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Oakes to donate lilies to beautify county
IN THIS ISSUE Wrestling tourney Saturday, Jan. 17, 17 teams of wrestlers from a multi-state area will gather at Halls High School to participate in one of the toughest one-day tournaments in the state.
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Good-bye, friend “Irene (Tolliver Hamilton) volunteered at the Union County Museum and for many other community projects. “When Irene was working at the museum, it was not unusual for people searching for their ancestors to mention a name that Irene had known personally. Not only could she find the records, she could tell them personal stories about their ancestors, and that made their visit really special.”
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Beautiful daylilies coming to a public spot near you, thanks to a donation from Oakes farm. File photo by Cindy Taylor
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Berry Strong “Eric Berry is already a model for younger players, an example of how to do it. Before that, he was just a model citizen. I remember a high school story of him volunteering as a helper in a dentist’s office. I always suspected the receptionist was pretty. “I recall, at UT, him showing up in the equipment room the night before a game to help team managers clean and polish helmets. Think about that, star with a scrub brush.”
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Say, you there! “Every person in that study hall could be talking profusely, but at some point during the period Mr. Branum would call out, ‘Hey, Jan Freeh, bring your stuff, you’re going to the office.’ “Jan would collect his stuff, muttering under his breath in a tongue only the first two words of which were decipherable, ‘Oh, Branum, @ # $ % ^ & *!’ “Jan had not only a seat in study hall, but an alternate seat in the outer office as he was an expected daily visitor.” This week, Ronnie Mincey tackles study hall.
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By Libby Morgan Stewart Oakes, head of Oakes Daylilies in Corryton, has offered to spread the color and blooms of his families’ famous hybrids to public spaces in Union County. “It’s something we can do for the community,” says Stewart Oakes Oakes, “and we will meet with crews and volunteers to train them in planting and caring for the plants. “It’s nice to see large swaths of the same variety so there’s a big splash of color,” he says.
County Mayor Mike Williams says, “This is a great way to dress up our county. We’ll be able to plant the daylilies in Wilson Park this spring, and they’ll look wonderful at our county welcome signs. “We’ll put them everywhere we can and use trustee labor, so we’ll essentially have no cost in a project that will fit right in with our goal of making our community even more attractive.” Williams says as daylilies proliferate in Union County, the display will give Bloom Festival visitors a reason to take a driving tour through the area. The Oakes Daylilies Bloom Festival is held the last weekend
in June at the Oakes farm at the southern border of Union County in Corryton. The two-day event hosts visitors from all over the U.S. and features six acres of gardens with 1500 varieties of daylilies. Union County Arts Council chair Carol Pratt says, “The earlier-blooming daylily varieties will be perfect all through the Art on Main grounds.” The Art on Main festival is traditionally held the first Saturday in June in downtown Maynardville. Maynardville city manager Jack Rhyne says he and his wife, Marie, have always grown daylilies.
“They’re easy to grow and we love them. As soon as we (the city) get our grant for the walking trail in front of the high school, we’ll make a plan for big beds of daylilies right along the highway. I’d like to put them around city hall, too. It’ll be beautiful.” Stewart Oakes began growing daylilies with his dad Bill in the 1960s and started a mail-order business in the 1980s. In 2000, the family started another agribusiness, The Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch at Oakes Farm, which draws thousands of visitors every September and October. Oakes says, “This will be a good partnership for all involved.”
Losing three treasures By Libby Morgan Union County lost three stalwarts last week: Frank Grizzell of Sharps Chapel, the subject of Union County Heritage Festival 2014’s iconic photograph, passed away Jan. 3 at age 69. He was a Vietnam veteran, farmer and 39-year TVA employee. His daughter, Tabitha Estes, says, “He had a great sense of humor. When he had us working in the fields and picking up rocks, he called it ‘family bonding time.’ He was very kind and always put his family first.
“I’m a very proud daughter.” Grizzell leaves his wife, Mary Lou; daughters and their families Tabitha, Lance and Nick Estes and Tanya, Robbie and Seth Jenkins; siblings Wesley Grizzell, Modena Grizzell and Byrtle Range and many other family members and friends. Irene Tolliver Hamilton was a storekeeper for many years during World War II on what is now Kettle Valley Road. She loved sharing the experiences of her long, active life and passing on To page 3 This photo of Frank Grizzell and his grandson, Nick Estes, was the feature image for the 2014 Heritage Festival. Photo submitted
Farmers market boot camps set Farmers who plan to sell products at farmers markets will have an opportunity to learn about regulations and more at six Farmers Market Boot Camp Workshops to be held across Tennessee in February.
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This will be the fourth consecutive year for these workshops, which will be taught by specialists from University of Tennessee Extension, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and USDA Risk Management Agency. The
workshops are open to all farmers. “It is easy for a farmer to get frustrated with some of the food processing regulations, but it is important to remember that the regulations actually serve to help vendors,” said Hal Pepper, a finan-
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