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Dulcimers to Nicaragua
Union County’s own Sarah Morgan has a project to bring music to Central America: “It would be a wonderful thing to bring mountain dulcimers to the orphans at Casa Bernabe,” she says. Her friend Luke Hale leaves for Nicaragua on Jan. 13, and Morgan’s goal is to send at least four mountain dulcimers with him.
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Libby Morgan’s story is on page 3
Sharps Chapel library gets books Members of the Sharps Chapel FCE and the Dewey Decimal Book Club in Sunset Bay combined efforts to give a 71-book donation to the Sharps Chapel Elementary School library. “These books are all very good for our children’s ages,” says librarian Lisa Brantley. “We’re blessed to have a community of volunteers.” FCE info: Carolyn Shields at 278-3890, Rita Poteet at 2783385 or UT Extension agent Becca Hughes at 992-8038..
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Marvin West Shopper columnist Marvin West remembers the year UT coach Bowden Wyatt declined an invitation to the Gator Bowl. “Unbelievable! “When the UT athletic director, General Robert R. Neyland, first heard Wyatt’s position, he spilled some of his coffee and said something along the line of what in the world are you thinking?”
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Ronnie Mincey “Life is about relationships. “Two years of physical education classes at Horace Maynard High School provided several encounters with fellow classmates, some of which, even in memory, remain unpleasant. There were, however, two classmates that I am pleased to call friends to this day.”
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Bonnie Peters Union County historian Bonnie Peters continues her Civil War saga, and this week includes a modern-day picture of Jacob Haynes holding a Civil War era cannonball found by his cousin in the Brock community.
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County government gathers at the river By Libby Morga Morgan gan n Mayor Mike Williams and Union County employees celebrated the end of a good year with dinner at Calhoun’s on the River. Union County Public Schools was well represented at the event. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and his family joined the party, with Burchett saying he’d just had an eye exam. Williams thanked everyone for representing the county so well, and gave special recognition to Ann Dyer for having “zero findings” on a recent audit. He said Montgomery County representatives had visited Dyer’s Ken and Ann Dyer with Diane and office to help create a consolidated Gary England Photos by Libby Morgan finance office for their county.
Chronicling our Civil War soldiers By Libby Morgan
Though concerned with the deceased, the Union County Cemeteries Association is alive and well, with a group of dedicated volunteers. In an effort led by the East Tennessee Historical Society, the burial places, names and military records of soldiers of the Civil War are being recorded in databases and physically preserved by volunteers. UCCA members chronicle the graves in Union County. Gay Morton, a Halls resident, and Phillip Graves of Gibbs are the UCCA’s newest heroes. The two are recent collaborators in the 15-year-old association, a group that locates, identifies and documents gravesites and cleans and protects the cemeteries. Bonnie Heiskell Peters says it was “self-defense” that led her to ask then-Mayor Larry Lay to establish the association. “After I became county historian, I began getting calls and letters from all over the country expressing concerns for the condition of their loved ones’ graves, or trying to locate a loved one’s grave. I helped all I could but realized the task was greater than what I could do.” The late Ralph Monroe, who was the administrator of Carr Cemetery at the time, and others got behind the movement. “Robert and Ollie Ellison, Ger-
ald “Gerry” Myers and the late Sillus Rogers deserve much credit for the preservation of many cemeteries. Gerry has been the backbone in our getting 501(c)(3) status,” said Peters. “Many of us strolled through knee-high poison ivy to catalog neglected cemeteries. Thankfully, many of those sites have now been loved on and are receiving regular maintenance.” Morton, an historian, and her husband, Jim, volunteered with ETHS at the approach of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and by coincidence, Union County was her first focus in the region. “Union County is dear to me. My mother, Anne Hobt, was the extension agent for the county for many years. I spent a lot of time there, and the county was good to her. UT made my mother the very first county head agent in the state,” says Gay Morton. “My work for this project is mostly in front of the computer, and I’m standing on the shoulders of those who came before me: the people who created the 1890 census, the Confederate’s own pension applications, Bonnie Heiskell Peters’ book ‘Faces of War,’ Robert Ellison’s work, Leon Graves’ database on our web site – that’s where I go for my research.
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Wilson Park shines greeting New Christmas lights overlook the high school grounds and are highly visible from Highway 33. The display was installed just in time for the holidays with county park funds, according to Mayor Mike Williams. Photo
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Food City stores raised more than $400,000 in the Race Against Hunger holiday campaign. The store in Union County raised $2,200 and donated the money in the form of gift cards to the Union County Food Pantry. Store officials thanked the generosity of Food City customers.
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Morgan sending dulcimers to Nicaragua Sarah Morgan, Union County’s own nationally famous dulcimer player, sends a Christmas message to her friends here at home.
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“Help me bring the joy of the mountain dulcimer to Casa Bernabe orphanage in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua,” she says. Since August, Morgan has been studying at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va. She has missed performing and teaching, but has enjoyed the break from touring and the op-
in, Morgan says. “As many of you who play the mountain dulcimer know, it is one of the most accessible, kid-friendly instruments out there. “It only Sarah Morgan has three These mountain dulcimers are specially made for children, and strings, it is easy for small Sarah Morgan hopes to help provide four of the colorful instruhands to grasp, and it can ments to an orphanage in Nicaragua. Photo submitted be learned very quickly. It is a popular classroom instruportunity to learn in such a the orphanage again this ment. “It would be a wonderwonderful environment. year from January to June While at school, she met and has plans to work there ful thing to bring mountain dulcimers to the orphans at Luke Hale, a senior music long- term in the future. major who teaches music, While Casa Bernabe has Casa Bernabe.” Hale leaves for Nicaragua English and Bible at the no official music program, Casa Bernabe children’s Hale has tried to bring as on Jan. 13, and Morgan’s home and orphanage in Ni- much music to the children goal is to send at least four caragua. as possible. And that is mountain dulcimers with He will be working at where the dulcimers come him. How can you help? Consider contributing toward this dulcimer fund by sponsoring a dulcimer, or sending whatever amount you can. Send check/money order to: Sarah Morgan, 400 Ray Brenda Donahue, recently Road, Sharps Chapel, TN retired as Luttrell’s lab 37866. technician testing water “Rest assured 100 persince 1992, receives a boucent of your donation will quet from Mayor Johnny go toward purchasing these Merritt at the city of Lutdulcimers,” she said. trell Christmas dinner. “I will be sending upHe says, “Brenda had a dates and photos to those part-time job and gave us who contribute so you can full-time loyalty.” stay informed of this project.” Sarah Morgan, a special person indeed, is starting to make an impact on the world.
Folks drew for donated gifts at the Union County employees Christmas party. Here Ronnie Mincey holds up his winning ticket.
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Civil War soldiers “It’s the others who do the ‘real’ work of going out into the cemeteries, beating back the overgrowth and photographing the headstones. “We’re working to document any Civil War soldier who is from the area and is buried elsewhere, too. We found one in Oregon.” Morton expresses frustration with the Veterans Administration’s recent reversal on supplying markers for unmarked graves of soldiers, and she’s hopeful for U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann’s
From page 1 efforts to reinstate the policy. Phillip Graves, 30, has created a Facebook page, and he and Morton keep the page lively with weekly posts. “Our presence on the Internet continues to initiate contact from people who are descended from the soldiers,” says Morton. She credits her husband and Graves with photographing the headstones, and the group has only a few identi- This headstone marks the fied stones left to shoot. Some grave of William H. Hutchison. Surname is incorrectly spelled of the photos are sent to them “Hutcheson,” according to Union County Cemetery Association. by descendants.
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for moral support if nothing else. One such person was a freshman when I was an eighth grader. He seemingly disliked PE almost as much as I, although he could at least play basketball in rudimentary fashion. We spent a lot of time during class sitting on the sidelines having conversations about many interesting (at least to us) things. What a joy it was to discover that this was none other than my third cousin Ronnie Norman Washam! Knowing this endeared him even Mincey more to me as a friend, and to this day I am pleased to give my plumbing business TEACHER TIME to the highly competent Washam brothers. those of us who disliked PE During my freshman gravitate toward each other, year I was blessed to meet
Past, present and future tense Life is about relationships. Two years of physical education classes at Horace Maynard High School from 1978 to 1980 provided several encounters with fellow classmates, some of which, even in memory, remain unpleasant. There were, however, two classmates that I am pleased to call friends to this day. It was only natural that
an eighth grader to spend time with on the sidelines. I had opportunity this past year to share memories with him of a humorous poem (I still have a copy of that poem in his handwriting – can you spell “blackmail”?). I’m sure Randy Turner will be happy to discuss particulars with anyone interested. I’m proud to have Randy not only as a friend but also a close neighbor. The First Baptist Church of Maynardville and the Union County Property Assessor’s Office are in good hands with a deacon and employee like Randy. Good friends like these make the journey of life more enjoyable. Occasionally a mere acquaintance
Beyond Walker’s Ford - Part VIII There was much more activity, with many more soldiers on both sides crisscrossing Union County, than I had earlier anticipated. Last week I wrote about happenings in the community of “Brock.” The picture last week was of the Scott Brock home, which reputedly survived a cannonball hit.
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This week I’m including a picture of Jacob Haynes holding a cannonball found by his cousin near the Brock/ Walters home. Whether it’s the cannonball that went through that home, we will never know. But it is possible! From Colonel Graham’s diary: I now come to speak of the enemy, his designs and
expectations. After hearing reports of prisoners and the citizens along the line of the enemy’s march, I am confident that there were five brigades of cavalry and mounted infantry brought against my little force, the whole under command of Major-General Martin. The design was to keep my force engaged at the gap, four miles below Maynardville, [Could this be Ailor Gap?] until a portion of their forces could be moved from Blain’s Cross-Roads. Into the road between me and Walker’s Ferry, and at the same time a sufficient force had been sent around my front (Ousley’s Ford) to blockade the road to that point. At daylight, on morning of second instant, my entire command was to have been surrounded. The enemy moved on to a consummation of the object he so devoutly wished for, only to find he had surrounded a camp barren of everything Jacob Haynes holds a cannonsave the fires which my ball found by his cousin in the [men] had left in good order. Brock community.
In surrounding my camp he did, however, capture a portion of M Company, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, which had been left to patrol the road back to Maynardville, and were not able to cut their way out. Finding themselves foiled in their first attempts, they next tried to cut my command off at Walker’s Ford, and that, too, proved a failure, and at the same time cost them a considerable loss in killed, wounded and prisoners. From all the information I can get, and having made every effort to get at their loss, I am satisfied they lost 25 killed, about 50 wounded, and 28 prisoners. Major-General Martin was wounded in the wrist. Colonel Dibrell, commanding brigade, was seriously, if not mortally wounded. His adjutant-general was killed. … Of the officers and men of my command I cannot speak too highly; fighting as they did, at the least calculation, five times their number, and standing unflinch-
can provide comic relief. I remember one such individual whenever I see or hear of volleyball. I’ve never seen anyone get more excited over anything than Sam (not his real name) did over volleyball. Volleyball has those suspenseful moments when it’s uncertain if the ball can be kept moving. At those times, Sam would say, “Get it! Get it! Oh, @#$%! Get it! GET IT!!!!! Oh, man, that @#$%!!!!” Sam seemed blessed with an endless string of epithets with which to bless (and curse) the volleyball. The most comical expression would cross his face at these times, yet he never berated any of his
fellow players for mistakes or lack of skill. As you read this article, we stand on the verge of a new year. New years are exciting and scary because of possibilities and uncertainties. How will our lives be different at this time next year? Relationships with family and friends make these uncertainties easier to face, for all are faced with the same dread of the unknown. As I continue to discuss friends and acquaintances from the past in this column, my wish for you, Dear Reader, is that 2015 finds you securely wrapped in warmth and love from an innumerable host of friends. Happy New Year!
ingly as they did for eight hours before such a superior force, and only retiring from the field for want of ammunition, certainly indicates the highest order of bravery. It is hard to make special mention of any single one when all did so well. I must, however, speak of those who came under my special notice. Lieut. John O’Neil, Company I, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, my acting assistant adjutant-general, rendered my great assistance in conducting the engagement, was constantly under fire, and was finally wounded and taken from the field. Lieut. R. P. Finney, Company H, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, my aide-de-camp, proved himself a brave and efficient officer. Captain Hodge, commanding 65th Indiana Mounted Infantry, displayed the highest order of bravery, as well as decided good judgment in commanding his force, and I take pleasure in recommending [him] for speedy promotion in the position of a field officer. Lieutenant-Colonel Butler,
Fifth Indiana Cavalry, was, as on all previous occasions, cool and determined and at all times kept control of his men. Adjutant Roberts, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, had his horse shot under him. I am glad to state that the officers and men of the 14th Illinois Cavalry all acted nobly their part. On their efforts depended much of the success of the day. In conclusion, I have to append a list of casualties, which under all the circumstances, I am happy to record as small, considering the largely superior force opposed to mine and the closeness of the two during certain portions of the engagement: Sixty-fifth Indiana Mounted Infantry, 2 men killed and 6 wounded; Fifth Indiana Cavalry, 2 officers wounded and 5 men killed, 10 men wounded and 10 men missing; 14th Illinois Cavalry, 7 men wounded. Total, 2 officers wounded and 7 men killed, 23 men wounded and 21 men missing. Very respectfully, F. W. Graham, Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
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Tennessee once rejected a Gator Bowl bid Considering how hard these football Volunteers worked to get the current bowl opportunity, you might not believe that Tennessee once turned down a holiday invitation. It happened in 1955, after Bowden Wyatt’s first season as coach. The Gator Bowl called with a tempting offer to match the 6-3-1 Volunteers against the 8-1-1 Auburn Tigers. The two schools had been in the Southeastern Conference all along but hadn’t played since 1939. Great idea to get reacquainted, don’t you think? Wyatt said thanks but no thanks. Players were sur-
along the line of what in the world are you thinking? When he grasped his protégé’s logic, he said “BrilMarvin liant” or maybe it was “I’ll West be darned.” Wyatt actually knew what he was doing. He had a pretty good prised. Fans were shocked. team that had lost its first A second blast fol- two games, thumped Alalowed the coach’s decision. bama, tied highly regarded Vanderbilt was second Georgia Tech and lost only choice. “No” from Tennes- to Kentucky in the stretch see sent the Commodores to run. John Majors was the Jacksonville. junior tailback. He had proUnbelievable! duced 1,133 yards. He was When the UT athletic di- SEC player of the year. rector, General Robert R. The coach firmly believed Neyland, first heard Wyatt’s he was going to have a betposition, he spilled some of ter team the next season. his coffee and said something What Wyatt saw that others
missed was the 1956 schedule. The first game was against Auburn. Think about it. The Vols and Tigers really didn’t know each other. Auburn had no old film, no file, no scouting notes. Said Wyatt: “I did not want Auburn preparing to play against our singlewing in the bowl game, finding out what would and wouldn’t work on defense, and having eight more months to refine the plan.” Smart? Wyatt didn’t want no stinking Tigers spoiling what was to come. Tennessee played Auburn on Sept. 29, 1956, at Legion Field in Birmingham. Ten-
nessee won, 35-7. Tennessee surged on to a 10-0 record. It won the SEC championship. Majors became an allAmerican. Wyatt was national coach of the year. The ’56 Vols were truly outstanding, No. 2 in the country. They went to the Sugar Bowl. Sometime when you aren’t expecting it, I’ll tell you how that turned out. Well, maybe just a tidbit now: Majors fumbled a punt too near his goal. Bad things happened. But his mother, Elizabeth, had a wonderful explanation: “Even the best cooks burn the biscuits now and then.” Wyatt and Tennessee had nothing against the Gator
Bowl. They accepted a 1957 invitation and had a great game against Texas A&M, marked by a massive collision between rival tailbacks. Bobby Gordon had the ball and John David Crow was playing safety. They ran into each a few yards short of a Tennessee touchdown. You could hear the crash of helmets in the press box. Crow got up shaking his arm. He later said it was numb. Gordon, seemingly groggy, was helped to his feet by a good friend, end Landon Darty. It helps this story that Tennessee won the game. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com/.
A pedaling political omen for 2015 I like watching humanity of all ages, shapes, and sizes parade by my front door on slow evenings. By “slow” I mean those in which I saw the “Seinfeld” and “The Andy Griffith Show” episodes airing that evening just a couple of weeks earlier. On just such a slow evening last week, I watched a 40-ish man wheel by on a bright red bicycle.
under one arm. The man wore grey sweatpants, a green sweatLarry shirt and a bright orange Van toboggan, not the sledding Guilder variety familiar to Yankees (which would have been hard to balance), but the knit cap kind worn in the I might have passed this winter by southern gentleoff as nothing unusual had folk. he not been pedaling very It’s hard to say for cerleisurely through a driving tain what the dachshund rain holding a dachshund thought of this arrange-
Friends of the wild turkeys want you The Norris Lake Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will hold its second annual JAKES Day for youth later this year, with education and competitions showcasing hunting safety and awareness. The group raffled a quilt made by Mary Ellison as a fundraiser in December; Buddy Tolliver of Sharps Chapel was the winner. The committee is always seeking new members, volunteers and donors to help in promotion and conservation of Tennessee’s wild turkeys and the land they love to roam. Chapter meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Hardee’s in Maynardville. Info: Wayne El-
lison at 865-898-2625. The Norris Lake Longbeards will hold their annual banquet and auction on Saturday, March 21, at Union County High School. There will be dinner, raffles, silent auction, live auction, door prizes, guns and much more. Come out and support our heritage, says Wayne Ellison. “The National Wild Turkey Federation is dedicated to the conservation of the wild turkey and the preservation of our hunting heritage. “NWTF members are hunters, adults and children who care deeply about our natural resources.”
ment, although every few seconds the dog loosed an uncertain yelp, perhaps because the bicycler had not thought to protect his passenger’s head with a caninesized toboggan. Watching them pedal and yelp into the gloom of the approaching night, I concluded the dog was a kidnap victim, for what self-respecting dachshund would have volunteered for such a ride? Steeped in hillbilly lore, I soon realized I had witnessed an omen for the coming year. Many hours later I successfully divined its meaning. Here are a couple of bold predictions for what awaits us in 2015. Obama remains president for the entire year. Many may find this one hard to swallow given the president’s perceived missteps while in office. Estab-
lishing a national health insurance program, presiding over a booming stock market, bringing soldiers home from Afghanistan and ending the senseless Cold War standoff with Cuba cannot make up for shortcomings like vacationing in Hawaii or Martha’s Vineyard and allowing his wife to criticize our fatness. Presidents never get a real day off no matter where they are in the world, but for what it’s worth Obama trails George W. Bush in so-called vacation days at this juncture. There remain too many for whom Obama’s greatest sin is presiding while black. Fortunately, that’s not an impeachable offense. Jeb Bush just says no. There’s something called the Live Free or Die Alliance already touting the former Florida governor as the 2016 Republican presi-
dential candidate. If that name sounds like it was lifted from the New Hampshire state motto, that’s because it was. These, according to the Alliance, are a few of Jeb’s bona fides: opposes funding for stem cell research, supports “stand your ground,” supports stricter sentencing and is a “skeptic” on global warming. Despite the efforts of these Jeb-backers and others who would drag us headlong back to the 19th century, his hopes will fade when diligent researchers at MSNBC discover he is George W. Bush’s brother. Tarred with the Bush brush, he returns to his first love, “advising” banks like Lehman Brothers, whose recklessness and greed ushered in the Great Recession on his brother’s watch. Happy New Year!
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The forgotten places In the time of King Herod … wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” (Matthew 2: 1-2 NRSV) “A king will come,” the prophets announced. The people of Israel hoped and longed for a king, one who would rebuild the Temple, re-establish Jerusalem as capital of the Middle Eastern world, and put Israel back on the world stage. Such a king was expected to be born in Herod’s Jerusalem palace. However, as sometimes happens in our own lives, God had other plans. This king would be born in little Bethlehem, David’s hometown, not in a
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of legal protection. There are places where the elderly die alone, abandoned or forgotten. Places where hope is gone, where tomorrow is predictably just like yesterday. A child came into our world, into a cold stable in a small village. Mary knew this baby was special, different: the angel’s announcement to her was unforgettable. To his credit, Joseph believed her explanation of this incredible pregnancy (with help from an angelic visitation of his own!) After the arrival of the wise men, and the threat of Herod’s inordinate interest in this baby, Joseph and Mary sought refuge in Egypt, far away, out of reach of the king’s jealous plots. Later, they would return to scruffy little Nazareth, out of which, the saying went, nothing good would ever come. I pray that Jesus’ true home is in our hearts!
The nativity comes to life Audrey Brown and Don Dixon portray Mary and Joseph during Christ United Methodist Church’s living nativity scene. Photo by Robert Heydasch.
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■ Friends of Maynardville Public Library is holding its 2014-2015 Membership Drive. Family memberships cover everyone in the family and corporate memberships are available to businesses that want to support the library. ■ One-on-one classes are available by appointment for those wanting to learn how to use computers and other devices. For appointment: 992-7106.
The Maynardville Public Library is located at 296 Main St. Info: http://www.maynardvillepubliclibrary.org/ or 992-7106.
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The Sharps Chapel FCE Club met to celebrate the season as well as their collection of books for the elementary school library. They are: (front) Kathy Chesney, Sue Ross, Rita Poteet, MayPo Kramer, Terry Reinitz; (back) Mary Johnson, Lynn Prichard, Carolyn Shields, Pat Blackburn, Jane Bruns, Debbie Orlin and Joyce Rush.
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FCE, book club stock Sharps Chapel library Members of the Sharps Chapel FCE and the Dewey Decimal Book Club in Sunset Bay combined efforts to give a 71-book donation to the Sharps Chapel Elemen-
tary School library. “These books are all very good for our children’s ages,” says librarian Lisa Brantley. “We’re blessed to have a
community of volunteers.” Sharps Chapel FCE meets the third Thursday of each month at 1 p.m. at the Sharps Chapel Community Center next to the
school. Guests and new members are welcome. Contact Carolyn Shields at 2783890, Rita Poteet at 2783385 or UT Extension agent Becca Hughes at 992-8038.
Sharps Chapel librarian Lisa Brantley and principal Bryan Shoffner with students Jacob Keck (back) and (front) Hope Kitts, Jadazia Dyer, Wynter Dyer and Teagan Monroe on PJ Day with new books Photos by Libby Morgan
Roxanne Patterson’s candy-themed décor (above) won this year, and we give Ronnie Mincey (at left) honorable mention for creative use of his collection of Christmas ties. Photos by
Craft Shack Café members: (front) Lexie Hall, Samantha Hamilton, Rachel Hall, Savanna Gerber, Lauren Williams; (back) Savannah Jones, Summer Mize, Alyssa Lamb, Gracie Brady, Abigail Dunn and Aaron Clapp
4-H gets crafty The Craft Shack Café is a new Line & Design project group of the Union County 4-H Club. The small, close-knit group meets monthly, exploring new arts and crafts, trying new recipes, sewing designs, decorating, etiquette, service learning and many more fun activities. In a recent Thanksgiving-themed gath-
ering, the group tried pumpkin dip and apple cider punch and took the recipes home to share. The kids made candleholders by “Mod-Podging” leaves to mason jars, and after learning how to arrange place settings, created napkin rings and place cards to take home for their own Thanksgiving table.
Aaron Clapp and Gracie Brady decoupage Mason jar candleholders.
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In a highly-contested annual competition, Union County Board of Education employees decorate their doors for the holidays, vying for bragging rights for the next year.
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Union County Chiropractic Clinic is excited to announce their
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WE TAKE YOUR HEALTH TO HEART! Ashley Mike demonstrates to Abigail Dunn how to use Mod-Podge. In the background, Samantha Hamilton and Rachel Hall work on their napkin rings.
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