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Meet candidates Meet all the candidates from both parties at the Union County Republican Party Jamboree in the Park on Saturday, May 10, from 6-8 p.m. Live entertainment and free hot dogs, chips and drinks are promised.
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Spaghetti and fun May 24 A spaghetti dinner and silent auction to benefit the Northeast Union Volunteer Fire Department will be 5-9 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at Union County High School. A cake walk, carnival games for the kids, live music, bake sale and raffle are planned. Admission is $5 ($8 per couple), and kids five and under eat free. Dinner includes spaghetti, salad, bread and beverage.
UCHS senior awards Union County High School seniors awards ceremony will be noon Thursday, May 15, in the high school auditorium.
Windrock Coal Miners Memorial The Windrock Coal Miners Memorial dedication ceremony has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17, with refreshments being served in the Union Valley Baptist Church fellowship hall. The church is located at the end of Windrock Road in Oliver Springs. Descendants of Windrock coal miners, retired miners and numerous others have worked together raising money to build a red brick and granite wall. The names of over 1,000 Windrock coal miners have been engraved into the granite. Everyone is invited to attend the dedication celebration.
“TC,” or Turner Collins, sings with feeling while Claude McCoy accompanies him at the Paulette VFD Station’s Monday Music anniversary. Photos by Libby Morgan
Jerry Maddox croons.
ment station on Highway 61 West terested in playing music regularly By Libby Morgan Fire department supporters for seven years, according to Carol in support of the firehall,” Ostrom says. and music lovers from far and Ostrom. “I called around to a few people “And all these years later, here wide have been gathering at the Paulette Volunteer Fire Depart- and asked if anyone might be inTo page 2
Pizza Parlor gets new owner
Retired teachers Union County Retired Teachers will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at the Senior Citizens building in Maynardville. All are welcomed and may bring a friend.
Adult education Orientation sessions for entering the adult education program will be held on May 28-30, June 24-26 and August 5-7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the classroom by Wilson Park in Maynardville. The three-day sessions are required upon entering the free program. Additional orientation dates and times are available in Clinton and Oak Ridge, and Adult Education classes will run year-round in all three areas. Info: 865-992-0805 or 865-457-7323.
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Mindy Tharp is reviving the 25-year-old Pizza Parlor. Photo by
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Mindy Tharp has taken ownership of one of Maynardville’s oldest eateries, the Pizza Parlor, at 3765 Maynardville Highway. Tharp worked at the restaurant for a few months, and says, “When the previous owner, Kathy Seymour, talked about retiring and closing the business, I made her an offer. I’m glad we’re able to keep the place open. We have a lot of loyal customers. “We will continue to make all of the made-from-scratch bread, pizza dough and sauces that made the Pizza Parlor so popular in the past, and we’ll add several new appetizers.” “I’m keeping my co-workers, our cook Bradley Chesney and server Amanda Thomas. They know what they’re doing. We scored a 95 recently on our health board inspection.” Some of the signature dishes are the Taco Pizza, the Fat Boy Burger and the cheese bread. “The buns for our sandwiches
and burgers take a few minutes because we bake them when they are ordered in our 750-degree brick oven. It’s always been done that way here, and that’s one of the things we’ll keep doing,” says Tharp. “We closed for a couple of days to paint and renew. I wanted to lighten up the interior, but we’re keeping the décor. One of the major changes we’ll make is to have a lunch buffet so our customers can get in and eat quickly.” Tharp has a big family in Union County, including nephews Timothy and Jeremiah Ray and Dillon Hurst who sing as The Valley Boys. She plans to ask them to perform on some Saturday nights. On May 17, the business, renamed Mindy’s Pizza Parlor, will hold a grand opening celebration with free pizza slices and snow cones from noon to 1 p.m. and the large 16-inch pizza for $8.99 all day. Info: 992-6284.
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New South Credit Union has announced the re-election of Barbara Williams to its board of directors. The election was held April 26 during the credit union’s annual meeting and member appreciation day. Williams has served on New South’s board since 2010, the same year New South opened its branch location in Maynardville.
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Meade Armstrong, Shawna Cyphers and Jessica Watson of Red Shoes and Rosin will perform at Union County Arts May 24.
Neva Kitts and Gwen Johnson are all smiles shopping for flowers and tomato plants from Allen Beeler’s truck. Photo by Libby
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Carol Ostrom will play music and sell her quilted creations at Art on Main.
Brian White tells Pat Hurley and Laurie Oppel about a rare hosta.
Lovely kickoff for Farm Fresh Friday The dependable core of Union County Farmers Market vendors set up for the first date of the season on Friday afternoon on the grounds of Union County Arts, and were joined by several others for a sweet gathering of old and new friends. Fresh produce consisted of very early crops of spinach, kale and collards from Donna Riddle of Seven Springs Farm; Teresa Cooper brought a big spread of her bakery items; Brian White had hostas, ferns and flowers; and Allen Beeler sold flowers and tomato plants. Donna’s son, Jim Riddle, says, “Next up we’ll be bringing a limited amount of asparagus and rhubarb, the cabbages and broccoli are coming soon, and we are
Sandy, the little dog, came to the farmers market hoping for a forever home. She’s waiting at the Union County Humane Society shelter on Hickory Star Road. ■
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watching for tomatoes to ripen. And we’ve got plenty of Angus beef.” At about an hour after the market opened, Donna said she thinks it already had as many visitors as a normal Saturday morning market (which has been suspended). Ralph Shick played his harmonica, accompanied by recordings of background music. Organizers plan to have live music at every market.
Red Shoes and Rosin concert
Union County’s national champion mountain dulcimer player, Sarah Morgan, will host Knoxville old-time string trio, Red Shoes and Rosin, at a small acoustic concert at Union County Arts on May 24. Their website describes their music as “high energy old-time fiddle tunes, poignant traditional ballads and thoughtful original songs.” Morgan says, “Come early for a free reception starting at 6 p.m. You can browse the artwork and crafts, enjoy some cheesecake, and meet our featured performers.” (She makes the cheesecake, and it is highly recommended.)
Advance reservations are required as there are only 22 seats available. Call Morgan at 865-278-3975. ■
Join in Art on Main June 7
Plans for the June 7 downtown Maynardville Art on Main event continue to expand with photography and whittlers contests, more vendors signing up and invitations to participation. Carol Ostrom, known to local musicians through the Paulette “Monday Music” sessions, has a booth where she will play and offer quilted items, including her clever guitar protectors. She has CDs of her music available, containing old Appalachian, traditional Ameri-
can ballads and old country hymns. Her creations are in stock at Union County Arts, the hub of AOM. A photography contest of shots taken during the festival will be judged and awarded later in the summer. Details about the contest will be released on the Art on Main Facebook events page. Whittlers are invited to bring a chair for the shady whittlin’ spot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At least two of the whittlers with the best demo or taletellin’ will go home with a Case knife from Okie’s in Maynardville and Blaine. Quilters are invited to join a “Bee in a Booth.” The AOM board is putting out a call for a club or an individual to quilt onsite.
All middle and high schoolers are invited to enter 2D artwork, no larger than 16 by 20 inches, in the AOM Student Art Competition. Every student who enters will be eligible for a drawing for several prizes, including Nascar Track tickets and gift certificates and art supplies from Jerry’s Artarama. One entry per student. Mu s i cians can come jam on the spot where Roy Acuff played to draw a crowd for Jake Butcher’s governor’s race, and lots of other spots throughout the grounds. Kids can ride for free on the Li’l Thunder Railroad circling the grounds, sponsored by this newspaper. Info: Susan Boone at 865-992-9161
Come to the water “You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I praise you, so wonderfully you made Fr. Steve Pawelk me; wonderful are your works.” Psalm 139: 13 - 14 Every life is precious. Every life is a gift from God. Every person is here because God wanted it that way. If this truth were understood by society we would be living in a peaceful and joyful world. The first challenge is to believe this about yourself. You were knit from your mother’s womb to bring joy to the Lord. No person is an accident. You have a purpose. You are here because your presence on earth pleases God. When you love others in the way God loves you, He is happy. When you fail to do so, He still loves you and will not abandon you. God loves you unconditionally!!! Absolutely, God will always love you!! If this is true about us, it is true about everyone. Every person is wonderfully made!!! Every life is precious!!! Every life has value. I saw a poster that read “God made me, God don’t
make junk.” How true. No person should ever be thrown away. One of my saddest moments in life was when I first volunteered in a rural town in middle Tennessee. I was fresh out of college with a degree in Elementary Education. I volunteered to tutor at a small country church in a predominantly black community. After two sessions, I discovered that many of the kids where way behind grade level. I went to the school and asked about the kids. The counselor who met with me said, “Those kids … why are you wasting your time, none of them will amount to anything.” I was in shock. These kids were between 5 - 12 years old, and the school system had given up on them because of where they lived and who their parents were. That is not the way of the Lord. If no one in your life ever believed in you, know that God believes in you. He is on your side. He is cheering for you. That is why He sent His Son Jesus … to show how much He loves you and so you would never walk alone. You are loved just as you are!!
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A short history of Ailor The ‘rod’ best not taken Dale Baptist Church Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Proverbs 22:15) I was my father’s last child, born to his second marriage when he was 51. Dad had nine children from his first marriage, eight who survived to adulthood, the youngest 22 years older than me. My father was from the “old school” which taught that children should be seen and not heard. It seemed, however, that if I was around I was both heard and seen. Dad had always found it amusing that, when I attracted too much of his attention, he would tell me to do something I didn’t want to do, and I would just stare at him until he laughed and went about his business, leaving me to mine. My oldest sister, Ruby, once witnessed this, and she told me, “One of these days you’re gonna cross him wrong, and you’re gonna get it.” To myself I thought, “He might have been that way with you all, but it’s different with me.” But sometimes things change drastically when one turns seven. One day after school, Dad told me to change my clothes. He had never done this before, and I didn’t see any reason to change now. So I decided to stare him down. And I kept staring as he, unsmiling, got up from the couch, crossed behind the Warm Morning heating stove, opened the closet door, and reached for a light blue yardstick. Ruby’s words came back to me, and I knew I needed a new plan of action, quick! (I was slow, not stupid.) I reasoned that if I obeyed his command, even at this late moment, I might yet escape his wrath.
Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME So I began to change clothes. Unfortunately, I only had time to remove my britches, and then the yardstick made contact with my posterior, now clad only in underwear. I ran to my mother and fell across her lap, that yardstick whacking my behind every step of the way. This discipline went on until Mother said, “Frank, that’s enough.” As the old-timers say, through this experience Dad “jerked my (at)tention.” From that moment until the day of his death when I was 16, all he had to do was look at me, and I figured out what he wanted and acted accordingly. There was no need of a repeat performance. I had now come to have the same relationship with my father, according to Dad, that he had with his own father. Later, when it was safe, I performed my first multiplication/fraction/division equation by breaking that yardstick into pieces. I still have the largest piece in the umbrella stand in my library. Mother said she whipped me when I was younger, but I don’t remember it; Dad, however, was like the old Domino’s commercial, “One call does it all.” There were occasions later in life that required correction from others – more about this next week.
In March 1996, the late Ruby Ailor Graves wrote a short history of Ailor Dale Baptist Church and passed on a copy to Wanza Corum. Wanza has graciously shared it with me to share with Union County readers: In 1939, Carl and Iola Nungesser came to Beard Valley in Union County, Tennessee, with the desire to start a Sunday School. There was no church in Beard Valley at that time. There had been revivals and prayer meetings at different homes. The Nungessers were missionaries of the American Sunday School Union. On a Sunday afternoon, Oct. 15, 1939, the people of Beard Valley gathered at the home of Dick Cassidy for the purpose of organizing a Sunday School. After a time of singing, study and prayer, a Sunday School was organized and officers were elected: C. L. Slover, superintendant; W. C. Ailor, assistant superintendent; Ruby Ailor, secretary; Tressie Dukes, corresponding secretary, and Frank Ailor, treasurer. For a few months the Sunday School met at the home of C. L. Slover, then the Sunday School met in a log house belonging to Odra and Artie Ailor until a building was built. At the very first meeting on the day of organization, the need of a building in which to meet was discussed by the people. It became a matter of concern and prayer. Friends began to send the necessary funds. Frank and Ettie Ailor deeded land and furnished poplar logs for weather boarding and some of the frame work; others gave
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cash. Among the largest contributors were Mr. and Mrs. Marion Mantle, Miss Carlie Gentry, members of the Ailor family, Mrs. Joanna Heiskell Lebow, and individual members of the Ailor family and groups of Goss Memorial Church in Akron, Ohio. All the boys and men of the community worked valiantly to clear the land and erect the building. The women painted and cleaned. The building was in use in 1940 but was not completed until 1942. The church was named Dale Chapel in memory of Dale Mantle, who was killed in a car wreck and who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Mantle of Wadsworth, Ohio. Dale Chapel was dedicated May 3, 1942. Sunday School was held every Sunday night and prayer service every Tuesday night. By 1942, Arthur Gentry was Sunday School superintendent. He and his daughter, Carlie Gentry, Sunday School teacher, walked across Buffalo Ridge every week to have Sunday School. After finishing college, Carlie took a federal government job in Washington, D. C., but upon her retirement she returned to her beloved Union County and again became active in the community until her death. Different denominations were allowed to have preaching and prayer services. Dale Chapel was organized a Baptist church June 16, 1951, with10 charter members: Ettie Wilder Ailor by letter from Buffalo Church near Corbin, Kentucky; Artie White Ailor by letter from Alder Springs Missionary Baptist Church, Ruby Ailor Graves from Union Baptist Church, Ruby Sands Oxendine from Union Baptist Church, Hattie Seals Ailor and Agie Kitts Blair. Frank Ailor, Plumer Oxendine, Cleo Sands, and Ruth Bates were baptised on June
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17, 1951, (the first baptising at Dale) in Bull Run Creek by the Rev. Earl Goforth. In 1952, Frank Ailor, Plumer Oxendine and Cleo Sands were elected as trustees of the church. In later years Odra Ailor was elected a trustee. The name of the church was later changed from Dale Chapel to Ailor Dale Baptist Church in honor of Frank and Ettie Ailor who gave the land for the church. The
Rev. Rector Jessie was the first pastor at Ailor Dale. Other pastors were Albert Tipton, Kelsie Jessie, Ray Hunley, Floyd Arnwine, J. Will Jones, Johnny Jones, J. B. Woods, Robert Harp, Roy Sweet, Jim Anderson, Glen Suffridge, and Ray Chandler. Clyde Gideon became the pastor in 1996. It is my hope that the history of this church is being brought forward for future generations.
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How will Cuonzo be remembered? I suppose Cuonzo Martin has been gone long enough to raise the question, how will he be remembered?
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Cuonzo is a remarkable man in many ways but was never a match for Tennessee basketball needs. He was an excellent role model but calm as an undertaker, no used-car sales skills, certainly not a circus barker. He could not have escaped Bruce Pearl’s shadow. The way it all went down,
Tennessee gets paid for the fractured contract instead of having to pay for eventual termination. Cuonzo gets a nice, fresh start under more favorable circumstances – four returning starters instead of four starters gone. He now has a chance at happiness. He has found a pleasant environment in a place of enlightenment. The University of CaliforniaBerkeley sounds a little like Al Gore when it lays claims to the invention of the atomic bomb, free speech and fruit cocktail. Cal basketball is more of a social gathering, wine and cheese and smoked salmon (with PETA approval). Tennessee is far more passionate, sometimes overcooked.
In the land of Moab In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about 10 years, both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. (Ruth 1: 1-5 NRSV) It is not often in Scripture that a woman’s story is told. The book of Ruth in the Old Testament is an exception: it is the story of two women who became family by marriage, and who became immortal in the annals of family by faithfulness. This story has been much on my mind because I recently visited Moab, Utah. To the best of my knowledge, it is the only other Moab in the world. The biblical Moab
is in the desert to the east of the Dead Sea. The American Moab is in a desert in eastern Utah. I have seen both of them, now, with my own eyes, and they have some startling similarities. They are mountain deserts, with breathtaking views. They are near inland salt seas – Moab in the Middle East on the Dead Sea, and Moab, Utah, is roughly 200 miles from the Great Salt Lake. The terrain is
I’ve been to Berkeley. Knoxville is different. How will Martin be remembered? Perhaps vaguely, with minimum emotion. His sudden departure caused no bonfires. No streets will be renamed. Without meaning to be, he was interim coach between the exciting but reckless Pearl and the enthusiastic Donnie Basketball. One of my favorite reader-writers agreed with the “no hard feelings” rhetoric but identified a potential pattern I had missed. Cuonzo did the same thing at Missouri State, three and out, depleted leftovers. The move to Tennessee was a big-league opportunity under difficult con-
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rocky, beautiful in a fiercely rugged way, with a harsh, unforgiving climate. Such a landscape can be intimidating, and, at the same time, inspiring. Moab, Utah, has been inhabited for thousands of years, dating back to the Paleo-Indians, who hunted and survived on mastodons and mammoths. They were followed by the Anasazi and the Fremont who lived in wide-spread areas, but overlapped at Moab. I was trying hard not to blink as we drove through this landscape. I saw a red rock cliff off to the East, and stared at it, trying to determine if what I was seeing was shadow or painting. I ultimately realized that it was painting: what appeared to be twenty-foot tall symbols
ditions for four times the previous pay. The move to California, a slight downshift, might be an escape from a hot kitchen and another roster with holes. Some preachers move around to recycle sermons instead of writing new ones. Some coaches have similar tendencies. Cuonzo said the infamous BBB petition was a non-factor. That can’t be the whole truth. Even though he is tough as a coconut shell, the illogical push for Pearl had to hurt. I do believe he used criticism from fans to fuel the Vols’ late fire. I asked around, what about memories? To generalize and summarize responses, “honorable man” or letters painted onto the red rock. Being a citizen of the twenty-first century, my first thought was “Graffiti! How obnoxious!” I looked again, and knew that the figures I saw were foreign to me – letters from a lost people, a lost culture, a lost world – but a fragment of history inscribed by people who, like me, had appreciated the wonder of that valley, and left their mark behind. What it communicated? I have no idea. It could be the Anasazi version of “Kilroy was here!” Or it could have been a deeply religious symbol. I don’t know. What I do know is that the Anasazi (or perhaps the Fremont) reached out to me across the millennia, and touched my heart. They – those fathers and mothers of another age, another world – learned how to live in this world, and left their mark on it. They kept records, they created art, they wrote! They left something that has remained, to remind me, and all of us, that the world is full of wonder,
was prevalent. As coach, not much warm praise or harsh rebukes, sort of dullsville, middle-of- the-road, never connected with fans, not as bad as Alan Houston’s dad or Michael Jordan’s roommate, what was his name? A one-word answer – apathetic – said too much. Another terse response, stubborn, may be a leftover link to zones or tempo. Zo obviously taught responsibility and principles of manhood. Payback was loyalty. His players played. Upon his departure, freshmen and recruits fled the scene. Fans offered lukewarm appreciation for dignity and mild criticism of recruiting effort and miscalculations. No way to miss slow starts and better finishes. NIT flops are a threat to linger. The rout of Kentucky was a landmark. The loss to Aus-
tin Peay may never go all the way away. Based on what he stands for, I like the former coach OK and do not hold him totally responsible for what didn’t develop. He is what he was. Cuonzo LaMar Martin was precisely what Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek wanted at the time, honest. Diversity was a bonus. The chancellor, dedicated to putting the best face possible on the university, decreed there shall be no more embarrassments. Athletic director Mike Hamilton found this squeaky-clean good guy out in the valley, offered more than necessary to bring him to Rocky Top and presented him for approval. Nobody noticed that he was bland.
and that the past is never over. In fact, it isn’t even past. And, like Naomi and Ruth, the story of their existence – the existence of those mothers and fathers, sons and daughters – helps inform and
shape who we are today. I am reminded of the smallness of each of us, and yet, at the same time, we are all sisters and brothers in this vast family of God, who is both Father and Mother to us.
(Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com).
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Luttrell teacher of the year April Donaldson is the Luttrell Elementary teacher of the year, and Pat Bailey is the staff member of the year. Two work closely together in Donaldson’s kindergarten class. Both awards were decided by votes from all teachers and staff members at LES. Some of their students are pictured also: Pat Bailey, standing, Braden Donaldson, April Donaldson, Lahstynn Coaker with (front) Bianca Ochoa, Eli Chandler, Lelia Daniel and Ricky De Leon. Photo submitted
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Grant funds paint for Oak Grove School
Divon Albright won the bronze for his expertise in framing. Jacob Maples (right) accepts a prize from Mike White for a bronze award at the state technical skills competition.
was unexpected and will Keep Union County pay for 28 gallons of paint Beautiful has secured a provided by Dow to restore grant to paint the inside of the school’s interior. Hill applies for every Oak Grove School in Sharps Chapel that is being re- grant that’s available, even stored by the Union County if history indicates it might go to a larger city. In March, Preservation Society. Sonja Hill, director of the county obtained a grant Keep Union County Beau- for $2,000 for the “Keep Sonja Hill works on a recent tiful, said the $1,400 grant Your Butts Off the Streets” community cleanup project.
campaign. The grant was used to buy ash receptacles for downtown Maynardville and signage that says, “Don’t Flick It.” Tobacco products, including cigarette butts, are the most-littered item in America, Hill said, repre-
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senting nearly 38 percent of all items. “Some 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are on our streets, parks sidewalks and public places.” The ash receptacles will be distributed within the next week, Hill said. “Look for future updates regarding
the painting of Oak Grove School in a few weeks. We will also be recruiting volunteers and additional supplies to help paint the school.” Info: www.facebook. c om/ k e e p u n i o n c o u nt ybeautiful or www.keepunioncobeautiful.org/.
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Senior Samuel Cooper pitched no hitter against Fulton recently.
Alec Lay represents the new â&#x20AC;&#x153;cropâ&#x20AC;? of baseball players at UCHS, as a freshman varsity pitcher.
The UCHS band, from front left: Lucas Mills, Robert Jandura, Michael Coile and Hunter Collins; Brittany Haun, Allison Smith, Shelby Walls, Hannah Johnson, Krystal Singleton and Marie Hungate; Alex Savage, Cassie Yadon, Ashton Goforth, Corrina Ledford, Johnny Myers, Courtney Deatherage, Amanda Smith and Samantha Sutton; Zak Turner, Orrin Warwick, Callie Merritt, Adam Iaguessa, Joseph Gibson, Rebekah Plowman and band director Rodney Brown. Photo by Libby Morgan
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The UCHS band, under the direction College in Madisonville. of Rodney Brown, received a â&#x20AC;&#x153;superiorâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the highest rating that the rating from all of the judges at the recent band can attain and it is the culminaTSSBDA Concert Festival at Hiwassee tion of all the work that we did with the
concert band camp we held last month. This is a big deal for this band as it has not received straight superior ratings from judges in many years,â&#x20AC;? says Brown.
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Fancy vans Lesley Sextonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s UCHS art class entered the Vans Custom Culture shoe design contest to vie for a $50,000 donation for the department. The students didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win, but they had fun designing on blank Vans shoes. They are, from back left: Brandy Cornett, Jacob Gilbert, Bailee Woodall and Leslie Beeler; (center) Madelynn Cooper, Olivia Hall, Shelby Beason and Josh Lemons; (front) Ali Patterson, David Pochik and Jacob Yount. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Designing the shoes gave us a chance to be creative in a different way,â&#x20AC;? says Shelby Beason. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was difficult to incorporate all the designs onto the shoes,â&#x20AC;? says Jacob Yount. Photo by Libby Morgan
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The Patriots baseball team took the season to a level where they have â&#x20AC;&#x153;never been before in Union County High School history,â&#x20AC;? says coach Drew Richardson. But a 6-4 loss to Pigeon Forge in the district tournament ended the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winning season at 21-11. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a good year, we played well and we lost a few close ones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hate to see these seniors leave. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been with them for a long time.â&#x20AC;? Pam Foust, mom of junior outfielder and pitcher Garrett Foust, says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end was bittersweet for me. The seniors this year mean a lot to us. We have played school ball and rec league ball since these kids were in the third grade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team was different this year. Drew had coached these seniors through mid-
dle and high school, having moved when they were freshmen. The team was a family this year, each realizing it was the last year they would all be together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sad but exciting to see what the next steps hold for them. Baseball is family.â&#x20AC;? Graduating seniors are Dillon Fields, Aaron Tipton, Samuel Cooper, Tyson Coppock, Landon Muncey and Justin Johnson. Richardsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant coach is Kyle Starnes. Team members are: Dillon Fields, Jeremy Thomas, Blake Collier, Aaron Tipton, Derek Anderson, Samuel Cooper, Tyson Coppock, Tyler Cochran, Landon Muncey, Colby Gault, Alec Lay, Garrett Foust, Weston Griffey, James Bailey, Caleb Rhodes, Justin Johnson, Jordan Oaks and Spenser Wyrick.
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Hickory chickens Springtime here in our part of the world moves each year from south to north and lower to higher elevaDr. Bob tions in a fairly predictable Collier fashion. And as it moves along it produces a series of events, some exciting, some beautiful and some, well, interesting. Also known as dry land Today’s subjects are beautiful and exciting mostly in fish, merkels, molly moochthe eyes of their beholders; ers and 100 other names, they are mushrooms. interesting, definitely. Now before you give a small snort of disdain, allow me to point out that a half-ounce package of dried morels is going for about 12 bucks at your local supermarket, which figures out to be about $384 a pound! Somebody must think they’re pretty good. Indeed they are delicious, and the good news is that if you know how, you can forage around and find some for yourself – free. Hickory chickens are not Fungi in general and a Southern female vocal mushrooms in particular group, nor are they a reci- are an important part of nape for barbecued legs and ture. Out there in the woods, wings. Hickory chickens is they go about their business a mostly upper East Tennes- unseen, in the form of zilsee-southeastern Kentucky lions of microscopic rootname for a neat group of lets known as mycelia. They organisms more properly grow into and digest all sorts known as morels. of organic material, like leaf
litter and dying and dead trees, turning them back into good rich soil. When it’s time to reproduce, this out-of-sight network of rootlets makes a fruit that appears aboveground, often seemingly overnight, which we recognize as a mushroom. We’ve all seen shelf fungi on tree trunks, fairy rings of white mushrooms in a yard, all sorts of shapes and colors of ’shrooms beside a path or in the woods. The mushroom is similar to an apple on a tree; it is the fruit of the plant. But instead of seeds, it produces microscopic spores, so small that they can float away on air currents to – it is hoped – start a new batch of mycelia somewhere else.
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The morels first appear around the middle of March here in East Tennessee and work their way north as spring progresses. Identifying morels is not difficult. With just a moderate amount of care, morels are, as mushrooms go, pretty unmistakable. They are usually 2 to 4 inches tall, with a short white stem and a conical-shaped cap covered with sharp ridges and pits. They are completely hollow. As with all foraged wild Pastor Gary Vandergriff at his 25th-year celebration at Union edibles, caution must be Baptist Church with Bob and Gladys Mynatt, UBC members for used to rule out look-alikes, 50 years Photo submitted some of which can cause serious illness and even death. Consult a good field guide or go out with an experienced person. But what good is a morel, after all? Well, they’re a rare delicacy with a hard-to-describe luscious flavor. nial celebration, baptized By Cindy Taylor Once picked, they can It isn’t often these days more than 150 people and be eaten fresh or dried for that anyone stays at one seen many of the youth in later use. Just string them place in their career for 25 his congregation called up for a few days in a cool, years. For a pastor to stay into the ministry. Vanderdry place, or give them a few at the same church for that griff was presented with hours in a food dehydrator. length of time is even more a plaque at the reception Once dry, they will keep in exceptional. that included the names of a sealed glass jar for years. Union Baptist Church those baptized. Reconstitute the dried celebrated its 25th year “I have been blessed to morels by a brief soaking in under the guidance of pas- be able to serve the Lord water, making them as good tor Gary Vandergriff April and His people for so long as new; some cooks think 27 with a reception at the in one church,” said Vanthey’re even better that way. church. Vandergriff took dergriff. Many folks like their mo- the position as pastor on Those attending included rels just rolled in flour or April 23, 1989, and neither former members, pastors cornmeal and fried in but- Vandergriff nor his congre- and their families from ter. Even better to many gation seems ready to part the Midland Baptist Aspeople is to simmer them ways. sociation and members of in some butter, add some During his tenure at Bethany Baptist Church and heavy cream and a dash of Union Baptist Church, Mooreland Heights Baptist cooking sherry, and use that Vandergriff has been a Church. as a wondrous sauce for a part of the church’s centennice beef tenderloin (pardon my salivating). Morels are another of na- hunters to tell where their go tromping around the ture’s remarkable curiosi- secret places are – that’s damp, cold, spring woods to find morels. You can just ties. Check them out in your closely held information. And for the less adven- grab $12 and head for the field guide and cookbook, but don’t expect any morel turous – you don’t have to supermarket. Bon appetit!
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Types of back pain Chiropractic Outlook By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC Back pain comes in various forms. It all depends on the cause of the problem and the extent and duration of the injury. Back pain may occur suddenly and be sharp and fleeting. Or it can be a persistent dull ache. Acute pain can begin suddenly with intensity and last a short period of time. The pain referred to as chronic can last for long periods, even for months or years. Symptoms can be localized to a specific area of the back, or the pain may radiate into the shoulders, arms, lower back, legs or feet. The pain may be ac-
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stone building in Big Ridge State Park, Info: 206-9459 or derek.wilson@tn.gov. New Sunday evening worship service, 5 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Weather-permitting, Holy Eucharist will be celebrated on the lawn. No experience required. Noisy children and pets are welcome. Bring a picnic dinner if you like. Info: 5235687 or www.stjamesknox.org. Mother’s Day Buffet, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Li’l Joe’s Bar-B-Que.
TUESDAY, MAY 13 Diabetes Management Series, 6:30 p.m., Knox County Health Department auditorium, 140 Dameron Ave. Free five-part series; open to the public. To register: 215-5170.
THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 8 Registration open for AMSE Science Explorer Camp for rising 5th, 6th and 7th graders. Two sessions: June 9-13, June 16-20. Info/to register: http://amse. org/visitors/summer-camps/.
Bluegrass and BBQ, 5:30-8 p.m., Halls Elementary School. Music, games, inflatables, basket auction, Buddy’s BBQ and hot dogs.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 Charity Contemporary Christian Concert, 7 p.m., Walters State Community College’s Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center. To benefit Helen Ross McNabb Center. Featuring the Sidewalk Prophets and About a Mile. Admission: $12. Info: 423-581-5630, ext. 352.
Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome. Arts and craft bazaar, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Fairview Baptist Church fellowship hall, 7424 Fairview Road, Corryton. Admission: $1. Concessions and more than 15 vendors on site. Proceeds to benefit a missionary internship in Guatemala. Union County Republican Party meet and greet for all candidates, 6 p.m., Wilson Park. Live entertainment, free hot dogs, chips and drinks. Plainview Springfest, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Live gospel and bluegrass music, games, vendors, food. Free admission. Proceeds benefit Luttrell VFD. Keep Union County Beautiful – Great American Cleanup: Hwy. 61 West, 9 a.m. Meet at Paulette Volunteer Fire Dept. Trash grabbers, safety vests, water provided. Info: Sonja Hill, sonja.hill1023@gmail. com or 912-856-5266. Rabies vaccination clinics, 2-4:30 p.m. Cost: $10 per animal. Hosted by the Knox County Health Department and the Knoxville Veterinarian Medical Association at the following schools: Brickey-McCloud Elementary School, Carter Middle School, Christenberry Elementary School, Copper Ridge Elementary School, Gibbs Elementary School, Norwood Elementary School, Ritta Elementary School, Shannondale Elementary School. Songwriting workshops followed by a songwriter-in-the-round style performance, featuring Mary Gauthier, Jim Lauderdale, Scott Miller, Matt Wertz and Drew Ramsey, Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike. Info/to sign up: http://www.ramseyhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/song-writers-flier.pdf or call 865-546-0745.
Living Well with Diabetes, 2-4 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Deadline to register: Tuesday, May 13. Info: 922-2552. Deadline to register for “An evening with Bill Landry.” Hosted by Knoxville Region UT Chattanooga Alumni Chapter, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 22, University of Tennessee Visitor’s Center, 2712 Neyland Drive. Tickets: $25, includes dinner. For tickets: http://www. mocsconnect.com/2014landry. Info: knoxutcalumni@ gmail.com; Natalie Mohr, 470-3790; www.mocsconnect. com/knoxville. Booksigning by J. K. Ensley, 3-6 p.m., Maynardville Public Library. All books by Ensley available for special price of $10 only during the event.
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Mother’s Day Wildflower Walk, 2 p.m., CCC
The Reynolds Family Reunion, Big Ridge State Park. Bring a covered dish; lunch at 1 p.m.
MONDAY, MAY 19 Schoolyard Garden Monday, 5 p.m., Paulette Elementary School. Topic: gardening fun for kids. Everyone welcome.
TUESDAY, MAY 20 UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Into/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.
Rummage sale, Northside Christian Church, 4008 Tazewell Pike. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.
Tours of the St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic’s free mobile medical unit, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Northside Community Center, located behind Washburn School in Grainger County. The Mobile Medical Clinic provides primary care services to people who are not currently receiving health care. Fish Fry, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sharps Chapel Community Center. All seniors, candidates welcome. Info: 992-3292.
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WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MAY 21-22
Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.
AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Into/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 15-17
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 16-17 “Upscale Yard Sale,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Shannondale Presbyterian Church, 4600 Tazewell Pike. Proceeds go toward restoration of the church’s bell tower and repairs to the original roof tiles and chimneys.
SUNDAY, MAY 11
Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome. Community yard sale, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Mountain View Church of God in Luttrell. Spaces are $5 each and you must furnish your own table. To reserve a space: Oleda Hutson, 258-8250. The Samuel Frazier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution meeting, 11 a.m., at the home of Sam Wyrosdick. Program: “The Sinking of the Sultana during the Civil War” presented by guest speaker Norman Shaw. Info/directions: Martha Kroll, 603-4655.
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Historic Rugby’s Spring Music and Arts Festival. Features musical performances from jazz to bluegrass, dance and Maypole performances, demonstrations from artisans and crafters, children’s games and activities. Daily admission: $5/adults, $3/under age 18. Info/schedule: www.historicrugby.org.
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849 STINER RD. SHARPS CHAPEL,TN – Vacation retreat or full-time residence. Great home w/lots of updating, from tile to appliances. Way too much to mention. Park-like front yard, fruit trees & garden spots. Gentle slope to waterfront of 110' of beautiful Norris Lake. Private boat ramp & floating dock. Way too much to mention. All on 2.73 level acres. Priced to sell at $293,000. 371 SWAN SEYMOUR RD, MAYNARDVILLE NOTHING SPARED! Custom Norris Lake front home on main channel of beautiful Norris Lake. Mstr suite w/BA, hdwd flrs, ceramic tile, crown molding, granite counters, S/S appl. Massive great rm w/bar area, + gas FP, wired for flat screens in all rms except kit, 8 patio doors, skylights, cath ceilings, stamped concrete patio, gently sloping lot w/ boat launch & dock. Offered at $525,000. $479,000.
TATER VALLEY RD, LUTTRELL – Exceeding horse farm. 15 acres. All level/partially fenced. Mostly pasture. Very nice 40x100 barn with concrete flrs, 13 lined stalls, tack rm, wash bath. Also office in barn. Unrestricted mtn views. Offered at only $115,900. LOT 110 HICKORY POINTE S/D – One of the best lots offered on main channel of Norris Lake. 1.01 acres, gated comm, wooded. Lays great all the way to the water. Dockable. Over 100' of shoreline. All ammenities of clubhouse, pool, boat launch. Priced to sell at $279,900.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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