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BUZZ UCHS freshman orientation set Union County High School will hold freshman orientation 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. All incoming ninth grade students are invited to pick up their schedules and meet their teachers.
Backpack giveaway First Baptist Church of Maynardville will give backpacks and school supplies to Union County children 5-7 p.m. Monday, July 27, in the church’s fellowship hall. Proof of residence, such as a utility bill or assistance letter, is required. Last year, the church gave 357 backpacks to children in need, and church members plan to give away more than 400 this year. Info: 992-3007.
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Union County High School Band color guard captain Matty Brasher (right) leads color guard members Taylor Bray, Brigit Golden, Ariel Rutherford and Lucy Hembree through drills during band camp. Photo by S. Carey
The Union County Farmers Market is open for business 4-7 p.m. every Friday through the end of October. Find the market near the Union County Courthouse in Maynardville, behind the Union County Arts Cooperative, 1009 Main Street, Maynardville. Summer produce is in full swing with beans, blackberries, blueberries, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, herbs, lettuce, melons, okra, peaches, peppers, potatoes, summer squashes and tomatoes. Local honey is in season and sells out fast. Seven Springs Angus beef, crafts, eggs and baked goods from Teresa’s Bakery are also available weekly. If you’re getting ready to can, most of the farmer vendors will sell vegetables like beans and tomatoes by the bushel upon request. Using a pressure cooker? UT Extension Agent Becca Hughes will be available at the market 4 to 5:30 p.m. to check your lid and gauge for safety. She can also provide recipes and how-to info. Each week this month, there will be fun lawn games for the kids, including croquet, badminton and bocce ball 4 to 5:30 p.m. Info: Follow Union County Farmers Market on Facebook.
By Shannon Carey The Union County High School marching band will soar to new heights this season with a show that’s all about flight. The band will fill halftime at Patriots football games with the “Time to Fly” routine, featuring the main theme from “Flight of the Navigator,” Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Come Fly with Me,” the gospel hymn “I’ll Fly Away,” and REO Speedwagon’s “Time for Me to Fly.”
said Brown. “We’re going more modern, more electronic. We’ve got a larger percussion section this year, so you’ll be hearing more from them.” The band’s student leadership is headed by drum major Hunter Collins, a senior at Union County High School. Collins recently made it to Tennessee’s Governor’s School for the Arts and was selected to play in the All National Concert Band this October at the Grand Ol’ Opry House in Nashville.
“He’s represented this school at the highest levels he can possibly do as a student,” said Brown. Field lieutenant is Krystal Singleton. Section captains are Sarah Leuthen (percussion), Taylor Cattafi (woodwinds) and Matty Brasher (color guard). The band will travel to Nashville July 24, for Drum Corps International. They will take part in three marching competitions in To page 3
Commission fireworks fizzle
By Shannon Carey
Those who came to Union County Commission July 13 to see dramatic debate over a proposed property tax increase left disappointed. Commissioners were silent after finance director Ann Dyer repeated her presentation about the circumstances surrounding the proposed increase and
the county’s options. Spending has outpaced tax base growth for the last three fiscal years. The county can take no action, in which case the county will be out of money in November 2016. The county could also raise taxes just enough to scrape by or raise taxes enough for a five-year plan recommended by the state. Instead, the commissioners
discussed three budget requests for which the budget committee offered no recommendation: the libraries, Soil Conservation District and the Chamber of Commerce, but Mayor Mike Williams suggested they set a tax rate first. “If we don’t know what we can and can’t do, it’s a little hard to talk about it,” he said. Commissioners remained silent
on the tax rate and discussed budget options for the libraries and Chamber, ultimately kicking all three budget requests back to the budget committee. Special called meetings were set for July 27, 28 and 30, Aug. 3, 4 and 6, with budget committee meetings starting at 7 p.m., with meetings of the full commission to follow.
Board passes budget, defers handbook By Sandra Clark
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The Union County Board of Education has adopted its budget for the fiscal year that started July 1; the $21.8 million budget is balanced and provides raises (or at least longevity payments) for employees. Teachers will receive step increases until year 20; teachers with more than 20 years of experience will receive a one-time longevity bonus of $35 per year for years of service. Non-certified personnel will receive a raise that’s adequate to keep their pay checks roughly the same when paying them 24 checks per year rather than the current 20. Custodians will be paid for 260 days rather than 210. Director of Schools Jimmy Carter praised finance director Ann Dyer and her staff for helping him craft a budget that addressed many long-time needs. “We did not factor any of the county’s (possible) tax increase
Brother is selfdeclared legend Recent events have increasingly turned my thoughts to my brother, J.C. Mincey. While he did not fly the Confederate flag, he was a full sympathizer with the Southern cause.
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Director Rodney Brown said he “was at a complete and total loss” for this year’s program until the REO Speedwagon classic came on his car radio. Band camp is now in full swing Hunter Collins at Union County High School, running July 13 through July 24. “We’re going for a new sound,”
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Collins resigns
Johnny Collins has resigned from the BOE to take a job as a teacher at Union County High School. Collins, a veteran law enforcement officer, will teach classes in criminal justice through the CTE (vocational) department. Union Collins County Commission will appoint a replacement from District 3 until the next election. Collins edged former school board member Calvin Chesney 356-341 in August 2014. High school principal Linda Harrell said all classes for criminal justice are full. It is replacing family and consumer science,
which had dwindled to 66 enrollees. ■
UCHS handbook
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UNION COUNTY Shopper news • JULY 22, 2015 • 3 Attending Junior 4-H Camp are UT Extension Agent Shannon DeWitt, McKenzi Stewart, Ethan Ritter, Trinity Aslinger, Braxton Samford, Samuel Hensley, Tyler Greene, Michael McLaughlin, Nathanael Kadron. Gavin Hurst, Eben Hansen, Johnny Williams, Rebekah Kadron, Chloe LeFevers, Kourtney Hensley, Mallory Moore, Thomas Skibinski, Nathan Ritter, Kelly Cooper, Amelia Skibinski, Emma Sexton, Kaylee Chism, Angel Dyer, Macy Hutchison, Becca Hughes and Lauren Williams. Not pictured is Abigail Foust.
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Union County 4-H goes to camp By Ashley Mike, UT Extension Union County 4-H clubs attended two summer camps this year. June 15-19, 21 fourth through sixth graders attended Junior 4-H Camp, along with chaperone UT Extension Agents Shannon DeWitt and Rebecca Hughes, and volunteers Rebekah Kadron, Thomas Skibinski, Nathanael
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The Whiteside Inn/Tavern By the early 1800s, three taverns/inns had been licensed to operate in Grainger County.
Self-declared legend Recent events have increasingly turned my thoughts to my brother, J.C. Mincey. While he did not fly the Confederate flag, he was a full sympathizer with the Southern cause. Amazingly, we got along well, though he despised my hero Abraham Lincoln for starting a war that turned brother against brother. On one vacation, we went to the Abraham Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Ill. J.C. took opportunity to proudly pose for a portrait with his arm around a replica of his “old buddy,” John Wilkes Booth. I am not very liberal, but compared to J.C. I was radical. I have definite opinions on most things (at least one colleague termed these “prejudices”), but I am choosy where, with whom and how I share my views. J.C. was liberal in this respect – he freely shared opinions with everyone. Practically every visit with J.C. resulted in a memorable tale or colorful joke, many of which if printed here would require censoring. He loved to relate stories of his past exploits, and true to the nature of the master storyteller, I as listener had to determine for myself what was actual memory or embellishment. His daughter Rosemarie said he was a “legend in his own mind.” Interestingly enough, though there was 27 years difference in our ages, we had the great Florence Chesney as teacher, he at Wooddale in the Black Fox community and I at Maynardville. He remembers Ms. Chesney as a tall, bigboned woman. He said she told them on the first day of school, “My name is Ms. Chesney. I’m here to teach, you’re here to learn, and if
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Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME you don’t learn I’ll beat it into you!” That certainly made an impression on J.C., but not all. He told the story of one student who repeatedly was disruptive. Ms. Chesney would send him home, and his daddy would send him right back. One day J.C. said that Ms. Chesney got so frustrated with that kid that she set him down inside a pot belly stove! What a difference experience must make. I remember Florence Chesney being a saintly soul, the very epitome of patience and propriety. J.C. and I revered Ms. Chesney as one of our very best teachers. I don’t know how far J.C. went through school, but I know he didn’t graduate from high school. He started working early and left this world debt-free. J.C. was a wise money manager. He could stand in the middle of a gravel road and stretch out both empty hands and they’d be full of money before he put them back in his pockets. Perhaps the secret of J.C.’s success was his free-heartedness. With all his bluster, he was always ready to help not only his family but the less fortunate. Many times no one even knew what he had done – he liked to give his alms in secret. Recent events would have discouraged, but not deterred, J.C. Expect more stories of those who kept their faith in a changing world.
Chick Chain sale Aug. 11 The annual 4-H Chick Chain Show and Sale will be held Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Union Farmers Co-op, with the show starting at 6 p.m. and the sale starting at 7 p.m. Thirty-one dedicated 4-H members received chicks in the spring, and they will be auctioning the highest quality of those chickens in pens of six. Proceeds will benefit the 4-H livestock programs. Choices of laying hen breeds are Cinnamon Queen, Rhode Island Red, Black Sex Link and Barred Rock. Info: Ashley Mike, UT Extension, 992-8038
Early settlements were like pinpoints in the massive wilderness, but they were significant as the pioneers traveled to acquire land, tame the wilderness and build homes. These pioneers looked for springs, look-outs for warnings of Indian attacks. Stagecoach travel and freight lines increased business for the ordinaries (inns or taverns where meals are served) along the way. In the 1790s, prices were posted at ordinaries, taverns or necessities/ necessaries (public toilets) along the great road from Washington, sometimes in pounds, shillings, dollars and even bits. The appropriate county courts set the prices and issued licenses of taverns and inns. The hitching rail and log watering trough were the first signs of welcome at an inn. A posting at the early inns and taverns might read: For Diett (a meal) 10 cents; Corn per gallon 6 cents; Fodder per bundle 3 cents; whiskey per half pint 8 cents; Brandy per half pint 10 cents; Rum per half pint
10 cents; Wine per half pint 10 cents, Beer per quart 6 cents; Cider 6 cents; Lodging per night 6 cents and to pasture your horse for a day 4 cents. Thomas Whiteside, who already had considerable money and a number of servants, built in 1800 a large two-story log tavern of eight rooms at Bean Station. As the community grew, so grew the tavern. With the demand of heavier traffic, the size of the Whiteside tavern soon more than doubled. Mr. Whiteside was a bachelor, but he had several mulatto children. His daughter Eliza was a fine musician, and he paid $1,000 for a Clavichord for her. The demand continued to increase and in 1814, Whiteside, joined by his brother Jenkins Whiteside, built a new three-story house of entertainment more suit-
able for the carriage trade. The log tavern of 1800 never had fancy accommodations, but it was a favorite stopping place for drovers and stockers. When Whiteside died in 1853, Eliza was taken in by neighbors. She is buried beside her father near the site of the tavern. Slave traders from the North often stopped there as well. Again, demand increased, and in 1823 (some accounts say 1825) Whiteside added a large ell at the rear. The entire structure was of brick and probably constructed by Whiteside’s slaves – some of whom were highly skilled. While the 100-foot-long main building was three stories, the ell was two stories and 60 feet long with double verandahs the entire length. When the ell was completed, the Whiteside Inn
‘Potential’ instead of results Once upon a time, long, long ago, Tennessee called itself Wide Receiver U. The thought lingers. It is now a myth. Tennessee has an interesting history of catching thrown balls and a current crop of potential standouts blessed with large reputations and many stars from recruiting analysts. Unfortunately, there is more talk than touchdowns. Stats do not measure up to hype. We don’t really know what the Volunteer rotation of receivers looks like. They live under a black cloud. Two or three are always injured. Some missed much of last season. Some missed spring practice while rehabbing repairs. One disappeared in a criminal investigation. Butch Jones had spring practice complaints about dropped passes. Once or
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offered 52 rooms. With a spacious parlor and ballroom and extensive wine cellar, the tavern was the largest inn between Washington, D.C., and New Orleans and was, for a short time, one of the best-known places in Tennessee. While the community was largely self-sufficient, twice each year residents traveled by wagon to Knoxville. They bought seeds in the spring. In the fall they sold their crops and purchased supplies for winter. The 45-mile journey took three days. The stables were well provisioned, a gentleman’s comfort was respected and, of almost equal importance, so was his horse. Fresh butter and cold buttermilk were always in supply, and chilled melons from a cold spring nearby were a treat. The kitchens were in the cellar and the two fireplaces were each seven feet long and four feet high with baking ovens in between. In December of 1863, during the Civil War, Bean’s Station was the scene of a fierce three-day battle. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Records list 290 soldiers killed, 1,243 wounded and 455 missing. As many as a quarter of the Union soldiers who died were killed inside the Whiteside Tavern. The building burned in 1886 – only the ell survived – but even that is now under Cherokee Lake.
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twice he exclaimed over his portable public address system, according to reports from Sevierville, that receivers were falling short of expectations. Run the route right. Catch the ball! Block somebody. No way will the coach give up hope. Tennessee’s football future is based on being able to throw and catch and run. Mike DeBord is supposed to help make it happen. Linemen are expected to contribute. On the April morning of the Orange and White game, there was a tent revival of Wide Receiver U talk in the parking lot of Calhoun’s on the River. Under the tent, signing autographs and posing for pictures, were old Vols you should remember – Willie Gault, Anthony
Hancock, Joey Kent, Tim McGee, Anthony Miller, Marcus Nash, Peerless Price and Larry Seivers. Later in the day, at Neyland Stadium, others tried to restore relevance to the name Wide Receiver U. To what degree they succeeded is a matter of opinion. Marquez North, Josh Malone, Josh Smith and incoming five-star Preston Williams, when/if he gets well, should be primary weapons. They have the most potential. Jason Croom and Johnathon Johnson can make a significant difference. Von Pearson will be a factor if he makes it back from purgatory. Interesting that slot receiver Pig Howard was most productive last season. Pro scouts are beginning to think the little guy might play in the big league. North’s highlight as a Vol was that unbelievable left-handed snag and clutch against his helmet in the 2013 South Carolina game. It led to the winning field goal.
Malone hasn’t had a highlight. He had several in high school as No. 5 receiver prospect in the country – 31 senior touchdowns scored four different ways. His Tennessee freshman numbers were 23 receptions for 231 yards and one touchdown. In the last six games, he caught four passes for 22 yards. So far, none of the current Vols has rivaled historic greats. Tennessee got a late start in air ball. There was little of that foolishness in single-wing times. After Doug Dickey created quarterbacks (Dewey Warren comes to mind), Volunteers started building receiving credibility. Johnny Mills and Richmond Flowers caught several passes. Seivers became a two-time AllAmerican. As I recall, serious talk about Wide Receiver U began soon after Kippy Brown joined John Majors’ staff in 1982. He helped recruit and
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To have a home
So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm … And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:21 NRSV) And Jesus said… “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Luke 9:58 NRSV)
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tually reached the ears of John Hitch with the By Ruth White Tennessee Barn Dance. He played the Barn Stepping on to the stage for the first time Dance in the late 1960s and also in Nashat the Chena Lounge in Fairbanks, Alasville with some big name entertainers ka, made Frank Smith nervous. The like Jerry Lee, Conway Twitty, Ray 18-year-old soldier was coaxed on Price and Bill Phillips. And though he stage and belted out “Don’t Be Cruel” never played at the Grand Ole Opry, for the audience. When it was over, Smith was there every chance he the crowd went crazy, and from that got. night on he was at the lounge every He eventually quit going to Saturday night. Many nights the Nashville and stayed in the area. crowd would fill a mug with silver Smith calls that a big mistake in dollars, but Smith never touched his life, but he carved out a nice them. The crowd then began buylife with his wife, Doris, and ing him beers and that’s about all their children. He began a trade he ever got out of it. as a masonry contractor and had The music bug bit Smith when the opportunity to build several he was around 12-years-old and local businesses in town. he picked up his older brother’s These days, Smith can often guitar. “I started plunking along be found hanging out and pickon it and learned to play.” Over the ing with friends at Ciderville. “I years he was taught a chord or two like going out there because I know but had a natural talent for music. just about everybody and we have Learning to play guitar and listening a good time.” He recently published to country stars Ernest Tubb and Eda book on his musical career and the die Arnold on the radio set him on the people he has been blessed to meet. “The road to being a country entertainer. Roads I’ve Traveled” is available Following his discharge from the at Ciderville on Clinton Highway, Army, he went on to record his first Halls Auto Parts or contact him at record in Macon, Ga. Future records Frank Smith in a 1969 photograph for FrankASmithmusic@yahoo.com. came out of Faron Young Studio in the Music City News in Nashville. Nashville and Smith’s tunes even-
‘Potential’ refine Miller, McGee, Alvin Harper and Carl Pickens. The thought matured as six Tennessee receivers became NFL first-round picks. The Peyton Manning era reinforced the claim and put Kent and Nash in the school record book. Price made it big in the 1998 national championship game. Robert Meachem, Cedrick Wilson, Donte’ Stall-
From page 4 worth, Jermaine Copeland, Jayson Swain, Craig Faulkner, Bret Smith, Cory Fleming – there were several with similar pedigrees. Justin Hunter and Cordarrelle Patterson fit the form. Alas and alas, that was then. Now is no more than promising. Maybe. Perhaps. Could be. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
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to know that every creature wants a home. A fox wants a den, a squirrel wants a nest, a gopher wants a hole, an eagle wants an aerie. Apparently, a squid wants a shell. People are certainly no different. I spent three years working with the homeless. It was a life-changing, soul-changing experience for me. I remember seeing the shining faces of the newly housed; their relief, their sense of belonging, their newfound safety were palpable. Some of their stories continued as successes; others didn’t. Such is the nature of humankind, I suppose.
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FAITH NOTES Community services ■ First Baptist Church of Maynardville, located on Main Street, will host a School Backpack and Supplies Givea-way to children in Union County, 5-7 p.m. Monday,
■ Hansard Chapel Methodist Church, located on Highway 33 across from Tolliver’s Market, hosts a food pantry 6-7 p.m. each third Saturday. Gently used clothing is also available. Info: the Rev. Jay Richardson, 776-2668.
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I have no idea why someone decided to set up a camera on the ocean floor, but I am grateful they did. You may have seen this footage on the same morning news show I watch. I was fascinated by it, and touched, as well. A squid (one of God’s less handsome creatures!) picks up a coconut shell he discovered on the sea floor and carries it in one of his tentacles while walking (I promise you – walking!) on two other tentacles to the place he wanted it. He put it down, climbed into it, carefully curled all of his tentacles into the bottom half of the shell, and closed the lid (roof?). The commentators said this was the first recorded example of an invertebrate (that is, spineless) creature exhibiting intentionality: having an idea and purposely carrying it through to completion. To me it was touching
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Preserving the past By Charlie Hamilton Maddie Murphy, Emma Dale, Betty Mengesha and Zoe Brookshire-Risley ride around the old Kerns Bakery building on a dolly. Photo by R. White
‘All the pancakes!’ Kern’s Bakery inspires interns By Emma Dale At first glance, the old Kern’s Bakery is a mess. Erected in 1931, it is 90,000 square feet on 14 acres of land. The bakery can no longer serve its original purpose. But where most developers would see a great place to put a new Walmart, David Dewhirst sees exposed brick, oak floorboards, and a chance to make Knoxville unique. He calls what he and his colleagues do “historic developing.” His group specializes in buildings built long ago. They know how to find the unique elements underneath all of the terrible 1980s office space put over them. Although Dewhirst admits that a Walmart will probably make more money than anything he would put here, he hopes that young people today will be more interested in buildings with authenticity and “soul.” “I mean, when you walk into Applebee’s, you never say, ‘Wow! That’s different!’” Dewhirst said. And Kern’s certainly is different. The bakery is full of peeling pastel jade walls, almost colonial-looking indoor walls and windows, and a particularly eyecatching set of robin’s-egg-
blue stairs. And that’s just the front office. The actual factory floor, now devoid of all of the hamburger buns Dewhirst says they used to make here, is sitting in semi-darkness. It looks like something out of a steampunk picture, full of tangled contraptions criss-crossing the ceiling and floor. Surprisingly, about 80 percent of the original machinery has been cleared out. He pointed out the real brick floor and the behemoth oven that another bakery is coming to dismantle and use for another 100 years. “Things were built to last back then,” said Dewhirst. Dewhirst plans to capitalize on the nearby Urban Wilderness, a 1,000-acre forest along downtown’s south waterfront — something he’s fiercely proud of and says that one day all Knoxvillians will be as well. A stacked-stone, 1800’sstyle tunnel on the Kern’s property leads right into the Urban Wilderness. Around 10-11 privately owned and symbiotic businesses will use different parts of the factory for things ranging from bike rentals to brewing beer; there may even be a climbing wall. Dewhirst estimates that the bakery
will cost around $10 million to renovate. Still, the most amazing thing about the old bakery isn’t what Dewhirst is probably going to turn it into. It’s the way the imaginations of the young people he believes so strongly in run wild at every twist and turn of an abandoned factory. For the interns as we toured the bakery, a Quonset hut became a wedding chapel, a truck loading dock became an amphitheater, the office above the main floor was suddenly a branchless, industrial treehouse. Some of us even clamored for the giant, dusty old hamburger bun pans he showed us. He handed them out, to be used for varying purposes in high-schoolers’ and middleschoolers’ homes. “Now I can make all the pancakes!” one of the interns, Zoe Brookshire-Riley, exclaimed with glee. All of this excitement, and the impromptu game of soccer started with a ball found on the factory floor, proves right what Dewhirst shared with us at the beginning of the tour, “We hope that young people will want to go to a place that looks real and authentic, and not like the strip mall down the road … a place with soul.”
You know when you go into newer department stores and they all look about the same? In every town and city today in the U.S. you always see a Walmart, Lowes and many other stores and restaurants. Well, do see anything different about these buildings? Do they have any unique characteristics, or any stories that they can tell? Many older buildings are thought to be useless,
non-efficient, and way out of style for any newer development. People tear down older buildings so they can build strip malls and big box stores. The Emporium in downtown Knoxville was built in the 1880s and has been restored for new purposes. The old White Lily flour plant has been restored for new purposes, too. Now, David Dewhirst, and his team are bring another building back to life. The old Kern’s Bakery is off
Chapman Highway right after you cross the Henley Street bridge. The bakery was built in 1931. Dewhirst plans to do some renovations and repurpose its unique architecture. The building has a lot of personality and is located next to Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness. You don’t see many older buildings today, and many of them are fading away every day. It is our job to help preserve the past for future.
Shopper-News intern Amanda McDonald at the Taj Mahal with father Tim and brother Spencer
My summer adventure By Amanda McDonald Editor’s Note: Intern Amanda McDonald joined us July 14 after a two-week hiatus for an exciting trip overseas. Here is Amanda’s report of her travels. Recently, I traveled to London and India with my dad and my brother. Our flight from North Carolina to London lasted almost nine hours! During the flight I could hear British people talking behind us, which made me eagerly anticipate our arrival. We stayed at a bed and breakfast in someone’s home, which helped provide a unique experience of London. It was tough adjusting to the five-hour time difference during the week we were there. We were going to travel to Paris as well, but our train rides were canceled due to ongoing labor strikes in France. After London, we took a plane to New Delhi, India; we then traveled three hours by car to Agra,
where we saw the Taj Mahal. We flew out the next day to Hyderabad, where the time difference from Knoxville was 9.5 hours ahead. It was like something I had never seen before! There were lots of homeless dogs everywhere, wild monkeys, cows walking in the street, a family of five riding on one motorcycle, children walking through the streets selling toys, everyone honking their horns, and nobody paying attention to the traffic rules. We stayed in Hyderabad for close to a week, and I feel that it was a good experience; however, I was glad to get back home. After seven separate airplane trips and being gone from home for 16 days, we finally made our way back to Knoxville! I was very lucky to get to go on this trip around the world and experience the different cultures. My travel to England and India has made me feel very grateful for where I live and all that I have in life.
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Developer David Dewhirst was able to locate the old Kern’s carousel and brought it back to the bakery building. Photo by Maddie Ogle
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By Shannon Carey Rain foiled our plans to take Shopper-News interns into the field to work on an archeological dig site with experts from the UT Archeology Research Lab. We were going to see how ground-penetrating radar works and join Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett on a metal-detecting adventure. Instead, we went back to the lab. As rain drummed on the roof, interns learned about the excavation of the Confederate line at Morgan Hill, now the site of UT’s Sorority Village. Mike Angst told interns that written records like journals and letters were important to interpreting the finds at Morgan Hill. Burchett joined interns for the presentation and spoke about his hobby. “No pun intended, but I really dig all this,” joked Burchett.
The interns stopped for lunch at the Knoxville Welcome Center and enjoyed the Blue Plate Special featuring the sounds of Kagey Parrish and Laura Wortman of The Honey Dewdrops and Caleb Stine. Photo by R. White
Lunch at the Blue Plate Maddie Ogle and Jaide French watch as Kandi Hollenbech shows how to estimate the size of a vessel from a fragment. Photo by Amanda McDonald
Maggie Williams and Betty Mengesha clean items recently found in Charleston by PhD candidate Kendy Altizer. Photo by R. White
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Archeology takes patience By Maddie Ogle Would you believe that historical artifacts have been found in Knoxville, Tenn.? Archeologists from UT’s Archeological Research Lab have found cannonballs, bullets and armor, from the battle of Knoxville near Kingston Pike. They also know, from different shades of clay dirt, where or what something might’ve been. This is a job that takes patience and time, because if you rush and break an artifact, it could be very challenging to find all the pieces. But once they come back to the lab, they scrub and wash each dirt-covered artifact until it’s clean. Then, it could take a very long time to track down all the missing pieces. And when it’s done, we have discovered a piece of history!
asked the audience to remember the recent troubles in Baltimore, saying that there are a lot of good works happening that don’t make it into the news. Stine and the Honey Dewdrops are touring together. The artists share a love of Americana and Appalachian folk music. Info: thehoneydewdrops. com, calebstine.com
Charlie Hamilton and Maddie Murphy examine a button that was recovered from a site in Charleston, S. C. Photo by R. White
‘Cheaper than a psychiatrist’ One interesting fact that you would might not know about Knox County Mayor Tm Burchett is that he metal detects as a hobby. Burchett met us at our visit at the UT. Archeological Research Lab, and explained a little about this hobby. He told us a story about a man he encountered one day while he was metal detecting at Lakeshore Park. He was just walking around as usual, and a man in a white coat walked up to him, asked him if he was Mayor Burchett, and said “What are you doing?” Burchett replied that he was metal detecting, and that this was “a cheaper hobby than going to a physiatrist.” The person in the coat replied, “You are right; I am a physiatrist, and it is cheaper.” He also told us about some of his finds, too. He said he was digging one day and hit something hard, and he thought it was just an old paint can. He pulled it up, and it was rounded. Turns out it a breast plate from the Civil War. Burchett also
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Interns enjoyed lunch from the Lunchbox at WDThen, Angst, Kandi Hol- Charleston. artifact cleaning and take in VX’s Blue Plate Special. Relenbach and Kendy Altizer “This is a big help,” said a brown bag lecture every served seating got interns took interns upstairs to Altizer. “This saves me at third Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. up close to the stage as help clean artifacts Altizer least two days of work.” or 1-4 p.m. Info: 974-9647 Caleb Stine and the Honey Dewdrops performed for brought back from a dig in Volunteers can join in the or keh@utk.edu the live radio show. Stine hails from Baltimore, as do Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish of the Honey Dewdrops. Stine
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explained that he was in a the club. metal detecting club, and You never know what told us about some of the interesting hobbies people finds they have presented to might have.
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When you think of archeology what comes in mind? Do you think about a person in Egypt searching for mummies, and artifacts? That is one part of archeology, but do you know that you might have artifacts right here in your backyard? We had the honor of taking a tour throughout the University of Tennessee’s Archeological Research Lab. We met Mike Angst, Senior Archeologist and Kandi Hollenbach. They showed us some of their discoveries on the expedition at Morgan Hill next to UT campus. The artifacts and evidence of a Confederate basecamp from the Civil War were remarkable. On our tour we also got to wash some artifacts from a recent dig site in South Carolina. Thank you, UT archeology team, for our visit at the archeology lab.
Artifacts recovered from historic Charleston, S.C. were cleaned by the Shopper-News interns. Photo by Lauren Gaines
Searching for treasures By Betty Mengesha The UT Archeology Research Lab welcomed the Shopper-News interns to learn a bit about the cultural and environmental history of Knoxville. We were able to meet Kandi Hollenback and Mike Angst who work together to discover all that Knoxville has to offer. It was surprising to see just how much history could be dug up in our backyards. Many parts of Knoxville have been explored in order to learn about the city’s history during the American Civil War. Angst explained that they have found rifle trenches, gun emplacements, drainage ditches, and fireplaces that were left behind during the war. UT has been able to research and use what they have
found in the field to learn more about the events that took place in our very own Knoxville. The archeologists search for several artifacts aging from 100 to 1,000 years old. They also work to preserve the archeological sites for future generations, so they too can learn about the past. Whether it’s blazing hot or pouring rain, they are out in the field. It is always wonderful to hear a person speak so passionately about their job and all that comes with it. Even Mayor Tim Burchett was lucky enough to hear about the department’s discoveries and the history that is involved. The mayor also shares a passion for history and is looking for his own treasures, too!
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THROUGH SUNDAY, AUG. 2 “Cabaret, The Musical” presented by Encore Theatrical Company, Walters State Community College, Morristown. Performances: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1. Tickets: $20 adults, $17 seniors, $12 students. Info/ tickets: etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.
THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22 Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories” show featuring Pat Boone backed by Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Proceeds go the Oak Ridge High School music department. Info/tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.
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Second annual cornhole tournament to benefit Angelic Ministries. 12:30 p.m., under the big top at The Ministry, 1218 N. Central St. Info/registration: angelicministries.com. Yoga instruction from Angela Quillen, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.
Music Jam, 7 p.m., Narrow Ridge outdoor stage, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Bring blanket or lawn chair. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org. Open auditions for new members to Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble, 2 p.m., Dancers Studio, 4216 Sutherland Ave. Any Tennessee resident between 8-14 years old is eligible. Prepare one-minute dance composition without music demonstrating modern dance and ballet technique. Info: 584-9636. Saturday Lego Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. For kids in grades one through five. Info: 922-2552. Saturday Stories and Songs: Sean McCollough, 11 a.m., Fountain City Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Senior Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5. Live music by the Nigel Boulton Band. Yoga instruction from Angela Quillen, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.
SUNDAY, JULY 26 Silent Meditation Gathering, 11 a.m.-noon, Narrow Ridge’s Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.
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MONDAY, AUG. 3 American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, AUG. 5-6 AARP Driver Safety class, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
THURSDAY, AUG. 6 AARP Driver Safety class, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., New Tazewell Methodist Church, 965 Old Knoxville Highway, New Tazewell. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 3825822.
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Christian Camp at Big Ridge State Park. Cost: $40. Info: Kathy Chesney, 566-3289.
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AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/ registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
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The Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Fresh produce, meat, plants, cut flowers, artists and craftsmen. “First Friday” celebration includes: live music, cooking demonstrations, children’s activities, featured agribusinesses and more. New vendors welcome. Info: 992-8038.
THURSDAY, JULY 23 Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer, 10:30 a.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info/registration: 922-2552.
FRIDAY, JULY 24 The Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Fresh produce, meat,
“Kale in December and Carrots in January... no problem!” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Extension Master Gardener Marsha Lehman. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.
FRIDAY, JULY 31 The Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Fresh produce, meat, plants, cut flowers, artists and craftsmen. New vendors welcome. Info: 992-8038.
SATURDAY, AUG. 8 Grace Full Gospel Baptist Church Mission Team fundraiser, Union County High School. Events include: motorcycle ride, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., registration begins 9:30 a.m., cost: $15 single or $20 double riders; spaghetti supper, 5-8 p.m., cost: $5; silent auction closes, 7 p.m. Info: Kendal Hoskins, 278-0402.
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