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VOL. 8 NO. 23 NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Forum on future of Maynardville The future of downtown Maynardville is the topic of a second meeting by the Community Design Center set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, at the city hall. The first meeting was a brainstorming session in April.
Food distribution ETHRA commodity distribution for Union County will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, at the Paulette Building, 105 Beech Street, Maynardville.
IN THIS ISSUE Back to Bull Run Bonnie Peters has tracked down some more history of the Bull Run community.
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Her report is on page 4
School nurses Sandra Clark revisits the controversial issue of school nurses, set for discussion at the school board meeting which starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the Union County High School auditorium.
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Bringing art to the street By Cindy Taylor From a trackless train to Snow White, from the art of Intarsia to hair bows. On June 1, Maynardville had it all. Art on Main made its way to downtown streets for the 3rd annual Union County Arts Festival. The festival drew more than 50 vendors and welcomed some 800 to 1,000 guests and visitors from Sevierville to Ohio. The festival had the flair and creativity of much larger festivals with handmade art and crafts from artists in Union County and the surrounding areas. Visitors shopped on the street for wood crafts, metal art, stained glass, woven items, paintings, home-canned food and much, much more. There was even an almost lifesize iron dragon available To page 3
Artisan Sharen Smith won Best Demo. Photos by Cindy Taylor
See column on page 4
A great lawn Will Phillips at the Co-op has some friendly advice about keeping your yard healthy. And he doesn’t even ask you to spend money.
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See Will’s column on page 6
Big Ridge app Union County guy O’Neill Bergeron is home from college (Princeton, no less) for the summer and is working with Big Ridge State Park ranger Sarah Nicley and Shannon Perrin to develop a Smartphone app about the park. Libby Morgan says it’s a statewide trend-setter.
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Willow Hopson, 2, and brother Wyatt, 4, enjoy hula hoops and slides on the grounds of the Arts Center during Art on Main.
See her report on page 2
Talking Alabama Marvin West says there’s way too much talk about Alabama-Tennessee football. Just draw up a chair and he will tell you why.
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Phil Campbell clowns around at the festival.
See column on page 5
Marking Walker’s Ford history Civil War Trails marker installed By Libby Morgan
Remembering Photographer Ruth White visited the memorial service at Clapps Chapel United Methodist Church.
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See her photos on Page 8
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A lonely backroad in the farthest northeast corner of Union County may get a few more travelers now that the location’s importance to the actions of the Civil War has been recognized. Prior to the Highway 33 bridge construction in the early 1900s, Walker’s Ford Road was a major thoroughfare, connecting Cumberland Gap to all points south, owing to the best river crossing in the area, Walker’s Ford. Hickory Valley Baptist Church sat next to the crossing, and had to be moved to higher ground when Norris Lake was built in 1936. Deacon Steve Epperson and several others were at the church last Monday to witness the installation of a marker testifying to a
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On hand for the Civil War marker placement are Steve Epperson, Gail Corum, Eddie Smith, Sheriff Earl Loy, J. M. Bailey, Nealie Grizzell, Julie Graham, Bill Cox, Chris Upton, Wayne Roach and Frank Grizzell. Photo by Libby Morgan Civil War skirmish at the ford. detector to find bullets, buckles too, and I have found many ar“I just love to search for things and all kinds of Civil War-era rowheads,” he said. left behind. I’ve used my metal things. The Indians lived here, To page 3
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