Union County Shopper-News 052513

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VOL. 8 NO. 21 NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

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May 25, 2013

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Grads get grants By Cindy Taylor Union County High School graduates were offered scholarships in excess of $2.6 million, according to school counselor Jennifer DeFoe. These offers were reported to the guidance office:

Read Bonnie on page 4

Football too rough? Marvin West talks about the efforts of Teddy Roosevelt to outlaw football. Say what?

Read Marvin on page 5

Meets the Grays This week’s featured farm family is David and Joan Gray and their Charolais farm on Archer Road. Libby Morgan enjoyed her visit.

Read Libby’s story on page 6

Sharps Chapel takes math honors Sharps Chapel students won countywide math competitions for both fourth and fifth grades. And their baseball’s not bad either.

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sales that include pottery, painted glass, handmade cloth, oil painting, handmade paper, Intarsia and much, much more. Snack vendors will offer food with local flair. There will be allday entertainment and trackless train rides for the kiddies by Lil’ Thunder Railroad. The first 100 kids to ride will receive a McDonald’s coupon for free food.

Brings home honors, preps for working summer By Libby Morgan “It’s the time spent in the saddle that makes a better rider,” says Bob Roberts of Cedar Creek Farm in Gibbs. “Nothing else is as important as practice.” And Bob and Gail Roberts’ 20-year-old son Blake has put lots of saddle time on the clock. “He’s been riding a 1,300 pound horse since he weighed about 80 pounds,” said Bob, “Growing up, he rode just about every day.” Blake’s practice has paid off over the years, as he has been earning blue ribbons in competitions against adults since he was 12. “The best riders have been training for 30 or 40 years. Most of the Olympic champions have grey hair. So I know it’s a skill I can always improve,” says Blake. Blake, a 2010 Gibbs High grad, is in his junior year at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va., where he can ride the

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best horses, and riders are given a horse to ride in the ring – a horse they can’t even touch prior to mounting – a horse they may never have even seen before. The horse and rider go through a jump course the first day of the show, then the top 24 scoring riders go on to “flat test,” where they are asked to trot, canter, change leads, and possibly swap horses. The top 10 jump again on the final day. Blake made the cut all the way to third place overall, a rare honor for a junior. The top two winners were seniors, so he’s optimistic about next year’s competition. He’s looking at a summer of travel, working for professionals in equitaBlake Roberts, 20, of Cedar Creek Farm on Tazewell Pike, has won many blue ribbons in tion, and narrowing his jumping and equitation. Photo submitted career decisions in his senior year, when he’ll begin school’s horses while he is He represented the Cup, a competition for the application process for working on a pre-med de- school at the national in- equitation skills. Partici- graduate school. To page A-3 gree. tercollegiate Cacchione pating schools bring their

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A student art exhibit and judging will be held in the historic Dr. Carr Medical Office and the Union County Farmers Market will be onsite. Malone’s Chuckwagon will offer its famous barbecue and Hardin’s Mountain Organics will have Cruze Dairy Farms ice cream for sale. Entertainment includes Ralph Shick, Justin Smith, Phil Campbell, Clay Bones & Friends, Art Co-op Players blues jam and Hwy 33. Bring blankets and chairs to picnic on the grounds. Door prize drawings hourly. Best of all – admission is free!

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shine the festival will go on. “With the Arts Center celebrating its first year anniversary in June, this will be a perfect place to have an arts festival,” said committee member and Arts Center director Susan Boone. “People can stroll the vendor booths and stop in at the center while they’re here.” Highlights of the festival will be local artists’ demonstrations and

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Union County historian Bonnie Peters writes about Big Barren and Little Barren, two communities displaced by Norris Lake.

By Cindy Taylor The 3rd annual Art in the Park Festival is shaping up to be the best one yet. More than 45 high caliber artisans and vendors from Union, Knox and surrounding counties will line downtown Main Street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 1, for Art on Main. The festival was always intended to be outdoors, but weather was prohibitive. For 2013, the event moved from April to June and to the downtown streets of Maynardville. Rain or

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Edds, Ashley McKenney and Vanessa Smith Carson-Newman: Katie King and Samantha Wilkerson King University: Tony Strevel Belmont: Jason Earley Lindsey Wilson: Bailey Mize and Casey Bryan MTSU: Kayla Conner ETSU: Tyler Warwick

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Save the date for “Fore,” the second annual golf tournament to benefit the Union County Humane Society, Friday, Sept. 6, at Woodlake Lodge & Golf Club in Tazewell. Registration brochures will be available at the shelter and on the UCHS website in late July. Info: Pid LaWare at uchs.org@gmail.com/.

Tennessee Scholars: Josh Thar- College Scholarships: pe, Mark Terrones II, Lucas Nicely WSCC: Lucas Nicely, McKenzie Warwick Chapel: Preslee Hick- Edds, Jaqueline Graves and Alliman and Kelly Cooper. son Brown UT: Mark Terrones II, Josh Military Scholarships: Tharpe, Lucas Nicely, Seth Norris Army: Athletic Awards, Tony and Kenneth Chase Shoffner Strevel III and McKenzie Edds; RSCC: Kelly Cooper and Mark Band Award, Daniel Cooke U.S. Marine Corps: Athletic Kitts LMU: Haley Brooks, McKenzie Awards, Seth Norris and Bailey Mize

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Union County High School graduates were offered scholarships worth $2,665,870. Mayor Mike Williams spoke at senior awards day. Pictured are class salutatorians Jason Earley and Kelsey Waggoner, and valedictorians Lucas Nicely and Joshua Tharpe. Photos by Cindy Thomas

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Brandi Davis briefs the Union County Chamber of Commerce on Leadership Union County, saying the group is being revived and forming a new board of directors. “We’ve got the 501 (c) (3) in place and are looking to start classes in 2014,” she said.

Private Scholarships: Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative: Mark Terrones II and McKenzie Edds Trio Talent Search: Darian Singleton and Chase Rhodes Sunset Bay: Daniel Cooke and Darian Singleton First Century Bank: Katie King Commercial Bank: Kelsey Waggoner and Jason Earley New South Credit Union: McKenzie Edds Daughters of American Revolution: Allison Brown Business and Professional Association: Haley Brooks, Jefferson Memorial academic award; Bethany Carter, career & technical award, and Lucas Nicely, service award. Voice of Democracy Contest Winner: Mark Terrones II Norris Shores: Casey Bryan and Kiersten Clifford

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