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Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Inc. is expanding its plant in Clinton. The $53.8 million investment will create 81 new jobs over the next two years in Anderson County, said Bill Hagerty, the state’s commissioner of Economic and Community Development. It’s the company’s second major expansion since locating in Tennessee in 2004. According to its website, the Clinton plant has 580 fulltime employees. It contains 524,000 square feet located on 82.5 acres.
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ICare advocates drug testing ICare Union County, is developing a plan similar to one in Scott County in which students will be subject to random drug testing. Father Steve Pawelk says the goal of the program is to give counseling to students who may be abusing drugs.
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Roxanne Patterson, at top, is saying goodbye to her era of coaching cheerleaders with senior members of her Union County High cheer squad. With her, clockwise from left, are Madelynne Cooper, Kaycee Roark, Julie Edwards, Roxanne’s daughter Ali Patterson and, at center, Leslie Beeler. Photo by Libby Morgan
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It’s time for Roxanne Patterson to set aside a big part of her life. For 10 years, she’s been coaching bouncy, cheery girls and loving every minute of it.
“I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity to watch them grow and have a part in their accomplishments,” says Patterson. Three out of five of this year’s senior cheerleaders have been
mentored by Patterson since elementary school, and all have an impressive future ahead. “These seniors have been stellar leaders and will be missed greatly. Their success in cheerleading and
academic honors have presented each with ample opportunities to continue their education,” Patterson said. To page 3
E.J. Ailor passes Bonnie Peters pays tribute to funeral home owner E.J. Ailor who died on Jan. 16.
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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Brantley to run for mayor Union County Commissioner Jeffrey Brantley announced on Facebook Jan. 28 that he will be a candidate for county mayor in August. He posted, “OK, I will be making it official next month. Jeff Brantley “After much thought, and a reality check, I will be entering the Union County Mayor’s race. I have been overwhelmed by a show of support and hope this is a sound decision to enhance our county’s interest.” Brantley lives in Sharps Chapel and owns Brantley Transportation.
Bill Snyder, longtime manager of First State Bank (FSG’s predecessor) visits with customer Bobby Dyer.
FSG celebrates new era John Orr, FSG Bank marketing executive in Jefferson and Union counties, has seen a lot of changes in banking during his 41 years in the business. “Technology is making it possible to do things we couldn’t even imagine just a few years ago,” he
says, and he’s just warming up. “We all get a tremendous amount of training. Our services are constantly evolving. We can allow a business or individual to do what’s called ‘positive pay,’ where no check is paid from their account unless it is pre-approved.
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“Our branch manager here, Judy Roe, is doing an excellent job.” Orr was in Maynardville to celebrate the bank’s re-branding with new services and a new logo. FSG Bank acquired First State Bank 14 years ago. – Libby Morgan
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Chamber banquet is Friday The Union County Chamber and the Union County Community Foundation are finalizing plans for their major annual event, the Chamber banquet, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. at Rutherford Memorial Church. Keynote speaker is Randy Boyd, Knoxville entrepreneur and education advocate. The owner of Radio Systems, which includes the PetSafe brand, he founded and continues to fund TNAchieves, a scholarship and mentoring program. The Foundation is partnering with the Chamber to hold a live auction during the banquet. One of the
items on the auction list is an evening with singer/actor Claudia Tillman, who plans to attend the banquet. “I’m happy to help,” says Tillman, “with anything to support the community. We’re gonna have an evening of off-the-cuff fun and laughter with whoever buys me!” Tillman’s husband, Andy, is campaigning for 8th District chancellor. Some of the auction items will be available for bidding on the foundation’s Facebook page. At press time, a few banquet tickets were available. Call the Chamber office at 992-2811 for information.
Roane State offers business courses in February Roane State business class offerings include: Technology: iPad for professionals, Feb. 13, 4:307:30 p.m., $69, Clinton Management: Project Management Professional certification prep, Feb. 7-28, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., $1,145, Oak Ridge; Front-line supervisory training, Feb.
11-27, 5-9 p.m., $379, Clinton; Introduction to project management professional, Feb. 24-26, 5:30-9:30 p.m., $395, Clinton; and Building an effective team through leadership, Feb. 26, 8 a.m.noon, $69, Clinton. Other courses are industry-specific or software related. Info: 865-481-2031.
Aisin Automotive to expand in Clinton $53.8 million investment to create 81 jobs By Sandra Clark Aisin Automotive Casting Tennessee Inc. is expanding its plant in Clinton. The $53.8 million investment will create 81 new jobs over the next two years in Anderson County, said Bill Hagerty, the state’s commissioner of Economic and Community Development. It’s the company’s second major expansion since locating in Tennessee in 2004. According to its website, the Clinton plant has 580 full-time employees. It contains 524,000 square feet located on 82.5 acres. Aisin Automotive produces die and gravity cast-
Stephen Barnes, presi- 13th-largest company in dent of Aisin Automotive the world by revenue with Casting Tennessee Inc., 333,498 employees worldthanked both the state and wide. TVA for support The Clinton opin the expanWHERE eration is a full-prosion, and locess, die castthe cal officials ing facility thanked the that includes Clinton Utilcasting, ities Board, machining local power and assembly supplier. to produce engine The Clinton plant components such is a subsidiary of Aisin as water pumps, oil pumps World Corp. of America, and pistons that will be inheaded by president Ma- stalled in automobiles prosayasu “Mike” Saito. duced by Aisin customers On the AWA website, located throughout North Saito says AWA operates America. 32 plants and facilities in North America with 80,000 Beretta USA to build employees. It is the sales plant in Gallatin headquarters of Aisin Seiki, Also last week, Gov. Bill the parent company. Haslam and Beretta USA “Our global history is rich, and we announced the company are proud will expand its U.S. operato have tions by building a new fireb e c o m e arms manufacturing plant a trusted in the Gallatin Industrial supplier to Park near Nashville. Beretta will invest $45 virtually every auto million in a manufacturing maker in and R&D facility and create the world,” 300 new Tennessee jobs. Saito Beretta is the world’s oldhe writes. The Japan-based Aisin est manufacturing dynasty, Seiki Co. Ltd. was founded operating since 1526 in in 1965 by Kanshiro Toyo- Italy. The company is prida, who continues as board vately owned and operated chair. His older cousin, by members of the 15th and Kiichiro Toyoda, founded 16th generations of the BeToyota Motor Corporation retta family. The company manufacin 1937 as a spinoff of the tures the U.S. Armed Forcfamily business, Toyota Ines M-9 pistol, the standard dustries. Toyota Motor Company sidearm of U.S. soldiers in March 2013 was the since 1985.
ing, machining and assembly for Toyota, General Motors, Nissan, Honda and others. Hagerty said 900 auto manufacturers and suppliers call Tennessee home. “Thriving companies like Aisin recognize the benefits of doing business in our state and continue to take advantage of our prime location and superior business climate. “I appreciate Aisin’s decision to further invest in Tennessee and thank the company for its continued confidence in our quality workforce,” he said in a press release.
Graham said final paperwork has been submitted for a second Civil War Trail marker. 3 STAR applications are open vice chair, Rebecca Mills with each was elected secretary, and county eliTom Lammers was named gible to win treasurer. These officers $10,000. form the executive board. Debbie Perry T h e Chamber president Julie
Perry again heads Chamber board Debbie Perry was reelected to chair the board of the Union County Chamber of Commerce at the board of directors’ January meeting. Kay Jones was elected
YMCA, the Chamber and Union County Public Schools are planning a 5K race for Saturday, April 5, at Big Ridge State Park. Graham said the Chamber assisted with the application for a TDOT Safe Routes to School grant to benefit Luttrell Elementary. A letter of support from the Chamber was also provided for the application packet.
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ICare plans proposal for random drug testing
Initiative for Community and Adolescent Resilience Engaging Union County, or ICare Union County, is developing a plan similar to one in Scott County in which students will be subject to random drug testing. Father Steve Pawelk says the goal of the program, if accepted by the community, is to give counseling to students who may be abusing drugs. “We would hope to change behavior with the existence of this program,” says Pawelk. Mike Miller, ICare coordinator, says, “We want to give these kids knowledge of where drug addiction will take them. Some of them are hell-bent on destruction, but at least they will be given the scientific information about what drugs will do to them,
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Luttrell Elementary School recently added 65 and we want to tell them this new computers which were in a caring way. placed in two computer labs “The average parent is and the school library. the last to know when their Librarian Kerri Callochild is addicted.” way has turned one comIn other discussions puter lab into a Library Lab last week, the group heard where students learn keyfrom Alaina Asbury about boarding skills. how TennderCare identi“The students are excited fies babies at risk and the about this new opportufollow up services provid- nity,” says Calloway. “This ed by the agency. gives students the skills The group tossed around they need to succeed, espeideas to hold a parent-child cially with the new testing day with activities to help formats which use the comfamilies connect. puter instead of traditional Neva Kitts was added to paper and pencil.” the ICare board to replace
Roxanne and her girls Roxanne’s daughter, Ali, has been accepted to Carson-Newman University and is receiving a $10,000 per year scholarship. Ali will try out for the C-N cheerleading team in April. Leslie Beeler has signed an academic and cheerleading scholarship worth $16,000 per year at Milligan College. Kaycee Roark has signed an academic and tennis scholarship at Milligan College. Madelynn Cooper plans
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to pursue a nursing career at Walter State or Roane State. Julie Edwards has been accepted to the University of Tennessee where she will be studying psychology and creative writing. The team has competed all over the region, and has brought home many awards. Patterson says she has a room full of trophies. “We placed second in our cheerleading competition at the Knoxville Coliseum last week. They did well consid-
ering that our team has had been stricken with many injuries this year that have kept us from performing full out until after Christmas. “We compete again at Cheersport Regionals here in Knoxville. One of my girls sprained her ankle this past weekend so we again will be modifying our routine to be able to perform. “Cheerleading is a different beast than other sports because it takes every individual on the team to build a pyramid and partner stunts. When someone gets injured, you can’t just get
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ICare coordinator Mike Miller and board chair Eddie Graham TennderCare advocate Alaina share a moment. Photos by Libby Morgan Asbury
someone off the bench to fill in at that moment. “I am very proud of my team’s ability to adapt to challenges and their determination to continue to compete. I have a very young team this year with seven freshmen, so we are continuing to build a reputable cheer program in Union County.” Patterson won’t be sitting in a rocking chair anytime soon. She’ll stay busy as Luttrell Elementary School librarian Kerri Calloway and 4th the attendance supervisor, grader Britney Zamarron work on keyboarding skills on one of truancy officer and juve- 65 new computers at the school. Photo submitted nile court liaison for Union County Public Schools.
Learning from the snow Citizens, take heart! Monday, Feb. 3, marks the midpoint of winter – 45 days done, 45 days to go! We’ve all been enjoying the Alberta clippers, usually with two or three days of continuous below-freezing temperatures, some in single digits, with some snowflakes. Nevertheless, things here are not as bad as they could be. Folks in Minnesota and Wisconsin have been experiencing blizzards and double-digit below zero temperatures, and some communities up there have already used their whole winter’s supply of road salt. And it’s certainly not as bad here as it has been before. Knoxville experienced its coldest day on record on Jan. 21, 1985. We hit 24 degrees below zero, colder than Anchorage, Alaska, that day. How cold was it? It was so cold that morning that when I went out to belatedly check the antifreeze in my old truck with a little squeezebulb thing with floating balls in it, by the time I got the hood up and the radiator cap off, the squeeze bulb was so frozen that it shattered into a dozen pieces when I squeezed it. And snow? We all remember the thunder snowstorm during the Blizzard of ’93, big drifts of snow, all roads down, power out, a storm worthy of Buffalo or Green Bay. But the record in Knoxville for the most
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snow in one day, according to NOAA National Weather, was 17.5 inches on Saturday, Feb. 13, 1960. I remember that one, too. Back then, UT seldom closed due to weather, under the idea, I suppose, that most students lived on campus and could get to class no matter what, leaving us commuters to deal with the elements as best we could. We took that as a challenge, of course. It had snowed at least once a week that February, but the 13th was a zinger. The following Monday, three of my friends and I set out for school in my late grandmother’s 1950 Plymouth, snow up to the running boards. The interstate was not completed through Sharp’s Gap, and the trip over Sharp’s Ridge to the west of the Gap was the stuff of legends. Those were the days. But even that would have been just another regular snow shower for New England. Their snow starts at Thanksgiving and melts in April. That’s where Mr. Wilson A. Bentley lived, on a farm in the village of Jericho, Vt. It’s about 50 miles south of the Canadian bor-
der, not far from where my daughter lives now. Bentley was born in 1865, and while he was still a teenager he set about building an apparatus with a microscope and an old-time bellows view camera using glass photographic plates to take close-up photomicrographs of individual snowflakes. Generally, when you’re surrounded by a landscape filed with piles, mountains, drifts, and fields of snow for several bitter-cold months every year, you don’t tend to think a lot about the millions of tiny individual pieces that go into creating all those white expanses. But Bentley sensed that there was more to snow than just big piles of white stuff. He worked out a system to capture, select and photograph individual snow crystals, in their fresh, pristine, unmelted state. And he developed a way to have them come out, crisp and clear, on a black background. He took his first successful photomicrograph of an individual snow crystal on Jan. 15, 1885. The Jericho Historical Society says he was the first person to photograph individual snow crystals. Bentley’s snowflakes opened a whole new world of magical natural beauty. Through his career he took some 5,000 images. Articles showing his snowflakes were published in National Geographic in 1902 and
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again in 1923, as well as in Nature, Scientific American and other publications. After 45 years of work, all the time at the same farmhouse where he was born and lived in Jericho, he was asked to collaborate with W.J. Humphreys, the chief physicist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, to publish a book of his photos, called “Snow Crystals.” It came out in 1931, and contained 2,400 of his amazing images of those intricate six-sided ice crystals that make up snowflakes, no two alike. Today, Bentley’s work is preserved and displayed at the Jericho Historical Society, housed in a typical picturesque Vermont mill in Jericho, beside a typically small, picturesque Vermont river and adjoining park. There you can read all about “Snowflake” Bentley, as he came to be affectionately called, and see some of his original photographs. They even issue yearly, dated, pewter ornaments copied from Bentley’s photos, so you can adorn your Christmas tree with a Vermont snowflake. Intrigued by the work of people like Bentley, scientists around the world have been studying snow for years. They study such things as how and why the ice crystals form, why they assume the many shapes they do, why they are always six-sided. They grow them in labs, on rabbit
Union County Mayor Mike Williams shows Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett around Union County Arts, where they found a common interest in motorcycles. Burchett bought this old Indian motorcycle sign, framed in barnwood by Lynn Sexton. Williams and Burchett served in the state Legislature together. Photo submitted
hairs, and little needles of ice, and delve into their molecular and crystallographic makeup. For us mere mortals, the message is that all of that not-always-welcome snow is actually made up of millions of amazingly intricate six-sided crystals, no two ever alike. And each one lasts only for moments and they’re gone. It might help one’s attitude a little bit to quit grumbling and go let some crystals fall on a dark coat sleeve and take a peek at them with an eyeball or a hand lens. It will make the snow a
lot more tolerable. Like all of nature, the more you look into things, the more amazing they are. And there are always way more questions than answers. That’s supposed to keep us always looking. Great Backyard Bird Count is Feb. 14-17. Last year, from all around the world, 134,935 checklists were submitted online; 3,610 species of birds were seen and 34,512,432 individual birds were recorded. Be a part of a worldwide (good) event! Go to the GBBC/National Audubon Society website for details.
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Brewster cuts (blue)grass on new CD The last name Brewster and bluegrass music go together in this town like the last name Litton and burgers do. Those of a certain age may remember when Paul Brewster and his band The Knoxville Grass were regulars at Buddy’s Bar-b-que next to his uncle Bud Brewster’s Pick ‘N’ Grin music store. Some of you will remember Paul’s daddy, Willie G.
Before his live performance on the WDVX-FM “Blue Plate Special� last week, Paul said he took his time writing the lyrics to the original songs on the disc. “I usually rush the words. I started writing these songs three plus years ago.� Vince Gill let Paul record at Vince’s home studio in Nashville. Paul says he brought in the A-team – picker Andy Leftwich, percussionist Kenny Malone, steel guitarist Mike Johnson, harmonica player Kirk “Jelly Roll� Johnson and vocalist Sonya Isaacs, among others. “Three Minute Heartache� is what once would have been called a country record before the murder on Music Row. The title track is a classic weeper in which the singer wishes heartache Paul’s high lonesome could last only as long as sound, sweet as Southern does a sad song. Song title of sunshine, highlights his the year goes to “You Look new solo album, “Three Like I Need A Drink.� Minute Heartache.� And if you can listen to
Paul sing Darrell Statler’s “Bluegrass Melodies� and not get water in your eyes, you need a pacemaker. Electricity shot through the room at WDVX the minute Paul kicked off another Osborne classic, “Roll Muddy River.� People were cheering, crying, clapping. Paul’s biggest fan – his mother, Mary – was grinnin’ from ear to ear. Halls resident and internationally renowned Dobro picker Phil Leadbetter sat in with the band. Phil has recovered from a two-year bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Paul hopes to promote the album when he’s not on the road with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, of which he’s been a member since 1995. Other than a short break following the late, great Keith Whitley’s death, Brewster’s been picking all his life. He concluded his “Blue Plate� set with “Darby’s Cas-
Earl James Ailor has died Ailor Funeral Home stood in the heart of old Maynardville from the beginning of my memory as a child. When I came with my family to pay respects to friends and neighbors who had passed away, I p l a y e d around the fish pond E.J. Ailor, and among 1928 - 2014 the beautiful flowers. Children would usually gather outside and play. After Earl Jennings Ailor died, his widow, Thelma
Witt Ailor, who was a really close friend of my Luttrell Heiskell cousins, stepped up and took over the management of the business. She also was a community leader and great supporter of the schools. No doubt she made the best chicken and dressing to be had anywhere, and she took the task with pride to make the chicken and dressing for those school fundraisers to enable PTA projects, Beta Club trips and other school needs. As time went on and Thelma was not able to be that gracious host as people filed through the lines to say their goodbyes to local stalwarts, the management
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passed to the younger generations. Both E. J. and Earl Jr. were well trained, both on the job since childhood and then professionally trained morticians. I’m sure E. J. was among the best makeup artists in the country. It was not unusual to hear compliments like, “E. J. had so and so looking better dead than alive.� Since E. J. was a contemporary, funny tales abound. While E. J.’s job as a teen-
North Knox native Paul Brewster performs at the WDVX “Blue Plate Special� last week. Brewster, a local fixture in the late 1970s with The Knoxville Grass, is a current member of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Photos by Jake Mabe
Halls resident and internationally renowned Dobro player Phil Leadbetter cuts some ’grass (blue of course) with Paul Brewster. Leadbetter has recovered from a two-year battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
tle,� a song he’s been singing for nearly 40 years even better than its composer, Kris Kristofferson. He got a standing O. If you buy only one paulbrewstermusic.com. bluegrass album this year, at its finest. For more info or to “Pull Up A Chair� with Jake Mabe at jake“Three Minute Heartache� mabe.blogspot.com is it. This is bluegrass cuttin’ order CDs, visit www.
ager was ambulance and hearse driver, he provided recreational activities for his friends by letting them ride along to Knoxville or elsewhere when he needed to pick up a casket or maybe a corpse. One time my husband, Sam Peters, was talking with E.J., and he was lamenting hard times of some sort. Sam said, “What’s the matter E. J. – aren’t enough people dying?� They were friends as was I – and this just tore him up. Many time I have called on E. J. to clarify or add to Maynardville history. He was always glad to share information and always accommodating. One time I called to ask him something, and I began by saying, “E. J., do you have time
to talk with me a minute?� His reply was, “ ’Til Jesus comes.� On Jan. 16, 2014, He came for E. J., who had been ill for quite some years. He suffered from strokes and other issues which incapacitated him, and the funeral home was sold in 2009. He was 86. E. J.’s wife and the mother of his children, Catherine Crippen Ailor, died some years ago. Survivors are his children and their families, Earl James Ailor Jr. and wife Pam, and Laura Ailor Kinzel and husband Chuck; his sister, Phyllis Ailor George, six grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Please remember the Ailor family at this difficult time.
FEBRUARY MEETINGS â– Road Commissioners meet at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month (Feb. 3) at the Union County Highway Department. â– Union County Budget & Finance Committee will meet at 7 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the small courtroom at the Union County Courthouse. â– Union County Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in the large courtroom at the Union County Courthouse. â– Union County Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. (workshop) Thursday, Feb. 20, at the high school; meeting will follow workshop. â– Call 922-4136 to report meetings or schedule changes.
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Deciding where this recruiting class ranks may take awhile. For comparison purposes, Larry Smith, brilliant guardian of Volunteer records, says 1997 is No. 1 with him. Tennessee signed 27 players. Two failed to letter. Fourteen made it to the NFL. Consider: Cosey Coleman, Deon Grant, Travis Henry, Jamal Lewis, Andre Lott, David Martin, Travis Stephens, Fred Weary, Cedrick Wilson, etc. The year before wasn’t too shabby: Shaun Ellis, Dwayne Goodrich, Tee Martin, Raynoch Thompson, Darwin Walker, etc. Those groups are forever part of the national champi-
onship. I’ve always liked 1965 – Richmond Flowers, Jimmy Weatherford, Bill Young, Charlie Rosenfelder, Dick Williams and Richard Pickens, to name a few. And 1968 – Bobby Majors, Curt Watson, Jackie Walker, Carl Johnson, Ray Nettles, Phillip Fulmer, etc. That group grew up to go 30-5 and helped make two coaches famous. And 1986 – Reggie Cobb, Antone Davis, Alvin Harper, Charles McRae, Tony Thompson. Wow. Some recruiting classes achieve fame through quality depth. Some are remembered for individual stars. Consider recruits enshrined in the College Football Hall
of Fame: Class of 1928: Herman Hickman; 1930: Beattie Feathers; 1935: Bowden Wyatt. 1937: Bob Suffridge, George Cafego, Ed Molinski (the ’39 team held 10 foes scoreless). 1948: Hank Lauricella (plus Andy Kozar and Bob Davis). 1949: Doug Atkins, John Michels; 1953: John Majors; 1961: Steve DeLong; 1962: Frank Emanuel. 1964: Bob Johnson; 1966: Steve Kiner (and Jack Reynolds); 1967: Chip Kell (and Tim Priest and Bobby Scott); 1979: Reggie White. Consider the star power of Condredge Holloway, Willie Gault, Roland James, Jimmy Streater, Carl Pickens, Heath Shuler, Larry Seivers, Peyton Manning, Al Wilson and Eric Berry. They add serious value to
son he had never had. It is a delight to see the two of them together. The bond is strong and sure, the affection easily expressed, the warmth as natural as For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my bethe sun. loved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of And now, wonder of wonmy ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere ders, Brett and wife Katie in every church. have made us honorary (1 Corinthians 4: 17 NRSV) grandparents! Their daughter Caroline was born this The world stands out on either side month, reportedly the most No wider than the heart is wide…. beautiful, clever, intelligent (“Renascence,” Edna St. Vincent Millay) child on the planet! I am currently knitting a There are two kinds of pink and white blanket for family: there are those clans the Munchkin, praying for Cross we are born into, blood relaher as I knit, and ponderCurrents tives, the folks who share ing the links that bind us Lynn our DNA, and then there are together in the same way those very special people we Pitts the stitches on my knitting find along the way and choose needles loop together and to claim as our own. Paul and grow longer with each row. Timothy were a prime exam- who chose him – dependAgain, we learn that love ple of “chosen family”; Timo- ing on your perspective). It expands to include, that it thy became the son Paul, the happened this way: Lewis grows exponentially, and that bachelor, never had. was dating a woman who (as Millay wrote) the heart Let me tell you a love had two sons. The dating truly is as wide as the world. story. relationship did not last, We figure out that family is My husband Lewis has but Brett, one of the teenage wider than we imagined, and two biological daughters sons, found a true father in deeper than DNA. and one son he chose (or Lewis, and Lewis found the Babies are born every
day, I realize, and each one is a miracle, but this particular baby is our miracle, stretching our hearts, widening our circle of love. At times, it is almost too much to fathom – this tiny, squirming bundle that we have not yet met face to face. I ponder the nature of love: the way it makes us proud and happy and, at the same time, vulnerable. Being a native-born worrier, I now have someone else to worry about. I am reminded of what my firstborn’s father said to her when he first held her in the delivery room: “Somewhere in this world, right now, there is a snot-nosed little boy who is going to take you away from me some day.” It will be a while before we have to worry about that with our little Princess Caroline. But he is out there, somewhere, I know. So, I pray for him, too, and worry about him. Because love – and family – never stop expanding.
Sarah Morgan played the mountain dulcimer to what may be her biggest crowd ever at Barley’s in Knoxville. The place was shoulder-to-shoulder upstairs and down for Snow Day, a fundraiser for Beardsley Community Farm. At right, Jarius Bush tells the crowd about Morgan’s championship status in dulcimer playing. Photo by Libby Morgan
Best recruiting roundup Here’s what you will hear on Wednesday, after the fax machine clicks off and the celebration fund-raiser begins:
after the Alabama game of their sophomore year. That was the Saturday that separated men from boys.” And that’s what Robert R. Neyland said – but times are different. Everything is accelerated. Now is what matters, as in instant coffee, Marvin soup, oatmeal, pudding and potatoes. West Tennessee needs help now. It would be good if this second wave of recruits arrives ready to rumble. Some Typical Tennessee foot- will play in September. ball fan: “Great recruiting We can already jump to class.” the conclusion that Butch Blind optimist: “Best Jones did a fine sales job – as expected. Winners rise ever!” Shopper reader: “Looks up and strike back when good to me but Marvin says smacked around. And, goodThe General reserved evalu- ness knows, Tennessee 2013 ation of young players until sure got smacked around.
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recruiting classes. And consider what Bill Bates, Tim Irwin, Eddie Brown, Stanley Morgan and Mickey Marvin did to enhance their classes – after we saw them in the pros. Only old-timers remember where this madness began, the recruiting roundup of 1927, the Flamin’ Sophomores of ’28, the Vols who stunned big, bad Alabama in Tuscaloosa and put Tennessee football and Neyland in the national spotlight. Gene McEver and Bobby Dodd gained the hall of fame. Five other sophomores – Buddy Hackman, Paul Hug, Fritz Brandt, Hobo Thayer and Quinn Decker – were starters when there were only 11. Try to remember 1927. It was the first yardstick for measuring recruiting classes. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com
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Meet the Shopper-News community reporters By Sandra Clark Shopper-News is bigger than the paper you’re holding. Each week we produce eight editions, seven zoned for specific communities in Knox County and another mailed to every home in Union County.
This week and next, we’ll introduce our community reporters – the people who who develop relationships and cover local happenings. Each will explain how she came to this job and why she stays.
Ruth White makes cookies with her grandchildren Brayden (at left) and Kynleigh White.
For the love of stories By Wendy Smith
Community reporter for Bearden When I was in high school, one of my best friends would always start off our conversations with, “Tell me a story.” That was when I learned that any event could be retold as a story, and when it was a story, it became relevant. One of my most important career moves was accepting a summer internship at the Danville Bee. It was the summer before my senior year at Virginia Tech, and I knew no one in Danville. But I had a terrific editor who took the time to discuss each of my stories. I learned a lot about writing, and life, that summer. After working as a graphic artist for several years, I pulled out my old clips and remembered that I am, deep down inside, a writer. Not long after that, I accepted my first assignment from the Shopper-News.
When I’m driving on I-40, I don’t really like people. But when I sit down and talk to someone, I almost always like them. I want my readers to like them, too. That’s what makes our community more than just a bunch of people jockeying for position on the interstate. We need to know and understand each other. It makes us compassionate, which helps us make better decisions as a community. Very few of my stories are hard-hitting news. But I hope all of them are relevant because they are about your neighbors, By Ruth White the kids at the school around the corner, Community reporter for Halls, Fountain City and Gibbs or somebody who attends church or a civic club with you. As long as I can remem- trict championship. I began with friends, shared laughs, It’s a privilege to get to tell those stories. ber, I’ve had a camera in my sliding photos through the judged spelling bees and Thanks for reading. hands. mail slot at Shopper-News. chocolate desserts. In August 2003, Sandra I’ve attended a birthday My parents always alparty or two, shared laughs lowed me to use the family offered me a job. There have been memo- at a club meeting and celecamera and I don’t ever recall them fussing about the rable times: the Christmas brated the success of several thousand shots I would take parade where Jake Mabe athletes. and I pretty much walked I love sharing these celeand ask to be developed. I also remember creating backwards in front of pa- brations and successes with a “newspaper” with my best rade floats taking photos everyone and look forward friend, Rhonda Penland, and getting names; slog- to making more memories. using an old typewriter of ging through elephant dung my dad’s. I think we got 2-3 at the newly-constructed typed out before we were Halls Convenience Center; Next week tired. It was more like a gos- climbing on the roof at Powyou’ll meet sip column, but it kept us ell Middle School; and my busy during a long summer. personal favorite – heading Betty Bean I started taking pictures for the courthouse to grab Betsy Pickle for the Shopper in 2003 a picture of a politician in Wendy Smith, Rebekah Roberts and Jon CrowCindy Taylor when my oldest son, Joe, trouble and hearing Clark son celebrate their return from an out-andand was a senior at Halls High. yell, “Try not to get shot!” back trip on the city’s new designated bicycle I have a great job. I have He was a pitcher for the Nancy Anderson commuter route. Photo by an innocent bystander baseball team which was met more people than I having a great run for a dis- can count, cried a few tears
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Community newspapers connect us to the people around us By Sherri Gardner Howell
nity newspapers. I believe what we do is important. Photos of parades or potluck dinners won’t go viral, but they give a snapshot of our everyday life. A profile of a community leader or Joe Smith down the block won’t win any big awards, but it connects us to the people around us. The news of what happened at a Board of Mayor and Alder-
Community reporter for Farragut; editor for Bearden, Farragut and Karns/Hardin Valley Community journalism was my first love. Perhaps if I had grown up somewhere other than Lexington, Tenn., I would have chosen a more hard-hitting, uncover-the-truth road for my career. I loved Lexington so much that even during the “rebel” years of wanting to get away from small-town life, I was still fascinated by stories about the community and the people who live there. When given the choice, I chose features, entertainment and stories about people over government, politics or hard news. My career at the Knoxville News Sentinel and E.W. Scripps started in 1974 in obituaries while I was still a journalism student at the
University of Tennessee and continued, in some form or fashion, through 2011. Although I live in a “no man’s land” outside the town of Farragut but not in any other community either, Farragut has been my home since 1986 when we built our house off Northshore Drive. My children went to Farragut schools and played sports in the community. I watched the birth of the town, saw new schools built and new communities with Farragut roots spring up around us. I still can’t wear maroon and gray. My association with the Shopper-News came at a time when I had a broken heart. My career had taken an unusual turn that led me
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Eighth grade winners are: Cadie Chapell, first place, and Charlie Seventh grade winners are: Joshua Sherritze, second place, Hamilton, second place and Emily Hocutt, first place.
Allyson Hanna, 6th grader in the Smoky Mountain 4-H Club, won first place in the countywide poster contest with her “Bloom in 4-H” creation.
High school level public speaking winners are: Nathan Long, first place; Martin Dickey, first place; Mary Morgan, second place; Michael Foust, third place; and Bethany Long, first place. Photos submitted
4-H names speaking winners Participants from grades 4-6 in the 4-H public speaking competition are: Sixth grade: First – Allyson Hanna, second – Brianna Odom, third – Ashton King, fourth – Wyatt Hall, fifth – Kaylee McCarter and participant – Shawn Hooper.
Fifth grade: First – Cera Davis, second – Haley Collins, third – Nick Moore, fourth – Lauren Williams, fifth – Justin Suddath. Also participating were: Tyler Green, Aidan England, Emily Russell, Shaley Varner, Angel Dyer, Emma Moy-
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– Riley Cole, and fifth – Payton Wyrick. Participants were: Caleb Tharp, Braxton Samford, Megan Overvay, Macey Hutchison, Mallory Moore, Madison Wood, Emily Johnson, Bethany German, Anthony King and Samantha Hamilton.
Alex Padgett was “mooved” to use a cow in his second place poster. Photos by Libby Morgan
Comfort for enhanced learning Much appreciation is due Union County Historian Bonnie Heiskell Peters. Her 1999 publication “Union County Schoolday Memories” contains hundreds of pictures that immortalize Union County education from the mid-1800s to the 1960s. The pictures of some of the old school buildings are impressive. Even when in use, some were in worse condition than many present barns and storage buildings. During the years between these humble beginnings and the modern facilities now available to students, undoubtedly many maintenance men worked to keep those old buildings serviceable for the times. Appreciation to one such individual was expressed in the 1980 “Echo,” the Horace Maynard High School yearbook: “We, the student body of HMHS, wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Irby Monroe, Maintenance Supervisor of the Union County Public School System, for his dedication to duty. The
Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME comfortable conditions of our physical environment enhance learning.” There may not have been a lot of Union County students, especially in his later years with the school system, who even knew Irby, but almost all benefitted from his handiwork. In the earlier days of education in Union County, funds were scarce, and even essential supplies such as furniture were difficult to obtain. One of Irby’s most significant contributions to Union County education was the furniture he built. It would be difficult to count the number of tables, bookshelves, cabinets and other furnishings that Irby constructed. Many of these pieces of furniture are still
used in Union County’s schools today after Irby’s retirement some 30 years ago. Irby’s workmanship is easily distinguishable. Each piece he made used the same type of wood, was stained the same color, and was trimmed out the same way. Much of it was custommade to teacher specifications. Irby was precise – everything he constructed was perfectly level and in square. I had to teach several years at Luttrell Elementary before I inherited from a retiring teacher a set of cubbyholes that Irby had made. This was a long shelf, just the perfect size to fit under the chalk tray of one of the classroom blackboards, divided into 24 sections just the right size to allow students to store the books and supplies that their more modern desks could not hold. I jealously guarded that shelf until I left teaching to become a principal, then passed it on to my successor. Not only did Irby con-
Make chiropractic part of your marathon training Chiropractic Outlook By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC New York Road Runners knows plenty about conducting a marathon. It’s the organization that stages the INg New York City marathon every November, an event that last year drew more than 50,000 competitors. They also know something about training and preparing for a marathon. On a flyer for the event, they first recommend a thorough physical exam with your medical doctor to make sure you’re up to a 26.2 -mile jaunt.
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struct furniture for classrooms, he also repaired dilapidated furniture. I have seen more than one old teacher desk with a new top fashioned by Irby Monroe. Irby saved the school system untold amounts of money through such thrifty practices. Irby Monroe was one of many modest, behindthe-scenes employees who helped the Union County School System span the bridge from the lean times of the past so we could reach the present. I have attempted in this article to share how this fine gentleman used his talent to benefit the school system. Next week I will share memories of this man’s personal significance to me.
Emily Bills got third place with “Kids Under Construction.”
Seth Norris shoots to win
Megan Beeler, a graduate student at LMU, congratulates her sister, Leslie, on her scholarship signing along with their mom, Seth Norris got out on the Colleen. Photo by Libby Morgan basketball court during the Patriots game against Pigeon Forge and showed ’em how Leslie Beeler, top-notch squad as a “back spot,” also to do it. student and cheerleader at known as the quarterback of He made Seth Norris Union County High, has the cheer team. a lay-up, signed a $16,000-per-year “Leslie earned her place he made a foul shot, and scholarship with Milligan at Milligan with her excelthen he dropped one in the College, a small Christian lent grades and her skill and basket from the half-court college in Elizabethton, strength in cheerleading,” line. He’s the first to win says Paulson. Tenn. the $500 prize for the shots Leslie was joined at the “I’m super excited to be since the 2010 season. New living on my own soon, yet signing by her parents, DenSouth Credit Union gave to be not so far away from ny and Colleen Beeler, and him a check and will match home,” Beeler says of her grandparents Coy and Doris the amounts won by their Graves. UCHS cheer coach plans for the fall. “Shoot To Win” contestants Milligan coach Ronda Roxanne Patterson beamed with a gift at season’s end to Paulson says Beeler will be a happily. the UCHS athletic depart– Libby Morgan huge asset to the school, and ment. plans to put her in the cheer
Beeler signs with Milligan College
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Intensive Throwing Workshop, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., instructor: Bill Capshaw. One of the “Featured Tennessee Artist” workshop series. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Feb. 1. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.
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Story Time with Dr. Jared Graves, 11 a.m., Luttrell Library, 115 Park Road. Dr. Graves of Union County Animal Hospital will read a story and share his experiences as a veterinarian. Info: 992-0208. Valentine Sweetheart Supper, 4:30-8 p.m., Union County High School. Menu: choice of chicken parmesan or ham, vegetables, dessert and drink. Cost: $20 per couple; $12 for single. Hosted by the Women In Action of Mountain View Church of God. Carryouts available. Chocolatefest Knoxville, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Knoxville Expo Center, Clinton Highway. Tickets: $15; VIP Pass: $30. Benefits The Butterfly Fund. Info/tickets: www.chocolatefestknoxville.com; Sugarbakers Cake, Candy & Supplies, 514 Merchants Road. Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome. Baseball signups for 3U-14U, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Halls Community Park. Also during Saturday basketball games at Halls Elementary, BrickeyMcCloud and Halls Middle schools. Continues Saturdays through Feb. 8. Info: hcpark.org or hcpsports@msn.com. Softball registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Willow Creek Youth Park, 7530 Quarry Road. Cost: $40, wee ball; $60, 6u-17u. Info: www.facebook.com/ WillowCreekYouthPark.
Weekly Bible study, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. The topic will be “The Gate Keeper” with host Judy Burgess. Info: call Diane Shelby, 687-3687.
SUNDAY, FEB. 2 Performance by 3mb trio, 10:30 a.m. worship service, Inskip UMC, 714 Cedar Lane. Everyone invited. Lunch provided by the church will follow.
TUESDAY, FEB. 4 Chocolate = Love cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www. avantisavoia.com. Outreach meeting, 9:30-11:30 a.m., New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Guest speaker: Sharon Welch, senior pastor of New Living Faith Community Church. Bring a brunch dish to share if possible. Child care provided. Info: Diane Shelby, 687-3687.
FRIDAY, FEB. 7 Crossroads Chili Chowdown, 5:30-8 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Hosted by the Halls Crossroads Women’s League. Chili and the fi xin’s; hot dogs; bake sale. Tickets at the door: $5, adults; $2.50, children under 10. Live band. Proceeds go to the “History of Halls” book. Free family movie night, 7 p.m., third floor education building of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 4328 E. Emory Road. Movie: “The Last Brickmaker in America.” Includes free popcorn and drinks. Info: 922-2322. Church Women United meeting, 10 a.m., Washington Pike UMC, 2241 Washington Pike. Program: “Celebrate Human Rights.”
SATURDAY, FEB. 8 Auction, singing and chili supper benefit for family of Jaden Thacker, 5 p.m., Sharps Chapel Elementary School. Chili supper: $5 for adults; $3 for children and includes chili, dessert and drink. The Valley Boys will perform. Auction at 7 p.m. All proceeds go to Jaden’s funeral expenses. Donations can also be made directly to Reese’s Funeral Home in Harrogate. Story Time with Jared Effler, candidate for district attorney general, 11 a.m., Luttrell Library, 115 Park Road. Info: 992-0208. “Knitted Bead Cuff Bracelet” workshop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., instructor: Mimi Kezer. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Feb. 2. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net. Father-Daughter Valentine Dance, 6-8:30 p.m., church gym at Fountain City UMC, 212 Hotel Ave. For dads and daughters of all ages. Tickets: $5 per person, available at church office. Includes dancing, door prizes, refreshments, dance picture. Info: 689-5175. Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.
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SUNDAY, FEB. 9 Billy Hodges in concert, 10:45 a.m., Third Creek Baptist Church, 4917 Oak Ridge Highway.
TUESDAY, FEB. 11 Healthy Choices, a plant-based free cooking class – “Soups, Salads, and Sandwich Fillings,” 6 p.m., North Knoxville Seventh-Day Adventist Church fellowship hall, 6530 Fountain City Road. To register: 314-8204 or www.KnoxvilleInstep.com.
FRIDAY, FEB. 14 Glaze Workshop, noon-3 p.m., instructor: Katie Cottrell. One of the “Featured Tennessee Artist” workshop series. Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Registration deadline: Feb. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net. Valentine Breakfast fundraiser, 7:30-10 a.m., Union County Senior Center, Main St. Cost: $5. Mobile Mammography, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Union County High School. Info: 305-9753.
SATURDAY, FEB. 15 Jail House Rock Sweetheart Dinner sponsored by Preservation Union County. Tickets: Union County Arts, 1009 Main St.; Susan, 992- 9161; Marilyn, 9928271 or 643-2821. Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 15-16 Nuno Felting for Weavers, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Geri Forkner. One of the “Featured Tennessee Artist” workshop series. Registration deadline: Feb. 7. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
TUESDAY, FEB. 18 A Taste of Italy cooking class with Chef Jeremy Delaneuville of Cru Bistro Downtown, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia. com.
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104 SWAN SEYMOUR, 121 HONEY RIDGE WAY, KNOXMAYNARDVILLE – Approx 1040 VILLE TN 37924 SF. Lake views. Within walking Exquisite, all brick, 2-story condo. distance to Norris Lake. 3BR/2BA, End unit. Full finished bsmt. The oak flrs, oak kit cabs, all appl, new foyer has warm hdwd flooring. int paint, 2-car gar & 1-car det gar. The open kit hosts beautiful maple Fruit trees, sloping yard. In need of cabinets w/eat at bar & all appliminor repairs. Lake access around ances. DR has french doors to the corner. Sold as is. Priced at covered patio out back. Spacious only $82,300. Dir: N on Hwy 33 thru LR w/lots of crown molding & corner gas FP. Mstr suite has WIC & mstr Maynardville to R on Hickory Valley, L on Walker Ford, L on Circle, L on Swan Seymour, BA. Main level has 2BR/2 full BAs. Laundry rm on main. Down is all open home on right. living rm w/corner FP, kitchenette w/counter space w/sink, place for fridge, 4632 NATHAN & eating area. 1BR w/ oversized closet & full BA. Lg mechanics/stg rm. DR., KNOXVILLE Sep entrance from lower patio. Complete w/ADT Alarm Sys, 2 gas heat – All brick rancher. pack units 1 for each floor; 2-car gar w/lots of overhead stg. There are only 3BR/2BA. Lots 2, 2-story, units in this development & this is the only one w/full fin bsmt. of new upgrades Priced at only $217,600.00! Dir: I40 E, Exit 398 Left Strawberry Plains including carpet, Pike. Right into Trentville Ridge. Unit on Right *End Unit*. vinyl, paint, doors, stainless appliances, 7509 GIBBS RD, CORRYTON – Very garage door/opener, nice rancher on level lot w/fenced fixtures, etc. This backyard. Aprox 1,386 SF w/3BR/1BA. great home is all maintenence-free exterior with great mountain Kit has lots of cabs. Open LR/DR w/ views off back deck. Open kitchen, dining room & living room with columns. Garage has been enclosed cathedral ceilings. Gas heat/central air. Move-in ready and priced to to make Den. Above ground pool with decking & stg shed. This is a foreclosell! Only $124,750. $119,750 sure sold as is. Priced at 78,500.00 111 DANTE RD, KNOXVILLE Directions: From Halls take East – Very nice 1/2 acre lot Zoned Emory Rd toward Gibbs. At Harbison C-3 Commercial. Great loc just Crossroads, cross over to continue on Emory. To left on Clapps Chapel Rd off I-75 at Callahan Dr behind to left on Gibbs Rd to house on left. Sign in yard. Weigel’s. Offered at only $95,000. Call Justin today. 371 SWAN SEYMOUR RD, MAYNARDVILLE Dir: I-75 to Callahan Dr (exit NOTHING SPARED! Custom Norris Lake front home on main channel of beautiful 110), right on Callahan to 111 Norris Lake. A master suite w/BA fit for a king! Dante Rd. on left. Gleaming hdwd flrs, lots of ceramic tile, crown molding, granite counters, S/S appliances. TATER VALLEY RD, Massive great rm w/bar area, + gas FP, wired LUTTRELL – Exceeding for flat screens in all rooms except kit, 8 patio horse farm. 15 acres. doors, skylights, cathedral ceilings, stamped All level/partially fenced. concrete patio, covered decks extending length of home, gently sloping lot w/ boat launch Mostly pasture. Very nice & dock. Truly a must-see home. Offered at $525,000. $479,000. 40x100 barn with concrete 573 MONROE RD, MAYNARDflrs, 13 lined stalls, tack VILLE 3BR/2BA, yard is all rm, wash bath. Also office level, 1 acre. Great loc. Paved in barn. Unrestricted mtn driveway, covered patio area, views. Offered at only lots of kit cabinets, no appl, some oak flooring, sep laundry $115,900. North on Hwy 22 rm w/half BA. The home itself thru Maynardville, right on is in need of repairs.This is a foreclosure home. Sold as is. Priced at Hwy 61E towards Luttrell to left on Tater Valley to property on left. 52,500.00 North on Hwy 33 to Maynardville. To right on Hwy 61 to right on Main Street to left on Monroe to home on right. Sign in yard.
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162 BOWMAN LANE, MAYNARDVILLE – This is a foreclosure sold as is. In need of minor repairs. Great one-level living w/ all fenced level backyard. Concrete patio & parking area. Nice picture frame walls in DR. Open LR/DR/kit. Storage building to remain. Approx 976 SF. North on Hwy 33 to Maynardville. 3rd light turn right on Main St. to right on Prospect Rd to right on Bowman Ln. House on right. Priced to sell at $68,000. LOT 157 HICKORY POINTE, MAYNARDVILLE – This 2.2 acre lot has three different views of Norris Lake. It has gorgeous Mountain views on the top of Hickory Pointe subdivision. This lot offers private club house with access to pool, private boat ramp, plus this corner lot also comes with your very own deeded boat slip. Gated Community. Directions: From the intersection of Hwy. 33 and Hwy 61E. Travel north on Hwy. 33 approx. 3.6 miles to Hwy 170W (Hickory Valley Rd.) Turn left on 170W travel two (2) miles to Hickory Pointe sign turn right. Travel two miles to subdivision at the top of the hill. Lot is first one on left. LOT # 3 AND # 4 REMINGTON DRIVE, MAYNARDVILLE – TWISTED GABLES GATED S/D – Beautiful gated subdivision, close to the center of Maynardville. Gorgeous mountain views. 3 Lots Available. From .81 to .93 of an Acre. All utilities available. Great Mountain views. PRICED AT ONLY 39,900.00 EACH...TAKE YOUR PICK. Directions: North on Hwy 33 towards Maynardville. L on Hickory Star Rd. R on John Deere Drive. Subdivision entrance on Left. Lots on Right with Sign. LOTS 92,103,104 LEONS ROCK S/D – BEAN STATION – Building lots with breathtaking views of Cherokee Lake and Mountains. German Creek Marina nearby and 15 minutes from Morristown shopping and services . Lots Range from 1.12 to 1.54 Acres.YOUR CHOICE LOT FOR 6,000.00 EACH. Directions: Hwy 25 N to Left on Lakeshore Road. Approximately 4 miles to Rocky Springs Road. Right to Leons Rock
LOTS/ACREAGE ROCKY TOP RD, LUTTRELL – All wooded 2.73 acres on outside entrance of SD. Sev home sites. Cnty tax appraisal $31,300. Sign on property. North on Tazewell Pk to Luttrell. R on Hwy 61E. Straight at curve at Water Dept. Cross RR tracks, turn L on Main, L on Wolfenbarger to Rocky Top Rd. Sign on property. Offered at only $19,900. HOLSTON SHORES DR, RUTLEDGE – Lot 18 in River Island. Beautiful .70 acre with frontage on the Holston River. Great for trout fishing. Lot has city water and electric in front of it. Already approved for septic. Lot lays gentle all the way to the river. Offered at only $49,900. MONROE RD, MAYNARDVILLE – Over 4 acres all wooded. Creek through property. Unrestricted. OK for mobile homes. Utility water available, electric. Perk test done. Make offer today. North on Hwy 33 to R on Academy across from Okies Pharmacy to R on Main Street to L on Monroe to property on right. Sign on property. Offered at only $15,500. BEAUTIFUL. GREAT CONV. LAKE LIVING – 2.18 acres. Gently rolling to the water. Views of 33 Bridge. Over 800' lake frontage. Will perk for 3-4BR home. Wooded, private, lightly restricted. Located on Swan Seymour Rd., Maynardville. Offered at only $199,900. COMM PROPERTY W/RENTALS on Rutledge Pk. Mins to interstate. 2 houses, mobile hm, det 3-car gar. All currently rented and sitting on over 5 acres w/frontage on Rutledge Pk. Offered at only $479,000. GREAT WATERFRONT LOT on Holston River. 1.60 acres, semi wooded, corner lot. Great homesites. Utility water, elec. Priced at only $46,900. Located in River Island. Lot 9 NICE CUL-DE-SAC LOT in River Point II S/D. 5.70 acres. Gently sloping w/great views of the Holston River. Public access in devel. Lot 161. Priced at only $64,500. AWESOME MTN VIEWS from this homesite in Lone Mtn Shores. Architecturally restricted comm. Close to Woodlake Golf Club. Lot 614. 2.80 acres. Priced at $17,500. 5.69 ALL WOODED ACRES. Very private. Great for hunters retreat. Located in North Lone Mtn. Shores. Lot 1046. Inside gated area. Priced at $10,000. SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL LOTS in Hidden Ridge S/D. Over ten 1/2 acre lots to choose from. NOW YOUR CHOICE LOT FOR ONLY $15,000! Call Justin today! VERY NICE LEVEL LAKE-VIEW LOT in Mialaquo Point S/D of Tellico Village. Seller says "BRING ALL OFFERS". Great summer-time home or weekend get-away!! 0.28 acres. $12,500. Directions: Tellico Parkway to Mialoquo S/D. Left on Elohi, Right on Noya Way. Just past Lgoti Ln. Lot on left.