Union County Shopper news • March 22, 2017 • A-3
County projects would get gas-tax funding; UCBPA seeks ‘likes’ By Shannon Carey Seven Union County road projects are on the list to receive funding if Gov. Bill Haslam’s Improve Act is adopted by the state Legislature. Marilyn Toppins spoke to the Union County Business and Professional Association March 14, with a summary of the Improve Act. “The gasoline tax we currently have is not able to meet the needs for our roads,” she said. Toppins said the Improve Act proposed by the governor placed a tax of seven cents per gallon on gasoline and 12 cents per gallon on diesel. Other elements, like a reduction of sales tax on groceries, were meant to offset the cost for taxpayers. The state Senate has proposed a three-year phase-in of smaller gas tax increases, with the tax on gasoline going up four cents in 2018, five cents in 2019 and six cents in 2020. The bill will probably receive more changes in the state House of Representatives, said Toppins, but Haslam has said publicly that he will honor whatever reasonable changes the Legislature adopts. Toppins said Union County will receive about $500,000 if the Improve Act
Union County Business and Professional Association members pose for a Facebook promotion of the Union County Small Business Expo, set for Saturday, April 1, at Maynardville Public Library. They are (front) Marilyn Toppins, Brenda Sweet, Gina Buckner, Chantay Collins; (back) Martin Shafer, Doris Jeffreys, J.T. Russell, Cindy Wyrick and Alicia Lucy. Photo by S. Carey passes. Luttrell will receive about $11,000, Maynardville about $25,000, and Plainview about $20,000. Projects in Union County that will receive funding if the act is approved include five bridges over secondary roads such as Johnson Road and Little Tater Valley
Road, along with safety improvements to Highway 61 between Luttrell and Maynardville, and four-laning between Maynardville and the Knox/Union county line, Toppins said. ■■ Expo promotion The UCBPA heard from
John Buckner Sharp Jr. takes his wings On Sunday, March 5, Dr. John B. Sharp began his heavenly flight. I think most of this Sharp family was in school with a Heiskell family memDr. Sharp Jr. ber of about the same age. My brother, Verlin Heiskell, shared a large room near the University of Tennessee with these Union County fellows: Richard Sexton, Charles Myers, Earl “Jack” Myers, Dixie Miller and John B. Sharp. I’m not sure if all of them attended each quarter, but all had part-time jobs to help with expenses, and all graduated. Sexton became a medical doctor; Earl and Charles Myers became lawyers; Col. Miller became a high school agriculture teacher in Loudon County, and Verlin Heiskell, who
FAITH NOTES ■■ Alder Spring Missionary Baptist Church, 556 Hickory Star Road, will have a special singing with Kevin and Tammy Spencer 6 p.m. Sunday, March 26. All are welcome. ■■ Hickory Valley Missionary Baptist Church will host its annual spring singing 7 p.m.
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settled in Oklahoma City after World War II, had the Southwest distributorship for Kirby Vacuum Cleaners. All served in World War II. John B. was an agriculture major and gained a master’s in agronomy at UT and a master’s in forestry at Duke. John received a Carnegie Fellowship to the doctoral program in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Harvard. To my knowledge, he is the only Union Countian to have received a doctorate at Harvard. Because I was my brother’s chauffeur when he returned to Tennessee for visits, I got to visit with all these classmates every few years as long as they lived. Saturday, March 25. Special guest: the Valley Boys. Everyone welcome. ■■ The Union County Food Pantry, 553 Fall Creek Road, is open 2-5 p.m. every second and fourth Monday. In case of inclement weather, the food pantry follows Union County Public Schools closures. Info: Kitty Lewis, 865-992-4335, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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The Sharp homeplace was about where the Board of Education building is now, and except for Dixie Miller, who frequently stayed at our house, all the others were within a mile or two of each other. They all had a good sense of humor and were always playing tricks on somebody. One time Verlin had put a coat in layaway at Miller’s, and they concocted an official-looking letter from Miller’s telling Verlin that if he didn’t get his coat up in a few days they would put it back in stock and he’d lose his money that he had paid. Verlin didn’t mention the content of his letter when he got in, but told them he needed to run an errand and would be back soon. Of course, Verlin dashed up to Miller’s only to find out it was a hoax. Can you just imagine what catching up is going on inside the pearly gates right now!
Chantay Collins of the Union County Public Library about promotion opportunities for their businesses through the Small Business Expo, coming up Saturday, April 1. Marvin Jeffreys of Thunder Road Printing is offering T-shirts to be sold at the expo for $15 each. The shirts will feature a map of Union County with businesses’ logos geographically placed on the map. Placement of your business logo costs $10, and can be arranged through printing@abeinc.us. Jeffreys also sent Facebook headshot frames for the attendees to use in a group photo promoting the expo. The photo will be placed on Facebook, and the person whose “share” of the photo has the most likes will win dinner at El Mariachi in Maynardville. Collins said funds from the T-shirt sales will go to Friends of the Library. “Friends of the Library
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helps us pay for our Summer Reading program, our teen programs, and all the other stuff we do at the library,” she said. “I want to have things for our kids to come in and learn something they might not get at school.” Info: 865-992-7106 ■■ Next meeting and
Prayer Breakfast
The next UCBPA meeting will be at noon Tuesday, April 11, at the Hardee’s in Maynardville. The speaker will be Nicole Chandler of the Change Center of Knoxville. The UCBPA’s annual Prayer Breakfast will be held 8 a.m. Friday, April 14, at the Union County Senior Center. Breakfast will be provided by Teresa’s Bakery. Gospel Streams will provide music, and Burt Rosen of Knox Area Rescue Ministries will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased at Maynardville Public Library.
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Brantley wins basketball medals Eugene Brantley of Hardee’s in Maynardville received two medals for basketball in the Special Olympics state tournament. His team placed well in the tournament, and Brantley was named one of two MVPs from his team.
Back-friendly practices Chiropractic Outlook By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC
You don’t have to rely solely on regular visits to the chiropractor to keep your spine and back feeling good. As with most aspects of your health, you can be proactive in maintaining your spinal health. Here are some steps you can take each day toward a healthy spine: ■ Start the day with some stretching. Reach your hands toward the ceiling and hold for 10 seconds. You should feel your spine straightening out. Then put your hands on your hips and rotate gently at the waist. Turn to the right. Hold for 10 seconds. Then to the left. ■ When you’re at the sink, whether it’s brushing your teeth or doing the dishes, stand as erect as possible, and, if possible, open the cupboard beneath the sink and put one foot up on the shelf. This puts your body in a tandem stance and moves your center of gravity closer to the sink, easing stress on your back.
■ When you’re at h o m e , children can pose all sorts of challenges to your back’s well-being. Picking up a squirming toddler is just one tricky example. Bend at the knees, not at the waist, and let your legs, not your back, bear the brunt of the lifting. That same rule, of course, applies to the lifting of any heavy or unwieldy object. ■ Cradling a phone between a shoulder and a cocked head, or staring down at your smart phone, are other ways to put unnecessary strain on your spine. These common-sense practices will help keep your spine in good order between visits to your chiropractor.
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