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April 22, 2015
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Hey you, the one not looking for a job! By Sandra Clark Shopper-News is looking for an advertising sales rep for Union County and Halls. It’s said that every hire is a reaction to the previous hire ... and that’s the case with us. When Brandi Davis took a job closer home, we replaced her with one, and then another, high-powered, professional sales reps who quickly left us for “a better job.” This time we want somebody who knows (and likes) the Shopper – somebody who lives in Union County or Halls and has a record of community involvement. The Shopper is more than a business that sells ads. We’re about community building. We’re about recognition for folks who make the place better because they’re here. We’re about supporting local businesses to help them grow. We have fun at ShopperNews. We want someone who likes to laugh ... someone who’s not looking over our shoulder for a different job. The successful applicant will be computer literate with a record of community involvement. Send your resume to me at sclark426@aol.com. We will fill this spot with somebody who can set goals and reach them. You’ll work 40 hours a week for Journal Media Group with awesome corporate benefits and solid base pay plus commissions. Don’t think you can’t do this. You can. We look forward to hearing from you.
Tennessee’s Crissy Haslam with Anne Freels at Wingshuck studio
By Libby Morgan Art from all over the state will decorate the governor’s mansion for the holidays. Crissy Haslam began her statewide tour in a quest for the best Tennessee artists’ work at Anne
Freels’ Anderson County studio, Wingshuck. Haslam was particularly drawn to Freels’ work by way of a small three-figure nativity scene in a display window beside the Community Design Center in Knox-
It is such fun to read about and research the rich history of Union County. ... I looked for a few things about the Dyer family, and yes, there are several family lines of Dyer with a Union County heritage. Read Bonnie Peters on page 4
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Saturday, June 6, Keep Union County Beautiful will host world-renowned cartoonist Guy Gilchrist at the Art on Main festival in Maynardville. Gilchrist will be at the KUCB booth all day, signing autographs and presenting at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Come learn about litter prevention and recycling from “Nancy” and learn hands-on how to draw characters such as Bugs Bunny, Nancy or a Ninja Turtle. Throughout the years, Gilchrist has set his hand to such notable cartoons as Looney Tunes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tom & Jerry, Fraggle Rock and The Pink Panther (to name a few), and was the co-creator of Muppet Babies. Since 1995, he has been the cartoon artist for 80-plus yearold comic strip “Nancy,” which is syndicated internationally in 80 countries and some 400 newspapers, with a viewership of 57 million readers around the world. I n f o : w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / keepunioncountybeautiful
The Dyers of Union County
My father died in winter 1982 after a three-year battle with cancer, leaving me with his two-door 1967 Chevrolet Impala and no driving skills. Deacon Bill Cox of the First Baptist Church of Maynardville stepped in to teach me this most useful skill.
“Appalachian Gothic” is one of Freels’ vignettes created with corn shuck figures.
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ville, where Freels changes out the vignettes frequently. Freels has been creating corn shuck dolls for four decades, since she fell in love with
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Big week ahead for Virtual Academy By Sandra Clark The Union County Board of Education hopes legislators continue the Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA), but nothing is certain as the General Assembly winds down its session. The program has added as much as $500,000 to the school system’s budget. That money will disappear if the program is shut down per a letter last year from then-Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman, who said TNVA test scores were among the state’s lowest.
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The current commissioner, Candice McQueen, is standing by Huffman’s letter, Director of Schools Jimmy Carter said, but “We’re not closing anything until we get our (test scores) back.” TNVA principal Josh Williams said teachers and parents “will flood the Capitol” this week to lobby for the school. Williams said 80 teachers and 93 total staff would be without work if the school is closed, and 1,200 students in grades K-8 will be looking for another school. The Virtual Academy is administered
by Union County Public Schools with curriculum provided by K-12 Inc. Williams said teachers and students have been working hard to raise test scores, but he can’t predict results. He said a lawsuit by parents seeking to block closure is still alive, despite Senior Judge Ben Carter’s denial of a temporary injunction last Wednesday. “The injunction would have assured us of one more year,” said Williams. Board member Johnny Collins had sharp words for critics of the
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school. “Why is our school being held to higher standards?” he asked. “I’m starting to take this personally.” Carter said local legislators, Sen. Frank Niceley and Rep. Dennis Powers, are working hard on behalf of the program. Legislation to extend it is sponsored by Rep. Harry Brooks of Knox County. Also at Thursday’s meeting: Roger Flatford reported on academic progress. He expects To page 2
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