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BUZZ Milan Church collecting for Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child is Nov. 14-21. Churches and individuals may bring their packed shoeboxes to Milan Baptist Church, located on Highway 33 next to Paulette Elementary School, during these hours: Monday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m.- noon or 5-7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 15, 5-7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 16, 5-8 p.m.; Thursday-Friday, Nov. 17-18, 5-7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 19, noon-2 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 20, 3-6 p.m.; and Monday, Nov. 21, 10 a.m.-noon.
Halls Toy Drive applications The Halls Toy Drive applications will be available through Nov. 18 under the overhang at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church or on the Halls Middle School website, www.knoxschools. org/ Hallsms. Completed applications should be returned to the church by sliding under the door located under the overhang. Applicants will be contacted by phone. For those wishing to donate items to the drive, collection boxes are located at the Halls Senior Center and the Halls Commercial Bank. Monetary donations may be made directly to the Halls Toy Drive account at Commercial Bank. The goal this year is to provide hoodies, hats, scarves, gloves and socks to as many kids as possible.
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Union County High School HOSA president Autumn Staley is inducted into office by former HOSA member Seguin Warwick during a candle-lighting ceremony Oct. 25. UCHS HOSA celebrated 13 years and invited alumni to attend the celebration. Photos by S. Carey
By Shannon Carey In 2003, former NICU nurse Stephanie Kitts walked into the new health science room at Union County High School. The room was equipped with three hospital beds, some mannequins and a closet of supplies. “I came into an empty classroom really overwhelmed,� she said. “I had no idea what to expect from the 40-plus students, some who chose the new health science program, and some who were placed there by guidance.� That class founded the Union County High School chapter of HOSA, Health Occupations Students of America, which has gone
on to set standards of excellence regionally and nationally. The group routinely wins state competitions and travels to compete on the national level. “The club changed lives,� said Kitts. “Including mine.� Thirteen years later, current HOSA students and families gathered in the UCHS commons Oct. 25 to honor their teachers and the program’s alumni. Amy Beth Sexton-Harrell, now a nurse practitioner with Duck Family Medicine, was one of the students placed in that first class by guidance. “It was the birthplace of my career,� she told students. “I am so glad that my first option didn’t pan
out. Your job is waiting for you. The choice is yours and HOSA can help you get there.� Alumni Krista Fields and Seguin Warwick, both in successful nursing careers, echoed SextonHarrell’s sentiments, saying that the health science program and HOSA helped them grow more confident and excel in their fields. Warwick remembered competing in CPR and First Aid with fellow alumnus Scott Bailey. The pair made it to the national competition that year. Warwick went on to take a CNA class at UCHS, which confirmed her career choice. “I was confident that I was where I was supposed to be, to
care for those who cannot care for themselves,� she said. “This experience really changed my heart.� Fields’ mother, Pam Foust, also spoke. She praised the HOSA sponsors, including current teachers Debbie Sharp, Beth Edmondson and Leslee Moore. “They do so much for the kids. They stay late in the evenings, and they really promote that you do what your heart tells you to do,� Foust said. Also recognized was former instructor Tracie Savage, who could not attend the event.
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Football, lunch change are BOE topics By Sandra Clark Union County High School is likely to drop its request to opt out of postseason playoffs because of pending classification adjustments by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA), Dr. Jimmy Carter told the Board of Education on Thursday. “If those reassignments hold true, we will stay with TSSAA and will be in a more competitive district,� Carter said. Union County High School is currently in a six-team region that includes Anderson County High School plus Knox County’s Carter, Fulton, Catholic and Central. With roughly 850 students, UCHS has been competing with schools that have enrollments up to 1,102. Barry Corum, whose son plays middle school football, spoke for several parents and fans who support middle school coach Tommy Laughter as the permanent high school coach. “We want a high
school coach whose players are enthusiastic about playing for him.� Carter said the job will be posted soon and he will speak with Laughter personally. The BOE voted to combine its November and December meetings with the next meeting set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the high school auditorium. Nathan Wade, assistant principal at Union County High School, presented a student-initiated idea to allow certain juniors and seniors to leave campus during their 35-minute lunch break. “We would like to pilot this for the spring semester,� he said. Wade said the program would be an incentive for juniors and seniors based on attendance, behavior and grades. Participants would have a photo ID which would be scanned in and out, and the school would require a signed and notarized parent permission form. “I think kids will gain from it. It
will have value for our students,� Wade said. “We would like to do a couple of student meetings and a couple of parent meetings (before implementation). We want to do this right.� Principal Carmen Murphy estimated 100-150 youngsters would be eligible and said those would be divided among three lunch periods so that only 30-50 would be off campus at one time. “We’re not voting on this tonight,� Carter stressed. “We wanted to give you a heads up.� Colt Hill grilled Carter on a recent issue at Paulette Elementary School in which a water main broke, leaving the school without water for roughly 30 minutes on Friday and until 8:30 a.m. on Monday. “Why did we open a school without running water?� he asked. “Every situation is different,� Carter said, “and every one is something we can learn from.�
Carmen Murphy, principal of Union County High School, responds to school board attorney Mary Ann Stackhouse during last week’s school board meeting. Photo by S. Clark
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City Wash and Lube open for business The Union County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting celebration for City Wash and Lube on Oct. 27. Pictured are chamber member Jake McCollough, Melissa Stormer and Brenda Sweet of Commercial Bank, co-owners Wayne and Kay Butler, owner/operator Dallas Boggs, staff member Elizabeth Breeding, Union County Mayor Mike Williams, chamber president Leslie Corum, and chamber members Kathy Chesney and Thomas Skibinski. Located next to Subway in Maynardville, City Wash and Lube offers oil changes, tire rotations, light car repairs, brakes, U-Haul rental and more. Two selfservice car wash bays are open, and the automatic car wash will be open soon. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Photo by S. Carey
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Crissy Haslam, wife of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, reads “What Pet Should I Get?” by Dr. Seuss to students at Maynardville Elementary School. Union County High School HOSA officers for the 2016-2017 school year are: (front) secretary Mikenzie Zook, president Autumn Staley, vice president Madi Bailey, treasurer Matty Brasher, social media officer Molly Borboa; (back) photographer Scarlet Muncey, reporter Emma Hickman, parliamentarian Saylar Epperson, and co-historians Brittany Spangler and Elizabeth Boynton.
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Haslam brings Read20 to Maynardville
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Students inducted Ranessa Mar- dents each year about the patient’s tinez as an honorary HOSA member. perspective of healthcare. Martinez, who has multiple sclerosis, Fields, Warwick and Sexton-Harspeaks to UCHS health science stu- rell then inducted the year’s HOSA of-
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ficers in a candle-lighting ceremony, and new HOSA members received pins as they were inducted into the club.
Maynardville Elementary School first-graders got a special treat Oct. 27 as Crissy Haslam, wife of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, dropped by the school to read them a book. Haslam is on a mission to visit each Tennessee county with her literacy message. Union County was her 93rd. She encourages students to “Read to be Ready” for their future jobs and tells parents and teachers to “Read20” and set aside 20 minutes each day to read to children. “Reading is something you will do all your life,”she said. “Everything you do in the future will depend on you being a strong reader.” Crissy Haslam came to Maynardville the same day that Gov. Haslam announced in Knoxville that Tennessee schools are the fastest improving schools in math and science, accord-
MES ‘goes pink’ for Shirley Robbins Maynardville Elementary School staff members (seated) Karen Brooks, (standing) Misti Summers, Shirley Robbins and Kim Martin sport pink shirts naming them “Team Shirley” for breast cancer awareness. Faculty, staff and students wore pink Oct. 27 in honor of Robbins, a breast cancer survivor. Photo by S. Carey
ing to the national report card. She mentioned that she has been hearing good things about Maynardville Elementary’s progress as well. “You are getting better and better and stronger and stronger,” she said. “You guys are doing a terrific job.” She read to the students from “What Pet Should I Get?” by Dr. Seuss. Then, she asked students if they had any messages they wanted her to take back to the governor. “Tell him he’s nice,” said one student. Director of Schools Dr. Jimmy Carter said, “We all appreciate him for getting our teachers a raise.” Students gave Haslam a signed thank-you card, and principal Lisa Carter gave her a Maynardville Elementary School T-shirt. Info: www.tn.gov/ firstlady/section/read20
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Some people love you no matter what. That was the case with my sister. I could never make Anna Mae mad, and I did try. Her son, my nephew Joe, once told me he thought his mom would have married me if we hadn’t been kin. Joe was an enigma as a young man. He could destroy a cinder block, but he was one I turned to when I needed something small and delicate glued. Interestingly, it seemed no one could make Anna Mae angrier than Joe. I remember once Mother and I went to Anna Mae’s for supper. Joe was picking on his sister Penny, and she complained to Anna Mae. Joe did not heed her request to stop, and finally pushed his luck too far. Anna Mae grabbed a wire coat hanger and got in a glancing blow before Joe ran into the bathroom. Joe, a big feller, put all his weight against the door. After trying in vain to open the door, Anna Mae gave up, with coat hanger still in hand. Penny said, “God, Mom, you barely hit him.” Anna Mae shook the coat hanger in Penny’s face and pointedly said, “You want to see how hard I hit him?” Somehow Joe managed to get out of the bathroom in time to eat supper without further adventure. Later, Mother and I were driving to Anna Mae’s on a gray, cloudy day, not long before Christmas. At the time, Anna Mae had casts on both arms as a result of a fall at work. We met a very depressed Joe walking down the road and asked
Ronnie Mincey him where he was going. “Mom kicked me out,” he said. I told Joe to get in the car, that he probably misunderstood, that she didn’t mean it, or something to that effect. Joe said she did mean it, and he was walking to his sister Patty’s house. That would have been a pretty good walk, for Patty lived in Halls, and Anna Mae lived on Jeffrey Lane off Monroe Street in Maynardville. I told Anna Mae we met Joe on the road and that he said she’d kicked him out. “You’re @#$% right I kicked him out! He broke my Christmas tree!” Penny could hardly tell for laughing how the ever helpful Joe had broken Anna Mae’s ceramic Christmas tree. Penny said Anna Mae started screaming, tried to hit him with her casts, and then tried to leave. This proved futile, as she could not bend her arms to open the car door. Penny related that Joe said, “Don’t, Mom. I’ll leave,” to which she replied, “You’re @#$% right you’ll leave!” Happily, Joe was forgiven in plenty of time to eat turkey and open presents from under another of Anna Mae’s trees (which he hadn’t managed to break). Is it any wonder that Anna Mae loved Joe so? Next week, I offer proof that there’s no need to cry over spilt liquids other than milk.
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Persimmon predictions and other folklore
“According to old-timers, persimmon seeds can be used to predict the severity of winter weather. When cut into two pieces, the persimmon seed will display one of three symbols. A knife shape will indicate a cold, icy winter (where wind will cut through you like a knife). A fork shape indicates a mild winter. A spoon shape stands for a shovel to dig out the snow.”
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that the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a humdinger of a winter this year, so I rushed out to check the persimmon seeds. Too soon! The spoons/forks/knives were in their infancy and not ready The folklore and official to speak to us on this issue. weather predictions are To page 5 messing up my mind. I read
Recently gathered persimmon seeds hint at plenty of snow this winter, if folklore holds true.
Homecoming is big, football incidental Absent alarming threats from Tennessee Technological University football, sheltered in downtown Cookeville, I shall focus on homecoming at the University of Tennessee.
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The athletic department has no shame. It will use most any tactic to sell tickets. Imagine faithful alumni traveling hundreds or thousands of miles this weekend to revisit the old school, only to be treated to the Golden Eagles as grand prize. Could be fellowship is more important than the game to some old grads. It is possible they are more interested in the alumni band or the engineering barbecue or the stomp fest, Friday evening, Alumni Memorial Building, sellout anticipated. The homecoming parade will be the highlight for some. It begins at 4 p.m.
Friday at Fiji Island on Volunteer Boulevard at Fraternity Park and goes west. Little Vols will march in almost straight lines or ride orange and white tricycles, wagons or strollers. I have been cautioned not to be sarcastic about this parade sidelight. Young alumni parents regard it as a really big deal. My choice is the concert by UT Singers, Friday at 8, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, comfortable seats, free. Others may prefer the also free Saturday night concert at Market Square. Attractions are Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors plus the homeboys band Cereus Bright (Tyler Anthony, Evan Ford, Luke Bowers, Matt Nelson and Jake Smith). Peyton Manning is not expected for sing-along. The Student Homecoming Committee, with entirely too much spare time on its hands, has plotted to paint the town orange. If you really want to see this, think 3 p.m. Thursday, some splashed on Gay
Street, some on Market Square. Wow. Students will do a dye job at the “Europa and the Bull” fountain at McClung Tower Plaza. Just guessing that somebody will paint the rock. Cheers! This just in from a relative linked to the law college barbecue: A hearty pre-game meal of meat and all the trimmings will be featured. Because of legal ramifications and equal opportunities, the lawyers will also offer a vegetarian substitute, same price, $15. Party in the Park is a Saturday main event, 1 p.m., pep band, cheerleaders, music, door prizes but no doors, face painting, balloon art, free for observers, money for food and drink. You can tell me about the monster moon pie treat. I’ll probably miss that. Best I can tell, there will be no homecoming queen. Long-ago students made a joke of the selection process. Back then, it was news when a guy posed as a girl. There will be no big-band homecoming dance. What do you suppose happened to
Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Harry James? Contrary to rumor, this is not the 100th homecoming. The first was Nov. 11, 1916, in conjunction with the UTVanderbilt game. I missed that one, but of course the Vols won. Historians blame World War I for knocking homecoming off stride. The gathering became an annual event in 1925 – except for 1943 when patriotic students, caught up in World War II, donated homecoming funds to the Red Cross. Some purchased war bonds. Tennessee lost 15 homecoming games between 1933 and 1983. After that, it did what it is doing now, scheduled softer. The record was much better against Memphis State, Louisiana Tech, Cincinnati, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Monroe, Marshall, Louisiana Lafayette, Middle Tennessee, Troy, Chattanooga and North Texas. Tennessee Tech figures to enhance the trend of favorable numbers. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.
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‘All the time, God is good’
in public health. Kelly has led mission Retired Fountain City minister trips to Costa Rica and reflects on his 42-year career other places and has also led travel tours overseas. Altogether, he’s visited 55 By Jake Mabe countries. The Rev. Dan Kelly’s life “Morocco was one of the has come full circle in so more interesting places. many ways. The church was sponsorHe first came to Founing a couple who were tain City United Methodist translating Bibles incogChurch when he was in the nito under the guise of an fifth grade, and he returned export business. They had there after a 42-year ministo leave eventually.” try in the Holston ConferHe says that Fountain ence after retiring in the City United Methodist has early 1990s. But he didn’t always played a major role really stop working. He conin the community, in part tinues to minister through because of its centralized his firm, gentle, caring exlocation. ample, at age 88. He even When he returned there got a writeup in the church’s following retirement, he October newsletter. rejoined the Christian FelKelly’s father worked in lowship Sunday school class the food business in Huntshe’d attended when it was ville and Toney, Ala., before founded in 1948. And he buying a small bakery that ended up teaching the class was located across North for 20 years beginning in Broadway from where Ful1993. ton High School is today. On Wednesday nights for The family moved to a few years, he organized Fountain City around 1937a group he calls “The Left38 to a house on Essary Drive that was near what The Rev. Dan Kelly served Methodist churches in the Holston overs” – those who weren’t is now the Central High Conference for 42 years before returning to his home church, meeting in a small group after the weekly church dinSchool football stadium. Fountain City United Methodist. Photo by Jake Mabe ner – and invited people to Kelly remembers walking to the high school, then locatHis first appointment church in Tazewell, Va., in “share their faith journey ed at present-day Gresham was at a church in King- 1992. And he has promoted with us.” WBIR-TV meteorolMiddle School, and hav- sport that had 72 members and participated in short- ogist Todd Howell was one. Longtime North Knox ing to get permission to cut when he arrived. Today, the term mission work throughfolks might remember Dan’s through neighbors’ yards to church, now called Colonial out his adult life. get there. Heights United Methodist Kelly recently helped brother, Cecil, and his nephAfter high school, he be- Church, has 1,100 members. Gantei Jeh, a 36-year-old ew, Stan, who were both edgan studying engineering “We were blessed,” Kelly native of Tappita, Liberia, ucators. Stan built the home that his uncle lives in today. at UT, but soon felt called says. “It’s gratifying to know graduate from high school. Asked about the most to enter the ministry. He that something you started “He was a little older getgraduated with a bachelor’s has continued to grow.” ting through school because memorable part of his cadegree in English and a miHe first thought he’d go his parents couldn’t afford reer, Kelly smiles and says, “the people, of course.” nor in psychology before at- into full-time mission work, the $75 per year fee.” And, summing up his life tending Asbury Seminary. but says God had other Jeh graduated with He ultimately graduated plans. He’s never counted honors, attended nursing and his ministry, he says, from the Candler School of them, but estimates he school, got a job in a small “God is good, all the time, Theology at Emory Univer- served eight or nine church- hospital and last June and all the time, God is sity in 1952. es before retiring from a earned his master’s degree good.”
Persimmon predictions This was about mid-September. Now that the heat has gone and fall is trying to make a showing, I gathered a few persimmons; and, yes, the “flatware” had matured. From the Farmer’s Almanac, I expected to find knives in all the seeds. Not so! It is spoons again this year. Another common folklore prediction is about whether hornet nests are high in the trees or close to the ground. As I understand it, if the hornets build high in the trees, we’ll have a mild winter. If hornets build close to the ground, look out – winter will
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From page 4 come in like a lion. I haven’t seen one nest to get the hornet message. Then there’s the woolly worm philosophy. If the woolly worm has long hair, hold on to your heavy coat. If its hair is short, we can get by without several layers of clothing and our heat bill won’t bankrupt us. We shall see, but according to the persimmon seeds prediction, keep your snow shovel handy. The Farmer’s Almanac is kind of ho hum until February of 2017, when it says the frigid weather will begin. This is the month you want to make sure your heat works, your long
johns are washed and your slippers are nearby. Get your snow blowers ready. If you see a woolly worm eating a persimmon, throw your hands in the air and run! I must mention a couple of other characteristics of the persimmon tree. The fruit tastes good if we will just wait for it to get ripe. The folklore is it takes a frost to keep persimmons from being bitter. The other asset of these trees is the fall foliage. The yellow, red and green persimmon leaves have made a magnificent showing when there’s not much else to write about.
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TennCare Kids provides services TennCare Kids is Tennessee’s commitment to see that children and teens have the best start to a healthy life. TennCare Kids is a free program of check-ups and health care services for children from birth to age 21 who are TennCare eligible, including health history, complete physical exam, lab tests as appropriate, immunizations, vision and hearing screening, developmental and behavior screenings as appropriate, and advice on healthy living. Union Countians interested in the program should contact the Union County Health Department’s community outreach representative, Pam Williams. Info: 992-3867, ext. 131.
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Age? No Matter When Methuselah had lived one hundred eightyseven years, he became the father of Lamech. Methuselah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years; and he died. (Genesis 5:25-27 NRSV) Let me say at the outset that Bible scholars interpret such longevity as is attributed to Methuselah in different terms. We have no way of knowing how time was measured then, and therefore, it is possible that what the writer of Genesis called years were really months. Nine hundred-sixty-nine months equals 80.75 years, which is still a pretty impressive life span for that era (or for that matter, for our own)! Granted, if we assume Methuselah’s life span to be counted in months, we have to believe that he fathered Lamech at the age of 15, which is certainly not an impossibility! Perhaps I am thinking about age because my birthday was yesterday, and I may as well confess that I am now 68 years old. How did that happen to a nice kid like me? (I have often said that I was born one day and Harry Truman was elected the next, and the world has never been the same!) Certainly, from my now-advanced years, I can look back over world events and personal landmarks, and I understand a little more about how this old world works. It is not always fair, it is frequently not easy, and it is almost always unpredictable. Even so, I have to say I am thankful for so many people (both living and dead) who have shaped and enriched my life. I am grateful, too, for experiences (both delightful and difficult) that taught me, strengthened me, and took me down a notch when needed!
FAITH NOTES
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.
Community services ■ Clapp’s Chapel UMC, 7420 Clapps Chapel Road, will host a free Thanksgiving lunch 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 24. Free and open to the community. Reservations requested. Info/reservations: 687-4721.
Special services
■ Hansard Chapel Methodist Church, located on Highway 33 across from Tolliver’s
■ Alder Springs Missionary Baptist Church, 556 Hickory Star Road, Maynardville, will hold revival 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, and 7 p.m. through the week. Evangelists will be the Rev. Tim Inklebarger and the Rev. Greg Goodman. Everyone welcome.
SENIOR NOTES
Meet each first Monday • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
■ Union County Senior Citizens Center 298 Main St. Monday-Friday • 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Info for all seniors groups: Melanie Dykes 9923292/992-0361 ■ Plainview Seniors Plainview City Hall, 1037 Tazewell Pike
■ Luttrell Seniors Luttrell Community Center, 115 Park Road Meets each third Monday • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ■ Sharps Chapel Seniors Sharps Chapel Community Bldg. 1550 Sharps Chapel Road Meets each first and third Wednesday • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
■ Union County High School Veterans Day program, 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the auditorium, 150 Main St., Maynardville. Registration and refreshments, 9 a.m. Everyone invited. ■ UCHS softball team (16 players) will be traveling to Disney World in Orlando to participate in the ESPN Wide World of Sports. The coach is Lance Lay.
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Athletic director Shane Brown coaches the Union County High School Patriots in the preseason. Matty Brasher puts her handprint on the drug-free pledge wall during Red Ribbon Week. More than 150 Union County High School students made the pledge. Photos by S. Carey
Students pledge to be drug-free By Shannon Carey More than 150 Union County High School students pledged to “keep their hands off drugs” by adding their red handprints to the Red Ribbon Week wall in the school’s commons area last week.
Coordinated school health assistant Nikki Lockhart said Red Ribbon Week is a nationwide effort to raise high schoolers’ awareness of the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The week’s theme was YOLO, You Only Live Once,
and students enjoyed a different clothing theme each day of the week. Each morning, ICare Union County volunteers and students greeted students at the doors of the school to hand out anti-drug, alcohol and tobacco information.
Students Daisie Lockhart and Tucker Brasher, along with coordinated school health assistant Nikki Lockhart, are ready to welcome pledge signers at the Red Ribbon Week table in the Union County High School commons area.
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Patriots to play in CAREacter Bowl By Seth Norris The Patriot football team didn’t qualify for postseason play this year after not securing a region win. However, the season isn’t over. Union County received an invite to the CAREacter Bowl at Grace Christian Academy where it will play Sunbright. The CAREacter Bowl is a part of the CARE 365 Program, a program that gives food, clothes, furniture and guidance to those in need. Also, as a separate part of the program, they recognize a CAREacter star athlete of the week to encourage athletes who stand out off the field and in the classroom. The program has since expanded to hosting games for teams that don’t make the high school playoffs to give them time in the spotlight. Founder Dave Moore, a retired Lenoir City High School football coach, made the call to athletic director Shane Brown about having the Patriots participate in the event. “Not every team gets asked to play,” said Brown. “It was nice to get a call and it’s a good opportunity.” Brown and other staff members at the high school took over the program after the release of its previous head coach just days before the first game. Now, they are ap-
proaching their last game with the kids as an interim staff. “To keep it going was our only option,” said Brown. “It’s been a learning process for us all. We’ve enjoyed being around the kids.” The game against Sunbright allows the staff and the players one more game in what has been an interesting season. Senior Tyler Mink described teammates last week as “family,” and this game gives them another week together. Brown says this game is nothing but helpful for the program. “We’re excited to end on a positive for the younger kids for next year,” said Brown. “Hopefully, we can send the seniors out on a positive and get some momentum going into the offseason.” As for the future of the program, to reiterate, nobody is closing the football program down. There will be a Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association Board of Control meeting in mid-November to see their options for the future. Playing football is in that future, whether as an independent or staying in a region. For now, the focus for the Patriots is getting a win. There will be eight teams and four games in the CAREacter Bowl. The Patriots will play their game at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at Grace Christian Academy.
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Paulette Elementary Beta Club students get spooky with their haunted house at Pumpkinpalooza. Behind the masks are Ava Tiller, Trey money in the auction, for which every class Clark, Annabelle Schwartz, By Ayla Griffin Fun was had and memories were made donated a package. Hadlie DeFoe, Bree Corum, Kids decorated pumpkins, jumped in a Lilly McElhaney, Blake Burat Paulette Elementary school’s Pumpkinbounce house and enjoyed many other games bage and Brycen Earl. Photos palooza fall festival Oct. 21. by Ayla Griffin The festival is in its fifth year, allowing and activities that the classes had prepared. The fourth- and fifth-grade Beta Club kids and the community to participate. This year, Commercial Bank brought a even ran a haunted house out of their classmoney machine for guests and students to room. They spent the whole week prior preenjoy. Teachers even held a friendly compe- paring their class and costumes and really tition to see which grade could raise more showed some Halloween spirit.
Quinton Conard tries his luck in the Commercial Bank money machine at Pumpkinpalooza.
Running the money machine from Commercial Bank are Brenda Sweet, April Bailey, Haley Ballew and Samantha Clabo.
Abby Chadwell and Milah Hickle decorate pumpkins at Pumpkinpalooza.
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Church’s 728 S. Carter School Road in Strawberry Plains. Featuring: live music, bounce house, petting zoo, chili cook off, bake sale, vendors and more. Info: 6607259 or hjsickles@aol.com.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2
TUESDAY, NOV. 8
Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Info/appointment: 992-7969.
Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.
THURSDAY, NOV. 3
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tazewell Campus of Walters State Community College. Last meeting of the year. Coffee and dessert will be served. Info: 423-648-4785. Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.
Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Info/appointment: 992-7969.
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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. Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Luttrell Public Library, 115 Park Road, Luttrell. Info: 992-0208.
SATURDAY, NOV. 5 Church bazaar, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church. 7535 Maynardville Highway. Crafts, country store, baked goods, white elephant and Rada Knives. Serving breakfast and lunch. Info: 922-1412. Church benefit for the Rev. Larry Cooper, 5 p.m., Beulah Baptist Church. 1138 Raccoon Valley Road, Maynardville. Dinner of chili/hot dogs, deserts and drinks, $5; begins 5 p.m. Gospel singing featuring Better Way, the Beasons, Amanda Hurst, Randall Woods and more, 7 p.m. All proceeds to benefit the Rev. Cooper’s medical expenses.
SUNDAY NOV. 6 Annual “Shindig,” a celebration of the Thorn Grove Community, 1-4 p.m., Thorn Grove Christian
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MONDAY, NOV. 7 American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 3875522.
THURSDAY, NOV. 17 Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.
FRIDAY, NOV. 18 Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Luttrell Public Library, 115 Park Road, Luttrell. Info: 992-0208. Union County Humane Society Wine 4 Whiskers, 5-8 p.m., The Winery at Seven Springs Farm, 1474 Highway 61E, Maynardville. Benefit for the shelter. In addition to wine, there will be soft drinks and three chilies (red, white and vegan) with the fi xins. Info: 992-7969.
SUNDAY, NOV. 20
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.
Union County Historical Society meeting, 2:30 p.m., Union County Museum, 3824 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Program: Stuart Wyrick will perform selections from his new CD, “East Tennessee Sunrise.” The public is invited.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Info/appointment: 992-7969.
MONDAY, NOV. 28
FRIDAY, NOV. 11 Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Luttrell Public Library, 115 Park Road, Luttrell. Info: 992-0208.
Union County Humane Society male cat neuter day. Cost: $10 to neuter a male cat. Info/ appointment: 992-7969.
MONDAY, NOV. 14
THURSDAY, DEC. 1
Regular meeting of the Union County Library Board, 10 a.m., Luttrell Library, 115 Park Road, Luttrell. Public is invited.
Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.
TUESDAY, NOV. 15
FRIDAY, DEC. 2
Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.
Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Luttrell Public Library, 115 Park Road, Luttrell. Info: 992-0208.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16
SATURDAY, DEC. 3
Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Info/appointment: 992-7969.
Luttrell Christmas Parade, noon, Luttrell Community Park. 992-0870 or email cityofluttrell@ yahoo.com.
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