Union County Shopper-News 082014

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August 20, 2014

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Dawn Flatford retains seat

Chickens galore!

Union County Commissioner Dawn Flatford was re-elected Aug. 7, despite a previous report in ShopperNews.

The ElecDawn Flatford tion Commission met Aug. 14 to certify the results and nothing changed from the outcomes announced Aug. 8, according to Administrator of Elections Deborah Viles.

From District 4, newcomer Dennis Nicley was elected along with Flatford. Commissioner Doyle Welch did not retain his seat.

Makenzi Stewart cares for her pen of young Cinnamon Queen hens during the 4-H Chick Chain Show and Sale.

Story on page 8. Photo by Libby Morgan

Pay fines with plastic or online Payments to the Union County Court can now be made by bank card or online, according to Circuit Court Clerk Barbara Williams.

“We hadn’t had many calls Williams for it until the past year, when more and more people requested it. So we got it set up and just about every day someone uses it.”

Her office processes courtordered fines and restitution and traffic citations from the circuit, sessions and juvenile courts.

Credit and debit card payments can be made by phone, online or in person.

The web site is www.CourtFeePay.com and the office is on the second floor of the courthouse in Maynardville. Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

Info: 865-992-5493.

IN THIS ISSUE Remembering dear friends Ronnie Mincey writes about his first teaching experiences and the support offered by two good friends: Ola Mae Malin and Polly Dyer.

“As I sit writing this article, my eyes fall on a gift a dear friend gave me. It is a figurine of a pitiful little fat man with a giant screw sticking out of his belly. On the base of this figurine is the phrase, “It was bound to happen sooner or later.”

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Union County elects ‘iron man’

By Marvin West Union County has elected a potential iron man as sheriff.

William F. Breeding II, just Billy to his pals and many supporters, is a physical fitness advocate who has been training for iron-man competition – distance swimming, cycling and running.

The triathlon is very difficult – 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles on a bicycle and a 26.2-mile run.

Preparation may be tougher than the events.

“You should have seen the green stuff he’s been drinking,” said longtime friend Darren Bailey. “His training diet includes a veggie cocktail. It is a mix run through a blender. It looks awful.

I suppose it goes well with the rice cakes.”

Breeding, 41, around law enforcement forever and in it for 22 years, defeated incumbent Earl Loy Jr., 3,389 to 2,918, and will take office next month. His primary goal is noble: Do his part to make Union County an even better place to live.

He is concerned about drug addiction and related crimes. He is aware that misuse of prescription drugs is on the rise. He knows thefts and burglary often fund that abuse. He says drunk-driving is an issue everywhere.

Billy Breeding Breeding is a professional. He does not say he can solve all problems. He does say he has a plan for improvement.

“I think of myself as pro-active.

I will make appropriate changes.”

Breeding has the background and perspective. He is homegrown. His father was once a policeman in Maynardville. Later, he was the state fire marshal. After that, he was a criminal investigator.

Billy has experience as high as Union County chief deputy sheriff. He was honored by MADD (mothers against drunk driving)

Darren Baily thinks Billy Breeding can work well with County Commission, the public and all concerned.

“He is an honest, all-around good guy,” said Bailey. “I’ve known him since fifth grade at Maynardville Elementary. He has compassion for people. He will do his job when he must make an arrest but he will still try to help people straighten out their life.”

During the campaign, Bailey heard this thought from a potential voter: “You arrested me once and if you hadn’t, there’s no telling where I would be.”

Besides improving law enforcement, Breeding has an idea for maximizing resources and staying in budget. He will propose a small farm, an inmate garden, to raise food for the jail and reduce the grocery bill.

If the new sheriff also finds time to pursue his iron-man ambition, he may make a small donation to the treasury and drink some of the blended lettuce, green beans and cucumbers.

Paulette Fire Department headlines commission debate

By Sandra Clark

Read Ronnie Mincey on page 4.

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in 2002. He taught in the DARE (drug abuse resistance education) program in local schools. He has a wife and two daughters to add insight and motivation.

Breeding opposed Loy in the 2010 election but lost in a threeway race. He has worked in security at K-25 in Oak Ridge while awaiting this opportunity.

The race was orderly.

“After the first day,” said Breeding. “The first campaign sign we put up – April 6 – was stolen the first night.”

Did Sheriff Loy capture the thief?

Breeding laughed.

“I didn’t report it.”

Breeding considers Loy a friend. They have hunted together and worked side by side on some community projects. Billy reduces the political race to “two guys wanting the same job.”

He thinks the transition will be easy. He is also at ease with Mayor Mike Williams.

“I believe we can work well together.”

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Expect (forgive me) fireworks at the September meeting of the Union County Commission when Paulette Fire Chief Daniel Rice comes to defend his department’s request for a $20,000 grant – a grant given to other non-profit agencies in the county.

The commission approved the budgut with a resolution to exclude “membership” organizations from county grants. The debate at that meeting centered on Paulette Fire Department’s letter soliciting subscribers.

At the August meeting, resident Andrew Dixon said the Pau-

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lette Fire Department sent him a bill for $11,000 when his home burned down.

The commission has not been willing to put county money into an organization that bills for members and charges non-members for service calls.

At least the current commission was not willing. Come September, six new commissioners will join the budget-setting body. And that could mean changes.

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Barbara Mynatt Gaylor was honored with a surprise celebration for her 80th birthday. She is the daughter of the late Bert and Marie Mynatt of Halls, and Tell Mynatt Road off Hwy. 33 is named for her ancestor. She celebrated with family and friends at Waterside Clubhouse on Norris Lake. Pictured are Barbara Gaylor’s close family: (front) Travis and Hayley Tipton (granddaughter), Connie and Gary Gaylor (son), Alice Pope (daughter) and husband David, Barbara Gaylor, Damien Snider, Kelli Snider, David Gaylor (son) and wife Jeanine, Cameron Snider (grandson), Kimberly Snider; (back) Reagan and Addison Rivard (grandchildren). Photo by Cindy Taylor

The rain crow Some of the best memories of summer are the sounds. Who isn’t instantly carried back by the sound of an ice cream truck? Some folks recollect summer memories brought back by fireworks, parades or thunderstorms. For me, it’s nature’s outdoor sounds – the early-morning chorus of the birds, the lazy afternoon sawing of the jar flies, the nighttime singing of a thousand katydids.

It’s definitely not spring, but a surprising number of birds are still here, singing their August songs. One bird in particular is known for its habit of singing on a hot, humid summer day, es-

Dr. Bob Collier

pecially if there is some likelihood of a shower of rain.

Way back in the middle of the last century, my Granny Collier pointed out the mysterious kow kow kow kow of the rain crow to me, coming from somewhere in the dense green leaves, and she evidenced little doubt that the bird’s prediction of an approaching rain shower would be correct. It was

a strange and haunting sound, something a person would store away and remember the next time it was heard.

Looking back, I wonder now why I didn’t try to see the bird. We just accepted that sound as a normal part of nature, knew what it was coming from, and, of course, expected it to rain.

The rain crow has always been a favorite, partly because of nostalgia, I’m sure, but also because they’re just plain interesting.

The rain crow’s proper name is yellow-billed cuckoo. They belong to a big family that includes the bird of cuckoo-clock fame, the Europe- and Asiadwelling common cuckoo.

Then there’s their weird cousin, the roadrunner of

Pam Graves Ailor Union County Clerk

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our Southwest, famous for its exploits with the hapless Wyle E. Coyote.

We have three cuckoos in North America. The yellowbilled cuckoo summers in most of the eastern part of the U.S., the black-billed ditto but with a little more northern tendency, on into southern Canada. And the mangrove cuckoo, a Caribbean bird, is found only in the Keys and southern coast of Florida. Though their songs are different enough to be distinguishable, they’re very similar in appearance. A look at your favorite field guide will show you what I mean by “similar.” It takes a bit of study, but they can certainly be told apart as long as a person can get a decent look at one. You are much more likely to see a yellow-billed cuckoo here in our location.

I spoke of getting a decent look at a rain crow – that’s not an easy task.

Patience and luck are helpful. Cuckoos appear to be lanky, slithery birds that usually fly short distances from one dense cover to another and then become invisible in their new tree.

They tend to forage by sitting quietly and waiting for

a food item to give itself away by moving just a tiny bit. Once you spot where a cuckoo is in a tree and watch for a while, you will see it moving slowly along, looking for food but all the while keeping leaves and branches between itself and you, with only a single eyeball or tip of tail visible to the frustrated birder.

Our cuckoos also nest in thick cover, in a loose platform of twigs lined with grass and leaves. How many eggs they lay depends on how much food is available to them. They like large insects like cicadas and katydids and are one of the few birds that will eat tent caterpillars. If the right food is abundant the cuckoos tend to produce more eggs than they care to look after, and so lay a few in another cuckoo’s nest, or even leave a few in a robin’s or catbird’s nest.

Such behavior is the norm for the European cuckoos; they lay their eggs only in other birds’ nests, like our cowbirds.

Young birds spend a couple of weeks clambering around the shrubbery, exploring their surroundings, still being fed by their obviously patient parents.

We don’t hear the song of the yellow-billed cuckoo nearly as often as we used to. The experts tell us they have declined in numbers by 1.6 percent per year over the past 30 years, a loss greater than 50 percent. But in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, the decline has been a dreary 4.6 percent per year.

Doing the math, we see they’re out past zero there.

The western cuckoos are what the biologists term “extirpated,” meaning “gone.”

That’s mainly due to the loss of their favorite nesting sites – cottonwood and willow thickets along streams.

Dams, development and irresponsible grazing have added up to no habitat, and no more yellow-billed cuckoos.

Our eastern yellow-billed cuckoos are not quite as picky about their nesting requirements.

Although in decline, the rain crows are hanging on. I heard the song and then saw a pair of cuckoos in Union County in mid-July, apparently nesting. I wish them well.

Hearing that song makes me smile just as much as the music of the ice cream truck.

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A young man with a bright future

Volunteers from the pantry sent us this: “The Union County Food Pantry would like to extend a huge thank you to Glenn ‘Kane’ Jacobs and The Journey Church. On July 31, they teamed up for Faith to End Hunger in Union County. Unity in a community can accomplish mighty things.

“Together we collected two truck loads of food and over $500 in cash plus we had a great night of fellowship. We want to thank you for your donations and willingness to help make sure Union Counties citizens have the necessities to feed and care for their families.”

Those who attended the Union County Business and Professional Association meeting witnessed a very informed and extremely well-spoken young man talk about amendments to the state constitution coming up on the ballot in November.

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Nathan Long gan

Nathan Long, who has excelled as a home-schooled student and will be attending Johnson University soon, spoke knowledgeably about Amendments 1, 2, 3 and 4 and how they affect Tennesseans.

He read the language of Amendment 3, and continued by putting the convoluted wordings in plain speak.

“This particular amendment would make it unconstitutional for our Legislature to ever turn to income tax as a way to raise revenue,” he says.

He went on to discuss the debates going on about the issue.

In answer to a question from Marvin Jeffreys about

This truck and another full of food for the Union County Food Pantry were collected at the Faith to End Hunger event last month.

the possibility of the Legislature going around this issue by enacting a statewide property tax, Long answered drily, “I guess it would come to a point of whether you could trust the ethics of the legislators,” with a huge collective belly laugh from the group in response.

“I’m not an expert, and I’m here to learn along with all of you.”

“Amendment 2 has a lot of nonpartisan support in Nashville. Right now, our state Supreme Court and appellate court judges are

chosen by a committee, and the governor chooses from the slate.

“What they’re trying to do is change the process to where the governor appoints the judge, the state legislature approves or disapproves, and after the judge is in office for eight years, the people can vote whether to keep them.”

Again, he explained the whys and wherefores of the opinions on both sides of the issue, and other ideas being offered as alternatives to either process.

He continued with an

explanation of Amendment 1, detailing the background about the issues of abortion laws in Tennessee.

“With all of these amendments, if you vote in the governor’s race, then not voting on the amendments is the same as voting no, so it’s important to know which way you want to vote before you enter the polls in November.”

Long is considering a life in missions or teaching after college.

The UCBPA plans to hold a cleanup day for its adopted section of Highway 33 in the

south part of Maynardville on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 9 a.m., beginning at First Century Bank. Volunteers are welcome to join in.

A representative from LifeStar is scheduled to attend the next meeting on Sept. 9 at noon, to be held at Hardee’s in Maynardville.

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On Aug. 21, Southern Steel is scheduled to play, and other local bands are lined up for the event.

■ Unity in a Drivers (and passengers) community of classic cars, motorcycles The wrestling world’s or any vehicle can get all“Kane” brought a crowd to you-can-eat wings and bevWilson Park, a crowd that erage discounts from 5 p.m. brought enough food dona- until closing time every Thursday. tions to fill two truck beds.

Union County Retired Teachers Union County Retired Teachers held their annual gathering, and Pam Hampton says, “All the retired teachers that came to Pete’s Place for our ‘Meet & Greet’ had a great time! It was good to catch up with each other. Thank you for such good food & service!” Photos submitted

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opinion Great gifts

As I sit writing this article, my eyes fall on a gift a dear friend gave me. It is a figurine of a pitiful little fat man with a giant screw sticking out of his belly. On the base of this figurine is the phrase, “It was bound to happen sooner or later.”

When I got out of college and started teaching, I set out to save the world. I was so idealistic. I knew I had all the answers if everyone would just listen to me. I expected opposition from some students and parents, but nothing that couldn’t reasonably be handled.

After all, there were my fellow teachers and the school and district administration, and I knew we all had the same goal, to do everything we could for the benefit of the children, to teach them what they needed to know to succeed in life.

The first two years had its ups and downs, but in the face of the “downs” I remained optimistic and retained my idealism. It was at the beginning of my third teaching year that reality shattered my idealism.

The details are no longer important, though I remember them most vividly. The truth I realized for the first time was that not all students, parents, fellow teachers and administrators had the same ideas I did as to what was best for children.

In gratitude for my hard work during the first two years of my teaching career, I was reassigned and told that I would be watched.

Needless to say, that was a crushing blow. Several of my friends and colleagues comforted me, but two stand out from the rest.

Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME One dear elderly colleague told me, “Mincey, I know this hurts, but you hold your head up, get in there and do a good job and show them what you’re made of. At the end of the year, you thank them for what they’ve done for you.” I survived the year and did exactly what Ms. Ola Mae Malin advised.

I came out the victor.

The other wise lady who stands out from that low time is the lady who gave me the figurine mentioned above, my good friend and neighbor Ms. Polly Dyer. Ms. Polly has given me several things over the years, from my first package of magic markers when I was in her fifth grade to a Robert Tino print that I joyfully display.

Ms. Polly is well known in our part of town for the fine chocolate pies she bakes for her neighbors in times of sickness and distress.

Such people know the true purpose of life, that of serving God by helping others. Sometimes the best help comes from the friendly word, kind gift, or homemade food that soothes troublesome times; however, the greatest gift of all is the friendship behind the giving. The truest friends are those who give of themselves to make the world better for others.

Next week brings tales of the cafeteria.

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Diana brings the children home The last week of July was an exciting time for Diana Rickard. She had spent months emailing cousins all over the Southeast and coordinating a get-together with some of them in Union County on July 25.

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You see, Diana had finally retired from teaching near Cleveland, Ohio, and has taken on the challenge of Cox-Myers genealogy as well as some branches and twigs of those trees. Diana’s niece Sherry Rickard Kish and her nephew Jerry Rickard drove her to Tennessee for the visit.

Diana brought to Tennessee her late mother, Pearl Myers Rickard’s, pictures to get help with identification – or at least two or three opinions of the identity.

The attending patriarch was Luther Cox who was probably the most help with the Cox pictures. A. C. Myers (Classie Cox and Cleardon Myers) brought a picture of the old homeplace at Pinhook where all of Classie and Cleardon’s children were born. The Myerses were relocated to Maynardville by the Norris Dam project. A. C. also brought along his daughter Patsy Myers Wilson and nephew Charles Myers.

I have not listed all the names, but you get the gist of what a family reunion is like.

Diana shed a few tears of joy as she met her family

School children to be identified

and had lots of laughs as the group explored their roots. Diana passed on her mother’s pictures to the next-of-kin cousins as well as many letters exchanged over the years – especially during World War II. Cousins Betsy Greenway Davis, Dorsey Baldwin Bottoms, Ellen Baldwin Speaks, Greg Johnson, Joyce and James Meltabarger and others are pitching in to copy pictures

and get a thumb drive to all the families and to get the genealogy computerized.

My, how times have changed! When I first worked on Heiskell genealogy with a cousin in about 1950, it was with a manual typewriter and carbon copies. About four good copies were all you could get. If you hit the keys too hard, it cut the carbon paper; and onion skin paper. At that point I hadn’t had typing

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so my cousin Sammie Cox Williams was doing the typing.

It was fun to be a part of the group. It’s now my job to get the children’s pictures back to them or their families. Diana’s mother taught at Alder Springs, Raccoon Valley and Burkhart before World War II. These pictures were made at one of those schools. She married Chester Rickard, and they moved to the Cleveland, Ohio, area for work. If anyone can identify a picture, please call me at 687-3842 and I’ll try to get the picture “back home.”

Note: When I earlier published the four little pictures, Pauline Smith Houser identified two of the students as Foster Stout and Ernest Welch. When I visited Foster Stout, he was able to identify Betty Norris. You readers are so good!

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High bar for It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol Clarence Eddie Dr. Fred Hurst often asks: What do you call the guy who finished last in his class in medical school?

Answer: “Doctor.”

Pundits are worried about Pridemore newlyelected chancellor Clarence “Eddie” Pridemore. And we agree he has a high bar to maintain customary Knox County standards.

He just cannot pay out bonuses for courses not taken; and he must not spend county money to buy a Blu-ray player and discs for “down time.”

He must never use a county P-Card at JJ’s Mega Wigs on Gay Street and then, when caught, claim it was for gasoline.

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No, no, Eddie. You cannot talk to John Valliant on a cell phone while chairing the court and then, when caught, claim it was about rental property.

And you must never, ever coerce probationers into oral sex and prescription drugs. Yep. The bar is high for Clarence Eddie.

But think about it. In some ways the guy’s a genius. How many of his critics are making $160,000 a year for eight years guaranteed, plus a pension?

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The mask of comedy For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

(Psalms 30: 5 NRSV) Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

(Proverbs 14: 13 NRSV) With the death of Robin Williams, the world is a sadder place, having lost a world-class clown. However, as one television commentator opined, “God is surely laughing, right now.” I can only imagine the string of jokes Williams may be offering at the Pearly Gates.

Today, stunned, we ask ourselves, what could have

made such a beloved, funny, creative, inventive man become so despondent as to (apparently) take his own life? He had a wife and three children, an adoring public, years of life ahead. And yet. …

The ancient Greek theater used masks to denote comedy and tragedy. Scholars say that the masks were made obvious so that the persons

Tennessee football is so much fun when the Volunteers win.

The religious devotion, old-fashioned faith, is again justified. Joy is contagious.

Strangers laugh and exchange high fives. Costs of tickets and parking and hot dogs no longer seem exorbitant.

There is a buzz as the thousands depart, replaying highlights. Some move on to next week and guess what the score will be and wonder if it is finally our turn against Alabama and who will make all-American. All is right with the world. Well, almost.

Excitement carries over to dinner parties and latenight snacks and even Sunday school. I once heard a preacher weave a Vol victory into a sermon.

Tennessee football is so much pain and anguish and indigestion when the Volunteers lose. It hurts to say they’ve been doing a lot of that lately and by some rather ugly scores. Our terrific freshmen Butch Jones brought in were 11 or 12 the last time Tennessee was relevant.

Losing generates so many negatives and very feeble

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sitting on the farthest seats of the amphitheater could see the emotions being portrayed.

However, there is another sense in which comedians – perhaps especially Williams – wear masks. I believe comedy is a defense mechanism, a way to push away sadness,

excuses. The coach called the wrong play. We should try the other quarterback.

How can all those officials miss that obvious holding foul? Our team is so young and inexperienced and the ball was wet.

Offended fans take losing personally. Coffee is lukewarm and breakfast is tasteless. Traffic is terrible, the computer is slow and it looks like more rain.

Losing lasts through Tuesday and sometimes Wednesday if Florida did it. Business suffers. No kidding. Losing dulls ordinary discussions.

Eventually, a trace of optimism breaks through, suffering subsides and believers come back to life and start counting again. Can the Vols still qualify for a bowl game?

I am reminded of a little essay I did years ago: What is Tennessee football?

Some think of it as the greatest show on Earth, high drama, gladiatorial theater, pomp and circumstance, played out in front of huge audiences, soon to be bigger with the new SEC Network.

Faces change and even that forever jersey turns gray but the story line stays the same, us against them, passion and glory or confusion, turnovers and heartbreak.

Been there and seen it all.

For sure Tennessee football is money, multi-million-dollar budget, low or no reserve fund, greedy amusement taxes, astronomical debt service, Butch’s salary plus a bonus for players’ academic success.

OK, I know you are wondering. Dave Hart is paid $817,250 to be athletic director – unless I missed a recent raise.

Tennessee football rises above it all.

Some said my best line from that years-ago summation was this: “Tennessee football is an ensemble of very special people, a collection of remarkable snapshots, moments inextricably linked by blood, sweat and tears, always orange.”

To me, Tennessee football will remain the memory of George Cafego, the epitome of a Volunteer. It is Doug Atkins and Reggie White getting bigger and better through the years. It is Larry Seivers and Dick Williams and Curt Watson and Bill Young and others who required no recruiting.

Tennessee had always been their team.

Tennessee football is that season of destiny, the ’98 national championship. It is the Arkansas fumble and Al Wilson refusing to lose.

Tennessee football is checkerboards and the Vol Walk and the Neyland statue. It is Dewey Warren’s one-yard run in Memphis and Peyton Manning leading the band and staying for his senior season.

Tennessee football is the exhilaration of walking away a winner and the futility of final seconds ticking away when the Vols are behind and can’t do anything about it. You feel like crying and maybe you do – until somebody starts the chant, “It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol.”

to cover it, hide it, deny it or fight it. Williams’ comedy (particularly in interviews) was armor. He kept interviewers at bay, off balance, laughing so hard they could not talk. By so doing, Williams managed to control the interview and evade uncomfortable questions. When Robin Williams was on, no one else had a chance!

So now, the world wonders, what exactly were the demons that lurked in the wings? Apparently, there were tremendous fears and doubts and insecurities, perhaps even a terrible diagno-

sis. Most probably, we will never know exactly.

What can we learn from this shocking news?

That life is fragile. That we live in a fallen, broken world.

That, sadly, we don’t always get what we want, and we can’t keep what we have.

However, we also learn that the sun comes up again.

The world keeps turning.

Life goes on. Somewhere in this country, right now, a young comedian is honing his skills, practicing his timing, finding ways to make us laugh.

So, in the spirit of Robin

Williams, tell a joke today.

Tell several. Find something to laugh about. Go to see a performance by that young comedian. Encourage him or her, if you can.

And even now, in the midst of our sorrow, Red Skelton and Emmett Kelly – those master clowns – are welcoming one of their own, and heaven is a merrier place.

So, remember our friend Robin Williams with joy.

And remember, too, that “Laughter is deliverance, bubbly salvation.” (Stitches, Anne Lamott)

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Amber Chapell takes on the water slide at the endof-summer water party.

Summer Dyer and Tameka Chesney earned top honors in the summer reading program, and enjoy their “Fizz, Boom, Read!” bags.

Library summer starts with a boom; ends with a splash

By Libby Morgan Jess Raley and Chantay Collins at the Maynardville Library reflect on a summer of fun and want to thank everyone who helped make it such a big success: “Summer reading ended with a bang, or really a splash, if you want to get technical, at Maynardville Public Library. The event

started with the handing out of certificates and prizes.

“Mary Beth Kitts provided balloons and book lights for all the kids who were present.

“The winners in their age groups were Kaden Raley, Summer Dyer and Tameka Chesney.

“A total of 325 children

read over 11,000 hours this summer.

“Then the fun started!

There was a 100-foot slip and slide along with wading pools for the little children, bubbles and other activities.

“Watermelon, popsicles, and ice cream were provided, along with water. At the end of the day the kids were sprayed with the hose from

a Northeast Volunteer Fire Department truck.

“We would like to thank all our volunteers for the summer with special mention of Andrew Rymer and our two interns Tameka Chesney and Hannah LaShay Bridges.

“The library would also like to thank Northeast Volunteer Fire Department,

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Beverage Solutions, Union County Business and Professional Association and the Union County Senior Center.

“We would also like to thank everyone who took part in Healthy Kids Day, thanks to Candy Stooksbury and Barnabas for coming to read to the kids during story time; and to Big Ridge and Norris Dam State Parks for coming and participating in our programs, and as always, to the veterans for providing the free fishing day at Big Ridge State Park.”

Children who attended a summer full of events were able to have free breakfast and lunch. $16,000+ grant boosts library programs Chantay Collins, Maynardville library director, is putting a big check to work for her patrons.

The library just received a Pettway Foundation grant for over $16,000, and Collins purchased two AWE touchscreen tablets for children in first grade to age 14 to learn through games and activities such as Reader Rabbit, Jumpstart and Dora the Explorer.

“We may be able to get two more laptops for the library through a state tech grant, too.

“These are really great for all of our students, with programs particularly suited to clarify directions, words and numbers, and even music lessons.”

The Pettway grant money will enhance next summer’s reading program, with, among other things, sup-

Kaden Raley is a champion reader. Photos submitted plies and “messenger bags” for the participants.

“Our visitors can also take advantage of the Tennessee Electronic Library with ‘PowerSpeak,’ free foreign language classes online. You can even check your own pronunciation,” says Collins.

“We’re really excited about next year’s summer program. Our theme is Super Heroes, so we’ll have fun with that!

“Our goal is to have 400 kids complete the program next summer.”

Regional library to meet at Maynardville The regional library board will meet at the Maynardville Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.

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Church celebrates back to school

Dixie Lee Waldrop enjoys the inflatable bounce house and slide.

Revival Vision Church of God pastor Bryan Wheble eggs on kids who want to dunk him during the church’s back to school event. Wheble and his wife, Beverly, recently celebrated their first anniversary at the church.

Bear the Clown was on hand causing mischief and showering people with string in a can.

Vaughn Graves grills up hamburgers (as Michael Beason “supervises”) for lunch.

No strings attached on back-to-school donation

By Cindy Taylor Random Acts of Christian Kindness (RACK) is just a cool-sounding phrase to some people. Members of Clear Springs Baptist Church take those words to heart.

They have even printed postcards to reflect how seriously they feel about this ministry.

On the Saturday before school started in Knox County church members held their 5th annual backpack and school supply giveaway. Church volunteers did not raise money or ask the community to help make purchases for the day. Instead, they dug into their own pockets to provide free

FAITH NOTES ■ The First Church of God at Maynardville will be hosting a Sing Saturday at 7 p.m. Aug. 30. Featured group is All For Him from Dalton, Ga. All are welcome.

■ Nave Hill Baptist Church will celebrate homecoming during the 10:45 a.m. worship service Sunday, Aug. 31.

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backpacks to the 160 children who attended along with school supplies to fill them. And there were no strings attached.

“This is such a blessing and will help us tremendously,” said one parent. “We don’t attend church here but they didn’t care about that.”

Clear Springs Baptist Church will host its annual Trunk or Treat on Oct. 25. The current church address is 8518 Thompson School Road, and a new sanctuary is under construction at Harbison’s Crossroads. Info: 688-7674 or online at www. clearspringsbaptist.net/.

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Chick sale rewarding

By Libby Morgan This year’s 4-H Chick Chain Show and Sale garnered the 4-H program almost 50 percent more in bids than last year.

“Having more breeds was a factor in the higher bids, and we had a few more buyers willing to spend more to support the program,” says Ashley Padgett, Extension office administrative assistant.

Darrell Dyer, professional auctioneer, helped to drive up the bids with his lively chatter.

Longtime Union County Extension agent Harold Julian, 98, visited the event.

He was agent from 1949 until 1976, and is credited with starting the Chick Chain in

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Several of his “kids” said hello, including Dwight Dyer, whom Julian remembered.

“Yes, I remember you,” says Julian, “And don’t you have a brother who’s an auctioneer?”

He enjoyed the attention and a cake made in his honor that was shared by attendees.

The hens were judged by poultry experts Jimmy Jackson, Jama Jackson and Jeremy Long, who named Aaron Clapp, Emily Bills, Mallory Moore and Ashlyn Walker grand champion winners.

Hannah Tharpe won the record book competition.

Jessica Sexton in her new shop, A-line Boutique & Salon. The antique oak hall tree is from the furniture side of the family’s businesses. Photo by Libby Morgan

Dwight Dyer and Harold Julian share a joke in the Co-op ga- Ashlyn Walker rage before the judging. Photo by Libby Morgan cy, business analytics, economics and human resources.

UT NOTES ■ Trent Thurman has been named executive director for graduate programs in the College of Business Administration. He will oversee the college’s five nonexecutive-level full-time master’s degree programs: business administration, accountan-

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Jessica Sexton has opened A-line Boutique and Salon in Maynardville, combining fashion and hairstyling with her experience in retail and cosmetology.

She is a Union County native: Her parents, Jimmy and Angie (daughter of the late Mildred and H.C. Branum) Sexton, own the building, and have antiques, retro and refurbished furniture in the space next door to A-line.

(To help with the confusion about Jimmy Sextons in Union County, her dad is the Jimmy Sexton of Pintoon-a-pole fame at Sexton’s Autos on Highway 33 south of town.)

With an education in marketing and merchandising from ETSU and a stint at Belk, then afterward time as a cosmetologist, she says, “I thought it was time for me to go out on my own. “‘A-line’ refers to a skirt

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REUNIONS ■ Central High School’s class of 1959 will hold its 55th reunion Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22-23, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Info: Judy Edenfield Hodge, 531-4837 or Harold Knott, 947-3486 or haroldknot@frontier.com.

■ Halls’ class of 1959 will

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Info: Dickie George, 9227145.

■ Halls High School’s classes of 1976-1980 will hold a reunion 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Red Gate Farm, 2353 Maynardville Highway. The Kincaid Band will perform. Info and RSVP:

style and also is the name of haircut, so that seemed to fit for my shop,” says Jessica.

“I’m having fun stocking the dresses, tops and bottoms. I’ll have fashion for women of every age when it’s all here, and many of the items are under $30.

“I’m seeking other stylists to rent my chairs. This will be nice place for them to bring clients.”

Pieces from her parent’s business furnish the shop, and make a nice blend for comfort and display.

“We’re building up our stock of antique furniture, and we plan to open an arched doorway between the boutique and the showroom at some point.”

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■ Old Knoxville High’s class of 1947 will hold a reunion 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Buddy’s Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. All classmates are invited. Admission is $15. Lunch will be served around noon. Info and RSVP: 938-9639.

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Patriot athletes of the week Jake Savage and Chasity Henderlight are the Union County High Athletes of the Week as members of the golf team. They have played several rounds already this season.

Savage says, “We’re doing great. We’ve played G-P, Grace, Claiborne, Carter, Fulton, Grainger, and we get to play at all the area golf courses – Clinchview, Three Ridges, Woodlake, Gatlinburg and others.

“We have a great time and get to go all over East Tennessee to play.”

The golf team coach is Gary Chandler.

The UCHS volleyball team: (front) juniors Sierra Womble and Sierra Clabough, freshmen Mckensi Burchell and Kassidy Knight and sophomore Cheyanne Jacobs; (back) sophomore Daisie Lockhart, coach Nicole Lockhart, sophomore Sierra Walton, senior Reagan Collin, sophomores Emma Johnson and Ashtyn Patterson, junior Megan Wilson and assistant coach Crystal Johnson. Not pictured is assistant/score keeper Brittanie Patterson. Photo by Libby Morgan

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The Patriot volleyball team is ready for a short but busy season.

Team coach Nicole Lockhart and her assistant, Crystal Johnson, have an 11-girl team, with 14 games by the end of September, and a district tournament in early October.

“Our girls have really stepped up as a small team to do the job. We’re looking forward to a good season,” says Lockhart.

Her daughter, Daisie Lockhart, has followed in her footsteps as an avid volleyball player.

Nicole Lockhart says, “I was coaching volleyball back home (in Ohio) and I

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I’ve also coached baseball and softball rec leagues.

“I’m very fortunate to have the opportunity to coach such a great group of girls here at Union County High.”

In addition to coaching the volleyball team, Lockhart, as an LPN, is Eddie Graham’s assistant in the central office. She helps oversee the health of students countywide.

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Table: $25. Info/ application: lenacoker@yahoo.com.

THROUGH SATURDAY, SEPT. 20 Deadline for vendor registration, “Son” Fest, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road. Booth rental: $25. Info; Tammy Lamb, 604-7634.

THURSDAY, AUG. 21 Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway.

All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

FRIDAY, AUG. 22 Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 9928038.

Softball at Big Ridge State Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Park Road.

Fun, family orientated softball games. Info: 992-5523.

Golf tournament to benefit North Side Y annual campaign, Three Ridges Golf Course, 6101 Wise Springs Road. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. Shot gun start, 1 p.m. Cost: $75 per player; $300 per team. Info: 922-9622.

SATURDAY, AUG. 23

MONDAYS, AUG. 25, SEPT. 8, 15, 22

Kayak and paddleboard demo day, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Hickory Star Marina, 1360 Hickory Star Road.

Free event. Sponsored by Union County Chamber of Commerce. Info: 992-2811.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main Street. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

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-smokies-triathlon/.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy 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.

Movie on the lawn, St Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive. Hot dogs, popcorn, lemonade, 7:30 p.m.; movie at dusk. Community welcome. Bring blanket/lawn chair. If rain, will move inside.

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.

Community potluck and film night, 6-9 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center building, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

Senior Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Live music by Nigel Boulton Band. Admission: $5 per person. Info: 922-0416.

Handbuilding with Clay class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken.

Will include an additional Monday, not yet scheduled.

Registration deadline: Aug. 18. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAYS, AUG. 23 AND 30 Knitting: Snappy Scrappy Sampler Scarf class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Patti Ball. Bring lunch. Registration deadline: Aug. 16.

Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SUNDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 24-26 “The Universe Story” seminar with Dr. Larry Edwards of Genesis Farm, 1-8 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn.

Info/reservation: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

MONDAY, AUG. 25 Ice Cream Social fundraiser, 5-8 p.m., Sonic Drive-In, 7816 Oak Ridge Highway. 10% of sales to benefit Shine, Diamonds All-Stars’ senior coed level three competitive cheer team.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/to register: 525-5431.

THURSDAY, AUG. 28 Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway.

All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge.

Door prizes.

Halls Book Discussion Group, 1-2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Book selection: “The All Girls Filling Station” by Fannie Flagg. Info: 922-2552.

FRIDAY, AUG. 29 Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

Softball at Big Ridge State Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Park Road. Fun, family orientated softball games. Info: 992-5523.

SATURDAY, AUG. 30 Charity Carnival for Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Building Fund, 3-8 p.m., on the church property across from the high school. Theme basket auction, 6 p.m. All welcome.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main Street. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy 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.

Boomsday, Bluegrass and Barbecue celebration, 6 p.m., Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. Dinner, 7:30. Tickets: $60 per adult; children under 12 are free. Info/advance tickets: www.mabryhazen.com or 522-8661.

Local Authors Reading Round-Up, 2:30-5 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. David Hunter, Beverly Connor and Charles Connor will discuss their works. Book signing to follow. Info: 947-6210.

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