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BUZZ Memorial Day Memorial Day service will be held 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 25, at Clapp’s Chapel UMC, 7420 Clapp’s Chapel Road, Corryton. Service includes military honors, special music and calling of names. Info: 687-4721.
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Oak Grove Open House Sunday Preservation Union County will hold an open house at the Oak Grove Schoolhouse from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.
Ancestors events Monday Bonnie Peters, Judson Palmer and others will hold a “Find Your Ancestors” event at the museum and the Union County Cemetery Association will have a “Cemetery Walk” at Carr Cemetery Monday afternoon. Details inside on page 3.
Cabbage Cemetery The annual memorial services will be held at Cabbage Cemetery in Black Fox Valley in Grainger County at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 24. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers and board members for the next year and to collect funds for the upkeep of the cemetery. Anyone can mail a contribution to Bennie Capps, treasurer, at P.O. Box 91, Maynardville, TN 37807. Info: 865-992-5571.
IN THIS ISSUE
Wayne Nobles, a member of the local chapter of Project Healing Waters, and Ed Nicholson, founder of the nationwide organization.
A disabled veteran gets a lesson in fly fishing from a Clinch River Trout Unlimited guide in the waters below Norris Dam.
By Libby Morgan “We like to get the veterans together and we just have a good time,” says Ed Nicholson, founder of Project Healing Waters, standing on the bank of the Clinch River for the very first time. Captain Nicholson, who lives in Maryland, had served in Vietnam and retired in 1994 from 30 years in the Navy. In 2005, he was a patient at Walter Reed hospital when he realized how much the young wounded soldiers there simply needed companionship and some-
thing to look forward to. “It was just a small thought at the time. When I saw all these guys and ladies, the results of the wars, and the families, I thought, you know, I’d like to catch up on my fishing, and maybe some of these guys would like to go fishing with me. “That was 10 years ago, and now, Project Healing Waters is all over the country. “You hear all sorts of wonderful things. One of these guys out on
the water here today said to me, ‘I want to thank you for starting Project Healing Waters because it’s changed my life. I now have purpose, I got a good job and I have my life back.’” Nicholson continues, “It’s more than just fishing. It’s where it leads you and how you can better adapt to what happened to you. You gotta move on. “Our mission’s purpose is building friendships and building
relationships and doing the healing with each other. “People get to know one another and become friends and then they anticipate the next meeting, the next training session, the next this and that, and of course we go fishing, but we don’t just go fishing. We build relationships.” “Coming here this morning, just fishing, I feel better already myself.” To page 3
2015 Union County High School Graduates
Thanking Ms. Bloma For school year 2002-2003 I was assigned as principal of Luttrell Elementary. A teacher went on leave during the latter part of that year, and it was best practice to find a certified teacher to fill the position to ensure continued quality of education. I was thrilled that Ms. Bloma Rush would fill this leave.
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Remembering the Rosenbaums On March 2, 2015, the Rev. J. Odell Rosenbaum was called home, and exactly two months later his wife, Mary DeVault Rosenbaum, died on May 2, 2015. This couple were well known in the Luttrell community and were friends of my in-laws, who have also passed away.
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The senior class remembered a classmate, Nakisha Williams, who died of an illness in middle school, by releasing balloons. See more about Union County High School’s class of 2015 on pages 6-7.
Bill Weigel tells what’s under the By Sandra Clark “It’s better to be lucky than smart.” That’s the word from Bill Weigel, the man who cites the corn dog as his chief contribution to the business that bears his name. Weigel amused and inspired at last week’s Powell Business and Professional Association meeting as he reconnected with old friends in the community he calls home. Weigel talked about his military service in France. He told how his dad, worried about the future of farming, shipped him off to Vanderbilt University to train to be a doctor. The chemistry and biology almost did him in. Weigel’s is the story of an immi-
grant family who bought land in Wartburg, moved to Forks of the River and finally settled on 600 acres in Powell. The Broadacres Farm is now the Broadacres subBill Weigel division, home to almost 1,000 families. “My dad was 21 in 1931 when he bought his first four cows,” Weigel said. Previously, the family had raised vegetables. The big white barn, still visible from Emory Road, was built in 1931 and expanded shortly thereafter
as the herd grew to 40. Mr. Weigel initially sold milk to Avondale Dairy (on Norris Freeway where the empty Walmart now stands). He soon had his own processing plant. Home deliveries came next. The Weigel’s story is one of caution and observation. “My dad and uncle went to Florida” where they discovered the milk depot, he said. Women were taking jobs out of the home, and no one was around to bring in the milk. Soon the brothers built the original winged Weigel’s where customers could drive through to buy milk. “It got tough to operate a single product line,” he says, so the walk-
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