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February 11, 2015

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Appointments at Pedriatric Consultants Maynardville on Oakland Road, formerly Makzy Pediatrics, may be made by calling 865992-9977 and speaking with Ashleigh Sharp.

Laurice McCord, nurse practitioner, sees patients Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for physicals, minor illnesses and injuries. In addition, physicians are on-site to see patients Wednesdays and Fridays.

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Yearbook ads due UCHS yearbook senior recognition ads are due by Feb. 27.

Contact yearbook sponsor Lance Lay at LAYL@ucps.org for a form or go by the school to submit the ad content.

Ads range in price from $60 for an eighth page to $225 for a full page.

Food City Bucks for Head Start Reminder: Douglas Cherokee Head Start Union County is participating in the 2014-2015 School Bucks Program at Food City and would like to ask everyone to link their value card to barcode #41215.

Little League signups The Union County Little League is holding signups 6-8 p.m. every Tuesday at Food City in Maynardville.

Divisions are available for wee ball, tee-ball, coach pitch, kid pitch and a senior league. Info: Union County Little League on facebook. com.

Stephen Crawford operates the edger at Ohio Valley Veneer.

By Libby Morgan Ohio Valley Veneer (OVV) is boosting the agrarian economy of Union County. The company is buying walnut logs from all over the region and employing people at a rate that figures, in its seventh month of operation, to be a quarter of a million dollars annually.

Mill manager Walt VanHoy, a sawyer all his

Leadership Union County is now accepting applicants for the upcoming 2015 class.

Interested applicants should email Brandi Davis at leadershipunioncountytn@ gmail.com. Deadline to apply is March 1.

IN THIS ISSUE Classie’s letter In honor of Valentine’s Day, Bonnie Peters shares a 100-year-old break-up letter from Classie Cox Myers to Clurden Myers.

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‘Let’s get positive about what we do’

By Sandra Clark

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life, is settling in at his new Maynardville digs and appreciates the friendliness of the locals.

“People around here act like people ought to act. They wave, they ask you if you need help, they strike up a conversation just to be nice.

It reminds me of the way things were where I grew up: in the country in Ohio way back when,” says VanHoy.

The grumble bees were out at last week’s Union County Commission budget committee meeting, but new commissioner Stanley Dail ended the meeting on a positive note.

Commissioner Wayne Roach read from the previous Stanley Dail Sunday’s newspaper about rural farmers getting grants for solar panels. “I did not see anyone from Union County.

What are we not doing to get these grants?” he asked.

Mayor Mike Williams assured Roach that any grant application that “crosses my desk” is acted on promptly. Dail said after the meeting that Union County farmers such as Rick and Donna Riddle have taken advantage of grants.

“It’s not the government doing it … it’s the farmers themselves.”

J.M. Bailey ranted a bit about Union County state representatives (or lack of same). He said in a recent meeting neither Dennis Powers nor Jerry Sexton could answer his question about a contract to four-lane Hwy. 33 from the Knox-Union county line to the town of Maynardville.

Mike Sexton said the Legislature drew districts that split Union County, making it difficult

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Williams himself challenged a recent published report (not from this publication) which said the county is a half-million dollars over budget and is not paying its bills.

“There’s not a bill on my desk over seven days old,” said Ann Dyer, finance director. “And we are not over budget.” She said the commission appropriated more than anticipated revenues, but the budget was adopted and the county is operating within it.

Bailey asked Williams what happened with Bojangles, rumored to be building in the county, and why is there not a hotel.

Sexton jumped in, saying businesses complain that no one in the county wants to work, and the city of Maynardville makes it hard to build and operate businesses.

Williams got defensive, saying his is the only courthouse office with just one employee. “The only way I could run my office less expensively would be to take no salary and to lay off my employee.”

Dail had heard enough. “I just judged a public speaking contest where young people talked about local issues. They are optimistic.

We’ve got a good county. Let’s get positive about what we do.”

Sheriff Billy Breeding wants to purchase two used vehicles with

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Kicking off ‘Dirt’ Jim Woods is wearing the new “Union County Dirt” Tshirt designed (along with his new song of the same name) to raise funds for an initiative to bring an ongoing concert series to Union County.

The song goes, in part, like this: … The reality started settin’ in when this little girl with a new blouse and skirt Told me that her mother had said that I was Union County Dirt.

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words sure did hurt And no matter how I try, I’ll be that until I die.

All the lessons that I’ve learned, The successes that I’ve earned One thing I just can’t shirk, I’m just a piece of Union County Dirt.

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His request was moved to the Feb. 9 meeting for a vote by the full commission.

E-911 Director Andrew Reed said two new Billy Breeding ambulances are on order, but he expects delivery in early March.

Patrick Hurley, president of the Union County Chamber of Commerce, asked for $9,000 toward brochures and other

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projects. The Chamber is funded in part through collections from the hotel/ motel tax.

Hurley praised graphic artist Beth Weiss who donated layout and design for the new brochure which will be distributed at welcome centers.

Hurley got most of his request, but was shot down on funding for a downtown Maynardville walking tour, currently being researched

by J.V. Waller.

Commissioners asked him to seek funding from the city of Maynardville before coming back to the commission.

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Fort Sumter Cemetery meeting set, bids sought Fort Sumter Community Cemetery is accepting bids for the 2015 mowing season. Forms may be picked up at the cemetery office, 4828 Salem Church Road, after Feb. 20. Bids must be turned in to the cemetery office by March 6. Info: 660-6949.

■ The community is invited to the Fort Sumter Community Cemetery annual meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the cemetery office building, 4828 Salem Church Road. An update on cemetery developments and improvements will be provided. Volunteers Helm’s Ferry is getting a new ramp, compliments of Superintendent David Cox and the Highway are needed to help with the Department. This picture shows workers on Jan. 29. Cox says the project is weather-dependent, future of the cemetery. Info: but he expects completion soon. The county appropriated $10,000 and TVA added $10,000.

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By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC You don’t have to be an adult to experience the ill effects of a sedentary lifestyle. Kids sitting for hours in front of computers, televisions or hand-held devices are setting themselves up for problems later in life.

Not only has childhood obesity reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., but chiropractors are also seeing an increase in the number of children suffering from neck and back problems.

The problem isn’t limited to obesity, however. The couchpotato lifestyle leaves bones and muscles

underused. When a child suddenly has to exert himself – lugging a heavy backpack to school, for instance – the body, the spine included, is subject to strain and prone to injury.

Obesity in turn contributes to a host of problems for children, including the likelihood of developing high cholesterol and high blood pressure. As a parent, first of all you should set a good example. Exercise regularly; establish an active lifestyle, the kind that you’d want your child to emulate. And if the children tend toward

the sedentary side, set limits for how much time they can spend with electronic devices. At the very least, make sure that when they’re entertaining themselves with electronics that they’re sitting up straight.

And finally, a person is never too young to benefit from a chiropractic exam.

Get your child, whether active or sedentary, to a chiropractor for a checkup.

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ery day. Things are running great.”

OVV buys walnut logs exclusively, and hundreds of logs are stacked on the lot on Highway 33 in Maynardville across from Union Discount Pharmacy.

Walnut trees in most of East Tennessee are quarantined due to thousand cankers disease (TCD), meaning that the wood cannot be transported out of the area before the bark and cambium have been removed.

At the Maynardville mill, the logs go through several large machines and are eventually reduced to one-inch thick boards.

Then they’re loaded up to be carried to the main OVV plant in Piketon, Ohio, about 90 miles due east of Cincinnati.

Within 72 hours upon arrival in Ohio, the wood is first steamed to ensure the

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disease is entirely exterminated, and then further milled for a myriad of uses.

“About 40 to 45 percent of the lumber we process is exported. This walnut is in demand all over the world,” says VanHoy. Ed Robbins started Ohio Valley Veneer in 1990, and he says his company doesn’t focus on veneer at all anymore.

The operation has acquired other millworksrelated businesses over the years and has real estate holdings in several countries.

VanHoy has worked with Robbins for about 30 years, and when Robbins asked him to go to Tennessee and run the new mill in Maynardville, VanHoy said, “Why not?”

Both men were born into families with generations of loggers and sawyers.

Robbins hasn’t spent

much time in Union County, but says he is looking forward to discovering Norris Lake.

“I keep hearing how nice it is. I’m going there next time I’m down,” he says.

VanHoy says he hopes the new 33 Bridge will be finished soon. When OVV brings logs from Sharps Chapel or Claiborne County, they have to take the long way around, crossing the Clinch on 25E out of New Tazewell.

Note: Once a walnut tree is infected with TCD, it will die, according to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.

Ag experts recommend removing any dead or dying walnut trees on your property and burning or burying the wood as soon as possible to reduce the chance of other trees being infected.

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Looking sharp at Sharps Chapel Elementary

Sharps Chapel immigration project participants are (standing) Mikayla DeLoach, Rachel Sharp, Connor Nicley, Eli Edds, Jordyn Begley, Kaitlyn Hill and Kensey Munsey; (kneeling) Jaden Blanton, Garrett Johnson, Isaiah Blanton, Sebastian Villar, Kailyn Tolliver, Madison Walker, Malakie Lay, Haley Brown and Justice Shoffner; (sitting) Lindsey Vanover, Sarah Wright, Cayden Brown, Makenna Satterfield, Lexie Hall and Jacob Keck. Photo submitted

Fifth grade students at Sharps Chapel Elementary culminated their immigration unit with a project and meal. Each student was assigned a country from which people emigrated in the late 1800s through the early 1900s, and they decorated a box or bag to describe that country’s culture.

Inside each container were three items that would remind them of their homelands, and letters that they wrote explaining to their families why they were immigrating to the U.S. Students, some in costume, presented their projects to their class. The next day students brought in dishes from their assigned countries, and the group had a multicultural feast.

The project served to remind students of the sacrifices and hardships that many endured to become Americans.

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Happy Valentine’s Day:

By Sherri Gardner Howell I have bad news for greeting card companies, restaurants and florists.

When it comes to filling hearts with love on Valentine’s Day, you have some heavy competition that you will never beat.

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My sweet husband, who groans like all men when February rolls around, has presented me with some very lovely cards, beautiful flowers and delicious dinners for Valentine’s Days through the years. Nothing can compare, however, to the Popsicle picture frame with crayon red hearts on all sides and a second-grade photo of our youngest son grinning from ear-toear. The scrawled “I love you Mommy” on the back completes the heart-tug.

And then there is the plaster-ofParis handprint from our first-born when he was 5 with a teacher-assisted poem on the back: “Here’s my hand on Valentine’s Day; Hold me close as I grow and play.” Even now, in the midst of trying to declutter, I can’t part with the school-made Valentine’s

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Day cards.

I have been away from elementary schools so long that I don’t even know what’s “allowed” anymore as far as giving Valentines to classmates. I remember my own Valentine’s Days at school, however. Who knew so much could be read into the size and sentiment on silly “tear on the dotted line” Valentines? Yes, class lists were sent home with proper admonishments for every child to provide a card from every other child and that no additional “gifts” could be brought to school, unless there was one for everyone.

And, yes, we followed all the rules in my small town in the 1960s. But that doesn’t mean each chipper “Barbie says: You’re the grooviest” or Yogi Bear’s “I can’t BEAR to be without you” we received wasn’t analyzed, dissected and conclusions drawn.

I knew Greg Hart loved me after Valentine’s Day in fourth grade. Greg and I both bought The Beatles Valentine’s pack to pass out in our classroom that year. We both gave each other the same card – the largest one

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in the pack with all FOUR Beatles on it and the sentiment: “Love, Love Me Do. Happy Valentine’s Day.” I knew it was true love. I, personally, had spent almost an hour deciding between that card and the “Love Is All You Need” smaller card for Greg. It was destiny.

(Destiny took an ugly turn the next year when Greg threw me over after I won Miss Lexington Junior First Princess. He immediately declared his love for Teresa Smith, who won queen. He moved out of town shortly thereafter, but I had nothing to do with that.)

Unfortunately for adult men and women today, all this competition from elementary-school crushes and children’s handprints doesn’t take the pressure off for Valentine’s Day. We all love to be loved, and we love to be reminded that we are loved. The point, of course, is to look inside the heart of whoever it is you love. You’ll find the right “gift” in whatever brings that smile to his or her face.

And if you just can’t figure it out, call an elementary school teacher.

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Luttrell’s legacy During Christmas break of my senior year at Lincoln Memorial University, I called Superintendent of Schools David F. Coppock to let him know I wanted to be a Union County Public Schools teacher beginning fall 1987.

He said, “Well, I guess you’ll want to come and put in an application.” I replied that I hadn’t graduated yet, and he said I could go ahead and apply pending receipt of my degree. I put on my tie and sweater and saw receptionist Ruth Sharp for an application.

I graduated from LMU with a degree in English and teaching certification for English and history grades 7-12. I never wanted anything as badly in my life as a teaching job in Union County. I called Patricia McKelvey practically every day that summer. I’m sure I got on her last nerve, but she was always patient and sweet, reminding me that there was a lot of time before school started.

I wanted to teach at Horace Maynard High School, but there was not even an opening for a janitor. I was hired on a waiver and sent to Luttrell Elementary where I was assigned to third grade.

What a sight I was!

Twenty-two years old, 120 pounds, acne, “green as a gourd.”

Some of the high schoolers waiting on buses called me Pee Wee (after Pee Wee Herman, whom they fancied I resembled). I think part of the faculty secretly took odds on whether I’d survive. Nevertheless, I thought I could solve the world’s educational problems, and it took me three years to figure out how little I really knew. My heart was sincere, and I extend apologies to those

In commemoration of Valentine’s Day and Love Month, enjoy this 117-yearold letter from Classie Myers (then Cox) to Clurden Myers.

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Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME I wronged with my good but sometimes misguided intentions.

I put on the brave front, but in truth I was nervous in my new assignment.

For that reason, I declined in the beginning to either take my lunch or eat in the school cafeteria. I must have hidden my anxiety well, for school board member Esco Vaughn and the cafeteria ladies worried that lack of funds prior to the first payday prevented me from eating. The next thing I knew, they worked a deal to float me credit in the cafeteria so that I could eat.

I have never forgotten and always appreciated this kindness. I am thankful that I got to tell Esco Vaughn on his deathbed how much I appreciated all he did for me. I am grateful to have the opportunity through this column to tell my Luttrell Elementary colleagues how much their many kindnesses over the years meant.

The Luttrell Elementary of which I was part wasn’t perfect; feelings and egos sometimes got in the way.

But deep down the faculty and staff cared for each other and showed it daily in innumerable ways. Those of us still employed in the system who worked together at Luttrell occasionally talk about the bond we share because of those experiences.

Next week I will share an attempt to pass on the kindness.

This letter was found in an old trunk and passed down to Classie and Clurden’s “Cleardon” oldest daughter, Pearl Myers Rickard, who kept it her lifetime.

The original letter is now with granddaughter Dianna Rickard, who has shared it with family and friends.

The letter is five handwritten pages on exquisite stationery that has its own message. Be sure to notice the bleeding hearts picture and the notation, “My heart bleeds for you” written underneath.

I believe Classie got Clurden’s attention, because they were married in December of 1909 in Union County. They lived in the Pinhook community in Hickory Valley, where their children Pearl, William Clyde, Earl “Jack,” Lenore, Roy, Charles, Loretta and Aaron Clurden Jr. “A.C.” were born, and raised until Norris Lake was flooded.

After TVA acquired their land, they purchased a farm on old Highway 33 next to what is now Twisted Gables subdivision. The road

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Mr. Clurden Myers Dear Sir: I will try to write you a few lines for the first time in life in regard to the letter that I just now received. Mr. Clurden – I didn’t say that I never did love you for I did once, but I did say I didn’t love you now; and I will tell you the reason why.

Although it is past and gone, but I will jog your memory of the time you remember that Saturday night you got so mad at me at John’s about nothing at all and wouldn’t come about all through Christmas. Of course I decided you loved your cards better than you did me for you stayed with them and wouldn’t come over to see me on Christmas day. And ever since then Clurden I haven’t loved you like I did before. Ha, ha, I will change the subject just a little right here. You said you was going to set me free. I didn’t know that I had been bound to you.

Well Dear Clurden, as you have asked me for your rings and watch, I will ask you for my picture. When you send me it I will send your rings and watch to you. Ha, Ha. That word false seems familiar to me as I have often wondered what you have found me false in. I never did make a promise about anything to you in my life that I have gone back on. If I have what was it about?

You remember that night you told Minnie Evans that you didn’t care if I did quit you that you knew of another girl you could go with. I don’t dispute that for there are lots other girls than I and lots other boys than you. You get you another girl, and I will get me another boy – ha, ha.

So now I will bid you goodbye. My letter is nearing the end.

I hope you will always believe I’m a true and constant friend.

When the golden sun is sinking, and your mind from care is free While of others you are thinking, will you sometimes think of me?

Yours No More, Classie Wouldn’t you love to read the letter from Clurden that prompted this letter?

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Newly-elected Sen. Richard Briggs, Sen. Becky Massey and Sen. Ed Jackson were the Republicans who backed the governor.

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Tennessee fame is forever To the new guys who signed up to be Volunteers: Welcome and be advised that Tennessee football is forever – unless you fail miserably, embarrass us something awful or just plain quit.

Tennessee fans never forget. Your obituary will mention that you are an old Vol and whether you made all-SEC. Proof positive: The recent Shopper column about what happens when the cheering stops just missed matching the record for the most email comments in one week.

Readers generally approved but seven told me, with different tones, that I had overlooked Jim Haslam

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and his many gas stations.

Not so. Too obvious. Big Jim is the ultimate success story and a very, very generous supporter of the university.

Five wondered why attorney Tim Priest wasn’t mentioned. Similar logic.

He is in the spotlight at least 12 Saturdays a year as Vol Network analyst. Good match. Honest without being harsh. I’m a fan.

One reader caused this

follow-up column.

She thought I should have told you about Alan Cockrell, former quarterback, baseball all-American and new assistant hitting coach for the New York Yankees. She and I agree the Yankees are/were big time. Trying to instruct Alex Rodriguez is certain to make news.

Cockrell is a baseball lifer but he had his football moments. He was the first Vol freshman to start a game at quarterback, Colorado State, 1981. Two weeks later, he suffered a bad knee injury. It was thought he might be finished.

He made it back and threw two touchdown passes in the dramatic 1982

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upset of Alabama (Mike Terry interception game). I remember a 40-somethingyard scoring run against LSU in ’83. Alan was a costar in the Citrus Bowl win over Maryland and Boomer Esiason.

Ah yes, now you remember. That was Cockrell’s last football game. Thereafter, he concentrated on baseball, won distinction as a slugging outfielder, was MVP in the SEC tournament and first-round draft choice of the San Francisco Giants, one pick ahead of Mark McGuire.

The theme of his pro career was never give up. He played and played in nine minor league seasons before the Colorado Rockies finally provided the proverbial September cup of coffee

in 1996. He was 33.

Alan appeared in nine games, one as an outfielder, eight as pinch hitter. He had a double off Tom Glavine and one other hit, two runs batted in, four strikeouts.

That was that.

Technically, Cockrell was near flawless with the bat.

He had leadership skills. He had the patience to teach.

He stayed in baseball as a scout, coach and manager in the Rockies’ farm system.

He helped the big club for a few minutes in 2002 and came back as hitting coach in 2007, the World Series season. Ask Todd Helton how much Cockrell did.

Colorado led the National League in batting, on-base percentage and total hits.

Too soon the Rockies regressed and Alan was unemployed – for a few days.

Seattle wanted him. After that, he worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks as mi-

nor league hitting coordinator.

His period of obscurity is finished. Fifty-two New York reporters, bloggers and sports-talk types will ask about growing up in Joplin, Mo., about five seasons with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox and about being on the Vols’ all-century baseball team.

Tennessee quarterback?

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SPORTS NOTES â– Willow Creek Youth Park softball registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 14, 21, 28 and March 7, at the park, 7530 Quarry Road. For girls ages 3-17. Cost: $40 for Weeball and $60 for 6 and up.

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with a religious purpose in courthouses are unconstitutional.

According to an Associated Press report, Niceley “boasted� that Griffin had hung the Ten Commandments in 88 courthouses in the state. Griffin is a “watchdog of democracy,� Niceley said. “There are things that happen in this country that scare everybody.�

There certainly are, like Republican supermajorities and June Griffin. In her prayer, Griffin let God know that the same health insurance he provided Moses and the 12 tribes of Israel – none – was good enough for poor folks in Tennessee.

I suppose we can take comfort in another lesson from Griffin’s Bible: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.� (Just not health insurance.)

On the brighter side, the Bureau of Unfortunate Timing brings you this public service announcement from the Knox County Health Department: “With many residents making plans for spring and summer vacations and mission trips to the Caribbean, the Knox County Health Department is encouraging travelers to be aware of chikungunya.�

Chikungunya is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitos. It causes fever, joint pain, headaches, rashes and assorted miseries. It typically lasts about a week.

There are probably a couple of reasons you never heard of chikungunya.

First, you probably can’t afford a Caribbean vacation. Second, there’s a much more dangerous viral infection making the rounds in the states: measles.

Unlike chikungunya, measles is transmitted by an infected person, and the number of infected is growing thanks to the unforgivable lunacy of the anti-vaccination crowd.

If you took your unvaccinated child to Disneyland in December, he was exposed to a much greater health threat than chikungunya. Just saying, but if I was sending bulletins from the local health department I’d make sure I impressed parents with the absolute necessity of having children vaccinated on schedule.

Now, to squelch a nasty rumor. To my knowledge, Sen. Frank Niceley has not invited David Duke to open the next session of the state Senate.

He probably wouldn’t do that.

Maybe.

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Ten HOSA students in the Emergency Medical Responder class at Union County High School received four dual credit hours at Walters State Community College, and they will be able to enter the EMT program upon enrollment. They are: Jordan Oaks, Chelsey Hancock, Wendy Vallone, Summer England, Kimberly Elliott, Allison Bruner, MacKenzie Wynn, Megan Tharp, Tara Lemon and Keisha Stanford. They are also eligible to take the National Registry exam for Emergency Medical Responders.

HOSA to hold Ford test drive event

Union County High’s Health Occupations Students of America brought home numerous honors from the regional competitions at Carson-Newman College, and each of these students will be advancing to the state competitions in Nashville March 19-21.

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Edmondson have signed on with Jarnagin Ford in Rutledge for Ford’s national “Drive 4 UR School” fundraising event for the trip.

For every qualified test drive (up to 300) completed at the April 18 event at the school, Ford donates $20 to the school, with a goal of raising up to $6,000.

Edmondson and Sharp will expand the Ford event with other plans to be announced soon.

New fully-licensed Tennessee Certified Nursing Assistants from the UCHS HOSA department are: (front) Ami Inklebarger; (standing) Courtney Booth, Britney O’Neil, Tyra Grace, Savannah Rouse, MaKenzie Dyer, Amber Carter, Chasity Henderlight, Keisha Stanford and Timothy Ray. All received clinical training at Willow Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center. Photos submitted

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The annual Union County 4-H Chick Chain starts in early April. The deadline to submit applications and fees is March 6. Scholarships are available.

Sheep projects begin later in the spring.

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Team/Recognition Events: (front) Madison Booker, Barbara James Award for over 150 volunteer hours; Kadie Clevenger, third in Health Education; Rebekah Berry, third in Health Education; Tara Lemon, first in Community Awareness; Chelsey Hancock, first in Community Awareness; (back) Breanna Beckham, second in Medical Photography; Megan Wilson, third in Health Education, Miranda Wilkerson; third in Health Education; Megan Tharp, first in Community Awareness; and Summer England, first in Community Awareness

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Knowledge test winners: Chasity Henderlight, 3rd in Pharmacology; Tucker Edmondson, first in Medical Reading; Breanna Reynolds, fourth in Human Growth and Development; and Alexis Rayfield, second in Medical Law & Ethics

Answers in next week’s Shopper-News.Questions provided by the math teachers of Horace Maynard Middle School.

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THROUGH SATURDAY, FEB. 28 “Buy One, Get One Free” admission tickets available for Knoxville Zoo. Tickets can be purchased at the zoo ticket window during regular zoo hours.

Info: 637-5331, ext. 300 or knoxvillezoo.org.

THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music festival, on stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Jackson Avenue. Features first-timers, chart-climbers and highly lauded acts from varied musical backgrounds. Info/tickets: rhythmnbloomsfest.com.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20 Online registration open for Race to benefit the Corryton Community Food Pantry, to be held Saturday, June 20. Event is part of “The Run and See Tennessee Grand Prix Series.” Info: corryton8miler@ yahoo.com; ron.fuller@totalracesolutions.com; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

THURSDAY, FEB. 12 AAA Safe Driving for Mature Operators, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Cost: $10. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

55 Alive Seniors meeting, noon, First Lutheran Church meeting room, 1207 N. Broadway. Cost of hot luncheon: $8. Speaker: Chris Pluger, a Lutheran Bible Translator and Missionary. Topic: His life in Petauker, Zambia. Public invited; reservations required. Info/ reservations: 524-0366.

Read About It, Talk About It: “Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery,” 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14 Saturday Stories and Songs: Robin Milhollan, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

SUNDAY, FEB. 15 “Remembering Red,” A Tribute to Red Skelton featuring Brian Hoffman, 4 p.m., Historic Grove Theater, 123 Randolph Road, Oak Ridge. Tickets: www.

KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444, 877-995-9961 or at the door. Special Group rates: 288-0672.

MONDAY, FEB. 16 Crochet Class, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, monicaschmidt.tn@gmail.com, myquiltplace. com/profile/monicaschmidt.

Luttrell Seniors luncheon, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the community center off Tazewell Pike. Everyone welcome. Box lunches will be provided.

TUESDAY, FEB. 17 Crochet Mania, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: Candee Fultz, cdfultz10@comcast.net.

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

Mardi Gras cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Sean McCollough, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival Readings: “The Third Proposal,” 2:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 6892681.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 21-22 Sets class, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Anderson Bailey. Registration deadline: Feb. 14. Part of the Featured Tennessee Artist Workshop series. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, FEB. 23 Tennessee Stage Company New Play Festival Readings: “American Farce,” 6 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24 Quebecois Vive Le Quebec!! cooking class, , 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www. avantisavoia.com.

THURSDAY, FEB. 26 Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 19 Burlington Game Night, 5:30-8 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

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Chili Fundraiser hosted by the Union County Little League, 5:30-8 p.m., Maynardville Elementary School.

Cost: $5 for bowl of chili, drink and cookie. Silent auction. Info: Union County Little League Facebook page.

Historic Hauntings VIP session, 5:30 p.m., Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. The results of the paranormal investigation by Haunted Knoxville Ghost Tour’s J-Adam Smith and video by Patrick Watson of Mapletree Productions. VIP admission: $35.

Additional tours: $25. All proceeds benefit Historic Ramsey House. Info/reservations: 546-0745; judy@ ramseyhouse.org; Kathy@ramseyhouse.org.

Saturday LEGO Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. For grades 1-5. Info: 9222552.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21 Ranch Rodeo, 7 p.m., the Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center, 1615 Pavilion Drive, White Pine. Sponsored by the Walters State Ag Club. Proceeds go to scholarships for the Walters State Agriculture Department. Admission: $10 for adults; $5 for students ages 7-17; 6 and under free. Tickets available at the door. Info: ws.edu.

Come to the water “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Matt 5:9) We are aware of the violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and with ISIS. Yet, we may be less aware Fr. Steve Pawelk of the armed conflicts in Nigeria, Congo, and the South Sudan. One website states there are 65 wars or armed conflicts. Yet, another reports there are 10 serious wars and 8 armed conflicts. Either way, that is a lot innocent people dying and living in fear.

On another front, 1 out 4 women and 1 out of 7 men will experience domestic violence at least once in their lifetime. 24 people per minute experience domestic violence by an intimate partner. 31 children die per week from physical child abuse. Consider that between 2001 - 2012, 6,488 soldiers died in war in Afghanistan and Iraq and during that same time, 11, 766 women died from domestic violence. This needs to end.

The question becomes what can I do to become a peacemaker?

Consider these three things: Pray, Repent, Practice.

Pray for peace every day. Consciously pray for an end to all wars and for justice for all

peoples everywhere. Pray for peace in every heart.

Repent of any violence in your own life. Most have not killed anyone, but have you shooted and screamed? Do you use vulgarity? Have you punched, slapped or kicked anyone? Do you call people ugly and hurtful names? These are types of violence. Repent of these actions.

Jesus will forgive.

Practice non-violence in your daily life. How do I turn the other cheek? (Matt 5:39). How do I love my enemies? (Matt 5:43). Practice daily peaceful ways of speaking and acting.

Maybe these words of Jesus can lead us most deeply into reflection: “Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think I cannot call upon my Father and he will not provide me at this moment with more than twelve legions of angels?” (Matt 26:52-53).

Or “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” (John 20:21)

Fr. Steve Pawelk, Pastor Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Mission 4365 Maynardville Hwy. 992-7222