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Ailor Gap Road closed State Route 144 E, Ailor Gap Road, will be closed June 27 to Sept. 30 for a bridge replacement project. The Highway Department suggests an alternate route of Highways 61 E to 370 S. Route 144 E will be closed 24 hours a day, seven days a week during this time.
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Start your engines! Children’s Center’s Cruisin’ for Kids bike run. Union County sheriff’s deputy Danny Wayne Collins drove the lead By Cindy Taylor Thunder Road lived up to its car to start the ride that ran from name June 25, as more than 30 Union County High School to Bean bikers roared their way down the Station and ended at Ann’s Kitchen. highway during the Union County Riders were treated to a discounted
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lunch and door prizes. Door prizes included a handmade quilt by Norris Shores Quilters, key chains, ankle bracelets, plaques, T-shirts, Mary Kay baskets and gun locks. Sponsors were the Union County Children’s Center, Nordstrom’s Galley, Union County Property
Assessor Donna Jones, Ronnie Pratt, Interworld Travel, Flowers by Bob, Food City, Ann’s Country Kitchen, District Attorney General Paul Phillips, Diane and Bill Allen, Union County Chiropractic, Knoxville Harley Davidson and Norris Shores Quilters.
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Nancy White and husband Allen led the cycles as they left from Union County High School for the Union County Children’s Center Crusin’ for Kids bike run. Coordinator Carol Pratt (center) practices the starting signal. Photo by C. Taylor
The Union County School Board held a special called meeting June 23 with the focus on one item: deciding what to pay and what to table in what should be the final change orders for Paulette Elementary School. Chuck Grant of Michael Brady Inc. presented numerous pages requesting payment for labor and parts for items that had been reworked or changed during construction. According to Grant, there were some changes made during construction that did not originate with his company. “There are about 20 different locations in this school that are not built like the Fairview school drawings that the board originally discussed and decided on with Mark Randolph,” said Grant. “These areas are changes that the board requested during construction.” Randolph was the original representative from MBI, who left the company shortly after the school board chose to begin building the school. There seems to be a mixed bag of changes that neither the board nor Michael Brady Inc. feels they should be responsible for paying. “Our agreed fee to build this school was 3 percent over the construction cost,” said Grant. “Nor-
mally, our fee is at least 5 percent if we do only one school. The reason Mr. Goforth and Mark Randolph negotiated such a low fee was because we were going to do two schools. We can make money if we do two schools but not if we only do this one. Mark Randolph left our company on a one-day notice, and there were many changes that had occurred that did not get brought out when we started construction.” Regardless of who decided to do what or when, more than $97,000 would come from the discretionary fund if the board had agreed to pay all change orders as they stand, leaving only around $23,000 in the fund. This amount includes more than $12,000 in credit that is due back to the fund. The board tabled more than $75,000 of the requested funds for further review. Chris Kropp from Rouse Construction was also present, and he and Grant agreed to go back to the contractors responsible for the items in question, totaling more than $10,000, and attempt a resolution in the board’s favor. The board only agreed to release payments totaling less than $7,000. This includes curbing around the access road at a cost of $3,250, a need that was brought to light by the board. It is once again time for the school board’s yearly review of Director of Schools Wayne Goforth. Board members were given evaluation sheets by Ronnie Mincey and
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asked to fill them out and return them after the meeting. “We need more time than that,” said board member Don Morgan. “This is more important than just spending 10 minutes on it after the meeting.” Mincey agreed to more time and said that he plans to present the results of the reviews at the board meeting in July. Lenny Holt requested permission to proceed with the upcoming renovation of the CDC classroom at Maynardville Elementary School. The board agreed to allow that project to begin, providing the work would not exceed the budgeted amount of $10,000. This money will come from the Special Education fund.
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A scoreboard will soon be in place at Paulette Elementary at a cost of $3,900, thanks to the negotiating skills of principal Jason Bailey. The board approved Bailey’s request for an agreement with Pepsi that would allow them to place the scoreboard at that cost. Preparations and negotiations are still underway for the demolition and removal of the portable buildings at Maynardville Elementary. The plan is to have all of these removed prior to the start of the school year in early August. The board agreed to sign a Virtual School Memorandum of Understanding pending review and approval by board attorney Chuck Cagle.
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From a plant to planting A love of nature By Cindy Taylor
Chiropractic study of the military
Once upon a time there, was a man and a woman who had a desire to leave their mundane jobs and make a living at something they enjoyed. So begins the story of Hardin’s Mountain Organics and Tom and Faye Hardin. In the spring of the year, Hardin’s Mountain Organics has seedlings, flowers, herbs and vegetables of all kinds. But, items for spring planting are just the beginning in this neck of the woods. When the heat forces you indoors, there’s still fun to be had with a tour through the petite Amish store. Here you will find Amish-made jelly, jam, honey, sorghum and fresh churned butter. There are also items that will take you back to the days of yore, like horehound candy and fresh buttermilk. The latest offering that has been added to the array of food products you can’t get “just anywhere� is homemade ice cream, served daily during business hours. You may choose to leisurely consume a cup of
Chiropractic Outlook By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC
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Shirlee Grabko is the classic overachiever and, fortunately for those seeking property on Norris Lake, she brought her skills to her company, Norris Lake Resource Center at Lakeside Realty. “I realized early in the game that most of the people purchasing property on Norris ‘ain’t from ‘round here,’ � said Grabko. “Unlike many people searching out homes or acreage, they did not look for properties using local newspapers and real estate magazines.� When her husband, Bill Manning, retired
from Knoxville to Norris Lake and became involved with the Union County community. They attended all commission and budget meetings for many years, and Grabko took an interest in the local Red Cross in Union County. This brought Grabko full force into the Shirlee Grabko, Founder of community and helped Norris Lake Resource Center at give her the idea to start Lakeside Realty. Photo by C. Taylor her company. “I worked to build a website that would be helpful to those interested in the Norris Lake area,� said Grabko. “The website became pretty successful, from the Department of garnering 350-450 new Energy as a nuclear en- hits a week and 30 emails gineer, the family moved or phone calls a day.�
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Summer reading ■Sharps Chapel Book Station will host Summer Reading for children Pre-K through 12th grade through July 29, with a pizza party July 30 for those who have read at least eight books with the program. Prizes will be awarded at the party to those reading the most books in their age groups. Participants may sign up any time the book station is open. Summer hours are 1-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday; closed Thursday and Sunday. ■Maynardville Public Library’s Summer Reading theme is “One World, Many Stories.� Children will explore many
nations through stories, crafts, music, dance and other activities. The program is open to young people, ages 1 through young adult, with programs, prizes, story hours and more. All programs are free. Info: 9927106 or visit the library on Facebook. ■Luttrell Public Library will have Summer Reading through July 29, with programs each Friday at 1 p.m. The theme will be “One World, Many Stories.� The program, open to school age children and teens, will have great activities, lots of prizes, snacks and refreshments. There will be a pizza party with certificates July 29. The library is located next door to Luttrell Elementary School. Info: 992-0208 or luttrelllibrary@ comcast.net.
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Tom and Faye Hardin take a rare break from their work at Hardin’s Mountain Organics. one of the unique flavors, like lavender or blackberry, in air-conditioned comfort as you browse the store’s interesting displays. Faye has decorated the store with finds from her travels and has a story to tell about each one. Ask about the flying pig. Your preference may be fast licks on a cone of chocolate or vanilla while sitting on the covered front porch in the sultry summer breeze, rocking in a handmade Amish chair to the tune of warbling birds. Be careful, though. The tinkling wind chimes could lull you to sleep once your tummy is full of this sweet treat. For a mere $60 you can choose one of the sturdy maple chairs to take home to your own front porch. The Hardins haven’t always spent their days in this paradise. Both worked full time until a few years ago. Tom had always want-
A short time later, Tom retired from his job at Sea Ray and joined her, both of them evolving from working “in� plants to working “with� plants. Located on Loyston Road just a few short miles from Highway 33, the business is easily accessible from Halls and Maynardville and is a great place to stop for a treat on your way back from Big Ridge State Park. They are open most days 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but a call to 992-1462 Three-year-old Eirinn Gaylor before you go is a good idea enjoys homemade chocolate in the off season of June ice cream while rocking in the through October. The busishade of the front porch at ness is always closed on Hardin’s Mountain Organics. Sunday. From Highway 33, Photos by C. Taylor turn onto Loyston Road. Hardin’s Mountain Organed to start a greenhouse, ics is after the bridge at Bull and once he did it wasn’t Run Creek and just past the long until word was out. split on the left. As for the Hardins, they Soon, business was booming to the point that Faye plan to live happily ever afneeded to quit her job on an ter of course, making their assembly line at Breed and living doing something they work the business full time. both love.
LMU announces dean’s list
For maintaining a 4.0 grade point average while carrying 12 hours or more, Cody Ryan Davidson and Phillip Mark Schelstrate, both of Maynardville, were named to the president’s list. For maintaining at least a 3.5 grade point average while carrying 12 hours or more, Kallie Shinea Hopper of Maynardville, Christian Todd Marlow of Luttrell and Samantha Noel Sharp of Sharps Chapel were named to the dean’s list.
Lincoln Memorial University announced June 21 that several Union County students were named to the dean’s list for the 2011 spring semester for maintaining a 3.5 grade point average. They are: Kenneth Nicley of Luttrell; Kayla Brantley and Kristy Collingsworth of Sharps Chapel; and Tanya Bruner, April Bull, Hannah Carter, Loren Davis, Rebecca Dempsey, April Effler, Haley Effler, Alicia Fennel, Farideh Golembiewski, Lindsee Hundley, Robert MacLellan, Caleb Norris, Amanda Smith and Carrie Thomas, all of Maynardville.
Walters State announces president’s, dean’s lists Walters State Community College announced June 6 that several Union County students were named to the school’s president’s and dean’s lists for the 2011 spring semester.
Litter volunteers needed Volunteers are needed for a Keep Union County Beautiful litter pickup from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 9. Volunteers should meet at Alder Springs Baptist Church on Hickory Star Road. The group will be picking up litter on sections of Hickory Star Road and Highway 61 West. Info or to register: Dennis Nicley, 804-9745.
School system requests proposals Union County Public Schools is requesting proposals for demolition of seven portable buildings at Maynardville Elementary School. Proposals are due by 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 5. For project specifications, call 368-7682.
Plainview to hold public hearing The city of Plainview will hold a public hearing concerning Ordinance #105 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at Plainview City Hall before the monthly meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The ordinance states that when rezoning of property within the city limits of Plainview is proposed by the Planning Commission, the owner of said property must be notified by letter. Previously, notification was by an ad in the local paper. All citizens are welcome to attend and comment.
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Leadership meets government The Leadership Union County Class of 2011 toured government offices during its June meeting and learned about topics ranging from history to economics and water processing. The group started the day with a delicious homemade breakfast provided by residents of Plainview. Vice Mayor Richard Phillips spoke briefly about the Plainview Board of Mayor and Aldermen and opened a discussion that gave an insight into the town’s history. “I’m second fiddle, but sometimes I get to be first chair,” said Phillips. “Our chief of police says that the city of Plainview is a wellkept secret.” The next stop was County Clerk Pam Ailor’s office, where class members discovered that a surprising amount, around $1 million, is brought in annually from items such as driver’s licenses, license plates and business licenses. Moving on to the Union County Courthouse, there
REUNIONS ■ Horace Maynard High School Class of 1971 is planning its 40-year reunion. Those who would like to help get things started are encouraged to contact Donna Bailey Jones, 9921555 or ucar1@bellsough. net, or Vickie Eastridge Keck, 910-580-4843. ■ Wilkerson family reunion will be held noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at Big Ridge State Park. Bring a covered dish.
Cancer support group to meet The Union County Cancer Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. every third Thursday at Fellowship Christian Church. Info: Debbie, 659-1052.
were meetings with Sheriff Junior Loy, Mayor Mike Williams, Register of Deeds Mary Beth Kitts, Cassie Monday in the Trustee’s office, Juvenile and Circuit Court Clerk Barbara Williams, Clerk and Master Beulah Warrick and Judge Darryl Edmondson. The group sat in on a court session with Edmondson. After lunch, it was on to the city of Maynardville, where Michael Payne and Jack Rhyne spoke about the utilities and did a water tasting with the group. Sandra Edmondson, Field Representative for U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleis- Leadership class members Liz Chadwell, Jenny Boggs and GariAnn Anesko view county land chmann, gave an infor- sales from the early 1800’s. mative talk about Fleischmann’s work since he took office and spoke about her daily duties. “Congressman Fleischmann will tell you that Union County is one of his favorite counties,” said Edmondson. “He answered over 7,000 communications from constituents in his first 100 days, and he has a 100 State Rep. Dennis Powers Court Clerk Barbara Williams Judge Darryl Edmondson percent voting record.
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Contact Humane Society for lost pets The Union County Humane Society asks that pet owners contact them immediately if a pet becomes lost. Pets without identification and rabies tags are only required to be held for 72 hours by Tennessee state law. The Humane Society makes every effort to place animals in “forever homes” as soon as possible. Timely contact will ensure that your lost pet is not adopted by new owners. Remember, identification and rabies tags are your pet’s protection. Info: 992-7969.
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Shape Note Singings ■ Monthly Epworth Old Harp Singing, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 10, Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Info: Tina, 982-7777. ■ Old College Monthly Harp Singing, 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 123 S. Jackson St., Athens. Info: Cora Sweatt, 423-745-0248. ■ Sevier County Monthly Old Harp Singing, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, Middle Creek United Methodist Church, 1828 Middle Creek Road, Pigeon Forge. Info: David Sarten, 428-0874. ■ Franklin Monthly Old Harp Singing, 3 p.m. Sunday, July 31, Greenville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 210 N. Main St.,
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State Rep. Dennis Powers closed out the day with a question and answer time that resulted in an informative hour for the class. “My main objective still is getting the federal government to achieve a balanced budget,” said Powers. “I hope Congress will set a debt spending limit and stick to it.” When asked how it would be possible to get to that point, Powers had a quick response. “We have to cap spending right now and start paying off our debt,” said Powers. “President Ronald Reagan actually cut taxes during his administration. This caused more people to invest more money. That created more revenue and improved the economy. Once he cut taxes, the revenue came in at twice the rate. We need the private sector to grow, and we need to make it better for businesses to stay located here in this country. All of this will be possible if we elect the right people.”
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Farmer Jerry Tharpe shows off a prize head of cabbage at the Union County Farmers Market.
Elephant garlic tops bloom at the Union County Farmers Market. Photos by C. Taylor
Lady Liberty at Flowers by Bob The team at Flowers by Bob gathers with a representation of the Statue of Liberty crafted by Angie Blankenship for Big Apple Adventure Vacation Bible School at Taylor’s Grove Baptist Church. Flowers by Bob owner Bob Sharp was so impressed that he asked to use Lady Liberty in his window display when VBS finished. In honor of her original use, Lady Liberty holds a Bible. Pictured are: (front) Judy Bailey, Bette Collins; (back) Kathy Williams, Sharp and Blankenship. Photo by S. Carey
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Jared Graves is getting the word out that Union County has had it with drug dealers and drug abuse. After a successful town hall meeting in June, Graves is calling on every church in Union County to be represented during a meeting July 14. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. and will be held at Union County Animal Hospital. “We would like to have Linda Nichols signs up for the Adopt-A-Road program. the pastor or at least a church member from every congregation to be present,” spices and then fry them. ket to sign up residents for the said Graves. They’re delicious.” Adopt-A-Road program. The purpose of the meetThere were also beautiThe Farmers Market is ing will be to plan a march ful elephant garlic tops, but seeking crafters for the secand prayer day combating Bergeron did not suggest ond Saturday of each month. drugs and drug use in Union frying those. If you have an interesting or County. Keep Union County Beauti- unique craft and would like Contact Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@ ful members were at the mar- to take advantage of this op- gmail.com.
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How the Dobro came to country music PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe
George E. “Speedy” and Freda Krise. Speedy, a pioneering Dobro player who once played in Knoxville at WNOX, passed away June 9 at age 89.
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ext time you hear a Dobro playing in the background of a country or bluegrass recording, say a quick thanks to George E. “Speedy” Krise Jr. Speedy passed away on June 9 at age 89 in Portsmouth, Va. His sister-inlaw, Mary Turner, who lives in the Gibbs community, brought a bunch of magazine articles and photos about Speedy by the Shopper office last week. You’re not going to believe this story. Speedy is recognized as the first musician/songwriter to play a Dobro on a commercial bluegrass/ country recording. He did so during a recording session roughly 60 years ago for Capitol Records with Knoxville native Carl Butler. The session included several of Speedy’s own compositions, including “Heartbreak Express” and “Plastic Heart,” which helped launch Butler’s ca-
reer. (Butler’s biggest hit, “Don’t Let Me Cross Over,” was recorded a few years later with his wife, Pearl.) “Back then, there were only about eight Dobro players recording anywhere,” Speedy told Phyllis Speidell of the VirginianPilot newspaper in 2006. “Now there’s one behind every tree – and they’re all good.” Speedy also told Speidell during the interview that a Dobro isn’t a type of guitar (it’s actually called a resonator guitar), but a brand name for the guitar first made by the Dopyera brothers during the Hawaiian music fad of the 1920s. Speedy said he first borrowed a Dobro from a boy who was courting his sister back in their West Virginia home when he was 15 years old, using the instrument to accentuate the mountain music he’d been singing his whole
life. He later used it on the Carl Butler sessions and the rest is history. After he graduated from high school, Speedy began working at WJLS radio in Beckley, W.Va., and formed his own band, the Blue Ribbon Boys. Speedy said that they earned $40 in a good week. Most of the musicians also worked a day job. They traveled to gigs in a DeSoto. While at WJLS, he met country singers Molly O’Day, Roy Acuff and Little Jimmy Dickens. Dickens and Speedy were eating a chicken dinner together in the Krise home on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 – the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. After being discharged from the Air Force following World War II, Speedy worked briefly as a telegraph operator until he and his bride, Freda, moved to Knoxville when Molly O’Day invited him to come to WNOX radio.
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“They lived off Black Oak Drive in Norwood,” Mary Turner says. Speedy played on the popular radio shows “The Tennessee Barn Dance” and the “Mid-Day MerryGo-Round” along with country stars including O’Day, Union County natives Carl Smith and Roy Acuff, the Carter Family, Mac Wiseman, and future “Hee Haw” star Archie Campbell, who later lived in Powell. Speedy and Archie were working in Tampa one year when they heard a young singer from Memphis rehearsing before a show and wondered whether he’d make it. The young man’s name was Elvis Presley.
Acuff recorded Speedy’s song “Plastic Heart” and Smith made his recording debut with Speedy’s “No Trespassing.” By 1956, as radio’s popularity was giving way to television, Speedy quit the music business and took a sales job with the Cook Coffee Company in Akron, Ohio. Speedy spent the last years of his life living quietly in Portsmouth with Freda. He would play festivals and such from time to time but told Speidell he was happy to leave the music business behind. “I’d liked to have stayed with it, but it was hard to travel that much with four little ones at home and barely making a living.”
Perhaps the greatest honor came when two folklife historians interviewed Speedy for a 24-minute documentary recorded by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The film debuted at the library’s Mary Pickford Theater in November 1995. Speedy is survived by his wife of 67 years, Freda Mae Pettry Krise; four children, one sister, 10 grandchildren, 17 greatgrandchildren, one greatgreat-grandchild, many family and friends, and a lifetime of musical memories. He is buried at Restwood Memorial Park in his hometown of Hinton, W.Va.
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Teachers attend state convention Union County teachers Linda Baxter, Sherrie Collins, Lana Booker, Kim Malone and Donna Campbell attend the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Xi State Convention at University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. Delta Kappa Gamma is a professional honorary organization for women educators. Participants attended personal and professional workshops and motivational sessions. Keynote speaker was Delta Kappa Gamma International executive director Corlea Plowman. Photo submitted
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eware of Vanderbilt. The Commodores are making waves. Baseball was in the World Series. Basketball is looking down on the Vols, smirking about forthcoming probation. New football coach is selling bowl bubbles and rounding up commitments from state stars. Disconcerting? Dangerous? How can this be without an athletic director and a massive budget? Football recruits may waver from summer pledges. If they are smart enough to
attend Vanderbilt, or even Peabody, they may be smart enough to compare facilities and coaching backgrounds and identify greater chances of success at other SEC schools. It is possible that other SEC schools are not falling all over themselves seeking commitments from Tennessee prep stars. The University of Tennessee is facing severe scholarship limitations because of front-loading, not because of NCAA penalties. One prep prize recited
WORSHIP NOTES Community services ■ Graveston Baptist Church, 8319 Clapps Chapel Road, is enrolling children 11 months through Pre-K for Parent’s Day Out. The program has small classroom sizes. Info: 465-9655 or www.graveston.org. ■ Millers Chapel United Methodist Church, across from McDonald’s on Maynardville Highway in Maynardville, sponsors Food for Friends from 5-7 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every month. This is a free meal for anyone in Union County who could use “on the house” soup and sandwiches. All those in need are invited to come to the church for food and fellowship. Info: Beth, 857-6281.
what he was told, that facilities don’t matter all that much, that people and academics do. If facilities are overrated, UT is spending freely for small rewards. Adjusting requirements for the magnificent training facility, as coaches came and went, didn’t double the price but it caused conservatives to flinch. Can you believe $250,000 to rehab a practice field? How bad were the flaws in the original construction? *** Social news you may have missed: Adam Dicus, personal assistant to Derek Dooley, was a groomsman in the recent wedding of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. How about that, sports fans! *** This is a Scotty Hopson memorial paragraph: We loved you most of the time and we are sorry you didn’t go where friends and financial guides said you would
in the NBA draft. This is a Scotty Hopson coaching tip: Stop by the library, ask for the map book and consider locations of European countries that have basketball leagues. Tyler Smith has several contacts in Turkey. *** Tennessee will feature seven players on football schedule cards. Seniors Tauren Poole and Malik Jackson will get the most exposure. There is concern about too much publicity for certain sophomores who figure to play prominent roles (quarterback, receivers, etc.) Dooley, a man devoted to details, is the only person who would think a photo on schedule cards generates pressure. *** Sad and absolutely amazing that Phillip Fulmer remains a lightning rod. Mentioning his name as a possible athletic director led directly to complaints about the monthly $125,000 welfare check. What happened next was certain passionate fans erupted, charging the former coach with everything possibly related to the downhill slide, from recruiting negligence to hiring Dave Clawson to indifferent weight control.
Men’s programs ■ Revival Vision Church, 154 Durham Drive in Maynardville, holds a men’s prayer breakfast at 7 a.m. each Wednesday. All are invited to join in praying and fasting for Union County. Info: Jim, 684-8916.
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Music services ■ WMRD 94.5 FM hosts “Traditional Hymns Hour” with Kathy Chesney from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. every Sunday. Call in your requests or dedications to 745-1467, and tune in to listen or sing along.
Women’s programs ■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road in Corryton, will host MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every third Monday for devotions, food and fellowship. Child care provided. Info: Anne, 621-9234.
VBS ■ Corryton Church, 7615 Foster Road, Corryton, will have SonSurf Beach VBS 9 to 11:15 a.m. Sundays through Aug. 7, for kindergarten through 5th grade. Info: 688-3971. ■ Hines Creek Baptist Church, Hinds Creek Road, Maynardville, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. July 10-15. Fun day and VBS registration will be noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9, with hot dogs, games, taxi rides and face painting. Info: 992-7729 or 497-2495.
CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? (Psalm 8: 3-4 NRSV) Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity. (Albert Einstein)
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bought a note card the other day to send to a friend. While perusing the available options, I found (and bought) another card with the above quote from Albert Einstein. The back of the card says “Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-American physicist, was the most influential theoretical scientist of the 20th century,” a statement which is pretty nearly inarguable.
I have read its simple message many times over several days. I have considered framing it, but if I did, I would probably stop seeing it at all, after a while. It would become just a part of the scenery. I may leave it on the end table beside my couch where I will see it every day, because I have to move it to get to something else. Because what is so endearing about it
It wasn’t all Fulmer’s fault that agent Jimmy Sexton was able to negotiate a $6 million protection plan for his client. Former athletic director Mike Hamilton, another Sexton client, signed the contract. Somebody higher than Hamilton, probably not a Sexton client, said OK. I suppose trustees could have stopped the stamp, stamp, stamping and called it excessive. They didn’t. Here’s the part critics conveniently forget: Fulmer did a lot of things right in his two-thirds of a lifetime relationship with the University of Tennessee. He was a good player, a senior leader. He showed potential as a student coach. He was outstanding as line coach and recruiter. He was borderline excellent as offensive coordinator. He was 152-52 as head coach. I feel certain his record would be at least one game better if he hadn’t been fired during Wyoming week. Ironic that it was homecoming. Yes, that bothers me. Fulmer did not lead the school into NCAA prison. He may have granted too many second chances but some delinquents became responsible citizens. Indeed, Fulmer was loyal to a fault.
There is no need for a standing ovation but he doesn’t deserve the rip job. He is what he is, a winner, decent, smart, a Tennessee man, a Vol for life. The school is paying more for administrative mistakes than coaching errors. *** Jimmy Hyams, multimedia personality, will be inducted into the Tennessee sportswriters’ hall of fame on July 14 at Cumberland University in downtown Lebanon. Jimmy was previously honored several times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association as Tennessee sportswriter of the year and sportscaster of the year. I am of the educated opinion that he is the only person ever to win both print and broadcast awards. At the tender age of 16, Jimmy was sports editor of The Natchitoches Times. He worked his way up to several other Louisiana newspapers, the News Sentinel and the Shopper-News. He switched his emphasis to radio in 1998 and is currently sports director for The Sports Animal in Knoxville. His talk show is No. 1 in the state.
(for me, at least) is his implied belief that it is possible to get past the clutter to simplicity. Einstein was a genius, and there is the stereotype that geniuses live amid clutter – the absent-minded professor syndrome. I make no claim to genius, but clutter is something I understand all too well. But I suspect that in this quote, at least, the great scientist was not talking about the state of my desk. I think he was talking about the physical world: the heavens, the stars, the galaxies, the farthest reaches of the universe, known and unknown. I believe he was stating his conclusion that within what appears to be the randomness and the infinite complexity of the universe is a harmony and a simplicity that we have not yet understood. One of the terms that scientists use for that apparent harmony is “elegance.” We live in an “elegant” universe, a creation that is systematic, that is harmonious. I heard an interview with a physicist some months ago, in which he was asked
whether he subscribed to the “string theory” or the “particle theory” of matter. His reply? “Well, what we find is that if you ask a string question you get a string answer. And if you ask a particle question, you get a particle answer.” That could be construed as a total non-answer, but it also might mean simply that you find what you are looking for. It says, to this listener, at least, that the world is complex and subject to interpretation. But most of all, I think it means that the God who flung it all into space is infinitely creative, divinely imaginative, and deliberately difficult to categorize, limit, or pigeonhole. My favorite phrase from the Affirmation of Faith from the Church of Canada is this: “We believe in God, who has created and is creating.” Another statement from Einstein offers the option of worshipping this fabulous God: “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” Amen, and amen.
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The year Sam Houston taught school By Jake Mabe MARYVILLE – Here’s a bit of trivia you may not know. Who is the only person to serve as governor of two states? I’ll give you a hint. He’s also the only head of a foreign state to serve as a member of Congress. Give up? Well, the answer is Sam Houston, and here’s something else you may not know: he also taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Blount County from May to November 1812. And that’s kind of ironic, to hear Marleitta Cooper tell it. She plays the schoolmarm here at the Historic Sam Houston Schoolhouse and says that Sam wasn’t much of a student. “He kept running away from school, so his mother had to lock him in his father’s library,” Cooper says. “Sam read everything in it by the age of 12.” He particularly liked a translation of Homer’s “The Iliad,” calling it “the biggest adventure I’d ever read” and memorizing most of the story’s 24 books. Remember all this because it’ll become important here in a minute. Born near Lexington, Va., in 1793, Sam moved to Blount County with his recently widowed mother and eight brothers and sisters when he was 13. They settled on 400 acres that Houston’s father, Sam, had patented before his death. The property is located in south Blount County, almost to Greenback. Cooper says young Sam enjoyed the adventure of moving here, but quickly became unhappy clerking for his brothers, James and John, in a Maryville dry goods store. So he ran away at age 16 to live for about three years with a Cherokee Indian tribe
Sam Houston as he looked when he was elected governor of the state of Tennessee at age 33 in 1827. He is the only person to serve as governor of two states (Tennessee and Texas). near Hiwassee. The Cherokee dubbed Houston with the nickname “The Raven.” He came to love the calico cloth the Indians used to make their clothing and ran up a $100 bill in his brothers’ store for the material. After he returned home, his brothers told Sam he’d have to pay the bill or go to jail. He decided to get a job teaching school in the spring of 1812, which took some doing because he didn’t have the required 8th grade education to get the job. But Sam had given himself an education reading the books in his father’s library. He got the job. He was 18 years old. He taught 40 students ranging in age from 6 to 60. Cooper says the older students were there to learn how to read pages they’d signed for land acquisition and to be able to sign their names to a deed rather than using an X. Sam charged $8 and was the most expensive teacher in the county. He wanted $2.50 in coin money, Cooper says, which would have meant gold, silver or copper – tradable anywhere in the days
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before federal currency. Another $2.50 could be payable in corn and the final $2.50 could be payable in – wait for it – calico cloth. The school year began in May after the crops had been planted and there was no longer a danger of frost. It ended in November, when it had become too cold to get to school. Cooper says most students walked to school in bare feet. Built in 1794, the Historic Sam Houston Schoolhouse is billed as the oldest standing one-room schoolhouse in the United States. It was restored beginning in the 1950s. Three beams, the fireplace and the schoolhouse seats are all original. Cooper says the building was later used as a house, chicken coop and a barn. It had been left to rot when the restoration began. It is now a state-owned historical site and includes a museum and gift shop. Civil War reenactments are held here in March and October. “We had to fight to keep Texas from getting it,” Cooper says. “Texas wanted to take it to Texas and the issue
An interior shot of the schoolhouse, which was restored in the 1950s. Three beams, the fireplace and the schoolhouse seats are original.
Sam Houston taught in this one-room schoolhouse from May to November 1812. Built in 1794, the Sam Houston Schoolhouse in Maryville is billed as the oldest standing one-room schoolhouse in the United States. Photos by Jake Mabe
went all the way to the Tennessee Supreme Court.” After his teaching career ended in November 1812, Sam joined the U.S. Army, believing that if he did so his debts would be forgiven. He was later seriously wounded in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. After the War of 1812 ended, Sam’s new friend, Andrew Jackson, encouraged him to become a lawyer. He completed the two-year course in six months. A lot of the books Sam had read in his father’s library turned out to be prerequisites for law school. He began practicing law in Lebanon, Tenn., and was later appointed state attorney general. Houston served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1823-25 and again from 1825-27. He was elected governor of the state of Tennessee in 1827.
Jackson later appointed Houston to be an Indian agent in Arkansas. In 1832, Houston left for Texas and became embroiled in the politics of what was then a Mexican territory. Joining the Texas Army, he later became a hero at the Battle of San Jacinto, was twice elected president of the resulting Republic of Texas and later served as a U.S. senator and governor of Texas after it became a U.S. state. As a Unionist governor, he bitterly opposed secession and even refused to accept its legality after Texas voted to join the Confederacy. He was evicted from office in March 1861 and died two years later. His last words, spoken to his
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third wife, were reportedly, “Texas always, Margaret. Texas always.” Of all his accomplishments during his colorful life, Houston always looked fondly back at the six months he taught in the one-room schoolhouse in East Tennessee. “I experienced a higher feeling of dignity and selfsatisfaction from teaching in that little schoolhouse than from any office or honor I have held since.” So says the one guy to have served as governor of two states and as head of a foreign nation.
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Farm boy
I remember when my family moved from our home in the suburbs to the farm where my parents live now. I was in middle school, and the whole world revolved around school and the mall. The move happened on a wing and a prayer, out to 40 acres in Union County, with just one room in the dry. My parents, my two sisters, our two dogs and I lived in that room for a year, with the rest of the log house slowly taking shape around us. Growing up, I hated the sweat and travail of the farm and building the house. I hated how far it was away from “everything,” how I could never have friends over. Don’t get me wrong, there were things I loved about living on the farm. Like heading out on a summer morning to ride my horse bareback or
News from Big Ridge Elementary The Teens on the Town class at Hubbs Grove Baptist Church’s Vacation Bible School sign “I ■ Big Ridge Elementary love you.” They are: Nicole Sampson, Ashton Lamb, Bethany Sampson, Rachel Pierce, Madison School will hold early regCrider, Nick Sharp, Tyler Sweet, Tyler Richmond, Cherokee Munsey, Chris Edmondson, Ashton istration on 6-7 p.m. MonPatterson, Gibson Calfee, Tucker Edmondson, Hunter Beeler, Brian Sharp and Chevelle Munsey. day, Aug. 1. All new students Photo submitted who have not registered to attend school for the 20112012 school year are urged to do so on this night. Bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate, social security A visit to Hubbs Grove volunteer Beth Edmond- effort and prayers.” card, immunization record Baptist Church Vacation son. “We are happy to anThe worship service on and the name, address and Bible School was a whirl- nounce that seven souls Thursday night kicked off telephone number of the last wind tour of the big city were saved. We would like with a surprise visit from school attended. We look with the theme “Big Apple to thank our God and father VBS Man, one of the Va- forward to meeting you and Adventure.” in heaven for a rewarding cation Bible School Super starting another exciting “More than 100 students and blessing Vacation Bible Heroes. Several church school year. attended every night, and School. Jesus did meet us members also performed ■ Big Ridge Elemenover the course of the week there. A personal thanks “A Rock That Won’t Roll” tary will host its seventh each person grew closer to to our teachers and all our with Pastor Johnny Smith annual Back-to-School our heavenly father,” said volunteers for their time, on guitar. Cookout at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, for grades 3, 4 and 5; and 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4 for grades kindergarten, 1 Our staff: and 2.
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moms101 crawling out on the porch roof at night to watch the stars. But, for me the chores and field work were always what you’d call “character building.” Sometimes I wondered why Mom and Dad bought the farm in the first place. It was always so much blamed work. My mother keeps Daniel while I work on Thursdays. Last week when I dropped him off at the farm, Mom, whom Daniel calls “Gran,” announced that they were going to pick some beans. She put some sunscreen and a ball cap on my boy and away they went with a bushel basket swinging
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Info: www.amse.org. ■ “Nikon Small World” through Sunday, Aug. 7. Travelling exhibit includes 20 award winning photomicrographs showing life through a microscope. AMSE lobby. ■ Department of Energy Oak Ridge facilities public bus tour through Friday, Sept. 2, with guide commentary once daily noon to 3 p.m. Stops include Spallation Neutron Source lobby and Graphite Reactor. Participants must be U.S. citizens 10 years of age or older. Photo ID is required. Seating is limited. AMSE lobby. ■ “Cold War Crisis: The U-2 Incident,” through Thursday, Sept. 1. Details the story of Gary Francis Powers, a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who completed 27 U-2 photographic reconnaissance missions for the CIA until shot down by a Soviet missile in 1960. Includes photos, newsreels and personal items. AMSE lobby. ■ “K’Nex: Building Thrill Rides,” through Monday, Sept. 5. Traveling exhibit with hands-on activities about the science, math and technology behind hair-raising thrill rides. AMSE second level.
between them. Daniel was so excited. To him, something 13-year-old me would have called boring is an adventure, a game and a chance to be a good helper. Daniel loves chasing the barn cats, walking the fields and even cleaning up the horse stalls. I can already see that three years down the road he’s going to know that farm like the back of his hand and beg to spend time with Gran and Bear. When I came to pick him up, he crowed that he’d picked lots of big beans, and he was soaked head to foot from helping fill the water troughs. He was happier than a hog in slop. Now I know why Mom and Dad bought the farm, and I’m happy that they’ve kept it all these years, no matter what certain teenagers thought. Contact Shannon Carey at shannon@ ShopperNewsNow.com.
‘A Haunting at Ramsey’ Local celebrities, including Bob Kesling, Bill Landry and Lori Tucker, will be telling ghost stories 6-10 p.m. Saturday, July 9, during “A Haunting at Ramsey” at the historic Ramsey House. During the fundraiser there will also be food, live music, a display of Civil War weaponry, a demonstration of a Civil War surgery featuring an amputation and much more. Admission is $10 and donations of canned food for Second Harvest will also be collected. Info: 546-0745 or visit www.ramseyhouse.org.
Cancer Support Community programs All programs of the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community) are offered at no cost to individuals affected by cancer and most are offered at 2230 Sutherland Ave. in Knoxville. Info: www.cancersupportet. org or 546-4661. ■ Weekly cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings. ■ Weekly support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evening. ■ Weekly cancer family bereavement group. Thursday evening.
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