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VOL. 8 NO. 15
Sawin’ wood
IN THIS ISSUE
GEAR UP is underway Horace Maynard Middle School has 225 7th graders, the cohort Class of 2018 at Union County High School. GEAR UP is aimed at these students who will receive special counseling and even overnight college visits – all with the goal of getting them prepared for and invested in attending college.
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POSTAL CUSTOMER
April 13, 2013
See Sandra’s story on page 2
Advice on following a legend (Dave) Hart got it right. Holly Warlick has justified her promotion. Tennessee has recruited boldly. The future is bright. Holly and the legend are forever linked.
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Read Marvin West on page 5
The Brock community The Brock community – probably named for A. J. and Phebe Brock – is located in the northeastern section of Hickory Valley .
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Read Bonnie Peters on page 4
4-H Congress The 66th annual Tennessee 4-H Congress was held in March in Nashville at the State Capitol. Among the 425 high school students attending were Mary Morgan, Michael Foust and Martin Dickey from Union County.
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See story on page 6
NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Seeking leaders The Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness is seeking additional members for the board of directors. The group, which serves 12 counties, especially needs help from Union County. Skills should include: Law enforcement/corrections, workforce investment, public housing, homeless liaisons, state government, funder advocacy, hospitals or medical representatives, homeless or formerly homeless. All candidates must successfully complete an application. Info: Richard Wellons, president, at dwellons@smarm.org or Melanie Cordell, executive director, at mcordell@tvceh.org/.
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Elbert Helton and his sawmill By Libby Morgan Elbert Helton has a building habit. His creekside property on Archer Road is just about full with attractive cabins, homes, sheds, a smokehouse, a playhouse and logs in all stages of becoming lumber for the next project. He has walnut, white pine, yellow pine, western cedar, juniper, white oak and red oak “on the hoof,” that is, in log form, and huge stacks of rough sawn
have two to 10 years left,” he says. “I’m hoping for more.” In addition to building adult-sized structures, Elbert loves to build miniatures, such as birdhouses. He’s just finished a poplar log cabin birdhouse that features a cedar shake roof, a front porch and a wing (pun intended) out the back. And then there’s the furniture. There are picnic tables, stools, chairs and benches. And pieces worthy of becoming wall art that are simply slices of Mother Nature’s cre-
The beauty of natural cedar shingles on one of the Helton homes. At top, Elbert Helton. Photos by Libby Morgan ations, exposed by just the And there’s siding worright angle of a cut through thy of any beautiful home. curly grain or the crotch of a branching tree. To page A-3
Putting ourselves out of business By Libby Morgan The goal of the humane society in Union County is to become obsolete – for there to be no unwanted, no abused, no neglected animals in the whole area. And they’re making progress toward this mission. Raising public awareness, spaying and neutering, better methods to connect lost and found animals, shelter partnerships across the country, and effective fundraising to further all of these efforts have resulted in measurable progress in lowering the number of animals arriving at the shelter and raising the number of adoptions. Tammy Rouse, a founder of the Union County Humane Society, has for almost two decades defied all odds and worked tirelessly to actualize this progress. Beginning in a shed and an
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lumber with “stickers” in between, providing air circulation for even drying. Helton’s always been a builder, and, with his son Torey, is currently involved in a big motel project. He has built custom homes “ground to key,” framed and trimmed homes for other builders, and done everything in between. He has slowed down for the time being, though, to allow his heart to heal. “The heart doctor told me a little over a month ago I had two weeks to live if I didn’t get surgery right away. And if I did, I might
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“We found Tammy’s place by calling around searching for a cat in need of a home,” said Tracy Chretien, speaking at the shelter’s annual banquet last Saturday. “But it had to be one that we knew could get along with our other cats. We lost one recently and all of us – me, my husband and our cats – felt a big void in our home. “The other shelters we looked into had all the cats in separate cages. The cats at Union County were living together, in a big clean room with space to play and climb. We knew we’d found a socialized cat, we just had to pick one from A very few paid staff members depend on the many volun- all the nice ones there! teers who come to help with the daily chores at the Humane “So we made the trip up Society’s shelter. Halls High grad Lila Moore works there full- here tonight to support the time and is a pre-veterinarian student. Photo by Libby Morgan shelter. We think it’s the best one around, and we old trailer in 1996, the fa- for, at present, 65 dogs, 20 are thrilled to help such a cility has grown into a spa- cats and four “loud-mouth” great place keep up such cious, easy-to-clean home pet birds. great work.”
UNION PAWN
The Chretiens were among more than 130 who attended the banquet and enjoyed the banter and music by board member Ralph Shick. B&G Catering of Corryton served a full banquet meal, including meatless options, with help from the Union County High School Future Farmers of America. More than 50 donated items were sold. Mayor Mike Williams got the attention of the group by setting up a cardboard Dale Earnhardt “for no reason whatsoever.” Then, from the box Dale arrived in, Williams brought out a blue-andwhite “Union County Humane Society” directional sign for installation on Highway 33 at Hickory Star. To page A-3
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