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ji I kk If V- WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 23 1994 iyw kp VV -W The News-SentineT O'XSouih Community News Holston Hilts WrnbwBnK i home- ButtinatanmJfHghts deUvered in these HV0WS communities MoUf Savtorvflfe Rockfonl Ns weekly section -serves the South Knox North Bkxint $'- and Sevier county area with news on dubs churches schools HIThe Knoxville News-Sentinel Yj-laMAI rjM A'WW 1 1 -y zonn h- issues traffic you name interested 3 To relay news to £T- The News-Sentinel's I South Community -H News section call 1 ''S L'OU GatBnburg 521-1843 I Page One BriefsI? Park road-widening project running late By Tesa Nanman NemoScntmel corespondent SEVIERVILLE Work on adding a lane of traffic going in and out of Gatlinburg Slated to be finished this spring is behind schedule and may have to be completed in the winter Bob MHer spokesman for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said the project will alleviate traffic build-up in and out of Gatlinburg when completed "Where the northbound Gatlinburg bypass meets the northbound spur the spur USk 441 coming north out of Gatlinburg toward Pigeon Forge only a two-lane-wide ledge" Miller explained "So two lanes of traffic leaving Gatlinburg heading north toward Pigeon Forge (have) to taper down to one lane to allow traffic from the northbound bypass to merge This compression of traffic is the last Politcal forum at South-Doyle Middle The South-Doyle Middle School PTSA is sponsoring a political question-and-answer session at 7 6 on Thursday in the school vary Candidates running for 9th District school board seats win be present Also the school win offer a workshop "Parent to Parent" on Mondays April 4 through 25 from to am The workshop will feature discussions and videos about parenting skills and drug abuse Call 579-2133 to register The workshop is limited to 20 participants DECA car wash on Saturday The Seymour High School Distributive Education Classes of America Club will sponsor a car wash from 10 am to 3 am Saturday at Pizza Hut 7343 Chapman Highway The cost is $3 for cars and (5 for trucks and vans The group is trying to raise money for a trip to the national DECA competition in Detroit Mich April 23-27 Pancake breakfast at Sevier church The United Methodist Men of the First United Methodist Church in Sevierville will hold their annual pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 11 am Saturday The menu includes pancakes sausage orange juice milk and coffee Tickets for breakfast are $4 for adults and $2 for children 12 and younger with a maximum of for families with more than two chQdrea Tickets will be available at the door To make reservations or to arrange for delivery service can 4888754k bottleneck as traffic leaves Gatlinburg" Miller said the construction contract calls for a widening of the two-lane ledge by constructing a retaining wall that will hold the new lane at the edge of the Little Pigeon River "The retaining wall is supported by about 140 pilings that drill down into bedrock that supports the retaining wall which in turn supports that third lane which is the merge lane" Miller arid Miller said the construction company doing the work Crowder Construction Traffic jams between Gafflnburg and Pigeon Forge could be the norm into early winter as several factors conspired to delay the completion of a road widening project Please see ROAD page 82 neoaa RIMIrwyVnMIBwinBwi mas Finding half-brother completes family tree By Kevin Cowan 1 NewsSentinel staff writer each other for lunch at Shoneyk on Chapman Highway "We had a real good time" Dossett said "We never did eat" The two were too busy getting to know each other and sharing old photographs Some of the pictures were of their late mother viyra rfwnom pmum-Es Please see SEARCH page 84 sisters were together About 16 months later the revelation of finding a lost sibling continues for Payne Now she has found half-toother David "Butch" Doseetf the last piece of a familial puzzle The two connected by phone last Monday "We started talking and crying" Dossett said The next day Dossett and Payne met was Payne explained There was this sense of not having (family) roots not being connected Payne and her sister Sandy Gay were adopted and separated when they were 2 and 4 years old respectively In December 1992 The News-Sentinel reputed on reunion with Gay who lives in upstate New York It had been 47 yean since the For years there was a void in Carolyn Payne's life no matter how good life seemed "Getting married the birth of my babies were happy times but something JBVqiEM DON'T MISS THIS BIG SALE ON QUALITY GLIDDEN PAINT! computer color matching Glidden's Sprcd Silk 4 Spred Solo 9" Glidden's Spred House Dura Flat M750 Glidden's Spred House Dura Satin $1850 Spred House Dura Gloss M850 Glidden's Oil Semi-Gloss 20 Floor Enamel O50 Spred Satin 1 2" Glidden's Spred Latex Semi-Gloss 1 6" Endurance Stain M399 Ultra Hide Exterior -v 4" Ultra Hide Interior 19895 wn i 152 West Main Street Sevierville HOURS: MON-FRI 7 AM 5 PM SATURDAY 7 AM -12 NOON I.