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George Washington is the only man whose birthday is a legal holiday in every state of the United States.
In astronomy, a white dwarf is the dense, burned-out remains of a star; a stellar corpse.
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Visions Magazine to Feature Area Send Us Your Recipes! Visions Magazine, we work As you might imagine, We High School Football in August Issue Atreally hard to only bring your run a real risk of messing local content from area col- things up on our side which You will not want to miss our vided exclusively to Visions Annual High School Football Magazine by the UT Athletic issue coming in the August Department as well as a preissue of Anderson view of the upcoming County Visions MagTennessee Titians azine. Season. This year we will be featuring previews of the upcoming seasons of Oak Ridge, Clinton, Anderson County, Oliver Springs, Coalfield, Hardin Valley, Karns, Farragut, Powell and Maryville High. Previews are written by local sports legend; Billy Dyke. We will also be featuring an upcoming look at the 2014 University of Tennessee Volunteer football season pro-
The August issue will be received in homes by direct mail on or before Saturday, August 2. Okay, so if you are not a football fan... (and that would be hard to believe livin’ here in the South), but if you are not a football fan there will be plenty in next month’s is-
sue to keep your interest as umnists and from those wonmany of our regular monthly derful people we send out on columnists will also have their assignment. monthly articles in this issue. Now it’s your turn to help us Our advertising Space Dead- put together our first ever reclines for this issue is Mon- ipe cookbook for our Novemday, July 21 with a Final Ad ber issue, just a mere five (5) Copy Deadline of Wednes- months away. day, July 23. We (YOU) have our work cut Anderson County Visions out for us. We need to you Magazine direct-mails its to dig through all of your old monthly issues to 26,792 (and new) recipes to help us homes in Anderson County compile this issue. with an additional 2,500 issues being circulated through We would love to have mom’s our county-wide network of Chess Bar, Uncle Willy’s Chili, Aunt Sue’s Irish Tea Biscuits, display racks. Cousin Joe’s BBQ... I think you get the idea... Download a Advertising RateCard from our website at We also welcome and will www.acvisionsmag.com or be soliciting recipes from not contact an ad representative: only individuals but also restaurants, church groups, etc. Chris Keever 227-4560 chris@acvisionsmag.com
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would really make us look pretty bad. :) No one likes an incomplete receipe or the wrong chemistry for their creations, so we need to set some ground rules for recipe submission. 1. Please submit your recipe(s) under one of the following categories; Appetizers, Meats, Sides, Desserts, Beverages (non-alcoholic).
2. Include your name, phone number with each submittal. Your name will be included with your recipe, not your phone number. 3. Double check your recipes for errors. 4. Submission: We would prefer that you send your reci(See ‘Recipes’ on page 40)
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A Jerusalem artichoke is not an artichoke, it is a sunflower.
October Sky Festival Applications Available Planning for the 7 th annual October Sky Festival and Pageant is in full swing and the applications for vendors and exhibitors are now available on line. Visit our website at: www. octoberskyfestivaltn.org and download an application, if you want to be a part of this year’s event, which takes place on Saturday, October 18th at Arrowhead Park in Oliver Springs. Application
deadline is September 1.
Sky Festival” said Julia Daniel, festival coordinator. “We As a Tri-County community we invite you to promote your encourage artists, crafters, businesses or organizaexhibitors, and vention by becoming a dors from Andervolunteer. What a son, Roane and wonderful way to Morgan Counties give back to the as well as surcommunity.” rounding areas to take part in The Rodtoberthis growing event. fest Car Show put on by Rodstalgia Custom “Now is a great time to get Cars is coming back and will involved with the October be held downtown on Main
Street. You can get more information at www.rodstalgia.com The 7th annual October Sky Festival is presented by the Oliver Springs Historical Society and the Town of Oliver Springs, all proceeds go to the ongoing museum restoration project. Call 865-435-0385 or visit www.octoberskyfestivaltn. org for details on becoming a sponsor or vendor.
Fall Soccer Registration for Anderson & Roane Co. The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) will hold signups for the 2014 Fall season beginning Thursday, July 24 th . Registration will be held at the Oak Ridge AYSO Office, located at 1998 Oak Ridge Turnpike beside the UGO Grocery Outlet. Registration dates are Thursday, July 24rd from 5p.m.-7 p.m., Saturday,
July 26th from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Thursday, July 31st from 5-8 p.m., and Late registration Saturday, August 2nd from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. (Add a $10 late fee to this registration day). Anyone from age 4 to19 who is interested in playing soccer is encouraged to register. AYSO was founded on the principle that everyone plays. The league is committed to
safe, fun, fair competition. You do not need soccer experience - just a desire to be part of this sport.
information on registration and fees, visit the AYSO Region 390 website at www.aysoregion390.org.
Both returning and new players can speed up registration by going online at www.eayso. org and then printing 2 copies of the form and bring them, with their registration fee, to signups at the times listed. Cash or check only will be accepted.
In addition to core program, The Oak Ridge Region also offers a VIP program.
Registration is just $55 for Oak Ridge residents, and includes national fees and injury insurance. Sibling discounts are available. AYSO is a nonprofit, all-volunteer local organization. You can also come by the registration to volunteer this season to coach, referee, and much more. For complete
The AYSO Very Important Players (VIP) program provides a quality soccer experience for children and adults with physical or mental disabilities. VIP teams may include those who are blind or visually impaired, amputees or those in wheelchairs, mentally or emotionally challenged, or those with autism, down syndrome or cerebral palsy. VIP Registration is just $20 for Oak Ridge residents, and includes national fees and injury insurance.
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But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33-34
Aerosmith’s “Dude Looks Like A Lady,” was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.
Temptations Revue Sat., August 9 An August concert by the concert will be in the Oak p.m. and tickets must be Temptations Revue will kick Ridge High School Audito- purchased online. All prooff the fundraising campaign rium located at 1450 Oak ceeds will be directed to the revitalization effort to revamp and restore Blankenship Field/Jack Armstrong Stadium to a world class facilty. Organizers are promoting the show through local media. Information on ticket sales is available at www. TemptationsRevueORHS. eventbrite.com. “This may be the most exciting thing that has ever happened in Oak Ridge since the developing of the atomic bomb in 1943,” organizers said. Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge. It’s sponsored by Those who can’t make it to the Oak Ridge Quarterback the event or want to make Club. a donation can visit http:// blankenshipfielddonations. The Saturday, August 9 The show starts at 7:30 eventbrite.com. to revitalize Blankenship Field and Jack Armstrong Stadium into a world-class facility, organizers said.
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Tickets on sale for the Free Medical Clinic’s Atomic Blast Tickets are now on sale for the Atomic Blast, Oak Ridge’s one of a kind event that promises to put an extra dose of “fun” in the fundraiser for the Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge (FMCOR)! The event is set for Saturday August 16, 2014 in the Parish Life Center of St. Mary’s Church located at 327 Vermont Avenue in Oak Ridge.
Hours are Monday 8:30-4:00, Tuesday through Thursday 7:30-3:30, and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Fridays. To purchase tickets by mail, make checks payable to the Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge and send to 116 East Division Rd., Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Please put Atomic Blast tickets on the notation line.
The evening will include dinner, dancing to live music, live and silent auctions, and a Celebrity Dance Contest. Guests can enjoy watching the fun loving, community spirited couples who have been selected to be contestants! Included with wine and beer for purchase will be the new “Atomic Blast Signature Drink.” Dress is casual but attendees are invited to get all decked out in neon colors.
FMCOR provides free medical care to residents of Anderson, Roane and Morgan counties who do not have medical insurance and can’t afford to pay for care. Since opening in January, 2010 nearly 3500 patients have been seen in 17,000 visits. The average number of patients’ visits per month now numbers more than 600.
For additional information about the Atomic Blast or FMTickets are $60 and can be COR call (865) 483-3904 or purchased on line at www. visit on line at www.fmcor.org. fmcor.org. Click on the Atomic Blast tab. They are also available at the FMCOR office located at 116 East Division Road (behind Zaxby’s) in Oak Ridge.
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Babe Ruth is credited with the invention of the modern baseball bat,...
Second Saturdays in Historic Downtown Clinton Most people of Anderson County are familiar with the beauty of downtown Clinton, the delightful shops that fill Main and Market Streets and at least a story or two from this town’s rich history. With each step, as I stroll through the downtown district, I travel back to a time when we all took the time to truly value and support our neighbors and communities. Generally, I walk away feeling a touch guilty, but deeply inspired to become
more locally involved with my associations and purchases. Before the corporate big box stores of today, Clinton had a thriving and bustling downtown. People from all around came to spend the day at places like White’s Grocery, Gormly’s Five and Dime, Brown Bobby’s Café, Worthington’s Shoes, Bernards, LuEllen Millers and Hammers.
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Many of the local merchants and street vendors will be selling antiques, collectibles, handmade furniture, jewelry, crafts and art. The “Second
people are taking in remembering and promoting their amazing community, as well as doing their part in restoring the values and traditions
Saturday” event also features local food vendors, exhibits, musicians, story tellers and other types of entertainment for all ages. In fact, the Clinton Library held its summer reading program at the last event.
established generations ago, which bound together so many in small towns like Clinton across America.
folks and shop owners who want to preserve the heritage and the tradition of downtown Clinton, every second Saturday of the month the streets are blocked off to transform However, thanks to some fine parts of Main and Market Streets into an open market just like in the days of yesteryear. And now, people like me who want to shop local can do it all in one place. The “Second Saturday” initiative is a chance for our community to get a taste of Tennessee from local farmers selling fresh picked produce, plants and herbs grown only minutes away instead of thousands of miles away; a place to mingle with area vendors and artists who line the sidewalks with quality goods, as well as showcase their skills and creative talents and it is simply another wonderful reason for us all to come together.
The next “Second Saturday” is scheduled for Saturday, July 12. For more information or if Although this is not a festi- you are interested in vending val, each month the growing at the event, contact Donna participation demonstrates Raines at 604-4796. just how much of an interest
He was the first player to order a bat with a knob on the end of the handle.
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Clinton hosts Christmas in July Saturday, July 26th, Clinton will hold its 6th Annual Christmas in July. Many shops will be decorated with a holiday flair, playing Christmas music and having refreshments for customers throughout the day. Santa will
make an appearance in town northern states like Michigan and Indiana that regularly stop off to antique on their way and everyone loves to see south.” For those of us in him during the summertime, this area, Clinton is a great quite a different look from one day trip close to home the fur trimmed red velvet with a days worth of anwinter suit he usually wears! tique and specialty stores Occasionally he will bring along with a few great lunch Mrs. Claus along for a day spots. of shopping, in a city that boasts the most antique The Antique Merchants in shops in the South. Clinton represents over 100 dealers that offer their The Antique Shops in Clinwares in 20 shops and ton have been the recipient malls located in and around of Busy Bee’s Readers the Historic Downtown DisChoice Award for “Best trict along Market and Main Weekend Trip”. Clinton is Streets. Unlike a mega an outstanding choice for a mall, Clinton is a town of day or weekend trip. As one small business establishlocal resident said “Our city ments that offer shoppers is rapidly becoming a desan opportunity to stroll the tination for travelers from
sidewalks between historic buildings visiting shops in a quaint Historic setting, with restaurants, an old-time drug store, and a lovely town park complete with an old fashioned gazebo. All the shops sell a wide array of antique furniture and collectibles and some offer items like custom made jewelry, antique clocks, vintage clothing, stained glass, decorator accessories, and unique period furnishings.
For more information about the unique antique shopping experience Clinton has to offer, you can call 463-8699, 457-5250 or visit HistoricClintonsAntiques.com.
Rocky Top, Tennessee 37769 The Tennessee anthem of Rocky Top is known well inside and outside our state. Many people who visit Tennessee are a little confused when they find out there isn’t actually a city named Rocky Top, Tennessee. But now there is right here in Anderson County. Lake City’s offi-
cial name has been changed council meeting that decided to Rocky Top. on the change, stood and applauded. The song that declares, “Rocky Top, you’ll always be There were no public comhome, sweet home, to me. ments at the meeting, but at Good ol’ Rocky Top. Rocky an informational meeting last Top, Tennessee,” has been year, the attitude was, “Yes, recorded by dozens of per- this may be a dream, but we formers over the years, in- have to latch on to something. cluding Dolly Parton, Glen Currently there’s nothing,” Campbell, the Osborne Anderson County Director of Brothers and Lynn Anderson. Tourism Stephanie Wells has Although the publishers of said. the famous song tried to stop Lake City…er the name change, city coun- Currently cil successfully voted in the Rocky Top has many comchange. So why change the name? Because it will attract tourists. And when you attract tourists, you need to provide them with more than a name to make the trip. And there will be. Rocky Top will be home to a Disney-styleinteractive, 3-D animated theater, a live music venue, an indoor-outdoor waterpark and a 500-seat paddleboat restaurant on a soonto-be-constructed artificial lake. This attraction brings with it promises of more money for the county and more jobs as well. The audience of about 400 people, at the city
mercial buildings in the tiny downtown that are vacant, which will likely change. One thing the town has going for it is that it has two exits off of Interstate 75. The popular route from North to South sees many tourists already, so this will be a perfect stop on their vacation itinerary. Rocky Top will be the third name the city has had. Originally it was called Coal Creek, but changed to Lake City in the 1930’s to attract visitors to Norris Lake.
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Florence Harding, wife of Warren G. Harding, was the first divorcee to...
The 122nd Annual Anderson County Fair For well over a century, the Anderson County Fair has brought the best six days of summer fun to the residents of Anderson County and visitors alike. It was voted “2nd Runner-up Champion of Fairs AAA Division” in 2011 and continues to increase its rich tradition by getting bigger and better with each passing year.
entire evening of carnival rides costs only $20.00. The fair runs each evening from 5pm to 10pm There are certain AC Fair traditions that will be upheld in 2014. The Anderson County Fair will be offering the very popular demolition derby
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prepare their cars that will be reduced to scrap as they crash into each other. Some may be gone in minutes as they take an unlucky hit to a vulnerable spot, while others may last until the finale with a car that looks like it was dropped from a plane. When the winners of each heat make it to the finale, much more is at stake as bragging rights for the year are up for on Friday, July 19th at 7:30pm. This year the fair grabs. expects to draw more derby entries than ever before that will be a smash and crash to see who can survive and win.
On July 14, at 218 Nave Street, just off John Seviers Boulevard in Clinton, Tennessee, the fairgrounds will open for this favorite annual event and will run through July 19th. For just $5.00 you get an evening of sights sounds and summer fun. This includes concerts, contests, exhibits, food, and games. Unless you are under the age of six, then you get in free! You can also get a pass It is amazing to see the enfor all six days for $20.00. An trants, who take months to
On Saturday, July 20th starting at 7:00pm the Lawn Mower Races will begin! Perhaps it is the tedium of watching the grass grow just to cut it down and watch it grow some more. Perhaps it’s just something about men and their motors. No one seems to know why, but all across America, people have discovered new thrills at the throttle of the gasolinepowered locomotion, the riding lawn mower. Men and the rare woman come from all over with souped-up, decal-coated John Deeres, Snappers, Dynamarks and Murrays. They whip around dirt tracks at speeds routinely exceeding 30 miles an
hour and sometimes 60. Join the excitement of the “Lawn Mower Races.” There are adult divisions for ages 18 and up and junior divisions for 17 and under. The mowers will be residential type with stock appearance and original engines however engines can, and usually are, modified. One of the more popular contests is The Fairest of the Fair Pageants. The main pageant is for girls ages 16 to 20. There is also a Junior Fairest for ages 13 to 15, Fairest Princess for ages 10 to 12, and Fairest Tiny Miss which has various age divisions. The pageants will take place (See ‘Fair’ on page 21)
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live in the White House as First Lady of the United States.
2014 Anderson County Fair Schedule of Events
Go online to www.andersoncountyfairtn.com for more information concerning Anderson County Fair Events. Admissions: General Admission: $5 Children 6 & Under: Free Season Pass: $20 Parking: Free (While Space is Available)
Monday, July 14 Kubota of Knoxville Night 8:00am - Noon Exhibits Accepted 1:00pm Judging of Exhibits 5:00pm Gates Open 5:00pm Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo 6:00pm James Gang Amusements each night. Pay One Price for rides 6:00 - 9:00pm Living Heritage Demonstrations: Crocheting, Knitting & Spinning 6:00pm Jason Stinnett Band 7:00pm Faith Promise Member Appreciation Night (Underwood-McRae Pavilion) 7:00pm 4WD Stock Truck Qualifying Pull & Outlaw Truck Qualifying Pull 7:00pm Tractor Parade of Power (Ballfield) 7:00 - 9:00pm CASH Giveaway 8:00pm Open Poultry / Open Rabbit Show
Tuesday, July 15 Peoples Bank Of The South Night 5:00pm
Gates Open
5:00pm Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo 6:00pm James Gang Amusements each night. Pay One Price for rides 6:00 - 9:00pm Holley Gamble Kid’s Fun Night 6:00 - 9:00pm Living Heritage Demo: Quilting 7:00pm Dash for Cash, Main Event 2WD Stock Truck Pull, 4WD Stock Truck & Outlaw Truck Pull 7:00pm Tractor Parade of Power (Ballfield) 7:30pm Tennessee Mountain Wrestling 7:00 - 9:00pm CASH Giveaway
Wednesday, July 16 Y-12 Credit Union Night Powell Clinch Utility District “KID’S FREE NIGHT” (15 and under admitted free) 11:30am Gates Open/Entertainment 12:00 - 3:00pm Living Heritage Demonstration Biscuit Baking 12:30pm Senior Citizens Day 12:30 - 9:00pm Clinton Antique Car Club 5:00pm Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo 6:00pm James Gang Amusements each night. Pay one Price for rides 6:00pm Jada Blade (80’s & 90’s Rock) 6:30pm Shine Effect, Gospel Music 6:00 - 8:00pm 4-H Demonstrations 7:00pm Tractor Parade of Power (Ballfield) 7:00 - 9:00pm CASH Giveaway
6:00pm Hotshot Freight Train Band 6:00pm The Beelers 6:00 - 9:00pm Living Heritage Demonstration Canning 7:00pm Tractor Parade of Power (Ballfield) 7:00 - 9:00pm CASH Giveaway 7:00 - 9:30pm The McKamey’s (Gospel)
Friday, July 18 Powell-Clinch Utility District Night
5:00pm Gates Open 5:00pm Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo 6:00pm James Gang Amusements each night. Pay One Price for rides 6:00pm Sheep, Lamb, Ewe Show (Pavillion) 6:00 - 9:00pm Living Heritage Demo: Tatting 6:00pm Chillbillies (Country Classic Rock & Blues) 7:00pm Tractor Parade of Power (Ballfield) 7:00 - 9:00pm CASH Giveaway 7:30pm Demolition Derby
Saturday, July 19 Re-Elect Tim Shelton for Register of Deeds Night
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Thursday, July 17 Re-Elect Tim Shelton for Register of Deeds Night 5:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm
Gates Open Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo James Gang Amusements each night. Pay one Price for rides
5:00pm Gates Open 5:00pm Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo 6:00pm James Gang Amusements each night. Pay One Price for rides 6:00pm Open Beef Show (Pavillion) 5:00 - 8:00pm Living Heritage Demo: Beading 6:30pm Lawn Mower Pull and ATV Pull (registration at 4:30) 7:00pm Lost Creek Bluegrass 7:00pm Tractor Parade of Power (Ballfield) 7:00 - 9:00pm CASH Giveaway 7:30pm Demolition Derby
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Melting ice absorbs almost as much energy in changing to...
The HeART of Our Community I hope that you and your family enjoyed the Secret City Festival and The Lavender Festival this past June. Both of these events are truly unique and bring so much to our town. Visitors from around the Southeast and other parts of the country make Oak Ridge their home for a couple of weeks in early summer each year. We should be thankful that our local leaders and businesses support these events which add so much to the vitality and quality of life. I would like to take this opportunity to share a bit of personal information with loyal readers of this column. It has been both an honor and a pleasure serving our community as the executive director of the Arts Council of Oak Ridge, but I have decided to step down from this position. Beginning in July, ACOR will have a new ED but I will continue to assist the organization with some of its communication efforts such as this Anderson County Visions article, the Arts Council’s website, and computer app program. I have enjoyed
working with our talented board over the past 8 years as a member, officer, and ED. One of the most important purposes that the council fulfills is the collaborative advocacy of the arts groups in our city and county while supporting creative outlets for those who practice the arts or by those who enjoy them as audience members. So, I hope you will join me and continue to support the organizations that are truly unique to our community.
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Jim Dodson
enjoy with the whole family. A full schedule of classes and workshops is available at the Art Center or on the website. For more information on exhibitions, classes and other upcoming Art Center activities, call (865) 482-1441, or visit Try spending some time in- our Facebook page or website side as the temps rise in July. at www.oakridgeartcenter.org. The Oak Ridge Art Center continues to offer exhibitions The Oak Ridge Community and classes to nourish your Band/Wind Ensemble will creative spirit. Following the continue the summer series Tennessee Woodworkers Guild exhibition in June, the Art Center will offer “Tickle Me Pink”, an invitational exhibition featuring work of a whimsical nature which will highlight pieces that are amusing, visual jokes or flights of fancy. The exhibition is scheduled for June 28 through August 10 with an Artist’s Reception on Saturday, July 12 from 7-9 pm. It should be a fun exhibition to
of Community Band performance on July 4. This FREE concert will also celebrate the Community Band’s 70th anniversary with special guest performers including the Dixieland Band, Knoxville opera singer Lettie Andrade De La Torre, and a chorus to sing “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” A fireworks display will begin at 10:00pm and will once again be accompanied by music played live onsite by Jack Ryan, Radio Host for 96.7 Merle FM. Jack will be broadcasting from Bissell Park beginning at 6:00pm and will conclude with a patriotic medley customized for the city’s fireworks. The countdown to fireworks will begin at 9:30pm
giving listeners plenty of time to settle down, tune in, and enjoy the show! There is no admission fee for the summer concerts and Razzleberry’s Ice Cream Lab will be selling cool refreshments during the programs. The public is encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for outdoor seating around the Performing Arts Pavilion. For more information call 865-482-3568 or visit www.orcb.org. Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association hosts two summer camps each year. The Summer Dance Camp is for dancers of all ages and abilities and (See ‘Arts’ on page 16)
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liquid water as is needed to heat the water from freezing to boiling.
Happy Second of July! Okay, time for me to throw a monkey wrench in all of your celebrations. I’m happy to announce that the good old US of A’s Birthday has b e e n changed this year. It’s because on July 4, 1776 we claimed our independence f r o m G r e a t Britain and our Democracy was born. But our celebratin’ might be a couple of days late. Here’s why. On June 11th, Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and adopted a resolution urging independence from Great Britain. They appointed a committee to write a formal document that would tell King George
that the Americans had decided to govern themselves. The committee asked Thomas Jefferson to write a draft of the document, so he worked for days, in absolute secret, until he had written a document that he thought said everything important that the committee had discussed. On June 28, 1776, the committee met to read Jefferson’s first copy. He put his best ideas together and wrote them in his own hand. They revised the document and declared their independence on July 2, 1776. Did you hear that? They declared their independence on July 2nd. They officially voted and adopted it on July 4, 1776. John Hancock, President of the Continental
Comfort Corner “Carl” Congress, was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. It is said that he signed his name “with a great flourish” so “King George can read that without spectacles!” That is why we call that date “Independence Day.” The fact is that John Adams wrote home to Abigail on the 3rd that this day, July 2nd will go down in history,” “We’ll celebrate it with parades and pomp and bells ringing and fireworks, and it was because Congress actually ruled it in favor of independence on July 2. But it was two days later, of course, that Congress then
accepted Jefferson’s declara- sumed each 4th of July alone. tion, explaining the vote two (See ‘July’ on page 50) days before that really got fixed in the America’s imagination as our birthday. Some still say July 2nd should be our Independence Day. The 4th of July is also significant in a strange way. Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of each other on July 4, 1826. Weird huh? Also, Americans began observing the Fourth of July as early as 1777, when the first-ever major celebration in Philadelphia included a parade, a thirteen-shot cannon salute and fireworks, but Congress didn’t make it official until 1870, when it was part of a bill passed to recognize major state holidays at a federal level. In celebration, about 155 million Hot Dogs are con-
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Kate “God Bless America” Smith sold more U.S. war bonds than...
Hell-Fire Trail in Tennessee; The Scopes “Monkey Trial” The Scopes “Monkey Trial”---I the Festival play by Deborah always anticipated someone DeGeorge Harbin of Elizawould make a musical out of it. bethton, TN. July 18-20, 2014, the Scopes Trial Festival in Dayton, Tennessee will feature four performances of Front Page News: Dayton and the World Famous Scopes Trial—a newly adapted play with music—in the historic Rhea County Courthouse where William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow clashed over whether Tennessee schools would teach evolution or Biblical creation during Dayton’s 1925 “Monkey Trial.”
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Taylor, whose Billboard hits have been recorded by Montgomery Gentry, The Oak Ridge Boys, Allison Krause and Don Williams, will also play “The Sto- “Front Page News will bring ryteller” in the power of Southern gospel and Tennessee music, and the faith and spirit of rural America of the Scopes Trial, which is advertised as the flagship event of the Festival,’ says Scopes Festival Chairman Tom Davis and MainStreet Dayton Director Anna Tromanhauser in the official publicity release.
“The Cumberland County Playhouse is co-producing Front Page News in Dayton along with the Dayton Festival. Grammy-nominated Nashville songwriter/ Front Page actor Bobby Taylor will team News, weaving original, trawith Playhouse Producing ditional, and sacred music Director Jim Crabtree to adapt throughout the story.”
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The musical production coproduced by Cumberland Playhouse with the 26th Annual 2014 Scopes Festival called Front Page News will all be at the Rhea County Courthouse, site of the 1925 trial pitting evolution science of man’s creation as described by Darwin against the biblical account of man’s creation in the Bible in Genesis. Science and religion continue to butt heads with one another even to this day. Despite the Establishment Clause in the U.S. Constitution that prohibits governments from establish-
ing any religion, legislators continue to try to establish their own brand of religion. The 1925 Scopes Trial stemmed from a law passed by Tennes-
Tennessee that was different from what was written in the scripture of the Bible. The trial caught world-wide attention in 1925, and was ultimately
see legislation that prohibited made into a movie called any teacher from teaching Inherit the Wind. The title evolution or any scientific theory to school children in (See ‘Monkey’ on page 24)
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anyone else during World War II. She sold $600 million worth.
Shrek & Gypsy Heat Up the CC Playhouse Stage! Audiences at Cumberland County Playhouse are cheering Shrek, Donkey, the glorious-voiced but goofy Princess Fiona, and a whole cast of fairy tale misfits! Since its June 13 opening, Shrek the Musical has been enchanting capacity crowds and has become the summer’s first smash hit! Britt Hancock and Michael Ruff give tour de force performances as the lovable ogre and the chatterbox Donkey, with Anna Baker keeping everyone in line as Fiona. The supporting cast is wacky and wonderful, with Daniel Black as the four-foot-two Lord Farquaad, Illeana Kervin as Dragon, Quinn Cason as Pinocchio, and many more!
costumes under Bryce McDonald’s expert direction, and Leila Nelson’s dazzling choreography is beautifully showcased throughout this lavish Playhouse production. The costume department worked round the clock for nearly two months handcrafting the hundreds of costumes Shrek requires and The Playhouse’s backstage wizards created a myriad of breathtaking special effects including an enormous singing dragon, a talking gingerbread man and eye-popping, stateof-the art animated full-stage projections created by video designer Mikael Drobny. Shrek the Musical runs through August 31, is rated G and is co-sponsored by Comfort Suites/Holiday Inn Express/Hampton Inn and Gernt Insurance/Grange Insurance.
Set designer Curtis Phillips and costume designer Terry Schwab (Beauty and the Beast) have once again teamed up to create the show’s spectacular sets and And in July, everything will
be coming up roses as the Playhouse brings one of the greatest American musicals of all time to life… Gypsy! From the unforgettable first notes of its legendary Overture to the final white hot spotlight, Gypsy is considered by many to be “the best musical ever,” as it tells the story of the archetypal stage mother, Momma Rose and her daughters June and Louise. Set during the 1920s fading vaudeville circuit, Gypsy portrays the rise of famed burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee and casts an affectionate eye on show business as she journeys across the country with her mother and sister during a time when Vaudeville was dying… and Burlesque was born. Bold, brassy, yet remarkably charming, Momma Rose puts today’s Dance Moms to shame as she steamrolls everyone in her way to turn her daughters into child stars.
When the younger, more talented daughter defects, Rose sinks all her hopes (and claws) into the elder.
on Lee’s sister, actress June Havoc). The supporting cast features Playhouse favorites Jason Ross as Rose’s love interest Herbie, Austin Price as Tulsa, the lead male dancer in Rose’s troupe, Anya Reichers and Natalie Underwood are double cast in the role of Baby June, and Caitlin McMahon will play Baby Louise.
The new Playhouse production will feature some of the company’s most powerful performers. Starring as Momma Rose is the dynamic Weslie Webster. DeAnna Etchison is Louise (the character based on Gypsy Rose Lee), and G y p s y , w h i c h o r i g i n a l l y newcomer Elizabeth Wyld is (See ‘Shrek’ on page 14) June (the character based
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Shrek (Continued from page 13) opened on Broadway in 1959, was created by three musical theater legends: Jule Styne (music), Stephen Sondheim
(lyrics), and Arthur Laurents (book). The musical contains many songs that became popular standards, including “Everything’s Coming up Roses”, “Together (Wherever We Go)”, “Small World”, “Some People”, “Let Me Entertain You”, “All I Need Is the Girl”, and “Rose’s Turn”. Gypsy has been referred to as the greatest American musical by numerous critics and writers, among them Ben Brantley (“what may be the greatest of all American musicals...”)[1] and Frank Rich.[2] Rich wrote that “ Gypsy is nothing if not Broadway’s own brassy, unlikely answer to ‘King Lear.’”[3] Theater critic Clive Barnes wrote that “Gypsy’ is one of the best of musicals...” and described the character of Rose as “one of the few truly complex characters in the American musical.”
The potato was not known in Europe until the 17th century,... ner with the Scopes Trial Festival in Dayton, Tennessee to coproduce FRONT PAGE NEWS: Dayton and the World Famous Scopes Trial - a newly adapted play with music - in the historic Rhea County courtroom where William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow clashed during the famous 1925 “Monkey Trial.” Grammy-nominated Nashville songwriter/actor Bobby Taylor will team with Playhouse Producing Director Jim Crabtree to adapt Deborah Harbin’s historically accurate rendition of the trial’s events and origins, which premiered in Dayton in 2013. As timely as today’s headlines and as timeless as the debate over evolution versus creationism, this new version of Front Page News will premiere only months before the Playhouse presents its revival of Inherit the Wind,, the controversial fictional drama inspired by the same events.
Playhouse are two enduringly popular titles, Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun, and Smoke on the Mountain.
Annie Get your Gun stars Tennessee’s very own Miss America, Kellye Cash as legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley, a plucky backwoods gal whose astonishing shooting skills earn her a spot in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West traveling show… and spark a competition with the show’s handsome headliner, Frank Butler. The two Also in July, Cumberland County Playhouse will part- Currently on stage at the soon fall for each other, but Gypsy opens on the Playhouse Mainstage July18 and runs through September 5. The show is rated PG and is co-sponsored by Dr. Dirk C. Davidson, MD/Tennessee Plateau Oncology and Fairfield Glade Resort.
when Annie’s act outshines her beau’s, she discovers that what’s good for business can be bad for romance. Directed by Weslie Webster, this lighthearted “tall tale” is packed with singing, dancing, sharpshooting and all the excitement – and exaggeration - of America’s Wild West. It runs through July 11, is rated G and is sponsored by Plateau Pediatrics. The firearms sponsor for the show is Tabor’s Pawn Shop. Smoke on the Mountain is now in its twentyfirst consecutive year at Cumberland County Playhouse! The year is 1938. It’s Saturday night in Mount Pleasant, NC, and the Reverend Oglethorpe has invited the Sanders Family Singers to provide an uplifting evening of song. The audience becomes the congregation as traditional and original hymns weave together with stories of witness from the family members. The honesty, humor and faith of this Southern mountain family and the church’s new preacher connect strongly with audiences of all ages and faiths. Smoke continues to play to sold-out crowds and delight Playhouse audiences again and again. Running from May 30 to August 8, Smoke on the Mountain is rated G and sponsored by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, as it has been from the beginning. Other upcoming titles at the Playhouse include It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, Damn Yankees, A Sanders Family Christmas and Scrooge. Don’t miss a moment of the excitement at Cumberland County Playhouse – Tennessee’s Family Theater for 50 years. Call 931-484-5000 or visit www.ccplayhouse.com today! All CCP productions are made possible through sponsor support, with additional support from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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when it was introduced by returning Spanish Conquistadors.
The World of Marta Gobel-Pietrasz Once in a while, I come across an artist whose work is so striking, I have to know more about it. I want to know who they are, where their ideas come from, and try and figure out how they got to be so good at what they do. I have had a few Oak Ridge residents tell me about the artist Marta Gobel-Pietrasz and decided to take a look at her work myself. I visited her website and was instantly entranced. Each was a world of its own
with such captivating contrasts and images that could tell you an entire story if you were to give them the time to do so. A piece of Marta’s work is easy to gaze at forgetting time and it is there you find its story. Her training came from her time in art school in Poland which she left before graduating when she married her husband and moved to Oak Ridge. She continued to be an artist, but it wasn’t until after
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gree, with honors, Marta applied to the Mental Health Counseling Department Grad Program and was one of eight accepted out of 100 candidates. She has been
of all enjoy. Marta has remained a busy artist over the years. She takes on private students, commissioned work, and she
her husband passed away that she decided to pursue her degree at The University of Tennessee School of Art. This process lead to more than obtaining her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree. Marta had to make up some credits in some basic classes such as math and science and she says, “I loved these classes and the scientist in me began to wake up.” Her parents were doctors after all and that has shown through much of her work that feels like looking into the microscope at an inner world unseen by the naked eye. After completing her art de- a volunteer at Contact Help Line and other organizations. She would like to use her background in art in her future work as a councilor and apply art therapy. She is most interested in helping veterans with post traumatic stress disorder.
exhibits her own work in six to seven shows a year both at home and abroad. Next year, she will have her work in the “Arts Totale” exhibit in Grenoble, France and closer to home, she will be in the Oak Ridge Art Center’s exhibit “Tickled Pink” a collection of Marta doesn’t believe that art whimsical work by local artists. should be made by a chosen The show will run from June few, but that it is something for 22 to August 10. everyone and that most of all, it should be an act of pleasure. If you would like to spend She teaches a mixed media some time getting lost in Marclass at the Oak Ridge Insti- ta’s work, visit her website at tute of Continuing Education http://www.artmajeur.com/en/ at Roane State and says that artist/gebmart. You can also teaching art is most fun with contact her through her webbeginners who are open to site for commissioned work what they can learn and most and private lessons.
If you are classified as a POSSLQ by the Census Bureau,..
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classes, workshops, Wonderful Wednesday Events, and other activities, visit www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org.
the Pre-Pointe Camp/Pointe Intensive is for ballerinas who The Oak Ridge Playhouse expect to be starting pointe next production is the Allin the next two American Muyears as well sical “1776” as current en opening July pointe balleri4-20. It’s the nas looking summer of for additional 1776, and the summer trainAmerican naing. More infortion is ready to mation can be declare indefound at www. pendence from orcba.org. England - if only our foundMusic Arts School continues ing fathers can agree to it! The to offer opportunities for those seminal event in American hisindividuals interested in learn- tory blazes to vivid musical life ing to play an instrument or for as human faces are put on the any current musician wanting men behind the national icons. to learn a few new skills. Visit John Adams, Thomas Jeffertheir website at www.musi- son, and Benjamin Franklin cartsschool.org. attempt to convince the members of the second Continental Summer activities continue at Congress to vote “Yea” in this the Children’s Museum of Oak funny, insightful, and compelRidge. For a detailed list of ling musical comedy. Other
Mainstage shows next year include,”Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” “A Christmas Story, the Musical (rights pending),” “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” and “A Little Night Music.” JR Playhouse shows include “Sarah Plain and Tall” and “13 Bells of Bogelwood.” Our popular Theatre Training Academy, July 14-25, provides young people with a dynamic concentrated learning experience in acting and theatre techniques. This is an intensive session for youth who are focused on learning more about the art
and process of acting. For questions or more information, please contact: Kathy Gillenwaters at 865-805-1307. For more information or to order Playhouse tickets visit www. orplayhouse.com or call 865482-9999.
For further information about any of these exciting events, contact the Arts Council Office at 482-4432 or visit the ACOR website at www.artscouncilofoakridge.org. If you have a smartphone or tablet download our free app to keep updated. Search Oak Ridge Arts The Oak Ridge Community Council to find the new app. Orchestra’s performance at the Secret City Festival in About the author... Oak Ridge was a great success. For more information on Jim Dodson is the Executive performances for the coming Director of the Arts Council season, visit the orchestra’s of Oak Ridge and can be website: www.oakridgecom- reached at 482-4432 or via his munityorchestra.com. email: jdodsonart@aol.com.
you are a “Person of Opposite Sex, Sharing Living Quarters.”
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Shiloh & An Officer’s Uniform: An Appreciation for History There was a time when I did not like history. Memorizing dates and names did not appeal to me. However, a college history professor that I had changed all that. While studying American history, our class took a trip to Shiloh battlefield of the Civil War. After watching a movie that set the background, while also giving accurate information about the battle itself, we went out on the grounds and could see where everything took place. I was transported back in time, and I was hooked on history!
war uniform folded up on an old, dusty trunk. The family had decided to donate its contents to a historical museum. But we got to see the contents before the public! One thing that intrigued me was that the gentleman had been a general store proprietor before the war. His ledger revealed interesting stock and prices. Shoes were a dollar. A Can of beans was 5 cents, if my memory serves me correctly! And, there were customers on the books who still owed the store and had a balance on the books. That ledger lent a Not long after the Shiloh in- voice to the past, and made cident, we were privileged to daily life come alive! visit with a family and go into the old home place down on Faith and history are intimately the Tennessee River near connected. We can look back Savannah. Up in the attic we and see where God has acted discovered an officer’s Civil on behalf of his people. The
Spiritually Speaking Dr. Curtis McClane stories of faith have the powerful potential of shaping and molding our identity. Where we have come from helps us understand where we are going. America, as a country, began in part because individuals were seeking religious freedom. Freedom for religious expression, not freedom from it, is part of our collective history. Men and women of faith who went before us sacrificed life and limb based on their faith. That is part of who we are as a nation. There is a fascinating and wonderful perspective taken on this by the writer of the book of Hebrews in the Bible. After mentioning David, Samson, Samuel, the prophets, and other individuals, the author says, “These were all commended for their faith, yet
none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect” (Hebrews 11:39, 40).
past, and history becomes alive in us as we complete what was anticipated. Our current lives are an unfolding of the will of God, being lived faithfully and with full knowledge of those who have gone before. I cannot think Did you notice the connecof a stronger purpose for tion? Through living! His diAs we anticipate our 70 th Anniversary Celebration on August 9 and 10 here at Highland View Church of Christ in Oak Ridge, we envision ourselves like the faithful in vine Hebrews 11: we conaction, God has nect with and complanned something betplete the lives of those ter for us because we actuwho gone before ally receive what the ancient in the name of kings and prophets could not. the Lord! I They promised, we receive. have noticed But also, we connect with s e v e r a l other things in their story and complete the Oak Ridge area and vicintheir lives of sacrifice. We (See ‘Shiloh’ on page 21) have“togetherness” with the
When entering or departing a Russian home,...
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Sissies (Continued from page 25) had that experience. And it can be sooo embarrassing. Something similar to this happened to me awhile back and I still get red in the face when I think about it. A couple of friends and I were having breakfast at a restaurant in Clinton when I spotted a woman I hadn’t seen in ages. I called her over to our booth and in introducing her to my friends, I said, “This is Mary Reynolds She is the best cook in the world. I still have a sweet potato recipe she gave me years ago and it is so delicious.” Then I went on and on about how my family loved it and how I fixed it every Thanksgiving and how they cleaned the bowl everytime. Through my long dissertation, the friend I was introducing was looking more and more puzzled. Finally she stopped me and said. “I’m not Mary Reynolds and I don’t remember ever giving out a sweet potato recipe to anybody.” When I prayed for the floor to open up and swallow me, God must have been looking
the other way...laughing. (The friend I thought was Mary Reynolds was another Mary whom I also had not seen in a long time. However, the real Mary Reynolds did give me a recipe for a sweet potato casserole and it was uncommonly good.) Do you ever try to remember the movie you saw just last night and can’t think of the name of it no matter how hard you try? Or the last four digits of your social security number? Or what the initials AARP stand for? Most of us come to notice these interludes as we grow older. It’s called Brain Bloat. It’s the result of having too much stuff in your head. I remember a few years ago when I started worrying about my own memory loss which involved small things like misplacing my keys... where did I put the book I was reading, or... did I take my pill when I was supposed to-- little things like that. So I bought a bottle of Ginko Biloba, you know, the herbal medicine that is supposed to increase the blood flow to your brain and improve your memory? A lot of good it did me, though. I kept forgetting
where I put the bottle. Maybe the better senior-moment strategy is to just chuckle and admit, “Ah, another senior moment.” If the person you’re talking to is over 60, they’ll know exactly what you mean.
Good thing we wear name columnist for 14 years. She has written a book, Simple tags at class reunions. Pleasures, which is a collection of stories that focus on About the author... family, small town virtues and Ms. Seivers’ articles appear in close-knit neighborhoods in several newspapers in Ken- Appalachia during the 30’s tucky where she has been a and 40’s.
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it is considered very bad form to shake hands across the threshold.
What to Say at a Funeral Some of us are reluctant to go to a funeral because we don’t know what to say. Often, after expressing our condolences to the bereaved family, we worry if we said the right thing or if what we said came out the way we intended. It is a problem for all of us because we sincerely want to convey our sorrow in the most meaningful way. For those who find this a problem, I found some helpful advice on how to handle this. So if you do want to go and pay your respects and want some ideas about what to say, here are some suggestions that might make it easier for you: Talk about what you fondly re-
member about the deceased. Sometimes people think that they shouldn’t say these things because they may upset the bereaved. Quite the opposite is true. It is comforting to know how much the deceased meant to others. So, even funny stories are good.
Senior Living Bena Mae
Seivers be sad. It is okay to show that you are sad. A death is a sad time, regardless of the age of the person who died. A loss is a loss. It is not the time to judge a loss. It is not the time to say, “Well, they had a good run.” They are still someone’s mom or dad, even if they are 90. It is hard to lose anyone, regardless of age. Be mindful of that.
our minds. Seventy or eighty years later we look around those gathered to honor our friend and think about our diminishing numbers which slowly, and sometimes not so slowly are increasing . But when old friends get together on this occasion, sad though it may be, old memories are dredged up, many of them funny, some nostalgic, it brings a togetherness of our past lives and an introspective of what an important part the life of the one who has passed on played in it. He or she is a part of the fabric that we are made of and our memories will always include them. So we honor their passing with thoughts of sadness, but always with a feeling of thankfulness for having known them.
When my own father died and people from his work came, they told funny stories about him at work. It was a side of my dad I did not know. It was comforting to hear how much he was admired. I really If words fail you, give a hug or appreciated this. Most do. a squeeze to the bereaved. This is the perfect time to do If you knew the deceased well, that. Sometimes words are not say how much you are going necessary. Some things are to miss them. How sad you truly left better unsaid. I hate it when people say, “he are. How sad you must know or she is in a better place.” I the bereaved are. It is okay to I’ve often found that attend- disagree. A better place is at ing a funeral can be a joyful experience, and that is not to say that we aren’t mindful of the passing of the deceased. In the past few years I’ve found that attending some funerals takes on the atmosphere of a high school reunion. We greet each other as old friends, we share a lot of history and happy memories of our salad days when thoughts of our own demise never entered
home with a family who loves them.
About the author...
Ms. Seivers’ articles appear in several newspapers in Kentucky where she has been a columnist for 14 years. She has written a book, Simple Pleasures, which is a collection of stories that focus on family, small town virtues and close-knit neighborhoods in Appalachia during the 30’s and 40’s.
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The official term for the pincerlike claw of a crab, lobster, or scorpion is a “chela.”
Late Night Ride with Cousin Ott Causes Trouble Connie, a long time contribu- grabbed my blue denim jacket tor to Visions Magazine, past and fled from the front porch Growing up away several years ago. as my stepmother, Mag on the His articles were some yelled, “Connie! ConCumberland of the very best Vinie, you come back Connie sions Magazine. here! Your dad This article, in will whip you if Boiling particular, is one you go with that of my favorites devil. He’ll get now. Even though Enjoy. you killed.” Ott was much older than I, he knew that Cousin Ott pulled up in front of B y the time she reached I fairly worshipped our house in his big Reo Fly- the steps, I was climbing him, and it was ing Cloud car with its cut-out into Cousin Ott’s big Reo. great fun when exhaust whistle screeching. I That was all that mattered he took me with him. I told him that I wanted to grow up to be just like him and drive a big car and wear the proper cap, goggles and long gloves as he did.
“Here, Connie,” Ott said as he handed me two pints of bootleg whiskey. Put that under your seat. As he put the car in motion, he took one pint of whiskey from his pocket and took three big long swallows. Without offering one sip to me, he directed me to put the bottle in the glove com-
partment. After I shifted his loaded pistol around a little, I found But Cousin Ott had a stop to room for it. make before we reached the main highway at Horse Gap. He surprised me when he In front of his cousin Francis’ said, “Open me a bottle of house, near Laurel Fork, he beer. It’s in the back seat slammed on the brakes and there. We’re going to have a jumped from the car almost big time tonight. I’ve got a girl before it quit rolling. He ran at Mayking and another one across the yard and disap- on down the line.” peared into the house. In no time at all, he came back car- I stretched over to the back seat and got a bottle of beer rying a big brown bag. and opened it. He only took A cloud of dust and gravel flew as he pulled the gas lever down to the bottom and we headed down the South Fork toward Pound.
one swallow from it and grinned as he handed the nearly full bottle back to me. I drank the rest of it. I was 14, and I knew about beer because I had been sipping it from other people’s bottles as long as I could remember. I thought it was a good drink indeed. I thought that it was time for me to drink now. I thought about Mag’s words of warning. I felt numb. My scalp was tingling and I suddenly felt overpowered with excitement as we whizzed down the road, in the roaring Reo with both bootleg whiskey and beer. I thought, then and there, that it was time for me to drink a full bottle of beer. So I opened one and leaned back in the big seat and slowly drank it, savoring every drop of it as I watched the world roll by. The Letcher County sign flashed by as we reached Pound Gap. The town of Jenkins, Kentucky was nearby, but we turned off at Payne Gap and Cousin Ott pointed the big Reo, with the cut-out whistle screeching, (See ‘Ott’ on page 43)
Some Persian rugs may last as long as 500 years before wearing out.
Shiloh (Continued from page 17) ity are celebrating 70 years, which takes it back to 1944. This month of June that year is when D-Day unfolded, and
history was forever changed. come from. I understand that We were forever changed. one of my great grandfathers was nicknamed “whistling Becoming aware of my own McClane.” He would travel family history has helped cre- from Arkansas to Texas periate for me a deeper under- odically, whistling all the way standing and appreciation of and sharpening farm tools, who I am, and where I have implements, and knives to
Visions Magazine, July 2014, Page 21 make a little money for his trip. Some others in my family had a knack for working with wood. Perhaps that is where I got it from. But hearing the stories of my own past give me depth, breadth and contours of my own self that help shape me now. Faith. History. Memory. Family. God. Foundations for a healthy understanding of self. Who would have believed that history professor nearly 40
Fair (Continued from page 8) on Sunday, July 13. Contestants will be judged on beauty, poise, and personality. And what would a county fair be without a Truck Pull? This year there will be two: a 4WD Stock Truck Qualifying Pull & Outlaw Truck Qualifying Pull on Monday, July 15th at 7:00pm and a *DASH FOR CASH, MAIN EVENT*, a 2WD Stock Truck Pull, 4WD Stock Truck Pull, & Outlaw Truck Pull on Tuesday, July 16th at 7:00pm. Registation forms can be downloaded and completed online, or you may register the day of the event from 5:30pm till 6:30 pm with a $20.00 entry fee. Of course there will be special nights for kids and seniors. On Tuesday, July 16, from 6 to 9pm, kids activities and games
years ago would have such an impact on a reluctant student! Curtis D. McClane is in his 10th year as the Minister of Highland View Church of Christ in Oak Ridge. He has recently published a book on Christian hospitality, The Habitat of Hospitality: Being Jesus for a World in Need, that can be ordered at www. ketchpublishing.com/Hospitality.htm will take place for ages 6 to 12 and prizes of toys and bicycles will be awarded. Wednesday, July 16th will be Senior Citizens’ Day. Anderson County resident seniors will be admitted free and there will be contests including Best Decorated Hat, Oldest Man and Woman, Men’s Knobby Knees and more. The Anderson County fair is one large and fun-filled exhibit. As always, various 4H project will be presented including livestock and crops, there will be art exhibits and a variety of Living Heritage Skills Demonstrations including crocheting, spinning, quilting, canning, beading, and more. For a complete schedule and information on registration for events and more, visit The Fair’s website at www. andersoncountyfairtn.com. And don’t miss out on the fun!
To preserve their elaborate coiffures, geishas in ancient Japan...
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Gremlins and Change Homeostasis sounds like a dreaded disease, doesn’t it? A psychologist would explain it as a Greek term literally meaning “standing still.” As a coach I would be more likely to call it inertia-the tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. We all have those circumstances we are contemplating, but never get around to acting on and making changes. Anyway, change is a scary subject.
We really like what is familiar even if we know it’s time to grow into something better. Coaching can help you or an employee draw out dreams and goals to make bite size moves toward a vision, supporting you through the process of change. That’s the power of a coach: to be there every step of the way through the uncertainties in your head.
While this may sound in the coaching Life Coach dismaying, world, we often use a strategy called the gremlin. A gremlin is the whisper (or sometimes a Yvonne shout) in the back of our head rehearsing negative fears. Hart Gremlins are like a shadowy Remember as Coaching is best for those monster. wanting to avoid the threat a kid when there were your to security clearance, and monsters in only wanting to clarify career or personal goals not work on deep therapeutic issues. But moving forward is still bedroom change and it still requires made from as a decision. We humans shadows have an innate resistance you laid in bed? to change. Research shows Once you called that both individuals and out to an adult switched organizations with the most who passionate commitment to on a light, you saw a given change invariably the small inoffensive counterbalance it by an object making the equally powerful but often scary shadow on the unseen commitment not to wall. Then all was well for a good night’s rest. change. We fight the gremlin in the
same way: 1. Bring it out of the shadows 2. Shine a light on it - we see it was just a very small object magnified 3. Truth is revealed - we find i t ’ s much less scary and easier to manage Any time we decide to make a change - even one we have chosen, the gremlins a t t a c k . Awareness helps to shine the light to keep them at bay, then their roar is only a mew. Expect gremlins when you try something new or make positive changes. Bring them into the light and talk to them and get support if needed from a trusted partner. Whatever the change you are involved in right now, I would say to you: Do it anyway. Do it afraid! Harvard researcher Amy Cuddy says it this way in her powerfully motivating TED talk, “Fake it until you become it!” You’ll get some great tips on thinking confidently to project yourself at your strongest. If you’d like personal one on one assistance toward those goals contact me via AFocusedPurpose.com
About the author... Yvonne Hart is a long time Oak Ridger who has been coaching for ten years. She is originally from Lenoir City and madly in love with East TN. She works with mid-life managers wanting to massively increase productivity. For more information see her about page at AFocusedPurpose.com
slept with their heads on bags filled with buckwheat chaff.
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Arriving at Destination By nature I am not a suspicious woman, but I have never met a GPS I trust. Most of my friends and family members use GPS, but as far as I can tell, they don’t get anywhere faster or quicker than I do using Map It on the computer or “GASP” an antique hard copy, foldout map.
direction to take. After a few turns, the intonations changed to “Stay on route.” Suddenly in the middle of Henley Street we heard “Arriving at destination.” Looking around we caught sight of part of Chesapeake’s on the other side of a high
Last year a friend and I headed for Chesapeake’s Restaurant in Knoxville for lunch. I knew approximately where it was but couldn’t remember the exact location. “No problem,” my friend reassured me, “Let me plug in my GPS, and wall. However, there we’ll find it in no time.” was no way to access the restaurant without leaving the car She added the address, 500 in the middle of Henley Street Henley Street, to her GPS and climbing over the barrier. which began spitting out Wisely, we ignored the direccommands advising us which tions from the GPS, navigated
had a nervous breakdown. On the long and winding road Judy we took, she couldn’t decide Jabber which direction to give us to steer us back to the interstate. Judy “In one mile, turn right. No DiGregorio road ever appeared. In onehalf mile turn left. Where – into through several busy city the bushes? In 300 feet merge streets, and finally arrived right. Merge how? It’s a twoat the restaurant. lane road! Dan, too, uses his GPS and believes everything she says. We recently made a quick trip to Litchfield Beach in South Carolina. We no sooner left the driveway than Miss GPS said “In 500 feet turn right. Turn right.” “Why is she saying ‘right’ when we’re supposed to turn ‘left’ Dan?” “She knows what’s she doing. You have to trust her,” Dan responded. “Well, whoop dee dee,” I thought, “trust her when we go around in circles?” Once we hit the interstate, Miss GPS was accurate most of the time. Her favorite incantation was “Continue on route.” Trouble surfaced when an accident on I-26 closed the interstate and forced us to take a long detour. Miss GPS
“Because we’re not there!” Dan growled. Just when I had given up all hope, Miss GPS uttered those magic words “Arriving at destination.” Thankfully, this time we were really AT our destination. For those of you who continue to use a GPS, best of luck. GPS stands for Global Positioning System, but it should be renamed Global Positioning Sometimes. ask to do it again for his 7th.
After losing about two hours on the detour, we finally arrived on Pawley’s Island and began to search for the Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort. We passed Litchfield Racquet Club, Litchfield by the Sea, About the author... Litchfield Country Club, and Judy Lockhart DiGregorio is Litchfield Beach Vacation a local humorist and speaker Rentals. and the author of Life Among the Lilliputians, Memories of Every time I saw the word a Loose Woman, and Jest Litchfield, I yelled “There it is, Judy (CD). This column is reDan. Why isn’t the GPS telling printed from Life Among the us to stop?” Lilliputians with permission of Celtic Cat Publishing.
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long ago. The Scopes Trial dealt with the issue of whether religion could be taught in public schools in Tennessee and specifically whether biological science in the theory of evolution that had been widely adopted by most biology scientists in the world could be taught in Tennessee.
was taken from the scripture -- Proverbs 11:29, “He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind.” And even 89 years later, the wind continues to howl. (NOTE: The Cumberland County Playhouse will also be presenting Inherit the Wind in Crossville, Oct 10 – The Anti-Evoluion Statute Nov 14, 2014.) The actual Tennessee statute was Chapter 27 of the Acts of The law and religion and sci- 1925, known as the Tennesence often butt heads with one see Anti-Evolution Act. It read another. It is a fundamental as follows: “An act prohibiting tension between religious doc- the teaching of the evolution trine and school curriculum in theory in all the Universipublic schools that led to the ties, normal and other public skirmish of participants in the schools of Tennessee, which small country Rhea County are supported in whole or in Courthouse in Dayton, Ten- part by the public school funds nessee on a hot summer day of the state, and to provide
Godiva Chocolates’ world-renowned Fifth Avenue Boutique in New York City boasts... penalties for the violations larly off the uncharted coasts thereof.” of South America. Eventually Darwin was to publish a work “Sec. l. Be it enacted by the on evolution theory entitled On General Assembly of the state the Origin of Species in 1859, of Tennessee, that it shall be a year before the start of the unlawful for any teacher in any Civil War. It was originally titled of the Universities, normal and On the Origin of Species by all other public schools of the Means of Natural Selection or state which are supported in the Preservation of Favoured whole or in part by the public Races in the Struggle for Life. school funds of the state, to It is a book often discussed teach any theory that denies but probably seldom actually the story of the divine creation read by those who discuss of man as taught in the Bible it. I know when I first read it and to teach instead that man years ago, which after all was has descended from a lower 100 years after it was written, order of animals. I thought the ideas in it pretty tame. My thoughts at the time Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, were, “Most farmers know this that any teacher found guilty of stuff.” It concerned observthe violation of this act, shall be able events that most farmers guilty of a misdemeanor and and animal breeders accept upon conviction shall be fined today. Later, I would read not less than one hundred Darwin’s subsequent book The ($100.00) dollars nor more Descent of Man, published in than five hundred ($500.00) 1871, which was revolutiondollars for each offense. ary in its day compared to the 1859 book. It took some of Sec. 3. Be it further enacted the principles a quantum leap that this act takes effect from forward by applying them to and after its passage, the pub- how the theories of evolution lic welfare requiring it.” Origins of Species Charles Darwin was a famous and respected scientist in England who came from a family of scientists, and as a young man was chosen to be the scientist aboard a ship called the H. M. S. Beagle that spent years surveying the ocean and exploring and taking examples of biological samples particu-
applied to the development of homo sapiens and how some of the aspects such as reason and love that we often think of as being only human traits applied to animals that Darwin had observed that blurred the differences between human and animals. The latter book probably more than the first book heated up the kettle of debate about science and religion. Darwin’s research and works seemed to capture the imagination of everyone in its days, and the debate of “evolution” continues to this very day. The Cast of Players and Roles On July 10, 1925, 24-year-old football coach and biology teacher John Thomas Scopes found himself sitting in a defendant chair in a rural courtroom in Rhea County, Tennessee, in Dayton, charged with the crime of teaching evolution in Tennessee schools. He was thrust into the limelight of (See ‘Monkey’ on page 45)
nearly 100,000 visitors to the establishment per year.
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Growing Old is Not for Sissies! This article from Bena Mae but older than Elizabeth TaySeivers first appear in our July lor. Now you do the math. My 2006 issue. Enjoy! son, who celebrated his 54th birthday recently “I run 17 miles every is the age I fantasize morning. People being. But who am I kidding? Least ask me how I keep my teeth of all myself, esfrom chattering pecially when I in the wintertime... I contemplate goleave them in my locker.” ing upstairs and -Walt Stack wonder if the trip is from a Nike Commercial really necessary. Or when I look forward to a dull evening As you grow older, it seems at home because going out like everything hurts, and what is not worth the effort anydoesn’t hurt doesn’t work. You more. And I thank modern feel like the morning after and technology that gave us the you haven’t been anywhere. remote control, else I would be You find that life has thrown doomed to watching the same you many curves and now TV channel all night, rather you’re sitting on the biggest than going to the trouble of one. Your knees buckle but getting up and changing the your belt won’t. channel. Too loud?...click. Seen it before...? click. Ah, Oh, my, another birthday, an- the wonders of this modern other year gone by. How old age. am I? I’ll give you a hint, I’m younger than Queen Elizabeth But contrary to what many
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Seivers
it would be best to get it over with quickly, she took out her husband’s old army pistol and made the decision to shoot herself in the heart, since it was so badly broken in the first place. Not wanting to miss the vital organ and become a vegetable and burden to someone, she called her doctor’s office to inquire as to just exactly where the heart would be on a woman. The doctor said, “Your heart would be just below your left breast.” Later that night, Mildred was admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound to her knee.
folks my age do, when I read the paper I do not look for the obituaries first thing. I prefer to read what is, rather than what was. However, I do find that the subject of dying can sometimes involve a bit of humor. Example: The following article I found on the internet. I cannot attest to the truth of the story, but I found it amusing nonetheless, and so I pass Now, there you go. A sad it on to you: story embellished with a bit of A woman named Mildred, humor. That’s what I’ve come who was 93 years old was to look for in life. Because no particularly despondent over matter how bad things may the recent death of her hus- seem, you’ve got to keep band. So she decided that reaching for that little bit of she would just kill herself and insanity in order to keep your join him in death. Thinking that own sanity. Are there times when you’re talking to someone and can’t remember the name of your
best friend. Or you start to introduce someone to a friend and forget that someone’s name. I think everyone has (See ‘Sissies’ on page 18)
One square inch of skin on the human hand contains some 72 feet of nerve fiber.
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Men’s Health Compounding Maintain your health and vi- Maintain your health with treatments that are customtality with customized care. ized for you. Compounding pharmacists can help with many health Pharmacy compounding is issues that affect men of all the art and science of preparing customized medicaages. tions for patients. Modern Many men have concerns technology and innovative about: techniques and research allow many healthcare providers to work with pharmacists • Erectile dysfunction to customize medications, • Low libido which provide their patients • Loss of zest for life • Prostate and bladder health with the benefit of medications tailored specifically for • Aches and pains • Fungal infections, such as certain needs. athlete’s foot or jock itch • Hair loss A compounding pharmacist can tailor a prescription to • Excessive sweating the exact strength required • Chronic bad breath • Aging skin by the individual patient, and make it in a dosage form that A compounding pharmacist is easy for the patient to use. can create customized treat- This may allow the patient to ment options for these and comply better with the dosmany other health issues, in- ing instructions, resulting in a cluding nutritional support to more positive experience and treatment outcome. help maintain your health.
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An expert fly fisherman may have as many as 10,000 flies in his collection.
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Roman statues were made with detachable heads,...
Women Must Know What to Expect from Social Security Everyone needs to be aware of the financial resources they will have available in retirement. But if you’re a woman, you must be particularly diligent, for a variety of reasons. And that means you’ll need to know just what to expect from Social Security. Why should you, as a woman, pay extra attention to Social Security? For one thing, women often take time off from their careers to care for children and older parents, so they may accumulate less money in employer-sponsored retirement accounts, such as 401(k) plans. And women still live several years longer than men, according
to the Census Bureau. Clearly, then, you need to get the most you can from Social Security. To do so, you will need to consider at least three key factors: •Age — You can start taking retirement benefits as early as 62, but your benefits may be reduced by up to 30% unless you wait until your “full retirement age,” which is likely 66 or 67. If you delay taking benefits until 70, your monthly benefits may be up to a third larger than if you started collecting Social Security at your full retirement age. You’ll need to weigh a variety of factors — such as
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Karl Flatau family longevity, income from employer-sponsored retirement plans and your anticipated financial needs — in determining when you should start taking Social Security. •Employment — If you work while receiving Social Security benefits before you reach full retirement age, your benefits will be reduced by $1 for every $2 you earn over an annual limit, which generally increases each year. In the year you reach full retirement age, your benefits will be reduced by $1 for every $3 you earn over the limit before your birthday. But once you reach full retirement age, your benefits will no longer be adjusted for earned income. •Marital status — As a spouse, you can generally receive Social Security payments based on your own earnings record or collect a spousal benefit of up to 50% of your husband’s Social Security benefit. The benefit will be reduced if you start taking it before your full retire-
ment age. To start collecting going to be enough to provide all the income you’ll need. Social Security spousal So during your working benefits, you must be years, try to contribute as at least 62 years old much as you can, for as and your husband long as you can, to your must also have filed IRA and your 401(k) or for his own benefits. other employer-sponIf you’re divorced, sored retirement and you’re not plan. At the currently marsame time, look ried, you for other investcan genment opportunierally reties. And when ceive benyou reach efits on your retirement, ex-husband’s create a withSocial Secudrawal strategy rity record, as that allows you to long as you meet stretch out the incertain conditions. come you receive (For example, you from your investments had to have been married to your ex-husband for as long as you can. for at least 10 years.) By saving and investing as No matter how much Social much as possible during Security you ultimately re- your working years, maxiceive, it’s almost certainly not (See ‘Security’ on page 37)
so that one head could be removed and replaced by another.
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Adding Value to Your Home: There’s No Place Like Home It’s been a long, hard day. The boss was grouchy. The principal from your son’s school called. No, it was not to inform you of his exemplary behavior. You got a speeding ticket and you got caught in a rain storm without an umbrella. It’s the end of the day and you just want to go …….home……..to settle in, cozy up and do some things YOU want to do. Home. It’s a place to veg out, hibernate, hide, entertain your friends, rest, rejuvenate, raise your children and the place you feel the safest. It’s got your stuff in it. During the housing crisis in
the late 2000’s, economists raised the concern that the public’s belief in the dream of home ownership may forever be impacted negatively. This was a big concern. If a lack of faith in home buying became a reality it would, in turn, affect the value of homes and therefore the economy at-large for a long time to come. A study by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University addressed this question. The paper, Re-examining the Social Benefits of Homeownership after the Housing Crisis reveals just the opposite. Even after the most difficult period in our history since records have been kept on the hous-
housing market”.
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Anita Vines ing market, the dream of home ownership is still alive and well. The paper reports: • Homeownership Is Still Preferred Over Renting “Evidence suggests that people seem to believe that, over the long run, owning is still preferable to renting... The long term cultural preference for owning seems to have weathered the recent housing crisis.” • Americans Still Expect to be Homeowners “The research on home-buying expectations supports the conclusion that very large percentages of Americans still expect to buy a home at some time in the future.” • Younger Americans More Desirous of Homeownership “Moreover, the finding that younger renters and owners are more likely than their older counterparts to expect to own bodes well for the future of the
history. From 1987 to 1999 home values increased 3.6%. From January 2000 to April 2007 values increased by a record 7%. It is true, from May of 2007 to January of 2012, Home prices decrease nationally by 5.2% but from then until now, prices have rebounded right at 5.2%!*
So the outlook for the value of home ownership continues to be good. Other than having a place all your own where you can keep your stuff, there are many other advantages of owning your own home verses renting. If you look at home prices over the past 30 years, owning your own home is one The National Foundation for of the best investments avail- Credit Counseling lists these able to the average person. benefits of home ownership. Just take a look at our recent (See ‘Home’ on page 33)
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The color of the blood of an octopus is bluish-green.
Gibbs Garden: Georgia’s ‘Secret Garden’ In May, I journeyed with three friends on a bus tour sponsored by a local tour company to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia. The first destination of our trip was to
east of the Mississippi. I was looking forward to photographing the falls and telling my readers about them. Unfortunately, they remained steps away as we were told that we
Easy Getaways Melanie Harless disappointed, as were several of our fellow travelers, but our dismay was soon dispelled when we reached the Gibbs Gardens, a short distance away. How, you say, can a garden compare to a 720 foot waterfall? Let me tell you.
the Amicalola Falls Restaurant which the brochure described as just steps away from the 720 foot Amicalola Falls, the highest cascading waterfall
didn’t have time to see the falls after lunch as we were scheduled to be at the garden, our second destination, at 1:00. My friends and I were
Being a ‘Secret City’ dweller, I often write about other places that are well-kept secrets. Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground, Georgia is no exception. Described in their brochure as Georgia’s ‘Secret Garden,’ it has only been open to the public since March, 2012. Owned and designed by Jim Gibbs, founder of one of the oldest and most successful landscaping firms in Atlanta, the gardens started as a 300 acre private family estate in 1980 and for over 30 years Gibbs designed and developed the land, creating 220 acres of landscaped gardens “along spring-fed streams, ponds and lakes, surrounded by hillsides covered with mature woodlands,” the fulfillment of his dream to create a world class public garden.
An award winning landscape designer, Gibbs was committed to achieving a balance between the natural beauty of the land and man-made elements to create “the harmony of nature” and he has succeeded in the 16 different garden venues in the two main garden areas, the Manor House Gardens and the Valley Gardens. The 16 unique garden venues include four feature gardens. The Japanese Gardens, at more than 40 acres, is the largest in the nation. The Monet Waterlily Gardens feature 140 varieties of unique lilies and a replica of the bridge in Monet’s Garden at Giverny (outside
Paris). The Arbor Crest Manor House Gardens are located on the highest ridge in northeast Cherokee County and overlook the North Georgia Mountains. Seven flowering terraces flow seamlessly down 150 feet of elevation from Arbor Crest Manor House to the Valley Gardens. The Daffodil Gardens bloom from March 1 through April 15 in two week intervals with millions of early, mid, and late season daffodils. More than 60 varieties of daffodils sweep across more than 50 hillside acres under a canopy of flowering dogwoods and cherry blossoms. The daffodils had come and gone when our group arrived at the gardens in May, but the description and photos I’ve seen of the daffodils certainly make me want to go back next spring. Of course, I would (See ‘Garden’ on page 35)
The minimum age set in the U.S. Constitution for the President of the United States is 35.
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Could You Afford to Live to 100? Here’s an interesting statistic: Over the past three decades, the centenarian population in the United States has grown about 66%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a good chance of living to 100 — but the possibility may not be as remote as it once was. In any case, if you do plan to retire in your mid-60s, and you are in good health, you may well have two, or even three, decades ahead of you. To enjoy this time to the fullest — and to help prevent the possibility of outliving your financial resources — you will need to invest for income and growth throughout your retirement years.
As a retiree, how much income do you need from your investments? There’s no one “right” percentage for everyone. Furthermore, you shouldn’t have to rely solely on your investment portfolio, because you may have other sources — such as Social Security and potentially your employer-sponsored retirement plan — from which to draw income. Nonetheless, your investments can play a big role in providing you with the income you’ll need during retirement. Many retirees depend on fixed-rate investments for a good portion of their retirement income — so it’s a real challenge when interest rates are low, as they have been for the past several years. Conse-
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George Paynter
And in 25 years at that same rate, your monthly costs will have more than doubled, to about $6,200. To help protect yourself against inflation risk, you should consider having at least some investments that offer growth potential, rather than only owning fixedincome vehicles. And some investment vehicles, such as dividend-paying stocks, can offer both growth potential and current income. In fact, some stocks have paid, and even increased, their dividends for many years in a row, giving you not just income, but rising income. (Keep in mind, though, that companies are not obligated to pay dividends, and can reduce or discontinue them at any time.)
quently, when you retire, you’ll certainly need to be aware of the interest-rate environment and the income you can expect from these investments. Longer-term fixed-rate vehicles may be tempting, as they typically offer higher rates than shorter-term ones, but these longer-term investments may have more price fluctuation and inflation risk than shorterterm investments. Ultimately, you’ll likely need a balance between short-, intermediateand long-term fixed-income investments to provide for To determine the right mix of a portion of your income in growth and income vehicles for your individual needs, retirement. consult with a financial advisor While it’s important to invest who is familiar with your retirefor income, you can’t ignore the need for growth — because you won’t want to lose purchasing power to inflation. As you know, we’ve experienced quite mild inflation recently. But over time, even a low rate of inflation can seriously erode your purchasing power. To illustrate: If your current monthly costs are $3,000, they will be about $4,000 in 10 years with only a 3% annual inflation rate.
ment plans, your risk tolerance and your family situation. And it may well be a good idea to plan for a very long retirement. You may not live to be 100 — but it would be a good feeling to know that you could afford to do so.
About the author... George Paynter is a a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones in Clinton. He can be reached for questions and comments at 457-1051.
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According to experts, squirrels don’t like to head straight for anything...
Figuring Your Total Monthly House Payment After you close on the home, you then make your mortgage payment on the date and interval, usually monthly, specified for your loan. The total you owe includes payment toward the house (principal) as well as interest (what the bank gets for providing you with the loan). You can get an idea of loan payments using a spreadsheet program such as
Excel or a mortgage calculator found on the Web. To calcuReal Estate late your monthly payment, Matters you include in the formula the total price financed, the interScarlet est rate, and the term (life of the loan). For instance, on a Kelley $200,000 mortgage at 6 percent, your loan payment would mortgage payment includes be roughly $1,200. But that’s a percentage of these totals. not the grand total. For instance, you may pay 1/12 of your total insurance In addition, your mortgage premium each month. payment usually includes This ensures that when other fees. You may see PITI your insurance payment when you read about mort- is due, your lender gage payments: This stands has the money to for principal, interest, taxes, pay it. In some and insurance — the key cases, you may components of your monthly have to pay for a mortgage payment. year’s worth of home insurance upfront (as part To ensure you keep the taxes of closing). The same is true and your insurance paid, lend- for taxes; you may pay a porers typically set up an escrow tion of your taxes at closing as account, and your monthly well as a percentage monthly.
Arrangements vary depending on what’s customary in your market as well as your lender agreement.
home. Your lender will use this insurance to recoup some expenses if you default on your home loan. Like tax and home insurance, you may pay Unless you paid 20 percent part of this payment upfront as for your down payment, you well as a certain percentage usually also pay private monthly. mortgage insurance After you have lived in your home for a few years, check out your equity. Mortgage insurance isn’t cancelled automatically, although now you are supposed to be notified when it is no longer required. Once you’ve paid enough toward principal, you can drop the payment and lower your monthly payment. (PMI) or You need to make arrangem o r t g a g e ments with your lender. insurance premium (MIP). These payments Hopefully this has made findare necessary until you own ing a house payment that a certain percentage of your works for you is easier.
For safety, they may run past and sweep around from the side.
Home (Continued from page 29) Financial gain. When you buy a house, your monthly mortgage payments serve as a type of scheduled sav-
ings plan. Over the years, the amount you owe the bank in interest decreases and the amount of the home you actually own increases. This is called equity. Equity can be converted to cash when you sell the house or it can be used
to secure a loan for something else. Many people buy a small ‘starter home’ to live in. After a few years, they sell the starter home and take the equity they have built to purchase a larger place. In addition to the equity, home
Your Home Magazine, July 2014 Page 33 values tend to go up. On average, home values increase around 4% a year. So not only are you building equity, but generally the value of the house also increases. This is the reason why people reaching retirement age most often consider their home to be their greatest financial asset. Looking at your home as an asset that can significantly add to your financial bottom l i n e puts a w h o l e new light on your abode. Home owners that maintain and update their home tend to fare best when it comes time to sell. Home maintenance projects have become a national past time which has spurred on a whole new industry. When is the last time you saw Loews or Home Depot empty? Many people become passionate about making their place the best and most comfortable they can. The popularity of the subject is why I write these articles. Over the coming months I will be submitting many articles on the topic of “Adding Value to Your Home.”
owners have a fairly stable monthly house payment. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that rents have increase from an average of $350 a month in 1988 to an average $750 a month today. The princiand interest p a l portions of “fixedrate” mortgage payments remain unchanged throughout the entire repayment period, which is 30 years for a 30year fixed-rate mortgage. This means, if you have a fixed-rate mortgage, your monthly payment stays the same over the whole time you have that loan. In fact, because of the effect of inflation, this means that over the years you pay the same amount but with ever “cheaper” dollars.
Significant tax advantages. Because home ownership has been beneficial for our country for the other reasons mentioned in this article, the government encourages it by offering tax incentives for homeowners. One of the most significant is the interest paid on your home loan is a tax Table your housing cost. deduction. There can be more Rents typically increase year significant tax advantages. after year while most home (See ‘Home’ on page 37)
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Ostriches are such fast runners, they can outrun a horse...
Summertime and the Living is Easy - Sometimes Clean-up after the big storm in June took quite awhile. Our yard looked like a battle zone the next day. During the storm I thought the roof was coming off, but it was just limbs landing on it. At that point we headed for the basement. I’ve never seen our big trees swing and sway like they did in this storm and we have had some humdingers since we built here. Buff, our kitten, wasn’t fond of all that racket and trees whipping around and he jumped up on the window and hung from the screen.
brush pile. One thing to be thankful for - we did not lose Let’s power like a lot of our neighbors did. Our church parsonCook! age was damaged when a big tree split and fell on the roof causing damage inside and out. I do hope this storm isn’t an indication of what the rest aren’t behind a fence have of the summer will be! been pruned by the deer. The squirrels, birds and deer also eat the grapes and blueberries and we will be very lucky to get to pick any of those! I often wonder why we spend money to put these things out because the animals get more than their share!
Early this week, my husband discovered we hadn’t faired as well in the field where a huge, old oak tree lost several big limbs and a poplar also had damWe had no age. In the woods, limbs strawberries from three were down and trees split. He patches - thanks to all the spent a day hauling big trailer animals that roam around loads of limbs and trash to a here. The tomato plants that
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During the 90 degree weather, we will be looking for fast and easy dishes to prepare. I hope today’s recipes will help with that chore. Easy Chicken Dinner 1/2 cup rice Chicken pieces or breast tenders 1 pkg. dry onion soup mix 1 can cream of chicken soup 1-1/2 cups water Spread rice in bottom of baking dish. Top with chicken pieces. Spread dry onion mix over the chicken. Mix soup and water together and pour over all. Cover tightly. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or at 250 degrees for 2-1/2 hours. If you are cooking hot dogs on the grill, try this hot dog chili to
dress them. Hot Dog Chili 1 lb. ground beef 1 medium onion 1/8 tsp. red pepper 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper 1 to 2 tsp. chili powder 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1-1/2 cups catsup
Brown beef and onion until beef is brown and onion is tender. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve over grilled hot dogs. Easy Salad Dressing 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup catsup 1/3 cup sugar (See ‘Recipes’ on page 36)
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Male ostriches can roar like a lion.
Garden (Continued from page 30) also like to go in the fall to see the dramatic foliage color changes or to go right now (June through August) to see the three acre Daylily Garden planted with hundreds of varieties of daylilies, my favorite flower. However, our visit in mid-spring found so many beautiful flowers blooming that I cannot begin to name all
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are open Tuesday-Sunday from 9:00 to 5:00 are $20 general admission, $18 seniors, children 4-17, and tour groups of 10 or more. Four season membership is also available. As we were a tour group, our garden tickets were already paid for, but we had to purchase $5 tram tickets if we did not plan to walk everywhere. We gathered on a back terrace for an information session on the gardens and then my friends and I were off to take a tram to the Manor House Gardens. After walking around outside the manor house and guest house, and viewing the mountains, terraces, pools, waterfalls and colorful flowers everywhere, we took the tram back to the welcome center and caught another tram to go to the Japanese Gardens. We only had 2½ hours before we had to be Tickets to the gardens which back on the bus so we didn’t that we saw. While some gardens are seasonal, others are year around so you can see “seasons of color” whenever you visit. The blooms change every three weeks from March through November. When we got off of the bus in the large parking lot, we were directed to the flower bridge from which we finally got to see a cascading waterfall, though not the 720 foot high one we thought we would see at Amicalola. We crossed the bridge and entered the Welcome Center. This is the place for tickets to the gardens and trams, information, and restrooms. It also has The Seasons gift store. Nearby is The Arbor Café. If we had not just had a huge lunch, it would have been a good place for a sandwich on freshly baked bread, a dessert or a snack.
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want to waste time walking back and forth to the gardens. My friend Margie and I walked back to the Welcome Center
you will have plenty of time to spend the recommended three or four hours to view the gardens, have lunch there or
from the Japanese Gardens though, and we were very glad we did because we got to walk through the marvelous Monet Waterlily Gardens and the Grandchildren’s Sculpture Garden, two of my favorites. The Gibbs have collected sculptures to represent the personality of their eleven grandchildren. One is sitting on a bench reading a book, another sitting on a log fishing, and two cousins ride the back of a sea turtle. We didn’t have time to explore much of the 40 acre Japanese Gardens, but we walked across the zigzag bridge, which is said to rid one of any evil spirits lurking within. I’m still waiting for the results from that.
at Amicalola Falls Restaurant and still get home for a late dinner. If you prefer not to do that much driving in one day, there is a lodge at Amicalola Falls State Park. Several motels are available in the nearby towns of Canton, Cumming, and Jasper. Or drive on down to Atlanta which is less than an hour south of the gardens and make a weekend of it.
This month and next you will find roses, daylilies, waterlilies, hydrangeas, crape myrtles, and thousands of annual and perennials blooming. A Bloom Calendar is available at www.gibbsgardens.com to show what is blooming each season. Go see the blooms and tell your friends. Let’s not The Gibbs Gardens are about keep this garden a secret any three hours from our area, longer. but if you leave early enough,
Page 36, Your Home Magazine, July 2014 Mix and thoroughly blend all ingredients. Spoon out in cake size and bake on a hot, lightly (Continued from page 34) greased griddle, like you do fried cornbread. Watch care1/4 cup vinegar fully. Good with fried chicken Mix well. Very good on a or use with salsa topping. Canned, creamed corn can tossed salad or lettuce. also be used. Corn Griddle Cakes Peach Cobbler 2 cups grated fresh corn 10-12 fresh medium size 1 cup milk peaches, pitted, peeled and 2 eggs, beaten sliced to make 6 cups 4 TBS. sugar 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. salt 2 TBS. self-rising flour 4 tsp. baking powder 2 TBS. butter 2 cups plain flour (1/2 tsp. cinnamon is optional) 2 TBS. melted shortening
Recipes
Hell’s Canyon on the Snake River is deeper than the Grand Canyon. Heat for five minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Melt 2 TBS. butter in a 9x13inch baking dish. Pour peaches into the baking dish. Set aside. Topping 1-2/3 cups self-rising flour 1/4 cup sugar 4 TBS. cold butter 1/3 to 1/2 cup milk 1 TBS. melted butter 1 TBS. sugar Mix the cold butter into the dry ingredients until like coarse crumbs. Add milk gradually, stirring in only enough to moisten flour and hold the dough together. Turn out on a lightly floured surface. Fold dough over once and press so that it can be rolled and will not stick. Roll to about 1/4 inch thick and cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter. Press biscuits gently on top of peaches. Drizzle melted butter overall
and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 15-20 minutes or until biscuits are lightly browned. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
A Cookbook issue is being planned for the November issue of Visions Magazine. See page 3 for details.
A quarter has 119 grooves on its circumference. A dime has one less.
Security (Continued from page 28) mizing your Social Security payments and carefully managing your financial assets when you’re retired, you can help improve your chances of enjoying the retirement lifestyle you deserve.
This information is believed to be reliable, but investors should rely on information from the Social Security Administration before making a decision on when to take Social Security benefits. It is general information and not meant to cover all scenarios. Your situation may be different, so be sure to discuss
this with the Social Security Administration prior to taking benefits.
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I will have more to come on this important topic in my next Karl Flatau is a Financial article. Advisor with Edward Jones in Oak Ridge. He can be Studies conducted by the Nareached for questions and tional Association of Realtors show that homeownership comments at 483-3643. fosters more interest in their community. When people are more involved with their communities they become better citizens and the neighborhoods generally benefit. Home ownership fosters a sense of pride leading to increased selfesteem. For me, personally, I like the feeling of stability it gives me. I don’t have to worry that the landlord will suddenly raise my rent or worse, tell me to vacate. Owning your own home gives you the peace of mind that you will not have to change your children’s school in mid-stream and uproot your family out of its familiar environment. I also appreciate that I have free reign to create the kind of environment that is most comfortable for me and my family. (Although, I sure don’t know what I was thinking when I put up that flowery wallpaper a few years back).
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Is home ownership for everyone? As with all other investments, you are more likely to benefit over a long period of time as compared to a shorter time. If you are in a situation where you move frequently renting might be the best option for you. There
is the matter of home upkeep, maintenance and care. Most people feel the benefits far outweigh the effort it takes to learn how to care for and maintain a home. But if you are not willing or capable of taking on the responsibility, then the renting lifestyle may be better choice for you. Although nothing is certain in this world, the record shows, if you take a look at the big picture, homeownership is one of the best things America has going for it. It is still an affordable dream. Almost anyone that is willing to work for it can still have a ‘piece of the American pie” through homeownership and their very own ‘crib’ to run away to get away from that grouchy boss!
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The strongest any liquor can be is 190 proof. This means....
..Hugnes was archbishop of Reims in the tenth century when he was five years old.
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Local Charm at Southern Grace Mercantile Living in The South has its perks. There’s the sultry warm climate to which southern residents are acclimated to. I believe a true Southerner has thinner blood, acquired by spending their years closer
for. Of course there’s the drawl that reveals our history and heritage whenever we travel abroad. But above all these attributes to living south of Ohio and West of Texas, the best part of Southern living is being
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Melissa Bishop
Mercantile’s name says it all. The “Grace” is the name of her daughter, but it also describes the shop. Once you enter the bright and airy entryway and are greeted by Charlene or “Char” and by a plate of treats, you will notice that Southern Grace Mercantile is separated into partitioned booths. Each belongs to a retailer or craftsman with their own specialty. Every booth owner is jury selected if they meet the Southern Grace Mercantile standards of quality, southern, and grace.
in our architecture and décor, our etiquette and attire. We are proud of these elements ascribed to our locale and I get a little giddy when a local business brings out the best in Southern Style. Southern Grace Mercantile in Solway is the latest of these Dixie delights to offer a range of items that come from suppliers across the south and Among the booths you will displayed with traditional hos- find the rustic and the elegant. pitality.
to the equator and under the close watch of the sun. There’s the food: steeped in tradition and simplicity that even thickblooded Yankees are wistful
able to lay claim to its charm. Southern charm has a style of its own that is seen not only in our drawls and dishes, but
Charlene Saunders is a longtime refurbisher and repurposer of items with potential. Furniture and décor are her specialties and she has taken her passion to create a space for items with tell-tale Southern Flair. Southern Grace
Booths are dedicated to refurbished furniture, clothing, wall décor, Christmas items, and purses, jewelry, and aprons make from dresses. There are also homemade bath and beauty products that look like cupcakes or cookies. And no southern mercantile would be complete without some homemade canned Southern goodness such as pickled watermelon. Char has always been a doit-yourself refurbisher and she would like for her shop to be a place for customers to not only shop for charm, but to create it themselves. Classes (See ‘Grace’ on page 40)
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night of girl talk, appetizers, and fun. Space is limited so RSVP. The cost is $15.00 and you are encouraged to bring your drink of choice. You can learn more about all the classes and events at Southern Grace through their Facebook page.
are starting at Southern Grace Mercantile. Oak Ridge Moms group is teaming up with Southern Grace Mercantile to offer monthly craft nights. Every last Friday of the month, all are welcome to join in on a Char wants to make her shop
Recipes (Continued from page 3) pes either typed into an email or attached to an email in a Word friendly document. by Wednesday, October 1. Email your receipes to chris@acvisionsmag.com. Please put “For the Recipe Issue� in your subject line. As I know not everyone of our readers has email, you are welcome to submit your recipes by US mail with the slightly earlier deadline of Saturday, September 27. US Mail your entries to: Visions
Magazine, Attn: The Recipe Issue, 108 S. Seneca Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 5. If you need to make a correction in your recipe after submittal, please resubmit the WHOLE recipe. As you might imagine it could get really crazy filtering through the many recipes we will recieve to change the 1/2 cup to a full cup. :) 5. Triple check your recipes for errors. 6. Although not necessary, Your are welcome to send a picture of your end product.
Every queen named Jane has either been murdered, imprisoned,... a community for crafts and would like for more people with a crafting talent to share to be a part of the schedule. She only opened her shop in May
and it is destined to become a book or call them at (865) new southern tradition. 896-0154. They are located at 8903 Oak Ridge Hwy # To contact Southern Grace 102, Between Oak Ridge and Mercantile, like them on Face- Knoxville (Solway).
gone mad, died young, or been dethroned.
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Bray’s BBQ - Oliver Springs Can there be any doubt about the love Tennesseans have about their BBQ...not really! Oh, we love our biscuits and gravy, cornbread and farmfresh garden vegetables. However, don’t forget the other staple that’s included in a true Tennessean’s diet; good ole’ BBQ Ribs, Pork, Beef and Chicken.
cuisine BBQ restaurants in our area. But, in Oliver Springs? Tom Evens, the previous owner of Captain Tom’s BBQ in Oliver Springs, due to health
It just so happens that my wife and I recently visited a superb BBQ eatery located at 1202 East Tri County Blvd. Oliver Springs, Tennessee (865-435-4466). It was fate, I would imagine considering we eat out a lot p r o b and always enjoy dining at fine lems decided to retire with
of baked beans and potato I couldn’t have asked Restaurant salad, for any better...anywhere. Of Review course there’s lots of sides to chose from; cold slaw, mac n’ Robert cheese, fries, corn nuggets or Goodman onion rings. (You get 2 sides with any dinner along with his wife and relocate to Texas toast.) Now...that’s a Florida. Teresa Bray, a meal fit for a King or Queen. trusted employee who worked alongside Tom, Annie, my wife had the BBQ stepped in to help dur- chicken and onion rings. ing his health dilemma Again, there’s plenty of it. As and along with Tom’s for taste, you be the judge. loyal employees the BBQ Annie said it’s the best BBQ restaurant thrived. It’s still chicken she’s ever had. We’re there, folks. Teresa and her talking about a woman who husband, Danny purchased tells it like it is. I tried a piece the eatery and are offering of her chicken, and it’s every the same great meals at very bit as good as the pulled pork. Not to forget, the onion rings affordable prices. Enough history; let’s talk food! I love pulled pork, and I must admit that the meat at Bray’s BBQ is just as tasty today as it was when Tom was there, not throwing rocks at ole’ Tom. Naturally, I had the pulled pork. There was plenty of it; just add the sauce of your fancy, hickory, or maybe something with a little kick and you’ll be in heaven! With a side
are stupendous—a true fact. Let me mention something of interest at this point. NEVER, will I stretch the truth about any eatery nor will I tell an outn’-out lie regarding the food, the service or price of a meal just to get a plate of free vittles. No Bull, People, Bray’s BBQ Restaurant is a top-of-the-line place to take your wife, kids or friends for a great meal. May I suggest that you not forget the Banana Pudding. I was quite full at the end of my meal and would never have thought that I could finish a heaping helping of Pudding although I (See ‘Bray’s’ on page 44)
Page 42, Visions Magazine, July 2014 the early black and white movies. About forty years later the movie Inherit the Wind (Continued from page 24) debuted in 1960 that captured the entire world. Journalists some of the atmosphere of and camera and radio crews what transpired in Dayton. Inherit the Wind was the poured in from all over the first movie in the world world into the tiny rural to be shown as entertaincity that is within an ment aboard a passenger hour’s drive down I-40 airplane—aboard a Trans Highway from World Airlines (T.W.A.) Oak Ridge. Of course no one Reality and myth had heard of become almost Oak Ridge. impossible to After all, splitpeel away like ting the atom one layer of an and making an onion after anatomic bomb at other. The cast the Manhattan of characters at Project had not Dayton, Tenneseven been conceivedsee in the actual trial -the nightmare of World War II or Nazi death camps involved some of the most and Normandy Beach had not prominent lawyers and writers in America in the 1920’s. been dreamed of.
Monkey
Scopes would be tried for eleven sweaty hot days. It was the first trial to be broadcast over radio. It was shown on the silver screen news reels in
Two hundred reporters attended the event including two from London. Twenty-two telegraphers sent over 165,000 words each day over the
A saguaro can top 60 feet, and may live 300 years. telegraph to try to satisfy the curiosity of people all over the world about the trial in the Appalachian country mountain town in Tennessee over the issue of science vs the biblical creation of man. More words were thus transmitted to England about this trial than any previous event in American history. The court lawn at Dayton Rhea County Courthouse was full of trained chimpanzees. A special airstrip was built overnight near Dayton so two reels of film could be flown out daily. Rivers around the city allowed for only ferrying people to and from the roads to the courthouse---which is how it was in Anderson County from Knoxville/Solway
to Oak Ridge in that same period. People used the rails to go from Knoxville to Dayton and then took a ferry to the courthouse. Today you can drive down I-40 and go to the courthouse over the road—it is a very scenic mountain drive. The 1960 movie version Inherit the Wind was directed by Stanley Kramer. In the movie, the great actor Gene Kelly played the part of E. K. Hornbek based on the brilliant journalist H. L. Mencken who covered the trial. He had written a multi-volume on the English language. Mencken was a Yankee, an avowed atheist, an avid evolutionist. To most of the locals in Dayton, Mencken appeared
to be the epitome of an antiChrist incarnate. Mencken had written articles arguing that Prohibition was a disaster and ought to be repealed---to this day, Rhea County is still dry as the Sahara Desert. Mencken’s articles referred to the local inhabitants as “yokels” and “morons.”—and by implication, he applied that to the Tennessee legislators who had voted the anti-evolution teaching into law. He referred to special prosecutor Biblethumping William Jennings Bryan, famous for his Crossof-Silver political speech, and who had run unsuccessfully for President of the United (See ‘Monkey’ on page 49)
Dwight David Eisenhower was the first American president to hold an airplane pilot’s license.
Ott (Continued from page 20) down the dusty road toward Mayking. I waved my empty bottles at a group of boys sitting on a rail fence. They screamed and waved back at me. Ott was driving so fast that every time we hit a sudden dip in the road my stomach rose up toward my heart. I was simply thrilled through and through and I would give out a loud scream. I had drunk my first big amount of beer, and as the effects of it flowed across my brain. I simply didn’t know anything else to do but stick my head out the window and yell, “Whee!” Cousin Ott laughed and said, “Gimme another bottle of beer. I did and he drank all of it and tossed the empty bottle in the ditch. Then he said, Connie, gimme my pistol. I believe I’ll shoot some.”
I gave him the long barrel, stainless steel pistol. Then he said, “Here, steer this thing, “ and without slowing down one bit, he had his left arm out the window and drilled a road sign smack in the middle. By the time he emptied it straight up in the air, farm animals ran frightened through the fields and gardens. A frightened mother jumped from her porch swing and ran quickly with her baby to safety. Then he handed me the pistol and told me to reload it and put it back in the glove compartment. I did.
I opened myself another bottle of beer and leaned back in the big seat and quickly drank it. My feet didn’t touch the floorboard, but I felt like a big man now. I decided to keep on drinking forever and ever. Gee whiz, I felt so good! I reached over and punched Cousin Ott in the ribs. He was driving so fast and feeling so high, he didn’t notice. He slowed the Reo, turned up a lane, and parked in front of a near cottage. It was dark as he stepped out of the car and removed hi s cap, goggles and gloves. He carefully combed his black hair and unbuttoned his shirt at the neck and two more buttons down. Cousin Ott said, “You wait here. This is it: my girl. Oh! Let me get this crystal radio going on the Grand Ole Opry for you. Put that little doo-dad in your ear.” I did so and, boy was I happy. I wouldn’t care if he stayed in there all night!
Visions Magazine, July 2014, Page 43 As he entered the open door, burg. His angry, sad face was the light shone on a raven- lit up by the dash lights. I was haired beauty – his girl at sorry for him. Mayking, KY. A window shade was pulled down. He kept shoving the big Reo for at least 30 minNow there I was lisutes; not saying anything. tening to Old Tanner Finally he leaned across and his Skillet Lickand got out a pint of ers and also Uncle whiskey. Dave Macon and his five string banjo He drank three or four and many others s long gulps and replaced I sampled a small it without offering me taste of this and one bit. I didn’t mind. that. I was in Drinking whiskey heaven, maybe. wouldn’t improve my good feelings. I wasn’t dumb; I knew what CousHe suddenly in Ott was doing turned to me and in that house. I said, “You know would have been Connie, I might happy to sit there just marry that the rest of the g i r l s o m e d a y. ” night, thinking and His face showed a listening. smile and his hands relaxed on the wheel But all of the sudden, all and he slowed down. I said, hell broke loose and old Ott “She’s pretty and you would burst out of the door cursing do well to get her.” back over his shoulder at the beauty. I was so disappointed He ignored a stop sign as he at such a big spat. entered the road that would take us across Pine Mountain Ott hand-cranked the Reo, to Eolia, KY. He mentioned got back in the car, adjusted that he might go on down the the spark, and when he eased Cumberland River and see onto the main road he pulled his sweetheart at Lynch. That the gas lever all the way down suited me. and furiously roared off down We came upon an old truck the highway toward Whites(See ‘Ott’ on page 47)
Page 44, Visions Magazine, July 2014 regular or chili dog. You can’t employees that make your loose when eating at Bray’s visit pleasurable—a real fact! (Continued from page 41) BBQ. Definitely...I’ll be back! Terri, Whitney and Beane will see to it you’ve had a memoA quick note! Kids meals are rable experience while visiting did. It was that good!!! available also at a surprisingly Bray’s BBQ in Oliver Springs. As for the menu, there’s a affordable price. So, when visBray’s BBQ is open Wednes-
Bray’s
big selection to choose from. The lunch and dinner menu offers the customer a choice between pulled pork, or pulled chicken. And offered also is beef brisket, smoked sausage, bone ribs or have it by the slab. (You’ll get 2 sides with your dinner menu.) Maybe a full meal isn’t in the cards on your visit so why not try a tasty sandwich of pork, chicken, brisket, or even a
iting drag the kids along and make the entire family happy. I’ve only just began to mention the goodies offered at this eatery and I’m out of time. You’ll enjoy a laid-back Tennessee atmosphere to include the Vols support you’ll quickly notice upon entering this establishment. And I must mention that service is second to none. No long waiting times, prompt service and down-to-earth
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Rabbits never walk or trot, but always hop or leap.
Monkey (Continued from page 24) States on the Democratic Party four times, and had served as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson during World War I, as a theological bilge” and a “buffoon.” At the same time, Mencken touted the defense as “eloquent” and “magnificent.” In the later movie Inherit the Wind, Oscar-winner Spencer Tracey portrayed Henry Drummond, whose role was based on the great defense attorney from Chicago, Clarence Darrow, an avowed agnostic. During the actual trial Darrow was assisted in the defense by talented Tennessee lawyers Arthur Garfield Hays and Dudley Field Malone. Darrow was probably the most famous (or infamous) defense lawyer of his day. He had been a famous labor attorney in highly publicized murder cases often involving great hostilities with
labor-management and had himself been charged and acquitted of jury tampering. After finding it difficult to represent labor because of his personal controversy, he had turned to criminal defense work. He had defended anarchists and had acquired the epitaph of “attorney of the damned,” which was a subtitle of his autobiography. At Dayton, Clarence Darrow was famous for his recent successful defense of Leopold and Loeb who escaped the death sentence after being tried for a cold blooded murder of a young boy in Illinois. Darrow was recruited by a new organization called the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which was active also in representing black defendants, which made Darrow
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the trial, Clarence Darrow referred to Bryan as “a human megaphone.” Bryan pretdied just several ty unmonths after the trial, the popular world news media having in the south- portrayed Bryan in a crushing ern rural town light. of Dayton, Te n n e s s e e . In the movie, the school teachT h e S c o p e s er is named Bertram T. Cates, case was in reality a character based roughly a test case in which the on John Thomas Scopes. teacher voluntarily participated Just as in the movie, he was with the help of local citizens, convicted during the trial. On and one of the aims of the appeal, the conviction was set matter was to bring attention aside on a technicality, and to Dayton, Tennessee, to the anti-evolution teaching promote the city. The Dayton statute stayed on the Tennescitizens certainly achieved see statute books until it was their purpose way beyond their finally quietly repealed in the wildest dreams. early 1970’s having never to my knowledge been used to In the movie, Fredric March convict another person after assumes the role of zealous Scopes. prosecutor Mathew Brady, who is based on William Jen- Man, God and Zip nings Bryan, a locally beloved Famed anthropologist and Christian statesman from neighboring North Carolina. Bryan was famous for his deep projecting voice. He headed the Granger puritan movement in the late 19th century and was at an end to an illustrious career. Bryan also was a peace advocate under Woodrow Wilson, himself an advocate of the doomed League of Nations after the Great War, World War I.
primatologist, Dr. Jane Goodall, is no stranger to Oak Ridge. She has been here as a speaker. She is noted for her work on primates—her research from living with chimpanzees and apes in Africa in their natural state. She was born in 1933, eight years after the Scopes Trial. Her studies show that chimpanzees and apes may not be that much different from humans after all, just a matter of degrees; points that Darwin made in his work. In her writings Dr. Goodall recalls aspects of the Scopes trial—in one of her more amusing books Performance and Evolution in the Age of Darwin she recounts how a creature named Zip came to the Dayton trial in 1925 as part of an entourage of entertaining sideshows during the trial. The carnival atmosphere around Rhea County Courthouse was more than a threering circus-- The muggy sticky (See ‘Monkey’ on page 46)
Artist Grandma Moses had 11 grandchildren.
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Monkey (Continued from page 45) summer that July in 1925 was a flood out of Genesis itself. Most of the entertainment was in the form of burlesques described by Dr. Goodall. These mimes and comics against Darwin had been well-honed over many decades after Darwin’s publication, ridiculing and deriding his theory and meant to curry favor with the local “yokels,” as Mencken had called them. Zip was part of the ongoing P.T. Bar-
num “freak show” and was present everyday outside the courthouse during the trial. Zip was a monkey of sort, wearing a bow tie, spat and suits with buttoned-up waistcoat. Was Zip a man in a monkey suit? Zip was promoted as “that missing link.” You remember P.T. Barnum, circus legend (“There’s a sucker born every minute…and two to take ‘em.} P.T. Barnum’s promotional material, is preserved in the Harvard Museum of Theatrical Collection, and advertised Zip as the possible missing link in the following vivid language:
“Is it a lower order of Man? Or is it a higher development of the monkey? Or is it a combination? Nothing of the kind has ever been seen before! And it is certainly the most marvelous creature living! He possesses the countenance of a human being! He is probably ten years old; is four feet high; weighs 50 pounds; and is intelligent, active and playful as a kitten.” In fact, Zip was a man named William Henry Johnson, a good natured African American from New Jersey who was a micro cephalic. Johnson made a good “act” and made a considerable sum for himself and P.T. Barnum over the years. Zip actually volunteered to be a witness in the trial but was not used as an “expert witness.” In fact, none of the “scientific evidence” offered by Clarence Darrow was used. The judge at the time said such scientific evidence was
“irrelevant.” So here’s your chance dear reader to take a trip back to the 1920’s to Rhea County. You’ll find a statue of William Jennings Bryan, who is the local hero, in front of the old Rhea County Courthouse. There is also now a smaller plaque with the name of Clarence Darrow, though nothing as grand as the towering statue of William Jennings Bryan. In fact, the name of the college there is Bryan College—recently the college has come under criticism in the news for requiring its teachers to take an oath that required them to teach the strict biblical creation as stated in Genesis before being hired to teach there. Shades of Zip! Decision and Epilogue The jury in Dayton found Scopes guilty. No fine was imposed on the young teacher by the jury, but Judge Raulston attempted to correct that error by assessing him a $100.00 fine per the statute. The attorneys for Scopes appealed the case to the Tennessee Supreme Court. On January 17, 1927, the reported case by the Tennessee Supreme Court as reported in Scopes v. State (TN 105, 289 S.W. 363 Tenn. 1927, in a seven page opinion, reversed the conviction. This was the period of the Eighteenth Amendment (National Prohibition). The Volstead Act outlawed beer and liquor effective Oct 28, 1919. Tennessee was especially in favor of Prohibition. The Tennessee Supreme Court in its opinion actually likened the teaching of evolution to bootlegging liquor. It said Tennessee legislators had the authority to outlaw evolution just like making moonshine. It held that making it a crime to teaching other than the biblical scripture of how man was created did not violate either Section 1 Article 8 of the Tennessee Constitution or the First Amendment (Establishment Clause) of the U.S. Constitution. It did not violate separation of state and
religion. However, it reversed the conviction of Scopes on a technical point, making it impossible for the Darrow team to appeal the case to the federal courts. The reversal of the conviction was based on the error of the trial judge in assessing the fine after the jury failed to assess a fine. Despite Prohibition and the Scopes ruling, drinking liquor and teaching evolution continued to be bootlegged in Tennessee after 1925. The stock market crashed in 1929 throwing the country into a tenyear depression without legal booze. Jails and courts were gushing with people charged with drunkenness—it was too much. Bootlegger Al Capone ended up in Alcatraz for income tax evasion. National prohibition was repealed by a national vote in 1933 on the heels of the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Most of the states including Tennessee repealed prohibition soon after 1933. Then WWII broke out and Tennessee, the state that rejected the science of evolution, was the historical site that helped split the atom in the Secret City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that lead to the first atomic bomb and the victory in World War II—the world works in mysterious ways. The Festival and musical in Dayton is Friday through Sunday, July 18-20, 2014. The musical will be performed Friday evening 7/18 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday 7/19 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday 7/20 at 2:30 p.m. For ticket information and prices, visit www. ccplayhouse.com or call (931) 484-5000. Tickets are available online and at the Rhea County Courthouse door in Dayton on show dates.
About the author... Jimmie Turner graduated from ORHS in l962 and from U.T. law School in l967. He practices law at 1119 E. Tri-County Blvd.., Oliver Springs. For comments, email him at jim. turner@tnattyatlaw.com, or call him at 865-435-7704.
A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.
Ott (Continued from page 43) going so slow Ott almost hit it before he could slow down. He pulled up his cut-out whistle and cursing, he pulled into the left lane to pass. He roared around the truck, pulling back in the right lane just in time to miss a car coming straight at us on a curve. Ott leaned forward and patted the dashboard and said, “This is the best car ever made.” As Cousin Ott settled back to fast cruising, he said, “That’s scary, hain’t it? Now gimme a bottle of that good truck under your seat,: I opened the pint of whiskey and he drank more than half of it. When he handed it back to me, I started to take a taste. He slapped my hand, “Put that away right now. You’re too young.” I opened a beer and had fin-
ished it by the time we reached to empty it. I aimed it at the the top of Pine Mountain. mountain top and pulled the trigger three times. Each shot Ott slid the Reo to a level spot caused the pistol to bounce away off the road, “I’m burst- in my hand and toss my arm ing, “ he said. We got out and head high. as we stood there by the roadside, relieving ourselves, we “By God!” Ott said, laughing, looked up at the stars, which “Connie, this is the wild side were out all over the heaven. of life, hain’t it?” I said, “Yes, Ott said, “Sure is a nice night boy.” out tonight hain’t it?” I agreed it was. We drifted on down the mountain to the Bloody Bucket To celebrate the pleasant stop, Café, where we pulled in and Cousin Ott shot three rounds parked. “Let’s eat something,” into the ground. Then handed he said. I never had any monthe pistol to me and told me ey, but I said nothing because
Visions Magazine, July 2014, Page 47 I knew that Ott always carried It was about 4am when Cousin a roll of money and he always Ott hand-cranked the Reo, paid our bill of fare. and when he got under the wheel he said, “Connie, let’s We each had a hamburger and go home.” a cup of black coffee. Coming from a room at the back of the How pleased I was. Home café was the noise of laughing was 10 miles up the Cumbergirls and the coarse voices of land River and into Flat Gap. men. Ott asked the woman at the counter what was going on The summer sun was showing in there. She told him to go on red sky on the eastern horiin and see. zon as I eased into my back bedroom. He looked in and said, “Here’s the keys. You stay in the car Soon I heard Dad coming and wait for me – I’m going to down the hall, and you might play a little poker. You mustn’t guess what followed. And he be in this place.” His blue made me go to church on top eyes were glazed as he turned of all that. away from me and entered the gambling den.
About the author...
Just as soon as I lay down in the car seat, I got so sick I had to jump out of the car and puke.
Connie was teaching in Virginia and was brought to Oak Ridge by the Manhatten Project for the making of atomic bombs which ended Oh, how I wished that I was World War II. He has been at home now. I prayed and a columnist for the Coalfield promised God that I would Progress in his hometown of never carouse again. Norton, Virginia for 40 years.
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The branch of entomology dealing with ants is called “myrmecology.
Thursday, August 7 Ballot Includes State Primary, Local General and Judicial Retention Elections The Thursday, August 7 ballot for the state primary and local general election will be an important and complex ballot. Voters will find three main sections to the ballot. First is the State Primary, second will be the county general election, and third will be the reten-
tion questions for Tennessee Representatives, Tennessee party preference in the primary County Trustee, General SesSupreme Court Judges and Senate, Tennessee House of makes no difference in the sions Judge First Division, Appellate Court Judges. Representatives, General Sessions the State ExecuJudge Second DiThe first eight offices on the tive Committeevision, Juvenile ballot are the contests for man and CommitCourt Judge, Sherthe state primary election. teewoman. These riff, Circuit Court They are Governor, the U.S. eight offices are Clerk, County Senate, the U.S. House of the ones in which Clerk, Register a person must deof Deeds, Road clare whether they Superintendent, are voting in the School Board for Democratic or Reyour district, and publican Primary. C o n s t a b l e s 1 st After these eight through 4th Disoffices come the tricts. candidates for the County General Election. next general election races. Next is the Municipal Election for the city of Oliver Springs. After selecting which party The County General Election Voters will vote for City Judge/ primary to vote in, Democrat offices are: Circuit and Crimi- Recorder and Court Clerk/ or Republican, voters are now nal Court Judge, Chancellor, Finance Officer. free to vote for the candidate District Attorney General, Pubof their choice in the remaining lic Defender, County Mayor, The third and final section elections, no matter to which the County Commissioner party he or she belongs. The for your district (vote for two), (See ‘Go Vote’ on page 63)
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“Yes, I’m afraid so,” the doctor told her. There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, “I’m wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked ‘NO REFILLS’.”
(Continued from page 11) Due to concerns about further cracking the iconic instrument, the Liberty Bell has not been rung since 1846. Instead, every year, to mark the Fourth of July, the 2,000-pound bell is tapped 13 times to signal So I’ll see all you’all at the for bells across the country to Fireworks show on July 2nd… start ringing. uhhh…okay we’ll do it a couple of days later if you insist. The United States got what Happy Birthday AMERICA! may be the country’s largest physical birthday present on About the author... July 4, 1884, when the French Carl works at Comfort Care presented it with the Statue that provides in-home care of Liberty. It took four months services designed to help seto assemble the 151-foot-tall niors and others maintain their statue, which was shipped independence in the comfort from Paris in hundreds of of their own homes. You can pieces. contact them online at www. caretn.com or call 922-3030. Alright now for a chuckle, An upset senior citizen phoned her doctor’s office. “Is it true,” she wanted to know, “that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?”
Community Calendar The Community Calendar listings are free for musical events, theaters, art galleries, museums, community groups, public events, and non-profit groups. To submit your Community Calendar event please email us at: chris@acvisionsmag.com. In your email subject line include the words” “Community Calendar Listing.” Please be sure to include the organization name, event discription, time, dates, place, cost, contact name and phonenumber with any submitted listing. Please note that we are unable to receive calendar listings by US Mail, Fax or phone calls. Deadline to submit entries for consideration is the 20th day of each month.
AMSE Thru Monday, September 1 Blue Star Museum Admission Program to AMSE begins Memorial Day, May 26, 2014 through Labor Day, September 1, 2014. Free AMSE admission available to active-duty military ID holder and five immediate family members. Active duty military include Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, active duty National Guard and active duty Reserve members. Must show active duty military ID for this admission. Blue Star museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more than 2,000 museums across America. Now Thru – August 29 Department of Energy’s Facilities Public Bus Tour with Guide Commentary. Registration begins in person at 9 am at AMSE Admissions Desk. Must be U. S. citizen and at least 10 years of age. Must have photo ID. This Public Bus Tour which highlights the history of Oak Ridge and the history of science and technology at Y-12, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and K-25, is offered Monday – Friday once a day, except government holidays, July 3 & 4, 2014. First come, first served. Seating limited. Some restrictions apply. Board bus at
AMSE at 11:45 am, bus departs at 12 noon, and bus returns to AMSE at 3 pm. Off-the-bus stops include Y-12 History Museum at New Hope Center, Bethel Valley Church and Graphite Reactor, a national historic landmark, both at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Drive by viewing of the Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL and the former K-25 site at the East Tennessee Technology Park. Now thru Sept. 14 Nikon Small World Exhibit, Glimpse into a remarkable world that most have never seen. It is a window into the universe that can only be seen through the lens of a microscope, when Nikon Small World’s award winning photomicrographs exhibition. Combining the skills in microscopy and photography, a photomicrograph is able to capture an image of the world that the naked eye cannot see. A freelance photographer
and artist with a passion for aquatic microorganisms, Wim van Egmond of The Netherlands, sought to blend art and science to capture the complexity and stunning detail of this fragile helical chain. “I approach micrographs as if they are portraits. The same way you look at a person and try to capture their personality, I observe an organism and try to capture it as honestly and realistically as possible, said Egmond of his winning image of a marine diatom, a colonial plankton organism. “At the same time, this image is about form, rhythm and composition. The positioning of the helix, the directions of the bristles, the subdued colors and contrast all bring together a balance that is both dynamic and tranquil.” To capture the great complexity and detail of his winning diatom in three-dimensions,
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The jackrabbit is not a rabbit; it is a hare. (Continued from Page 50) Egmond employed a partial image stack of more that 90 images. Foregoing traditional bright, saturated colors, he adjusted the illumination to create a subdued, blue background to contrast the natural yellow-brown color of the diatom. “This competition brings together some of the top talent from around the world, from all walks of life and scientific disciplines, with more incredible entries submitted each year,” said Eric Flem, Communications Manager, Nikon Instruments. “After 39 years we are proud to watch the competition continue to grow,
allowing us to honor this pool of talented researchers, artists, and photomicrographers, and showcase the importance and beauty of the work they do in the realm of scientific imaging.” Please note: The American Museum of Science and Energy, located at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge, is open Monday - Saturday from 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday from 1 - 5 pm. Admission is Adults $5.00, Seniors (65+) $4.00, Students (6 17) $3.00 and Children ( 5 and under) no charge. Group rates are available with advance reservations. AMSE memberships
Visions Magazine, July 2014, Page 51 are Family $40, Grandparents $35, Individuals $25 and Family & Friends $75. AMSE members receive unlimited AMSE visits and free admission to 250 museums that participated in the ASTC Passport Program. AMSE members receive discounts on Discovery Shop merchandise, discounts on camps, classes, workshops and birthday parties. For more information on AMSE memberships, exhibits, programs and events, go to www.amse.org To schedule a museum group visit, call AMSE at (865) 576-3200.
Children’s Museum Imagination Station Summer Camps Monday – Friday, July 7-11 Nemo’s Nautical Adventures, ages 3-5, 9 a.m.-noon. Sail as a pirate above Nemo’s world and discover the wonders of the sea. Build your own ship, repurpose a CD into a fish, assemble an
ocean bottle, build a seashell and learn kitchen safety, cookwind chime, create a sea salt ing chemistry, and culinary scipainting, and play fish bingo. ence. It’s a full week of working with kitchen equipment and mini Rockin’ Adventure, rising 1 st challenges, culminating in a through 3rd graders, 9 a.m.-noon. mystery ingredient competition! Look at the formation of rocks in the coal mine, then play in the Monsters, Minions, & Magic, dirt and dig. Make a volcano ages 6-8, 9 a.m.-noon. Let your to understand how rocks are creativity run wild, as you make formed, grow crystals, make a monsters, minions, fairies, and fossil cast, polish a stone, get goblins galore! Invent creatures inspired with rocks of different using pinch, coil, and slab techcolors and textures, and more! niques, and then create stories about their magical powers. Myth Busters, rising 1st through 3rd graders, 1-4 p.m. Using sci- Throw Down!, ages 9-14, 1-4 entific inquiry and discovery p.m. Get fired up this summer! in creative ways, prove or dis- Make fun, functional forms on the prove common understand- potter’s wheel, and develop the ings, urban legends, and myths. skills to center clay, form slips, Does toast always fall butter make patterns, and add personside down? Can you make rope alized style to your work. This out of toilet paper? Find out if camp is open to all skill levels. these myths will be busted, are plausible, or can be confirmed! Monday – Friday, July 14-18 Prehistoric Pandemonium, Let the Games Begin, rising 4th ages 3-5, 9 a.m.-noon. Travel through 7th graders, 9 a.m.-noon. back through time as volcanoes Race to grab a backpack full of erupt, and dinosaurs roar and supplies for the Hunger Games, stomp though the jungle. Dig for fight against tracker jackers, for- bones, fashion a dinosaur pupage for food, recognize poisonous pet, make a fossil necklace, go plants, and hone bush craft skills on a scavenger hunt for the lost Play the ultimate Capture the dinosaur egg. Flag game. Gardening Adventure, ages 4 Iron Chefs Cook, rising 4 th ½ - 5, 1-4 p.m. Become nature through 7 th graders, 1-4 p.m. detectives as you uncover the Concoct, create, and cook – secrets of plants, animals, water, work with mystery ingredients (Continued on Page 52)
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and bugs. Learn about osmo- Clay at the Beach, ages 7-10, sis, hand-build a pot to plant a 9 a.m.-noon. Create your own seed in, build forts, play in the beach- and ocean-inspired clay critters! Hand-build spiny echinoderms, an octopus, fantasy fish, a whale, sea snakes, clown fish, turtles, sea horses, and an ocean scene for them to live in. Train Camp, rising 1st through 3rd graders, 9 a.m.-noon. Learn the history of trains, what signals mean, how tracks work, train car names, what hobos did, and what the underground railroad was. Learn train safety, build a wooden train, and more. Yum-ology, rising 1 st through 3 rd graders, 9 a.m.-noon. Put your gastronomic creativity to the test and hone cooking skills as you mix, measure, and heat up some tasty treats. Learn how to make: smoothies, kabobs, pizza, cupcakes, vegetable dishes, cinnamon rolls, and more. Recyclemania, rising 1st through 3 rd graders, 1-4 p.m. Create unique pieces of art while learn-
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Queen termites may live as long as 50 years. (Continued from Page 52) ing about individual environmental responsibility and discovering ways to reuse and repurpose items. Projects may include incorporating recyclables into painting, printmaking, drawing, clay, and mixed media. Riding the Rails, rising 4 th through 7th graders, 9 a.m.-noon. While learning the history of railroads, get hands-on experience in building and setting up model train layouts using T-track concepts. Learn train sizes and types and how they work. Lights, Camera, Cooking, rising 4th through 7th graders, 1-4 p.m. Learn about cooking techniques, terminology, equipment. and ingredients needed for a recipe; then demonstrate how to prepare it. Make several recipes to help you decide which one to demonstrate. Conduct your cooking show on Friday. Snack Attack, ages 9-14, 1-4 p.m. Create funky, festive serving pieces, using wheel and handbuilding techniques. Students will be encouraged to develop a personal set of design motifs for popcorn bowls, cupcake stands, deviled egg platters, and pizza plates. Monday – Friday, July 21-25 Wild, Wild West, ages 3-5, 9 a.m.-noon. Enjoy a giddy-up good time with rodeo games, country crafts, and campfire songs. Gallop around barrels on a trusty steed, have snacks at the chuck wagon, sing around the campfire and more! Mini-Masters, rising 1st through 3rd graders, 9 a.m.-noon. Are you a modern artist or an impressionist? A photographer, a painter, or do you like to draw? Create your own masterpieces like the masters, Van Gogh, O’Keeffe,
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Pollock, Kandinsky, and Picasso. can dissolve metal? Test your lung capacity, make a skullcap, Grossology Biology, rising build a model of your knee, con1 st through 3 rd graders, 1-4 struct a stethoscope, and more. p.m. Explore the incredible and sometimes gross ways our bod- Greek Mega-Puppetry, rising 4th ies do what they do. Did you through 7th graders, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. know that acid in your stomach Join the Catalystica players, Kevin & Cindy Collins, to learn about Greek legends. Rewrite your own Greek legend by creating characters, designing costumes, building backdrops, and playing acting games. Photograph the journey with photographer Kat Bruns. Hand-build a Greek water vessel with potter Bill Capshaw, and learn the art history of Greek Gods, architecture, and sculpture with Nichole Pendleton. The fee is $230 for members, $250 for non-members, with a $20 materials fee. Rainforest Safari, ages 4-6, 9 a.m.-noon. Take a tour of the Rainforest Exhibit to look at the plants, animals, and people that live there, and choose what inspires you! Roll snakes, handbuild a cougar, construct a butterfly wind-chime, and more. Native American, ages 7-12, 1-4 p.m. Explore the Native American Exhibit to see art traditions from native tribes, such as the Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, and Cherokee. Projects include totem poles, a frog jar, hand coiled and stamped pots, and shield necklaces.. Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1 It’s a Magical World, ages 3-5, 9 a.m.-noon. Imaginations soar in this magical fairy tale. Read fairy stories, make dragon and fairy
Living with the Land, rising 4th through 7th graders, 9 a.m.-noon. Discover nature’s connections. Investigate the important role of pollinators, learn farming methKids Take Over the Kitchen, ris- ods that promote sustainability, ing 1st through 3rd graders, 9 a.m.- grow a plant hydroponically, and noon. Campers will become more explore the value in eating oractively plan, prepare and cook ganic and local products. meals. They will break into teams, create a menu, and prepare the Dragonology, rising 4th through meal. Campers are sent home 7 th graders,1-4 p.m. Attention, with recipes and tips to tackle devoted dragonology students! their very own “makeovers”. How many classic riddles do you know that could help you surProject Catwalk, rising 1 st vive a dragon encounter? What through 3 rd graders, 1-4 p.m. dragon species attacks its victims Turn drab duds into something with a “frosty blast” instead of a jet fabulous. Revamp your clothes: of flame? Answer these questions tie-dye a shirt, make a purse and more. from jeans, create hair accessories, fashion a toe ring, bead Art for the Garden, ages 6-12. an ankle bracelet, and redeco- 9 a.m.-noon. Use clay and other rate your shoes. Design your sculptural materials to hand-build own outfit for a fashion show. wings, fashion a princess crown, make a wand, design jewels, construct fairy tale puppets, and more. Enjoy a special tea party.
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Mug Shots, ages 9-14, 1-4 p.m. Explore making faces in clay. animals, garden gnomes, wind Create expressive face mugs and chimes, stepping stones, funky jugs using your family’s “mugs,” planters, bird baths, and more. as well as playful portraits in-
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In South Africa, termites are roasted and eaten by the handful, like pretzels or popcorn. spired by artist Robert Arneson about different sea creatures, create sand art, write a message and Pablo Picasso. in a bottle, and learn to hula. Monday-Friday, August 4-8 Giggle Science, ages 3-5, 9 End of Summer Camp Bash, a.m.-noon. Grab your lab coat rising 1st through 3rd graders, 1-4 and get ready for a week of p.m. Play games like water balgiggles and goggles! Get your loon piñata, tape ball, and corn hands dirty creating erupting hole, and shoot marshmallow pop rockets, growing crystals, poppers. Put together a sponge planting a beanstalk in a bag, ball, construct a lava lamp, blow making slime and exploding soap. a rainbow bubble snake, and make gak. The Sounds of Music, ages 4 ½ - 5, 1-4 p.m. Create, explore, and Astronomy Aliens, rising 4 th investigate the world of instru- through 7th graders, 9 a.m.-noon. ments, sound, and music- making. Create a unique alien and conBuild instruments and join togeth- struct its solar system. Discover er in a musical marching band! why stars have different colors, learn the Native American mytholAloha Summer Blast., rising ogy behind the constellations, 1st through 3rd graders, 9 a.m.- create yummy moon phases, noon. What is really inside of make a clay sundial, a coconut? Cook and dine on fresh fruits and Hawaiian dishes, Wild & Crazy Kids, rising 4 th fashion handmade leis, learn through 7 th graders, 1-4 p.m.
Test your agility and ingenuity using critical thinking skills. Play Minute to Win It games, run through an obstacle course with hidden zombies and silly string, have a watermelon seed spitting contest, and more. Preschool Potters, ages 3-5, 9 a.m.-noon. Wee ones discover fun properties of clay. Pinch a rattle ball, use a slab of clay to create a tile handprint, hand-build a snake, sculpt finger puppets, and more. Big Wheel Keep on Turnin’! ages 9-14, 1-4 p.m. Learn the basics of wheel throwing. Handthrow bowls, mugs, plates, and more to develop your personal ideas. Gain the skill to center, form, trim, and decorate your pots. Open to all skill levels. Other Children’s Museum
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Visions Magazine, July 2014, Page 55 Wednesday, August 6 Wednesday, July 16 Greg Foertter. Join Greg for an Teddy Bear Clinic. Bring a Events stuffed animal or doll to learn interactive sing along in the gym. Sunday, July 20 Kids Go Green! Garden Tours, about medical conditions, good 1:15 p.m., 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. nutrition, proper exercise and sun Tours offer fun for the whole fam- protection with Lois Ward from ily! Garden Manager/Educator Covenant Health. Bucky Smith will be conducting garden tours. The Train Garden Wednesday, July 23 will also be open in the afternoon. Steve Weeks, One Man Band! Friday, July 4 Please sign up at the front desk Join this interactive family romp July 4th Anvil Shoot at the filled with music, humor and Museum of Appalachia, Anvil for the tours. games as kindie musician Steve shooting used to be a fairly comSaturdays, August 2-Septem- performs favorites such as “Bird- mon way that rural folks celebratsong,” “Someday” and “Don’t ed special events--they “shot the ber 6 Kids Go Green! Family Garden- Nothing Work Around Here No anvil” to celebrate the nation’s ers’ Club: My First Garden, for More.” Come prepared to laugh, Independence, Christmas, and ages 3rd grade and up, 9 a.m.- sing, and bring those dancing even Davy Crockett’s election to 11:45 A.M. Learn the science of a shoes. the U.S. Congress. Some years garden and how to care for plants. ago, two men, each more than Plant the plants you love the Wednesday, July 30 100 years old, watched the Mumost, and then eat the garden’s Jazzercise with Michelle Re- seum’s anvil shoot and recalled bounty! Befriend the wildlife in the plogle. Come twist those feet this tradition from their early garden while becoming a steward with Michelle. Do choreographed boyhood. Now, shooting the anof the animals’ home, the garden, dance and movement to music, vil has come to be the highlight for six weeks. Fee is $12 per as well as fun games. Learn about of the Museum’s fabulous July person per week, $55 per person fitness and nutrition. (Continued on Page 56) for six weeks if paid in advance. Register by July 19.
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Wonderful Wednesdays The Children’s Museum hosts Wonderful Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-noon during Imagination Station Summer Camp. The programs are free for campers and free to the public with admission. Wednesday, July 9 Yoga with Gomes Ganapathi. Gomes will teach everyone to stretch like a dog, balance like a flamingo, breath like a bunny, and stand strong and tall like a tree.
Page 56, Visions Magazine, July 2014 (Continued from Page 55) 4th Celebration. Folks as far as 15 miles away have reported hearing the blast, and certainly everyone gathered for the excitement feels the earth shake under their feet. Along with the big boom several times during the day, there are patriotic ceremonies and lots of music—the old-time mountain music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. A bell-ringing ceremony will occur at precisely 2:00 p.m. coinciding with the National Bell Ringing Ceremony when more than 10,000 bells across the country are rung in unison. Thirteen youngsters will be selected from the audience to ring the bell in honor of the thirteen original states. The Liberty Pole raising at 2:15 p.m. will commemorate a Colonial American practice signifying dissatisfaction with the English government. It illustrates the spirit of liberty among colonists in the early days of the War for Independence. Wander the Museum’s Village and see demonstrations of “Betsy Ross” sewing our nation’s first flag, spinning, blacksmithing, wood-
carving, mountain dulcimer making, sassafras tea brewing and cedar rail splitting. Tasty summertime treats will be available, including grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, kettle corn, homemade ice cream, cakes, pies and cookies. The Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., so July 4th visitors will have ample time to tour. The extensive village ~ farm complex includes dozens of historic log structures, display buildings filled with authentic Appalachian artifacts, gardens surrounded by split rail fences, and farm animals in a traditional setting. The Hall of Fame offers a portrait of the Appalachian people, both famous and not-so famous- and these exhibits may be enjoyed in air-conditioned comfort. This is a free event for Museum members. Memberships provide a year of Museum visits. As an official affiliate of the Smithsonian institution, the Museum provides Smithsonian memberships in conjunction with its own membership program. The Museum is located 2819 Andersonville Hwy. in Norris. For more information, call or email us at 865494-7680 or go online to www.
All hurricanes are born over water, and their life span is about 10 days. museumofappalachia.org The Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate and a not-for-profit organization, is located 16 miles north of Knoxville, one mile east of I-75, exit 122. For more information, call 865-494-7680, or visit the web site at www. museumofappalachia.org.
UT Arboretum
Arboretum Society is a 48 year old, non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the objectives and programs of the University of Tennessee’s 250acre Arboretum in Oak Ridge. Proceeds from fund-raising events go toward the operating expenses and endowment fund for the UT Arboretum. To learn more about the Arboretum Society, and the UT Arboretum Endowment Fund, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org. For more information on the plant sale, call 865-482-6656.
Classes/ Workshops Appalachian Arts The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is a nonprofit center promoting traditional artists and crafts. The shop and class facility are located at 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris, Tenn., one mile east of I-75 north at Exit 122. You must pre-register and pay for all classes in advance. Call
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the center at 865-494-9854 to Saturday, July 19 register. www.appalachian- Garden, Food, and Family --Free Event! 10:00 – 3:00, A Celarts.net. ebration of Family, Homegrown Local Food, and the Glorious Erin’s Meadow Herb Farm Garden! Registration requested by not required to attend! Free Tuesday, July 1, Tuesday Erin’s Meadow Herb Club, Ev- Presentations! 10:30-11:30 eryone is Welcome!, 6:00-7:30 “Quick and Easy, Family Nutrition Agenda: Learn to Make Herb Jel- from the Garden” with Nicole Fey, lies Please bring a jelly jar and $5 12:15-1:00 “Shake up the Backyard; Healing Movements for the for the material fee Family” with Georgette Samaras, 1:30-2:30 “Summer Garden ProjSaturday, July 12 Plant a Patio Container Garden, ects and Tasty Treats” with Kathy 10:00-3:00, Make It & Take It - Burke Mihalczo. Bring a family Gardening Activity $35, Come picnic (herbal tea and water plant a beautiful patio garden of provided) Or Boxed lunches your design! Choose herbs for a available – Please reserve by cooking garden or flowers for the July 16th (pre-payment required butterflies…or both! How about $8) herbs for tea making? What fun! We provide a 12” planter, organic Saturday, July 26, Saturday potting soil, organic fertilizer, and Cold Summer Herbal Supper the plants. We’ll be here to help Culinary Class with Janet Powwith suggestions and information! ell $35, 10:30-12:00 – On the You’ll have fun selecting 5 plants menu: Crunchy Chicken Salad (herbs and/or flowers) to create with Tarragon and Thyme; Italian a garden for your porch or patio. Herb and Vegetable Salad; RoseThis gardening activity will be on mary Herbal Dip with Toasted going throughout the day (10:00- Pita Chips; Lime Mint Dessert 3:00), so you can come any time Bars. Janet Powell is a culinary
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is live and well--even interesting --thanks to Tennesseans For Living History, a group of friends who conduct entertaining and educational living history programs. Tennesseans For Living History represent a broad spectrum spanning from the 1600’s to the present, porErin’s Meadow is located at traying people who come alive in 132 England Dr, Clinton (Mar- your presence. Their programs low Community) Phone is 435- are conducted with enthusiasm 1452, www.erinsmeadowherb- and knowledge acquired through farm.com. Business hours are experience and research, enApril - June ; Tues - Sat. 10-5 compassing events, people, and places in both Tennessee and Sun. 12-5 CLOSED Mondays American history. For any historand July 1 - Dec. 20 Wed - Sat. ical events or programs please 10-5 contact Tennesseans For Living Clinch River Yarn Co. The Clinch River Yarn Company holds classes many days each month. Please go online to www. clinchriveryarns.com for a complete listing of times and dates for the classes above. Clinich River Yarn company is located at 725 N. Charles G. Seivers Boulevard in Clinton. Phone: 269-4528. educator who has been teaching cooking and wellness classes in the Knoxville area for over 20 years. She has a passion for creating healthy, delicious dishes with fresh herbs and vegetables just picked from her garden.
Events July 3rd & 4th History Comes Alive, History
History, Lynn Fox, (865) 7199947 or ovta1780@aol.com. All programs or free. Thursday, July 3rd Programs “Living History” 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Gatlinburg out side of Ripley Aquarium Friday, July 4th Gatlinburg’s 39th annual 4th of July Parade 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 4th James White Fort Knoxville, TN 10:00 a.m. NO Admission Charge
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Friday, July 4 Oak Ridge Community Band Independence Day Concert. Friday, July 4, 7:30 p.m., A.K. Bissell Park, 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge. This free concert will feature a program of patriotic tunes, jazz, dixieland, swing, and the traditional playing of the “1812 Overture” and will be followed by the annual city fireworks display. Audience members are encouraged to come early for good seating and to bring lawn chairs or blankets.
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A geoduck is a large clam. mon way that rural folks celebrated special events--they “shot the anvil” to celebrate the nation’s Independence, Christmas, and even Davy Crockett’s election to the U.S. Congress. Some years Friday, July 4 July 4th Anvil Shoot at the ago, two men, each more than Museum of Appalachia, Anvil 100 years old, watched the Mushooting used to be a fairly com- seum’s anvil shoot and recalled Razzleberry’s Ice Cream Lab will provide refreshments. For more information call 865-482-3568 or visit www.orcb.org.
this tradition from their early boyhood. Now, shooting the anvil has come to be the highlight of the Museum’s fabulous July 4th Celebration. Folks as far as 15 miles away have reported hearing the blast, and certainly
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These monthly trivia comes from the website www.coolquiz.com (Continued from Page 58) everyone gathered for the excitement feels the earth shake under their feet. Along with the big boom several times during the day, there are patriotic ceremonies and lots of music—the old-time mountain music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. A bell-ringing ceremony will occur at precisely 2:00 p.m. coinciding with the National Bell Ringing Ceremony when more than 10,000 bells across the country are rung in unison. Thirteen youngsters will be selected from the audience to ring the bell in honor of the thirteen original states. The Liberty Pole raising at 2:15 p.m. will commemorate a Colonial American practice signifying dissatisfaction with the English government. It illustrates the spirit of liberty among colonists in the early days of the War for Independence. Wander the Museum’s Village and see demonstrations of “Betsy Ross” sewing our nation’s first flag, spinning, blacksmithing, woodcarving, mountain dulcimer making, sassafras tea brewing and cedar rail splitting. Tasty sum-
mertime treats will be available, including grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, kettle corn, homemade ice cream, cakes, pies and cookies. The Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., so July 4th visitors will have ample time to tour. The extensive village ~ farm complex includes dozens of historic log structures, display buildings filled with authentic Appalachian artifacts, gardens surrounded by split rail fences, and farm animals in a traditional setting. The Hall of Fame offers a portrait of the Appalachian people, both famous and not-so famous- and these exhibits may be enjoyed in air-conditioned comfort. This is a free event for Museum members. Memberships provide a year of Museum visits. As an official affiliate of the Smithsonian institution, the Museum provides Smithsonian memberships in conjunction with its own membership program. The Museum is located 2819 Andersonville Hwy. in Norris. For more information, call or email us at 865494-7680 or go online to www. museumofappalachia.org
Health Tuesday, July 15 PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East TN will have the next Meeting at Kern United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge on Tuesday, July 15 at 11:30 am. We welcome Members and Visitors with Parkinson’s to our Meetings! The topic this month will be “Sleep Disorders” presented by Dr. Cherridan Rambally. Dr. Rambally is a Sleep Physician Neurologistwith Oak Ridge Methodist Hospital located in the Cheyenne Bldg. A light lunch will be provided by our friends East Tennessee Personal Care. Our meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday Of the month from 11:30 - 1:30pm in Oak Ridge in the Kern United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 451 East Tenn. Ave. Our goal is to improve your Lifestyle through greater understanding, education and information. We are Affiliated with the Parkinson Disease Foundation (PDF) and the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF). If you or a loved one has Parkinson’s, please Join us and we will learn together. For more information please contact Karen Sampsell: 865-482-4867 or E-mail: pk_hopeisalive@bellsouth.net. Taoist Tai Chi Society® Open House and Summer Classes Every morning across the world, millions of people start their day with the practice the gentle art of Tai Chi. The quiet concentration of a group of people doing Tai Chi is palpable as they work their way through the graceful movements of the 108-move set. More remarkable still are the health benefits that many people report from the regular practice of Tai Chi. The Oak Ridge Branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the
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USA will be starting new beginners’ classes in July. The new line up of Beginning Classes will be: Oak Ridge TTCS Center (Oak Ridge) Thurs 6:30-8pm, starting July 9, Fri 9:30-11am, starting July 11, Sat 9-10:30am, starting July 12 Oak Ridge Senior Center (Oak Ridge) Mon&Wed 10-11am, started April 7 Strang Senior Center (Farragut) Tues & Thurs 8:45-9:45am, starting July 8 Peace Lutheran Church (West Knoxville) Open House Mon-
day, July 7, 7pm (and first class), Mon 7-8:30pm, starting July 7 Farragut Town Hall Sun 10:30am - 12:30pm, starting Aug 3 (10-week class) Kingston Tues 6-7:30pm, starting July 8
In addition to Tai Chi, the Oak Ridge branch offers a Health Recovery class every Thursday at 10:45. This class is designed for people with physical limitations of all sorts that make taking a Beginning class difficult. Students can join the class anytime.
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Page 60, Visions Magazine, July 2014 (Continued from Page 59) Find out more about local Tai Chi classes at www.taoist.org/usa/ locations/oak-ridge, or email us at oakridge.tn@taoist.org, or call 482-7761. The Oak Ridge Center is located at 362 East Tennessee, Oak Ridge.
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Friday, July 4 Oak Ridge Community Band Independence Day Concert. Friday, July 4, 7:30 p.m., A.K. Bissell Park, 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge. This free concert will feature a program of patriotic tunes, jazz, dixieland, swing, and the traditional playing of the “1812 Overture” and will be followed by the annual city fireworks display. Audience members are encouraged to come early for good seating and to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Razzleberry’s Ice Cream Lab will provide refreshments. For more information call 865-482-3568 or visit www.orcb.org.
Norris Concerts on the Commons Series. All concerts begin at 7 PM, and everyone is encouraged to bring your lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. For more details on each week’s scheduled artists, visit Facebook for Concerts on the Commons. To receive a weekly notice about each concert, send your e-mail address to concertsonthecom- Saturday Tennis Every Saturday of the year, there mons@gmail.com . is an informal drop-in doubles tennis match at the Jackson July 4 Hot Shot Square tennis courts on Broad Freight Train way Avenue in Oak Ridge. They July 11 Hippy Nuts meet at 1:30pm in the winter and July 18 Naughty Knots 9am in the summer. Ask for the July 25 Leah Gardner (Full story on page 7 of this issue) Coordinator when you arrive and you will be matched up with players of similar playing ability. If Fri & Sat, June 13 & 14
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cancelled due to bad weather, a make-up match occurs on Sunday at 1:30pm. Questions? Call Rangan at 474-0519.
Summer Camps Continuous Threads Sewing Studio 2014 Sewing Through Time. Summer Sewing Camps. All Time Travelling will be at Continuous Threads, 235 Jackson Square, Oak Ridge. Your Summer Chronology Guides will be Manderley Swain and
Jeannie O’Brien. Please call time period. Some of these 865-964-2178 or email: con- journeys will require a list of tinuousthreads@gmail.com. supplies, other time trips this Time Travellers will enjoy a one (Continued on Page 61) week trip through their chosen
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Cumberland County Playhouse. Now in its twenty-first consecutive year at Cumberland County Playhouse, Smoke continues to play to sold-out crowds and delight audiences again and again. “The publisher, Samuel French, Inc. the oldest and largest publisher for plays and musicals in the world - tells us it’s the most popular show they license,” says director Weslie Webster. French also verifies that the Playhouse has done more performances of this bluegrass/gospel musical comedy than any other theater, anywhere. For ticket info contact the Cumberland County Playhouse at 931-484-5000 or visit www.ccplayhouse.com.
Monday, July 7-11 1950’s Fashion! 10am to 1pm, Rock on back to the 1950’s! In this intermediate level class, girls will learn to follow a simple pattern while creating a 1950’s style outfit for themselves! Projects include poodle skirts, white top with initial, June 13 thru August 31 scarf, headband, and more! Cost Shrek - Cumberland County Playhouse. The Playhouse will $120 Supply list. present what just might be its most spectacular production yet, Monday, July 14-18 1970’s Flower Power, 10am Shrek The Musical. Featuring 19 to 1pm. Get groovy in the 70’s! all-new songs, big laughs and Kids will sew funky, hippy fashion great dancing, Shrek The Musiin this intermediate level camp. cal is part romance, part fracProjects include bell bottom tured fairy tale and all fun! Based jeans, tunic with macrame belt, on the Oscar winning Dreamfringed purse and more! Cost Works film, Shrek brings the $120 Supply list. Monday, July 21-25 Steampunk your Doll! 10am to 1pm. Travel back to the dawn of the industrial age with your American Girl 18 Inch Doll! In this intermediate level camp, kids will create a steampunk fantasy costume for their 18 inch dolls. Projects include top with puff sleeves, corset style vest, bustle skirt and more! Cost $140 All supplies included. Monday, July 28-August 1 A “Timey-Wimey” Art Camp Ages 6 and up, 10am to 1pm. Each day our time travelers visit a different decade, explore it’s culture and paint their inspirations on canvas. As the week progresses, travellers will create their own unique time machines in the third dimension! The week culminates in a gallery show and art sale curated by the kids themselves! Cost $120 Supply list.
Theater /Arts Thru August 8 Smoke on the Mountain -
hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life on stage as our unlikely hero Shrek and his loyal steed Donkey set off on a quest to rescue the beautiful, fiery Princess Fiona. Add a villain with a SHORT temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits in an irresistible mix of adventure, laughter and romance and you’ve got a must see musical comedy! For ticket info contact the Cumberland County Playhouse at 931-4845000 or visit www.ccplayhouse. com. Now thru July 11 Annie Get Your Gun - Cumberland County Playhouse. Kellye Cash plays legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley, a plucky backwoods gal whose astonishing shooting skills earn her a spot in Buffalo Bill’s traveling show… and spark a competition with the show’s handsome headliner, Frank Butler (Britt Hancock). The two soon fall for each other, but when Annie’s act outshines her beau’s, she discovers that what’s good for busi-
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ness can be bad for romance. Bill Frey co-stars as Buffalo Bill and the cast of colorful characters includes a host of Playhouse favorites: Anna Baker, Daniel Black, DeAnna Etchison, Carol Irvin, Lauren Marshall, Leila Nelson, Austin Price, Jason Ross,
Michael Ruff, Chaz Sanders and many more. Directed by Weslie Webster, this lighthearted “tall tale” is packed with singing, dancing, sharpshooting and all the excitement – and exaggeration - of America’s Wild West, An-
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Page 62, Visions Magazine, July 2014 (Continued from Page 61) nie Get Your Gun is a testament to female ingenuity and plain, old-fashioned fun. For ticket info contact the Cumberland County Playhouse at 931-484-5000 or visit www.ccplayhouse.com. July 4-20 1776 - Mainstage Musical, It’s the summer of 1776, and the American nation is ready to declare independence from England - if only our founding fathers can agree to it! The seminal event in American history blazes to vivid musical life as human faces are put on the men behind
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the national icons. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin attempt to convince the members of the second Continental Congress to vote “Yea” in this funny, insightful, and compelling musical comedy. The Oak Ridge Playhouse is located at 227 Broadway in Jackson Square, Oak Ridge. Call 482999 for tickets and show times. August 22-31 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike - Mainstage Play, Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circum-
stances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up eventually leading to threats to
sell the house in this deliriously funny and hugely entertaining look at the absurdity and the dangers of human folly. Contains mature themes. The Oak Ridge
Playhouse is located at 227 Broadway in Jackson Square, Oak Ridge. Call 482-999 for tickets and show times.
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Go Vote (Continued from page 48) of the ballot contains the Judicial Retention questions. There are three Tennessee Supreme Court Judges, Court of Appeals Judges for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Divisions, and finally, Court of Criminal Appeals Judges for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Divisions of Tennessee. These individuals are a combination of both Democrats and Republicans but are not listed by party on the ballot. Some of the Democrats were appointed by Republicans and some of the Republicans were appointed by Democrats. They are a bi-partisan group that has served Tennessee well. Voters will have the option to either retain (keep) or replace (remove) each judge.
County General Election. This is NOT the complete Ballot that will appear at your poll ing place. You will also see a Republican Primary Ballot as well as a Democratic Primary Ballot as well. Due to our limited space we could not provide these for your review.
Go online to the Anderson County Election Commissions website at www.acelect.com for a complete preview of the upcoming Thursday, August 7 Election.
Early voting will begin on Friday, July 18th and will continue through Saturday, August 2nd.
Anderson County Visions Magazine encourages you review the candidates, research each candidate’s platform and become an informed voter. And remember: Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibiliAt left is a sample Ballot of the ty we have as Americans.
Go online to the Anderson County Election Commissions website at www.acelect.com for a complete preview of the upcoming Thursday, August 7 Election.
“Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it’s really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.” - Howard Rheingold