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Union County Chamber of Commerce will be accepting resumes for the position of president April 4-13 at its office, located at 1001 Main St., Maynardville. To assure someone is available, call 865-992-2811 before dropping by. Full job description is on the chamber’s page on Facebook.
By Sandra Clark
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s ... oops! Union County Courthouse was without power briefly last week after a goose flew into a transformer, blowing up both. A courthouse wit called it a suicide mission.
Chicks arrive! More than 500 baby chicks arrived in Union County last week. The tiny fowls were picked up from the post office by UT extension office agent Shannon DeWitt and transported to the extension office. Four breeds were included in this year’s offerings. The cute and cuddly critters were kept under heat lamps while they waited for their new owners. Union County 4-H students dropped in throughout the day to pick their chicks.
Labs and graduate student work area (architect’s rendering) Photos provided by University of Tennessee a position currently held by Steven Wilhelm. The five-year appointment began Aug. 1, 2014, and is renewable competitively under the guidelines of the endowment. Wilhelm’s research focuses on molecular ecology of viruses, bacteria and algae in oceans and large lakes. He and his research team seek to understand the increase in degradation of fresh waters in recent decades and what can be done to protect fresh water resources. The couple also provided UT with an estate gift that established the Mossman Lecture Series. The inaugural Mossman Distinguished Lecture featured Bill Nye the Science Guy and drew more than 8,000 people, many of them
UT students. Ken Mossman’s younger brother, Michael, who is also a UT graduate, attended the groundbreaking. “They were good decent people. Yes, they were accomplished. They were academics; they were bright. But at the heart of things they were good people who were interested in education, interested in paying things forward,� Michael Mossman said at the ceremony. Dave Irvin, associate vice chancellor for facilities services, recently updated UT supporters on the campus improvements underway. To page 2
Triplett: No more hidden gems
Big Ridge State Park has a new park manager, Keith Montgomery, who has quickly embraced the public service and downright friendliness that sets this park apart. That was obvious at the park’s annual day-before-Easter egg hunt which attracted some 4,900 visitors, based on the rangers’ car count. An event this big doesn’t happen by accident. It’s a treat for kids because of the hard work by park workers and volunteers and the financial support from individuals and businesses from a three-state region.
By Shannon Carey
Story and pictures on page 3
Front porch sittin’ Country music songwriter and singer Tracy Lawrence knew his stuff when he recorded “If the World Had a Front Porch.� I once went with my halfbrother Fred to see my (truly) great aunt Lidia Mincey. She at the time lived in a trailer within spitting distance (pun intended) of her sister, my great aunt Carrie Larmer.
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Union County resident and school board member Marty Gibbs goes to work every day thinking about a major new construction project at the University of Tennessee. The six-floor Mossman Building is scheduled to be open for fall semester 2018, Marty Gibbs and Rentenbach Constructors Inc., where Gibbs is vice president, is the general contractor. The futuristic building supports interactive teaching and hands-on learning. Ground-breaking was Oct. 29 at the construction site on the corner of Cumberland Avenue and 13th Street. The building extends back to White Avenue and will include a snack/dining facility. The Mossman Building will house portions of microbiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, psychology and nutrition. The facility is named for the late Ken and Blaire Mossman, who met when they were students in 1968 and stayed connected to UT throughout their lives. The Mossmans also endowed a professor in microbiology,
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Tennessee Tourism Commissioner Kevin Triplett is on a mission. In his first year on the job, he wants to visit all 95 counties in the state. That’s a big undertaking, but the purpose is simple. “Being able to see first hand the assets we have in the state gives me a better perspective,� he said. “People like to use the term ‘hidden gems,’� he added. “We’re fine with gems, but we don’t want them to be hidden.� Triplett checked Union County off his list April 1, touring the new bicycle trails at Loyston Point, meeting with marina owners and Big Ridge State Park superintendent Keith Montgomery, and visiting the Winery at Seven Springs Farm. “Union County is beautiful,� he said. “There’s tremendous history here, not just Tennessee history but music history. There is incredible entrepreneurship going on here.� Triplett said the state is planning a music-themed driving trail to tie into the 16 regional driving trails. “Highway 33 and Union County are a part of that,� he said. Triplett asked the Riddle family at Seven Springs about their background and plans for the future. With new legislation allowing wineries to also produce cider, adding a cidery is in the works at Seven Springs.
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Courthouse ‘lights it up blue’ for autism Hundreds of blue pinwheels decorate the steps of the Union County Courthouse in honor of Autism Awareness Month. Nighttime lighting at the courthouse also “lights it up blue,� as the month’s slogan says, with blue floodlights painting the courthouse. Photo by S. Carey
Burn permits required through May 15 The Tennessee Depart- are required by law until can be high, so the online of fires in 2015, escaped ment of Agriculture Divi- May 15, unless otherwise system is most effective ob- debris burns were still the sion of Forestry reminds covered by local ordinanc- taining a permit for a small leading cause of wildfires Jacob Davidson shows off his new chicks. Photo submitted citizens that if they plan to es. Residents should check debris burn. in Tennessee, accounting Once a burn permit is for 251 fires that burned burn outdoors, a burn per- with their city and county government for any local re- obtained, debris burners more than 1,900 acres. mit is required. should practice common The Division’s burn permit “With two of the past quirements or restrictions. Permits can be obtained sense: system has dramatically three years experiencing Establish a control line record low fi re numbers, online for burning of leaf helped reduce the number More than 500 baby around the fi re, down to and brush piles measuring of escaped burns since the we hope to see a continuchicks arrived in Union ation of that trend,� State less than 8 feet by 8 feet in bare soil before conducting program began in 1995. County last week. The tiny Forester Jere Jeter said. area. The online system also the burn. Burning without a permit fowls were picked up from Cindy “But we need our citizens’ provides permit access durNotify neighbors and lois a Class C misdemeanor the post office by UT extenTaylor help. Burning leaves and ing weekend and evening cal fire departments in ad- punishable by up to 30 sion office agent Shannon days in jail and/or a fine brush that have accumu- hours. Access the system at vance as a courtesy. DeWitt and transported to Have tools on hand such www.burnsafetn.org. The lated around the yard or not to exceed $50. the extension office. Four as a leaf rake and garden using fi re to clear an old website is a good source of Wildfires caused by arbreeds were included in this Jacob chose 15 hens and field is an efficient way to information for safe debris hose or bucket of water to son were the second leading year’s offerings. The cute and cuddly crit- two roosters. He will feed get rid of vegetation. How- burning practices and fire help control fire that es- cause of wildfires last year, but damaged the most acreters were kept under heat and care for them for 20 ever, it is very important prevention tips, including capes. Watch for changing age, burning nearly 5,600 lamps while they waited weeks until he brings them that citizens practice safe how to protect your home in weather conditions as acres. Wildland arson is a for their new owners. back Aug. 9 for the show and outdoor burning. Requir- the event of a wildfire. winds can blow the fi re in class C felony punishable by ing a burn permit is our More than 387,000 perUnion County 4-H students sale at the Union Farmer’s way of making the public mits were issued last year the wrong direction. three to 15 years in prison dropped in throughout the Co-op. Always stay with your and up to $10,000 in fines. aware of those recommen- for outdoor burning of day to pick their chicks. The younger entrepreAnyone with information Jacob Davidson, 9, was neurs receive assistance dations and helping them brush and leaves, untreated fire until it is completely out. It is illegal to leave an wood waste, and burning to know when, where and how about suspected arson acone of the first to choose his from experienced 4-H memclear land. The volume of open fire unattended. tivity should call toll-free at summer companions. Jacob bers who serve as mentors to safely burn.� Despite the low number 1-800-762-3017. The free burn permits requests on any given day is a 4th grade student at Big on how to care for the chicks. Ridge Elementary. This is Students pay a deposit of his first year raising chick- $35 for 15 chicks or $55 for ens. He assisted his grand- 25 chicks. Deposits are reFrom page 1 father in building a chicken turned at the August sale if coop on the property to participants bring back six Facilities Ser“The Mossman house them. Grandmother grown hens for the auction. Building is a very vices employees Vicky Langley brought Ja- Twenty-four 4-H students complex will gather under project,� cob to pick up the new addi- participated in this year’s Irvin said, “because one roof this May tions to the family. Chick Chain. on the site of an old of the building’s “Jacob has been looking Info: union.tennessee. planned systems industrial complex forward to this day since edu or 992-8038. and the site’s existat 2000 Sutherhe helped build the chicken Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail. ing concrete walls, land Avenue, at the com First floor of 228-person auditorium coop,� she said. some of which will corner of Concord be removed while Street. others will be reIrvin said there is Architect’s rendering of the 6-story Mossinforced and refina part of the buildman Building now under construction at UT. ished in our colleing that is structurgiate brick exterior.� ally reinforced with ■One-on-one classes are available by appointment for those Construction continues on the Student Union with a its own power, which could allow Facilities Services to stay wanting to learn how to use computers and other devices. For portion open and completion expected in 2018. operational in even the most severe weather conditions. It appointment: 992-7106. The first two buildings in the West End residence hall even could serve as a backup location for an Emergency ■Dia Day, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Promoting Diversity in development are rising on the site along 20th Street and Operations Center in the event of an emergency on or near the library and offering information about programs available to are set to open this fall. campus, he said. all the members of the community. Work also continues on the new residence hall and parkWork continues at Tom Black Track where the infield ing garage at the corner of Volunteer and Lake Loudoun will be reconfigured, new irrigation and site drainage sysboulevards. The garage will add 1,050 more spaces to the tems installed and the track resurfaced. parking inventory when it opens in time for fall semester. The old smokestack at the UT Steam Plant on Lake LouThe garage also will offer advanced parking technology doun Boulevard was removed over the December break, that lets users of the UT app see empty and full spaces in marking a visible milestone in the campus’s switch from the garage in real time. coal to natural gas. Sophronia Strong Hall continues its transformation into a large and modern science class and laboratory facility. The building will feature eight stories of classrooms and laboratory space plus a mechanical penthouse. The By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC building, set to open in 2017, will be home to the anthropology and earth and planetary sciences departments and The findings brought a Osteoarthritis is the will provide laboratory and instruction space for the gendegeneration of joint car- call from the Foundation eral biology and chemistry departments. tilage and the underlying for Chiropractic Progress Workers are repairing the roof of Thompson-Boling bone. 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a gem next door By Sandra Clark Big Ridge State Park has a new park manager, Keith Montgomery, who has quickly embraced the public service and downright friendliness that sets this park apart. That was obvious last Saturday at the park’s annual day-before-Easter egg hunt which attracted some 4,900 visitors, based on the rangers’ car count. An event this big doesn’t happen by accident. It’s a treat for kids because of the hard work by park workers and volunteers and the financial support from individuals and businesses from a three-state region. Boy Scouts guarded the perimeter before each hunt. But back to Montgomery. He walked into the center of the scattered eggs to take pictures and start the hunt. He recruited the Easter Bunny (a nephew, Robert Allen) and even his wife, Tanda Montgomery, as the bunny’s sidekick. Montgomery previously worked at the Knoxville Zoo with a specialty in landscaping and outdoor event management.
Big Ridge State Park is just minutes away. From Knoxville, take I-75 north to the Hwy. 61 exit. From Maynardville, turn right off Hwy. 33 and travel about 20 minutes through scenic farms and rugged ridges. The trip is as splendid as the park, and you will love this park. Here’s what the Legacy Parks Foundation website says about Big Ridge: Big Ridge State Park rests on the southern shore of Norris Lake, an impoundment of the Clinch River created by the completion of Norris Dam in 1936. Much of the park’s recreational focus centers on the 49-acre Big Ridge Lake where you can enjoy sand volleyball, tennis, horseshoes, basketball and softball. Recreational equipment may be checked out at the park office at no charge. The park’s sandy beach is a popular swimming area in summer. Seasonal Interpretive Rangers provide free weekly activities during the summer including guided hikes, movies,
Ellyonna Shelley and Sophie Cole of Andersonville get a new look, thanks to skillful face painting by Alexis Sivyer and Ashlynn Irick. Face painting was donated by Texas Roadhouse near Knoxville Center mall where Dallas Sluder is managing partner. Ashley Miller, store marketer, directed the effort. She said it’s a promotion for Kid’s Night every Monday at the restaurant. “We have free crafts, coloring, face painting and games from 5-8 p.m.� Info: 865-540-4150.
Don’t tell his friends, but this bunny is aka Robert Allen.
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Park manager Keith Montgomery photographs the egg hunt. campfires, arts and crafts, nature programs and organized sports. Bicycling: Within the park, bicycles are allowed on the paved roads only, but there are miles of lesstraveled country roads surrounding the park that can provide hours of scenic riding for the road enthusiast. Camping: The Park maintains a 50-site campground, 19 rustic cabins and a large group camp area. For overnight backcountry camping, there are three designated campsites. Backcountry camping is free, but a permit is required. Leashed pets are allowed, but no pack animals. Fishing: Enjoy lake fishing year round along the shoreline with the exception of the swimming beach. There are a variety of fish on the lake, including bluegill, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and crappie. The boat ramp at the park is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Visitors may use their own electric trolling motors on park rowboats but gasoline outboards are not allowed on Big Ridge Lake. Hiking: Over 15 miles of hiking-only trails wind along the Park’s ridges and hollows, over old roadbeds, alongside the lakeshores and beside
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cemeteries and remnants from early settlements. The park’s most prominent historical features are: ■the Norton Gristmill built in 1825, now mostly a replica but the original mill race and millstones remain; ■Indian Rock where a plaque marks the site of the 1794 ambush of Peter Graves; ■a small monument at Lon Sharp Cemetery recalls the 18th-century Sharp’s Station believed to have been located near the cemetery; and ■the Norton Cemetery which houses the grave of Maston Hutcheson (18261910), who according to local lore is responsible for hauntings in the area. A few minor remains of Hutcheson’s house are still visible at the junction of the Ghost House Loop Trail and the Big Valley Trail connector. Paddling: While private boats are not allowed on the spring-fed lake within the park, rental canoes, paddleboats and rowboats are available during the summer. Paddlers can access the boat ramp at Norris Lake on the western section of the park, just past the park entrance. There is no access during the winter due to the lake’s low water level.
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■Bristol Motor Speedway ■Chattanooga Slush Puppie ■Chick-Fil-A - Fountain City ■Children’s Museum - Oak Ridge ■Commercial Bank ■Dollywood ■Exit 122 Outdoor Power Equip. ■Union County Commissioner Dawn Flatford ■Flowers by Bob ■Food City - Halls ■Food City - Maynardville ■Gondolier Restaurant Halls ■Benny & Gail Henson ■Imagination Forest Parties & Play Center ■Amanda Johnson ■Kays Market & Deli ■Kentucky Splash Water Park
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RABIES VACCINATION CLINICS The Union County rabies vaccination clinics will be held Saturday, April 16, at these locations and times: ■Sharps Chapel Elementary, 9-10 a.m. ■Luttrell Elementary, 10:45-11:45 a.m. ■Union County Health Department, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ■Big Ridge Elementary, 2:15-3:15 p.m. ■Paulette Elementary, 4-5 p.m. The cost is $10 for a one-year rabies vaccination for qualifying dogs and cats. The participating veterinarian is Tim “Doc� Williams, DVM. All clinics are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Health and will be held rain or shine.
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Honors weekend for Tennessee track
On a front porch on a summer’s day Country music songwriter and singer Tracy Lawrence knew his stuff when he recorded “If the World Had a Front Porch.� I once went with my half-brother Fred to see my (truly) great aunt Lidia Mincey. She at the time lived in a trailer within spitting distance (pun intended) of her sister, my great aunt Carrie Larmer. Uncle Rob Mincey’s second wife (Barbara “Tootie� Munsey) said that she bet “that Carrie Larmer could spit 10 foot!� Both Aunt Carrie and Aunt Lidia did enjoy their tobacco products, as did lots of fine country women, my mother included. Fred and I found Aunt Lidia with Aunt Carrie and her daughter (cousin Bernice Larmer) sitting on Aunt Carrie’s front porch, each enjoying her respective “chaws� and “dips.� Such a pleasant summer diversion would have been incomplete without a good story to liven the occasion. Aunt Lidia was a talkative woman who loved to tell stories with morals. Time and memory, with maybe just a hint of exaggeration to prove her point, might have made the retelling completely alien to actual events of long ago, but how priceless were the hours spent at her side while listening to these wonderful tales. Aunt Carrie, on the other hand, was a quieter soul, often with a serious (sometimes stern) look about her. Aunt Carrie usually didn’t say a lot, and this infrequency of speech caused what she did say to “carry� a lot of weight (pun again intended). Aunt Lidia proceeded to tell a tale of how my aunt Duskie Mincey’s husband (uncle Roy Jones) was mis-
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treated by his stepfather. After many years of poor treatment, the stepfather took ill and was on his deathbed. Aunt Lidia said he called all the family around him, just “moanin’ and groanin’,� and begged them all to please be better to “Little Roy� than he had been. Aunt Lidia seemed to feel that his agonizing death was part of his punishment for having been so wicked. He lingered “moanin’ and groanin’� for some time while waiting for the silver cord of his life to break, suffering in his final illness and agonizing over his poor treatment of his stepson. About the third time Aunt Lidia referred to the “moanin’ and groanin’,� Aunt Carrie looked at me, serious as a judge, and without cracking a smile said, “Humph! If that old man’d went to hollerin’ like that, I’d a let him die by hisself!� Aunt Carrie’s statement was to her was just a matter of fact, delivered without a smile, but I laughed out loud in her face. I have always found the best humor comes from those who don’t have a clue how funny they really are! Aunt Carrie has been gone about 30 years, but I still laugh every time I remember her deadpan statement that fun summer afternoon on a good country porch in Grainger County, Tennessee. Next week I’ll take a trip back in time to “wash day.�
Veterans sought Union County Mayor’s Office is currently accepting applications for plaques to be placed on the veterans’ wall. Info: 992-3061.
Track and field Volunteers from the golden era of Chuck Rohe and Stan Huntsman will honor 50 years of Ed Murphey Award winners Friday at a country club reception and dinner. On Saturday, the University of Tennessee track program will recognize a lifetime of contributions by Terry Hull Crawford, former champion runner and women’s coach at UT, Texas and Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. She evolved into coaching coaches for USA Track and Field. Terry, many track alumni and guests will be treated to a reunion dinner in a showplace segment of Neyland Stadium. Coach Beth Alford-Sullivan will discuss current Volunteers. A few good men lifted Tennessee to third place at the recent NCAA indoor championships. Women ran seventh. Alas, there will be no serious running, jumping or throwing at Tom Black Track this weekend. It is bogged down in a rehabilitation project that was supposed to have been finished months ago. Critics say big buildings have been built faster. Optimists say, if all eventually goes well, there
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will be a home track meet or three next spring. The Murphey Award does not struggle with such chaos. It is presented each year for the outstanding performance by a Volunteer. It originated in 1965 as a gift from the legendary Ed Murphey. What a story he was. In the mid-1950s, Murphey played trumpet in the Pride of the Southland band. He was manager for the basketball team, responsible for clean practice uniforms and dry towels. He asked coach John Sines, also the track coach, if it would be OK to go out for track. Sines’ response was historic: “OK Murph, just don’t get in anybody’s way.� He didn’t. He ran the fastest mile ever on the cinder track around ShieldsWatkins Field. He set a Southeastern Conference record in cross-country. He won the SEC mile three
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consecutive years. He won all-America recognition. “Ed Murphey was a champion when champions were few at Tennessee,� said the late Tom Siler. You may have heard of some who received Murphey Awards: Richmond Flowers, Willie Gault, Lawrence Johnson, Justin Gatlin, Aries Merritt and Justin Hunter. Terry Hull Crawford has a national prize named for her – the Terry Crawford Women’s Program of the Year Award. Terry goes back to the late 1960s, the beginning of women’s sports at UT. Charlie Durham bought a newspaper ad announcing that the Knoxville Track Club was forming a women’s team. About 50 girls and women, ages 10 to 20, responded. Terry, 17, out of Greeneville High School, was in the group. She became a three-time Volunteer all-American, winning the national 220 and 440 in 1969 and the 880 in 1970. She competed in the World University Games and Pan-American Games and twice got close to Olympic teams. Terry came back as coach
of women’s track. Her 1981 team won the national championship, first in any women’s sport at Tennessee. Among her other distinctions was the recruitment of sprinter and jumper Holly Warlick from Bearden High. Holly also wanted to try basketball. The rest is history. There came a time when Texas offered Terry a better coaching opportunity (more money). Tennessee athletic director Bob Woodruff listened as Terry explained. He could have countered. He didn’t. Terry went to Austin. Her Longhorns won five NCAA championships and 18 Southwest Conference titles. Her 1986 team was the only triple winner in history – indoors, outdoors and in cross-country. Terry reappeared at the World and Pan-Am games as coach of U.S. teams. She was America’s coach at the 1988 Olympics. She won enough meets and produced enough all-Americans to coach 17 years at Cal PolySan Luis Obispo. The track world and I see her as a national treasure. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com
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A tale of two quilts I’m from a big family, and in the days of snail mail, buses, trains and Bonnie eight-party phone lines we Peters managed to keep up with family including aunts, uncles and cousins. My Uncle Asa Napoleon Heiskell and his wife, Ada Dyer Heiskell, lived in Luttrell where “Uncle Nip� had a monument shop. My dad’s monument shop was at Maynardville. My Luttrell cousins were Charles, Ben, Janie, Isla and Jessie Heiskell. Charles became career Navy. I’m
not sure when he enlisted, but it was probably soon after WWI. Charles married Charlotte Knight, not a Union County girl. They were stationed at Navy bases on both the East and West Coasts. Charles and Charlotte had one child, Dr. Charles Lee Heiskell Jr., a cardiologist who practiced in Santa Ana, California. Dr. Charles married Claire Nellenbogen, a model for Matson Steamship Lines. At Charles and Char-
lotte’s retirement they lived in Anaheim until they died. Some years later Claire died, then Charles Jr. The younger Heiskells had two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, who are still with us. About two years after Charles Jr. died, I got a call from cousin Mary Heiskell Price who said she had found a quilt top while she was cleaning out her mom and dad’s house. The top was pieced by Charles’ sister, Isla Heiskell Butcher, my first cousin. Mary said she didn’t inTo page 5
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Let them see what they’ve done! Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. (Matthew 27: 55 NRSV) Yes, Easter is past, but I am convinced that Easter is like Christmas: it is never “over.� I am still processing something I wrote last week: “Isn’t it odd that not one of that blood-thirsty crowd bothered to stand at the foot of the cross and actually witness the agony of their victim?� The 11 disciples who remained (Judas committed suicide after his betrayal of Jesus) were in hiding, fearful of the Jewish leaders. Simon Peter – who had declared his allegiance to Jesus, promising to die with him, if need be – hid, cowering behind closed doors. However, the women who followed Jesus were at the foot of the cross. The Gospels give differing accounts of which women, exactly, but Mary, the mother of James and Joseph (who was arguably also the mother of Jesus), Mary Magdalene, Salome, the un-named mother of the sons of Ze-
Members of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sharps Chapel collected diapers to be distributed to families in need via the Union County Food Pantry. Pictured are the Rev. Paul Kritsch, Dorothy Kritsch, Margot and Tom McCaffrey, Wendy and Gary Krueger, David Mobley, Jane Bruns, Marlene Wertz, Linda Mobley and Bob Bruns. Photo submitted
Lutherans donate diapers During the season of Lent, members of Chapel of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sharps Chapel collected disposable diapers in what they called a Diaper Derby. On Easter Sunday, the church prayed for the parents and children who will receive the diapers. A total of 726 diapers were taken to the Union County Food Pantry on Easter Monday. “Each life is a gift of God to be nurtured and cared for. As a church, we want to do what we can to help fami-
lies,� said the congregation’s pastor, the Rev. Paul Kritsch. The church hopes to collect even more during the next Diaper Derby. This fall, the church will gather coats and warm clothing for distribution through the Union County Food Pantry. “We care about our neighbors,� said Kritsch. “Christ’s love compels us. We are a young congregation, less than 10 months old. Members have expressed their excitement over being able to put
their personal stamp on a church which is just beginning to bud and flower. � Chapel of the Good Shepherd is the only Lutheran church in Union County. The congregation has plans to erect a church building on Sharps Chapel Road soon. The congregation currently worships 10:30 a.m. each Sunday at the Sharps Chapel Senior Center, 1542 Sharps Chapel Road. Info: 865-279-1279, or www.good shepherdsharpschapel.com
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bedee, and Mary, the wife of Clopas are mentioned. It is fair to point out that women counted for nothing in that culture, so they were no threat to the Roman soldiers who were carrying out the execution. Women were of no consequence in the eyes of the soldiers. Still, I am reminded of what Jacqueline Kennedy said after the assassination of her husband. When they were finally aboard Air Force One, flying to Washington, someone gently suggested to Mrs. Kennedy that she change out of the bloodspattered pink suit she was still wearing. “No,� she said emphatically. “Let them see what they’ve done!�
FAITH NOTES
The crowd at the Union County Senior Center enjoys the show at the annual Easter potluck dinner on March 24.
■Hansard Chapel Methodist Church, located on Highway 33 across from Tolliver’s Market, hosts a food pantry 6-7 p.m. each third Saturday. Gently used clothing is also available. Info: the Rev. Jay Richardson, 776-2668.
SENIOR NOTES
Dancing seniors
â– Union County Senior Citizens Center 298 Main St. Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Info for all seniors groups: Melanie Dykes 992-3292/992-0361 â– Plainview Seniors Plainview City Hall 1037 Tazewell Pike Meets each first Monday 10 a.m.-12:30p.m. â– Luttrell Seniors Luttrell Community Center 115 Park Road Meets each third Monday 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Elvis serenades Anna Mason.
Elvis (aka Ronnie Miller) entertains.
Two quilts tend to quilt the quilt and asked if I would like to have it. Of course I wanted the quilt top. The box came and I opened it. Unbeknownst to Mary, there were two quilt tops in the box. When I spread out the first quilt top, I found a note: “Pieced by Isla Heiskell Butcher (Charles’ sister) 1938.� Then I discovered a second quilt top in the box and a note said: “Pieced by Ethel Hendrix Butcher 1938.� The Ethel and Jake Butcher home was where Red Gate Farm is today. Lake and Isla were living in Maynardville near Horace Maynard High School at that time. Ethel is Isla’s motherin-law and mother of Lake, Wade, Cecil and Lela Butcher, and Rosalee Butcher Campbell.
Richard Donovan, Ted Green, Sadie Davidson, James Israel, Barbara Atkins and Ricky Ping listen to “Love me Tender.�
â– Sharps Chapel Seniors Sharps Chapel Community Bldg. 1550 Sharps Chapel Road Meets each first and third Wednesday 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
From page 4 Isla and all the Butchers of this generation have died, but I must say Isla and Ethel pieced two beautiful Dutch Doll Quilt tops. It has taken me three years, but I have now finished quilting these two quilts that went from Navy base to Navy base for more than 20 years and ended up in California 75 years later. It is my belief that Charles bought the two almost identical quilts with the thought that they would be quilted and passed down through the family. These quilt tops are now back home in East Tennessee where they were pieced, and the two quilts are a superb example of quilts pieced by Appalachian women, and quilted by this Appalachian woman.
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Luttrell Elementary honors students
Luttrell Elementary School principal Sonja Saylor recently announced the schools’ honor roll and students with perfect attendance for the third nine-weeks grading period. Honor Roll: Students with all As are: (1st grade) Weston Beeler, McKinley Howard, Kambrie Bailey, Patience Boynton, Addison Day, Bailey Griffith, Leea Henry, Emily Sawyer, Dustin Anderson; (2nd grade) Briseis Aljumaily, Kaden Carroll, Valeria Gracia, Katie Johnson, Olivia Jones, Morgan Benbrook, David Nicley, Austin White, Kailei Beeler, Eli Chandler, Sydney Graves, Hallie McDaniel, Makayla Vandergriff; (3rd grade) Travyn Farmer, Ethan Sawyer; (4th grade) Anthony Baker, Rebecca Boynton, Antonio Grasty; (5th grade) Shea White. Students with all As and Bs are: (1st grade) Bradley Douglas, Kierstyn Ferry, Laken Graves, Jacob Howe, Serenity Lackey; (2nd grade) David Cook, Tripp Gladson, Robert Moore, Nevaeh Nicley, Bianca Ochoa, Izaiah Seabolt, Adam Bullen, Natalie Hensley, Savannah Hundley, Gavin Pickens, Cason Wagner, McKinley Wolski, Lahstynn Coaker, Hayley McDaniel, Marely Orta, Hayden Shipley, Hannah Smith, Kendra Thomas; (3rd grade) Braden Cantrell, Janson Shupperd, Emily Hughett; (4th grade) Brooklyn Forester, Isaiah Cameron, Tanner
Jones, Kylie McBee, Christian Stallsworth, Nathan Hensley, Abbigail Williams; (5th grade) Seth Begley, Jessica Birchfield, Mariah Hensley, Beth Hutton, Johnnie Williams, Cade Ailor, Malea Boggs, Emma Hurst, Patrick Middleton, Ashlyn Phillips, Kendra Thomas, Gabby Vandergriff, Delaney Weaver. Perfect Attendance: (kindergarten) Jayda Wood; (1st grade) Courtney Boling, Kierstyn Ferry, Mason Leonard, Catherine Zamarron, Hayden Jeffers, Weston Beeler, Bryson Clements, Lucas Wallace, Miley Williams, Kambrie Bailey, Patience Boynton, Emily Sawyer; (2nd grade) Aymaan Bhaidani, Tripp Gladson, Jason Hodge, Cami Matthews, Nevaeh Nicley, Bianca Ochoa, Hayley White, Valeria Gracia, Tyler Adams, Kailei Beeler, Taryn Cagle, Makayla Vandergriff; (3rd grade) Isabell Allen, Abbigael Ferry, Connor Lane, Tommy Luttrell, Braden Cantrell, Janson Shupperd, Emily Hughett, Anthony Acuff, Travyn Farmer, Preston McClain, Jackson Rose, Ethan Sawyer, Skye Davis, Lane Douglas, Joshua Hensley, Macy Leonard, Tiffany Payne, Natali Perez; (4th grade) Tanner Jones, Levi Stroud, Brooklyn Muncey, Landyn Ferry, Abigail Dyer, Lilly Boling, Winter Lane, Kaylee Brown, Kelsey Kitts, Abby Lane, Zachary Parks, Lesley White; (5th grade) Skyler Akin, Chelsie Boling, Emma Rose, Aalyia Savage, Gracie Atkins, Emily Corum.
Horace Maynard Middle School student council members present leukemia survivor Connor Chesney with a donation to Children’s Miracle Network. They are (front) vice president Kennedy Hill, Chesney, president Alex Padgett; (second row) Tagen Cagle, secretary Makenna Nease, Kadynce Collins, Raley Tolliver; (third row) Koby Dyer, Ethan Corum, Nathan Trammell; (back) sponsors Jonathan Goforth and Kristie Dean.
HMMS boosts Children’s Miracle Network
Horace Maynard Middle School’s student council raised funds to donate to the Children’s Miracle Network in honor of HMMS student Connor Chesney, who is a leukemia survivor. Student council members and sponsors presented Chesney with the check March 31. He will deliver the check to the Knoxville Children’s Miracle Network meeting at
Children’s Hospital. The student council raised funds by holding a hat day at the school. Students who paid $1 were allowed to wear a hat for the day. Student council sponsors are Jonathan Goforth and Kristie Dean.
Paulette PTO announces flea market Paulette Elementary School PTO will host its annual flea market 8 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at the school. Community members are welcome to rent a
space for $5 and sell their wares. Space is limited; reservations recommended. Rain date is April 23. Info/ reservations: Teresa Williams, 992-7033.
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HMMS February students of the month Horace Maynard Middle School announced Students of the Month for February. They are: (front) 8th graders Mashara Noland, Addison Jones, Eli Taylor; (middle row) 6th grader Morgan Johnson, 7th graders Katy Beth Effler, Nicolas Sizemore, Christopher Treece; (back) 6th graders Clayton Borboa, Kimberly Carroll and Jacob White. Photo submitted
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Blvd., Clinton. Instructors: Camille Watson, holistic health coach, and herbalist Danna Sharp of Wisteria Herbs. Cost: $39. Preregistration deadline: Wednesday, April 6. Info/registration: 457-1649. Evening of Storytelling, 7-9 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: 497-2753 or community@narrowridge.org. Rain barrel workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, Church of the Good Shepherd, 5773 Jacksboro Pike. Sponsored by the Water Quality Forum. Cost: $40 per barrel. Preregistration required. Info/registration: Kellie, kcaughor@utk.edu or 974-2151.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.
Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212. “Salvage Jewelry” class, 6-9 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sarah Brobst. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30 p.m., auditorium, Tazewell Campus of Walters State. Club members will be discussing their experiences of this spring season and exchanging ideas and answering questions. Open to everyone interested in beekeeping. Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212. Celebrate National Poetry Month with Rose Klix, noon, Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Participants receive complimentary poetry book from Klix. Info: 922-0416.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 8-9 Children’s consignment sale, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Bookwalter UMC, 4218 Central Avenue Pike. Saturday is half-off day. Presale, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 7. Consigning info: 689-3349.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9 Benefit singing and bake sale, 5 p.m., Rutherford Memorial UMC, 8715 Corryton Road. Featuring: Dorothy Mitchell, Crimson Ridge, Nicole Doyal, Roger and Amanda Theilen, the Rutherford Memorial Praise Team and House Upon the Rock. All proceeds go to Marisha Dotson, who is fighting a rare form of Stage 3 cancer. Info: Anita Duval, 394-1175. Community Fun Fest and Ministry Awareness Event, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Luttrell Park. Luttrell. Activities include: vendors, silent auction, play area, bounce house, singing food, fun crafts and more. “Cooking Wild” class, 10 a.m.-noon, Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles G. Seivers
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 “DIY: Learn how to make eco-friendly home cleaners,” 2-3:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14 “Beginning Writing” workshop, 6-8 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Kathleen Fearing. Registration deadline: April 7. Info/registration: 4949854; appalachianarts.net. “Getting Your House in Order” seminar, 10-11 a.m.., North Knoxville Medical Center, 7565 Dannaher Drive, Sister Elizabeth Room. Free; registration required. Info/registration: 1-855-TENNOVA (8366682) or Tennova.com. “Ginseng: Gold in the Smoky Mountains,” 3:154:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by master gardener Janie Bitner. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892. Pizza Ha’s, 8-9:30 p.m., Pizza Hoss, 7215 Clinton Highway. Free monthly stand-up comedy showcase featuring local and regional comedians on the second Thursday of each month. VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 15-17 Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Featuring: vendors, family activities, live animal displays, fiber arts demonstrations and classes. Info/class registration/schedule: smokymountainfiberartsfestival.org.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16 EarthFest, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., World’s Fair Park. Free, “zero-waste” event. Featuring food, fun and entertainment for family and pets. Info: knox-earthfest.org. Spring craft fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive. More than 30 vendors. Proceeds go to Nicaragua Mission Trip. Info: Kimmie, lovejmpierce@gmail.com.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 16-17 Dogwood Art DeTour, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Artists will be demonstrating mixed media, painting, pottery and more. Craft activities for kids. Free event. Info: 494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.
SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Community Arts Festival fundraiser, 1-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Admission free. Includes: live music, book signing by local author Kathy Fearing, children’s crafts, food and more. Info: 494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.
MONDAY-TUESDAY, APRIL 18-19 Student Scholarship Book Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Pellissippi State Strawberry Plains Campus lobby. All types of books available for purchase. Proceeds go to student scholarships. Info: 694-6400, pstcc.edu.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19 “Eat this, not that” followed by a Healthy Cooking demonstration, 11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711. Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 “Grieving: finding the new normal,” 2:303:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 3298892, TTY: 711.
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