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Archery turkey shoot is Saturday Union County 4-H is hosting an Archery Turkey Shoot at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Big Ridge State Park archery range. The event is open to the public, and adults and children ages 9 and up may participate. Proceeds will benefit the 4-H shooting sports program. Info: 992-8038 or sperrin@utk.edu.
City of Luttrell sets TDOT meeting A public meeting with TDOT officials will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Luttrell Community Center to discuss road improvements in and around Luttrell.
‘Shop Local’ The Union County Chamber of Commerce has launched its annual “Shop Local” promotion. Buying groceries, goods and services locally promotes a stronger Union County. It keeps sales tax revenue at home for local schools, roads and law enforcement. Think about it. And then spend your money with your neighbors. That Internet vendor has never bought a youth sports T-shirt or contributed to the Rescue Squad. – S. Clark
IN THIS ISSUE But does it glow? Tennessee basketball fans didn’t really like what Cuonzo Martin offered for sale. The team wasn’t exactly dull but it didn’t sparkle. And it was confusing. Some losses should have been victories and the finish was inexplicable.
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Outdoor classroom surrounds future wetland By Libby Morgan Martha Brown, STEM teacher at Paulette Elementary, has a master plan for stimulating young minds: get kids outside to explore their natural world. Whether it’s a vegetable plant, an anthill, a tree or a rock – even a big drainage basin beside the school is a teaching tool. “Eventually this (as she sweeps her hand across the view of the grassy, flat-bottomed hole) will be turned into a wetland, with cattails and water lilies,” she says. This past spring, Brown harvested a few square feet of vegetables and herbs , and now the whole side of the schoolyard holds big raised beds bursting with fresh food. Ten-foot-tall sunflowers in a carpet of carrots serve as lessons in plant growth. Compost nurtures the soil for the garden beds. Every student at Paulette knows how to separate their leftover food, and every school day compostable matter is dumped onto the pile. The program got an unexpected boost recently due to a casual conversation. School principal Jason Bailey says, “Martha was buying some stuff at Lowe’s one day, and a cashier asked her if she had applied for the Lowe’s Heroes grant. They asked her what she wanted, she drew it out for them, and they approved it.” Last week, about eight Lowe’s employees descended upon the grounds of the school and worked all day digging through the hard ground to plant fruit and nut trees and installing eight big benches they’d built. The trees planted by the Lowe’s volunteers include yellow and red apple, plum, cherry, peach and two pecan trees. Brown says, “The yellow and purple fruits keep with our school’s colors. When the pecans
Paulette STEM teacher Martha Brown (at right) grabs a shovel while Lowe’s volunteers T.J. Mitchell and Caleb Rock chip their way through rocks to set new benches around the outdoor classroom. Three tag photos, in order of importance:
Martha Brown discusses new tree care with Lowe’s live nursery specialist Jennie Parton. Photos L. Morgan start producing, we can sell them for money to sustain the program.” “Martha is a huge asset to this school and to our whole community. She really knows how to get
Emily Kennedy and Kaylee Chisum feed the compost pile at Paulette Elementary.
kids involved and interested,” said Bailey. “She takes the extra produce from the garden to Milan Baptist Church next door for their food
pantry. She always has new ideas.” Volunteers and plant sharers are welcomed. Call the school at 865-745-0517 to get in touch and get involved.
Read Marvin West on page 5
We all love ghost stories, and here are just a few I’ve collected as a part of our great history. Read Bonnie Peters on page 4
High school poetry The first amazing difference in high school as compared to elementary was the smoking area on the sidewalk in front of the main entrance next to the principal’s office. Another was high school poetry. ...
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Science in action at Paulette
Jared Effler gets LMU alumni honor
Union Co. ‘haints’
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District Attorney Jared Effler of Maynardville received Lincoln Memorial University’s Dr. Charles Holland Alumnus of the Year award. LMU President B. James Dawson recognized Effler during LMU’s annual Homecoming Alumni Banquet in October. The award is given each year to the individual who best personifies the qualities and character of Abraham Lincoln. The Alumnus of the Year is a man or woman who embodies persistence, dedication in support of people and their freedoms and an obvious dedication to the mission and purpose of LMU. The award goes to a person who has achieved recognition in his or her professional life and who is an ambassador of goodwill and active in alumni activities. Effler graduated from LMU in 1995 and was recently elected the District Attorney General for Tennessee’s Eighth Judicial District, which includes Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Scott and Union counties. A proud product of the Union
County Public Schools, he worked his way through college at LMU by building boxes at Cooper Container Corporation. Following LMU, Effler earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Memphis School of Law, graduating with honors in 1999. Following law school, Effler was appointed assistant district attorney for the Eighth Judicial District. In this role, Effler prosecuted numerous cases. Highlights include obtaining six first degree murder jury convictions and being a team member for a local, state and federal effort to dismantle the largest illegal preLMU Alumnus of the Year Jared Effler is pictured with his family, wife Mary and scription drug ring in the daughters Katy Beth and Mia, and LMU President B. James Dawson. Photo submitted area. Additionally, Effler prosecuted the murderer of Cumberland Gap icon Harvey Effler has remained close to his lectured on ethics at the LMUFuson. The investigation and alma mater, serving as an adjunct Duncan School of Law and has prosecution of the case was re- professor in the Criminal Justice supervised interns for the institucently featured on Investigation and Criminology Program since tion. Discovery. 2005. Additionally, he has guest
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