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BUZZ Dulcimer concert Sarah Morgan, Union County’s dulcimer specialist, will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday, May 22, at Union County Arts, 1009 Main Street, Maynardville.

She will offer a class for beginners 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 23.

Morgan has dulcimers students may borrow.

She has additional concerts set at Cumberland Gap Dulcimer Gathering, May 15-16; First Baptist Norris, 11 a.m.

May 24; and WDVX Blue Plate Special, noon May 26.

Info: sarahmorganmusic@ gmail.com or 865-438-4424.

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Jim Woods, Tony Ozuna and Ralph Waggoner sing for the crowd with Union County Dirt Band. The Farmers Market is 4-7 p.m. Friday on Main Street near the courthouse, hosted by the UC Art Center.

The Luttrell Volunteer Fire Department will hold its Spring Festival on the grounds of the Plainview Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 16, with music, crafts, food and fun.

BPA golf tourney is Friday The Union County Business and Professional Association will hold its annual Scholarship Benefit Golf Classic at Three Ridges Golf Course on Friday, May 15. Arrive by 8 a.m. for late registration. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Meradeth Whitley and Silas Whitley enjoy the music of Union County Dirt Band while eating fresh strawberries on the lawn at the Union County Farmers Market.

The 2015 version of the Union County Farmers Market opened May 1 with music, fresh strawberries and Wayne Hurst cracking walnuts. Photos by Ruth White

Class of ‘65 reunion is May 30 Horace Maynard High School Class of 1965 will celebrate its 50th reunion 5-9 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Horace Maynard Middle School, 435 Main St., Maynardville.

Cost: $20. Info/reservations: Pearl Loy Coffey, coffeypl@ yahoo.com.

IN THIS ISSUE UC Preservation Sunday May 17, from 2-4 p.m., the Hamilton-Tolliver cabin on Kettle Hollow Road will be open to the public for tours.

Saturday, May 16, the city of Plainview will host an historical photo exhibit about the town and the old Plainview School inside the Plainview Community Center at 1037 Tazewell Pike, Luttrell.

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Becca Hughes with UT Extension in Union County sautés greens during a cooking demo. Expect fresh veggies and homegrown beef from local farmers. Teresa’s Bakery always brings desserts and sandwich-fixings.

‘Lolly-Madonna’ comes home Low gas prices net new cruisers

By Shannon Carey

By Bonnie Peters This writer introduced the film “The Lolly Madonna War,” the only film to my knowledge ever filmed in Union County, to the gathering May 2 at the Maynardville Senior Center.

The Rev. Marion Brock spoke about driving the movie makers and stars around the county in a bus.

Filming was done in 1973. The showing was sponsored by Maynardville Public Library and Preservation Union County to commemorate May as His- Union County historian toric Preservation Month.

Bonnie Heiskell Peters The Rev. Brock reminisced about says hello to the Rev. Marchauffeuring the famous crew to and ion Brock at the showing from the movie site, which was the Daw of the movie made in Buckner farm and Little Valley in the vi- Union County, “The Lollycinity of Malone Gap. Madonna War.” Jennifer George Garren and her husband, Greg, have restored the Buckner home and own the Buckner farm now.

The Rev. Brock also drove the 5:30 a.m. Greyhound work bus to and from Maynardville at the time. He boarded at the home of Pearl Snodderly, who he says made the best pineapple upside cake he ever ate.

Brock, who now lives at Beverly Place, was chauffeured this time to the movie by his grandson, Jason Brock. He celebrated his 96th birthday May 4, 2015.

Walter Seymour drove the truck in the movie; his wife, Doris, served as secretary to the crew with an office at the Hyatt Regency.

The wagon in the film belonged to Walter Seymour’s father, Charles Seymour, and is still in the family. It is nice to still have some people in the county who knew these famous actors –Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Season Hubley, Randy Quaid and Gary Busey.

A number of Union County people had minor parts in this movie; however, I do not have a listing of those persons.

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This fiscal year’s low gas prices have resulted in more than $30,000 in savings in Union County’s general fund, and Sheriff Billy Breeding is hoping to turn that cash into cruisers.

At Union County Commission’s budget and finance committee meeting May 5, Breeding asked that $25,000 of the gas savings be transferred from the gasoline line item to the motor vehicles line item. Combined with insurance from a cruiser totaled last week, plus the proposed sale of six cruisers with more than 200,000 miles, this would get the Sheriff’s office “four really good cars, and

get two cars off the insurance,” Breeding said.

“That would actually get us in pretty good shape,” said Breeding.

“We spend a lot of money on (the older vehicles) in maintenance.”

Jeff Sharp of the Sheriff’s Office asked to surplus equipment from a wrecked cruiser and transfer it to the city of Plainview in exchange for $3,000. The equipment will not fit any newer cruisers.

The committee approved both of these plans for recommendation to the Commission as a whole.

Union County finance director Ann Dyer reported that health insurance premiums for county To page 2

Bus cameras roll out this fall

By Shannon Carey Union County’s school bus fleet will be outfitted with surveillance cameras starting in the upcoming school year, according to Director of Schools Dr. Jimmy Carter.

A parent contacted ShopperNews via Facebook, claiming that her child had been the target of verbal and physical abuse by the child’s school bus driver. The parent said she had been in touch with administrators, but “nothing

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“I am aware of the situation and know it has been investigated as well as communicated to the mother,” Carter said.

“Although we found no indication that this incident occurred, we have placed another adult on the bus for the mother’s peace of mind. This will continue for the remainder of the year. Beginning next year, all buses will be equipped with a camera.”

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Chamber hosts first Lunch and Learn first continuing education

By Libby Morgan Union County Chamber class.

The Lunch and Learn seof Commerce has held its ries, free to attendees with lunch included, began with a presentation by Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) member Dana Peterka on the topic of “How to Delight Your Customers.�

The session was held in Debra Smith, Home Federal Bank executive vice president; Dale Keasling, Home Federal president and CEO; Delores Kopp; and the banquet room of Hicko- Kira Jones, executive vice president of the Halls/Powell Boys & Girls Club Photo by Cindy Taylor ry Star Marina.

More than 20 people attended, and Peterka and Chamber president Pat Hurley discussed ways to set your company above “I don’t do anything at ly address any need,� said instrumental in the formBy Cindy Taylor the competition with topics Webb. ing of the Halls Crossroads Delores Kopp is a home- home,� Kopp joked. such as the value of keep- town hero. Literally. The Kopp is a member of or Being the community- Women’s League. She can ing customers and effective Halls resident was selected volunteers with the Halls minded asset she is, Kopp often be found at the Halls complaint resolution.

by Home Federal Bank to Crossroads Women’s League, handed the check directly to Senior Center and anywhere Hurley says the Chamber receive a 2015 Hometown the Boys & Girls Club, Halls Kira Jones, executive direc- in Halls where help is called SCORE volunteer Dana Pe- plans to continue bringing Hero award. The award Welfare Commission, Salem tor of the Halls/Powell Boys for. Her philosophy is to go terka speaks about customer professional educational came with a trophy and a Baptist Church, Halls High & Girls Club. wherever she is needed. service. Photo by Libby Morgan events to Union County. “Delores is an amazing $2,500 check for Kopp’s fa- School, sewing ministries, The Hometown Heroes cemetery cleanup and more. woman,� said Jones. “She program is in its fifth year vorite nonprofit. “This was a total surprise. is a true advocate for this and celebrates community “When looking at all Delores Kopp does, I have to I just thank all my support- community.� volunteers who make East Kopp and husband Ron Tennessee a more comfortwonder if the ‘Halls Has It’ ers and Janice Webb for slogan applies just to her,� recognizing me,� said Kopp. have lived in Halls for the able place. Eight honorees said Home Federal presi- “Being able to receive this past 40 years and own have been selected for 2015.

SC Fish Fry May 20 dent/CEO Dale Keasling. money that I can donate to Southern Design Land- An overall honoree will be The popular Fish Fry will be held at Sharps Cha“We thank her for all she a worthy cause is wonderful. scapes on Neal Road. Kopp chosen from these to receive pel Senior/Community Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. does for the community. In There is always a need in the retired from Dillard’s, and an additional $2,500 donaWednesday, May 20. much of her time now is tion to his or her designated reading through this list Boys & Girls Club.�

All seniors are welcomed and attendees are asked to “Delores is in my Sunday spent with her family. She nonprofit. of volunteer work it makes bring a covered dish. me marvel at how she finds school class and is always serves meals at hospice Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.

Melanie Dykes, Union County Office on Aging directime to do all these things.� the first one to immediate- twice each month and was com. tor, promises good food, fellowship and music.

Home Federal salutes Delores Kopp

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Gala Day May 22 Union County Senior’s Gala Day will be held at the senior center on Main Street in Maynardville from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 22.

All seniors are welcomed. Barbecue will be served and seniors are asked to bring a side dish.

There will be lots of music, food and fun, and the event will feature door prizes, recognize volunteers and crown the next Union County Senior King and Queen.

Low gas prices employees are going up. The current provider, Humana, is asking for a 25 percent increase. Other bidders came in with lower increases, with Blue Cross Blue Shield at a 14 percent increase and United

From page 1 of River Valley at a 4 percent increase. However, United does not offer a health savings account like the other two.

Dyer said a decision needs to be made soon to get open enrollment started. There are 96 employees on the county insurance, including EMS and the Highway Department.

Commissioner Dawn Flatford suggested that the county employees be polled to determine their preference. Commissioner Wayne Roach asked if the county and the employees could split the cost of the increase.

The issue was tabled until the county’s insurance representative can speak with the entire Commission May 11, after this newspaper’s press time.

Mayor Mike Williams reported that Union County now has a AA rating with Standard and Poor’s, the highest bond rating in Union County’s history, and the highest a small county can achieve. “It’s something we should be proud of,� he said.

Budget requests from county agencies were heard.

Senior Center director Melanie Dykes said she is not ask-

ing for an increase besides the proposed three percent salary increase for all county employees. Her budget was approved pending a vote by the entire commission.

Bobby Ellison of the Soil Conservation District said the agency is asking for $5,000 for a part-time employee, for which the state and federal government will kick in $5,000 each. The agency is also asking for a sizeable raise for the current office administrator, above the proposed three percent increase, moving the employee’s salary from just over $31,000 to $35,5000 yearly.

When committee mem-

bers questioned the increase, Ellison said that the employee, who has been with the Soil Conservation District for 30 years, had been passed over for previous county employee wage increases, “maybe because she doesn’t work from the courthouse.�

Williams suggested that the committee pass on this request without a recommendation. “We’re not saying no,� he said. “This will give us time find out how far back she got shortchanged. That way we have justification. We need to research where it began so we can bring her more in line.�

School board sets budget workshop The Union County Board of Education will hold a budget workshop at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at Union County High School.

Kickoff for Purple Cities Alliance Knoxville has formed the Purple Cities Alliance, an initiative to make Knoxville one of the first dementia-friendly cities in the United States.

The Alliance launched officially May 11 in Market Square. Speakers were Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and UT assistant basketball coach Kyra Elzy, who shared the story of her family’s experience with dementia.

Tim Burchett, Ryan Haynes to speak at GOP dinner The Union County Republican Party’s Lincoln-Regan Day Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the high school. Tim Burchett and Ryan Haynes will speak.

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Bob Taylor holds an original Knoxville Journal from 1945, announcing the attack on Pearl Harbor. Behind him is one wall of local history.

Bob Taylor: a step back in time Step into the home o off B b Taylor T l and d step t back b k in i Bob time, and location. When he asks where you think you’re standing, don’t say Tennessee or even Knoxville.

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“Where you’re standing was originally the Land of

Franklin, part of North Carolina,” he said.

So I had to travel back to North Carolina to do an interview today in Tennessee?

Taylor has collected memorabilia to rival an historical museum; but just as much history lives in his memories. From the early days of Tennessee, Knoxville and surrounding counties to today, Taylor can answer pretty much any question. But it isn’t only Tennessee history and Tay-

lor has hard copies to back him up.

From the original newspaper article in the New York Times dated April 15, 1865, about the assassination of President Lincoln to the News Sentinel front page about the 1982 World’s Fair and beyond. Taylor can talk about it and show you original photos, movies, records (78 rpm) or articles.

Taylor claims to know everything there is to know about Roy Acuff and owns the first stamp made in

Acuff’s likeness. He has a photo of Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay and Slim Pickens taken on the set of the movie Colorado Sundown made in 1952.

He knows so much about country music and singers he could do stand up history at the Grand Ole Opry from memory. He has met most of them, has gone to school with others or his kids went to school with them. To say his Tennessee roots run deep doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Part of Bob Taylor’s collection of clowns. Photos by Cindy Taylor There is one room in his house those with coulrophobia would not want to visit. Having worked with Ringling Brothers Circus and with Gooding’s Million Dollar Midway, Taylor developed an interest in collecting clowns. An entire wall is dedicated to the comic pranksters in pictures, paintings and ceramic.

The highlight of this reporter’s day was when Taylor pulled out a Knoxville City Directory from 1924 and revealed my grandpar-

ent’s names, address and profession. Told you he knows it all.

Taylor is a Korean Veteran, worked for Cas Walker, had ties to Ringling Brothers Circus, has medical training and says he does a little pickin’ and singin’ himself when they’ll let him. Taylor claims none of those as a past or present profession.

“I’m a collector,” he said.

“That is what I have always been.”

Hamilton-Tolliver cabin open house Sunday The complex is at 158 Kettle Hollow Road. Go north from downtown Maynardville on Highway 33 3.6 miles, turn right on Kettle Hollow, complex is less than a half mile from 33.

On Saturday, May 16, there will be an historical display inside the Plainview Community Center on Taze-

By Betty Bullen The Historic HamiltonTolliver Home on Kettle Hollow Road will be open to the public for tours 2-4 p.m. Sunday, May 17, as part of Preserve Union County month.

The house was built prior to 1829 and stands on its original building site. It was built by the Hamilton family who settled Hamilton’s Crossroads in Union County.

Over the years several people owned the house and property including Emily Tolliver who purchased it in 1909.

George and Pearl Regan Tolliver bought the property from his sister Emily in 1918, operated a dairy farm, built a store and developed a tomato cannery called Norris Dam Tomatoes.

Their daughter, Irene, continued running the store up until the 1960s.

This 185+-year-old restored cabin will be open to the public on May 17.

The complex, including the original log cabin home, the store, the site of the cannery, the smokehouse and even the outhouse shows the evolution of life in Appalachia from the settlers to present day.

It has been in the Tolliver

family and been a working farm for 116 years. Currently owned by Stan and Betty Jo Hamilton Bullen, it is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Tennessee Century Farm.

Everyone is invited to the open house.

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well Pike while the Luttrell Fire Department holds its Spring Fest on the grounds.

City of Plainview vice mayor Richard Phillips, Plainview resident Betty Satterfield and Preservation Union County are putting together a Historic Plainview Photo Exhibit which will include photos of the

old Plainview School and much more. Everyone is encouraged to come in and view the exhibit.

The open house and the Plainview history display are part of the month-long Preserve Union County.

The Luttrell VFD will have crafts, food and music from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Come to the water “Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will Fr. Steve Pawelk pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” (Lk 2:34,35) We just celebrated Mother’s Day and hopefully remembered our Moms with love. Have you, however, wondered what it might be like to be the Mother of Jesus, our Savior? The Bible gives us a few hints, but a great deal is left to our imagination.

Motherhood is a blessing and a cross for every woman who is given this privilege. There is no instruction manual. Each mother has to find her way and each child creates a unique path of discovery. Most mothers are not perfect nor are their children, yet, normally, the bond of love between a mother and child is overwhelmingly strong.

When that bond is missing, it is truly a deep sadness.That bond was very strong between Mary and her Son, Jesus, who is God. Mary is the first disciple, the first saved by her very Son. She was selected from all women because of her faith in the one

true God. She was able to see angels and say yes, “Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” (Lk 1:38) She raised Jesus to be a very faithful Jew. She nursed him, changed his diapers, taught him things every mother teaches. She listened to his dreams and hopes and comforted his sorrows. She was the mother who knew his fate “a sword will pierce you.” (Lk 2:19, 34,35) Mary encouraged his first miracle (John 2:1-12) and she was at his crucifixion (John 19:26). Mary was also with the early community and most likely present at Pentecost (Acts 1:13,14). She followed her Son almost every step of the way.

Can you imagine her seeing her innocent son die? Can you imagine her deep hope in the midst of her grief? Can you imagine her joy at seeing her Son alive again? What a powerful mother she must have been, so strong, so faithful and so loyal.

Let Mary, the mother of Jesus, be a sign of hope and strength for all mothers. May all of them look to her Son Jesus for life and salvation.

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Ike Shoffner’s country store I’ll be leading a genealogy workshop to help people get started on their journey of tracing their roots and/or writing a family history that is not just a compilation of names and dates.

is a fairly new resident to Union County, she asked, “What is the sign at the old country store at the intersection of Dr. Davis Road and Ridge Road not too far from the school?”

I had to tell her I had not – at least to my recollection – seen the store, but that I would be in the viBonnie cinity twice that week and Peters I would go by to see it. In the meantime, I began asking local people who might know.

It is good when new I began by asking who residents of the county call were early store owners in to ask history questions – the area. Joe Shoffner and and especially those I can’t Joe Rogers remembered answer without a little re- the name “Humpy” Shoffsearch. There are many av- ner, but didn’t remember enues to this research, but his real name. They sugthis is my recent story. gested J. Will Shoffner I’ve been coordinating could probably tell me, so I volunteer workdays on the called J. Will. historic Oak Grove School J. Will knew quite a lot for the past three years. In about the family and told me a call to Nedra Ewart, who Humpy’s name was Isaac.

The historic Ike Shoffner County Store is now owned by Robert Braden. Who knows what the logo represents?

He helped me with some family history, but suggested that Ike’s granddaughter, Judy Fields, could tell me more, so I called Judy with the question, “What can you tell me about this large sign atop the front of the Ike Shoffner Store?

She remembered the sign, but didn’t recall what it advertised. She said her mother, Bertha Cox, always said it was a tobacco advertising sign. She also volun-

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on the 10th day of November, 2014, by deed of trust recorded in Trust Deed Book 218, page 36, in the Register’s Office for Union County, Tennessee, to which deed of trust specific reference is hereby made, KATHERINE D. SWEET, unmarried, conveyed to Mital D. Patel, Trustee, the hereinafter described real property to secure the payment of the obligation and indebtedness owing by Katherine D. Sweet, unmarried, to the beneficiary therein named, County Bail Bonding, Inc.; WHEREAS, Mital D. Patel, the said Trustee is unable to act as Trustee, and the owner and holder of the said deed of trust and the indebtedness therein secured has appointed the undersigned, K. David Myers, as Substitute Trustee, by instrument recorded in Trust Deed Book 224, page 245, in the Register’s Office for Union County, Tennessee, and to which instrument specific reference is hereby made; and WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of said obligations and indebtedness, now past due, the entire balance of which has been declared due and payable in accordance with the terms of said deed of trust and the obligations and indebtedness therein secured, and the owner and holder of said obligation and indebtedness has directed me, the undersigned Substitute Trustee, to foreclose said deed of trust in accordance with the terms thereof and to sell the real property and its improvements all as therein described.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by said deed of trust , I will on June 1, 2015, offer for sale and sell the following described property, at the front door of the Union County Courthouse, Maynardville, Tennessee, at the hour of 11:30 A.M., prevailing time, at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash and in bar of and free of all equities of redemption, statutory right of redemption, homestead, elective share and all other rights and exemption of every kind expressly waived in the aforesaid deed of trust and to which specific reference is hereby made, the following described real property: SITUATED in the First (1st) Civil District of Union County, Tennessee: BEGINNING at and on an iron pin the south line of Raccoon Valley Road, with said iron pin being 1.2 miles, more or less, west from the centerline of Highway 61; thence South 36 deg. 00 min. East, 147.0 feet to an iron pin; thence North 67 deg. 06 min. West, 160.5 feet to an iron pin; thence North 31 deg. 48 min. West, 100.0 feet to an iron pin in the south line of Raccoon Valley Road; thence with the line of Raccoon Valley Road, North 49 deg. 42 min. East, 149.0 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 0.4 acres, more or less, according to the 16th day of April, 1979, survey by George M. Phillips, registered land surveyor.

For reference see Deed Book “K”, Series -7-, page 428, in the Register’s Office for Union County, Tennessee.

teered that two of her mother’s siblings were still living and that she would ask her aunt Maggie Cox. She did and called me back to say that Aunt Maggie said yes it was a tobacco advertisement and she believed it was for Day’s Work Chewing Tobacco. Another

suggested the tobacco brand was Bloodhound.

Other persons who grew up in the community thought the sign advertised shoes and another thought it might have been a Dr. Pepper advertisement.

In gathering information about the sign, I also learned much more about Mr. Shoffner and his store.

I learned that this store is the landmark for giving directions and that the store is in the heart of “Harry Holler” and that the creek that runs alongside the store is “Bear Creek.”

As a very young child, Mr. Shoffner became ill with spinal meningitis, which caused him to develop a dowager-type hump on his back. For a time he could not walk and people had to carry him to school.

He regained his strength, but school children being school children nicknamed him Humpy Ike. The name stuck, but did not seem to bother him. He

Ah, boloney!

My father passed away during my junior year of high school. I knew enough about his business dealings to know that he most likely owed a merchant for gasoline he had charged over the years.

When I asked what Dad owed, the storekeeper replied, “Frank didn’t owe me a dime.” I asked if he was sure, and he repeated, “Trust me; Frank didn’t owe me a dime.”

That ended it. There was no need to question Bobby Beeler further.

Though I didn’t know it for some time, Bobby was a Union County school teacher for many years. I remember a lady who taught in a two-room school with him once saying that he was popular with his students because he was always giving them things.

The story supposedly goes that the state changed its certification requirements, requiring Bobby to return to college if he wanted to continue teaching. I am told he said, “If I don’t have enough sense to teach school the way I am, I’ll just quit.” And that’s ex-

Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME actly what he did. (I guess we know where Common Core and other educational reforms would have rated with him.)

That is why I only knew him as a store merchant.

I couldn’t count the number of free packs of chewing gum, suckers and other items that Bobby gave me over the years. Bobby was a generous, freehearted man with all his customers.

He undoubtedly gave away thousands of dollars of merchandise.

And his customers appreciated him and were loyal to him. I remember my first visit to his store after I graduated the first time from Lincoln Memorial University. Bobby was full of congratulations when I went to the counter to purchase three quarts of oil for my

became quite successful and married Alice Welch Rouse who helped him run the store.

In addition to the store in Harry Hollow, he also operated a rolling store, making house calls for people to purchase groceries, feed for their animals, cloth and a variety of other things.

Mr. Shoffner purchased eggs, chickens, butter and at times walnuts, which he sold at Knoxville when he was shopping to restock the store. Judy Fields said her grandfather would let her help him “candle” the eggs to make sure they were not spoiled before taking them to market. The property is currently owned by Robert Braden.

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gas guzzling 1967 Chevrolet Impala. (Danged if it didn’t seem to leak out about as fast as I poured it in!)

When I asked what I owed, he said, “That’s your graduation present.” Few gifts have I ever received that meant more.

And Bobby Beeler’s bologna sandwiches – no shortcuts there, always sliced thick. I have never since had one that tasted as good, not even fried. If only I could turn back time. Bobby Beeler is the reason that I to this day love corned beef. Bobby has often been imitated, never duplicated.

Bobby Beeler was also a moral man who didn’t care to state his opinion. I only heard one person that ever had a bad word to say about Bobby. She despises him to this day because once, over 40 years ago, when she was flirting with a truck driver, Bobby walked by and told the driver, “That’s a married woman – she’s J---- S------’s wife.” In the words of John 3:19, it seems Bobby recognized that she “loved darkness rather than light, because [her] deeds were evil.”

Bobby’s been gone 17 years this month, but there are plenty of us living who remember him fondly. Next week I’ll share about one of his colleagues.

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Ron Leadbetter, second from left, at the entrance to the Austin Peay Administration Building on January 16, 1970.

Leadbetter got the attention of UT leaders when he helped block demonstrating students from entering the building.

Leadbetter pens behindthe-scenes look at UT Ron Leadbetter, who became the first clerk at the UT Office of the General Counsel a few months after suing the university as a law student, has published a book. “Big Orange, Black Storm Clouds and More” is both a history of his career and a legal history of the university from the late 1960s until his retirement as associate general counsel in 2008.

The 600-page book is a historical document, but only of things with which

Leadbetter made a name for himself as an undergraduate by writing a conservative column for the Daily Wendy Beacon. That’s why thenChancellor Charles Weaver Smith was willing help him gain admittance to the college of law when he made a snap he was personally involved, decision to apply a few days he says. He relied on his before classes began. own records rather than During his second year research to document cas- of law school, Leadbetter es regarding civil rights, further impressed universports, university leader- sity officials when he helped ship and even the death of block the door of an adElvis Presley. ministration building from

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dozens of students who had been stirred up over issues related to the Vietnam War. Soon after the incident, Leadbetter became disgruntled that his wife, Therese, who worked while attending classes, paid in-state tuition while he paid out-of-state tuition. In spite of reminders from UT General Counsel John Baugh that Leadbetter had “blocked the hippies from breaking in,” he lost appeals to the chancellor and board of trustees. The law student hired an attorney to

Bob Woodruff remembered, finally Thirty years after Bob Woodruff retired and 13 years and six months after he died, the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame has found him worthy of enshrinement.

If he was alive, Bob would be speechless.

He often was.

Woodruff did some very interesting things as Tennessee athletic director, 1963-1985. Before he even got the job, he had Doug Dickey penciled in as the new football coach. Without realizing it, Bob hired geniuses to coach track and swimming. All he really knew about Chuck Rohe and Ray Bussard was they didn’t cost much.

Far over my head was Woodruff’s concept of encapsulation, a seasonal bubble over part of Neyland Stadium to house a basketball arena. As you know, more conventional wisdom prevailed.

I admired the way Woodruff outmaneuvered Joe Paterno and arranged back-to-

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back football games against Penn State in Knoxville.

Woodruff generated many and large donations and greatly improved Tennessee’s athletic facilities.

He wasn’t much for patting himself on the back and because he never ran for public office, many never heard of his accomplishments.

Privately, Woodruff was known for long pauses in what others thought was conversation. I was once the young sportswriter who asked penetrating questions that still haven’t been answered. I never knew if extended silence meant he was shaping thoughts or just waiting until I went away.

“Bob was the oratorical equivalent of a blocked punt” was the single most

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descriptive sentence about the former Volunteer tackle.

Woodruff, dumb like a fox, never debated the subject.

Woodruff was born in Athens, Ga., went to high school in Savannah and was a better student than athlete at Tennessee. Robert R. Neyland asked him to stay on after graduation. He was an assistant coach for three seasons.

During World War II, Woodruff was an Army officer in the corps of engineers. Highlight was two years as an assistant coach under Earl Blaik at West Point. Bob concluded military service as a major.

Woodruff coached for exVol Bobby Dobb at Georgia Tech, exceeded expectations as head coach at Baylor and hit a jackpot at Florida. The Gators wanted him so badly,

the Florida Board of Control approved a ridiculous offer, a seven-year guaranteed contract at $17,000 per year, far more than the university president was receiving. Woodruff was 34.

Frank Broyles of later Arkansas fame became Woodruff’s offensive coordinator.

Unexpected developments forced Dickey, a reserve defensive back, into a quarterback vacancy. Doug saved a season.

Woodruff coached Florida from 1950 through 1959.

His teams won a few more than they lost. Two played in bowls.

One Gator, talking out of school, told of a Woodruff pre-game exhortation, an adjusted version of a Neyland maxim: “Remember, the team that makes the fewest mistakes makes the

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perpetrator filed a suit in federal court, charging the university with discrimination based on race and age.

Leadbetter disagreed with the university’s decision to settle the case.

In spite of his respect for UT, the storm clouds in the title allude to the fact that things haven’t always been “rosy” for the university, he says.

“Big Orange, to me, is not about whether the results are always wonderful, but did you do the right thing?

Did you act with integrity?”

He has high praise for Andy Holt, Ed Boling, Lamar Alexander and Joe Johnson.

But there was a shift when Wade Gilley became president in 1999, he says.

Leadbetter sued Gilley for reverse discrimination in 2001 for hiring a woman and an African American for jobs for which he thought they weren’t qualified. He lost the case, but felt good about his decision to follow advice he’d given several times during his career: come forward if someone is doing something wrong.

He kept his job. Gilley wasn’t so lucky.

In spite of the black clouds, Leadbetter loved his career with UT. “I knew it would be the greatest job in the world, and it was,” he says.

fewest mistakes.”

All-American tackle Charlie LaPradd said his coach’s long periods of silence “would make you wonder if he was 30 minutes ahead of you or 30 minutes behind.”

Eventually, Woodruff wore out his Gator welcome.

He dabbled in the oil and gas business, then returned to Tennessee as line coach for Bowden Wyatt.

When Wyatt was fired, Woodruff and Jim McDonald locked up in a death struggle for the job. Players favored McDonald. He became interim coach. Consolation prize? Woodruff became interim athletic director.

McDonald’s team went 5-5. Woodruff, expert at

reading tea leaves, kept his eyes on Dickey, assistant at Arkansas.

The moment of truth came on the evening of Nov. 30, 1963, after the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game. In a bitter three-hour argument, one faction of the UT athletic board wanted to bring home Murray Warmath, Minnesota coach. Andy Holt, UT president, favored those who supported Woodruff’s leadership.

Stormy meeting, close call, feelings forever fractured, but a legend was born.

I say the forthcoming Hall of Fame recognition is richly deserved. A little late but …

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get the “inappropriate” rules changed and won in state court.

Leadbetter applied for instate tuition under the new rules and lost. But his efforts resulted in an offer to clerk at the general counsel’s office. Two months after graduation, he was hired as the university’s first trial lawyer.

The book reveals new information about wellknown cases, such as the NCAA investigation of clothing Reggie White received from an “uncle” in 1986.

“My goal is for every chapter to make the reader say, ‘I didn’t know that!’ or ‘Gee whiz!’”

It also talks about the fifth UT campus in Nashville that was lost in a 1977 civil rights lawsuit. The campus merged with Tennessee State University in 1980.

One chapter describes Leadbetter’s defense of the confidentiality of UT records when CBS demanded access to the report of a UT pathologist who examined the body of Elvis Presley.

Another, titled “A Few Cases Qualified as Dumb, Screwy or Just Plain Weird,” described the case of a man prosecuted by Leadbetter after he uses a UT truck to attempt to kill his wife. After he was found guilty, the

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Any motion that you repeat continuously makes you a candidate for what’s called repetitive stress injury. Repetitive motion, particularly if you’re doing it improperly, can cause strain, inflammation and pain. A chiropractor can help if you find yourself in this situation.

A chiropractor is trained in the function and structure of joints.

He or she may treat your injury with manipulation, ultrasound or one of the other techniques chiropractors have at their

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The chiropractor may recommend a regimen of exercises to loosen and/or strengthen the troublesome area, and he or she can show you how to move the troubled joint. Depending on the specifics of the case, the chiropractor may refer you to a physical therapist for a complete retraining program. When dealing with a repetitive stress injury, the chiropractor can advise you how you can move forward and address the cause of the problem.

The advice may be as simple as taking more frequent breaks.

Talk with a chiropractor about repetitive stress and other types of injury.

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 15-17

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“Doubt: A Parable,” Judge William H. Inman Humanities Theatre, Walters State Community College campus in Morristown. Performances: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: www.etcplays.org or 423-318-8331.

SATURDAY, MAY 16

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East Tennessee Plant Swap, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., large shelter at New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane. Free event open to the public. Pot luck lunch, 11:30 a.m. Info: www.easttnplantswap.com.

Lincoln Reagan Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Union County High School. Hosted by the Union County Republican Party. Guest speakers: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and state GOP chair Ryan Haynes. Tickets: $25; table sponsorship, $250. Info: unioncogop@aol.com or 992-5342.

Spring Fest at Plainview Park. Hosted by Luttrell Volunteer Fire Department.

Vintage Baseball game, noon, Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Knoxville Holston vs Chattanooga Lightfoot; Emmett Machinists vs Highland Rim Distillers. All teams are in period uniforms and play by 1864 rules. Free admission; hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts and beverages available for purchase. Includes East Tennessee Corvette Club cruse-in.

THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20 Online registration open for Race to benefit the Corryton Community Food Pantry, to be held Saturday, June 20. Event is part of “The Run and See Tennessee Grand Prix Series.” To register: https:// runnerreg.us/corryton8mile. Info: corryton8miler@ yahoo.com; ron.fuller@totalracesolutions.com; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 17 “Harriet the Spy,” Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m.

Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m.

Sundays. Info/reservations: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SUNDAY, MAY 17

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers.

First visit free. No partner or dance experience required. Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www. oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, MAY 14

THURSDAY, MAY 21 Suicide Prevention Training, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Revival Vision Church, 154 Durham Drive, Maynardville.

No registration fee; lunch provided. RSVP required.

Contact hour certificates available. Info/RSVP: Rita Fazekas, 266-3989 or rita.fazekas@cherokeehealth.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 22 Gala Day, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Senior Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. All seniors welcome.

Bring side item to go with barbecue. Music, food and fun; door prizes, volunteer recognition, crowning of the next king and queen. Info: 992-3292.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 22-24

MONDAY, MAY 18

SATURDAY, MAY 23

Luttrell Seniors Lunch, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Luttrell Community Center. Tommy White will provide entertainment. Bring dish to share. All seniors welcome.

Memorial Wildflower Garden Seed Sowing, 6-6:30 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 4973603 or community@narrowridge.org.

Music Jam, 7-10 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn.

Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

UCBPA Golf Tournament at Three Ridges Golf Course. Shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Registration accepted day of event.

AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

Smoky Mountain Quilters 35th Annual Quilt Show, Maryville College Cooper Athletic Center. Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Basic Wire Wrapped Rings, 6-7:30 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: with Kathy King.

Registration deadline May 12. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net.

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

FRIDAY, MAY 15

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Outdoor gospel singing, 6 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE, Heiskell.

Bring a chair. Will move indoors if rain. Everyone welcome.

TUESDAY, MAY 19

Seniors luncheon meeting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Heiskell Community Center, 9420 Heiskell Road.

Speaker: Judith Pelot from CAC Mobile Meals. Free, donations appreciated. Bring a dessert and a friend.

Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

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

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton.

Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First visit free.

No partner or dance experience required. Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www.oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

Fish Fry, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sharps Chapel Senior/Community Center. All seniors welcome. Bring a covered dish.

MONDAY, MAY 25 Memorial Day Ceremony, 11 a.m., Union County Court House, Main Street in Maynardville.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 28-29 AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

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The temple tax Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?” When Peter said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the children are free. However, so that we do not give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook; take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a coin; take that and give it to them for you and me.”

(Matthew 17: 25b-27 NRSV)

Money is a delicate subject, especially in church circles.

A preacher who preaches about money is considered greedy. A preacher who preaches about tithing is branded as money-hungry, and possibly over-reaching.

However, Jesus had more to say about money than almost any other subject in the Gospels. He knew the human heart; he knew the pull of the world. He knew money was a necessary tool Nicole Hickle-Shoffner’s first students are graduating seniors this year. Members of her 2004-2005 second grade class are: (front) in society, but a dangerous Dustin Hobock, Brandon Crider, Johnny Beal, Kara Adkins, Rebecca Linhares; (middle) Cole Mashburn, Jordan Civay, Jeremy one to mere mortals.

Thomas, Jasmine DuBois, Courtney Corum, Joshua Lewis; (back) Summer McMahan, Gibson Bailey, Brady Nease, Joshua Steele, Just before April 15, I had Jacob Cox and Nicole Hickle-Shoffner. Not pictured is James Adams. Photo submitted to go to the bank to transfer some money from savings to checking to pay my taxes. I laughingly said something to the teller about having “to render unto Caesar.” She looked at me blankly, and said, “Excuse me?”

I translated for her, ex-

Second grade to graduation

Mabel Harrell, Jimmie Hodges and new member at Salem Joan Brandon with finished items sewn by Salem Sewing Sisters for children in Appalachia.

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plaining it was a quote from the Bible.

“Oh,” she said, still confused. I wondered if she knew what the Bible was, but decided not to ask.

There are those people who derive their self-esteem from money. There are those who love money.

There are those who claim to need no money. There are those who have no money at all, but desperately need it.

The ultimate money question is “Do you own your money, or does it own you?”

Church to host interest meeting A new Lutheran (Christ-centered, Bible-based, family friendly) church is starting in Sharps Chapel.

Chapel of the Good Shepherd will host an interest meeting 4 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at the Sharps Chapel Senior Center, 1542 Sharps Chapel Road.

Everyone is welcomed and a light meal will be served.

Info: 279-1279 or chapelofthegoodshepherd@outlook. com. Pastor is Paul Kritsch.

Photos by Cindy Taylor

WORSHIP NOTES ■ 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.

■ Hubbs Grove Baptist Church in Maynardville will host Eternal Vision in concert 10:45 a.m. Sunday, May 17. Info: Bridget, 992-8180.

■ Texas Valley Baptist Church, 7100 Texas Valley Road, will host the Heavenly Heirs Trio during the 6 p.m. service Sunday, May 17.

Everyone invited.

■ No charge for notes; email to News@ShopperNewsNow.com

‘Check-In’ with TENNder Care Willa Seal-Guy and Joyce Maples cut out and pin material to be sewn into lap blankets for children in Appalachia

TENNder Care is Tennessee’s program for well-child visits for children under age 21 on TennCare. “Check-In” with your child’s doctor or health department to make an appointment for your child’s free check up. The annual “Check Up” will help prevent diseases and chronic medical conditions and provide information and advice on how to keep your child healthy. “Check

Back” with your doctor by keeping your follow-up appointment, your next scheduled well-child visit or by contacting your doctor if a problem occurs.

Info: 1-866-311-4287 or 992-3867, Ext. 131.

ANSWERS TO THE MAY 6 MATH QUIZ: 6th Grade: B. There is a break in the horizontal axis 7th Grade: D. 3¾ cups 8th Grade: J. More than half of the classes at the studio have more than 8 students per teacher.

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Sewing sisters of Salem

By Cindy Taylor A group of more than 15 industrious believers at Salem Baptist Church are sisters in more than just worship. These women currently meet weekly to sew but plan to double that time to finish a major project.

Mabel Harrell, Salem member since 2002, leads the group.

“In the past we worked mostly filling shoeboxes,” said Harrell “This year I felt the Lord leading me to do a mission for needy children in Appalachia.”

The women are sewing fleece blankets for children of one school in Bell County, Ky. They are also making dresses for the girls, pants for the boys and backpacks for all the children. Children three years old to 8th grade are being helped. All materials are donated by the members themselves.

Harrell says any available jobs in the area of the school are more than 25 miles away, pay only minimum wage and barely pay for the gas for parents to get to work. She has been told that 82 percent of the families fall below the federal poverty level.

“We hope to attend an awards ceremony at the school and take them award shirts,” said Harrell. “This school has students who are winning state competitions.”

The connection came through local resident Jimmie Hodges who has worked with 18 different missions in the past 17 years. He travels for various ministries located in Appalachia, Canada and Michigan. Hodges shares a heart-wrenching story about what got him started in missions.

“I had a woman call me from Michigan, I have no

idea how she got my number, but she told me about three children who died from exposure while waiting on a school bus,” said Hodges. “So I started collecting coats and taking them there.”

Salem Sewing Sisters plan to travel to Kentucky to deliver the items before school is out this spring.

They have another trip planned for December.

The women are looking for donations of used sewing machines, fabric and any sewing notions. To donate call the church office at 9223490. Anyone who would like to join the group is always welcome.

“When I see new people come into the church I introduce myself and the first thing I ask is if they can sew. Our class is growing and they look forward to going to Kentucky to meet the families we are helping,”

said Harrell. “Anything you do for these children they have probably never had done before.”

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