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December 7, 2016
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Gift distribution is Saturday at UCHS Union County Children’s Charities Under the Tree toy distribution day will be held 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 10, at Union County High School in the commons area. Recipients are asked to park in the front parking lot and bring acceptance letters and proper documentation. Gifts must be picked up on this day only. Volunteers are needed for distribution day as well. Those interested in volunteering may call Union County Trustee Gina Buckner’s office at 9925943 or come to the UCHS commons area at 8 a.m. Under the Tree organizers thanked everyone who purchased gifts or donated money and the local businesses who helped collect toys.
lights up the night By Shannon C Carey arey ar Union County rang in the holiday season Nov. 26 with the annual Christmas Tree Lighting festival in downtown Maynardville on the steps of the Union County Courthouse. Gary and Diane England provided music with Gary’s Sound Machine. Folks brought classic and antique cars to the cruise-in, and refreshments were provided by Keep Union County Beautiful and the Union County Chamber of Commerce. Union County Mayor Mike Williams held a prize drawing for NASCAR memorabilia, including pieces of real race cars, and everyone who didn’t win the drawing got to choose an item from a table full of NASCAR goodies like T-shirts, mugs and more. Santa Claus set up his chair on the courthouse steps for photos with kids and the young-at-heart, and that jolly ol’ elf led the countdown to the tree lighting. Williams thanked everyone who participated in the tree lighting and festival and sent special thanks to Richard Childress Racing DE Inc. and Junior Motorsports for the door prizes.
Local market at Seven Springs The Winery at Seven Springs Farm will host a Shop Local gift market noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Local craft vendors and artisans will be selling their wares on-site. The winery is at 1474 Highway 61 E, Maynardville. Info: 865-745-2902
Pecans are here! The Union County Lions Club has pecans for sale. One pound packages of pecan halves are available for $10 per package. Pecans are on sale at Commercial Bank (Maynardville Branch), First Century Bank (Maynardville Branch) and the Trustee’s Office at the Union County Courthouse. Info: Ronnie Mincey, 278-6430.
IN THIS ISSUE Oh, joy! “And there it was, creating joy and excitement akin to a Tennessee football victory over Alabama. “The little one-ounce feathered world traveler was just doing its thing – sitting on fence posts, flying down to the ground to grab an insect, freezing beside a stone for several minutes as a threatening Cooper’s hawk flew across the field.� Bob and Louise Collier just spotted a Northern Wheatear on a farm in Loudon County.
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Young Rebekah Lucy converses with the Jolly Old Elf himself at the Union County Christmas Tree Lighting festival.
The Union County Christmas Tree shines from the courthouse steps after the tree lighting festival Nov. 26. Photos by S. Carey
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Roads, jobs, retail are top county goals By Sandra Clark Union County Chamber of Commerce pulled together an impressive group at Hickory Star Marina last week to discuss goals for the county, particularly short-term goals that could be achieved with help from the state of Tennessee. Facilitators Beth Phillips and Kim Denton said Union’s was the best attended of any of the 22 focus groups they had convened. Phillips is economic development programs manager for the UT Center for Industrial Services, which is under a contract with the state to develop strategies to jump-start economic development in 23 “distressed counties.� What does Union County need? Roads, said David Cox, superintendent of highways. “You can’t grow jobs without good roads.� Education, said Susan Oaks, supervisor for Union County Public Schools. She suggested a community college site in the county – perhaps in the warehouse owned by J.T. Russell which is close enough to the high school for students to walk to classes. “Empty,� said Russell, when
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asked what folks call his building. It was previously home to a T-shirt manufacturer who “shipped the jobs to Mexico,� Russell said. Now he uses the building for boat storage and a vendors’ mall. Retail and fast-food, said Charlie Hamilton, a high school student who came to observe and left as an advocate. Natural gas to the Luttrell Industrial Park, said County Commissioner Wayne Roach. Four-lane Highway 61 to Rutledge Pike, echoed Luttrell Mayor Johnny Merritt. Continuum of care, said Kathy Chesney, director of admissions for Willow Ridge Center. She advocated for a dialysis and urgent care clinic along with assisted living and residential hospice. Advertising outside the county for events, said several participants. One suggested combining various music festivals and buying regional promotion. Phillips said preliminary research showed an annual $194 million retail gap – demand exceeding supply – across all sectors.
Food City filled a need, but still that’s a lot of Union County dollars being spent someplace else. “Let’s make smart goals,� said Denton, defining SMART as specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. Education: Hamilton said the high school needs more dual credit (accelerated so kids get college credit) and CTE (career technical education) classes. During a break, Charlie said he’s taking all the special classes he can, but he knows there could be more. He suggested computer programming, website development and auto mechanics/body work. Tourism: Participants said the county sponsors many events, but Shannon Brooks, branch manager for FSG Bank, said these must be promoted outside the county. Rick Riddle of Seven Springs farm said it’s tough to promote attractions that are open intermittently, such as the museum. Someone suggested more promotion for agri-tourism, and Jack Rhyne, Maynardville city manager, said the county needs an events center. That was also the top suggestion of Cham-
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ber president Leslie Corum. Business Development: Doug Lawyer from the Knoxville Chamber said, “Prepare concept plans for sites within five minutes of 55 miles per hour. TVA can do that.� Gary England said the county needs a new car dealership. Riddle said the county should immediately create an office of economic development under the mayor and staff it with grant writers. Concerns: Union County has unemployment of 11.4 percent, per capita income of $18,000 and a poverty rate of 22 percent, according to the state’s most recent reports. Assets: Phillips said Union County’s K-12 education is an asset with a 91.9 percent high school graduation rate, above the state average. “You have high quality sites and buildings,� she said, but these should be promoted, at least on the TVA website. Major private-sector employers are Clayton Homes, Food City and O-N Minerals, each with 100-plus, and Cooper Container Corporation with 80. The local sales tax rose 1.5 percent 2015 over 2014.
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Another amazing traveler Bird migration is one of the major wonders of nature. It can produce amazing surprises that bring wonder and joy to the everseeking crowd of faithful birders out there, hoping for one more rare bird to show up in their part of the world. Five years ago this January, I wrote about the rarest traveler we’d ever seen, a hooded crane from the remote bogs of inner Siberia. Probably the first of its kind to ever be seen in North America, it was discovered down near Chattanooga at the Hiwassee Refuge, hanging out with several thousand of its newest best friends, the sandhill cranes. It attracted people from at least 27 states and Canada – news travels fast in the birding world. I’ve mentioned bird migration in several columns, including updates on the technology developed to trace the course of those re-
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markable distances traveled by various species of birds, and the remote places on earth where they go. A real breakthrough in these studies has been the invention of the tiny geolocator, small enough to be fitted on the back of a sparrow-size bird without affecting its flying and traveling. In a spring column about three years ago, I wrote about how the geolocators had discovered the all-time songbird long-distance migrator. Placed on two little bluebird-size birds called Northern Wheatears, the geolocators revealed that
those two birds, after nesting for the summer on the stony tundra of northern Alaska, performed an annual fall journey of 18,640 miles, flying west across the Bering Strait, across Siberia, and then south, to end up for the winter in SubSaharan Africa! An interesting, if not totally amazing story about a species of bird that, although filed in my interesting facts department, I would never, ever, expect to see. So imagine the electricity in the birding community when the call went out on Nov. 14 that an intrepid member of the Knoxville Bird Club, Tony King, had discovered a Northern Wheatear at a farm in Loudon County! We were there the next morning at 8:30, the fog (plus smoke) so thick you couldn’t see 50 yards ahead. The location was Windy Hill Farm & Preserve, a lovely
500-acre working cattle farm fronting on the Tennessee River. The owners, in spite of trying to run their farm, graciously admitted all of us rarity-crazed birders. By 10 a.m. the fog had lifted and there were some 20 carloads of people from as far away as Chattanooga and Nashville, with binoculars, spotting scopes and cameras, lining the fence beside the farm road. And there it was, creating joy and excitement akin to a Tennessee football victory over Alabama. The little one-ounce feathered world traveler was just doing its thing – sitting on fence posts, flying down to the ground to grab an insect, freezing beside a stone for several minutes as a threatening Cooper’s hawk flew across the field. The Wheatear was in its winter plumage, as would be expected at this time of the year. It could have been
All aboard the Lantern Express The Christmas Lantern Express is an enjoyable experience for the young and the young at heart.
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I was recently treated to a ride on the Christmas Lantern Express – better known as the Three Rivers Rambler. Santa was aboard and little elves passed out gingerbread cookies to go with the serveyourself hot chocolate. This two-hour train trip leaves from the Three Rivers Station at University Commons. Be sure to call to check their schedule, but the Saturday holiday sched-
ule is 9:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling Three Rivers Rambler. My daughter, Sheri, and I were joined by friends from Atlanta, Kathy and David Richie; Kathy’s sister, Bobbie, and her husband; and their brother, David Mundt, as well as the Mundt family friend, Polly Phillips of Knoxville. The train travels along Neyland Drive by the Boat House (home of UT women’s rowing team), Volunteer Landing and under three bridges – Henley (1931), Gay Street (1907) and the South Knoxville Bridge (1990). We passed by the Island Home community and the Island Home Airport, and the UT Agricultural Campus. We passed by the confluence of the French Broad and Holston Rivers, where
the rivers meet to form the Tennessee River. We were able to view the Devereaux Gilliam historic house built at the Forks of the River in 1786, and Lebanon in the Forks, the site of the first church in Knoxville. It was founded by the Rev. Samuel Carrick in 1791. The Rev. Carrick also founded a private school that eventually became the University of Tennessee. His wife, Elizabeth, was buried in the Lebanon in the Forks Cemetery in 1793; her grave is the oldest marked grave in Knox County. The Presbyterian Church was maintained until it burned in a 1980 arson. The bell and four columns are all that remain. We passed by Burkhart’s Wharf where Knoxville’s first steamboat, the Atlas, landed in 1828. This is a wonderful historic tour,
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The Union County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Union County Senior Center. Horace Maynard Middle School band director Hannah Haynes will bring an ensemble to perform holiday favorites. This will be a joint meeting with the Union County Business and Union County Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Professional Club. Dec. 12, at the courthouse in Maynardville. Everyone is invited! Agenda items include regular reports from Sheriff Billy Breeding and Finance Director Ann Dyer plus discussion and possible action on a grant to extend water lines through the city of Maynardville. Commissioners also will discuss a possible ambulance facility in Sharps Chapel and a possible waterline for Mill Creek subdivision at Point 19 (Robert Abernathy). Other agenda items include: ■ A resolution to name the new West Tennessee TBI Facility after the late TBI agent De’Greaun “Dee” Frazier Follow us on Twitter ■ A proposal from TDOT to construct a project from @ShopperNewsNow south of Archer Road to north of Bower Hollow Road, and ■ New business that might be brought up.
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Union County Board of Education will meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, in the Union County High School library. The auditorium will be in use for a music program. The voting meeting will follow immediately after the workshop. Director of Schools Dr. Jimmy Carter will discuss upcoming meetings in each district to discuss the system’s strategic plan. UCHS principal Carmen Murphy will discuss an open campus during lunch for the high school. The board may vote so that the new policy, if approved, can be implemented for the spring semester. BOE attorney Mary Ann Stackhouse will discuss renewal/nonrenewal for TNVA (virtual academy) contract, a routine annual item. Misty Hoskins will address the board. Agenda items include: ■ Trips: 15 students to Dobyns-Bennett High School for wrestling Dec. 9-10, to Bradley Central Dec. 16-17, and to TSSAA individual championships in Franklin, Tenn., Dec. 17-18. ■ Various policy amendments to conform to state law ■ Food City manager Scott Inklebarger will present school bucks donations; the Union County Business & Professional Association will present a donation for the high school band.
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When we first started birding back in 1985, we found out about rare birds by using a chain of telephone calls (that would be your wired-in, home telephone – remember those?). Each person notified would then call two to four others, and so on. Back in February of 1996, Spouse and I got to see a very rarefor-Tennessee Ivory Gull, a resident of the far, far north, out at Pickwick Dam in West Tennessee thanks to our then very effective telephone rare-bird alert system; others followed. That was then, this is now. Nowadays such news, including photographs and GPS locations, goes out instantly to anyone, anywhere, who has the appropriate app on their information device. More birders are out there now, attuned to the notion of finding more and more rarities, and everyone seems eager to share the information. Nice people and great technology meet Mother Nature. How good is all that?
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but this day the history was overshadowed by the wonder of Christmas in the air. The Rambler furnished letterhead for letters to Santa, which could be hand-delivered, and pictures made of children giving their letters to Santa. The true magic in the air came when “snowflakes” gently drifted by the windows of the train.
mistaken for a female bluebird at a casual glance, but no blue anywhere. About the same size, though, but it stood taller on longer legs. Its back was gray and its chest a pale rufous (robinbreast) color, with a beady black eye and a white eyebrow. Its telltale diagnostic ID feature was easily seen as it flew – a bright white rump and upper tail, bordered by a sharp black inverted “T” at the end. A very cooperative little bird, it had probably seen very few human beings in its life considering where it has lived; I imagine that it just presumed we, like the cattle, were just some more large, non-bird-eating wildlife. Everyone got good close looks and excellent photographs, and it was a couple of hours of serious birding enjoyment for those of us fortunate enough to have been there. A rare bird? It was the first time ever that a Northern Wheatear had been recorded in the state of Tennessee!
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The Union County Farmers Market thanked everyone who shopped the Farmers Market this season and all the vendors who attended the market. The market will return in spring 2017 with weekly offerings of farm-fresh produce, meat and more. Info: 865-992-8038 Vendors for the 2016 season included: ■ Betsy Davis Creations ■ Blissful Springs Farm ■ Cheddar Holler ■ Fall Creek Apiary ■ Hansard Farm and Orchard ■ Happy Hollow Farm ■ Hayes Hollow Farm ■ Joe’s Gardens ■ Jones & Co. Meat Sales ■ Kecks Kackle Berries ■ Kettle Hollow Farm ■ Little Valley Nursery ■ Myers Farm ■ New Roots Nursery ■ Rockin’ R Ranch ■ Rocking Chair Farm ■ Rolling Meadows Orchard and Farm ■ Ropes & Wings Ranch ■ Seven Springs Farm to Table ■ Sterling Grace Farm ■ Summer’s Agriculture ■ Teresa’s Bakery ■ Tharp Family Farm ■ Tillman Rabbit Farm ■ Tindell Family Farm ■ True Vine Farm and ■ White’s Nursery.
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Seymour is new face at Chamber of Commerce By Shannon Carey
Union County Commission chair Gary England, Santa and Union County Mayor Mike Williams start the countdown to light the Union County Christmas Tree on the courthouse steps.
Paige Austin and Addie Shackelford get their photo taken with Santa.
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Maynardville Public Library director Chantay Collins joins Office on Aging Director Melanie Dykes and her furry friend at the tree lighting festival.
Young-at-heart Wanda Cox Byerley has a seat on Santa’s knee in front of the Union County Christmas Tree.
Barbara Seymour of Luttrell is the new receptionist at the Union County Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has been operating without office staffing since budget cuts eliminated the position previously held by Neva Kitts, but a few weeks ago the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, also known as ETHRA, offered to place a senior citizen as Chamber receptionist at no cost to the Chamber. Seymour, a lifelong Union County resident, heard about the opportunity through Union County Mayor Mike Williams. Seymour served for 28 years as a certified weighmaster at the Luttrell mines currently owned by Carmeuse, then served three more years in the same position with Patterson Brothers when the company leased the mine’s gravel operation. Now retired, she was looking for something to keep her mind occupied when she saw Williams at the courthouse. “I said, ‘Hey, Mike. Is there not anything around here I can do part time?’� she said. “I was just in the right place at the right time.� Williams told Seymour about the Chamber job and referred her to Office on Aging director Melanie Dykes, who passed Seymour along to ETHRA for placement. Seymour said she has made Union County and Luttrell her lifelong home because her family is here
Barbara Seymour is ready to greet visitors to the Union County Chamber of Commerce. She was placed at the Chamber by ETHRA to work as a part time receptionist. Photo
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She lives next door to her 98-year-old mother and near her sister. She has a son, Mark, and two grandchildren, ages 26 and 28. So far, Seymour enjoys working with Chamber president Leslie Corum, and she’s working on organizing the storage closet, which was a safe when the Chamber building was a bank. Seymour is at work 20 hours each week, Monday through Wednesday. She said she enjoys greeting visitors to the office. “I like it when people come in,� she said. “I know about everybody around here.� Seymour’s next project will be to help with the Chamber’s newsletter. The Union County Chamber of Commerce is in the Historic Bank Building next to the Union County Courthouse on Main Street in downtown Maynardville. Info: 865-992-2811
Raley Graves won the prize drawing for this piece of a real NASCAR race car at the Union County Christmas Tree Lighting, which she attended with Coy Graves and Garrett Graves.
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opinion Gifts from a legend “Our Union County Heritage” Vol. I, authored by Kathleen George Graves and Winnie Palmer McDonald in 1978, first lists Cecil H. Butcher Sr. as a member of the Union County Board of Education in 1935.
Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME Practically everyone in Union County knew Mr. Butcher. Even as a young child I knew him by sight. He was still on the school board when I graduated from Horace Maynard High School in 1983. I remember seeing him arrive at the graduation with his trademark cigar, and I remember thinking it was so long that I saw the embers before I saw him. Mr. Butcher was no longer on the school board when I began teaching in 1987. After I had taught a few years I went with Roy Muncey to Cecil H. Butcher’s store in downtown Maynardville. The store was next to the old Maynardville State Bank, presently occupied by the Union County Chamber of Commerce. It was late in the evening on Christmas Eve, and Mr. Butcher, dressed in a full suit of clothes, was sitting in a straight-back chair next to the Warm Morning heating stove. That stove always intrigued me, for it sat in the middle of the rather large one-room store and had the longest stovepipe that I have ever seen.
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Roy and I talked with Mr. Butcher for a while about what must have been inconsequential matters. Fate Chesney, a faithful employee of Mr. Butcher’s for many years, was also present. Eventually, Mr. Butcher said, “Fate, give these gentlemen a Christmas present – a good cup of strong coffee.” Fate brought Roy and me each a cup. I have since even drunk espresso, but to this day I have never since had a stronger cup of coffee than Mr. Butcher’s Christmas present. It was so strong it could by itself have walked the 11-mile Cades Cove Loop Road in less than an hour. Mr. Butcher’s first gift gave me another – that night I had a terrific case of heartburn. Roy teased Fate about the coffee, asking him if he had “slobbered ’backer spit in it.” That made Fate mad – Roy tried after that to get Fate to shake his hand, but Fate would have no part of it. Many years later my friend Mark Martin told me that he went into Mr. Butcher’s store to ask directions to the Union County Board of Education. Mr. Butcher asked him why he wanted to know, and he replied that he wanted to apply for a job as a music teacher. Mr. Butcher gave Mr. Martin the directions, told him who he should talk to, and said, “Tell them I sent you.” I teased Mr. Martin for the remainder of his life, telling him he owed his job to Cecil Butcher. Now, Mr. Butcher, Roy Muncey, Mark Martin and the store are all gone, living only in memory and history.
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Tennessee is recruiting a two-sport star Tennessee football is recruiting a multi-talented athlete from Mobile, Ala., Bubba Thompson, with the promise that he can also play baseball in his spare time. That prompted an avid follower of Tennessee recruiting to ask if dualsports stars are out of style. The answer is yes. Football is almost a yearround game. Bubba is a quarterback. That doubles time demands. Of course he could skip most of spring football practice but that would slow primary development. Until this fall, young Thompson thought he was an outfielder with professional potential, 6-2 and 185, sprinter speed, quick bat, medium power, very good arm, partial scholarship offer from Auburn, commitment to the Tigers. Previous football seasons have been plagued or eliminated by injuries. This one has been great, No. 1 team in the state, 69 percent completions for 2,894 yards and 37 touchdowns. He has rushed for 494 yards and five TDs. He’s been intercepted five times. Sacks? Ends and linebackers can’t catch him. Central Florida and Troy
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were first and second to offer football scholarships. Tommy Thigpen invited Bubba to visit Knoxville. Bubba was impressed. UT coaches were impressed. One day later, Bubba had a big-time football offer. That caused rivals to open eyes. Bubba canceled his pledge to Auburn baseball. He returned to UT for a second visit. Sometime soon, he’ll get to decide if he would really turn down the MLB draft to play football. In years long gone, multisports stars were prominent in college athletics. Jim Brown was an All-American at Syracuse in football and lacrosse. Bo Jackson was legendary in Auburn football and baseball. Danny Ainge of Brigham Young won the John Wooden Award as the top player in NCAA basketball. While in college, he played parts of three baseball seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays. Danny was better in baskets. Gene Conley, 6-8, was
big in basketball and baseball at Washington State. He is the only man to win a world championship in both sports, pitcher for the Braves, forward for the Celtics. Bob Hayes, football and track, Florida A&M, ended up with two Olympic gold medals and 71 NFL touchdowns plus a Super Bowl ring. Dave Winfield was drafted to play professional football, basketball and baseball out of the University of Minnesota. Deion Sanders played football and baseball and ran track at Florida State. He is the only man in history to play in the World Series (Atlanta) and Super Bowls (49ers and Cowboys). Tennessee has had dualsport stars – Ron Widby, Condredge Holloway, Todd Helton, Alan Cockrell, Richmond Flowers, Willie Gault, Chip Kell, Doug Atkins, Herky Payne, Bert Rechichar, long list. Widby was a basketball captain and football punter (NFL) who played baseball and golf for fun. Holloway, quarterback and shortstop, was even better in high school basketball, according to Wooden. Helton was a quarterback
and the best baseball player in the NCAA on his way to a great pro career. Cockrell was the first Vol freshman to start at quarterback. A serious knee injury led to the eventual decision that baseball was his future. Flowers was a very good football player (NFL) who carried Tennessee colors around the world as a hurdler. Gault was a splendid receiver (11 years in the NFL) and hurdler-sprinter. Kell was a College Hall of Fame lineman who once held the UT record in the shot put. Atkins thought he was a basketball player. He scored 38 in a freshman game. Bob Neyland made him somewhat more famous in football. No question Doug was multi-talented. He once high-jumped 6-7 in an SEC track meet (without bothering to practice). Payne and Rechichar were excellent in football and comparable in baseball – when both sports were big at Tennessee. Sorry you missed Bob Foxx. He was a shining star in football, baseball and basketball, 1938-40. Marvin West invites reader response. His address is westwest6@netzero.com
Opera leader states his case I was on my way out the door when somebody said the Thursday speaker was “some guy from the opera.” But I had already ordered lunch ... and it was Litton’s ... and how hard could this be? Brian Salesky is a terrific speaker. If he makes opera productions half as interesting as this recent talk, then sign me up.
Salesky admitted: If the Knoxville Opera Company produces only six performances per year – which it does – what does it do the other 359 days? Community service, he answered. “We’re the only opera company with a gospel chorus,” he said. Knoxville Opera Goes to Church is produced in cooperation with a congregation
The annual Rossini Festival is now in its 16th year. “Usually cities our size don’t have opera,” he said. Sandra The Knoxville Opera Clark Company is in its 39th season, operating in the black with a reserve. This fall it produced at a predominantly black church. “I call it the great “The Pirates of Penzance.” hallelujah day of Knoxville Upcoming operas are “La Opera. It’s my favorite day Boheme” and “Mary Queen of Scots.” of the year,” he said.
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Let there be peace For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. (Isaiah 62:1 KJV) Peace unto Zion. Peace to the faithful, and a crown of rejoicing, And a crown of rejoicing from your heavenly Father. (“Peace Unto Zion,” Shaker hymn)
Union County 4-H collects for Gatlinburg Union County 4-H members and parents thanked everyone in the community who donated to the 4-H drive to families in need in the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge area. In just two days, 4-H collected 219 stuffed animals, 85 flashlights, 21 pillow cases, 60 pillows, three bags of handmade scarves and hats, 67 blankets, 100 reusable bags and a box of baby supplies. They also thanked Tractor Supply of Halls for donating some of the reusable bags. Pictured here with the donations are Ethan Parker, Kaleb Hanna, Jonathan Tindell, Sierra Byrd, Jeremiah Tindell, Abigail Foust and Clay Foust. Photo submitted
Beaver Dam to present ‘Glory Divine’ Music program to feature Madrigals and others By Jake Mabe Beaver Dam Baptist Church will be doing something unique for its Christmas musical program this year. It’s a concept that minister of music Ryan Flint has been tinkering with since he arrived three years ago. Called “Glory Divine,” the program will feature the Halls High Madrigals, a bagpipe player from Maryville, and a few musicians from the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. It will be held 6 : 3 0 p . m . Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10-11, at the church. Admission is free and child care will be provided. “It will be telling the story of Christ’s birth, starting with the glory at the beginRyan Flint ning and his divine life,” Flint says. “A narrator will also be talking throughout and there will be some drama going on as well. We’ll have people dressed up in biblical garb.”
In addition to the church’s choir of 50-plus members, the program will also feature Andrew Kerr, a bagpiper from Maryville, as well as at least three musicians (two horns and a clarinet player) from the symphony, and the Halls High School Madrigals. “We’re really excited about the Madrigals,” Flint says. “Their instructor, Elizabeth Williams, is a member here, and she’s got some super talented kids. When I was picking out the music back in June, I found it had a ‘Madrigal Melody.’ They’ve taken it and are even using it in their programs this Christmas. “The Madrigals are always a huge draw.” Kerr, the bagpiper, has performed and competed for more than 20 years in the United States and the United Kingdom, including Scotland. He’s also performed in six pipe bands while serving in the U.S. Air Force. Kerr is currently the lead instructor with Knoxville Pipes and Drums, and is a member of the Wake & District Public Safety Pipes and Drums based in North Carolina. Flint graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor’s degree in worship and music studies in 2010. While there, he was named the 2007-08 Center of Worship Vocalist of the Year and has received other awards. Flint and wife Katie have a daughter, Collins, and a boy, Madden. He came to Beaver Dam in September 2013 from First Baptist Church of O’Fallon, located in the suburbs of St. Louis, Mo.
FAITH NOTES Community services ■ Hansard Chapel Methodist Church, located on Highway 33 across from Tolliver’s Market, hosts a food pantry 6-7 p.m. each third Saturday. Gently used clothing is also available. Info: the Rev. Jay Richardson, 776-2668.
Special services ■ Union Missionary Baptist Church, 940 Ailor Gap Road, Maynardville, will present a Christmas play 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec, 18. Everyone welcome. ■ UPLIFT, a nondenominational study/prayer group for Universal Peace, Love, Inspiration, Faith & Truth meets 11 a.m.-noon Sundays in the conference room at Hardee’s, 2825 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville. Info: Eva 992-0185 or eva.thaller@att.net.
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As is usual with a church musical program, Flint says it’s an opportunity to present the gospel of Christ to those who do not or rarely attend church. “We get people who might normally not be here. Whether they come due to tradition because it’s Christmas or whatever, we don’t care how they get here. We care that they’re hearing the Gospel.” Info: 922-2322 or visit www.bdbc.org
SENIOR NOTES ■ Union County Senior Citizens Center 298 Main St. Monday-Friday • 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
■ Sharps Chapel Seniors Sharps Chapel Community Bldg. 1550 Sharps Chapel Road
■ Plainview Seniors Plainview City Hall, 1037 Tazewell Pike Meet each first Monday • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Meets each first and third Wednesday • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Chamber sets event for Rustic-Re-Do Union County Chamber of Commerce will host a grand opening and ribboncutting ceremony for RusRicky Ping and Edna Keen celebrated their November birth- tic-Re-Do 11-6 Friday, Dec. days at Union County Senior Center in Maynardville. Office on 9, and 10-5 Saturday, Dec. Aging director Melanie Dykes (not pictured) thanked Flowers 10, at 2705 Maynardville by Bob for providing flowers. Photo submitted Hwy. Info: 865-257-4540.
On this day, we must remember. The only way to learn, to lead toward a more peaceful world, is to remember the past. On this date in 1941, without warning, Japanese planes attacked the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (which, for all you whippersnappers, was then a Territory, but not a State). U.S. ships sank, disabling much of the Pacific Fleet and destroying many of our aircraft. The attack plunged the U.S. into an active role in a world war that was already in progress elsewhere. The war raged on across Europe and the Pacific for four long years. There has not been another such conflagration since, and, God willing, there will never be another world war. However, peace is earned, and must be treated with care. Thank God for men and women of intelligence, sense, understanding, temerity, gravitas and strength, across the world, who are willing to work for peace and to live in peace. Each and every one of us can do our part. It requires caring enough to be involved, willingness to work, sensitivity to nuances, firmness of conviction even while able to be persuaded. Years ago, maybe when I was in college, a friend introduced me to a book called The Family of Man. It is such a classic that it probably is still in print. Look for it; it will do you good!
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THROUGH SUNDAY, DEC. 18 “Mary Poppins” presented by the Encore Theatrical Company, William H. Inman Humanities Complex located on the Morristown campus of Walters State Community Colleg, 500 S. Davy Crockett Parkway. Performances: 8 p.m. Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17; 2 p.m. Dec 4, 11, 17 and 18. Tickets: etcplays.org or 423-3188331.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7 Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Info/appointment: 992-7969.
THURSDAY, DEC. 8
Tazewell Pike, Luttrell. Six area churches participating. Everyone welcome.
meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.
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TUESDAY, DEC. 20
Open house, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Clinton. Refreshments, studio tours and see local handcrafted items. Info: 494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.
Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.
SUNDAY, DEC. 11 Narrow Ridge Annual Holiday Party, 2-5:30 p.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Rod, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.
MONDAY, DEC. 12 “Terrarium Ornaments” class, 6-7:30 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61, Norris. Instructor: Sarah Brobst. A Featured Tennessee Artist workshop. Cost: $25 members; $30 nonmembers. Registration deadline: Dec. 8. Info/ registration: 494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.
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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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14
Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Luttrell Public Library, 115 Park Road, Luttrell. Info: 992-0208.
Union County Humane Society spay-neuter clinic. Dogs, $60; cats, $35. Vaccinations, $10 each. Info/appointment: 992-7969.
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THURSDAY, DEC. 22 Maynardville 1st District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Union County Courthouse. Info: 992-5212.
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TUESDAY, DEC. 13 “Christmas at the O.K. Corral” presented by Maynardville Elementary third, fourth and fifth grade students, 1:30 p.m. in the school gym, 635 Main St., Maynardville. The show is free. Info: 992-8391. Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.
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SATURDAY, DEC. 31 New Year’s Eve singing, 7 p.m., Union Missionary Baptist Church, 940 Ailor Gap Road, Maynardville.
SATURDAY, MARCH 11 “My School Color Run” for Union County High School Track and Field, 8:30 a.m., Union County High School, 150 Main St., Maynardville. An untimed 3.1mile fun run for all ages and fitness abilities. Registration: UHSmscr.eventbrite.com. Business sponsorship opportunities available. Info: Aileen Beeler, 992-5232.
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 at 296 Main St. Info: 992-7106, maynardvillepubliclibrary.org or on Facebook.
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Driver License Mobile Unit schedule The Driver License Mobile Unit will be at the Union County Clerk’s Office 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. Info: 992-8043.
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MES girls win basketball tournament
The Maynardville Elementary School girls basketball team won the county tournament and were undefeated in season play. They are (front) Abby Weaver, Adelina Montoya; (second row) Nola Chesney, Madison Fox, Jaiana Peace, Lexi Presley, Emma Alexander, Savannah Hamilton; (third row) Makenzie Chisum, Jada Navarrete, Kyra Peace, Alyssa Giles, Rihanna Peace, April Anderson, Morgan Dyer; (back) coaches Tim Sexton and Sarah Collins. Not pictured are Morgan Whitaker and coach Jordan Oaks.
The Maynardville Elementary School girls basketball team recently defeated Sharps Chapel 20-16 to win the Union County championship tournament, the first championship game to be held at Paulette Elementary School. This was the first time the MES girls brought home the championship trophy since 1999. Morgan Dyer and Kyra Peace made the all-tournament team, and Lexi Presley was named Most Valuable Player. Coach Tim Sexton said the girls were “truly a blessing to coach.� “After losing in the first round of the preseason tournament, our girls team did not lose again,� he said. “Our success was due to our girls playing tenacious defense and rebounding the
ball really well.� He also credited the assistant coaches with being instrumental in the team’s success. “Sara Collins worked tirelessly in practice on defensive positioning, boxing out, and proper footwork on both offense and defense. Jordan Oaks worked on shooting skills and in-game instruction and substitutions,� Sexton said. Union County High School point guard Landon Oaks also worked with the players on dribbling and ball handling drills. The same coaching team worked with the boys basketball team at MES, and although the boys put in a great effort they did not have a winning season. “We improved every game,� Sexton said.
Members of the Maynardville Elementary boys basketball team are (front) Peyton Moore, Braylon Graves; (second row) Darren Brown, Myers get Paulette honors Kern, Caston Larue, Caiden Graves, Zackery Fields, Corbin Larue, Jaxson Loope; (third row) Hayston Collins, Dalton Schreieck, Paulette Elementary School has named kindergarten through Peyton Thomas, Chase Tharp, Hunter Holloway, Tyler Bailey, Cole Dyer; (back) coaches Sara Collins and Tim Sexton. Not pictured fifth grade STEM teacher Martha Brown as the Teacher of the is Bryton Beeler. Month for October, and bookkeeper Linda Myers as the Staff Member of the Month for October. Photo submitted
‘Breakfast with Santa’ at Paulette School Paulette Elementary PTO will host “Breakfast with Santa� 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the school, 1001 Maynardville Highway. Activities will include a pancake breakfast, Santa Shop, crafts, vendors and, of course, Santa. There will be a small charge for all activities. The PTO is also seeking vendors for the event. Anyone who does direct sales, crafts or offers a service is welcome. Spaces are $5 each and you must provide your own table. To reserve a vendor spot, contact Kandas, 386-4929.
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Paulette names Students of the Month for October
TennCare Kids is a free program of check-ups and health care services for children from birth to age 21 who are TennCare eligible. 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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Paulette Elementary School faculty and staff recently announced the school’s Students of the Month for October. They are (front) Lea’ona Turner, Zachery Turner, William Hinkle, Gage Savage, Caleb Demetroff, Kolton Walker; (second row) Kaitlyn Johnson, Alexander Schwartz, Meredith Maggard, Railey Roark, Van Denny, Aleah Williams; (back) Kayden Brogden, Annabelle Schwartz, Sydney Bays, Jada Ray, Brayden Noe and Lucas Henderson. Not pictured is Raven Walker. Photo submitted
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