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October 12, 2016

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‘Down on the Farm’

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BUZZ Fall Festival from the Church of God The Church of God at Maynardville plans a Fall Festival 10 am. to dark Saturday, Oct. 22, at the home of Charlie and Billie McClure, 1374 Main Street just past Food City. Games, bounce house, hay rides, dunkin’ both, face painting, Olympic games with gold medals. Lots of fun for the family. There’s no charge and all are welcomed. The church will hold a singing 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, with special singers Mike and Delilah Kitts. The pastor is Eddie Muncey; the general overseer is Charles McClure Jr. Everyone is invited.

School board The regular workshop and meeting of the Union County Board of Education will be held Thursday, Oct. 27, in the Union County High School auditorium, with the workshop starting at 6 p.m. and the meeting to follow. At the conclusion of the meeting, the board will meet in executive session.

Library board The Union County Library Board will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at Maynardville Public Library.

Nick Saban’s BFF If you want to get technical about it, Alabama’s ongoing success can be traced to a Tennessee man. Because of a very bright UT grad, Nick Saban is on his way toward becoming the most famous coach in college football history. Most national championships? Check. Astronomical salary, headed for $8 million? Check, check. Great recruiting classes, year after year after year? Check, check, check.

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Young musician Virginia Faith strums guitar in front of her parents’ kettlecorn booth at the Union County Heritage Festival. As the youth winner of the Luttrell Music Festival, Virginia opened the Heritage Festival with song. Photos by S. Carey

By Shannon Carey It was a banner year for the Union County Heritage Festival with at least 5,000 people packing Wilson Park in Maynardville for a day of music, food, fun and a bit of history. Other festival sites were downtown Maynardville and the Union County Museum and Genealogical Library. “This year, if it’s not the biggest crowd, it was close to it,� said

Marilyn Toppins, festival committee chair. The festival has been gracing Wilson Park each October for 17 years, 12 of those after reorganizing as a nonprofit. This year’s theme was “Down on the Farm: Ancient Ways to Modern Marvels.� “This year, we had the most variety. There was something for everyone,� said Toppins. “It was also the best year for reflecting the

Jaxon Williams (center) wins the Heritage Olympics pumpkin-seed spitting contest with 15 feet, 8 inches, as Parker Holloway, James Goins and Hayston Collins look on. theme. We had everything from farm animals to apple pie.� She added that having three stages this year, including a tent stage dedicated to gospel music, was a real plus. The festival committee gave awards to booths and demonstrators for their work within the festival theme. Shabby Chic 33 Boutique’s booth won the Rocky Top Award

for showing the best heritage display with a distinctive Union County touch. The Canton of Hochwald, local branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism medieval reenactment group, won the Best Heritage Award. Winning Best Demonstration were the Washam brothers’ corn mill and the draw knife by Beason To page 2-3

Cox to buy three dump trucks for roads department By Sandra Clark Roads Superintendent David Cox presented a plan to Union County Commission Oct. 11 to purchase three new dump trucks. He appeared Oct. 4 at the commission’s Budget Committee where the motion was approved without opposition. The trucks will David Cox come from National Auto Fleet Group under a bid by the Knox County Purchasing Department. Each truck is $94,136. Cox said he will make an initial payment of $60,000 and four more annual payments of $60,000 to satisfy the $282,408 purchase price plus interest. Finance Director Ann Dyer said she checked with local banks and credit unions and was unable to secure a lower interest rate. Cox said the oldest trucks will

be surplussed or used for parts. “Where is this money coming from?� asked Commissioner Wayne Roach. “My budget,� said Cox, “unless you want to help out.� “No,� said Roach. The Budget Committee also approved a request by the school system to repair three HVAC compressors at the high school, with the funds coming from the school system’s budget. Dyer secured approval for a list of items to be surplussed including a black four-drawer file cabinet, a dot matrix printer stand, several desks and a 2001 Dodge 3500 15-passenger van. Commissioner Mike Sexton questioned the value of some of the items, but Dyer said collecting them “gave us a chance to clean up and if there is no bid (for an item) we’ll just scrap it.� Dyer is so frugal that she returned to the meeting room afterwards to turn off the lights. Tammy Carter, a prop-

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erty appraiser in the office of Randy Turner, asked the committee for reimbursement of her auto insurance deductible and rental car expense, a total of $1,175, to make her whole for a wreck she experienced while on the job. Turner and his staff drive their own vehicles and are reimbursed 47-cents per mile. K. David Myers, the county attorney, was summoned to opine. “You can sue the other driver (for the expenses),� he told Carter. Sexton said there is no written policy to guide the commission. “It’s within your discretion,� said Myers. Carter’s request failed for lack of a motion after considerable discussion. “Right is right and wrong is wrong,� said Carter. She plans to take the request to the full commission. A splash pad proposed for Wilson Park was deferred when Sexton said the county was turned down for a grant and cannot reapply until 2018.

Commissioners discussed a cooperative venture with the city of Maynardville for operations, but no action was taken. Commissioner Chris Upton deferred a request to build a combination library and ambulance station in Sharps Chapel. The preservation group that’s restoring the former Oak Grove School has offered the building for a library. Upton said an ambulance could be stationed at the volunteer fire department. “I’m not wanting to waste money,� said Upton. “The fire department has one bay available.� “We can hold on,� said Roach. “That’s our favorite thing to do,� countered Sexton. Budget Committee chair J.M. Bailey injected some levity into the proceedings, telling Upton: “I hate to brag on you, but you’ve done a good job over there.� “It was them ladies,� said Upton. “Just say you’re welcome� said Bailey.

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Did herbicide spraying hurt honeybees?

Grant to improve farm financial performance The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand the farm financial management database FINBIN to include Tennessee farms, making Tennessee the only Southeastern state currently contributing data. FINBIN is a well-established, publicly available, secure farm financial database that provides benchmark financial information for producers, Extension educators, lenders and other agricultural professionals. Because Tennessee is agriculturally diverse, the state will be contributing data on enterprises not previously represented, such as cotton, tobacco, a variety of vegetables, hay, meat goat production and more. “The goal of this project is to make Tennessee farmers more money,” said Chris Boyer, project director. “Benchmarking financial information such as net farm income and cost of production can improve the profitability, competitiveness, risk management and overall financial health of farms in Tennessee.” Along with producers, stakeholders such as Farm Credit Mid-America can use benchmarking to guide

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their lending decisions and educate agricultural lenders. “This project will provide much-needed resources to aid our farmers and customers in making better-informed financial decisions for their farming operations,” said Mark Wilson, senior vice president for financial services at Farm Credit Mid-America. “Having the ability to compare their operation’s financial data to benchmarked data from both inside and outside Tennessee will prove invaluable, especially during this time of tightening profit margins.” In December 2012, Gov. Bill Haslam challenged state leaders in agricultural industry and education to develop a 10-year strategic plan for ensuring the growth and prosperity of agriculture and forestry across the state. The success of this project relies a great deal on Tennessee farmer participation and their partnership with UT Extension. It has the potential to have a large impact on the bottom line of the state’s producers. Farmers who want to know more about this project and how they can participate can contact Chris Boyer at 1-800-345-0561 or cboyer3@utk.edu.

While Darren Farquhar of Right by Nature organic farm in Sharps Chapel can’t say for sure that herbicide spraying hurt his honeybees, it sure didn’t help Farquhar matters. Many Sharps Chapel residents are up in arms over herbicide spraying carried out by Powell Valley Electric Cooperative along powerline easements in the Chapel over the summer. The residents say they had no notice that the spraying would occur, and many blame health problems for themselves, family members and pets on the spraying. Farquhar wore his beekeeping suit to the Sept. 29 meeting of Friends of Sharps Chapel, a group that has organized to protest PVEC’s herbicide spraying. He spoke to the group about the plight of the honeybee and the effects spraying could have on bee populations. According to a University of Tennessee study, East Tennessee has experienced a 70 percent loss in honeybee population. This is important because

Darren Farquhar of Right by Nature Farm in Sharps Chapel tends his beehives. Farquhar wore his beekeeping suit to a recent meeting of Friends of Sharps Chapel against herbicide spraying by Powell Valley Electric Cooperative. Photo submitted honeybees are responsible for pollinating the plants that provide up to a third of the food and beverage consumed in the United States. “Now we’re seeing bees being lost at a larger rate over the summer months,” Farquhar said. “There are many reasons for that; loss of habitat is one.” Farquhar said spraying came 100 feet past the sign at the entrance to his farm, and the beehives are visible from the sprayed area. Bees

find food up to four miles away. The spraying was also within 50 feet of a spring and creek that feed into Norris Lake. But, it won’t be until he “puts the bees to bed” for

the winter that he’ll know whether he’s lost a hive this year. Bees need a supply of honey to see them through the winter months, and much of that late food supply depends on late-blooming plants. One of those plants is sumac, and more late-bloomers got hit with the herbicide, too. Farquhar is active in a beekeeping club that meets in Tazewell, an area also served by PVEC. He spoke to the Tazewell beekeepers about the spraying, and “they’re used to it,” he said. But, while the PVEC spraying is a problem, Farquhar said it’s not the only problem. “It’s everywhere, and it’s not just PVEC,” he said. “We just need to urge folks to help with the coalitions and let their politicians know that they do not want herbicide sprayed. Contact your city mayors and county mayors. We just don’t need to do the spraying indiscriminately like this.”

For more information on the movement against herbicide spraying in Sharps Chapel by Powell Valley Electric Cooperative, find “Friends of Sharps Chapel” on Facebook, or email FriendsOfSharpsChapel@yahoo.com. The group is collecting signatures on a petition, and it is looking for anyone who may have experienced health problems around the time of the spraying, late June 2016.

Dustin Reno receives the Longest Beard Award from Union County Heritage Festival chair Marilyn Toppins. Photo submitted

Ethan Coate and Zachary Carey of the Society for Creative Anachronism demonstrate combat from the Middle Ages at the Heritage Festival. Reyna Moss helps Atlee and Asher Effler play a carnival game at the Union County Heritage Festival.

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Arnold Smallin talks to visitors about his replica ’32 Ford Hot Rod Truck at the Heritage Festival car show.

‘Down on the Farm’

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Mountaintop Crafts. Item of Distinction went to the Kentucky stick chair by Little House Industries. Toppins thanked all who participated in the day and helped make the festival a success, including the festival committee, demonstrators, food and craft vendors, booth holders and attendees. Volunteers included Wanda Byerley, Martha Jean Carter, Ellen Perry, Pat Blackburn, J.V. Waller, Trudy Tedder, Leslie Corum, Betty and Stan Bullen, Martha Warwick, Dennis Johnson, Fred Simmons, Kenny Brown, Tonya Atkins, Jessica Dyer, Wayne Toppins, Jon Toppins, Keith Nease, Union County High School building trades students, Barbara Williams, J.T. Russell, Sarah Maness, Lisa Carter, Wayne Roach, Gina Buckner, Bryce Buckner, Sheila Buckner, Mayor Mike Williams, Cindy Lay, Rebecca Hughes, Shannon DeWitt, Libby Morgan, Gibson Calfee, Scott Turner, Casey Bull, Jack Rhyne, Jim Woods, Laurie Oppel, Sharps Chapel and Northeast Union Volunteer Fire Departments, Maynardville Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office, Bill Collins, E.J. Smith, Michael Bailey, Cory Payne, Chantay Collins, Velma Nease, Richard Cooper, Susan Boone, Krysta Hawk, Ruth Mihaltion and Brian Whitson. Toppins also thanked event sponsors. Diamond Level sponsors were Wanda Cox Byerley, city of Maynardville, Flowers by Bob, Lodge Cast Iron, Shopper-News, Toppins family, Union County Chamber of Commerce, Union County Government, and J.V. and Linda Waller. Platinum Level sponsors were A & B Bookkeeping and Tax Service, Beverage Solutions Group, Cooke-Campbell Funeral Home, Tri County Sanitation and Union County Animal Hospital. Gold Level sponsors were Caring Medical Center, Carmeuse Lime and Stone, bus contractor Lois Hubbs, Highway Markings, Pat Hurley and Union County Public Schools. Silver Level sponsors were American Business Equipment Inc., Beth’s Buttons and Engraving, Bi County Propane, Paul Byerley, Commercial Bank, First Century Bank, Hickory Pointe Homeowners Association, Kay’s Market, Nor-

Headliner Steve Gulley fills the air with tunes along with his band, New Pinnacle (not pictured). Photo submitted ris Shores Property Owners Association, city of Plainview, Pro Marine, Robert G. Campbell and Associates, State Farm Insurance, Sunset Bay Owners Association Inc., Trinity Funeral Home, Union News Leader, Woods Music and UCHS Building Trades. Honorable Mention sponsors were Affordable Ace Hardware, Collins Insurance Agency, James Heiskell and Janet’s Hair Salon.

There were several contests throughout the day, and their winners are: Heritage Olympics: Skete Goins, Feed Bag Toss, winning Lodge Cast Iron recipe book; Sarah Collins, Skillet Toss, 49 and under category, 56 feet, 8 inches, winning a 10-inch Lodge Cast Iron skillet with a buffalo nickel imprint; Brenda Smallin, Skillet Toss, 50 and over category, 52 feet, 1 inch, winning a 10-inch Lodge Cast Iron skillet with buffalo nickel imprint; Able Healos, Pumpkin-Seed Spitting, age 5 and under category, 4 feet, 6 inches, winning a Lodge Cast Iron guitar-shaped skillet; Jaxon Williams, Pumpkin-Seed Spitting, age 6 and up category, 15 feet, 8 inches, winning Lodge Cast Iron guitar-shaped skillet; Matt Tindell, Nail Driving, five rounds undefeated, winning 8-inch Lodge Cast Iron skillet. Longest Beard Contest, sponsored by Janet’s Hair Salon and James Heiskell: first place, Dustin Reno, 9.75 inches; second place, Gary Zehr. Union County Heritage Festival Quilt Show: Bonnie Peters, Heritage Quilt; Brenda Black, Best of Show; Rylee Bailey, Museum

Youth Quilt Award; Joyce Dean and Valalee Smith, Museum Heritage Festival Quilt Awards; Millie Norris, Sarah Henry (entered by Janet Holloway), Kimberly Beeler, Carolyn Camp and Connie Johnsey in first place; Jo Ann Dean, Ella Bruner, Cathy Bailey, Doris Coker and Sherry Ely in second place; Mary Naillan, Helen Nicely, Patricia Muncey, Pat Andrews and Varnell Schaeffner in third place. Union County Heritage Festival Art Show: Anne Gless Sherrill, “Moma and Her Chickens,” Best Heritage Award; Shirley Keaton, “Peaches,” Best of Show; Ruth Mihaltion, “Portrait of Jim,” first place, painting; Anne Glenn Sherrill, “Sansannah Farm,” second place, painting; Treca Lawson, “Mare and Foal,” third place, painting; Christine Beard, first, second and third place in painting for “Noah Ogle’s Barn,” “Grist Mill Cade’s Cove” and “Tub Mill”; honorable mentions for painting, “Pistol – SelfMade” by Marvin Reed, “Indian Chief” by Bonnie Peters, “Farm Life” by Carol Pratt, “Landscape” by Debbie Hatmaker and “Green Vase and Apples” by Stephen Hamilton. Student Art Show: Olivia Wynn, Best Heritage Award; Emma Sexton, Best Demonstration; Austin Lay, first place charcoal; Laura Maples, second place charcoal; Madison Brantley, third place charcoal; Laura Maples, first place watercolor; Trent Cooper, second and third place watercolor. Heritage Photography Show: Wayne Toppins,

“Lay’s Store,” Best of Show; Frank Sharp, “Veterans Memorial Wall,” first place; Bill Breeding Sr., “Helm’s Ferry,” second place; Wayne Toppins, “Teaching the Youth to Make Molasses,” third place; Tim Smythe, “Rich Riddle on Farm at Seven Springs,” honorable mention. Pie-Baking: grand champion, Debby Morgan, pecan-crusted peach, $100; fruit category first place, Elizabeth Tindell, cherry blueberry, $50; fruit category second place, Kathy Venturella, blueberry; fruit category third place, Megan Walker, banana pudding pie; nut category first place, Maxine Moore, chocolate pecan, $50; nut category second place, Mary Robertson, pecan; nut category third place, Kathy Venturella, Jefferson Davis (pecan); other category first place, Debby Morgan, coconut cream, $50; other category second place, Maxine Moore, butterscotch; other category third place, Elizabeth Tindell, sweet potato. Special thanks to pie contest sponsor Beverage Solutions Group.

Velma Nease won the women’s division of the Union County Heritage Festival costume contest. Photo submitted Richard Cooper won the men’s division of the Union County Heritage Festival costume contest. Photo submitted

Below, Wayne Roach leads the antique tractor parade with his 1957 John Deere 430.

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Gold Level Caring Medical Center Carmeuse Lime & Stone Lois Hubbs, Bus Contractor Highway Markings Pat Hurley Union County Public Schools

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Silver Level American Business Equipment Inc Beth’s Buttons & Engraving Bi County Propane Paul Byerley Commercial Bank First Century Bank

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A bit of goldenrod history

Ronnie had a little lamb Beginning teachers get lots of advice, some outstanding, some lacking. The best I received came from an unlikely source, my college sweetheart’s mother. Though my love told me her mother said that teachers, in particular English teachers, were “a dime a dozen,� this lady that could have been my mother-inlaw (had she thought me worthy to have married her daughter) provided most wonderful guidance. She told me, “Remember that every child is some mother’s darling.� I have always remembered her words, though regretfully I must admit there were times I forgot to put it into practice. I found it much easier to practice Ms. Patricia McKelvey’s advice, “Don’t smile before Christmas.� Though I might not have smiled a lot before the annual sleigh ride, I sometimes fell into a storytelling mood with my classes. Good storytellers know the best stories come from real life. During my eight years of elementary teaching, I spent most of my non-teaching life with my mother. Mother was a wealth of real life experience. She had no equal. God never gave anyone a more devoted, loving caregiver. Every day I live I appreciate more what a treasure she was. But Mother could be frustrating at times. Even after I began teaching, she was unable to relieve herself of the burden of overprotective responsibility for my well-being. When I visited friends, if I did not arrive home by what she felt was a reasonable time, she would call until she found me. She watched when I mowed the yard to make sure she could

Ronnie Mincey run to the rescue if the lawnmower turned over. She begged me not to fall when I went down the basement stairs. I often shared my frustrations with my third, fifth and sixth graders. I don’t know that they were always sympathetic, but they seemed to enjoy the tales. Every morning the students in my first fifth grade asked if I was in a good or bad mood. Remembering Ms. Patricia’s advice, no matter what my mood I said, “Rotten!� I actually went in smiling and humming one morning, and one student asked, “Why are you so happy, Mr. Mincey? Did you get your mother in the nursing home?� I related this incident to Mother and my sister Anna Mae. I thought Anna Mae might choke from laughing so hard. Mother was not in the least amused. “What have you been telling them about me? I’d be ashamed to let anybody know I thought that little of my own mother.� I ran into one of my former students at a funeral several months ago. She told me the thing she enjoyed most about my class was the Mother Mary Mincey stories. Rarely have I received a greater compliment. So you see, Mother followed me to school, and I know she’ll be like the Psalm: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.� Next week I’ll share what followed me home from school.

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Inventor Thomas Edison experimented with goldenrod to produce rubber, which it contains naturally. Edison created a fertilization and cultivation process to maximize the rubber content in each plant. His experiments produced a 12-foot-tall plant that yielded as much as 12 percent rubber. The tires on the Model T given to him by his friend Henry Ford were made from goldenrod. Like George Washington Carver, Ford was deeply interested in the regenerative properties of soil and the potential of alternative crops such as peanuts and soybeans to produce plastics, paint, fuel and other products. Ford had long believed that the world would eventually need a substitute for gasoline, and he supported the production of ethanol (or grain alcohol) as an alternative fuel. In 1942, he showcased a car with a lightweight plas-

tic body made from soybeans. Ford and Carver began corresponding via letter in 1934, and their mutual admiration deepened after Carver made a visit to Michigan in 1937. As Douglas Brinkley wrote in “Wheels for the World,� his history of Ford, the automaker donated generously to the Tuskegee Institute, helping finance Carver’s experiments, and Carver in turn spent a period of time helping to oversee crops at the Ford plantation in Ways, Ga. By the time World War II began, Ford had made repeated journeys to Tuske-

gee in Alabama to convince Carver to come to Dearborn, Mich., to help him develop a synthetic rubber to help compensate for wartime rubber shortages. Carver arrived on July 19, 1942, and set up a laboratory in an old water-works building in Dearborn. He and Ford experimented with different crops, including sweet potatoes and dandelions, eventually devising a way to make the rubber substitute from goldenrod, a plant weed commercially viable. Carver died in January 1943, Ford in April 1947,

Tennessee man behind Nick Saban If you want to get technical about it, Alabama’s ongoing success can be traced to a Tennessee man. Because of a very bright UT grad, Nick Saban is on his way toward becoming the most famous coach in college football history. Most national championships? Check. Astronomical salary, headed for $8 million? Check, check. Great recruiting classes, year after year after year? Check, check, check. Absolute master of focus and control? Check. Whether there are enough reasons, sufficient motivation, for Saban, 65 on Halloween, to keep doing what he is doing, pressing on toward the high-stakes finish line, remains to be seen. We know he is driven. Memphis-born Jimmy Sexton, super agent, put the unusual coach and the Crimson Tide together. The result is 111-18, four national titles, nine wins in a row over the Volunteers. Once upon a time, back during the John Majors era at Tennessee, Sexton was a student equipment manager for the Volunteers. He

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but the relationship between their two institutions continued to flourish. As recently as the late 1990s, Ford awarded grants of $4 million over two years to the George Washington Carver School at Tuskegee. Extensive process development was conducted during World War II to commercialize goldenrod as a source of rubber. The rubber is contained only in the leaves, not the stems or blooms. Typical rubber content of the leaves is 7 percent. The resulting rubber is of low molecular weight, resulting in an excessively tacky compound with poor tensile properties. The Solidago virgaurea goldenrod variety is used in a traditional kidney tonic by practitioners of herbal medicine to counter inflammation and irritation caused by bacterial infections or kidney stones. Goldenrod has also been used as part of a tincture to aid in cleansing of the kidney or bladder during a healing fast, in conjunction with potassium broth and specific juices. Native Americans chewed the leaves to relieve sore throats and chewed the roots to relieve toothaches. Thanks to my friends Willie and Lynn Seeber, about 15 years ago my husband and I visited the Henry Ford Museum at Sarasota, Fla., so I found the goldenrod story of rubber even more interesting.

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shared a dorm suite with Reggie White. They became friends. A little later, White was the target in a rare bidding war between the NFL and the upstart USFL. White chose Memphis money, $4 million. Sexton helped make it happen. He had a lawyer look over the contract. A little later, White switched to the big league, to the Philadelphia Eagles. Young friend Jimmy Sexton was Reggie’s representative. From that Reggie start, Sexton grew into one of the most influential names in the game. He negotiated contracts for other star players. Coaches, watching closely, liked his technique, firm but not furious. He put together expensive agreements that somehow satisfied both sides. Tommy Tuberville, then at Ole Miss, was the first college coach to become

a Sexton client. Jimmy pointed Tommy toward Auburn. Later, Jimmy was first to discover the Tigers were preparing to dump Tuberville. That information turned into money. Sexton and Saban linked up in time for Jimmy to map the move from Michigan State to LSU. Therein is a story. In his first September in Baton Rouge, Saban and LSU lost the 2000 homecoming game to AlabamaBirmingham. Volatile natives were immediately restless. “Nick told me I had ruined his life,� Sexton recalled. Saban said leaving Michigan State was the worst thing he’d ever done. He told Sexton he didn’t know if he could win at LSU. One day later, the unranked Tigers defeated No. 11 Tennessee in overtime. Fans stormed the field. Saban went on to win a national championship. Saban’s move to the Miami Dolphins wasn’t Sexton’s fault. The agent did rescue his client. The coach kept saying he was not leaving Miami even as the agent

was talking tall numbers with Alabama. Could be Saban really didn’t know what Sexton was doing. What he was doing was securing the richest contract in college coaching. Saban got pay increases for winning more national championships. He got another raise when the Texas job opened and Saban’s name came floating into conversations. Nick didn’t fib when he said he never talked with the Longhorns. Sexton talked. The Crimson Tide responded. We’ll not go into the sideshows, but Sexton represented Lane Kiffin and gave his phone number to then UT athletic director Mike Hamilton. Sexton represented Derek Dooley, but it wasn’t the agent’s fault that he couldn’t coach. Saturday could be confusing for Sexton. The UT alum has a skybox at Neyland Stadium. His featured client will be across ShieldsWatkins Field. How will this businessman’s loyalty be divided? Shall we follow old friendships and academic bloodlines or the money? Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

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On the move again: Enjoying fall birding The birds are on the move again. And they aren’t the only creatures stirring. Those people in the funny hats, carrying binoculars – birders – are out and about, too. After two or three months of summer doldrums, big things are happening out there in the bird world. Fall migration actually started back in the summer. Those earliest spring arrivals, the martins and the swallows, are also the first to head south in the fall. We saw a flock of thousands of purple martins gathering up in east Carolina for fall migration way back the first week of August. The second week of August, on the 12th, we found 200 tree swallows on the lines and swarming over our hayfield; three days later, none. The last of the nighthawks, chimney swifts and hummingbirds will be leaving any day now. But many other species will be passing through in large numbers, through October and even into November, and now’s the time to get out and see the fall show – birds passing through that we get to glimpse for only a few days each spring and fall. Fall birding is full of challenges to confront the eager birder. A couple of major problems: familiar birds in unusual plumages, and lots of unusual birds, just passing through, from farther north. Migrating fall warblers, for example, are legendary in their difficulty. The Roger Tory Peterson field guides feature two whole pages titled “Confusing Fall Warblers.� So bright and colorful in the spring that they’re called “the butterflies of the bird world,� many of them molt this time of the year into drab, and sometimes quite different, plumages. And not just the warblers – scarlet tanagers go from flaming red and jet black to yellow and olive, goldfinches go from gold and black to drab shades of greenish yellow, and strikingly blue indigo buntings turn a motley gray or brown. In addition, they are now flocking with equal or greater numbers of this year’s

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Bobolinks hatchlings, full grown but still with mystifyingly different plumages from their parents. All this confusion, plus the possibilities of seeing unusual or even rare transient birds from elsewhere, makes fall birding exciting and challenging and brings about the annual fall reappearance of all those birders. The Eagle Bend Fish Hatchery in Clinton, less than 20 minutes from my mailbox, is a small but great local birding spot. Located on a big horseshoe bend in the Clinch River, the big open ponds and grassy fields pull in migrating birds like a magnet. You can check it out in less than an hour. Over the years, I’ve seen nearly 100 species of birds there, many for the first time. This fall, I saw such long-distance migrants as bobolinks there on the 14th of September and a spiffy American golden-plover there on the 26th. That’s nice, you say; we don’t usually have them around here. But why drive 20 miles and spend an hour trying to see them? A big reason for all the excitement in finding these birds is that most birders understand the significance of where these birds are coming from and where they are going. Those range maps in the field guides that show where each species spends the summer, and then the winter? Look closely at them – they contain a ton of information and will tell you the story! Twice-yearly journeys of incredible distances, amazing navigational skills and – especially – endurance. Take those bobolinks, for example. Sparrow-sized, seed-eating birds, the males are a striking black and white in spring but now are a drab streaked yellow-brown, blending in with the brown fall grasses where they feed. These little birds nest far

to the north of us – Great Lakes, upper Midwest and on up into Canada. The ones at Eagle Bend were taking a rest and food break, less than halfway on their journey of more thousands of miles to wintering grounds in southern South America. The golden-plovers? They nest in the high Arctic tundra of northernmost North America. The one I saw at Eagle Bend was fueling up on East Tennessee bugs in order to continue its trip to southeastern South America, where, across the equator, it will find itself in early spring instead of early fall. When I saw it, it was only halfway on an 8,000-mile trip, which it will do the other way (north) in the spring. Every year. I consider it a wonder of Nature, and there I was, looking into its black beady eyes. You can’t help but wish it good luck and safe travels. There are lots of good local places to see fall birds. We have Cove Lake State Park in Campbell County and the Norris Songbird Trail and Eagle Bend in Anderson County. Knox County Parks such as Tommy Schumpert, Victor Ashe and Sharp’s Ridge Memorial offer good birding close by. And the newest and one of the best is the Seven Islands State Birding Park, also in Knox County – over 400 well-managed, wildlife-friendly acres along the French Broad River. It sports weedy fields, wooded hills and a pond as well as the river frontage. Nice trails make it all accessible for good birding. The park already boasts a bird list of nearly 200 species, and well-guided bird walks occur frequently. My most recent visit there was a week ago, on a bright, clear Wednesday morning.

Ten of us were treated to a cool, cloudless day and lots of fall birds. My list for the three-hour, 3.5-mile walk that morning had 51 species of birds, including a bald eagle, various hawks, grosbeaks, tanagers, herons, ducks and, especially fun for me, seven different species of those confusing fall warblers. It’s even more fun when you have expert birders, like our two leaders, there to help a person sort them out. The spectacular view across the river valley on over to Chilhowee Mountain and Mount LeConte wasn’t bad, either. East Tennessee fall birding at some of its best. Fall birding may not be the rush that spring birding provides, but there are nevertheless a lot of interesting and challenging goings-on out there. And, a lot of great places nearby to enjoy the show. And it certainly beats the heck out of raking leaves.

Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens ‌ And the Lord said ‌ “Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech ‌ Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. ‌ (Genesis 11:4a, 6, 7, 9 NRSV) The word Genesis means beginning, which is why the first book of the Bible was called Genesis: It recounted the stories of how things came to be. For example, Adam and Eve disobeyed the Lord’s instructions, ate the forbidden fruit, were thrown out of Eden and had to work for a living (Genesis 3:19). Noah “found favor in the eyes of the Lordâ€? (Genesis 6:8), and his family and pairs of the animals were spared so that life would continue. Then humans got “too big for their britches,â€? as my grandmother would say, and decided to build a tower “with its top in the heavensâ€? (Genesis 11:4). They started their tower, but God had other plans. God decided humans should remember Who was in charge, and be taken down a notch or two. God confounded their speech, and even trained architects will have a hard time building a tower to heaven when they can’t communicate! I am an inveterate puzzler: I always have a puzzle in progress. Years ago there was a puzzle advertised that was a depiction of the Tower of Babel. It looked challenging, and I was sorely tempted – until I read the dimensions. It was six feet long! I don’t have a table that I am willing to cover with puzzle pieces for the duration. So, unlike the people of Babel, I thought it over and didn’t start!

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Emma Johnson was named to the volleyball All-District team and named Blocker of the Year.

Kaitlyn Knight and Lexy Headley were named to the All-District volleyball team. Knight was also named Libero of the Year. Photos courtesy of ProPhoto

Ashtyn Patterson was named to the All-District team for volleyball and was named Player of the Year.

Four All-District nods, more honors for Patriots volleyball By Seth Norris The Union County High School Patriots finished second in the district in the regular-season standings with an 8-4 record built under interesting circumstances. At the start of the season, P.E. teacher and interim

football coach Chris Robbins was the head volleyball coach. When Robbins decided to take over the interim role with football, vice principal Lance Lay, who had coached the team in previous years, stepped up to coach volleyball. “The transition was dif-

ficult at first because he and I have different coaching methods,” said Lay. “The girls responded well, and I hate that I couldn’t finish what coach Robbins started.” The Patriots were knocked out of the first round of the playoffs to

Carter, three sets to two, but that doesn’t take away from the successful season. Individually, it was the most successful year Lay has ever seen. Four players – Lexy Headley, Ashtyn Patterson, Emma Johnson and Kaitlyn Knight – were named to the All-District

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Paulette Elementary PTO Pumpkin Palooza, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at the school, 1001 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Admission is free but for a small fee there will be carnival games, crafts, bounce house, cake walks, haunted house, concessions and hayrides. Live auction for themed baskets. Maynardville Public Library news: 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: 992-7106, maynardvillepubliclibrary.org or on Facebook.

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team. In addition, Knight got libero of the year, Johnson received blocker of the year and Patterson received player of the year in All-District honors. All in all, it was an impressive season. “I’m very proud of how

far these ladies have come this season,” said Lay. “They continued to improve and work hard to be a better a team.” Three starters and five reserves, as well as coach Robbins, will return next season.

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Sarah’s September You can find the lake house at the end of a lane on a stretch of land here in Union County. You can watch wildlife from the screened-in back deck, not to mention a landscape view of a quiet cove in Norris Lake. Upstairs is a den designed to give a lifetime’s collection of books a permanent place. Sarah and Marvin West photo

Jake Mabe But the place isn’t the Members of the Horace Maynard Middle School volleyball team are (front) Blakely Hall, Gabby Vandergriff, Kaylee Houston, point. The story is inside, Chloe Lefevers, Makenzie Foust; (second row) Malea Boggs, Victoria Mullins, Jordyn Begley, Morgan Johnson, Melanie Tharp, Savannah Paul; (back) coach Chris McIntosh, Macey Hutchison, Jennah Cox, Caroline Lay, Makayla Cooper, Caitlin Mays, Kaitlin where, as a sign reminds you as you enter, a fisherWoodie, Ashtan Collins, coach Leah Lewis. Photo submitted man lives with the biggest catch of his life. And the ninth month of the year, all 30 days of it, is known there as Sarah’s ers and several multisport athletes able to get on the ball, and she excelled September. By Seth Norris Many longtime Knoxin the role this season. The Horace Maynard Middle and newcomers. With a season mixed of new and old, area residents know Sarah Lewis called the leadership from School Red Devils volleyball team tied the eighth-graders on the team “pretty the girls competed. Lewis couldn’t be West. For years, she was its record finish this year. involved in the PTA and at The Devils finished with a 10-5 reg- significantâ€? to the success on the court prouder of this “good group of girls.â€? “They played really well, and they Powell schools. Most of you ular-season record. They came up just this season, and she was pleasantly short of the district championship in a surprised with some of the newcom- never gave up,â€? said Lewis. “We had probably know her better as loss to Jefferson but finished third ty- ers. The newcomers in any school some tough matches, and they seemed superb sportswriter Marvin ing their best finish ever. Coach Leah sport are the future of the program, to find a way to win at times when they West’s better half. And what a life they’ve Lewis said she knew that the team and Lewis was happy with the rookies really needed to.â€? Looking ahead, Lewis believes the led together. members had it in them to compete af- this year. Seventeen or so autumns “I was really impressed,â€? said Lew- eighth-graders will make an impact at ter a regular-season loss to that same is. “They met expectations, and some the high school level. For the return- ago, Marvin called the Jefferson team. ers next year, the goal is simple: Make Shopper, inquiring about “I would say when we played Jef- probably exceeded.â€? an article. A two-minute While volleyball was a first for some some history. ferson the second time, we took them “I’m really looking forward to next conversation led to a mounto three sets and had a shot to win,â€? of the girls on the team, there was also said Lewis. “It was pretty evident that a first for Lewis in her eight years of season and the goals we may reach,â€? tain of memories and, ultiwe had the potential to make it to that coaching. She had never played a li- said Lewis. “I’m hoping we can get to mately, to my invitation to bero – a defensive specialist. that championship match. ‌ There is Sarah’s September. championship round.â€? Marvin and Sarah met Lewis was impressed with the “digâ€? going to be a huge potential to do reThe team had a healthy mix of exwhen he showed up singing perience. There were five eighth-grad- seventh-grader Makenzie Foust was ally well.â€? bass in a gospel quartet at a Cumberland Presbyterian Church service near her home. He got to thinking he’d met somebody special. He says meeting her mothShe says it takes them And they get creative. By Jake Mabe about a month to build one. er helped seal the deal. In addition to the usual It all started several As Marvin rose from “It’s so tedious, you know, years ago when Millie and approach – “Millie will draw Tom Siler’s star pupil at the making those little things.â€? Ed Norris’ granddaughter a pattern for something, and The dollhouses have be- News-Sentinel (it had a hySarah, who was by then in I’ll cut it out,â€? Ed says – they come so popular that they’ve phen then) to managing ediher late 20s, asked them to use everything to make the made another one for the tor of the former Scrippsrefurbish a dollhouse they miniature fi xtures inside craft fair to be held at their Howard News Service in the dollhouse. That includes had found for her at a yard church, Christ United Meth- Washington, D.C., Sarah’s medicine bottle lids, screws, sale when she was a child. A view of one side of the twoodist, on Oct. 22. They are star rose, too. After she “We had a ball,â€? Millie bolts and wooden spools; sided dollhouse making more for their great- joined the PTA in Powell, said. “Ed and I have always anything lying around the grandchildren, including a she went from there to the enjoyed making doll furni- house is fair game. barn for the boys. They’ll state office, traveling from The dollhouses are twoMillie saves small plastic ture, and now we’ve started sided. “So two little girls, for also be selling some of their city to city with other voluncontainers that contain cofworking on miniatures.â€? teers, advocating for public They had begun working fee creamer, for example, to example, can play with it at doll furniture at the fair. the same time.â€? “If we can’t use some- education. When Marvin on doll furniture when Mar- use as lampshades. thing for one project, we coordinated Scripps-HowSome things, such as the Ed has even been able to tha Arnold Charnay foundjust put it aside and use it ard’s coverage of the Olymminiature toy children, they recycle items he fi nds when ed the Halls Crossroads pics in Seoul, Sarah went, Women’s League more than he regularly picks up trash buy at Hobby Lobby, but the for another.â€? too. She darn near brokered Tickets to the Halls rest comes from whatever a decade ago. Millie and along the road in front of peace between North and Crossroads Women’s they can make or reuse. Martha even joined a doll their Halls home. “I’ve always loved min- League Autumn Gala are South Korea, and I ain’t kidBut the most ingenious club for a while. Finally, Millie and Ed item may be the miniature iature things because you $75 per person and can be ding. She continues to be built a dollhouse for the live flat-screen TV in the living have to use your imagina- purchased from any League auction that is always a sta- room of their latest doll- tion,â€? Millie says. “Ed makes member or by calling 922the window boxes and the 4077. This year’s gala will ple of the League’s annual house. “You know what that is?â€? bunk beds, for example, and feature dinner, silent and Autumn Gala. And they’ve made another one for this Millie asked. “It’s the (dis- I make the upholstered fur- live auctions and music by The Blair Experience. year’s gala, the League’s big- play screen) from the first niture.â€? gest fundraiser, which will GPS system we ever bought. be held 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. We never throw anything away,â€? she said, laughing. 28, at The Foundry.

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Marvin’s eagle-eyed editor. The West kids and grandkids, now spread from one coast to another, make it a priority to remember Sarah’s September. Daughter Jayne, who lives nearby, starts bringing over cheesecake and other goodies early in the month. The grandkids try to top one another with birthday presents. Sarah got a special gift from one of them, her own book, carefully composed and crafted with the assistance of one of those “Make Your Own Souvenir� selfpublishing outfits. Even the last game played at old Yankee Stadium in 2008, which normally would receive something akin to national-holiday treatment in the West household, took a backseat to Sarah’s September. At least two of the West children were there for dinner, as was an adopted kid from Halls. The game broadcast was on mute in the background, but that night, it simply served as a warmup act for the main event. Sarah’s charmed the likes of famous sportscasters, Washington bigwigs, neighbors who live near the Wests’ winter home in Lake Chapala, Mexico. Most of the latter don’t speak much English, but kindness is a universal language. When I first visited the West lake house all those autumns ago, Sarah wasn’t home. Marvin talked about Gen. Neyland, about wins over Alabama, about the time Ray Mears befuddled coach Frank McGuire and the No. 1-rated South Carolina Gamecocks. But, he kept insisting I come back. “You’ve got to meet Sarah,� he said. “She’s the real story.� As usual, Marvin was right. Happy birthday, Sarah. For super souls like you, celebrating even for 30 days isn’t nearly enough.

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26

MONDAY, OCT. 17

Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Appointment: 992-7969.

Union County Library Board meeting, 10 a.m., Maynardville Public Library, 296 Main St., Maynardville.

TUESDAY, OCT. 18

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12

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

Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Appointment: 992-7969.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19

THURSDAY, OCT. 13

Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Appointment: 992-7969.

Breast Cancer Awareness “Lunch & Learn,” 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Senior Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. Presented by Kimberly Parks with Susan G. Komen, Knoxville Affiliate. Lunch provided. Info/RSVP: 992-3292. Sharps Chapel 5th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Sharps Chapel Community Center. Info: 992-5212. VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

SATURDAY, OCT. 15 Annual Fall Apple Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Washington Presbyterian Church, 7405 Washington Pike. Food, music, apple butter, apple cider, fried apple pies, barbecue and ribs for lunch, crafts, canned goods and more. All proceeds support church’s mission work. Community is invited. Admission and parking are free. Info: visitwpc.org; wpc@visitwpc.org; Tim, 776-4523. Pancake breakfast fundraiser, 8-11 a.m., Millers Chapel UMC, 2719 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Suggested donation, $5; kids under 5 eat free. Tour the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Sam Venable, 9:30 a.m., GSM Heritage Center, Townsend. Cost: $60. Advance reservations required. Info/reservations: 448-8838. Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

SUNDAY, OCT. 16 Union County Historical Society meeting, 2:30 p.m., Union County Museum, 3824 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Program: “Come to Make Records” presented by Eric Dawson, an archivist with the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound.

THURSDAY, OCT. 20 Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY, OCT. 21 Paulette Elementary PTO Pumpkin Palooza, 6-9 p.m., 1001 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Admission is free but for a small fee there will be carnival games, crafts, bounce house, cake walks, haunted house, concessions and hayrides. Live auction for themed baskets.

SATURDAY, OCT. 22

THURSDAY, OCT. 27 Maynardville 1st District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Union County Courthouse. Info: 992-5212.

SATURDAY, OCT. 29 Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038. Union County High School Baseball Bass Classic, Brogan’s Hollow Boat Ramp. Registration, 7:30 a.m.; launch, 8; weigh-in, noon. Entry fee: $50. Info/ registration: Cory Stooksbury, 591-9935 or cory.stooksbury@ucps.org.

THURSDAY, NOV. 3 Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.

FRIDAY, NOV. 4 “Livestock Production on Small Acreage,” 9 a.m.-3 p.m. UT Extension Eastern Region Office, 1801 Downtown West Blvd. Lunch included. Info/registration: 215-2340.

MONDAY, NOV. 7

Benefit ride to assist Jonathan Miles with medical expenses, Li’I Jo’s BBQ in Maynardville. Registration, 9:30 a.m.; kickstands up, 11 a.m. Fee: $20 for motorcycle, car or truck. Other activities include: live music, door prizes, live auction, raffle. Info: Bruce Miles, 9928678, or Mary Beth Miles, 256-8678. Fourth Saturday Jam Session, 7 p.m., Old Rush Strong School, Sharps Chapel. Bluegrass, country and gospel music performed by local musicians. Free. Snacks available, donations appreciated. Everyone welcome. Harvest Celebration, Thorn Grove Baptist Church, 10200 Thorn Grove Pike. Includes: country fi xins’ breakfast, 7 a.m.; live auction, 10 a.m.; lunch, 11 a.m.; silent auction, baked and canned goods, gift shop, crafters and vendors, children’s activities, door prizes, live music. Info: 933-5771 or office@tgbchurch.com. Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 3875522.

TUESDAY, NOV. 8 Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

THURSDAY, NOV. 10 Sharps Chapel 5th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Sharps Chapel Community Center. Info: 992-5212. VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

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