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Mowell takes fight to D.C.

Burney

Mowell joined the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (www.pancan.org) on Capitol Hill to call attention to this deadly disease and spur progress in fighting it.

Christy and nearly 500 advocates from across the country traveled to Washington, D.C., on June 17 for the eighth annual Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day to meet with members of Congress and urge them to stomp on pancreatic cancer by stepping up federal research funding for the National Cancer Institute.

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By Libby Morgan

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Modern math Public school teachers who taught for several years can tell, usually in order by name, the educational reforms of their careers. When I was a student at Maynardville Elementary, the “flavor of the season” was modern mathematics.

I don’t suppose any of us students knew we were part of any mathematical movement.

Until grade six things seemed fairly normal.

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Read Ronnie Mincey on page 4

Neyland Stadium “This started out to be a fun story about Neyland Stadium experiences – first game, favorite Volunteer, unforgettable plays, best season for hot dogs.

“Responses drifted in a different direction – ticket costs, band fuss, width of seats, November kickoff times, fans that won’t sit down and a general shortage of common sense,” writes Marvin West.

Then comments turned dark.

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Read Marvin West on page 5

Kaycee’s on her way, goals set Union County High School 2014 valedictorian Kaycee Roark’s life has been like that Johnny Cash song that goes, “I’ve been everywhere, man, I’ve been everywhere…”

She’s been all over the states, even Alaska, and Mexico and Canada, and on lots of cruises, accompanying her dad and his gospel-singing family, The Roarks, on their tours.

But she is firmly rooted in Union County.

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Read Libby Morgan on page 9

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June 28, 2014

Burney Hutchison on his front porch swing.

Photo by Libby Morgan

Jim Woods knows Burney Hutchison. Here’s what he said about his lifelong friend: “A preacher will tell you what you need, where to get it and how much it will cost.

“A pastor will tell you what you need, show you where the help is, stay with you until you get the help you need and then stay in contact with you to make sure you’re doing well.

“A pastor, simply said, is a shepherd.

“Burney Hutchison is a pastor.”

Burney just turned 90, and he spent a good bit of a recent morning on his front porch in Hickory Valley reminiscing about his life in Union County and his World War II experiences.

“There’s a few things I remember, and a few things I’d like to forget, he says in his humble style.

Hutchison is recovering from a broken hip, and says he feels 100 percent, almost.

He points to the home across the way where he was born in 1924.

A little to the right is the cemetery where his beloved wife, Evelyn, was buried just a few months ago, near graves that were moved from the town of Loyston when it was flooded by Norris Lake.

“I didn’t know it was possible to miss somebody that much,” he says.

Burney went to war at age 19, in the Navy amphibious service.

He was on a land and ship tank (LST) and transported tanks to the troops in Normandy.

“Our ship had 50 tanks on one deck. That’s pretty good firepower, if you can get ’em on land. We transported tanks, ammunition Story to page 2; photo album on page 8.

McClure elected in Maynardville; Richardson returned

By Sandra Clark In a low-turnout city election June 24, Maynardville Mayor H.E. “Smiley” Richardson was reelected and will be joined by newcomer Charlie McClure on the City Council.

The unofficial totals were: Richardson, 175; McClure, 159; Marty Smith, 130; and Jeff Chesney, 74.

McClure is pastor of the Church of God at Maynardville. He owns a metal construction business and was an unsuccessful candidate for Union County sheriff.

“I want to help the city. I’ve lived here all my life,” he said.

He expects to take office prior to the council’s July meeting.

The Union County Election

Commission was scheduled to meet on Thursday to certify the results. The commission has just four members with the recent death of Carol Lee Simmons.

Administrator Deborah Viles said early voting will get underway July 18 for the Aug. 7 county elections and state primaries. This summer’s early voting will be at

the Union County High School from 9 a.m. until noon Mondays through Saturdays.

Viles said the move from the Courthouse was required by election laws that restrict candidates near polling places. Since virtually every officeholder is also a candidate, the early voting for Aug. 7 only was moved to the high school.

Schools budget set, moves to Commission

By Sandra Clark Union County Schools has a solid, balanced budget (set to be approved Thursday, June 26, in a special called meeting) to take to County Commission, but that could change if the state cancels its contract with K-12 Inc. that brought the Tennessee Virtual Academy to the state and more than $400,000 to Union County’s school system through a management contract.

Director of Schools Dr. Jimmy Carter told the school board he would contact state Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman about his intentions. But at press time, he had no word from Huffman and said he will submit his budget to the board and commission anticipating continuation of the revenue.

It can be amended later if conditions change.

The commission’s budget and finance committee will meet Tuesday, July 8, and the full commission will meet Monday, July 14, both meetings at 7 p.m. at the courthouse.

New board members: There will be one, maybe three, new school board members after the Aug. 7 election. Incumbent Bill Sexton is not running in District 3. Candidates are Calvin Chesney and Johnny R. Collins. Incum-

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bent Danny Wayne Collins is challenged by Jennifer Mills in District 5. Incumbent Gerald Smith is challenged by Marilyn Toppins in District 7.

Energy upgrades: Nancy McBee presented results of Trane’s energy audit to the school board on June 19. She proposed a $3.1 million improvement package and is asking for a letter of commitment from the Board of Education and the County Commission before starting an engineering audit.

McBee’s plan would gain air conditioning for the middle school at no cost to the system. Similar to Trane contracts in other counties, including Knox, the company would guarantee energy savings of $275,000 per year, enough to repay the bonds for the upgrades.

“This is self-funding with no new taxes, no new expenses,” she said. “We’re looking at (replacing) old equipment, old wiring and old plumbing.” If the promised savings don’t occur, Trane writes a check for the difference, she said.

“And we’ve had to write a few of those.”

Union County has additional needs, McBee said. Trane’s preliminary audit showed needs of $11 million which are outside the scope of her proposal.

Union County Schools, she said, spends $1.97 per square foot

for utilities. The regional average is $1.25 and her proposal will drop Union County to $1.35.

Board member Marty Gibbs said he’s for the plan, Jimmy Carter but he asked detailed questions.

No board member expressed opposition, so Carter said he would take it to County Commission. If approved there, he’ll bring it back to the school board for final approval.

Teacher pay: Carolyn Murr of the Union County Education Association said some teachers’ pay did not go into their checking accounts but went instead to a credit union account.

Finance Director Ann Dyer said, “Every employees knows there is a document (that directs where pay is electronically deposited) that they must come by our office and sign to change it.”

Maynardville Elementary playground: The school board accepted the low bid of $39,821 from Great Southern Recreation for playground improvements at MES. Panic buttons: The board accepted the second low bid of $39,032 from CES for security

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equipment. The bid was recommended by both department head Donald Tharpe and Carter.

Tharpe said the low bidder (CSI at $37,030) did not include two 50inch monitors that are required and listed only the panic buttons without other components that make up the system work.

Two other bids were higher, Progressive at $44,800 and Gallaher at $51,250.

Tina Wilder: Carter said the lawsuit brought by the UC Education Association on behalf of teacher Tina Wilder had been resolved favorably to the school board, which voted to uphold Carter’s termination of Wilder after she pled guilty to a misdemeanor in connection with a prom party at her home at which alcohol was consumed by minors.

Wilder said she was unaware of alcohol and did not provide it to the kids, which included her daughter, and had appealed the board’s decision to court.

In-school clinics: Carter said Lincoln Memorial University has been awarded a grant to look at assisting the school system with in-school clinics.

Next meeting: The next regularly scheduled meeting is Thursday, July 17, with the workshop to start at 6 p.m. followed by the meeting.

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2 • JUNE 28, 2014 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news U.S. Sen. Bob Corker shakes the hand of Christy Mowell on Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.

Mowell works to end pancreatic cancer While the five-year survival rate for cancer overall is 68 percent, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer remains bleak, at just 6 percent. In fact, a recent Pancreatic Cancer Action Network study indicates pancreatic cancer will become the nation’s second leading cause of cancer-related death by 2020.

Time is of the essence if we are going to keep this prediction from becoming a reality, says Christy Mowell of Sharps Chapel.

Mowell joined the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (www.pancan.org) on Capitol Hill to call attention to this deadly disease and spur progress in fighting it.

Christy and nearly 500 advocates from across the country traveled to Wash-

ington, D.C., on June 17 for the eighth annual Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Day to meet with members of Congress and urge them to stomp on pancreatic cancer by stepping up federal research funding for the National Cancer Institute.

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network has long advocated for increased federal support in an effort to improve patient outcomes.

Due to these efforts, the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act was signed into law by President Obama in January 2013, Mowell said.

The act requires the NCI to develop a scientific framework to conduct and support research for recalcitrant cancers, including pancreatic and lung.

In February 2014, the NCI

Christy Mowell strides to bring attention to pancreatic cancer. Photos

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took a critical step in fulfilling the provisions of the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act when it unveiled the “Scientific Framework for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma,” providing specific recommendations for moving forward on four research initiatives to develop early-detection methods and new treatment approaches.

Mowell lost her dad, Andy Winkle, of Maynardville, in November 2011.

Since his death, she has continued his fight against pancreatic cancer to honor his memory. She volunteers with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to create hope for the many others that will be affected by this deadly disease.

Happy Birthday

Sharps Chapel seniors Leona Cotton turned 98 on June 20 and Maggie Dyke turned 87 May 28. Anna Mason, Linda Ball and Bessie DeLozier celebrated birthdays in May at the Union County Senior Center.

Photos submitted

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Reviving by raising a song You would have to hear Jim Woods’ deep, rich voice to believe it. You’d think you’re listening to a big star because his pitch is perfect, the music is finely textured and the lyrics are profound.

And it’s obvious the recording, mixing and mastering were done by a pro.

Jim’s just finished his first version of “Revive Me,” an album of mostly original songs, with all of the tracks of the different instruments played by him, too.

Being the perfectionist he is, he still wants to tweak it, but if you want a copy, stop by his music store on Hwy. 33 about halfway between Maynardville city limits and the Knox County line and ask him to pull one out for you.

“This has been such a positive experience. The

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Holy Ghost has been with us. I’ve put as much of the Lord in it as I possibly could,” Woods says of the album, “And now it’s up to the listener to get Him off.”

The “us” includes John Taylor, a sound engineer, who runs the equipment in the newly-installed recording studio at Woods Music Store.

Taylor says the set-up is ready for sessions, and the pair hopes to bring in those musicians and singers who

Austin Angel wins first place in the Art on Main student art exhibit for his acrylic and wood collage, “Frog.” Photo submitted

Jim Woods and John Taylor at work in the Woods Music sound studio. want professional recording done at reasonable prices.

We love Burney and troops. I can’t tell how many subs were chasing us. We always had to keep a watchful eye.”

He was also all over the Pacific on Navy ships. He was discharged in Memphis in 1946.

Burney Basil Hutchison (that’s BAY-zel, not bazzel like J. Basil Mull,” he quickly says) and Evelyn Cupp married after he returned from the war.

“Evelyn grew up where the rattlesnakes and copperheads were, back up Hines Creek about a mile. Some of these guys were afraid to go over there where all those snakes were, and I stole her away. We went to Georgia to get married because you had to be 21 in Tennessee and she was 18,” he says.

“This was my uncle’s property, and I got the chance to buy it when they settled the estate in 1956.

Can you imagine, 23 acres at that time was $3,000.

We’ve been here 56 years and as far as I know, I’ll be here until I go to my eternal

From page 1 home.”

Burney and Evelyn raised two sons in the brick home they built: Denny, who is around to give his dad frequent taxi service, and Larry, who resides in Raleigh. One of the grandsons is raising his family across the road.

Burney’s regular job for decades was at Dempster Brothers, where, he says, “You got an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work.”

“We went on vacation every year. I’d save up $500 for our vacations. We visited all but four of the states. Evelyn really liked to travel.

A week is all we ever took.

I’d get homesick any longer than that.”

Hutchison served on the school board during the time Big Ridge Elementary was built. He was on county commission for 21 years. He was also road commissioner. He is a member of the Tri-County Honor Guard.

“I’ve been serving this church on the corner up here for 37 years, he says,

referring to Valley Grove at Hickory Valley and Hwy. 61.

“I probably did 350 funerals, and I have no idea how many I’ve married.

And I’ve baptized a many at Big Ridge Lake.

“I told them I’ve been serving long enough and I can’t do like I used to do in the past, but they want me to stay. It’s good they’ve got four ministers ’sides me,” he says.

The Rev. Burney Hutchison demonstrated professionalism and friendship when he preached the funeral for Dorothy Williams (mother of Ralph and Union County Mayor Mike). He arrived at the funeral home in a sharply pressed suit to bring a message of comfort and hope to the gathered mourners. And then he returned home to care for his beloved Evelyn, who passed away just two days later on Dec. 2.

Burney Hutchison: Soldier, husband, pastor and all-around great Union County guy.

Taylor’s company, Taylor Systems Design, has installed about 300 church sound systems in the East Tennessee area.

“You just can’t find a singer/songwriter like Jim these days. His songs are stories of things he has experienced. He has the background to write about his deep faith, from his real life.

“Union County, with all the musical talent here, needs a monthly music concert for TV. We hope to move toward that as we get further into recording here,” says Taylor.

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Student art winners named

Art on Main’s student art contest had great participation from area youngsters.

The exhibit was set up with a lot of hard work by Gloria and Eric Holcomb in the little Dr. Carr office on the grounds of the festival.

First place ribbons were awarded to Austin Angel and Valerie Crist.

Second place goes to Destiny Cary and Leslie Beeler, and third place is Courtney Booth and Ross Richnafsky.

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Photo by Libby Morgan

Li’l Jo’s gives ‘fourth’

Li’l Jo’s keeps on expanding – the marketing, the menu and the special events.

Coming up next is their July 4th promo: During July, every fourth customer who enters the restaurant will be given a free “Sam’ich” (with a $5 limit).

It might be fun watching people jockeying at the door to get that fourth place.

And, a new burger has been added to the menu, made from fresh sirloin ground in their kitchen.

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opinion Modern memories

Public school teachers who taught for several years can tell, usually in order by name, the educational reforms of their careers.

When I was a student at Maynardville Elementary, the “flavor of the season” was modern mathematics.

I don’t suppose any of us students knew we were part of any mathematical movement. Until grade six things seemed fairly normal.

Hazel Butcher taught counting to 100; Leah Wolfe, simple addition and subtraction; Florence Chesney, “borrowing,” “carrying,” and multiplication tables to six; Wanza Sharp, long division, fractions, and multiplication tables to nine; Polly Dyer reviewed all this and added measurement and basic geometry.

All this was taught in “base ten,” in which “10” meant “10.” Even if I didn’t understand the technicality of what “carrying” and “borrowing” meant, I could do the process and get the right answers.

And then we hit sixth and seventh grades with its departmentalized math taught by Raymond Johnson. I remember Mr. Johnson on his first day as our math teacher in 1976 having us write from memory the multiplication tables. That was the last normal elementary math lesson I remember.

The next thing I knew we were being taught base five (in which “5” equaled “10”), base six (in which “6” equaled “10”), etc. This was only the beginning of new concepts that seemed to go against everything I had learned in the first five grades. I now know that such instruction was the

Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME basis for higher math such as algebra and computer programming languages, but in sixth and seventh grade it was meaningless.

I remember one specific day in Mr. Johnson’s seventh grade math class.

I had no interest in the lesson, but I sure was enjoying my talk with Amy Richardson, who sat behind me. The next thing I know Raymond Johnson pointed his paddle straight at me and said, “Ronnie, I’m gonna’ get ye in a minute!”

I forgot all about Amy Richardson and focused my eyes, mind and attention on Raymond Johnson and the joys of that wonderful text “Modern Mathematics through Discovery.”

Alas, I could not understand one word that Mr. Johnson was saying, it seemed. He explained everything two or three different ways, and I hadn’t learned one way before he moved to the next. I remember thanking him for a “C” one six weeks, and he said, “You earned it, Ronnie.” He was truly a gracious man.

Perhaps I learned more from Mr. Johnson than I thought. Later I was to make “straight As” in Fundamentals of Mathematics at Lincoln Memorial University during my freshman year – I did so well the instructor told me I should have been a math major.

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The peril of weeding Weeding is not new to me by any means. I’m an experienced weeder. My mother was a successful flowergrower extraordinaire, and she required her children to know flowers and keep the flower beds in tip-top shape.

Bonnie Peters

I’ve had flower beds of my own since 1957. In years past I’ve overcome mosquitos, chiggers and ticks; but at the 2014 first season weeding of my flower beds, something pierced through my gardening gloves and into my left index finger.

I tried the usual picking it out with a needle. It hurt, didn’t work; then I hoped it would fester and just pop out. When that didn’t happen, I thought maybe wart remover would peel off enough skin and the culprit would just pop out – didn’t work, didn’t happen.

After about a month I finally made an appointment with a hand surgeon and thought he’d have that “briar or splinter” out and I’d be on my way in 15 minutes.

Modern math was replaced by Governor Alexander’s “Back to the Basics” movement by the time I began teaching third grade in 1987. Now there is Common Core, and only time will tell its fate.

Raymond Johnson lives in memory as a man who could get my attention.

Next week, another unique way revealed for getting attention.

Dr. Ronnie Mincey is supervisor for federal programs, Union County Schools.

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When I checked in at the surgeon’s office, the “process” began with X-rays.

After a few minutes the doctor came in and confirmed that – yes, I had “something” in my finger – but no, he wouldn’t remove it right then.

There are too many nerves that might be damaged, he said. He would do the surgery at a one-day surgery center where they were better equipped. He made the concession that if I were willing for him to do the surgery under local anesthesia it would save me (and my insurance company) $800. That was a deal!

On June 18, I showed up at one-day surgery. The doctor was delayed and came two hours later. By that time I was already stripped down and in one of those BIG gowns, then hooked up to electrocardiogram, pulse ox to check my oxygen and blood pressure cuff.

Then my hand and arm got scrubbed with Betadine solution up to the elbow and then wrapped in a swaddling cloth. My feet were now cold and I got another “warmed” blanket.

The surgeon arrived and I was rushed to the operating room and greeted by three RNs. The first – a male nurse – had me lay my arm on a roller table and he proceeded to massage about a cup of COLD Iodine gel from my elbow to finger tips.

My arm and hand looked like something out of a horror movie. I would love to have a picture, but couldn’t bring my camera into the operating room. He then sealed my arm from fingers to elbow in a knit sock of sorts – fingers enclosed.

He placed a tourniquet above the elbow and another nurse stretched a paper sheet between two IV poles to block my view and

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Dress code for school staff School personnel won’t be getting a raise, but some may have to upgrade their outfits anyhow.

The school board adopted a dress code for employees at the June meeting.

The “big three” rules are these: ■ Be physically clean, well groomed and neat; ■ Dress in a manner reflecting an employee’s position and status; ■ Avoid health and safety hazards through appropriate dress and grooming.

Any exception must be approved by the employee’s principal or immediate supervisor.

Examples of unacceptable attire include: damaged, faded or dirty clothing; beach attire including flip flops; see-through clothing; shirt or blouse buttons open beyond the mid-point of the chest or low-cut tops; T-shirts worn with jeans and tennis shoes.

School logo T-shirts can be worn with casual pants

such as khakis and should fit appropriately as to not look messy and unprofessional.

Nobody but P.E. teachers can wear sweatpants, sweatshirts or similar clothing.

Jeans can only be worn with appropriate professional blouses, sweaters or blazers and casual shoes.

Jeans cannot be faded, ripped or frayed.

Outlawed are cutoffs, tights, hats and caps.

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regulated the tourniquet.

The surgeon entered and announced they were ready to go. The third nurse’s job, I suppose, was to assist the surgeon with needle, scalpel, etc.

The surgeon announced a “little sting” from the needle, then another “little sting” and bam my hand is numb. The tourniquet kicks in – it hurts, but not just awful. I can feel a little something that doesn’t hurt and the surgeon announces “It’s out” and he will do one stitch.

The stitch is finished, the hand is bandaged and I’m out to recovery room where I guzzled down an apple juice and a coffee, dressed and signed out with a driver.

The procedure took five minutes, but the process took four hours.

The feeling came back in my hand in about 12 hours.

You will be reading this before I get the stitch out, but I can remove most of the bandage in a week. After that a band aid will do until the stitch is out and the finger healed. I should have the pathology report in a few weeks.

Wonderful surgeon – wonderful nurses, but they don’t need me to advertise for them. In the meantime –“Weeder now needed, extra heavy gardening gloves required.”

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Neyland Stadium experiences This started out to be a fun story about Neyland Stadium experiences – first game, favorite Volunteer, unforgettable plays, best season for hot dogs.

Responses drifted in a different direction – ticket costs, band fuss, width of seats, November kickoff times, fans that won’t sit down and a general shortage of common sense.

One comment really hurt: Does anybody care?

Tennessee, like many other sports operations, has an attendance problem.

Sellouts are a thing of the past. High-def on big home screens shares the blame with the run-down economy and disappointing teams.

Tennessee, in self-defense, has tried to reverse the decline. It hired a professional marketing team to

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sell more tickets. It offered deep discounts for some games to reduce that empty feeling. Stadium improvements are all around, from the food court to the DJ. Oops, wild and crazy noise is part of the pain for some.

Nate Harrison pushed me over the edge from entertainment writer to constructive critic. This longtime fan, born in Bristol, now residing at Sale Creek, was a $5,000 contributor and bronze ticketholder.

He prefaced his remarks with a tidbit about being displaced by the Tennessee Terrace. His new seat selection letter went to an old address. He ended up in section C, sun in eyes for afternoon games.

He told of two young women who chose to stand in front of him and his wife.

He asked them to sit down and received a rude response. He asked an usher for help. The girls sat down until the usher departed.

He again asked the usher for help. The usher said he really couldn’t do anything.

He asked a police officer for help. The officer said his hands were tied, no rules, no policy.

Harrison and his wife decided in the second quarter to give up and go away.

A person at Gate 10 asked

A child of God People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it. And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.

(Mark 10: 13-16 NRSV) I remember fondly the preacher who preached on the “I am” sayings of Jesus: I am the gate for the sheep; I am the Good Shepherd; I am the light of the world; I am the way, the Truth, and the Life. The preacher used a refrain technique, saying contradictory phrases, such as “He is a gate, but he’s not a gate.” “He is a door, but he’s not a door.” “He is a shepherd, but he’s not a

shepherd.”

I was a teenager; I understood what he was up to.

But I worried about the children. Were they listening?

Would they be confused?

Jesus’ use of metaphor was a masterful technique of giving his disciples (then and now) word pictures that help us see him for who he really is. We can get all tangled up in theological terms, and in the mysteries of the

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Incarnation, and miss the man altogether.

The Pharisees and Sadducees were pretty uptight about Jesus’ theology. They wanted to argue with him, to debate the issues, to prove their own points. The common folk, on the other hand, wanted to hear him, to be near him, to touch him. They came in droves, in multitudes to sit at his feet.

Ah, but the children!

They came to him and scrambled up on his lap.

They probably pulled at his beard, and leaned against his chest. He was comfort-

where they were going. Nate explained the dilemma. The gate attendant asked them to return to their seats with him. He talked to the usher, the usher again talked to the girls. They announced boldly that they were cheering for the Vols and would not sit down.

The Harrisons went home early. Nate said he sent a letter to athletic director Dave Hart. He did not receive a response. He reduced his VASF contribution by half.

His seats moved to CC. This past September he and his wife took her mother to a game. The heat hurt. An usher suggested a visit to the first-aid station and requested a wheelchair.

The threesome went into the concourse to wait in the shade.

Help arrived in 20 min-

able with that, apparently enjoyed it, because he himself had younger brothers and sisters, and probably nieces and nephews.

Jesus also knew that, unlike the Pharisees and Sadducees, the children and the common folk had no agenda. They did not come to debate; they came to learn.

They came because this man was different: he knew God in a personal way that the people did not. When he spoke, it was with authority, with knowledge, with a unison of purpose and plan with the Almighty.

Jesus was different. One of us (which was the whole point of the Incarnation), but different.

So, to explain himself, he used word pictures: a door, a gate, a shepherd. Way, truth, life.

Faith, hope, love.

utes. By then, Mrs. Harrison and her mother had decided to leave. Harrison asked if there was a cart outside that could help his mother-inlaw to their car. Yes, yes of course.

Ten minutes later, Nate asked how long the wait would be. Forty minutes.

Mrs. Harrison decided to go get the car. At Gate 21, Mr. Harrison explained the situation and asked if he could assist his mother-inlaw to an appointed meeting place and return to the game. The answer was no, if you go out, you are out, no exceptions.

They walked out and there was a four-wheeler.

The driver didn’t know about the call for help but was happy to assist. Nate asked why he was told it would take 40 minutes to get a cart. The driver said “We don’t communicate well.”

Harrison was puzzled.

He called the VASF number

to see if there was a way he could return to the game.

The recording said to call back during business hours.

Nate Harrison’s conclusion: “It seems that the UTAD can communicate very clearly when raising money, but is tone deaf when it comes to follow-up with customers.”

I, being a very old grad with a gentle disposition and helpful attitude, forwarded this and other valuable information to UT, to old friend Chris Fuller, senior associate athletics director for development and external ops (whatever that is).

I received a warm greeting, a sincere thank you, brief but interesting commentary and a referral to David Elliott, assistant athletics director for event management.

His insightful remarks are coming soon.

And we, like small children clamoring onto his lap, find comfort and welcome in his arms. We find strength, and peace, and hope, and love.

Here’s the thing, however. Get close enough to Jesus, stay close enough for a period of time, and you will find you get something else: challenge.

There is a cost to discipleship.

The twelve learned it and paid it – all of them – one

way and another. When you get too close to Jesus, in addition to the peace and joy and fellowship and learning, you will get to know him, but you also will be asked to serve. You will be called to do something that is beyond your comfort zone. You will be stretched and pulled and used to God’s purposes.

And that is how you will know that you are God’s own beloved child, and God will pull you up onto His lap and bless you.

(Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com)

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Touring Old Gray Cemetery

By Sara Barrett

Meet the interns!

Katie Sasse will be a 9th grader at the career magnet a c a d e m y.

She lives in the Strawberry Plains area and her favorite place in K nox v ille is the Sunsphere.

If Sasse Katie could have lunch with one person, she would love a sit down with Abraham Lincoln. She would love to have been present at the “I Have a Dream� speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If her house were burning, Katie would grab her picture album, her favorite book and her favorite stuffed animal.

Kaila Bond will be in the 9th grade at Karns High in the fall.

If she could have lunch with one c e l e b r i t y, it would be singer Ariana Grande, so there is no surprise Bond that if Kaila were stranded on a desert island, she would want Grande’s song “Problem� with her. If her house were on fire, Kaila would grab her Bible, Kindle and money. If she could go back in time, Kaila would like to experience the days of “Little House on the Prairie.�

Laken Scott will be a 9th grader at Hardin Valley Academy this year.

Her favorite part about Knoxville is dow ntow n and Market Square. If she could travel back Scott in time she would like to see the creation of the bomb at Oak Ridge National Laboratories. If Laken’s house were on fire, she would be sure to grab money, her passport and a laptop. If stranded on a deserted island, she would have the complete works of Sherlock Holmes and a fully stocked fridge on hand.

Abbey Underwood will be a 9th grader at Carter High School in the fall.

Her favorite place in Knoxville is the zoo and she loves photography. If she were able Underwood to go back in time, Abbey would like to experience the ’50s or the ’60s. If her house were burning, you can bet that she would grab her phone, her purse and her computer.

Luke Hemmings would be the ideal lunch date for Abbey if she had the opportunity to meet him.

Tour guide Laura Still from Knoxville Walking Tours led the group on a leisurely stroll through the Old Gray Cemetery, 13 acres of beauty and history in Old North Knoxville.

She explained that a graveyard is attached to a church, but a cemetery can be used by anyone and can serve several churches.

Gray opened in 1851, but since it was two miles from town, folks thought it was too far to go for burials.

They began using the spot as a picnic area.

Most were buried here from 1860-1910, with some 9,000 buried there to date.

Odd monuments shaped like tree stumps are strewn throughout the cemetery.

Still said they were sold to Woodmen of America’s insurance policy holders as part of a package deal.

Still said we shouldn’t clean monuments because it destroys them. She also discouraged “rubbings� of grave stones unless it is a member of your own family. The cemetery has been named an arboretum because of its lush greenery, she said.

Still hopes more folks will visit the cemetery since so much of Knoxville’s history rests here. Literally.

She has a book of ghost stories coming out in the fall.

The only male statue in Old Gray Cemetery is a confederate soldier that guards the graves of two brothers. While they did not die battle, both fought in the

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Horace Maynard was one of many historical figures buried in the Old Gray Cemetery. Photo by Charlie Hamilton Civil War and wanted to do something upon their death to honor their service.

Notables buried at Old Gray include: â– Thomas William Humes â– Lillian Gaines, age 7 at death, and her monument is a likeness of her. Still said it looks so much like the girl, her family brought tokens such as small toys and bubbles to leave at the statue.

People still do this today. ■Lizzie Cozier French, suffragist ■Robert Love Taylor’s grave is empty because his family moved him. He ran for governor in 1886 against his brother. Taylor was a senator so popular that

40,000 people attended his funeral, which was held in Market Square. ■Artist Anna Catherine Wiley ■Sneed Family, owners of the Lamar House Hotel where the Bijou is now. ■Peter Kern of Kerns Bakery is buried here. He got off the train in Knoxville the day Burnside invaded so instead of rejoining the military as he has planned (because he would have opposed Burnside) he learned a trade and became a baker. He also opened a shop on Market Square and, according to Still, “changed the face of Knoxville retail� by selling everything related to fun – fireworks,

party supplies, candy, etc.

He was also the first retailer in Knoxville to decorate his windows for Christmas. ■William Brownlow, founder of The Whig newspaper, Tennessee governor (1865-69) and U.S. Senator (1869 to 1875). ■E.C. Camp, who owned the Greystone building and is said to haunt it today ■Artist Lloyd Branson ■Thomas O’Connor, who shot Joseph Mabry and his son ■Charles McGhee Tyson has a monument. A pilot, his family donated 60 acres in West Knox for an airport in his memory after he was shot down and lost at sea during World War I. McGhee Tyson Airport is named for him. ■Novelist Virginia Rosalee Coxe has an angel statue on her grave. The angel’s right hand was stolen, which Still thinks is poignant because Coxe was right-handed. Rumor has it that Coxe walks the cemetery at night looking for her right hand.

Also in the cemetery is a stainless steel monument with one rusty panel – rumored to have been a dropoff for moonshine.

Info: Knoxville Walking Tours: 309-4522 or www. knoxtour.com/.

Evelyn and Rush Strong Hazen are buried in the cemetery as were Evelyn’s father, Joseph Mabry III, and her grandfather, Joseph Mabry Jr. Photo by Charlie Hamilton

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The interns got another glimpse into Knoxville history thanks to a walking tour provided by Laura Still at the Old Gray Cemetery. Photos by R. White

Following lunch, the interns played pinball and pool in the game room before heading out to the vintage shops in Happy Holler.

Pictured inside the Tea Room are Donna Mitchell, Charlie Hamilton, Joshua Mode, Leila Hennon, Julia Grant, Laken Scott, Zoe Risley, Katie Sasse, Kaila Bond and Abbey Underwood.

Do you really know Knoxville?

By Donna Mitchell If you’re anything like me, then you wish Knoxville were more interesting.

You wish there was something about it worth sharing when you meet people from other cities and states.

Look no further; this article will blow your once-narrow mind with some pretty big Knoxville history that exists in just one area!

Our first visit was to the Mabry-Hazen House, which holds three generations of historical artifacts.

In a lot of ways the history is much like that of the Hatfields and McCoys. Joseph Alexander Mabry Jr. was one of Knoxville’s most influential people; he held a large number of slaves. He was a trustee of the college that became the University of Tennessee and served as

president of the Kentucky and Knoxville railroad.

In 1853, he and his brother-in-law donated land to the public. It’s known today as Market Square. Mabry built his Italianate home after marrying Laura Evelyn Hayes. His untimely death occurred when local banker Thomas O’Connor shot him over a land dispute in 1882. The shooting, which occurred in broad daylight, ended the lives of Mabry Jr.’s son and O’Connor.

Mabry’s daughter went on to marry Rush Strong Hazen and together they had the last inhabitant of the house, Evelyn Hazen.

Down the street is Morningside Park, home of the Alex Haley Statue, created by renowned artist Tina Allen. Alex Haley, born in 1921, was a writer best

known for his 1976 book “Roots.” Haley was an exceptional student as he enrolled at Alcorn A&M College at age 15. He left school at 17 to enlist in the Coast Guard for a 20-year career.

After success with the “Autobiography of Malcolm X,” Haley engaged in a new project tracing the history of his ancestor’s journey from Africa to America. He published his work, “Roots,” in 1976 resulting in a global interest in genealogy as well as easing racial tension in America. Until then no one had given such a real view of slavery, the book went on to be adapted into a film and win a special Pulitzer Prize.

A few miles away sits Old Gray Cemetery, open since 1851. The cemetery, originally thought to be in a bad location, contains over

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9,000 bodies, most buried between 1860 and 1910.

The cemetery has a large presence of Union and Confederate soldiers, but also has other very important people.

The bodies of the Rev. Thomas William Humes, the Hazen family, Lizzie Crozier French, Robert Love Taylor and Peter Kern were buried in Old Gray Cemetery. Next to the cemetery is the national cemetery for the Union soldiers, established in 1864.

After reading this, I hope your mind has been stretched to a new dimension.

Knoxville really does have interesting history; you just have to find it! Now stop reading this and go explore this historical city!

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Charlie Hamilton discovers pinball in the game room at the Time Warp Tea Room. Photo by R. White

Time Warp Tea Room sizzles Owner Dan Moriarty is like a favorite uncle you like to visit who has lots of neat old stuff to look at. The chicken salad is his wife’s recipe, and even upon your first visit you’re treated like a regular.

Jukeboxes play oldies and arcade games still run on quarters. Moriarty even showed the interns a trick to get one to work without any money.

The kids spent a few minutes playing pool in the

game room and looking at the vintage shirts hanging along the wall which included one from Cas Walker’s grocery store.

After leaving Time Warp, we swung by Tree Griffin’s shop Retrospect for a look at all things vintage. Intern Kaila Bonds was intrigued by a View Master, but Ruth White had to show her how to use it. There’s nothing like the interns to make the tour leaders feel old.

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Burney and Evelyn through the years, the love story continues ‘I didn’t know it was possible to miss somebody that much.’

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‘A pastor will tell you what you need, show you where the help is, stay with you until you get the help you need and then stay in contact with you to make sure you’re doing well.

‘Burney Hutchison is a pastor.’

The Hutchisons in recent Evelyn poses by the car she and Burney drove to Georgia to get years. married, in front of the house where Burney was born.

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Kaycee’s on her way: UCHS valedictorian charts career path Her parents, Travis and tumbling and went through Cheryl Lay Roark, have therapy for that. raised her in the commu“I job-shadowed last year nity where her mother’s at a clinic. I really liked family has lived for many the way a therapist helps decades. people, and the way they Kaycee’s dad moved to are so connected with their Union County when he patients,” she says of her atwas in the sixth grade, and traction to the career. the Roarks have created a Kaycee cheered and recording studio in their played tennis at UCHS, and 170-year-old farmhouse. says of the school, “I liked Kaycee works in the stu- how it was smaller so everydio duplicating at least 500 one knows everyone.

CDs a week; assembling, “I have the mindset to packaging and sending achieve something in my them off to the many musi- life, and I would have had cal groups who record there. that mindset anywhere.

Kaycee’s future looks You’re either going to study bright, and she’s very deci- or you’re not. sive about it. She will begin “Union County has the her studies at Milligan Col- best health science program lege on a tennis scholarship anywhere around. I learned to study pre-physical thera- a ton of stuff in my health py, and plans to continue for classes. a doctorate.

“The health instructors “A long time ago I went have gotten grants for the ly supervise students), class with my aunt to physical equipment in their classenrollments are capped at therapy for her ACL, and room, and they even have a 20 per CTE class, making I injured my wrist while complete interior of an amthe numbers difficult for principals when they are trying to stretch their resources to accommodate their student populations.

Lawson said his program has been cut by nearly $2

By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC million in salaries in recent years and will have five fewer positions this fall (two wrap the bag in a towel.

If you understand the of them at Halls), although roles of ice, heat and exerHeat, on the other Knox County Schools recise, you can help yourself hand, increases the flow ports that 9,598 students dealing with the discomof blood to an injured area enrolled in CTE classes last and speeds the healing fort of low back pain. year, and enrollment is exprocess. You can apply The first step you should pected to hold steady. take, though, if you’re heat in several differThe new career magnet ent ways. A conventional experiencing back pain is academy, where Halls teachto see a chiropractor. The heating pad is one way. Or er Mike Blankenship has you could heat a moistchiropractor can explain been assigned, will be enrollened towel in a microhow best to use ice, heat ing 120 freshman this fall, and exercise. wave. Your local pharwith one grade to be added Ice is effective in reduc- macy will also have an annually until enrollment ing inflammation and eas- array of heat-producing tops out at 500. Students ing pain. Three repetitions products. will choose an area of conThe third part of the of 10 minutes on and 10 centration from Advanced minutes off should bring equation here may be the Manufacturing, Homeland relief. Never, incidentally, most important: exercise.

Security, Sustainable Living You can cut down on the put ice directly against or Teacher Preparation. likelihood of needing to your skin. A good way to Net operating cost of the apply ice or heat to an make an ice pack is to put CTE magnet is expected to injury if you keep your cubes in a plastic bag and be $1.2 million per year.

By Libby Morgan

Kaycee Roark, 2014 UCHS Valedictorian, at work in her family’s recording studio, Chapel Valley Studio in Sharps Chapel. Photo submitted

Union County High School 2014 valedictorian Kaycee Roark’s life has been like that Johnny Cash song that goes, “I’ve been everywhere, man, I’ve been everywhere…”

She’s been all over the states, even Alaska, and Mexico and Canada, and on lots of cruises, accompanying her dad and his gospelsinging family, The Roarks, on their tours.

But she is firmly rooted in Union County.

Following the money: Furrow flips building for $5 million profit

By Betty Bean Why did the state buy a decrepit block building at the edge of nowhere – near the Strawberry Plains I-40 exit – for a Pellissippi State Community College branch campus?

How did Pellissippi State attract Knox County Schools to build a new magnet school in the basement of the former Philips Electronics building at a time when it was closing down community vocational schools, like the agricultural education program at Halls?

And how did a local investors group double its money in five years?

Turns out that reporter Walter F. Roche Jr. of the Tennessean covered this part of the story nearly two years ago, with a long, detailed account of how a group of speculators led

by Sam Furrow bought low and sold high after enlisting the help of Gov. Bill Haslam’s chief of staff when the deal to unload the 220,000-square-foot building wasn’t moving fast enough.

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Roche reported that the building required some $16 million in repairs.

Pellissippi started classes in September 2012, a few months after Knox County Superintendent Jim McIntyre put a career and technical school in his strategic plan.

Don Lawson, Knox County’s director of career and technical education, said he pitched the idea to Pellissippi State President Anthony Wise one day over lunch. Wise was enthusiastic, since Pellissippi was only utilizing about 20 percent of the building. A year later, the school board voted to approve McIntyre’s plan to shift nearly $4 million in funding for renovations at Pond Gap Elementary School to the new CTE magnet.

Lawson has been struggling to preserve CTE since becoming its supervisor.

Although the state funds CTE at a rate of nearly 250 percent of regular academic classes (due mostly to the cost of equipping classrooms with state-of-the-industry tools and machinery and keeping classes small enough for teachers to close-

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Her mom, Cheryl, teaches second grade at the school she attended, Sharps Chapel Elementary.

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“Kaycee probably had an advantage having a mother who is a teacher, except when it came to math!”

Kaycee isn’t the only high-achieving daughter of Travis and Cheryl.

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Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner The busy film director/ cinematographer has always unflinchingly followed his creative spirit. After a lifetime of producing and filming 30-second spots for the advertising industry, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready to present the fruits of his â&#x20AC;&#x153;visual voiceâ&#x20AC;? in a more up-close-and-personal setting, and he wants you to join in.

His current passion is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rainy Day People,â&#x20AC;? which began life as a photographic series intended for galleries and art museums. Underwood has always loved rain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My whole career has been: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wow! Look at that!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rain makes the world more visually stunning.â&#x20AC;? His eye has led him to shoot rainy day pictures in many corners of the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; France, Hungary, Germany. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then,â&#x20AC;? he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started exploring

Film director, cinematographer and fine photographic artist Michael Underwood is at home in his Old City office. Behind him is a large print from his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rainy Day Peopleâ&#x20AC;? series. Photo by Michael Underwood not just the Parises and Budapests of the world, but the Knoxvilles. Places like Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Waxahachie, Texas.â&#x20AC;?

Born and raised in Germany, Underwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life has always been peripatetic.

His American father met his German mother in the mid-1940s at the Nuremberg trials. At that time his father was a military guard, escorting prisoners to and from the courtroom. His mother had found work â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and a way out of post-war impoverishment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in a res-

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When Underwood was 17, his family moved to Texas, where the young outsider began to find acceptance in his high schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drama department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Acting saved my life!â&#x20AC;? he declares. He won numerous awards and entered the University of Texas at Austin on a drama scholarship. But he eventually realized that he â&#x20AC;&#x153;wanted to be behind the camera,â&#x20AC;? and enrolled in the newly-formed UT Austin School of Radio, Television and Film.

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He began his professional career at a small Waco, Texas, TV station and followed various business and creative leads, eventually coming to Knoxville in 1988 to work for the advertising firm Davis-Newman-Payne. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knoxville was lovely,â&#x20AC;? he recalls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was so green, especially after coming from Texas. It reminded me of Germany.â&#x20AC;? He and his wife, Cindy, soon settled in Fountain City, which he calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;a gem.â&#x20AC;?

One of his DNP ad campaigns â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mama Kernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Fillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;er Up â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Keep on Truckinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cafeâ&#x20AC;? spots featuring Mavis â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was well-known to 1970s East Tennessee audiences.

When Scripps came to town and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;HGTV eraâ&#x20AC;? was in its infancy, he was hired to head up an inhouse film division. But he grew weary of the executive life and when Scripps downsized and discontinued his department, he decided to start his own company.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when Tantrum Pictures was born.

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â&#x2013; Central High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class of 1949 will hold its 66th reunion 11 a.m. Saturday, July 26, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Lunch will be served at noon. Info: Mary Frances

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â&#x2013; Halls High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class of 1964 will kick off its 50th class reunion with a cookout at Dan Bolingerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house, Friday, Aug. 1, and dinner and dancing will be held Saturday, Aug. 2, at Beaver Brook Country Club.

â&#x2013; Halls High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class of 1959 will hold its 55th reunion Friday, Aug. 29, at Beaver Brook Country Club.

Info: Dickie George, 922-7145. â&#x2013; Ye Olde Burlington Gang will have its annual reunion 6 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at Macedonia United Methodist Church, 4630 Holston Drive.

Bring a potluck dish. Free and open to anyone who grew up in Burlington from the 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on. Info: Betsy Pickle, 577-2231.

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â&#x2013; Central High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class of 1979 will hold its 35th reunion 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 16, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Cost is $30 before Friday, July 11.

Casual dress code. Info: Tracey Whedbee Long, tracey3801@ bellsouth.net or Linda Beeler Price, 661-9485 or llinda21@ juno.com.

Looking for lost classmates Ruby Beeler, Joyce Ellis, Carol Helton, Judy McCoy, Frances Toppins, Carol Wilson and Mary Weaver Small. Info: Dan Bolinger, 922-2116 or Charlotte Hackney Jellicorse, 688-8042.

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And now Underwood has launched a series of books featuring the evocative, colorful and often mysterious prints. Great care was taken in selecting the materials â&#x20AC;&#x201C; paper, binding, finishes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and just holding one of them imparts a feeling of comfort.

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The man who has never ignored his creative impulses will occasionally advise young film students who visit Tantrum Pictures offices for guidance. For them he has one question. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What would you do,â&#x20AC;? he asks, â&#x20AC;&#x153;if you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid?â&#x20AC;?

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THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 29 Oakes Daylily Festival, Oakes Daylilies, Luttrell Road, Corryton. Oakes Daylily Festival. Live music, food vendors. Daylilies and other perenniels for sale.

Free event. Info: http://www.oakesdaylilies.com/about.

THROUGH FRIDAY, JULY 11 Registration open for the Crown Education Camp for students in grades 7-12. Three tracks available: Crown Music Camp, Crown STEM Camp and Crown Vocational Skills Camp. Info/preregistration: http://thecrowncollege.com/educationcamp or 1-877-MY-CROWN.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 19 Early registration for Upward Football/ Cheer signups, $75. Registration between July 19 and Aug. 11, $90. Info/to register and pay: 219-8673; www.corrytonchurch.com and go to the “Upward” link; on Facebook, Corryton Church Upward Sports League; Twitter, @CorrytonUpward.

THROUGH SATURDAY, AUG. 23 Registration open for Lakeside of the Smokies Triathlon: 1.5k open water swim on Douglas Lake, 40k bike ride on rolling rural roads and 10k run on rolling roads. Info/to register: 250-3618 or http:// racedayevents.net/events/lakeside-of-the-smokiestriathlon/.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28 Open jam session bluegrass, country, gospel music; 7 p.m.; old Rush Strong School, Leadmine Bend Road in Sharps Chapel. Free admission. Refreshments.

Donations appreciated. All invited.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Thunder Road Classics Car Show to benefit Mary Cooper Cox, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Union County Courthouse parking lot. Entry fee: $25. Food, bake sale, door prizes, trophies.

VBS Fun Day and Fourth of July celebration, noon-4 p.m., Little Flat Creek Baptist Church in Corryton. Carnival games, inflatables, food. Info: 332-0473.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge outdoor stage or Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

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Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5 per person. Live music provided by the Nigel Boulton band. Info: 9220416.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road.

Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road.

Info: 947-6210.

Can it, Pickle it, Dehydrate it and and Store It, 2-3:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Shirley Butter will take you through the steps of canning with a pressure cooker, pickling using a water bath and the how’s and why’s of a basic dehydrator. Info: 922-2552.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29 Auditions for WordPlayers’ production of “Steel Magnolias,” 3-5 p.m. by appointment. Seeking women ages 35+ for roles of Truvy, Clairee and Ouiser. For appointment: 539-2490 or email wordplayers@comcast. net. Info: www.wordplayers.org.

Piano concert featuring Jim O’Connor, 2 p.m., Shannondale Presbyterian Church, 4600 Tazewell Pike.

FRIDAY, JULY 4 Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

Concert on the Commons, 7-9 p.m., Norris Town Commons. Featuring: Hot Shot Freight Train.

Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info/ schedule: www.facebook.com/pages/Concerts-On-TheCommons/210787865610690 or www.cityofnorris.com.

City of Knoxville’s free Festival on the Fourth, 4-10 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Regal’s Kids Zone; paddleboat rides and train rides on the “Freedom Express” around the park; Tug-of-War Contest between the Knoxville Police Department and the Knoxville Fire Department; live performances. KSO’s 30th annual Pilot Flying J Independence Day Concert: 8 p.m., World’s Fair Park’s Performance Lawn. Fireworks show: 9:35 p.m. Will be held rain or shine. Info: 215-4248.

Anvil Shoot/Fourth of July Celebration, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Museum of Appalachia, Info/schedule of events: 494-7680 or www.museumofappalachia.org.

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New NIA classes, 11 a.m.-noon, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts 706 N. Broadway. NIA technique is a sensory based mind-body-spirit movement practice for health, wellness and fitness. First class for new student is free. Meets every Monday. Info: 776-2739.

Summer Library Club presents the Zoomobile, 3 p.m., Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

Amazingly Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 4 p.m., North Knoxville Branch Library, 2901 Ocoee Trail. Info: 525-7036.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Fireworks, 8-9 p.m., Beach Island Resort & Marina, near Hwy 33 bridge. Event is free.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge outdoor stage or Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 4973603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Friends Mini Used Book Sale: Burlington, 1-4 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

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Neighborhood Watch meeting: Big Ridge 4th District, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School.

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.

American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.

MONDAY, JUNE 30

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 Annual BBQ Chicken Lunch 4H Fundraiser, 11 a.m., Extension Office, 3925 Maynardville Highway in Maynardville. Cost: $8; includes half side of BBQ chicken (breast, leg, and thigh), baked beans, chips, small dessert. To preorder: 992-8038.

THURSDAY, JULY 3 Pajama-rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Bee Friends beekeepers group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tazewell Campus auditorium, Walters State Community College. Speaker: Mike Studer, the Tennessee state apiarist. Coffee and dessert will be served. Info: 617-9013.

TUESDAY, JULY 8 Summer Reading Program: Ron Lightly with Jason and Company, 1 p.m., Luttrell Public Library. Info: 992-0208.

THURSDAY, JULY 10 VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

I’ve Finished My Story. Now What?, 6-8 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathleen Fearing.

Registration deadline: July 3. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

FRIDAY, JULY 11 Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

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