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Warm clothes The Horace Maynard FFA Chapter of Union County High School will distribute winter clothing collected for its Warm for the Winter campaign. The event will be 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 27, in the high school commons. Anyone in need is welcome.
Jeri Lett drives her 1952 Farmall Cub tractor in the Union County Christmas Parade. More pictures on page 2. Photo by Libby Morgan
Chamber banquet The annual Union County Chamber banquet will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at Rutherford Memorial United Methodist Church, Corryton. Tickets are $40 with table sponsorships at both a gold and silver level. Info: Union County Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 848, Maynardville, TN 378070848 or 865-992-2811.
Last call, pecans Pecans are available from the Union County Lions Club at the Union County Trustee’s Office in the Courthouse, Commercial Bank (Maynardville Branch), First Century Bank, First State Bank and the Union County Board of Education. One pound packages of pecan halves and pieces or 12 ounce packages of dark chocolate covered pecans are $10 per package. All funds raised go toward providing eye care services for Union County citizens.
IN THIS ISSUE Marvin West Money trumps tradition. How else can you explain changing the name of the historic Gator Bowl to TaxSlayer Bowl? The online tax prep people started paying the price in 2011. Naming rights were finalized this year.
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Ronnie Mincey Sometimes it seems the indignities life visits upon us will never end. The humiliation of my high school physical education class followed me on at least two separate occasions outside the locker room and gymnasium.
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Bonnie Peters Built in 1834, the Scott Brock home, later known as the Oscar Walters home, was located next to what we know as the Cecil Butcher home on Walker’s Ford Road.
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Christmas parade 3 miles long By Libby Morgan The Union County Christmas parade spread out a bit along the way, but as the first float coming back down Main Street neared the startup location at the high school, the last horses on the 3.2-mile route were in sight. Prior to start, the school parking lot was chock-full of cars, tractors and floats, the road in front of the school had a long line of Claiborne Hauling dump trucks, the back road was full
of floats and the Wilson Park lot held about 60 horses, some with riders and several pulling wagons and carts. “We’ve got one of the biggest parades I’ve ever seen,” said Santa, as he dashed around the lots giving out dozens of trophies before the parade commenced at about 2:30. Organized each year by the Union County Rescue Squad, the members of the volunteer organization flawlessly executed its plan to pull off the biggest event of the season.
School board explores energy savings By Sandra Clark It was a short school board meeting Dec. 18 as board members gathered in the high school library. Gerald Smith missed the meeting. Joe Bond, representing Johnson Controls, presented a plan for upgrading energy systems at various schools at no cost to the school district. The board voted to ask County Commission to commit to a non-refundable $30,000 toward Joe Bond the program. “This will be budget-neutral,” said Bond, “with no construction overruns, no cost overruns and no change orders. It (will be) a guaranteed price.” Bond said the Union County Public Schools pays about $925,000 per year for utilities. With new equipment and items such as motion sensors to turn lights on and off depending on movement, he predicted annual savings of $230,000. “Every building and all your gyms would get new lighting,” said Bond. He estimated a $3.45 million project with most construction to be done in summer 2015. County Commission would determine the funding, usually done by issuing bonds. Johnson Controls guarantees the energy savings will offset the repayment of the bonds or loan.
After an 18-month hiatus, TVA will resume offering rebates to non-profits and governments for energy upgrades, Bond said. “Tonight, if you commit to go forward, the $30,000 will go into the project. We will come back with bids on equipment. … We’re estimating spending about $65,000 on engineering.” Bond said Johnson Controls is a $42 billion company ranked 67th in the U.S. Fortune 500. His proposal follows a similar offer by Nancy McBee representing Trane. ■ Ann Dyer, finance director, said the state auditor wants the school district’s fund balance to equal one month’s expenses. That means an increase from about $1.4 million to $1.7 million. Director of Schools Jimmy Carter said the system cannot do this in one year. He recommending a plan to beef up the fund balance over four years, and the board will consider it in January. ■ The board named its representatives to the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act (PECCA) which will meet to discuss working conditions and pay with representatives from the Union County Education Association. The boards reps are: principals Lisa Carter, Sonja Saylor, Linda Harrell and Melanie Maples; supervisors Ronnie Mincey and Roger Flatford; board member Gerald Smith; along with Roxanne Patterson and Jamie Bowman.
Jacob “I’m an elf!” Warner, his pony Chocolate Ice Cream and his mom Julie Warner, set the standard for cuteness for the Union County parade.
Grandmother’s Flower Garden Edith Kitts (at center), host of the Hubbs Grove FCE Christmas party, shows a “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” quilt she recently finished from old and new pieces as club members Connie Buckner and Zettie Booker admire the work.
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Clerk and Master Sandra Edmondson with Travis and Leslie Patterson Photos by Libby Morgan
Making music for the Lions Club Union County Lions get a musical treat from the HMMS brass quartet: Alexandra Moshe, Audrey Gibson, Jacob Campbell, Alex Padgett and their director Hannah Haynes.
Courting the Christmas spirit By Libby Morgan Judge Darryl Edmondson hosted his annual Christmas breakfast for friends and colleagues of the county’s court system.
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State trooper Lt. Stacey Heatherly and Shirley Keaton at Darryl Edmondson’s Christmas breakfast in the big courtroom
Public defender Leif Jeffers, Chancellor Elizabeth Asbury and Judge Darryl Edmondson
The bed of Don and Pat Morgan’s Jeep is filled with huge presents.
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community Darla Bowman helps Under the Tree clients choose toiletries.
Gina Buckner with a few of her helpers in the high school commons area on Under the Tree distribution day. They are: (back) Autumn Staley, Brittany Spangler, Harold Rush, Robin Spires, Buckner, Tori Lay, unknown, Tyler Simmons, Alexandra Moshe, Misty Summers and Missy Brown; (front) Alex LaRue, Kaleia Spires, Sydney Cooper, Allison Smith and Hannah Brown.
Zachary and Elizabeth Purcel and Alex Padgett oversee distribution of coloring books and crayons donated by St. Malachy Catholic parish in Illinois.
D-day for the elves County Trustee and Santa’s special helper Gina Buckner spent the morning of Dec. 13 directing dozens of elves on “distribution day” for Union County Children’s Charities’ Under the Tree program. Five hundred needy children received gifts from their wish lists, and churches in the county added to the giving with tables full of warm clothes, socks, toiletries and books. Head elf Carol Pratt says of the culmination of months of effort, “When I see the smiles on the faces of all these hardworking, deserving people, and I get a hug and thank you, that’s
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my reward. It’s so worth it.” Buckner wishes to thank everyone who helped with the project. She says, “It’s a wonderful blessing to be a part of this giving community.”
Under the Tree head elf Carol Pratt gets a hug from Juanita Hale, a longtime foster parent. Photos by Libby Morgan
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THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24 Christmas in Old Appalachia at the Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway. Info: 4947680 or www.museumofappalachia.org.
SATURDAY, DEC. 27 Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31 New Year’s Eve Celebration, 9 p.m., the Rose Center Council for the Arts, 442 W. Second North St., Morristown. Featuring the Al Curtis Orchestra. Tickets: $35. Info/tickets: 423-581-4330 or info@ rosecenter.org.
Jane Janeway and Lana Booker with more than 300 hats, scarves and gloves handmade by the First Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Union. The group works on the project all year long in preparation for Under the Tree.
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Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.
Advanced Beginner Wheel class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Katie Cottrell. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7 AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Knoxville AAA Office, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Cost: $30 members; $35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.
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MONDAYS, JAN. 12, 19, 26 Handbuilding with Clay class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken. Registration deadline: Monday, Jan. 5. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
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Halls Middle “Pink Out” basketball game. Donations to The Butterfly Fund will be accepted during the school day and at the basketball game that afterThunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main noon. Info: Jill Wright, jill.wright@knoxschools.org or St., Maynardville. Gospel singers invited. Info: 201-5748. 922-7494. Knoxville Choral Society auditions for all voice parts, 6-8 p.m. To schedule an audition time: 312-2440 or membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org. Once a time Sets class, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft is set, location and other details will be provided. Info/ Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. audition form: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org. Instructor: Anderson Bailey. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.
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MONDAYS, MARCH 16, 23, 30 Handbuilding with Clay class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
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Beyond Walker’s Ford - Part VII This is a continuation of the account of the skirmishes around Walker’s Ford. The accounts here are excerpts from the diary of Colonel F. W. Graham. This documentation is contained in War of the Rebellion, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 31, Part I: Dec. 2, 1863, about 5 a.m. Forage parties were sent out, and rations were being issued as daylight appeared, and my pickets in rear of camp were vigorously attacked. Although my command was tired, men sleepy and hungry, and the natural condition of my camp, after a night’s march somewhat irregular, yet all were under arms and in shape to repel the attack in the very shortest possible time. I immediately sent the 14th Illinois Cavalry to the river and down the road leading from Walker’s Ford to Rutledge, feeling confident that I could, with the remainder of my fence, keep the enemy in check and make good my retreat to and across the river. Two guns of
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Colvin’s battery were sent to Walker’s Ford, with orders to cross and take position on the bank of the river, so as to command all the approaches to the fords. By half past seven o’clock my pickets had fallen back to Brock’s house [see picture], the enemy advancing in such numbers as to compel them to give way at this time. My main force was in position, the 65th Indiana on the left of the line, a portion of the Second and Third Battalions, Fifth Indiana Cavalry in center, and
Didn’t know Jack Sometimes it seems the indignities life visits upon us will never end. The humiliation of my high school physical education class followed me on at least two separate occasions outside the locker room and gymnasium. On the first day of eighth grade PE Max Branum announced that we needed to purchase a “jock strap.” For the more refined, that would
Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME be an “athletic supporter.” I was less than happy to hear this because I knew I would have to appeal to my fa-
Built in 1834, the Scott Brock home, later known as the Oscar Walters home, was located next to what we know as the Cecil Butcher home on Walker’s Ford Road. After Mr. Brock died, the property was eventually deeded to Oscar Walters, Hazel Walters Butcher’s father, and that family lived there for years. Hazel commissioned Dorothy Walker Keck to paint the homeplace from a 1930s photo by Marshall Wilson, taken as he was documenting for the Norris Dam project. Legend has it that during a skirmish, a cannon was shot into one end of the house and came out the other end. Picture courtesy of Steve Epperson one company of the 65th Indiana, and one from the Fifth Indiana Cavalry on right. The guns of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry were put in position in rear of center, on a rise of ground, from which they did good service in keeping the enemy in check. Three companies of Fifth Indiana Cavalry, under
command of Major Woolley, and one section of Colvin’s battery, under Captain Colvin, were placed in reserve. The firing had now become somewhat brisk, and the enemy not only showed his force, but made attempts to flank my position. I could only prevent him from doing so by gradually
ther for transportation and money to purchase this necessary item, and I expected he would be less than happy. I arrived home on the school bus to find Dad plowing the garden. I went out and interrupted him to tell what I needed. Just as I figured, he was less than happy. He wanted to know in detail what a jock strap was and where to find one. I explained the item as best I could (after all, I’d never seen one, either) but didn’t have a clue where to find it. I doubted such a thing could
be found in Maynardville. Maynardville in 1978 had very limited shopping opportunities. There was no Dollar Store, Fred’s or Family Dollar, but we did have Bailey’s Department Store, located on downtown Main Street in the same building as Wise Pharmacy, next door to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jessee. This establishment was operated by Ms. Billie Bailey Myers, mother of attorney K. David Myers. Ms. Billie went to church with me and taught fourth grade at Maynardville Elementary. Dad and I walked into Ms. Billie’s store, where she greeted us warmly. She asked if she could help us, and Dad blurted out, “Aw, this kid needs some kind of old JACK strap.” I never wished more fervently to vanish from the face of the earth. I could not have looked Ms. Billie in the face if my head had been in a vise. To her credit, that wonderful, kind lady never cracked a smile. She most politely guided us through
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falling back, which I did, to the point near Yeadon’s [sic Yadon’s] house, where I brought my command into close order, and under cover of a fence and a log house or barn. The enemy here made a charge in column, which was splendidly bet by a portion of each regiment, and which proved decidedly di-
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this necessary purchase like we were the richest, most polished customers in Union County. During freshman year, I became probably the only student to attend Horace Maynard High School who arrived at school to find the contents of my locker, including my only pair of gym
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sastrous to the enemy. My artillery had now been retired, the formation of the ground on which it had to pass being unsuited to its use. The enemy being exhausted [exasperated] at their repulse pushed on furiously, but the gallant officers and men of my command were not to be driven back so easily; on the contrary, they manfully contested every foot of ground, falling back slowly to a point about one mile from the river, where they were reenforced by the 116th and 118th Indiana Infantry, Colonel Jackson commanding brigade. These regiments being in position and my men being out of ammunition, I retired my force across the river, thus ending the fight, so far as the Fifth Indiana Cavalry and 65th Indiana Mounted Infantry were concerned. Colvin’s battery was engaged for some time after in shelling the enemy, and the 14th Illinois Cavalry was also engaged for a short time after on the road leading to Rutledge. I respectfully refer you to the report of Colonel Capron, herewith attached, for an account of the part the 14th Illinois Cavalry took in repelling the attack and advance of the enemy.
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shorts, burned. I tried not to take this too personally, as my locker was in prime location directly across the hall from Principal Joe Day’s office. I was personally more distressed that my brand new civics textbook with the pretty picture of the American flag on the cover was destroyed. I used this fire as my justification to never “dress out” for PE again. Mr. Branum was somewhat merciful – pitiful athlete though I was, he never gave me less than a “C.” Gym class was not all bad, however; next week I’ll discuss two great friends and some other interesting people I met in high school physical education class.
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Money trumps tradition Money trumps tradition. How else can you explain changing the name of the historic Gator Bowl to TaxSlayer Bowl? The online tax prep people started paying the price in 2011. Naming rights were finalized this year. There is a bonus. Because TaxSlayer has invested in NASCAR, because Dale Earnhardt Jr., once drove a TaxSlayer car at Bristol, he’ll be at the bowl to toss the coin. Don’t miss it. If you are going to Jacksonville, you might enjoy the $75 coaches’ luncheon on Dec. 31. Rivals will brag on each other. You can sign up for a 5k run or attend the
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UT pep rally or watch the parade of bands. The big tailgate party costs $50. Nothing like that happened when I was there. Long-ago Gator Bowl stuff probably doesn’t matter too much to current Volunteers. Even with Butch Jones conducting history class, there can’t be much interest in that great 3-0
Tennessee victory over Texas A&M in 1957 dampness and muck. Bobby Gordon gained more yards (60) than Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow (46) but Crow is in the Gator Bowl Hall of Fame on his name. Maybe Sammy Burklow should be. He kicked the winning field goal, a 17-yarder, only one of his Tennessee career. Coach Bowden Wyatt prepared Sammy for the winning moment. “There’s nothing to it. It’s just like an extra point.” You need to know that ex-Vol Burklow, from Hazard, Ky., became Dr. Sam Burklow, practicing internal
medicine in Fresno, Calif. More history? Bear Bryant was the Texas A&M coach, his last game with the Aggies. Best yarn from that trip was the post-game kicking exhibition in the fashionable Ponte Vedra Club suite of Robert R. Neyland, then athletic director at Tennessee. The General had the game ball as a trophy. He and friends, after several glasses of lemonade, decided to recreate the moment of triumph. A somewhat famous guest, Scrappy Moore, Chattanooga coach, delivered a mighty kick and broke a big mirror. His second try took out a bay window. Gus Manning retrieved the football from the beach. Weeks later, the Univer-
sity of Tennessee received a bill for room damages. Neyland was very unhappy. He wanted to know who the heck did what to tear up the place. Gus reminded him of the indoor field-goal exhibition. The General said: “Well, there ain’t a damned thing wrong with that. Pay the people.” Tennessee 18, Syracuse 12 in 1966 was a bit more conventional. Dewey Warren threw for 244 yards with touchdowns to Richmond Flowers and Austin Denney. Floyd Little rushed for 216 yards and Larry Csonka gained 114. The play I remember best was Paul Naumoff tackling Csonka near the goal to preserve the victory. Tennessee lost to Flori-
da, 14-13, in 1969 in Doug Dickey’s last game as coach of the Volunteers. Don’t get me started on that. Tennessee routed Virginia Tech, 45-23, in 1994. James Stewart scored three touchdowns. Peyton Manning completed several passes. Back when the Gator Bowl was the Gator Bowl, there were other landmarks. Ohio State coach Woody Hayes threw a forearm at a Clemson receiver and got fired the next morning. Bobby Bowden coached his final game for Florida State at the old arena. That was before EverBank Field and TaxSlayer. I suppose money makes things better. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
4-H starts hog project By Shannon DeWitt Hello, supporters of Union County 4-H. The Union County Hog Club has hogs for sale this year. This will be our first year of the hog DeWitt project. If you are interested, you will be purchasing a pig raised by a Union County 4-H member. The 4-Hers started their weaned hogs late summer and they will be ready for slaughter after the state 4-H Market Hog Show in January. We estimate they will be around 300 pounds. This is only an estimate, as they could be more or less depending on the individual animal. They price is $300 for a whole hog or $150 for a half a hog. This is the cost of the live animal, and the fee will be paid directly to the 4-H member who owns the hog. We will facilitate delivery to a local processor for no additional charge. The processing fees are not included and you pay those directly to the processor when you pick up your meat. I will take orders first come, first served. Emailed is the preferred method to reserve your animal. Please email sdewitt@ utk.edu with the following information: Your name, phone number, email address, mailing address, and whether you want a whole or half hog. We will again be using Helms Processing in Maynardville. They charge $40 to slaughter and then 55-cents per pound (carcass weight) to package. You will contact them directly with your specific cutting instruction. These hogs weigh between 275 and 340 pounds, so to get an idea of packaging costs multiple the live weight by 72 percent to get estimated carcass weights. There are options for the cut meat you want from each area of the hog. You can choose, slice, roast, sausage and cubed ham. Helms seasons every 30 pounds of sausage with 1 pound of seasoning ($5 per lb. for regular and $6 per lb. for hot sausage). You can communicate your preferences on cuts directly to the processor. The hogs will be delivered to the processing facility on Feb. 12 and may be picked up on Tuesday, Feb 17, after 9 a.m. at Helms Processing. To get an idea of amount of meat from a hog, I have included a percentage break down of different cuts below. Please call if you have any questions and reserve your hog quickly. We have
a limited supply and are scheduled with the processor Feb 12. ■ Pork Boston Shoulder (Butt): 7 percent ■ Pork Arm Picnic: 9 percent ■ Pork Loin: 18 percent ■ Pork Ham: 21 percent ■ Pork Belly: 17 percent ■ Pork Spareribs: 4 percent ■ Pork Other: 24 percent Thanks and Merry Christmas!
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Shannon DeWitt is a UT Extension Agent at 3925 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville; 865-992-8038.
To arms, to arms, the #DanishAreComing Last week, after President Obama announced we would normalize relations with Cuba, I tuned in to a local radio station’s daily talk show anticipating wing-nut hysterics at the news. I came away gratified. One caller expressed his displeasure at trading with any Communist nation by asking rhetorically, “Why are we (trading) with Vietnam, anyway? They killed 55,000 of our men.” Then, for emphasis: “We shoulda nuked ’em back to the Stone Age.” For that fellow, nothing exudes Christmas cheer like a glowing, radioactive crater. Although Obama’s most recent treasonous action
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was enough in itself to curl his toenails, it turned out the caller was equally outraged over the origin of his jockey shorts: made in Vietnam. After East Tennessee’s version of Gen. Jack D. Ripper (of “Dr. Strangelove” fame) hung up, I tried to empathize with him. My jockey shorts are “immigrants” as well, made in Honduras, but we haven’t
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had a war with Honduras lately. If we had, I might feel differently. Then I considered what this country would look like today if we had “nuked” Vietnam: probably a lot like Vietnam but without the jungle. But our actions would also have precipitated World War III, and we would have been nuked in turn by the Soviet Union and Red China. (Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers …” As opposed to “peacekeepers,” now-retired ICBMs once deployed by the United States.) However, fair-minded individual that I am, I conceded the caller might be onto something.
Vietnam is the wrong target, especially now that it produces serviceable underwear. But there are people, places and things that could do with a good Christmas nuking, so I made this list and checked it twice. Denmark. Peaceful little Denmark, you say? Ha! Danes, with their well-paid McDonald’s workers and their cream cheese pastries may seem to be the last people on earth who deserve industrial-grade irradiation, but read on. Denmark has decided to lay claim to part of the Arctic surrounding the North Pole. Because the continental shelf running under Greenland stretches to the pole and Greenland
is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the pushy Danes think they can just grab territory like it was formerly part of Mexico. Anyone who writes or says anything preceded by a hashtag (#). If you’re like me, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to restrain the impulse to strangle the next person who uses a hashtag to communicate feelings, as in, “I feel #blue today,” or opinions like “#DanesAreNuts.” Nuking on this scale would mean the end of Twitter, a sweet collateral benefit. The next politician who says, “I’m not a scientist, but …” We’ve been hearing a lot of this from climate change deniers in recent years. We know you’re not scientists; we only wish you would listen to them.
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No room? And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (Luke 2: 7 NRSV) I have often tried to imagine Mary’s dismay when she realized she was going to give birth to the miracle child she was carrying – God’s son – in a stable. The trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem must have been difficult enough, and I can only imagine how Mary must have wondered if God was absolutely sure this was the plan. Joseph obviously loved Mary and trusted God’s angel, who had reassured him early on in Mary’s pregnancy. But now, Joseph may have had some doubts, too. What in the world was God up to? Was this some very unfunny cosmic joke? A prank? Punishment? If so, for what? As Lewis and I have tried to sort out this Christmas, with family and dear friends living in five different states, I have been, in turn, frustrated, sad and hopeful. I was finally reminded by my daughter Eden of the loveli-
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ness of the problem: having lots of people I love! She assured me that all will be well; we all love each other, we will get together as we can. It will be Christmas no matter what. I remember so well the Christmas many years ago when the sister of an in-law had no place to be on Christmas Eve and was included in our celebration and giftgiving. I will never forget her saying with a sigh, “It’s Christmas, after all.” As I have looked forward to and prepared for this Christmas, I have tried to be very careful to leave room in my schedule – in my plans, my, mind, my heart – for the Christ Child!
Josie Grussing models clothing from Guatemala.
Women work to help others By Sandra Clark Sometimes a mission trip can change your life. That’s certainly the case for the Grussing family from Karns. Angela Grussing and her daughter, Josie, joined Sue Sain from Clinton on a recent Sunday afternoon to sell handmade items from Guatemala through the Nuestros Ninos Charity. This particular week the women were at Powell Presbyterian Church. The charity is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organiza-
tion. It funds construction of primitive stoves, vented to the outside, in one-room shacks where families live in Central America. Angela Grussing said families cook and heat with an open fire before the stoves are built. She’s now visited Guatemala six times. Her family has adopted two children from the country. Josie Grussing said she received an extraordinary Christmas present – the education of a Guatemalan girl about her age. Her gift
sponsors the child in school. Also, she and Josie correspond. “She likes basketball. We got her a bike (during our last visit).” The girl’s father works in the river, taking out sand and rock. “There is a school, but children must pay,” said Angela. “And they must have shoes.” The charity has collected and donated more than 2,000 pairs of used shoes. Josie laughs when describing the “chicken dance” that occurs when donated,
live chickens are taken out of the sacks used to transport them to villages. The chickens flap their wings, making them hard to hold. “We give three chickens to each family,” said Angela. The eggs provide protein in a diet that’s otherwise high in carbs and salt. The charity began as an adoption group of 17 people. It’s grown because of the commitment of its members to make life better for less fortunate people. Learn more at www. nuestrosninoscharity.org/.
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Athletes of the Week By Libby Morgan
The Horace Maynard Chapter of the Future Farmers of America won first place in the UCHS Fantasy of Trees. Shown here are club members Shawn Long, Monica Foust, Kelsie Phillips, Emily Grisham, and Kim Stroud with their winning tree design. Photo submitted
Sophomore basketball players Weston Griffey and Emma Hickman are the Patriot Athletes of the Week. Griffey has played basketball since he was Griffey four years old, and is averaging about eight points a game as a Patriot shooting guard. He will join the baseball team again this spring as a pitcher and outfielder.
His parents are Brad and Laura Griffey. Emma Hickman, a sophomore, is a forward on the Patriots girls’ basketball team, and she also plays softball on a rec team. Hickman She is considering a career in law enforcement or the medical field. She is the daughter of Betty and Randy Hickman.
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STEM Fair a first for UCHS By Libby Morgan Late in November, science and math departments and the freshman academy at Union County High learned they won a $20,000 GearUp innovation grant. Biology teacher Danny Satterfield says, “Right away we decided to hold a science and art fair themed around climate change to kick off our plan for using the grant money. “Our group has brainstormed lots of ideas, and we plan to enact a studentto-student mentoring program, where every freshman is paired with a top student from the junior or senior class. “One of my professors at UT, Dr. Barry Golden, has been working closely with us, and we’ll be mentored by him and students from UT. “We’ll be practicing ‘real science’ in a wetland to be built behind the baseball field to track amphibians, and in a grass land of switch grass to study how and why a certain fungus attacks the plant. Our students will collect data and keep records. “We are buying 30 iPads and we’ll be able to put a dual enrollment program in place. “We’re working on a com-
munity education outreach aspect for the program, too.” The UCHS STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Fair was held Friday, Dec. 12, at the school. Golden and Andrew Courtner, director of academic support at LMU, helped to judge the 20 or so entries. Prior to the judging, Courtner spoke to the students about how to navigate college entry and money available to students at LMU and federal and state education funds. Students were able to interact at length with the judges, explaining their exhibits while the judges challenged them with questions and comments. Kaitlin Motes won first place for “How Does Acid Rain Affect the Growth of Switch Grass;” second was “How CO2 Affects Fish” by Mikenzie Zook, Courtney Pringle, Connor Long and Halli Branch; and Reagan Collins and Jordan Hurst took third for “Harnessing the Energy from the Sun.” In the art division, first place went to Destiny Cary, second place for a short film about causes of climate change by “Noble Comedy”
Cody Russell and Charlie Hamilton with their project on measuring particulates in the air, with teacher Kristen Wilson
Destiny Cary’s first-place win in the art division in the STEM Fair at UCHS (Gus Simpson, Connor Mize and Jacob Wolford) and third-place winner was Cor- Reagan Collins and Jordan Hurst (at right) discuss their STEM Fair third-place solar oven rina Ledford. project with UT professor Barry Golden. “We plan to have another STEM Fair in the spring,” says Satterfield. “I’m really proud of the awesome job they did with such a short time to prepare for this one.” “If we are successful, the innovative grant will continue, and other funding may be available. Some of our teachers are currently working on another grant to help keep up with data Agents through ‘Donors Choose’ grants,” says Satterfield. Von Richardson &
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Back pain is not something that just has to be coped with. Study after study has shown that chiropractic treatment is effective in addressing back pain. Chiropractic treatment is also a way to manage a condition after the pain is resolved that will not involve either surgery or drugs. Using the lifting example above, if you have injured a muscle, and that muscle has pulled one of the spine’s vertebrae out of alignment, a spinal adjustment by a chiropractor may be the solution to your problem. Talk with a chiropractor if you’re experiencing back pain. Brought to you as a community service by Union County Chiropractic; 110 Skyline Drive, Maynardville, TN; 992-7000.
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