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Derek Nave - Elizabethton
Good Afternoon
Volume 88 - No. 190
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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Jack H. Cannon
Elizabethton
Delores H. Craig
Ripley, Tenn.
Clyde M. Harper
Elizabethton
James E. Syndergaard
Butler
Paul W. Taylor
Elizabethton
Glen E. Teague
Hampton
Community Matters
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Established 1926
It seems that perfection is at-
tained not when there is nothing
more to add, but when there is
nothing more to remove.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Photo by Danny Davis
Above, New York Times bestselling writer Sharyn McCrumb auto-
graphs a copy of Kings Mountain during her appearance at the
Overmountain Victory Trail Celebration at Sycamore Shoals State
Historic Area. At top, members of the Washington County Regiment
of the North Carolina Militia demonstrate the militias firepower.
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A historian has to tell you about a battle.

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Every year the Overmountain Victory Trail Celebra-
tion musters a host of revolutionary-war era re-enactors
and historians, telling stories and demonstrating the
life of an American soldier in the late 1700s South.
Joining the soldiers, settlers and storytellers this year
was a writer whose latest work revolves around the Trail
a work inspired by the kind of faulty view of his-
tory the celebration tries
to correct.
A man said
to me, A battle
in the South? I
thought the war was
fought in Pennsylvania,
and Massachussetts, and
New York, Sharyn McCrumb
said Saturday. Thats why I wrote
the book.
T h e
book is the New
York Times bestsell-
ing writers latest work,
Kings Mountain, a
historical novel that ex-
plores the march of the
Overmountain Men from
Abingdon, Va., to Kings
Mountain, N.C.
McCrumbs books draw
heavily on the imagery of
East Tennessee and North
Carolina, exploring the his-
tory of the region and the people who have lived here
over the years. According to the author, Kings Moun-
tain is written to shine some light on the oft-ignored
Overlooked?
Comment led
bestselling writer
to tell the Victory
Trails story
Photo by Danny Davis
Sharyn McCrumb
makes a point as she
talks about her new
novel,Kings Mountain.
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STAR STAFF
mhrenda@starhq.com
Members of a Hampton family wor-
ried about the consequences of the poten-
tial construction of a mobile home park
brought their concerns, and photos, to the
countys authority on planning and zon-
ing.
On Tuesday afternoon, members of the
Marlow family, who live in the area around
Marlow and Streets
lanes, approached the
Carter County Planning
Commission about the
proposed mobile home
park, citing concerns
over potential flooding,
a reduction in property
values, and safety.
Chris Schuettler,
the countys director of
planning and zoning,
initially introduced the
citizens concerns to the
commission. According
to Schuettler, the land in
question had gone un-
used, and unattended,
for some time. After the land was bought
by a private citizen, however, he said he be-
gan to see improvements in the propertys
maintenance, and added that she planned
to turn a profit on her new land.
Hampton family
mobilizes over
plans for land
Photo by Brandon Hicks
Hampton resident
Harry Marlow distrib-
utes photos of prop-
erty near Marlow and
Streets lanes to mem-
bers of the Carter
County Planning
Commission.
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STAR STAFF
acarden@starhq.com
After losing the home for its
annual book sale to a scheduling
conflict, the Friends of the Library
have found a new site to host the
spring and fall book sales.
Friends book sale organizer
Lilo Duncan said the city of Eliz-
abethton had agreed to let the
Friends host the sale at the Parks
and Recreation building on Mill
Street.
She said no date has been set
for the fall sale.
The book sale had been held at
the American Legion building on
Watauga Avenue for the past 20
years. The Friends organization
was told Monday the sale could
not be held at the facility because
an indoor yard sale had been
scheduled there every weekend for
the remainder of the year.
The sale had originally been
scheduled for this weekend.
New home: City offers
Friends site for fall
book sale; no date set
Prospect of a
mobile home
park brings
members of
Hampton family
to Planning
Commission
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Th F i d i ti
THERES MORE
Less than a year after
switching to a new
software system, the
Elizabethton/Carter
County Public Library
could soon face the task
of updating the software
system again. The full
story appears on Page
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WASHINGTON (AP) With new health
insurance markets launching next week,
the Obama administration is unveiling pre-
miums and plan choices for 36 states where
the federal government is taking the lead to
cover uninsured residents.
Before tax credits that work like an up-
front discount for most consumers, sticker-
price premiums for a mid-range bench-
mark plan will average $328 a month
nationally for an individual, comparable to
What will market insurance cost? That depends
NASHVILLE (AP) Average premiums
for Tennesseans seeking coverage under new
health insurance markets launching next
week rank near the lowest among the 36
states where the federal government is taking
the lead to cover uninsured residents.
Before tax credits that work like an up-
front discount for most consumers, sticker-
price premiums for a mid-range benchmark
plan will average $245 a month, well below
the national monthly average of $328. Only
Minnesotas average premiums are cheaper,
at $192 per month.
Premiums under the cheapest plan of-
fered in Tennessee would average $181 per
month, the third-lowest rate in the country.
The premiums unveiled Tuesday dont in-
clude tax credits. The bottom line will depend
on income, location, plan type, family size
and even tobacco use.
Tennessee premiums would be among nations lowest
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