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May 11, 2013

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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Back to the Lake day Food City in Maynardville will host the store’s second annual Back to the Lake day on Saturday, May 18.

Complete with live music and a sidewalk cookout, the event was well-received last year, store managers said.

The Maynardville Police Department will participate with a Child ID promotion and will also collect out-ofdate prescription drugs.

Rangers from Big Ridge State Park and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will participate as well. And attendees can expect food specials throughout the store.

Baseball Bluegill tourney Union County High School will host the 1st annual Baseball Bluegill Tournament on Saturday, May 18, at Brogan’s Boat Ramp on Norris Lake.

Cost is $20 per person with a limit of three people per boat (one person has to be 18 years or older).

Launch will be safe light to 1 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the high school baseball team. Payout will be based on the number of participants. Doorprizes will be randomly drawn at weigh-in.

Weigh-in will be three shellcracker and seven bluegill, for a total of 10 fish. Or if no shellcracker, all 10 can be bluegill at weigh-in.

Info: coach Drew Richardson at 423-259-1479 or Dewayne Foust at 454-4506.

Retired teachers Union County Retired Teachers Association will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, at the Union County Senior Citizens Center. This will be a necrology program in remembrance of Ms. Gwen Sharp, who passed away in February.

Flamingos are here!

Look out, Union County.

The Pink Flamingo Flocking is underway!

If you find a pink flamingo on your front lawn, join the fun. Each bird will have a card. Call the number and for a donation of $20 you can choose the next victim of the flamingo flocking.

It’s a fundraiser for the UCHS cheerleaders. Money raised will help the team attend the UCA Cheerleading camp at UT in June. The cost per cheerleader is $300, so the team appreciates the community support to help them attend this elite cheer camp.

Info: coach Roxanne Patterson, 246-9113.

Renovation begins at middle school

By Libby Morgan As it happens every year, rising sixth graders from all over the county will meet in the next school year at Horace Maynard Middle School.

And a finer place it will be, thanks to the generosity of Freddie Brasfield, who is giving the school a whopping $50,000 to fund a new media center, in honor of a lost loved one.

Shirley Lynn Collins, who grew up in Union County, and Brasfield shared 30 years together until cancer took her in February at age 47.

The new Shirley Lynn Collins Media Center at HMMS could only improve with more help from the community. If you’d like to add funds to an educational facility that will be used by every student in Union County, contact Chip Brown at brownc@ucps.org to make a tax-deductible donation.

Freddie Brasfield, Wayne Goforth, principal Melanie Maples and school board chair David Coppock celebrate the funding of the new media center at Horace Maynard Middle School. Photo by Libby Morgan

make this happen. I am honored to have had her in my life, and glad to be able to remember her in this way,” says Brasfield.

“And I am so excited about the “She was a beautiful, intelligent, project. It’s already in full swing.” loving, caring person, and I appreBrasfield is CEO of K9-SOS, an ciate everyone who is helping to Oak Ridge company providing ca-

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The firm’s dogs and handlers perform search and rescue missions and narcotics and bomb detection, protecting sensitive facilities and aiding law enforcement and the military.

Brasfield, school administrators

and a student committee have been working with architects at Michael Brady Inc. to fine-tune the details of the design, which include a wireless setup for use of computers and iPads.

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Farm Day shines

By Sandra Clark The weather was perfect as Maynardville Elementary’s 420 student body visited farmers on the playground for Farm Day. Kids were treated to a miniature pony, a donkey, a horse, three lambs and several chickens, along with educational exhibits from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Other sponsors were: Union County Farm Bureau, Union County Soil Conservation District, UT Extension Union County, Union Farmers Co-op, Horace Maynard FFA and Hallsdale Powell Utility District.

(More pictures and commentary next week on the Bill Morgan talks with students from Maynardville Elementary School at Farm Day. He shows Shopper News Farm Page.) displays from 4-H Club members including his daughter, Mary, on birthing lambs. Photo by S. Clark

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NEWS FROM UNION COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Art on Main just around corner UUnion i County C Chamber of Commerce 1001 Main Street Maynardville, TN 37807 865-992-2811 www.comeherecomehome.com

2013 Board Members ■ Tonya Atkins, A&B Bookkeeping ■ Jeff Cooper, Clayton Manufacturing ■ Tammy Hobock, New South Credit Union ■ Scott Inklebarger, Food City ■ Johnny Merritt, City of Luttrell mayor ■ Jack Rhyne, City of Maynardville ■ Kay Jones, City of Plainview ■ Tom Lammers, president, Hickory Pointe Homeowners ■ Janet McCracken, UC Humane Society ■ Rebecca Mills, Willow Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center ■ James Mulkey, Revival Vision Church of God ■ Susan Oaks, UC Schools ■ Shannon Perrin, UT Extension Office ■ Debbie Perry, Carmeuse ■ Darlene Wine, State Farm Insurance ■ Mike Williams, Union County mayor

By Libby Morgan The Chamber office is getting busier with people dropping by daily to keep up with preparations for the June 1 Art on Main festival.

Organizers are still accepting vendors for food and merchandise.

Music will go on all day on the stage, with Phil Campbell as the headliner, and over 40 vendors are lined up for the event to sell food and fine art.

TVA sites dot com Properties in Union County ripe for development are listed by the Chamber on TVAsites.com for industrial and retail locations. Companies trolling the Internet for possible new sites for a manufacturing facility can see details on listed properties with a few clicks.

Chamber president Julie Graham keeps the listings and related demographics updated on the website, and says seven properties and a buildable greenfield in Union County are currently listed.

“We are focusing on promoting the land in our industrial parks, especially the one in Luttrell. The infrastructure there was installed many years ago, and may need updating. There are 56 acres available, ready for business and very accessible,” she said.

“We are also nearing receipt of a TVA grant for geotech studies, which will minimize the risk for a business looking to excavate a site for development. Our

potential manufacturing sites will be studied by engineers to ascertain what is underneath. This is information that will be valuable to serious buyers.”

“And we’re calling out to property owners along our business corridors of Highway 33 in Maynardville and Highways 61 and 131 in Luttrell to allow the Chamber to list properties for retail development on this TVA website, too,” Graham said.

John J. Bradley, VP of TVA economic development, wrote in a letter to Graham, “Proactively working to improve your community’s industrial product is vital to the success of the entire valley.”

Statewide manufacturing meeting Graham attended the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2013 Manufacturing Excellence Summit in Nashville last week where she learned abput the loss in skilled workforce due to retiring workers and about upcoming trends in job opportunities.

“Six hundred thousand jobs cannot be filled right now, because there are no workers trained for them.

There are numerous highpaying jobs in manufacturing that require only two-year degrees. Other opportunities exist in working on our aging infrastructure nationwide. Welders, engineers and planners, excavators and others with build-

Each property listed on TVAsites.com is mapped, analyzed and charted for such things as distance to airports, railroads and interstates, price, size, and every other detail possible. A company can compare this property, the Union County Industrial Park III in Luttrell, for example, with others like it all over the TVA region.

ing skills will be in high demand,” she says.

A panel presented “Beneficial Impact to Tennessee Manufacturers” relating to the Worker’s Compensation bill recently signed into law.

“This bill will make Tennessee more competitive to companies looking to relocate. The goal of the legislation is to get workers back to work, increase the resolution of cases and get rid of ambiguity in the current language. The bill will

■ Next Chamber board meeting is noon Tuesday, May 21, at Revival Vision Church of God. ■ Adina Chumley of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development will speak.

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Graduation for 169 seniors will be Friday, May 17, at Tex Turner Arena at Lincoln Memorial University.

Senior awards will be given Here are the Top Ten at noon Wednesday, May 15, in the Union County High graduates as provided by the UCHS guidance office: School auditorium.

4. Allison Brown 4. Seth Norris 5. Devin Collins 6. Haley Brooks 6. Mark Terrones II 7. McKenzie Edds 7. Katheryn King 8. Daniel Cooke 9. Kayla Conner

1. Lucas Nicely Valedictorian 1. Josh Tharpe Valedictorian 2. Jason Earley Salutatorian 2. Kelsey Waggoner Salutatorian 3. Tony Strevel

Whiz-bang media center

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“A teacher will be able to instantly see what is on any monitor in the room, and can feed what’s on his or her screen to a big screen or to all the students’ screens at once,” explains Chip Brown of the school system’s technology department.

The students on the steering committee have chosen a color scheme and made design recommendations.

“Along with lots of great ideas, the students brought Freddie Brasfield is surrounded by the media center design student steering committee: (front) up something we adults nev- Kassidy Knight, Hannah Brown, Katlyn Knight, Ezekial Young; (back) Alec Lay and Austin Lay. er considered,” says Brown.

“They said they don’t want stools that swivel, or the kids would be spinning around on them. The students’ input is invaluable to the process.”

The upper part of the room will hold a command center and lounge areas with comfortable seating.

Desktop computers with seating arranged so that a group can learn together will be on the lower level.

“In a day when budgets are tight in all school systems, it is refreshing to find a man who wants to make a difference,” says Brown.

Wayne Goforth, director of Union County schools, says, “This is going to be a state-of-the-art media center that will be the envy of every middle school – and A portrait of Shirley Lynn Collins is presented to the school with four of her 16 siblings and her even every high school – in closest friends: brother Paul Collins, best friend since fourth grade Carlie Summers, sisters Anne Walker and Shelia Mason, brother R. D. Collins, and Freddie Brasfield. Photos by Libby Morgan the region.”

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10. Preslee Hickman They were entirely the fault Apologies to all for omis- of this writer and not the sions in last week’s article. school.

Strevel signs with King University Tony Strevel, UCHS valedictorian and all-district basketball player, has signed a scholarship with King University in Bristol.

“Coach (Shane) Brown gets my thanks for helping me improve my game, and I want to thank my parents,” said Strevel.

Brown says of Strevel, “Tony is the epitomy of hard work.

He is a perfect example of what we want to do here. And he surely earned this scholarship. As a junior, Tony was getting maybe four points in a game, and as a senior has double digits in points and rebounds every game.” Photo by Libby Morgan

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UCHS senior Seth Norris, graduating with a 3.96 GPA, is an Athlete of the Week. He is on the soccer team, and is off to study Norris media and journalism at UTK.

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government Giving public notice With more confusion than there should be, politicians debate the public notice law commonly called the sunshine law.

The law was not passed to benefit the news media, although the Tennessee Press Association lobbied mightily for its passage.

The purpose of the law is to let people know about upcoming meetings of public bodies with adequate time to make arrangements to attend.

This writer has now made two attempts to attend meetings of the Union County Commission’s Budget and Finance Committee. A month or so ago, the meeting was canceled on the spot because a quorum could not be mustered.

I’m not sure what happened on May 7 when a meeting was announced for 7 p.m. I arrived to an empty parking lot. And I called too late Wednesday to get a response from Mayor Mike Williams.

OK. So I’m getting old.

But surely I can read a calendar and my car clock.

For what it’s worth, the article below was my column in Knox County Shoppers on May 6: Knox County officials may have to ante up for some newspaper advertising following an opinion by chief deputy law director David Buuck.

Buuck opined May 1 that notice by press release, the

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current policy to announce meetings, does not comply with state law.

The short-term consequence was cancellation of Thursday’s meeting of the Education Committee, with membership from both the county commission and the school board.

The long-term consequence is far-reaching and expensive.

Buuck wrote: “... Notice must be geared to informing the public of a public meeting so that they may attend. “... It is not sufficient to simply send a press release notice to the newspaper as the newspaper, in its sole discretion, may or may not print the notice.”

He also said under the Knox County Commission rules, all commissioners must have five days notice of any committee meetings.

We polled our Shopper News editorial writers: “Looks reasonable and correct,” wrote Betty Bean.

Jake Mabe agreed that Buuck is correctly reading state law, but suggested the

4 • MAY 11, 2013 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news law itself is antiquated.

“I knew the meeting was happening because I heard Karen Carson mention it at the school board meeting – The Bull Run Commubut that presumes one was nity in Union County is so either watching the meet- named because of Bull Run ing or following on Twitter Creek. (like I was).

“Seems like five days and publishing a legal notice on everything is a bit excessive.”

Bonnie One thing’s for sure.

Peters When Amy Broyles gets a hankering to meet with Rick Briggs or Sam McKenzie at the Time Warp Tea Room, somebody’s gonna Bull Run Creek runs have to buy an ad. from the Grainger County line near Fairview to the Union County’s Knox County line in the Hansard community. This budget I’m really looking for- creek is a significant water ward to tearing into the source with wetlands and upcoming budget for Union at some places some pretty County. If I could only find decent fishing.

A few weeks ago I visited a meeting! my friends, Carson “EdThe school board was die” and Amy Thompson, set to meet Thursday (after our press deadline). who live on Bull Run Road.

Wonder if the new admin- Carson, who is officially istration will be as excited the Union County Veterans about the Virtual Academy Service Officer and unofas was Director Wayne Go- ficially a rock hound and local history buff, gave me forth?

And I’m looking forward a history lesson on the Bull to a discussion of school Run area between Ailor nurses. The county can’t Gap and where Bull Run keep funding them from Road intersects with Highthe line item for substitute way 370 near the Freed Bailey place. teachers.

Several grist mills were Haslam’s budget located along this creek, Gov. Bill Haslam got a among them the Ailor Mill no-new-taxes budget ad- and two or three Hansard opted, and it fully funds mills, and were a valuable the Basic Education Pro- community resource. The gram. (Good news for late Gillis Kitts operated a grist mill in the vicinity Union County.)

The state budget also invests $51 million for school technology upgrades, $35 million for K-12 teacher salary increases, and $47 Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey is million to help the state’s happy to be lowest-performing public back home schools. in the “real The voucher bill was deworld” away railed. And Stacey Campfrom Nashfield is heading to Turkey. ville.

He Maybe they will keep him. says he’s pleased with the accomplishRamsey ments of the just-finished General Assembly.

Come to the water “Do not repay anyone evil for evil; be concerned for what is noble in the sight of all. … Rather, “if Fr. Steve Pawelk your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head. “ Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good.”

(Romans 12: 17, 20-21)

who persecute you …” (Mt 5: 39,44). When faced with arrest, Jesus replies, “Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Do you think that I cannot call upon my Father and he will not provide me at this moment with more than twelve legions of angels?” (Mt 26:52-53)

The best way to conquer evil is to follow the footsteps of Jesus. For every act of evil, we must respond with twice as many acts of good. Where backpacks of bombs were The world today still faces left on the street, we need evil in many forms. The to leave backpacks of food. shooting of children at Where the mental ill have school and the explosions during the Boston Marathon access to guns, we need to give them access to medical are but two examples. help. Where parents abuse Women and children living in Syria, Israel and Congo are children often because of alcohol and drug abuse, we often faced with the threats of violence daily. The evils of need to provide treatment for parents and safe havens greed, racism, and abuse are for children. To conquer evil, all much too present in our Jesus sacrificed His life. We country today. So how are too must sacrifice much and Christians to respond in the show love and compassion to face of evil? overcome evil.

Paul warns us not to repay Fr. Steve Pawelk, Pastor evil with evil. Jesus tells us Blessed Teresa of Calcutta “offer no resistance to one Catholic Mission, who is evil. When someone 4365 Maynardville Hwy. strikes you on your right 992-7222. cheek, turn the other one to him as well. … “Love your enemies, and pray for those

Bull Run Community of where Kitts and Archer Roads intersect with Highway 370.

Bull Run Creek meanders along Bull Run Road, Highway 370, Highway 61 and through Tater Valley to Grainger County. West of Ailor Gap the creek meanders along Satterfield Road, then between Brock and Graves roads into Knox County.

Willows and spice bushes from which our early toothbrushes were made are prevalent along the creek. The spice bushes will be blooming soon.

I also spoke with my cousin, Faye Hickle, who has a spice bush in her yard. Faye is the granddaughter of Freed and Par- Pharaoh Chesney ley McClain Bailey, who were very early residents on Nov. 25, 1841.

After the slaves were of the Bull Run area. Their home and farm seem to be freed, John Chesney deedintact, even though they ed Pharaoh, “Uncle Ferry,” a homeplace which is just died some years ago.

Freed was Union County off Highway 370 in the visheriff from 1908 through cinity of the Union County 1910 and again in 1924. It is Waste Treatment facility said that he never carried a near the intersections of gun and felt that he didn’t Highway 370 with Kitts need one to do his job. He and Ridgeview roads at was a tall, strong man with Luttrell.

The original deed has a convincing presence that probably enabled him to do been passed down and remains in the Chesney famthis.

Perhaps the best known ily.

Pharaoh Chesney’s log resident of the upper Bull Run area was Pharaoh home is pictured in “Our Chesney, a slave purchased Union County Families.” by a prominent land own- He is buried in Wyrick er, John Chesney, for $421 Cemetery.

It matters who governs “This session brought Tennesseans a balanced budget, tax cuts and a healthier rainy day fund. We remain a triple-A bond rated state with one of the lowest debt ratios and tax burdens in the country,” he said.

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“This session we continued to advance a uniquely Tennessee agenda giving the citizens of Tennessee what they have asked for: more jobs, less spending and smaller government.

No successful Republican agenda is complete without tax reform, said Ramsey.

“This year we continued to chip away at the tax on food as well take the next step toward the elimination of the death tax.

“Altogether your Republican majority cut taxes by over $43 million while continuing to fund the state’s essential services and putting money away for a rainy day. This is fiscally responsible government in action.

This is the kind of government that makes Tennessee the envy of the nation.”

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No way to know Ten years ago, when Doug Dickey was finishing up as athletic director at Tennessee, dear friend Nancy Siler and I had an interesting conversation about potential replacements.

Her candidate was Bill Schmidt.

Nancy said he met all requirements. He had been an Olympic athlete and a Tennessee coach, a Chuck Rohe assistant. He had a Master’s degree in business with emphasis on accounting. He had served honorably in the military.

He was a borderline genius. As director of sports at the 1982 World’s Fair, he produced a $300,000 profit while the whole

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Nancy had followed Schmidt’s career closely from the time her husband, Tom Siler, had said he would be a star. She recalled when Stokely Van Camp hired Bill as director of development and loaned him to the Los Angeles Olympics. He served Peter Ueberroth as a vice president, responsible for eight sports.

Back at Stokely, or maybe it was Quaker Oats by then, Schmidt was named vice president of worldwide marketing of Gatorade. You know what happened to Gatorade.

Nancy thought Bill Schmidt was a natural – smarts, background, personality, contacts, skill set – to direct UT athletics as a business and lead the Volunteers to even greater success.

UT president John Shumaker either didn’t ask Nancy or didn’t take her assessment seriously. He interviewed Schmidt but promoted Mike Hamilton, Dickey’s key assistant and a brilliant fund-raiser.

“We did a thorough and exhaustive national search,” said Shumaker.

His next line was something about the right man at the right time.

Passive persistence When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, “How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have been led astray against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.’ ” So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

(Luke 15: 14-20 NRSV) Of all the parables Jesus told, this one is the most beloved. Perhaps that is because at one time or another we can identify with all the characters in this little drama.

It tells us volumes about ourselves: our own rebellion and selfishness, our

heedlessness of the hurt we cause others; our need for love. It also tells us about ourselves as parents: the jumbled emotions of love and frustration, the joys and sorrows of watching our children go through the stages of adolescence,

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the sense of arrival when they are finally grownups. It tells us, too, about ourselves as siblings: children raised by the same parents, in the same home, who turn out to be very different, very distinct individuals.

I wonder what it also tells us about the storyteller: Jesus.

He would have been the elder brother in his family: Mary’s first-born. Did he know of family anguish firsthand? Did he have a ne’erdo-well younger sibling who broke Joseph’s heart?

This story resonates with me, not because of my own family history, but because of the families I have en-

MILESTONES

We’ll never know how Bill Schmidt would have done. You can guess UT athletics would never have been $223 million in debt.

Schmidt oversaw Gatorade growth from $80 million to $1.8 billion.

Signing Michael Jordan to pitch the product may have helped sales.

I remember when Bill said: “Foreign countries didn’t know sports drinks, but they knew Michael Jordan. We couldn’t afford him but we did a 10year endorsement deal not knowing how good he would be.”

It took Schmidt a few minutes to catch up with the New York Giants’ postgame ritual of dumping Gatorade on coach Bill Parcells. When he saw it on replay, he said it was advertising better than money could buy.

At the end of that season, he spent some and sent Parcells a letter.

“We at The Quaker Oats Company, makers of Gatorade Thirst Quencher, realize that due to the yearlong ‘Gatorade dunking’ you have been receiving, your wardrobe has probably taken a beating.

“The enclosed check should help remedy the problem; after all, we do feel somewhat responsible for your cleaning bill.”

In the sports marketing world, Bill Schmidt was first considered a pioneer. He became a giant. The Sporting News twice listed Schmidt among the most powerful people in sports. He knew everybody. He could get tickets to any event.

Schmidt left Gatorade to become CEO of Oakley sunglasses and apparel. Good old Michael Jordan ar-

countered in various forms of ministry throughout my career. I have listened to stories of children who were abandoned (or worse), of parents whose children rebelled, of brothers and sisters who no longer speak to each other; of children who have no idea where their parents are now.

It is sad, but true: families can fall apart.

Even so, it is clear that Jesus told this story to demonstrate the patience and the forgiving nature of God. But the most fascinating part of it (for me at least) is the father’s standing at the gate, watching, waiting. He didn’t saddle up and ride off in all directions searching for the boy.

He didn’t go drag the prodigal home by the scruff of the neck. He did not abandon his wife and other son, or his responsibilities as head of household.

But on that day when the prodigal’s familiar form

came over the hill, the father was at the gate, looking for his boy. Imagine the ■ Reynolds’ family reunion patience, the forbearance, will be Sunday, May 19, at Big the self-discipline it had Ridge State Park in the Tea required of the father!

Room. Bring a covered dish; Imagine, too, the relunch will begin at 1 p.m. straint that was required ■ Nicely/Bailey/Munsey famto keep the father from ily reunion will be Saturday, ranting about the worry, June 8, at Wilson Park next the heartbreak, the hurt. to Maynardville High School.

There was no “well¸ it’s The reunion begins at noon about time!” Or “where in and lasts until food and talk the world have you been?” are finished. Bring a dish and musical instruments His passive persistence for pickin’ and grinnin’. Info: had paid off: his boy had Shirley Nicely Hammock, come home of his own 712-2532. free will and his own recognition of his folly. The ■ The Clinton High School Class of 1967 is holding a faithful father had been reunion Aug. 31 at 205 Main standing at the gate to St. in Clinton. Classes from ’66 welcome him. through ’69 are also invited.

Jesus didn’t say they Cost is $45 per person before all lived happily ever after.

Aug. 1 and $50 after, and inBut they were a family cludes food, a DJ, games and again, and that, after a free class memory CD. Info/ all, was the point of the reservations: Becky Calloway parable. It also was God’s Rosenbaum, 457-259, or Bunintent in sending Jesus nie Brown Ison, 599-4749, or into this world: to welcome send checks to: CHS Class of home all the prodigals.

1967, 607 Greenwood Drive, Thanks be to God! Clinton, TN 37716.

ranged that deal. Schmidt eventually came back to Knoxville and started his own sports marketing and consulting firm, Pegasus.

He served as an adjunct professor at UT. He dabbled in real estate. He played golf. He rode Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

His hometown of Canonsburg, Pa., put up a historical marker commemorating his world status among javelin throwers. He won the bronze at the Munich Olympics, the only American to medal in that event in 61 years and counting.

This summer Bill Schmidt will be inducted into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. It will be a brief celebration of excellence. No way to know what might have been.

Marvin West invites reader reaction.

His address is westwest6@netzero. com.

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Savannah Brooke Dyer celebrated her third birthday April 29 with a Disney Princess party with family and friends.

Parents are Greg and Jill Dyer of Maynardville. Grandparents are Gail Wollard of Corryton, Garry “Buck” Wollard of Maynardville and Mildred and the late Carnes Dyer of Corryton.

Savannah has a big sister, Ashley, and a big brother, Justin.

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NEWS FROM UNION COUNTY’S FARM FAMILIES

An update from

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Tomatoes

This week at Farmers’ Market Produce expected: Asparagus, spinach, lettuce and other greens, onions, radishes and rhubarb. A strawberry vendor is needed!

Plant share: Perhaps you have a perennial that needs dividing.

Share your abundance with others by bringing a plant. Maybe you need some plants to beautify your surroundings.

Check out the offerings.

All plants are free and looking for a good home!

Walk the Market: As part of Union Gets Movin’, bring the whole family. Stop at the Farmers’ Market managers table for info, to sign in, or to pick a route. We’d like to see the neighborhood walking groups established with some goals and incentives during our last six weeks of the market.

Coming soon: Art on Main, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Healthy Kids, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 1, in downtown Maynardville.

Shannon Perrin, extension agent, reviews applications for the Ag Enhance Program at a meeting for farmers hosted May 6 at Union Farmers Co-op. Manager Will Phillips said it was a great turnout. Photos by S. Clark

Beth Bergeron was “manager of the day” at the kick-off for the Union County Farmers Market May 4 in the parking lot at Union County High School.

Beth calls herself a “gardener” more than a farmer.

A few hardy souls had set up booths, and there was a steady flow of customers. The market is open from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. each Saturday.

Check back next week for a look at Farm Day at Maynardville Elementary School.

Choose safety and comfort over fashion Chiropractic Outlook

By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC Models strutting the catwalk or gracing the pages of magazines in tight skirts and to-die-for stiletto heels are meant to convince women just how great and stylish they would look in the same clothes.

Fashion statements have their place. But a steady routine of high-heeled shoes and movement-restrictive clothing can cause problems. As attractive as stiletto heels and platforms may look, wearing them regularly can be harmful to the back and feet. High heels, in particular, make the body balance itself differently.

That forces muscles to work unnaturally to make the adjustment.

Research has shown that prolonged wearing of high heels increases the normal forward curve of the back and makes the pelvis tip forward. The ham-

string muscles – those in the back of the leg – are also put in an unnaturally pulled up, short position. And this is not to mention the increased risk of injury from a fall off the precarious perch they put you on.

Tight clothing, whether it’s pants or skirts, can also throw the body’s balance off. If a skirt is tight enough to impede the natural mechanics of a person’s stride, this, too, can lead to problems. So, no one’s telling you to toss out your Jimmy Choo collection – just be selective when you wear them. Talk with your chiropractor at your next regular session about your fashion decisions.

Brought to you as a community service by Union County Chiropractic; 110 Skyline Drive, Maynardville, TN; 992-7000.

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MOMS (Moms Offering Moms Support) Club of the Maynardville area offers fun, local, low cost activities and playgroups with local moms and their children. Info: Darlene, 712-4560, or Eden, 687-2469.

Call to artisans

The Union County Art in the Park committee is sending out a call to artisans of all types of fine art, especially those with unusual items and talent, to join in the third annual artist’s Festival “Art on Main” on Saturday, June 1 at Union County Arts Center and on Main Street.

For vendor form/info: UC Chamber of Commerce, 9922811 or unioncochamber@bellsouth.net.

TENNderCare available for children

TENNderCare is Tennessee’s program for well-child visits for children under age 21 on TennCare. If your child has TennCare, the checkups are free. Good health begins at birth, so it’s important to “Check In, Check Up and Check Back” with your doctor every year. Call today to set up a TENNderCare visit with your doctor or go to the Union County Health Department. You, as parent or guardian, will get information and advice on how to keep your child healthy. Info: TennCare Information Line, 1-866-311-4287, or the TENNderCare Outreach Staff for Union County Health Department, 992-3867, Ext. 131.

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Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable grown in home gardens. They are more nutritious than many vegetables and provide significant amounts of both vitamins A and C. Tomatoes are served fresh, are a major component of many salads and are used in many cooked dishes.

Soil Preparation: Soil should be prepared as for any garden vegetable. The soil pH should be 6.1 or above to help prevent blossom-end rot, a leather-like decay of the blossom end of the fruit.

A soil test is the only way to be sure exactly how much lime and fertilizer are needed.

First, be sure to lime your garden according to the soil test recommendation. Lime is calcium carbonate and supplies calcium to the soil. It also raises the pH, making it easier for the plant to take up calcium.

Calcium must dissolve in soil moisture to be taken up by plants. If no soil test has been done, two to three pounds of common fertilizer such as 6-12-12 per 100 square feet of garden space may be used.

Plants: Good yields are possible only when a gardener begins with highquality plants. The plants should be short and stocky with well-developed root systems.

Plants that have been grown in containers normally have better-developed root systems and grow better than bare-root plants. The plants must be kept moist or the roots will die and the plants will be stunted.

Stunted tomato plants usually grow but produce smaller, later crops.

Stocky tomato transplants will be 7 to 8 weeks old. They should be hardened before they are set into the garden to prevent injury from hot sun, cold temperatures and drying winds.

Tomatoes may be hardened by exposing them to temperatures 10 degrees below normal for a week or so before they are set into the garden. It is also possible to harden tomato transplants by withholding water until the plants just begin to wilt. This requires very close attention and is difficult for most home gardeners.

When a tomato plant is properly hardened, the veins on the underside of the leaves will have developed a tinge of purple. If the entire underside of the leaf is purple, the plant has been over-hardened and will be stunted.

Avoid purchasing tomato plants that have wilted excessively, have spots on their leaves, are excessively yellow, or have purple lower leaves. If possible, purchase varieties that have the letters VFN after their name. This indicates that they have resistance to verticillium and fusarium wilt and to nematodes.

Note: Thanks to everyone who attended Monday’s meeting on the Ag enhancement program held at the Co-op. Please remember, applications must be submitted June 1-7. I will take questions and assist with applications on Monday, May 13, and Tuesday, May 14, by appointment. Call to schedule: 992-8038.

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THURSDAYS THROUGH NOVEMBER New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4775 New Harvest Lane, 3-6 p.m. Venders include local farmers, crafters and food trucks. Info: http://www.knoxcounty. org/farmersmarket/index.php.

SATURDAY, MAY 11 Benefit sale, Cornerstone Baptist Church, 2500 Mynatt Road in Halls. Info: 687-9012. Leave a message.

Rummage Sale, beginning 8 a.m., New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 7115 Tipton Lane off East Beaver Creek. Follow signs from East Beaver Creek Drive and Central Avenue Pike.

Meet Sandra Bonkosky, Union County Arts artist of the month; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. learn about essential oils and view her artwork at Union County Arts, 1009 Main St. Union County Farmers Market â&#x20AC;&#x201C; expected items: Asparagus, lettuce, onions, radishes, rhubarb, nursery products. As your crops ripen, consider joining the market as crops ripen; one time fee of $10 for the

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Gospel singing 7:30 p.m., Judyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barn, behind Big Ridge Elementary School off Hickory Valley Road in Union County, featuring area gospel singers. Free admission. Info: Jim Wyrick, 254-0820.

Plant Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris.

Wildflowers, bushes, ferns, herbs and other plants.

Local author Lanny Payne with his new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Reformation in Scotland,â&#x20AC;? 2-4 p.m. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Rummage sale, Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 4329 E. Emory Road, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Clothes, household items, Proceeds will be used for mission projects.

Yard sale, 8 a.m., River of Hope Church Missions, 6919 Maynardville Pike, Black Oak Plaza. Rain or shine.

Lots of everything.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 11-12 Glenwood Cemetery Decoration Days. Friends of Glenwood are encouraged to decorate the graves of loved ones. Donations for the maintenance of the cemetery will be accepted at the cemetery or may be addressed to Glenwood Cemetery Trust C., PO Box 734, Powell, TN 37849.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 Fish Fry, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sharps Chapel Senior Center.

UCHS Senior Awards, noon-1 p.m., Union County High School.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 16-17 AARP Driver Safety Class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4200 Crippen Road. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

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by Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville. Open to all artists. Categories: The Human Experience; Our Earth; Travel; and Digital Imagination. Info/application: www.knoxalliance.com/photo.html.

Celebration luncheon in honor of retiring Pastor Don Ferguson and his wife, Debby Hall, hosted by St Paul United Methodist Church, 4014 Garden Drive, immediately following the worship service. All welcome.

Family Day at Clear Branch Baptist Church, 1100 Tazewell Pike, Corryton. Begins 11 a.m. No Sunday school. Featuring Michael and Delilah Kitts. Dinner afterward; everyone welcome.

MONDAY, MAY 20 Luttrell Seniors will meet 10 a.m., Union County Senior Center. Betsy Stowers Frazier of Angelic Ministries will speak and pianist Andrew Merritt will perform. Covered dish lunch will follow. All invited.

Info: Linda, 216-1943.

TUESDAY, MAY 21 Healthy Choices, a plant-based Free Cooking Class #2, 6 p.m., North Knoxville 7th-Day Adventist Church fellowship hall, 6530 Fountain City Road.

Space is limited. Info/register: 314-8204 or www.

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THURSDAY MAY 23 Union County ICare meeting, 11:30 a.m., Revival Vision Church on Durham Drive. Lunch included.

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232 HILL STREET, LUTTRELL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 111 DANTE RD, KNOXVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Very nice 1/2 acre lot Great move-in condition cottage.

Zoned C-3 Commercial. Great location just off I-75 at Callahan Dr behind Weigelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Offered at only $95,000.

Lots of updates done. Approx 1016 Call Justin today. Directions: I-75 to Callahan Dr (exit SF featuring 2BR/1BA, beautiful 110), right on Callahan to 111 Dante Rd. on left. wood ďŹ&#x201A;ooring, tile counter tops, new 162 BOWMAN oak cabinets, S/S fridge, smoothLN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Foreclosure top range, W&D to remain. 1-car sold as is. In carport, central H&A, out building for need of minor extra storage. Priced to sell at only repairs. 1-level, 3BR/2BA, fenced $49,900. Call Mitch 865-621-7998. Directions: North on Tazewell Pike into Union level back yard, County. Right on Hwy 61 East to left on Cedar at Post OfďŹ ce to top of hill. Right on concrete patio & parking area. Nice walls in DR. Open Hill to house on left. Sign on property.

LR/DR/kit. Strg bldg to remain. Offered at $79,000.

Directions: N on Hwy 33 to Maynardville, 3rd light turn 371 SWAN SEYMOUR RD, MAYright on Main St. to right on Prospect Rd to right on NARDVILLE NOTHING SPARED! Bowman Ln. House on right.

Custom Norris Lake front home on 345 SWAN SEYMOUR main channel of the beautiful NorRD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Landmark, lake front ris Lake. A master suite w/BA ďŹ t for home on Norris Lake.

Known as the "WinD Mill a king! Gleaming hdwd ďŹ&#x201A;rs, lots of House". Lake views from ceramic tile, crown molding, granite every window. 2 BR/2BA, counters, stainless appliances. Massive great rm w/bar area, + gas FP, wired wrap deck, open LR/DR for ďŹ&#x201A;at screens in all rooms except kit, 8 patio doors, sky lights, cathedral area. Kit cabs galore, brick FP. Lrg laundry, extra strg closets, cath ceils in LR/kit w/beams. ceilings, stamped concrete patio, covered decks extending length of home, All appl. Needs updating.Probably one of the most admired lots gently sloping lot w/ boat launch & dock. Truly a must-see home. Offered at $525,000. on Norris Lake. Offered at $578,600.

LOTS/ACREAGE

BEAUTIFUL. GREAT CONV. LAKE LIVING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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.

18.41 ACRES Hickory Springs Rd, Lot 3, Maynardville.

All wooded, Sev homesites & wildlife. Priced at $29,900.

Directions: Hwy 33 North through Maynardville to right on Hwy 61 East towards Luttrell, straight onto Walkers Ford Rd to right on Hogskin Rd to left on Black Fox Hollow.

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.

GORGEOUS LOT w/over 115' of frontage on Holston River.

Level 0.88 acre lot. The best lot offered in River Point 2. $69,900.

GREAT WATERFRONT LOT on Holston River. 1.60 acres, semi wooded, corner lot. Great homesites. Utility water, elec.

Priced at only $59,900. 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 $79,900.

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 $19,900.

5.69 ALL WOODED ACRES. Very private.

Great for hunters retreat. Located in North Lone Mtn. Shores.

Lot 1046. Inside gated area. Priced at $27,500.

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.

206 REMINGTON DR. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Beautiful facade w/3600 SF. Gourmet kit w/gallery cherry cabs. Granite island, eat-at bar. Open bay eating area, adj DR, open LR, granite FP enhanced by bookcases. Cath ceil w/ open balcony/foyer. Screened-in porch w/access to pool area. OfďŹ ce w/granite FP. Master w/trey ceil, priv entrance w/access to patio. Oak ďŹ&#x201A;rs, corner tiled Jacuzzi tub, tiled dbl shwr, dbl vanity. Oak staircase to 3 BRs/2BAs. 2-car attached gar w/access to kit. Allbrick patio, IG salt-water pool w/fountains. Offered at $367,300. I-40 to exit 640 Broadway to N 441 to Maynardville to L @ 2nd light to R on John Deere Dr. to L into Twisted Gables. Home on right.

8 • MAY 11, 2013 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news

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