan audit practice at BDO, a Kelsey Sheehy is a writer at NerdWallet. bene ts. Employees want bene ts that “no.” meet their needs, not the needs of business accounting and advisory rm. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: “Is it a ‘no’ because of budget? Because “Simple changes like ensuring plan @kelseylsheehy. previous generations. no one has raised it before and they don’t Bene ts that re ect the times include believe it’s a need? Or are they planning tuition stipends, student loan repayment to allocate money to areas that would also assistance, remote work, mental health be bene cial?” Illiano says. “ at would resources and other wellness bene ts. dictate your next move.” Any o erings also need to be viewed If your employer doesn’t believe it’s a through the lens of diversity, equity and widespread need, survey your colleagues inclusion, Illiano says. or circulate a petition to bring to your “Millennials more than any other human resources department. If money generation in the workforce, they expect it,” has been allocated elsewhere, nd out she says. “If you’re designing a medical/leave when your company revisits bene ts each program that’s inclusive, ask yourself: Is your year and make a plan to restate your case. paternity leave as long as your maternity leave? If not, why? Are you o ering leave Get a seat at the table to just birth parents? What about domestic Does your company have a committee partners? Adoptive parents?” or resource group that advises the bene ts If you need more from your employer’s team? If so, ask for a seat at the table. If bene ts, you can and should ask for it. Just not, suggest creating one and o er to be strategic in how you make the case. recruit a diverse group of employees to participate. Go in with data You’ll show you’re interested in Asking for a new perk? Bring numbers improving the company’s overall bene ts to back up your request. program, rather than securing a one-o If you’re advocating for paid time o to perk for yourself. You’ll also gain insight volunteer, for example, build the case by into how bene t decisions are made at the noting that 26% of companies o er this company. bene t, according to a 2019 report by the Society for Human Resource Management. Employers: Listen (Even better, nd out if any competitors Employers who are ahead of the o er the bene t you’re seeking.) curve with bene ts may have an edge in Want your company to consider recruiting and retaining employees. student loan repayment stipends? Point “People’s relationship to work has out that 34% of employees said they changed. at’s going to create a would be more likely to stay at their job competition for talent that is truly if their employer o ered student loan unique,” Illiano says, adding that assistance, according to a May 2020 employers need to “make sure they’re survey by Gift of College, a crowdfunding o ering dynamic, competitive bene ts platform. that appeal to a more modern workforce.” If you don’t have compelling data But don’t wait for your employees to back you up, bring it back to your to come to you. Be proactive and seek feedback from employee resource groups JUNE 18-24, 2021 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville Page 9
Vanderbilt Athletics Hawkins Field was a ghost town this time last year during a season lost to COVID-19. All seems right now with a full house witnessing Vanderbilt’s Super Regional sweep of East Carolina. WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP BACK TO OMAHA FOR VANDERBILT By Tom wood 721 days Commodores Vandy certainly made the most of maha bound! ose inch-high Vanderbilt’s CWS previous trips to Omaha, but the 2021 words – inscribed on front of the go from ‘will fi nishes journey stands apart from the others. It black-and-white baseball caps ■ 2011: Third has been a remarkable two-year journey that Vanderbilt players donned O ■ 2014: Champion for the Commodores to get back to we ever get minutes after winning the NCAA Super the mecca of college baseball, one that Regional – tell only part of the story of the ■ 2015: Runner-up included signi cant injuries, numerous back to a Commodores’ odyssey-like quest to reach ■ 2019 Champion roster changes over two seasons, a the June 19-30 College World Series in ■ 2021 ? challenging schedule and, oh yeah, the Nebraska. regular life cancellation of the 2020 season due to the ere wasn’t room for more words COVID-19 global pandemic. on those VandyBoys caps (resilience, in 2014, nished runner-up in 2015 and again?’ to at meant no fans for the rst part of determination and consistency all come to earned third place in 2011. this season, then partial re-opening and mind). But one word de nitely belonged “When you come to Vanderbilt, there’s nally 100% capacity the last few weeks. defending their there – AGAIN! no surprise when you get to a stage like Sellout home crowds were back for the at 4-1 Super Regional victory over this,” says talented freshman center elder stretch run. championship East Carolina propelled the Commodores Enrique Brad eld Jr., the team’s second- “It’s an amazing feeling, and this is why to their fth CWS trip and a second leading hitter with a .356 average. “We’ve you come to Vanderbilt, for moments consecutive for the defending national been there before with teams (in the) past. like this,” says sophomore right-handed champions, who defeated Michigan We know how hard it is, and we know pitcher Jack Leiter (10-3, 2.16 ERA). 8-2 in the nale of 2019’s best-of-2019 everything that we’ve gone through as a “And, honestly, the season would have championship series. team. But this is normal for us. is is Vanderbilt won its rst national title what we’re here to do.” VANDY BOYS >> PAGE 11 Page 10 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville JUNE 18-24, 2021
Tennessee Athletics UT fans, hungry for a winner, have been quick to embrace the team’s successes, as evidenced by packed houses for the Regional and Super Regional.
>> VOLS From page 2 lot of people watch the way he coaches and the way he recruits and I think they in the nation in home runs with 98 after College World Series Quick Hits want to play for that guy.” Sunday’s game, recording 39 homers since Tennessee plays with an unmistakable April 1. con dence and swagger. e Vols are not Vol starter Blade Tidwell earned his 10th Double feature afraid to ru e some feathers and celebrate win of the season, becoming Tennessee’s This is only the seventh time that one state has had two teams or more in the big moments in games. second pitcher to reach double-digit wins College World Series: “I think times have changed. I think this season. Chad Dallas has 11. ■ 2021: Vanderbilt, Tennessee we have kind of brought our big brothers It marks the third time in program ■ 2016: TCU, Texas Tech along to the playground to take control history, and rst time since 2005, that ■ 2014: TCU, Texas, Texas Tech (Vandy champ) and to help us out in the ght,” Russell the Vols have had two pitchers win 10 or ■ 2008: Florida State, Miami says. “I think it’s time for Tennessee to more game. step up to the ght and I don’t think ■ 2005: Baylor, Texas ‘The dude wants to win’ anybody, including our fan base, are ■ 1997: Alabama, Auburn Vitello was hired to take over at UT afraid to be the villains. ■ 1988: California, Stanford in 2017. At the time, the former SEC “I think that is what makes this place assistant said he heard the Tennessee Back-to-back champs special, starting with our coaching sta program “has been great, possibly can be and our players. We enjoy getting in a great and really should be great.” Vanderbilt hopes to become the seventh school to win consecutive CWS crowns. ght and we enjoy getting in close games Vitello’s rst priorities upon arrival were ■ South Carolina (2010-2011) and we enjoy the competition.” cultivating relationships and establishing ■ Oregon State (2006-2007) Tennessee senior pitcher Sean Hunley a culture. ■ LSU (1996-1997) made 14 starts as a true freshman in “Self-belief was a big thing when we got ■ Stanford (1987-1988) Vitello’s rst season. He’s witnessed the steps taken to build the program from here that kind of needed to be transitioned, ■ Southern Cal (1970-1974) … ve! near the bottom of the standings into and we now have a lot of guys that believe ■ Texas (1949-1950) in themselves. And the proof’s kind of in SEC East champions. the pudding,” Vitello adds. “... the bottom “We were average my rst year. I’ve said line is the league prepares you, and if you it before, it’s a testament to our coaches with refreshingly candid passion. After you talk about pure emotion, that dude can hold your own in our league, there’s no the culture that they’ve brought, and the Tennessee clinched the regional win at has got it,” Tennessee senior out elder reason you shouldn’t believe in yourself or ght that we bring each and every day to the home, Vitello jumped into the stands to Russell says. your team, and I think that’s the spot we’re eld,” Hunley says. “Going from last year, I celebrate with the fans. “ at dude wants to win and he wants in right now.” kind of expected to be in this situation this “Seeing a guy like that have such an to win here, and I think that it is exciting e Vols have taken on the persona year, with how much we progressed. And impact on his team and the community, to see a college coach do things that not of their energetic young coach, who we’re excited to get this thing rolling.” it is pretty awesome. Because that dude, many other college coaches do. I think a leads with competitive feistiness and VOLS >> PAGE 11 JUNE 18-24, 2021 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville Page 11
>> VANDY BOYS From page 9 and in supporting these kids. It means so much to these kids and it means so much just felt incomplete if we didn’t make it to our sta .” this far. So I’m just happy for the team and I can’t wait to celebrate with them.” Excitement, sellout crowds A span of 103 weeks – that’s 721 days Allowing fans back into the stadium – will have passed since the Commodores’ was like ipping a light switch. e surge last game in Omaha. For Coach Tim of an electri ed fan base was felt by the Corbin (798–374–1 in 19 years at players, says junior rst baseman Dominic Vanderbilt, 904-512-1 overall), it was a Keegan. soul-searching odyssey that he never again “De nitely, we haven’t really had a lot wants to experience. of fans here. roughout the year, it’s “It feels like you got your life back,” just kind of been family and friends,” Corbin says of Vandy’s navigating their says Keegan, who leads the Commodores way through the waters of the treacherous with a .356 batting average and second in pandemic. “I’m not trying to be too home runs, sandwiched between Carter dramatic about it, but I just remember Noland’s 15 blasts and Isaiah omas’s exactly where I was at this point last year 13 dingers. – sitting here thinking about just an open “But these past couple of weekends, eld, I’m the only one in the damn o ce with full capacity of all the fans here, it’s and, yeah, I’m thinking, ‘will we ever get been awesome. It really gives us a little back to a regular life again?’ It was just extra boost and it makes the game more incredible.” entertaining. Having not been in that Following the Super Regional, Corbin environment, it just makes it more fun expounded on how a season without for everybody involved. So it’s been really college baseball felt like a gut punch. Hard special and we really appreciate it.” decisions that had to be made weren’t his When the Vandy home season began to make. Feb. 22, only 178 people saw the “Somber, very somber. It was tough, it Commodores take a pair from Wright was really tough,” Corbin says when asked State. By mid-April, the turnstile count to describe his feelings during that period. was up to 527 and 637 for SEC games “I just didn’t know if we were going against South Carolina and Georgia, to get back to normal again. I mean respectively. everyone’s going through a di cult time, A three-game series against Mississippi but I was sitting in that o ce by myself State in late April drew 1,300-plus fans, and I was hoping that the kids would get each game followed by a pair of half- back to school. I gured if we got back to Vanderbilt Athletics capacity games of 1,500-plus fans. e Jack Leiter carries a 10-3 record and a 2.16 ERA into the College World Series, his last road trip school we have a chance to do something. nal SEC home series in late May against with the Commodores. The sophomore is expected to be a first-round pick in July’s MLB draft. But as I told them, it wasn’t given.” Kentucky was the rst deemed sellouts With no opportunity to play ball, the guys were removed from the training get our classroom back together again. with crowds near or topping 3,000. student-athletes went back to their homes. environment because of being in close And then, because I knew we were playing e three Regional games were in the Several tested positive for the virus, some contact. ere’s a level of frustration that’s well, I felt like if the NCAA would grant 3,200 range, and the nal Super Regional after they returned to campus. But as he associated with it. ey go home … a just 100% capacity, then I felt like it drew a season-high 3,573 cheering their always does, Corbin gritted his teeth, dealt bunch of them got the virus. It was a real would give us a good chance to gain some VandyBoys on to Omaha. with each situation that came along and thing,” Corbin recalls. momentum once we started playing at Sophomore catcher CJ Rodriguez says kept his team focused on the big picture. “And the fact that we could withstand home, because we did. the super-charged home atmosphere helped “Even though we were operating in the that and then gain some momentum and “I’m just so appreciative of the fans the Commodores down the stretch. just kind of put some things together – showing up and being present for this fall, there were several times that these VANDY BOYS >> PAGE 12
>> VOLS From page 10 Sleeping giant VU, UT rematch? e program’s steady ascent has Looking for a Vanderbilt-Tennes- caught the attention of other athletic see rematch in the College World departments. Vitello has become a Series? If it comes, it would be for the championship. Both teams sought-after candidate for job openings would have to win their brackets for this season. Tennessee may end up in a that to happen. bidding war to keep Vitello in place, with Vanderbilt is in Bracket 1 with a new contract and facility upgrades as Arizona, Stanford and North Carolina obvious pieces of the pitch. State. The Vols are in Bracket 2 “We started conversations, I did, with with Virginia, Texas and Mississippi Tony several months ago,” says new State. Tennessee athletic director Danny White. Play begins Saturday in Omaha. “He knows that we value what he’s done Vanderbilt (45-15) opens with Arizo- here. As we do in every sport, we want to na (45-16) at 6 p.m. (ESPN), while build a nationally elite baseball program. I Tennessee (50-16) plays Virginia (34-24) at 1 p.m. Sunday (ESPN2). think what we’re doing this season exceeds where we’ve been as a program, we all know that.” block party outside the stadium for fans to ose within the Tennessee program watch the games on big screens. knew it was a sleeping giant. e Vols just After a 16-year absence in the College needed to give fans a reason to jump back World Series, it would be no surprise to on the bandwagon. ey’ve done it with see Vols fans ock to Omaha in droves their success and they’ve done it with their and ll the stands with orange. style. For as far as the program has come, the e Super Regional series against LSU players aren’t taking the trip for granted. sold out within minutes of available “It’s never been just about getting to tickets going on sale. e demand was so Omaha,” Rucker says. “We’ve still got Tennessee Athletics great that administrators decided to hold a work to do.” The Vols open play in the College World Series at 2 p.m. Sunday against Virginia. Page 12 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville JUNE 18-24, 2021
Vanderbilt Athletics Kumar Rocker and Leiter gave up a combined five hits and one run in the two Super Regional games against East Carolina last weekend.
>> VANDY BOYS From page 11 by doing that. But I thought they did a you have to have some guys that have still here.” great job of resetting. We reset as a team gone there before in order to go there Super-soph Leiter echoes that “Beginning of the year, there was barely and then we just attacked the Regional. again. I really credit some of our older sentiment. anybody in the stands, and it felt like a e Regional helped us in (the Super kids who have been there and probably “Again, that’s why you come to like a bad high school game or something. Regional) because it was a tough regional. created those types of centering points for Vanderbilt. And you have to get through We tried to create our own energy when Yeah, I think one situation has helped the the kids in order to move to this stage. a really di cult season in the SEC. And we didn’t have any fans,” Rodriguez says. other, Kentucky helped the Regional, the “I’m just happy for the team. We’re a then really good teams in the Regional “But now that these last few weeks Regional helped the Super Regional. completely di erent team, so just to be and Super Regional,” he adds. “So it’s have been sellout crowds and … it’s been “And then you hope that within our able to gain some experience throughout de nitely not easy to do and we’re not awesome because we feed o the crowd experiences, they help us in Omaha. And the year, play a tough SEC schedule, play going to take that for granted. But I’m energy and we try to give them as much the guys need to enjoy themselves right now well on the road. really just happy for all of us, for the energy as we can so they can get it back to at a mature level and enjoy what they’ve “To go through a tough Regional and team.” us. And we’ve just got to feed o that to done, and then we’ll get back together then another Super Regional … I mean, Powerful pitching leads keep going. So it’s been a lot of fun.” tomorrow and kind of reset ourselves again this road was not easy by any stretch. We Corbin says those sellout crowds helped and get ready for the next big one.” had a lot of kids who were on the eld Much of the credit for Vandy’s success his team regain their focus for the Road to goes to their dynamite pitching sta led Youth on Vandy’s side for the rst time. You had some kids that Omaha after being eliminated early in the were with the 2019 team - but never on by junior right-hander Kumar Rocker SEC tourney in Hoover, Alabama. at maturity of which Corbin speaks the eld. So to do it with this group is (13-3, 2.46 ERA), along with Leiter. Both “Would it be great to win the SEC is in short supply this season, at least age- special.” are expected to be among the top picks for tournament? Of course. It’s great. But the and experience-wise. e young players understand that this July’s MLB Draft. reality is that it doesn’t mean anything. e 2021 edition of the Commodores season is a little di erent from the others. Rocker, the 2019 national Freshman It doesn’t,” Corbin points out. “You are the youngest team in the Southeastern “ is journey’s been special for of the Year and CWS Most Outstanding have to reset immediately after the season Conference and almost certainly among everybody in the organization – players, Player, sparkled in his Super Regional and after the (SEC) tournament because the youngest in the nation with only eight sta and everybody associated with us – start, a 2-0 victory against East Carolina. you know that the level of baseball that juniors and three seniors on the talented because we face so much adversity as a Rocker scattered three hits and recorded you’ve played during the course of the roster. team,” freshman Brad eld says. 11 strikeouts in that victory, which was year is going to set yourself up for an “(I’m) so happy, just so happy for “One thing remains the same, is that almost certainly his nal game at Hawkins opportunity to play deep (in the CWS) if the kids. Just happy that they get this we’ve been able to lean on each other Field. you play well. opportunity because it’s so di cult to and we always nd our way back to each An athlete who quietly and carefully “And the guys know that. e guys do,” Corbin says. other. And that has helped us get through answers press conference questions, knew that they were playing tough baseball “We’ve gotten there, and even (wife) the rough patches, the injuries, whatever Rocker opened up at little in the Super all year and they gained some con dence Maggie said, ‘ is is tough to do.’ But it may be. And we’re still standing. We’re VANDY BOYS >> PAGE 19 JUNE 18-24, 2021 Page 13 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville
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AUGUST 15, 1994, BEARING DRAWING NO. Legal Description: SITUATE in District No. 6 of June 4, 11, 18, 2021 Fqk18537 other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be 94-1062. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT Blount County, and being all of Lot No. 8R of the accepted. Amounts received in excess of the Foreclosure Notices TO BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT OF Replat of Lots 8, 9, and 10 of the GLEN-ABBEY SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE winning bid will be refunded to the successful Anderson County RECORD IN DEED BOOK A-19, PAGE 278 SUBDIVISION, as shown by plat of record in Sale at public auction will be on July 8, purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed AND TO PERMISSIVE USE AGREEMENT OF Small Plat Book 7, Page 52, in the Register`s 2021 at 10:00AM local time, at the main door, is delivered. RECORD IN DEED BOOK A-19, PAGE 281, Office for Blount County, Tennessee, to which Blount County Courthouse, 345 Court Street, This property is being sold with the NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE BOTH IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE FOR plat specific reference is hereby made for a Maryville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust express reservation that the sale is subject WHEREAS, default has occurred in the ANDERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, more particular description thereof. executed by Robert Gurley, to Independence to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This performance of the covenants, terms, and ALSO KNOWN AS: 794 Sulphur Springs, Street Address: The street address of the Title & Escrow Services, Inc., Trustee, as sale may be rescinded only by the Substitute conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated May Clinton, TN 37716 property is believed to be 1210 Heathrow Drive, trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Trustee at any time. If the Substitute Trustee 25, 2019, and the Deed of Trust of even date This sale is subject to all matters shown Maryville, TN 37801, but such address is not Systems, Inc. as nominee for People’s Home rescinds the sale, the purchaser shall only securing the same, recorded June 4, 2019, in on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid part of the legal description of the property. In Equity, Inc., d/b/a United Capital Lending on be entitled to a return of any money paid Book No. 1702, at Page 292, in Office of the taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, the event of any discrepancy, the legal descrip- September 12, 2016 at Record Book 2461, towards the purchase price and shall have no Register of Deeds for Anderson County, Ten- or setback lines that may be applicable; any tion herein shall control. Page 1201; conducted by LOGS Legal Group other recourse. Once the purchaser tenders nessee, executed by Gwenda D Bumgardner, statutory rights of redemption of any govern- Map/Parcel Number: 066E B 008.00 LLP, having been appointed Substitute or the purchase price, the Substitute Trustee conveying certain property therein described mental agency, state or federal; any prior liens Current owner(s) of Record: Michael S. Strick- Successor Trustee, all of record in the Blount may deem the sale final in which case the to Solidifi Title & Closing, LLC as Trustee for or encumbrances as well as any priority created land and wife, Melissa K. Strickland County Register’s Office. Default has occurred purchaser shall have no remedy. The real Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac- This sale is subject to all matters shown on in the performance of the covenants, terms, property will be sold AS IS, WHERE IS, with as beneficiary, as nominee for First Guaranty curate survey of the premises might disclose. any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; any un- and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the no warranties or representations of any kind, Mortgage Corporation dba goodmortgage.com, In addition, the following parties may claim an paid taxes and assessments; any restrictive entire indebtedness has been declared due express or implied, including without limitation, its successors and assigns; and the under- interest in the above- referenced property: covenants, easements or setback lines that and payable. warranties regarding condition of the property signed, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having GWENDA D BUMGARDNER may be applicable; rights of redemption, equity, Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Finance or marketability of title. been appointed Successor Trustee by Nation- BUMGARDNER FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING statutory or otherwise, not otherwise waived in of America Reverse LLC, its successors and This office may be a debt collector. This star Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper. TRUST, DATED JANUARY 20, 2003 the Deed of Trust, including rights of redemption assigns. may be an attempt to collect a debt and any NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given The sale held pursuant to this Notice may of any government agency, state or federal; The real estate located in Blount County, information obtained may be used for that that the entire indebtedness has been declared be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option and any and all prior deeds of trust, liens, Tennessee,and described in the said Deed purpose. due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn dues, assessments, encumbrances, defects, of Trust will be sold to the highest call bidder. LOGS Legal Group LLP Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by the day of the sale to another day, time, and adverse claims and other matters that may The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be Substitute Trustee virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested place certain without further publication, upon take priority over the Deed of Trust upon which modified by other instruments appearing in the 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, announcement at the time and place for the this foreclosure sale is conducted or are not public record. Additional identifying information Charlotte, NC 28216 by Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, sale set forth above. In the event of inclem- extinguished by this Foreclosure Sale. regarding the collateral property is below and is Phone (704) 333-8107 will, on July 12, 2021 on or about 10:00 AM, ent weather, the trustee hereby announces FURTHERMORE, THIS SALE SHALL SPE- believed to be accurate, but no representation Fax (704) 333-8156 at the Anderson County Courthouse, Clinton, that the sale will be postponed for a period of CIFICALLY BE SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF or warrant is intended. File No. 21-121331 Tennessee, offer for sale certain property two weeks. In such situations, notices will be REDEMPTION BY THE UNITED STATES OF Street Address: 6611 Four Mile Rd, Maryville, June 4, 11, 18, 2021 Fqk18539 hereinafter described to the highest bidder mailed to interested parties of record. W&A AMERICA, PURSUANT TO 26 U.S.C. 7425(d) Tennessee 37803 FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of No. 348391 (1) BY REASON OF THE FOLLOWING TAX Parcel Number: 135 024.00 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other DATED June 3, 2021 LIEN(S) OF RECORD IN Record Book 2325, Current Owner(s) of Property: Robert Sale at public auction will be on July 26, lending entity pre-approved by the successor WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Page 1324, Record Book 2382, Page 2398, Gurley 2021 at 10:00AM local time, at the main trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, Successor Trustee OF THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF BLOUNT This sale is subject to, without limitation, all door, Blount County Courthouse, 345 Court which are expressly waived in the Deed of June 11, 18, 25, 2021 Fqk18541 COUNTY, TENNESSEE. NOTICE OF THE SALE matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; Street, Maryville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed Trust, said property being real estate situated in HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE UNITED STATES any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, of Trust executed by Bonnie L Sherwood, to Anderson County, Tennessee, and being more OF AMERICA IN ACCORDANCE WITH 26 easements, or setback lines that may be ap- Independence Title & Escrow Services, Inc., particularly described as follows: U.S.C. 7425(b). plicable; any statutory right of redemption of Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS Foreclosure Notices THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WITHOUT ANY REPRE- any governmental agency, state or federal; any Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ANDERSON, Blount County SENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR prior liens or encumbrances including those People’s Home Equity, Inc. d/b/a United CITY OF CLINTON, STATE OF TENNESSEE, IMPLIED, RELATING TO TITLE, MARKETABILITY created by a fixture filing or any applicable ho- Capital Lending on June 26, 2017 at Record AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: SITU- OF TITLE, POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR meowners’ association dues or assessments; Book 2488, Page 2553, Instrument No. ATED IN DISTRICT NO. ONE (1) OF ANDER- SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE THE LIKE AND FITNESS FOR A GENERAL OR all claims or other matters, whether of record 798179; conducted by LOGS Legal Group SON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, WITHOUT THE Sale at public auction will be on July 14, 2021, PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. The title is or not, which may encumber the purchaser’s LLP, having been appointed Substitute or CORPORATE LIMITS OF ANY MUNICIPAL- at or about 10:00 AM, local time, at the main believed to be good, but the undersigned will title and any matter that an accurate survey Successor Trustee, all of record in the Blount ITY, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY entrance of the Blount County Courthouse, 345 sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. of the premises might disclose. County Register’s Office. Default has occurred BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Court Street, Maryville, TN 37804, pursuant The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to The following parties may claim an interest in the performance of the covenants, terms, BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN LOCATED IN to the Deed of Trust executed by Melissa K another time certain or to another day, time, in the above-referenced property to be affected and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SULPHUR Strickland and Michael S Strickland, wife and and place certain, without further publication by the foreclosure: any judgment creditor or entire indebtedness has been declared due SPRINGS ROAD AND BEING LOCATED 0.4 husband, to Charles E. Tonkin, II, as Trustee upon announcement on the day, time, and lien holder with an interest subordinate to and payable. MILES, MORE OR LESS, IN A NORTHWEST- for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, place of sale set forth above or any subsequent the said Deed of Trust or any party claiming Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Finance ERLY DIRECTION FROM CUMBERLAND Inc., as nominee for Mortgage Investors Group adjourned day, time, and place of sale. by, through, or under any of the foregoing. of America Reverse LLC, its successors and VIEW ROAD; THENCE WITH SULPHUR dated May 28, 2003, and recorded in Record If you purchase a property at the foreclosure Such parties known to the Substitute Trustee assigns. SPRINGS ROAD, NORTH 37 DEGREES Book 1223, Page 299, in the Register’s Office sale, the entire purchase price is due and may include: Secretary of Housing and Urban The real estate located in Blount County, 23 MIN. 38 SEC. WEST, 20.50 FEET TO for Blount County, Tennessee (“Deed of Trust”), payable at the conclusion of the auction in the Development. Tennessee,and described in the said Deed of AN IRON PIN, CORNER TO PROPERTY OF conducted by Padgett Law Group, having been form of a certified check made payable to or Terms of Sale will be public auction, for Trust will be sold to the highest call bidder. STEWART; THENCE WITH THE SOUTHEAST- appointed Substitute Trustee, all of record in endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be ERN LINE OF PROPERTY OF STEWART AND the Blount County Register’s Office. Default checks will be accepted. To this end, you must redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed modified by other instruments appearing in the COMBS, NORTH 52 DEGREES 36 MIN. 22 in the performance of the covenants, terms, bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and or inapplicable, and the rights of Robert public record. Additional identifying information SEC. EAST, 297.97 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; and conditions of said Deed of Trust has been any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be Gurley, and those claiming through him/her/ regarding the collateral property is below and THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 55 MIN. 29 made; and the entire indebtedness has been accepted. Amounts received in excess of the it/them. is believed to be accurate, but no representa- SEC. WEST, 133.58 FEET TO AN IRON PIN declared due and payable. winning bid will be refunded to the successful Any right of equity of redemption, statutory tion or warrant is intended. LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF Party entitled to enforce the debt: LoanCare, purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed and otherwise, and homestead are waived in Street Address: 410 Bluff Mountain Dr, PROPERTY OF WILLIS; THENCE WITH WIL- LLC is delivered. accord with the terms of said Deed of Trust, Walland, Tennessee 37886 LIS LINE, NORTH 52 DEGREES 00 MIN. 36 Other interested parties: Y-12 Federal Credit This property is being sold with the express and the title is believed to be good, but the Parcel Number: 030I A 017.00 SEC. EAST, 283.97 FEET TO AN IRON PIN, Union, Commercial Bank, Inc., Midland Fund- reservation that the sale is subject to con- undersigned will sell and convey only as Sub- Current Owner(s) of Property: The Heirs of CORNER TO PROPERTY OF CARDWELL; ing LLC as successor in interest to Credit One firmation by the lender or trustee. This sale stitute Trustee. Bonnie L. Sherwood THENCE WITH CARDWELL LINE, SOUTH 34 Bank, N.A., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee The right is reserved to adjourn the day This sale is subject to, without limita- DEGREES 48 MIN. 56 SEC. EAST, 146.08 - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GLEN ABBEY at any time. of the sale to another day, time, and place tion, all matters shown on any applicable FEET TO AN IRON PIN LOCATED IN THE SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, certain without further publication, upon an- recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restric- NORTHWESTERN LINE OF PROPERTY OF CACH, LLC, FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE nouncement at the time and place for the sale tive covenants, easements, or setback lines ANDREWS; THENCE WITH ANDREWS LINE MIDLAND FUNDING LLC AS SUCCESSOR IN USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. set forth above. If you purchase a property that may be applicable; any statutory right of THE FOLLOWING TWO CALLS: SOUTH 51 INTEREST TO CREDIT ONE BANK, NA, COM- Padgett Law Group, Substitute Trustee at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase redemption of any governmental agency, state DEGREES 56 MIN. 00 SEC. WEST, 228.88 MERCIAL BANK, INC., Y-12 FEDERAL CREDIT 6267 Old Water Oak Road, Suite 203 price is due and payable at the conclusion or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE SOUTH 52 UNION Tallahassee, FL 32312 of the auction in the form of a certified/ including those created by a fixture filing or DEGREES 36 MIN. 22 SEC. WEST, 305.64 The hereinafter described real property located (850) 422-2520 (telephone) bank check made payable to or endorsed to any applicable homeowners’ association FEET TO AN IRON PIN, THE POINT OF BE- in Blount County will be sold to the highest call (850) 422-2567 (facsimile) LOGS Legal Group LLP. No personal checks dues or assessments; all claims or other GINNING, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY OF bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens [email protected] will be accepted. To this end, you must bring HOWARD T. DAWSON, SURVEYOR, DATED and encumbrances of record: PLG# 18-006320-5 sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any Continued on Page 14
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Page 14 Public Notices JUNE 18-24, 2021 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville Foreclosure Notices This property is being sold with the express in the Register’s Office of Blount County, ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL ACCORDING TO or not, which may encumber the purchaser’s Continued from Page 13 reservation that the sale is subject to confirma- Tennessee. THE SURVEY OF HOWARD T. DAWSON, RLS title and any matter that an accurate survey tion by the lender or trustee. This sale may be NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that NO. 1301, SAID SURVEYOR`S PRINCIPAL of the premises might disclose. matters, whether of record or not, which may rescinded only by the Substitute Trustee at any the entire indebtedness has been declared due BUSINESS ADDRESS BEING 124 MARYVILLE The following parties may claim an interest encumber the purchaser’s title and any mat- time. If the Substitute Trustee rescinds the and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin PIKE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37920, DATED 5-16-95 in the above-referenced property to be affected ter that an accurate survey of the premises sale, the purchaser shall only be entitled to a Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his AND BEARING DRAWING NO. 950755; SAID by the foreclosure: any judgment creditor or might disclose. return of any money paid towards the purchase duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, PREMISES IMPROVED WITH A DWELLING. lien holder with an interest subordinate to the The following parties may claim an interest price and shall have no other recourse. Once duty and authority vested and imposed upon THIS CONVEYANCE IS SUBJECT TO ANY AND said Deed of Trust or any party claiming by, in the above-referenced property to be affected the purchaser tenders the purchase price, the said Substitute Trustee will, on July 22, 2021 ALL RESTRICTIONS, EASEMENTS, SETBACK through, or under any of the foregoing. Such by the foreclosure: any judgment creditor or Substitute Trustee may deem the sale final in at 1:00 PM at the Main Entrance Steps of the LINES, CONDITIONS, PLAT OF RECORD, AND parties known to the Substitute Trustee may lien holder with an interest subordinate to which case the purchaser shall have no remedy. Blount County Courthouse, Maryville, Tennes- ENCUMBRANCES OF RECORD IN SMALL PLAT include: AmSouth Bank. the said Deed of Trust or any party claiming The real property will be sold AS IS, WHERE see, proceed to sell at public outcry to the high- BOOK 3, PAGE 292, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE Terms of Sale will be public auction, for by, through, or under any of the foregoing. IS, with no warranties or representations of est and best bidder for cash or certified funds FOR THE AFORESAID COUNTY. cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, Such parties known to the Substitute Trustee any kind, express or implied, including without ONLY, the following described property situated Parcel ID: 18K-B-022.00 redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed may include: Secretary of Housing and Urban limitation, warranties regarding condition of the in Blount County, Tennessee, to wit: PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of or inapplicable, and the rights of Lisa M. Smith Development; All parties claiming by, through, property or marketability of title. SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE ELEVENTH the property is believed to be 129 Self Hollow and Michael A. Smith, and those claiming or under Bonnie Sherwood. This office may be a debt collector. This (11TH) CIVIL DISTRICT OF BLOUNT COUNTY, Rd, Rockford, TN 37853. In the event of any through him/her/it/them. Terms of Sale will be public auction, for may be an attempt to collect a debt and any TENNESSEE, AND BEING ALL OF AN ESTIMATED discrepancy between this street address and Any right of equity of redemption, statutory cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, information obtained may be used for that 0.38 ACRE PARCEL, MORE OR LESS, FRONTING the legal description of the property, the legal and otherwise, and homestead are waived in redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed purpose. ON SELF HOLLOW ROAD, AS DESCRIBED IN A description shall control. accord with the terms of said Deed of Trust, or inapplicable, and the rights of Bonnie L LOGS Legal Group LLP PRIOR DEED OF RECORD IN WARRANTY DEED CURRENT OWNER(S): ESTATE AND/OR HEIRS- and the title is believed to be good, but the Sherwood, and those claiming through him/ Substitute Trustee BOOK 611, PAGE 213, IN THE REGISTER`S AT-LAW OF DAVID C FRAZE SR undersigned will sell and convey only as Sub- her/it/them. 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 OFFICE FOR BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE, OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: stitute Trustee. Any right of equity of redemption, statutory Charlotte, NC 28216 FROM WHICH PRIOR DEED THE FOLLOWING The sale of the above-described property shall The right is reserved to adjourn the day and otherwise, and homestead are waived in Phone (704) 333-8107 DESCRIPTION IS TAKEN: BEGINNING AT AN be subject to all matters shown on any recorded of the sale to another day, time, and place accord with the terms of said Deed of Trust, Fax (704) 333-8156 IRON PIN IN THE NORTHWESTERN RIGHT OF plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- certain without further publication, upon an- and the title is believed to be good, but the File No. 21-121252 WAY LINE OF SELF HOLLOW ROAD, SAID PIN enants, easements or set-back lines that may nouncement at the time and place for the sale undersigned will sell and convey only as Sub- June 11, 18, 25, 2021 Fqk18549 BEING 639 FEET, MORE OR LESS, NORTHEAST be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances set forth above. If you purchase a property stitute Trustee. OF THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF SELF HOL- as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase The right is reserved to adjourn the day NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE LOW ROAD WITH HIGHWAY NO. 33; THENCE, and to any matter that an accurate survey of price is due and payable at the conclusion of the sale to another day, time, and place WHEREAS, default has occurred in the perfor- CONTINUING ALONG THE DIVISIONAL LINE the premises might disclose. This property is of the auction in the form of a certified/ certain without further publication, upon an- mance of the covenants, terms and conditions WITH LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OWNED BY RE- being sold with the express reservation that bank check made payable to or endorsed to nouncement at the time and place for the sale of a Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2017, NEAU, NORTH 39 DEG. 23 MIN. 02 SEC WEST, it is subject to confirmation by the lender or LOGS Legal Group LLP. No personal checks set forth above. If you purchase a property executed by DAVID C FRAZE, SR., conveying 165.88 FEET TO A PIPE; THENCE, CONTINUING Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded will be accepted. To this end, you must bring at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase certain real property therein described to ALONG THE DIVISIONAL LINE WITH LAND NOW at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any price is due and payable at the conclusion BROADWAY TITLE, INC., as Trustee, as same OR FORMERLY OWNED BY WILSON, NORTH 50 the day of the sale to another day, time, and other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be of the auction in the form of a certified/ appears of record in the Register’s Office of DEG. 10 MIN. 09 SEC. EAST, 99.20 FEET TO A place certain without further publication, upon accepted. Amounts received in excess of the bank check made payable to or endorsed to Blount County, Tennessee recorded February 2, PIPE; THENCE, CONTINUING ALONG THE DIVI- announcement at the time and place for the winning bid will be refunded to the successful LOGS Legal Group LLP. No personal checks 2017, in Deed Book 2474, Page 396 ; and SIONAL LINE WITH LAND NOW OR FORMERLY sale set forth above. All right and equity of re- purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed will be accepted. To this end, you must bring WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed OWNED BY BISHOP, SOUTH 39 DEG. 52 MIN. demption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, is delivered. sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any of Trust was last transferred and assigned to 22 SEC. EAST, 166.58 FEET TO A PIPE IN THE and dower are expressly waived in said Deed This property is being sold with the express other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be PennyMac Loan Services, LLC who is now the NORTHWESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SELF of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, reservation that the sale is subject to confirma- accepted. Amounts received in excess of the owner of said debt; and HOLLOW ROAD; THENCE, CONTINUING ALONG but the undersigned will sell and convey only tion by the lender or trustee. This sale may be winning bid will be refunded to the successful WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, SOUTH 50 DEG. 34 as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold rescinded only by the Substitute Trustee at any purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute MIN. 12 SEC. WEST, 100.62 FEET TO THE as is, where is, without representations or time. If the Substitute Trustee rescinds the is delivered. Trustee by instrument to be filed for record POINT OF BEGINNING, AND CONTAINING 0.38 warranties of any kind, including fitness for a sale, the purchaser shall only be entitled to a particular use or purpose. return of any money paid towards the purchase THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT price and shall have no other recourse. Once A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL the purchaser tenders the purchase price, the BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Substitute Trustee may deem the sale final in Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee which case the purchaser shall have no remedy. 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 The real property will be sold AS IS, WHERE Memphis, TN 38103 IS, with no warranties or representations of rlselaw.com/property-listing any kind, express or implied, including without Tel: (877) 813-0992 limitation, warranties regarding condition of the Fax: (470) 508-9401 property or marketability of title. June 18, 25, July 2, 2021 Fqk18548 This office may be a debt collector. This may be an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose. TEXTING Foreclosure Notices LOGS Legal Group LLP Cumberland County Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Phone (704) 333-8107 Sale at public auction will be on July 9, Fax (704) 333-8156 2021 at 12:00PM local time, at the front File No. 21-121122 door, Cumberland County Courthouse, 2 North June 11, 18, 25, 2021 Fqk18546 AND DRIVING Main Street, Crossville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Lisa M. Smith and Michael A. Smith, to FMLS, Inc., Trustee, as trustee for AmSouth Bank on April 16, 2004 Foreclosure Notices at Book 1168, Page 1883; conducted by Grainger County LOGS Legal Group LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record MAKES in the Cumberland County Register’s Office. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Default has occurred in the performance of WHEREAS, default has occurred in the the covenants, terms, and conditions of said performance of the covenants, terms, and Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated been declared due and payable. July 19, 2007, and the Deed of Trust of even Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Gulf date securing the same, recorded August 3, Harbour Investments Corporation, its succes- 2007, in Book No. IN289, at Page 117 and re- sors and assigns. recorded on May 7, 2021, in Book No. IN394, GOOD PEOPLE The real estate located in Cumberland at Page 80, in Office of the Register of Deeds County, Tennessee,and described in the said for Grainger County, Tennessee, executed by Deed of Trust will be sold to the highest call Matthew H Nicley and Angela Nicley, conveying bidder. The terms of the said Deed of Trust certain property therein described to J Michael may be modified by other instruments appear- Winchester as Trustee for First Tennessee Bank ing in the public record. Additional identifying National Association; and the undersigned, information regarding the collateral property is Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been below and is believed to be accurate, but no appointed Successor Trustee by Interstate LOOK BAD. representation or warrant is intended. Intrinsic Value Fund A, LLC. Street Address: 704 Old Hwy 28, Crossville, NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given Tennessee 38555 that the entire indebtedness has been declared Parcel Number: 151 051.00 and 151 due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & 052.00 Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by STOPTEXTSSTOPWRECKS.ORG Current Owner(s) of Property: Michael A. virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested Smith and Lisa M. Smith in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, This sale is subject to, without limitation, all by Interstate Intrinsic Value Fund A, LLC, will, matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; on July 1, 2021 on or about 11:00 AM, at any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, the Grainger County Courthouse, Rutledge, easements, or setback lines that may be ap- Tennessee, offer for sale certain property plicable; any statutory right of redemption of hereinafter described to the highest bidder any governmental agency, state or federal; any FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of prior liens or encumbrances including those the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other created by a fixture filing or any applicable ho- lending entity pre-approved by the successor meowners’ association dues or assessments; trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, all claims or other matters, whether of record which are expressly waived in the Deed of JUNE 18-24, 2021 Public Notices Page 15 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville
Trust, said property being real estate situated is not part of the legal description of the statutory rights of redemption of any govern- winning bid will be refunded to the successful setback lines. in Grainger County, Tennessee, and being more property sold herein and in the event of any mental agency, state or federal; any prior liens purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed Street Address: The street address of the particularly described as follows: discrepancy, the legal description referenced or encumbrances as well as any priority created is delivered. property is believed to be 1086 Hickory View Situated in District No. Six (6) of Grainger herein shall control. by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac- This property is being sold with the express Drive, Morristown, TN 37814, but such ad- County, Tennessee and being a parcel of SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN curate survey of the premises might disclose. reservation that the sale is subject to confirma- dress is not part of the legal description of the property on Highway 131, as described by POSSESSION. In addition, the following parties may claim an tion by the lender or trustee. This sale may be property. In the event of any discrepancy, the metes and bounds as follows: Beginning If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. interest in the above- referenced property: rescinded only by the Substitute Trustee at any legal description herein shall control. at an iron pin in the southern right of way 35-5-117 have been met. BRIAN H EVERHART time. If the Substitute Trustee rescinds the Map/Parcel Number: 040H A 061.00 boundary of Rt. 2, Box 256A, TN Highway Other Interested Parties: W.S. BADCOCK CORPORATION sale, the purchaser shall only be entitled to a Current owner(s) of Record: Pete Balzano 131, corner to property of Beeler; thence All right of equity of redemption, statutory The sale held pursuant to this Notice may return of any money paid towards the purchase This sale is subject to all matters shown on along said right of way boundary, North 65 and otherwise, and homestead are expressly be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option price and shall have no other recourse. Once any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; any deg. 45 min. 00 sec. East 185.05 feet to waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the purchaser tenders the purchase price, the unpaid taxes and assessments; any restric- an iron pin; thence S. 27 deg. 05 min. 02 believed to be good, but the undersigned will the day of the sale to another day, time, and Substitute Trustee may deem the sale final in tive covenants, easements or setback lines sec. E. 240.00 feet to an iron pin, corner sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. place certain without further publication, upon which case the purchaser shall have no remedy. that may be applicable; rights of redemption, to property of Simmons; thence along the The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to announcement at the time and place for the The real property will be sold AS IS, WHERE equity, statutory or otherwise, not otherwise eastern Boundary of Beeler, N. 27 deg. 05 another day, time and place certain without sale set forth above. In the event of inclem- IS, with no warranties or representations of waived in the Deed of Trust, including rights of min. 02 sec. W. 240.00 feet to the point of further publication, upon announcement of the ent weather, the trustee hereby announces any kind, express or implied, including without redemption of any government agency, state Beginning, and containing 1.0183 acres, as time and place for the sale set forth above. If that the sale will be postponed for a period of limitation, warranties regarding condition of the or federal; and any and all prior deeds of trust, shown by survey of William H. Shockley, RLS you purchase the property at the foreclosure two weeks. In such situations, notices will be property or marketability of title. liens, dues, assessments, encumbrances, #973 of 2125 Lawson Road, Morristown, sale, the entire purchase price is due and mailed to interested parties of record. W&A This office may be a debt collector. This defects, adverse claims and other matters that Tennessee, dated May 8, 1998. payable at the conclusion of the auction in No. 344891 may be an attempt to collect a debt and any may take priority over the Deed of Trust upon ALSO KNOWN AS: 9597 Highway 131, the form of certified bank check made payable DATED June 11, 2021 information obtained may be used for that which this foreclosure sale is conducted or Washburn, TN 37888 to Solomon Baggett, LLC Escrow Account. No WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., purpose. are not extinguished by this Foreclosure Sale. This sale is subject to all matters shown personal checks will be accepted. You must Successor Trustee LOGS Legal Group LLP This sale is subject to a Deed of Trust dated on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and June 18, 25, July 2, 2021 Fqk18552 Substitute Trustee 9/15/2021 and recorded on 9/24/2021 in Bk taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 1065, Pg 382 as Instrument No. 04123532 or setback lines that may be applicable; any accepted. Amounts received in excess of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Charlotte, NC 28216 in the Register’s Office for Hamblen County, statutory rights of redemption of any govern- winning bid will be refunded to the successful Sale at public auction will be on July 15, Phone (704) 333-8107 Tennessee. mental agency, state or federal; any prior liens purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is 2021 at 11:00 am local time, at the north door Fax (704) 333-8156 THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WITHOUT ANY REPRE- or encumbrances as well as any priority created delivered. This property is being sold with the breezeway, Hamblen County Courthouse, 511 File No. 16-108488 SENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac- express reservation that the sale is subject to West 2nd North Street, Morristown, Tennessee June 18, 25, July 2, 2021 Fqk18553 IMPLIED, RELATING TO TITLE, MARKETABILITY curate survey of the premises might disclose. confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Sherry A. OF TITLE, POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR In addition, the following parties may claim an may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee Hill, to Francis McEyeson, Trustee, as trustee SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE THE LIKE AND FITNESS FOR A GENERAL OR interest in the above- referenced property: at any time. for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Sale at public auction will be on July 13, 2021, PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. The title is MATTHEW H NICLEY THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COL- Inc. as nominee for Walker Jackson Mortgage at or about 10:00 AM, local time, at the north believed to be good, but the undersigned will ANGELA NICLEY LECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A Corporation on February 14, 2011 at Book door of the Hamblen County Courthouse, 511 sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE 1439, Page 841; conducted by LOGS Legal West 2nd North Street, Morristown, TN 37814, The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to BILL ME LATER INC., ASSIGNEE OF WAL- USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Group LLP, having been appointed Substitute or pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by Pete another time certain or to another day, time, MART Robert J. Solomon Successor Trustee, all of record in the Hamblen Balzano, a single person, to Title Enterprises, and place certain, without further publication MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION Substitute Trustee County Register’s Office. Default has occurred as Trustee for Aames Funding Corporation upon announcement on the day, time, and SYSTEM, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRY- Solomon Baggett, LLC in the performance of the covenants, terms, DBA Aames Home Loan dated September 15, place of sale set forth above or any subsequent WIDE BANK 3763 Rogers Bridge Road and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the 2004, and recorded on September 29, 2004, adjourned day, time, and place of sale. The sale held pursuant to this Notice may Duluth, Georgia 30097 entire indebtedness has been declared due in Book 1065, Page 401, as Instrument No. If you purchase a property at the foreclosure be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option (678) 243-2512 and payable. 04123533, in the Register’s Office for Ham- sale, the entire purchase price is due and at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn Our File No. CMS.00652 Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Wilming- blen County, Tennessee (“Deed of Trust”), payable at the conclusion of the auction in the the day of the sale to another day, time, and June 4, 11, 18, 2021 Fqk18535 ton Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee of conducted by Padgett Law Group, having been form of a certified check made payable to or place certain without further publication, upon Juniper Mortgage Loan Trust A, its successors appointed Substitute Trustee, all of record in endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal announcement at the time and place for the NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE and assigns. the Hamblen County Register’s Office. Default checks will be accepted. To this end, you must sale set forth above. In the event of inclem- WHEREAS, default has occurred in the The real estate located in Hamblen County, in the performance of the covenants, terms, bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and ent weather, the trustee hereby announces performance of the covenants, terms, and Tennessee, and described in the said Deed and conditions of said Deed of Trust has been any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be that the sale will be postponed for a period of conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated June of Trust will be sold to the highest call bidder. made; and the entire indebtedness has been accepted. Amounts received in excess of the two weeks. In such situations, notices will be 24, 2016, and the Deed of Trust of even date The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be declared due and payable. winning bid will be refunded to the successful mailed to interested parties of record. W&A securing the same, recorded June 24, 2016, modified by other instruments appearing in the Party entitled to enforce the debt: STAR202, purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed No. 347461 in Book No. 1667, at Page 278, in Office of public record. Additional identifying information LLC is delivered. DATED June 4, 2021 the Register of Deeds for Hamblen County, regarding the collateral property is below and is Other interested parties: Hickory Shadow Ho- This property is being sold with the express WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Tennessee, executed by Brian H Everhart, believed to be accurate, but no representation meowners Association, Inc., Aames Funding reservation that the sale is subject to con- Successor Trustee conveying certain property therein described or warrant is intended. Corporation dba Aames Home Loan firmation by the lender or trustee. This sale June 11, 18, 25, 2021 Fqk18544 to Colonial Title Group, Inc. as Trustee for Street Address: 1003 Truman St, Morristown, The hereinafter described real property located may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Tennessee 37814 in Hamblen County will be sold to the highest at any time. as beneficiary, as nominee for CMG Mortgage, Parcel Number: 034A B 016.00 call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, Inc. dba CMG Financial, #1820, its successors Current Owner(s) of Property: Sherry A. Hill liens and encumbrances of record: AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE Foreclosure Notices and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & This sale is subject to, without limitation, all Legal Description: USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Hamblen County Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; Situated in District Number Two (2) of Hamblen Padgett Law Group, Substitute Trustee Successor Trustee by Freedom Mortgage any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, County, Tennessee and without the corporate 6267 Old Water Oak Road, Suite 203 Corporation. easements, or setback lines that may be ap- limits municipality and designated as all of Lot Tallahassee, FL 32312 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given plicable; any statutory right of redemption of 61 Hickory Shadow Phase III, as shown by map (850) 422-2520 (telephone) Default having been made in the payment of that the entire indebtedness has been declared any governmental agency, state or federal; any of same of record in Map Cabinet D, Slide 80, (850) 422-2567 (facsimile) the debts and obligations described in and due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & prior liens or encumbrances including those in the Register`s Office for Hamblen County, [email protected] secured by a certain Deed of Trust executed Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by created by a fixture filing or any applicable ho- Tennessee, to which map specific reference PLG# 21-003586-1 by LEE J. MILLER and wife, JAMIE MILLER to , virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested meowners’ association dues or assessments; is hereby made for a more particular descrip- June 18, 25, July 2, 2021 Fqk18554 Trustee, recorded April 29, 2009 in Hamblen in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, all claims or other matters, whether of record tion thereof and being more fully bounded and County Register’s Office at Book 1358 Page by Freedom Mortgage Corporation, will, on or not, which may encumber the purchaser’s described as follows: 839 and the beneficial interest of said Deed August 18, 2021 on or about 1:00 PM, at title and any matter that an accurate survey Beginning at an iron pin on the eastern right of Trust is owned by Carrington Mortgage Ser- the Hamblen County Courthouse, Morristown, of the premises might disclose. of way of Hickory View Drive, common corner Foreclosure Notices vices, LLC, and the undersigned having been Tennessee, offer for sale certain property The following parties may claim an interest to Lot 62: thence with Jefferson County appointed Successor Trustee by instrument hereinafter described to the highest bidder in the above-referenced property to be affected common boundary line of Lot 62, South 66 recorded in said Register’s Office, this is notice FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of by the foreclosure: any judgment creditor or deg. 09 min. 25 sec. East, 200.96 feet to a that the undersigned will on July 27, 2021 at the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lien holder with an interest subordinate to the pin in the of Lot 65: thence NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 11:00AM local time, at the Hamblen County lending entity pre-approved by the successor said Deed of Trust or any party claiming by, with the line of Lot 65, South 17 deg, 53 min, WHEREAS, default has occurred in the Courthouse, located at 511 W. 2nd N. St., trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, through or under any of the foregoing. Such 00 sec. West, 115.00 feet to an iron pin at performance of the covenants, terms, and Morristown, Tennessee will proceed to sell at which are expressly waived in the Deed of parties known to the Substitute Trustee may the common corner with conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated July public outcry to the highest and best bidder for Trust, said property being real estate situated include: None. Lots 66 and 60; thence with the common 23, 2009, and the Deed of Trust of even date cash the following property located in Hamblen in Hamblen County, Tennessee, and being more Terms of Sale will be public auction, for boundary line of Lot 60, North 67 deg. 04 min. securing the same, recorded July 30, 2009, County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest particularly described as follows: cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, 42 sec West, 188.09 feet to in Book No. 1001, at Page 575, in Office of call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, assess- SITUATE in the Third Civil District of Ham- redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed a pin on the eastern right of way of Hickory the Register of Deeds for Jefferson County, ments or easements, liens, zoning ordinances, blen County, Tennessee, to-wit: BEING Lot or inapplicable, and the rights of Sherry A. View Drive; thence with said right of way North Tennessee, executed by Danny Sajewski, restrictions, covenants and any security deeds, No. Fifty-One (51) of Glen Del Acres as Hill, and those claiming through him/her/ 11 deg, 54 min. 00 conveying certain property therein described to mortgages or deeds of trust superior to the shown by plat of record in the Register’s it/them. sec, East, 120.00 feet to a pin, common Charles E. Tonkin, II as Trustee for Mortgage Security Deed first set out above, any prior Office for Hamblen County, Tennessee, in Any right of equity of redemption, statutory corner to Lot 62 and the point of Beginning, Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as ben- liens, and encumbrances of record. Plat Cabinet B, Slide 194 (formerly Plat and otherwise, and homestead are waived in according to the survey eficiary, as nominee for Mortgage Investors Described property is located First Civil District Book 4, page 68-A & 68-B), to which plat accord with the terms of said Deed of Trust, prepared by William H. Shockley, TN RLS Group, its successors and assigns; and the of Hamblen County, Tennessee. BEING Lot reference is here made for a more particular and the title is believed to be good, but the No. 973,2125 Lawson Road, Morristown,Tn undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., No. Eight (8), Block B, Eastern Heights, Plat description, and as further shown by sur- undersigned will sell and convey only as Sub- 37814, bearing dated April having been appointed Successor Trustee by Cabinet B, Slide 70. BEING the same property vey of R.T. Felknor, Civil Engineer, dated stitute Trustee. 11, 1994. Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC. conveyed to Lee J. Miller and wife, Jamie Miller February 28,1966, and revised November The right is reserved to adjourn the day The above description is the same as the NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given (aka Jamie T. Miller) by deed from Seth I. Gilliam 23,1967. This description was taken from of the sale to another day, time, and place previous deed of record, no boundary survey that the entire indebtedness has been declared and wife, Deena C. Gilliam, dated December the previous deed. certain without further publication, upon an- having been made at the due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & 22, 2004 of record in Record Book 1086, THIS CONVEYANCE is made and accepted nouncement at the time and place for the sale time of this conveyance. Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by Page 301 in the Register’s Office for Hamblen in all things SUBJECT TO restrictions of set forth above. If you purchase a property Being the same property conveyed to Pete virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested in County, Tennessee. record In Deed Book 153, page 128 and at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase Balzano by Warranty Deed from Prudential Resi- and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Property Address: 311 South Park Ave, Mor- SUBJECT TO all plat requirements, all of price is due and payable at the conclusion dential Services, Limited Partnership, a Dela- Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, will, on July 27, ristown, TN 37813 record in said Register’s Office. of the auction in the form of a certified/ ware Limited Partnership, acting by its General 2021 on or about 1:00 PM, at the Jefferson TAX ID: 034F-F-036.00 ALSO KNOWN AS: 297 Harvey Drive, Rus- bank check made payable to or endorsed to Partner, Prudential Homes Corporation, dated County Courthouse, Dandridge, Tennessee, Current Owner(s) of Property: LEE J. MILLER sellville, TN 37860 LOGS Legal Group LLP. No personal checks September 15, 2004, recorded 9/29/04, in offer for sale certain property hereinafter and wife, JAMIE MILLER This sale is subject to all matters shown will be accepted. To this end, you must bring Book 1065, Page 379 in the Register`s Office described to the highest bidder FOR certified The street address of the above described on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any Hamblen County, Tennessee. funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or property is believed to be 311 South Park taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be This Conveyance is made subject to all ap- Ave, Morristown, TN 37813 but such address or setback lines that may be applicable; any accepted. Amounts received in excess of the plicable easements, restrictions and building Continued on Page 17 Page 16 Public Notices JUNE 18-24, 2021 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville
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NHTSA.gov/TheRightSeat JUNE 18-24, 2021 Public Notices Page 17 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville Foreclosure Notices and according to the survey of Hinds & County, Tennessee, in Deed Book 109, Page P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE: SITUATE IN Continued from Page 15 Patteson Surveying Company, John S. Pat- 385, to which reference is heremade for a Trustee by PennyMac Loan Services, LLC. THE FOURTH (4TH) CIVIL DISTRICT OF SEVIER teson, Surveyor, dated October 10, 2000 more detailed description. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AND BEING ALL OF credit bid from a bank or other lending entity and bearing Job No. 0010013. Subject to BEING the same property conveyed to that the entire indebtedness has been declared LOT 62 OF MOUNTAIN MEADOWS ESTATES pre-approved by the successor trustee. The all applicable easements, restrictions, and Henry Lynn Rucker by Warranty Deed from due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & -PHASE 1, AS THE SAME IS SHOWN ON A PLAT sale is free from all exemptions, which are building setback lines of record in Knox Ray T. Rucker, dated October 6, 1993, Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by OF RECORD IN LARGE MAP BOOK 4, PAGE expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said County, Tennessee. filed for record in Warranty Book 208, virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested 51 IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SEVIER property being real estate situated in Jefferson ALSO KNOWN AS: 7704 Rymark Court, page 554 in the Loudon County Register in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH REFERENCE County, Tennessee, and being more particularly Powell, TN 37849 of Deeds Office. by PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, will, on July IS HERE MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR described as follows: This sale is subject to all matters shown Parcel ID: 84-25.01 1, 2021 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Roane DESCRIPTION. SUBJECT TO A DECLARATION SITUATED in the FIRST Civil District of on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid Commonly known as: Route 2 Charlie Black County Courthouse, Kingston, Tennessee, OF RESTRICTIONS FOR MOUNTAIN MEADOWS Jefferson County, Tennessee and BEING taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, Road, Greenback, TN 37742, n/k/a 1401 offer for sale certain property hereinafter ESTATES OF RECORD IN BOOK 1449, PAGE Lot 4, Mountain View Estates as shown or setback lines that may be applicable; any Black Road, Greenback, TN 37742 described to the highest bidder FOR certified 342 IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SEVIER by plat of record in Plat Cabinet C, Slide statutory rights of redemption of any govern- The street address and parcel number(s) of funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SUBJECT TO ANY 132, Register’s Office for Jefferson County, mental agency, state or federal; any prior liens the above described property are believed credit bid from a bank or other lending entity NOTES, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, RIGHTS- Tennessee, to which plat reference is here or encumbrances as well as any priority created to be correct; however, such references pre-approved by the successor trustee. The OF-WAY, OR RESTRICTIONS SHOWN ON THE made for a more particular description. by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac- are not a part of the legal description of sale is free from all exemptions, which are PLAT OF RECORD IN LARGE MAP BOOK 4, PAGE ALSO KNOWN AS: 1701 Goddard Lane, curate survey of the premises might disclose. the property sold herein, and, in the event expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said 51 IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SEVIER Dandridge, TN 37725 In addition, the following parties may claim an of any discrepancy, the legal description property being real estate situated in Roane COUNTY, TENNESSEE. This sale is subject to all matters shown interest in the above- referenced property: herein shall control County, Tennessee, and being more particularly Parcel ID: 062E-D-062.00 on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid SCOTT BRASHER Current Owner(s) of Property: Henry Lynn described as follows: PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, AMBERLY BRASHER Rucker Situated in the First Civil District of Roane property is believed to be 1660 TURTLE DOVE or setback lines that may be applicable; any BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY Other Interested Parties: Henry L. Rucker; County, Tennessee, within the corporate TRL, SEVIERVILLE, TN 37862. In the event of statutory rights of redemption of any govern- BLUE WORLD POOLS, INC. Tammy Rucker; and G & R of Knox Inc. limits of the City of Harriman, Tennessee, any discrepancy between this street address mental agency, state or federal; any prior liens The sale held pursuant to this Notice may This sale is subject to tenant(s)/ and being more particularly described as and the legal description of the property, the or encumbrances as well as any priority created be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option occupant(s) rights in possession. follows: legal description shall control. by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac- at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn This sale is subject to all matters shown Being designated as Lot 48, of the “PINE CURRENT OWNER(S): DEBORAH J MEADOWS, curate survey of the premises might disclose. the day of the sale to another day, time, and on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid HILLS SUBDIVISION”, as shown on the plat BRYAN THOMAS In addition, the following parties may claim an place certain without further publication, upon taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, of same of record in Plat Cabinet 1, Slide 40, OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: interest in the above- referenced property: announcement at the time and place for the or setback lines that may be applicable; any in the Register’s Office for Roane County, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (TN) , TRIUMPH DANNY SAJEWSKI sale set forth above. In the event of inclem- statutory rights of redemption of any govern- Tennessee, to which plat specific refer- PARTNERSHIPS, LLC MICHAEL SAJEWSKI ent weather, the trustee hereby announces mental agency, state or federal; any prior liens ence is hereby made for a more particular The sale of the above-described property shall ESTATE OF DANNY SAJEWSKI that the sale will be postponed for a period of or encumbrances as well as any priority created description of said lot. be subject to all matters shown on any recorded HEIR(S) OF DANNY SAJEWSKI two weeks. In such situations, notices will be by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac- ALSO KNOWN AS: 122 Love Drive, Harri- plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- The sale held pursuant to this Notice may mailed to interested parties of record. W&A curate survey of the premises might disclose. man, TN 37748 enants, easements or set-back lines that may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option No. 317762 In addition, the following parties may claim This sale is subject to all matters shown be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn DATED June 4, 2021 an interest in the above-referenced property: on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; the day of the sale to another day, time, and WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Henry Lynn Rucker; Henry L. Rucker, Tammy taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, and to any matter that an accurate survey of place certain without further publication, upon Successor Trustee Rucker; and G & R of Knox Inc. or setback lines that may be applicable; any the premises might disclose. This property is announcement at the time and place for the June 11, 18, 25, 2021 Fqk18543 If the United States or the State of Tennes- statutory rights of redemption of any govern- being sold with the express reservation that sale set forth above. In the event of inclem- see have any liens or claimed lien(s) on the mental agency, state or federal; any prior liens it is subject to confirmation by the lender or ent weather, the trustee hereby announces Property, and are named herein as interested or encumbrances as well as any priority created Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded that the sale will be postponed for a period of parties, timely notice has been given to the by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac- at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn two weeks. In such situations, notices will be Foreclosure Notices applicable governmental entity, and the sale curate survey of the premises might disclose. the day of the sale to another day, time, and mailed to interested parties of record. W&A Loudon County will be subject to any applicable rights of In addition, the following parties may claim an place certain without further publication, upon No. 349753 redemption held by the entity as required by interest in the above- referenced property: announcement at the time and place for the DATED June 2, 2021 26 U.S.C. § 7425 and/or Tennessee Code DONALD D PROSSER sale set forth above. All right and equity of re- WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE § 67-1-1433. The sale held pursuant to this Notice may demption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, Successor Trustee WHEREAS, default has occurred in the All right and equity of redemption, statu- be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option and dower are expressly waived in said Deed June 4, 11, 18, 2021 Fqk18538 performance of the covenants, terms, and tory and otherwise, homestead, and dower at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, conditions of a Deed of Trust dated August 19, are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, the day of the sale to another day, time, and but the undersigned will sell and convey only 2011, executed by Henry L. Rucker, Tammy and the title is believed to be good; however, place certain without further publication, upon as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold Rucker, husband and wife, to Fred R. Lawson, the undersigned will sell and convey only as announcement at the time and place for the as is, where is, without representations or Foreclosure Notices Trustee, for Bankeast, its successors and Substitute Trustee. sale set forth above. In the event of inclem- warranties of any kind, including fitness for a Knox County assigns, and appearing of record on August The transfer shall be AS IS, WHERE IS, ent weather, the trustee hereby announces particular use or purpose. 24, 2011, in the Register’s Office ofLoudon AND WITH ALL FAULTS, and without warran- that the sale will be postponed for a period of In addition this sale shall be subject to the County, Tennessee, at Book T1109, Page ties of any kind, express or implied, as to the two weeks. In such situations, notices will be right of redemption by the UNITED STATES OF NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 345, and Instrument Number 11006583, as condition of the Property and the improvements mailed to interested parties of record. W&A AMERICA, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7425(d)(1) by WHEREAS, default has occurred in the corrected by Affidavit recorded on June 20, located thereon, including merchantability or No. 349778 reason of the following tax lien(s) of record in: performance of the covenants, terms, and con- 2019, at Book T1411, Page 854, and Instru- fitness for particular purpose. Trustee shall DATED June 9, 2021 Book 5037, Page 491. Notice of the sale has ditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated December ment Number 19005181, to which reference make no covenant of seisin or warranty of WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., been given to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 18, 2002, and the Deed of Trust of even date is hereby made; title, express or implied, and will sell and Successor Trustee in accordance with 26 U.S.C. 7425(b). securing the same, recorded December 26, WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said convey the subject real property by Substitute June 11, 18, 25, 2021 Fqk18551 THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT 2002, Document No. 200212260055250, in Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned Trustee’s Deed only. A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL Office of the Register of Deeds for Knox County, to U.S. Bank National Association, the party The right is reserved to adjourn the day BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Tennessee, executed by Scott Brasher and entitled to enforce said security interest; and of the sale to another day, time, and place Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee Amberly Brasher, conveying certain property having appointed Clear Recon LLC, the under- certain without further publication, upon an- Foreclosure Notices 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 therein described to Arnold M. Weiss as Trustee signed, as Substitute Trustee by instrument nouncement at the time and place for the sale Sevier County Memphis, TN 38103 for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, filed or being filed for record in the Register’s set forth above. rlselaw.com/property-listing Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Branch Office of Loudon County, Tennessee, with all of This property is being sold with the ex- Tel: (877) 813-0992 Banking and Trust Company, its successors the rights, powers, and privileges of the original press reservation that the sale is subject to NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Fax: (470) 508-9401 and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Trustee named in said Deed of Trust. confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale WHEREAS, default has occurred in the per- June 18, 25, July 2, 2021 Fqk18547 Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee formance of the covenants, terms and condi- Successor Trustee by US Bank Trust National given that the entire indebtedness has been at any time. tions of a Deed of Trust dated July 31, 2006, Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity declared due and payable as provided in said THIS OFFICE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR executed by DEBORAH J MEADOWS, BRYAN But Solely As Owner Trustee For VRMTG As- Deed of Trust, and that the undersigned, Clear AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY THOMAS, conveying certain real property misc. Notices set Trust. Recon LLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR therein described to KNOX-TENN TITLE, INC., NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty, THAT PURPOSE. as Trustee, as same appears of record in the that the entire indebtedness has been declared and authority vested and imposed upon said Clear Recon LLC Register’s Office of Sevier County, Tennessee due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Substitute Trustee will, on July 14, 2021, at Substitute Trustee recorded August 7, 2006, in Deed Book 2589, NOTICE OF SALE Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by 1:00 PM, local time, at the Front Entrance to 651 East 4th Street Suite 200 Page 261 ; and ASSURED STORAGE OF KNOXVILLE, LLC virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested the Loudon County Annex Building, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403 WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed hereby publishes notice, as required by TCA in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, Loudon, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public Phone: (877) 319-8840 of Trust was last transferred and assigned to 66-31-101et. Seq., of a public sale of the by US Bank Trust National Association, Not outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash File No: 1292-1307A Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as property listed below to satisfy a landlord lien. In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner or certified funds ONLY, paid at the conclusion June 11, 18, 25, 2021 Fqk18550 Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of All sales are for credit to the highest bidder Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust, will, on July of the sale, the following described property Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006- and are considered final. Assured Storage of 6, 2021 on or about 11:00 AM, at the North situated in Loudon County, to wit: HE8, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Knoxville reserves the right to reject any bids. side of the City County Building, Knoxville, The land referred to herein below is situated Series 2006 HE8 who is now the owner of The sale shall be held online at www.StorageT- Tennessee, offer for sale certain property in the County of Loudon, State of Tennessee, Foreclosure Notices said debt; and reasures.com on Wednesday June 30th,2021 hereinafter described to the highest bidder and is described as follows: Roane County WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, at 12:00 PM EST for the personal and other FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of LYING AND BEING in District No. 3 of Lou- PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute property stored in the following units: Christine the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other don County, Tennessee, and being more Trustee by instrument to be filed for record Berry-D19C. Contents include but not limited to: lending entity pre-approved by the successor particularly described as follows: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE in the Register’s Office of Sevier County, Household items, books, exercise equipment, trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, BEGINNING at a stake on the Charlie Black WHEREAS, default has occurred in the Tennessee. stereo equipment and more. Facility location: which are expressly waived in the Deed of Road and on the Dr. Niles line at center of performance of the covenants, terms, and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that 6626 Ashville Highway, Knoxville, TN 37924 Trust, said property being real estate situated former L & N Railway Company right of way: conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated the entire indebtedness has been declared due Phone number: 865-525-6626. in Knox County, Tennessee, and being more thence N. 24-1/2 deg. West, with Dr. Niles’ October 23, 2019, and the Deed of Trust of and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin June 18, 2021 Mqk18536 particularly described as follows: line to an old corner, thence N. 52-1/2 deg. even date securing the same, recorded October Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his SITUATED in District Six (6) of Knox County, East to center of the former L & N Railway 25, 2019, in Book No. 1711, at Page 373, duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, Tennessee, without the corporate limits of Company right of way; thence southwest in Office of the Register of Deeds for Roane duty and authority vested and imposed upon the City of Knoxville, Tennessee and being with the center of said former railroad right County, Tennessee, executed by Donald D said Substitute Trustee will, on July 15, 2021 known and designated as LOT 20, BLOCK A, of way to the POINT OF BEGINNING, contain- Prosser, conveying certain property therein at 3:00 PM at the Front Steps of the Sevier NORTHFIELD ESTATES, UNIT 3, as ing 2-1/2 acres, more or less. described to Scott R. Valby as Trustee for County Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee, shown on the plat of the same of record THIS CONVEYANCE is made subject to any Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest in Plat Cabinet M, Slide 53-D, in the Reg- portion or all of a strip of land containing .31 Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Mortgage and best bidder for cash or certified funds ister’s Office for Knox County, Tennessee, acre conveyed to TVA for use of railroad right Research Center, LLC dba Veterans United ONLY, the following described property situated to which plat specific reference is hereby of way as described and set forth by map Home Loans, its successors and assigns; in Sevier County, Tennessee, to wit: made for a more particular description recorded in the Register’s Office for Loudon and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, LOCATED IN THE 4TH CIVIL DISTRICT OF Section B - Page 18 Public Notices JULY 18 - JULY 24, 2014 www.TNledger.com
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Vanderbilt Athletics The Commodores celebrate after earning their fifth trip to Omaha in 11 years.
>> VANDY BOYS From page 12 performance (in the Super Regional clincher against East Carolina) and it’s Regional session, recalling a late-inning very di cult sometimes to follow one conversation with teammate Cooper great pitching performance (Rocker) Davis. because of the resistance that you’re going “I was just happy to be out there. I to nd from the other team,” Corbin says. think Cooper … said ‘How’s it feel to be “And Jack has done that throughout the your last time pitching there?’ And that’s year. He’s as good as it gets. when it kind of set in. I’m glad I didn’t “He’s a competitive, competitive kid take it for granted, and I’m glad we’ve with good stu and he, too, loves the got one more to play to get to Omaha,” arena of competition. at was primary.” says Rocker, who tossed Vandy’s rst no- hitter since 1971 during the 2019 Super One last mission Regionals against Duke. So now the Commodores return to Leiter’s name also is attached to that Omaha, their interrupted odyssey nearly 1971 no-no. Leiter’s historic no-hitter complete. e ending to this epic journey came in March of this year and is the is yet to be written, one quest still to be school’s rst regular-season no-hitter in ful lled. 40 years. Can Vanderbilt complete its mission Corbin has plenty of plaudits to spare and win a second straight College for his co-aces. World Series championship? Seven “Once again, (I’ve) just enjoyed other powerful foes stand between the watching him pitch for the last two and Commodores and that lofty goal. a half years. To get a front seat to watch e next 10 days will provide an this kid compete has been special. I’ve answer. And if that outcome is “yes,” never taken it for granted. He gives us Vanderbilt’s accomplishment will be everything he’s got,” Corbin says of unlike any other in the history of the Rocker. College World Series. A magni cent, “ ere hasn’t been a day when he’s legendary feat akin to those immortalized been here at Vanderbilt where he hasn’t in words and song through the ages. done that. He feels these situations, he Leiter puts Vandy’s odyssey into loves the arena of competition and that’s perspective. what separates him in so many di erent “For us, going into the season, there ways.” was obviously some uncertainty on what Leiter, too, has been special for the the team was going to look like because Commodores in this quest for another we didn’t even have a season last year and national championship. some of the older guys from last year left. “We needed a very good pitching So, I mean, to see the journey, the way it played out, has been really special.”
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