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The Union County Chamber of Commerce added two names to the list of folks to thank for their contributions to the recent open house event, featured on the front page of the July 20 Union County Shopper-News. This addition came past our press deadline, and we apologize for the omission. Shabby Chic 33 Boutique and Tea Room on Main Street donated several lovely door prizes for the event. Also, young Gracie Tindell of Tindell Farm donated vases of beautiful cut flowers for decorations, said Leslie Corum. “These contributions were greatly appreciated.�

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Free back-toschool supplies Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, located across from Food City in Maynardville, will host a distribution of free school supplies Friday, July 29. Supplies include backpacks, notebooks, pens and pencils, along with new clothes and toiletries, and will be available 5-7 p.m. or as long as supplies last.

Big Ridge events Big Ridge Elementary School will host a “Back to School� cookout Tuesday, Aug. 2. Pre-K, kindergarten, and first- and second-grade students are invited 6-7 p.m., and third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students are invited 7-8 p.m.

Sales Tax Holiday Tennessee’s 12th annual Sales Tax Holiday is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, July 29-31. During the holiday, shoppers can save on items such as tax-free clothing, school and art supplies and computer purchases. State Rep. Dennis Powers, who represents Union County, encouraged community members to take advantage of the event. “This tax-free weekend presents a great opportunity to save money on back-to-school items or to stock up on muchneeded essentials. It also gives us the chance to shop local and support our small businesses right here at home.� The holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. During the event, shoppers will not pay state or local sales tax on select clothing with a price of $100 or less per item, school and art supplies with a price of $100 or less per item, and computers with a price of $1,500 or less.

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Randy Boyd, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, chats with Rick Riddle of Seven Springs Farm during Boyd’s visit to the Union County Chamber of Commerce July 22. Photos by S. Carey

By Shannon Carey Randy Boyd, PetSafe founder and commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, had good news and bad news for Union County during his visit to the Chamber of Commerce July 22. He said Union County has recently been added to the state’s list of Tier 4 counties, 17 counties that rank lowest in household income and several other factors, not just in Tennessee but nationwide. They’re also called “distressed counties.� However, Boyd said, Union County’s inclusion on this list opens the county up to a variety of resources made available through the Rural Economic Development Act. Now, the state incentive bar for jobs created is just 10, down

from about 20, for businesses opening in Union County. The act also lets Tier 4 counties apply for $6 million in grants to prepare potential business and industrial sites, a $100,000 grant to open entrepreneurial centers in rural towns, and $1 million in tourism grants. “You’re one of 17 distressed counties,� said Boyd. “But we’re here to help.� Boyd also spoke about state efforts to improve broadband Internet access to rural counties. He said 13 percent of Tennessee residents don’t have broadband access, but that figure is misleading. That 13 percent represents 830,000 people concentrated in rural areas.

Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner Randy Boyd holds a Union County Chamber of Commerce T-shirt on his visit July 22. He promised to purchase one before he left.

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Commission approves Chamber for ‌ how much? By Shannon Carey In a complete reversal of last year’s treatment of the Union County Chamber of Commerce, Union County Commission came perilously close to writing the chamber a blank check from the hotel/motel tax during the commission’s July 18 meeting. New commission chair Gary England announced that the budget committee had approved funding for a chamber-sponsored event set for Sept. 3 at Wilson Park. The event will include a fireworks show by Pyroshows (of Boomsday fame), a car show, vendors and more. England volunteered use of his Sound Gary England Machine for music. “We’re hoping to make it a big thing,â€? he said. “We want it to be a free event, no admission, and it won’t come out of taxpayer dollars, but out of the hotel/motel tax.â€? In the last fiscal year, and despite repeated requests for funding, the commission denied the chamber funds from the hotel/motel tax, the use of which is restricted to tourism promotion purposes. Since then, the chamber has been through three presidents and recently elected a fourth, Leslie Corum of Plainview. Without a dollar figure mentioned, Wayne Roach made a motion to approve funding, and

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England opened the meeting with announcements, saying that the commission’s agenda will be handled by the Union County Clerk’s office going forward. No one from ■No tax increase this year Union County Mayor Mike Williams’ office With no discussion, the commission passed was present, including Williams, who resigned the 2016-2017 fiscal year budget. The property as commission chair two weeks ago. tax rate will remain steady this year at $2.17. Of that, $0.92 will go to the general fund, ■Building inspections $0.135 to the ambulance fund, $0.09 to highDarrell Morris, the county building inspecway/public works, $0.75 to schools, $0.21 to tor, came before the commission to discuss his debt service and $0.065 to capital projects. role going forward. The county’s nonprofit charitable contriMorris said he did not realize that the pobution resolution includes: $75,000; Rescue sition was a contract position instead of an Squad, $20,000; forest service, $500; Union employee, and he only realized the error when County Humane Society, $20,000; Ameri- he was asked for contractor tax paperwork in can Legion, $5,000; Chamber of Commerce, order to get paid. He said the $50 inspection $9,000; Historical Society, $5,000; Heritage fee is not enough when you subtract taxes and Festival, $1,500; Imagination Library, $3,000; expenses. He will also have to get his own inLittle League, $5,000; Leadership Union surance, another expense. County, $1,500; Scottish Rite, $1,500; Senior On some inspections, Morris said, he has to Citizens Home Assistance, $500; Veterans of make multiple trips. Foreign Wars, $5,000; Youth Football, $5,000. England suggested that Morris could be a England said the budget includes an extra part-time employee for about $10,000 per year $56,000 over last year for the county’s conve- but asked that he work with interim Property nience centers and a two percent raise for all Assessor Randy Turner for the exact amount county employees. The budget was approved and return for the next commission meeting.

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The Food City ‘Pack the Bus’ bus was provided by Cindy and Tim Hopson.

Food City ‘packs the bus’ for students By Shannon Carey Maynardville Food City patrons and employees have been working hard this summer to collect much-needed school supplies for kids in need with the Pack the Bus program. With pre-filled bags available at the front of the store for $5 or $10 each, the grocery store made it easy to help out. Last weekend, the store literally packed

a bus with the supplies while volunteers sold hot dogs, snacks and drinks to further boost the effort. On Monday, they drove the bus to each Union County school, where the donated supplies were divided equally. Food City manager Scott Inklebarger thanked everyone who donated or volunteered, including Cindy and Tim Hopson for use of the bus.

Food City employees and young volunteers are ready to pack the bus with donated school supplies for Union County students. They are (front) Becky Vandergriff, Kandace Muncey; (second row) Chris Lucy, Makayla Vandergriff; (back) Gabby Vandergriff and LeAnn Ray. Photos by S. Carey

Food City employee Lynn Prichard sports school bus earrings for Pack the Bus day

Telephone operators reunion is family affair By Betty Bean For decades, every night just before 10, taxicabs started lining up next to the telephone company on West Magnolia Avenue waiting for the operators Ginger Kitts to finish the second leg of the 10 o’clock split shift. Mostly young – and until the early ’70s, all of them female – they piled into the cabs by twos and threes and headed home, courtesy of Ma Bell. “They wanted you fresh out of high school and unmarried,� said Ginger Kitts. “And you had to work those horrible hours. I worked the split to 10 the first five years and was glad to get it.� Kitts retired with 35 years of service and was one of 60 former telephone operators who got together for lunch at the Communi-

Vicki and Letty Quertermous cations Workers of America union hall. They caught up on old friends, told stories and laughed a lot. It’s hard to nail down the exact date when local operators served their last customers, but everyone remembers that it was in the early ’80s when information service was transferred to Nashville. Automation and the court-ordered breakup of the Bell operating companies marked the end of

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a long line of women with high school diplomas who found good-paying jobs with solid benefits and the prospect of upward mobility. Kitts’ aunt was in information services, and her mother worked in the company lunchroom, and went to the credit union when the lunchroom eventually closed because it couldn’t break even. “The lunchroom had the

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best food in town,� Kitts said. “When I was little, they kept the lunchroom open seven days a week. They’d put me in this big old high supervisor’s chair, give me a headset and I’d pretend I was an operator. It was a good company to work for. The whole unit would get together for picnics, and we were just like family.� Vicki Quertermous started her career in Athens, Tenn., on an old “cord board� in 1977. She transferred to Corpus Christi a few months later and then returned to Tennessee and went back to work for South Central Bell in 1979. She moved to Georgia and worked in accounting and then took a tech job that was international in scope. “When the president moved, I moved his lines,� she said. “I moved Bush I and Bush II. You know the red phone they talk about? It really exists. We would set up secure phone lines wherever the president went.

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I got to help install Navy phones that the kids called home on, and one time, I tracked a satellite in Croatia during the war there.� Vicki’s mother Letty Quertermous was the daughter of a Copper Hill telephone man who hired Letty’s grandfather to shoot snakes while they were stringing telephone lines in southeast Tennessee in 1935. She went to work for Southern Bell in Atlanta in 1952, married and moved to Yuma, Arizona, and worked for the telephone company there. For the next 22 years life was an odyssey that crisscrossed the country. At one point, when her husband was sent to Vietnam, she returned to where she started. “I went back to Copper Hill and got a job on an old ring-down board – that’s where you put the plug in and the operator says ‘hello.’ Same board I played on as a kid. You just picked up the phone, the operator said ‘hello,’ and you’d say, ‘I

want a number for that pink house on top of the hill.’ It was a riot.� Candy and Tim Archer are also branches of this telephone family tree. Candy was a UT student who applied for a job as an operator in 1971 with the intention of making money to get an apartment. Tim, a rare male operator, started in 1976 after a stint in the U.S. Army, 101st Airborne, with the intention of transitioning into another job within the company at the first opportunity. But after he married Candy in 1978, they found the flexible schedules and good benefits suited them, and they never had to take their children to day care. “The best souvenir he got of his job was me. We both enjoyed our home time together,� Candy said. “We’re homebodies and were involved with our children and our parents, and we made a good living. There’s nothing better than that,� Tim said.

Back pain won’t go away on its own Chiropractic Outlook By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC Experts estimate that as many as 80 percent of Americans will experience back pain at some point in their lives. The back is a complicated weave of nerves, muscles, joints and ligaments. There are plenty of opportunities for something to go wrong. A twinge or minor pain in the back may come and go. But what the average person would call “pain� in the back is not likely to go away on its own. Low back pain, some experts say, is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Back pain often is the result of mechanical problems with the back. This is the type of condition which a chiropractor is trained to treat. And chiropractic has been proven an effective form of treatment for back pain. Chiropractors do not use drugs, which sim-

ply mask the source of the discomfort, or surgery to treat back pain. They have many forms of treatment at their disposal. The best known is the spinal manipulation used to put the 33 vertebrae—the individual bones that make up the spinal column—back into proper alignment. Using their hands, they adjust the joints and tissue in your back to restore joint mobility, relieve pain and ease muscle tightness. Keeping the spine healthy, incidentally, will do more than ease back pain. It will let you enjoy a higher quality of life. Talk with your chiropractor for more information about back pain. Presented as a community service by Union County Chiropractic; 110 Skyline Drive, Maynardville, Tenn. 992-7000.

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A place for Cody (and Leo) By Shannon Carey Union County teen Cody Trammell has been through a lot this year. In February, after months of pain and multiple doctor visits, he was diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia, a neuro-muscular disorder that leads to loss of muscle strength and coordination and other more serious symptoms. “I used to be able to run in gym all day,� he said. “It’s been really hard.� The condition plus a surgery to fuse his spine confined Cody to his room. He couldn’t walk for a month and a half. Now, he’s in physical therapy and can get around carefully with help. But he’s still spending a lot of time in his room, much of that time under a nurse’s care. That’s why Cody’s mom, Misty Hoskins, contacted Special Spaces, a nonprofit dedicated to creating dream bedrooms for young people with life-threatening illnesses. The organization took up Cody’s cause and did a complete remodel of his room. Special Spaces Knoxville partnered with the Kappa (University of Tennessee) chapter of Phi Mu sorority to make the

Special Spaces, along with the Kappa (University of Tennessee) chapter of Phi Mu sorority, remodeled Union County teen Cody Trammell’s room to accommodate his needs as a patient with Friedreich’s ataxia and his new service dog, Leo. The room allows Cody’s medical supplies to be stored in the room. The bed is low so Cody can get into it by himself, and a new gaming set-up lets him entertain himself in comfort. Photo submitted new room a reality. Cody is a self-described nerd and video-game enthusiast. The new room reflects this, in hand-painted “Star Wars� and gaming canvases by Mallory Bunch, a huge flat-screen TV backed with LED lights, a sound system and a recliner so Cody can game and still support his back. A rolling table keeps his phone and charger handy for texting with his friends.

“I’m a social butterfly,� he said. “I can’t go a day without talking to somebody.� There is also a special framed song lyric over Cody’s bed from his favorite song by Christian band Casting Crowns. It reads, “Praise Him in this Storm.� On the practical side, Cody’s closet was converted into medical-supply storage, and Special Spaces added an IKEA wardrobe in

Good to be home Hi, gang. Remember me? To paraphrase Mark Twain’s old line, reports of my demise were highly exaggerated. No, nobody declared me dead. But some days it felt like it. A little more than three years ago, I underwent a routine tonsillectomy and partial turbinectomy. Removing tonsils was no problem. I couldn’t talk for two weeks, the world was a better place for it, and I got to eat a lot of popsicles and watch a lot of silly television. After I recovered and returned to work, I began to have a rash of migraine headaches. Didn’t think much about that at first, but by the end of the year, I was seeking medical treatment once every four to five weeks. It got worse. Finally, in April 2014, I had to take a leave of absence. I thought I’d be gone for four weeks. Five surgeries, 27 months

CORRECTION In the July 20 edition of the Union County Shopper-News, we incorrectly stated that Frank “Eddie� Bailey, candidate for highway superintendent, has 35 years of experience in construction and roads. The correct number is 23. We apologize for this error. Bailey faces incumbent David Cox in the August election.

Nominees for Central High’s Wall of Fame CHS Foundation and CHS Alumni Association are seeking nominations for Central High School’s “Wall of Fame.� Deadline for consideration for the next award ceremony is Thursday, Aug. 4. Send nominations of distinguished alumni, particularly those with noteworthy community service, to courtshea@aol.com or mail to CHS Foundation, P.O. Box 18445, Knoxville, TN 37928.

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and a lot of prayers later, here I am. My medical ordeal isn’t news, but I did want to pass along a few things. First of all, if you or anyone you know has to have sinus surgery for any reason that involves trimming or removing turbinates – small flaps in your nose that moisten the air you inhale – tell them my story and to be cautious. Turns out the turbinectomy caused nerve damage, which in turn caused me to have constant, debilitating migraines for more than two years. This isn’t an issue of malpractice. It’s a risk of the surgery. Talk to your doctor and weigh the potential pluses and minuses. I also learned something I really already knew. We’ve got a heck of a great community. You wouldn’t believe the people who called, sent cards and letters, put me on prayer lists and regularly

sent words of encouragement on Facebook. (Turns out that crazy thing is good for something after all.) I’ll forever be grateful to and thankful for so many people who were kinder to me than I deserve. It’s humbling. It kept me going. I saw a series of doctors who without exception took an interest in my unusual case and helped me to the best of their abilities. I won’t mention them for legal reasons, but I owe a couple of them all the gold in California. And my family and friends and co-workers – well, I already knew you all were the best. Going through an experience like this also changes your priorities and your thinking on life. It’s amazing the things we take for granted – being able to eat in a restaurant or, heck, being able to get out of a dark room in the morning. And, as corny as it may sound, you really do learn not to sweat the small stuff. But, as rough as my experience was, it’s a drop in the bucket compared to those who are fighting cancer or Alzheimer’s or any number of other things. Several longtime friends passed away while

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one corner for his clothes. The bed is low enough that Cody can get into it without help. There is even a special corner bed just for Cody’s service dog in training, Leo. Leo is set to be the first service dog to attend Union County schools. Eventually, he will help stabilize Cody as he walks, pick up dropped items and alert others if Cody is in trouble. There is already a strong bond between Leo and Cody, and Cody is happy that Leo has a place in his room. “Now I know that not only am I happy to be in here, but Leo is, too,� he said. Today, there is no cure for Friedreich’s ataxia, but Cody and his family are staying hopeful. Research is ongoing, and Cody said he may participate in some studies. He will return to Union County High School for his junior year. “I think that Special Spaces has helped a lot of kids with a lot of things,� said Cody’s stepdad, Kendall Hoskins. “They’re making a difference in people’s lives, and that is awesome. Those folks that were here to help were some of the nic- Leo, a 7-month-old service dog in training, gets a hug from his est people you could meet.� partner, Cody Trammell. Photo by S. Carey I was sick. They are missed. I didn’t realize just how important a lot of you are to me, either. Covering your stories or your club meetings or your spaghetti supper was a bigger part of my life than I realized, and I’ve missed them and many of you. I hope to see you someday soon. I’m not back full time, but I’ll be working as an independent contractor and be more or less back on the community beat that I covered for most of 16 years while I continue to get better. So, if you’ve got a good story to tell or an event coming up, send me a note at JakeMabe1@aol.com. It’s good to be home.

Boyd’s clouds “You can do business anywhere as long as you have broadband,� Boyd said. “But there is a great digital divide in Tennessee, and we’ve got to fi x that. We can’t be successful if we don’t fi x that.� Boyd said his office has been looking into the issue and researching solutions. He hopes to finalize a possible fi x this year. Boyd opened the floor to questions, saying, “One thing I’ve learned in business is that the customer always knows what they need.� Debra Keck of the Union County Mayor’s office asked

From page 1 if becoming Tier 4 would have a bearing on grants for which the county has already applied. Boyd said that it would, and some would no longer require matching funds. State Rep. Dennis Powers praised Boyd for his work with the Tennessee Promise scholarship program. “Tennessee Promise would not be here without Randy Boyd,� he said. Big Ridge State Park superintendent Keith Montgomery mentioned that the park would see more than 30 Tennessee Promise volunteers over the weekend.

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opinion Entering Canaan I found myself increasing anxious with each passing day of summer 1987. There I was, a degreed, certified public school teacher, waiting for a call for a job. In case that call did not come, I had a back-up plan. I had applied for and received a small scholarship as a graduate assistant in Lincoln Memorial University’s master’s program. What I really wanted to do was return to my native Union County to teach. I started calling Ms. Patricia McKelvey weekly, then daily, as the time drew near and I still had heard nothing. I will always love Ms. Patricia for taking every call and so sweetly and patiently repeating, “Don’t worry, Ronnie. It’s still a little early.� At last, official word came. The minutes from the Aug. 3, 1987, Union County Board of Education read, “Motion Vaughn, seconded Whited to concur recommendation of Superintendent Coppock that Ronnie Mincey and Tommy Shoffner be employed for the 1987-88 school year as teachers at Luttrell Elementary.� There are no words to explain how it felt to have my life dream finally become reality. I relished this ideal world into which I had so graciously been allowed entrance. No one could have felt more prepared for this challenge than I. Even though I knew there would be problems and that students would sometimes resist the best efforts to educate them, I knew that parents, fellow teachers and district administration would fully back and support me as long as I was working for the children’s best interests. Not everyone was optimistic of my success. One “friend� warned me that

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Norris Dam: 80 years of holding water The impoundment of Norris Lake began in the spring of 1936. Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink must have been how people felt as they looked at the flooding of Norris Lake.

Ronnie Mincey TEACHER TIME if I could teach at Luttrell Elementary I could teach anywhere. “Meanest school in the county,� he said. “They’ll probably hit you in the head with books and erasers the first day.� How pleased I was that he was so wrong. My worst day at Luttrell was never that bad. My first day at LES, I weighed exactly what I had weighed since eighth grade, 120 pounds. I had just turned 22 and still had a face full of acne. It seemed most of my dress clothes were old polyester. I guess I resembled Ichabod Crane, but some of the high schoolers who waited on buses in the mornings compared me to a character more familiar to them, Pee Wee Herman. Indeed there were problems. Students sometimes proved difficult, not all parents were supportive, other teachers often had different philosophies than mine, and administration did not always tell me what I wanted to hear. Regardless, I was so convinced I was right in most every case and was doing just a super job that my “euphoria� lasted a full two years. The third year cold, hard reality finally shattered my idealism. I survived the bad times and became a better educator in the end due to the love my students showed and colleagues who not only cared for their students but for each other, including me. More about the first blissful year next week.

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The Tennessee Valley had been ravaged by years of soil erosion that destroyed the tillable land available. There weren’t many jobs and no way to get to them if there had been. It is ironic that a senator from Nebraska, George Norris, had the vision to propose a dam that would impound the waters of the Clinch and Powell rivers. To carry out this vision, a publicprivate regional development federal agency was established May 19, 1933, by an act of the 71st U.S. Congress: “To improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control of the Tennessee River; to provide for reforestation and the proper use of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley; to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of said valley; to provide for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of government properties at and near Muscle Shoals in the state of Alabama, and for other purposes.� The task was massive. It would take the deployment of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Works Progress Administration

The late Ernest Bowman with students from Braden School on the edge of Norris Lake in Blue Springs Hollow, 1936. Ernest crossed the pinnacle with water up to the running board of his car as water was backing up. The tall boy is Mack Braden. Some Claussen boys are also in the photograph. (WPA), the Army Corps of Engineers and the support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to pull together the physical and financial resources to bring the country, and particularly East Tennessee, out of the Great Depression. The benefit of flood control alone cannot be calculated in dollars, but we know it is significant. Recent flooding in West Virginia and Texas made us keenly aware of the damage and heartache flooding can cause. The best and brightest talent was recruited across the country to reclaim the land, to educate and train its people and to create meaningful work with transferable skills so that families could be fed and new and better ways developed to make life easier. While plans were being drawn for Norris Dam, the CCC was hiring and training young men 18 to 24 years old. Training camps

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were built similar to small army camps. The late Malcolm Walker told me his camp didn’t have a uniform to fit him, so his sister sewed “gussets� in his pants. Some had to wear summer uniforms in winter, and some wore winter uniforms in summer. The boys were glad to do whatever they had to do to get a job. They built dams in gullies with small logs and rocks to stop the erosion. They planted trees, particularly walnut, hickory and fruit trees. They planted bulbs such as jonquils to beautify the area. They built parks such as Big Ridge in Union County and built rock walls still standing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The camps had libraries, laundries and kitchens. The men were taught life skills. And for all this the salary was a dollar a day, with $25 sent home to their parents. The CCC workers

got to keep $5 a month. The WPA was established to employ and train men 25 years and older. The WPA built schools – one-room, two-room and four-room schools – with floors and chimneys so they could have a heating stove. The WPA also built outdoor toilets for families where needed throughout the Tennessee Valley. Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service, women were trained in mattress making. The mattresses were not fancy – covered in the same material as the feather ticks and straw ticks on the beds of almost all farm families. Women were allowed to make as many mattresses as they had beds. Whoever in the community had a truck was enlisted to deliver the mattresses for the homemaker. If a truck was not available, a wagon or sled with horses was used. How welcome this project was. For those who suffered from allergies to feathers and/or straw dust, it was life changing! When I went to work for the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1967, these extension agents were still working out of the downtown Knoxville offices to train in food preservation and how to maximize the use of electrical appliances that came in vogue with the advent of electricity. Some years before I retired, the program was phased out. Congressional appropriations were phased out some years ago, but TVA remains the largest power producer in the United States.

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out. Send Williams long one more time and ask Dobbs to throw it as far as he can. Bingo! Deep passing problem solved. Short game will improve when defensive backs are forced to play honest. Runners will run even better when passing presents a threat and the crowd in the box thins out. Butch Jones will be coach of the year. Preston Williams is one notch above a secret weapon. He appeared in eight games as a freshman and, get this, had a grand total of seven receptions. I remember when Johnny Mills caught 11 on one Saturday afternoon – and it wasn’t against Western Carolina. To page 6

faith

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First Baptist fills backpacks By Shannon Carey Members of First Baptist Church of Maynardville gathered in the church’s fellowship hall July 20 to fill 408 backpacks with school supplies. The backpacks were distributed July 25 to families in need. Cheryl Walker of First Baptist’s Women’s Missionary Union said the church has operated this ministry for three years. The first year, they underestimated the need. “That first year, we did almost 100, but we had prepared vouchers in case we ran out,� she said. “We got here that Wednesday, and the parking lot was full. People had started lining up at 4:30. We gave out vouchers and filled 300 more backpacks.� The church purchases supplies in bulk and accepts donations. Some church members give extra offerings just for this effort. Each backpack contained composition books, rulers, pencils and crayons, hand Cheryl Walker sanitizer and more. Church members also included church information and religious tracts. They also gave out Bibles to anyone who needed one on distribution day. A prayer corner was available on distribution day for families in need of prayer. The church also conducted a survey of needs in the community. These included laundry detergent, towels, soap and hygiene products, “things that food stamps don’t cover,� said Walker. The church fills needs in other ways, too. The WMU knits scarves and toboggans to distribute at Union County’s Under the Tree event and donate purses and feminine products to A Hand Up for Women. The church gives out hams at Easter and food baskets at Christmas and Thanksgiving, and it just donated $200 for a water-filtration system through Pure Water, Pure Love. The Rev. Philip King led the group in prayer before they Max Richardson of First Baptist Church of Maynardville fills started filling the backpacks. He asked that the effort be for a backpack with school supplies to be distributed to Union the glory of God, not the glory of individuals. “I just pray that God will bless this mission,� he said. County students in need. Photo by S. Carey

Wertz donates art to Good Shepherd church

Marlene Wertz, a member of Chapel of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sharps Chapel, recently donated a picture she made to her church. The framed picture of Jesus the Good Shepherd carrying a lamb was executed with colored pencils. The picture is on display near the altar when the congregation gathers for Sunday worship services in the Sharps Chapel Community Center. “It is our prayer to build our own building on property given to us on Sharps Chapel Road near Old Valley Road,� stated the Rev. Paul Kritsch, pastor of the church. “When the building is built, Marlene’s picture will receive a prominent place and be on permanent display in our church.� Chapel of the Good Shepherd is the only Lutheran church in Union County. All are welcome for Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m., 1542 Sharps Chapel Road. Info: 865-279-1279, chapelofthegoodshepherd@ outlook.com or www.goodshepherdsharpschapel.com.

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A great rock Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. (Isaiah 32: 2 NRSV) I have been privileged in my life to see many wondrous sights. I have traveled on five continents (and hope to add a sixth someday). However, there is one sight that captures my imagination and mystifies me like no other: Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. The Indians named it, and I have been unable to find out if they feared it or worshipped it. My guess is both! It certainly commands respect. It stands tall on the horizon (867 feet from base to summit), and 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River – visible for miles and miles. Its summit is actually 5,112 feet above sea level. It is flattish on top, weatherworn, I assume. I am told grass grows up there. There are those hardy (or foolhardy) souls who climb its dark gray, absolutely perpendicular sides (the grooves of which swirl gracefully from bottom to top), a project I don’t even want to contemplate! The tower is actually the petrified center of a longextinct volcano. The mountain that surrounded it wore away centuries (probably millennia) ago! What was left behind was this tower: stunning and mysterious and beautiful, another of God’s gifts to us on this Earth. Those of us who choose not to climb it are able to walk around its base. All along the base are enormous chunks of rock that have fallen from its towering sides. I was in awe walking along that trail, marveling at its beauty, turning my back to the tower and seeing the continent stretching out, as far as the eye can see, America, the beautiful!

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.

Fundraisers â– Alder Springs Baptist Church, 556 Hickory Star Road, will host a pancake breakfast in the new fellowship hall 7:3010:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. Breakfast will include pancakes/ waffles, sausage, juice and coffee. All donations will go to WMU projects. Everyone welcome.

Meeting/classes ■Beaver Dam Baptist Church Women’s Ministry (WOW – Women of Worth), 4328 E. Emory Road, is holding the Beth Moore Simulcast, “A Day with Beth,� on Saturday, Sept. 17. Salem Baptist Church and Fairview Baptist Church are partnering, and other community churches are invited to join. Cost: $10; includes boxed lunch. Info: 922-2322.

Singings/music services ■Church of God at Maynardville will host a gospel singing featuring the New Calvary Echo at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 30. The church is one mile past Union County courthouse on Main Street. Everyone welcome. ■Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE, will host a benefit singing 7 p.m. Saturday, July 30, for Rick Alan King and Lana to help with Lana’s medical expenses. A love offering will be taken. Singers include Messiah’s Call, Heart to Heart and the Gloryway Believers. Everyone welcome.

Marlene Wertz, a member of Chapel of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sharps Chapel, donated her picture of Jesus the Good Shepherd to the church. Photo submitted

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â– Oaks Chapel Church, 934 Raccoon Valley Road, will host a singing 7 p.m. Saturday, July 30. Everyone welcome.

and advice on healthy living. Union Countians interested in the program should TennCare Kids is Ten- to age 21 who are TennCare contact the Union County nessee’s commitment to eligible, including health see that children and teens history, complete physical have the best start to a exam, lab tests as approprihealthy life. TennCare Kids ate, immunizations, vision is a free program of check- and hearing screening, deups and health-care servic- velopmental and behavior es for children from birth screenings as appropriate,

Health Department’s community outreach representative, Pam Williams. Info: 992-3867, ext. 131.

â– Union Missionary Baptist Church, 940 Ailor Gap Road in Luttrell, will host a benefit singing for the church 7 p.m. Saturday, July 30. Singers include Chosen by Grace, Ailordale Baptist Church, Hinds Creek Baptist Church and Washburn Baptist Church. Everyone welcome.

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Change comes to Powell Station By Marvin West Don’t sneak a casual peek and leap to conclusions, but historic Powell Station is changing. New businesses are popping up. Established storefronts look much younger with a layer of fresh paint. If you are interested in how things once were, charge your camera battery. Another landmark is going, going, almost gone. The sturdy brick and somewhat stately Methodist church, 24 feet from the nearest wall of Powell Elementary, is under consideration for purchase by Knox County Schools. If the deal goes through, the building will be torn down and the space will become a parking lot. “I’d hate to see it go,� said Rowena Brown, age 92. “John and I were married there.� Vivid memories came bubbling up. “The church was full and

overflowing. Walking down that aisle, I was scared to death. Going the other direction wasn’t so bad. Harry Cooper was seated on the front row of the balcony. He dumped an entire bag of rice on us as we walked out.� Rowena remembers the gasps of surprise and then the cheers and applause. “I’m not sure who swept up the rice.� The William Henry Stooksbury family (including little Rowena) moved to Conner Road in 1934. Construction of Norris Lake forced them from their home between Andersonville and Loyston. “My father worked for TVA for a while, and after that he was a farmer.� Mr. Stooksbury was also a Sunday school teacher. Rowena joined Powell Methodist in 1934, when she was 10. She thought it was such a pretty church. “The stained-glass win-

Preston Williams A truly great analyst, somewhat better than me, says Williams has as much pure ability as any of the famous Tennessee receivers of the past (no recents available for comparison). He is 6-4 or more, 210 or more, runs very fast and has a somewhat selfish disposition when the ball is in the air. He thinks it is his, and he has the size and strength to make it happen. This seems so simple: Throw it to him. Here is an admission: I have an agenda. Preston Williams is one heck of a colorful story. He committed early to Tennessee and took it upon himself to recruit other Volunteers. Rumor has it that he wore Tennessee colors during an official visit to Auburn. Preston won first place for national signing-day fashion. He appeared on a TV recruiting show wearing a really impressive all-white suit, orange bow tie, no socks and a felt hat that looked like a Tennessee helmet.

The church at 1709 Spring St. is just 24 feet from the corner of Powell Elementary School. Completed in 1931, the building was home to Powell United Methodist Church, which relocated to new facilities in 1965.

dows were beautiful. The choir was behind the pulpit, just like it was supposed to be. I started singing in the choir at age 14.�

From page 4 Preston was a five-star prep prize, Georgia 6-A player of the year as a junior, state long-jump champ in his spare time. A knee injury shortened his senior season, and he was still rehabbing when he relocated from Hampton, Ga., to downtown Knoxville last summer. Alas, he fell under the NCAA microscope and lost more time while the infamous Clearing House gathered information and studied how in the world he made such dramatic academic improvement from one ACT to another. In the beginning, he did not meet entrance requirements. When he took the test again, he scored too high. The third time was a charm. Go play. That’s what I say, go play, catch passes, run fast and far, help the Vols do something they haven’t done in years, win big. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@ netzero.com.

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The church had 58 members. “Mostly old people.â€? Rowena remembers most of the preachers: Walter Dean, J.P. McCluskey, James Patterson, A.L. Brewster, W.F. Pitts, Joe Dew, Oliver Tarwater, T.M. Bellamy, Charles Hurlock ‌ “Methodists changed preachers pretty often.â€? Rowena remembers Mary Alice Bell playing the piano. She remembers the fun and fellowship of pie suppers, covered-dish picnics and the Christmas season at Powell Methodist when everybody participated in one way or another. She recalls the celebration of George Washington’s birthday. “I think that was a fundraiser. You had to pay for things.â€? One of Rowena’s favorite stories is a hand-me-down. “J.E. Groner’s daughter,

Irene, wanted to be married in the church, but construction wasn’t complete. The wedding party went down a ladder for the ceremony in the basement.� Roots of the church go back to 1880 and one Sunday service per month in Perkins School. Sometime later, 13 families committed to purchase the property on Spring Street. Construction went on from 1927 until 1931. Fast forward: Betty and Herman Lett joined in 1955. She led the children’s choir. He was church treasurer. “Every Sunday, after lunch, we’d clear the diningroom table and count three collections,� said Betty. “We’d do the Sunday school collection, the general collection and the building fund.� The Weigels, who owned the dairy and the forerunners to convenience stores

and the big farm that is now Broadacres, were members. So was one of our alltime favorite teachers, Jeanette Evans, and her family. In time, the congregation outgrew the church. “The faithful 50 signed promissory notes to Home Federal to borrow the money for the new church,� said Betty. “As I recall, Mr. Stooksbury’s mule and plow were used to break ground.� Their faith was rewarded. The first service at the new place was the first Sunday in 1965. The Methodists have assembled a beautiful campus. You can see it at 323 West Emory Road. It is called Powell Church.

Union County resident Marvin West grew up in Powell Station, Tennessee. This tale is one of a series about his homeplace.

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Dick Donovan and Aloma Stimmel enjoy their birthday celebration at Union County Senior Center.

Teresa Perkey and Fran Hanson shared June birthdays at the Luttrell Senior Center.

Seniors celebrate birthdays

Faye Douglas celebrates her birthday with the Plainview seniors.

Folks at Union County’s senior centers celebrated June and July birthdays this summer. Office on Aging director Melanie Dykes thanked Flowers by Bob for the flowers and Teresa’s Bakery for the birthday cakes.

Bill Blackburn celebrates his June birthday with July birthday guy Ed Jennings at Sharps Chapel Senior Center.

SENIOR NOTES ■Union County Senior Citizens Center 298 Main St. Monday-Friday • 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Info for all seniors groups: Melanie Dykes 992-3292/992-0361 ■Plainview Seniors

Plainview City Hall, 1037 Tazewell Pike Meet each first Monday • 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. ■Luttrell Seniors Luttrell Community Center, 115 Park Road

Meets each third Monday • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ■Sharps Chapel Seniors Sharps Chapel Community Bldg. 1550 Sharps Chapel Road Meets each first and third Wednesday • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Pat Summitt chewed me out (and I lived to talk about it) Like hundreds – maybe thousands – of East Tennesseans, I knew Pat Summitt. I was not in her inner circle and we didn’t hang out, but I wrote feature stories about her and her teams for more than a decade, for a couple of different publications including this one, and I liked her the from the first time we spoke. Didn’t everybody? That’s why I’ll never forget the time she took me to the woodshed. It was the fall of 2004 and her prize freshman class had reported to campus. Candace Parker, Alexis Hornbuckle, Nicky Anosike, Sade Wiley-Gatewood and Alex Fuller. It was a class for the ages, right up there with Tamika Catchings’ 1997 class, and Pat guarded them like they were precious gemstones. I’d read everything in print about these kids, which was nearly a full-time job because they’d gotten a tsunami of publicity. Three

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Betty Bean of them had been named national Player of the Year by different organizations, and they were all high school All-Americans. I was particularly fascinated by Anosike, the child of Nigerian immigrants who had grown up desperately poor and fatherless in a Staten Island housing project with her brothers and sisters and a hard-working mother who put herself through nursing school and knew the value of education. “Big Nick� was a 6-4 honor student who moved through crowds like an African queen. I’d read plenty about her in the New York media. Pat had talked to me off the record about this group, from whom she expected great things.

I put something together about them, and included the observation that Anosike was the only member of the class who didn’t have a cell phone. A day or so later, I got a startling phone call. “Betty, this is Pat Summitt and I need to talk to you. Got a minute?� Sure, I said, noting the edge to her voice.

Then she lit into me, telling me that she’d talked to me about the freshmen in confidence and I had let her down. She was hot, and I was thankful that I wasn’t sitting in front of her, withering under the famous blue glare. Almost tongue-tied, I stammered an apology and didn’t attempt a defense – something I regretted as soon as we hung up. The last thing she said was that she was disappointed in me because she considered me a friend. Once the shock wore off,

I pulled up all the stories I’d read about Anosike and her family and compiled the details that I’d used in my own account. Then I printed it out and dropped it off at Pat’s office with a note of explanation. A day or two later, I got another call. Pat accepted my proof and I was off the hook. I was beyond relieved and, for the first time, was able to savor one of the things she’d said to me. That she considered me a friend. And that made the whole kerfuffle worthwhile.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, JULY 28 Auditions for Encore Theatrical Company production of “Rock of Ages,� 6:30 p.m., Walters State Community College, 500 S. Davy Crockett Parkway in Morristown. Looking to cast 10 men and eight women with strong vocal abilities to sing rock music, good comedic timing and ability to move well. Info: etcplays. org or 423-318-8331. Bike classes for children and adults, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Safety City, 165 S. Concord St. Six one-hour classes available. Info/RSVP: ambassadors@ knoxtrans.org. “Pruning Hydrangea,� 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Carolyn Kiser. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892. Robotics @ the Library, 5 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. For ages 1215. Free. Info/registration: Nicole Barajas, nbarajas@ knoxlib.org or 525-5431.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 28-31 “Legally Blonde: The Musical, Jr.,� Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Info: 2083677, knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com, zack@ childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 29 Bats & Bones with Dr. Bill Bass and Jim Whidby, 6:30 p.m., Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Tickets: $40. For ages 13 and up. Space limited; advance tickets recommended. Info/ tickets: www.cherokeecaverns.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 30 Bats & Bones with Dr. Bill Bass and Jim Whidby, 6:30 p.m., Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Tickets: $40. For ages 13 and up. Space limited; advance tickets recommended. Info/ tickets: www.cherokeecaverns.com. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Make a Reflective Mobile, noon-1 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Saturday LEGO Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. For kids in grades 1-5. Info: 922-2552. Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210. Saturday Stories and Songs: Jodie Manross and Laith Keilany, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 30-31 “Xterra Panther Creek� new trail run, 8 a.m., Panther Creek State Park, 2010 Panther Creek Park Road, Morristown. Hosted by Dirty Bird Events. Half marathon and 4.2-mile trail races, Saturday; triathlon, Sunday. Info: Ryan Roma, 356-6984 or ryan@ dirtybirdevents.com; Ani Roma, 356-6908 or ani@ dirtybirdevents.com; Timothy Bird, 405-5860 or tim@ dirtybirdevents.com.

Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

SATURDAY, AUG. 6 Beekeeping workshop, 11 a.m., Marble Springs State Historic Site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Cost: $20. Info/registration: 573-5508 or marblesprings. net. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038. Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org. Welcome home barbecue and picnic for Gulf War veterans (1990-2016) and their families, 10 a.m.2 p.m., The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive. Hosted by Vietnam Veterans of America, Bill Robinson Chapter 1078. Free food and drink. Bring lawn chair or blanket. Info/registration: vva1078.org.

TUESDAY, AUG. 9 Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

MONDAY, AUG. 1

THURSDAY, AUG. 11

Deadline for students to provide evidence of community-service requirement needed to remain TN Promise eligible. Deadline applies to both the Class of 2016 as well as Class of 2015 students who will return for their college sophomore year. Electronic submission of proof of hours: tnachieves.org. Info: Krissy DeAlejandro, 621-9223 or krissy@tnachieves.org.

Greenway Corrid or Project public meeting, 5:30 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Ross/Fowler landscape architects will present its findings, and city officials will discuss the immediate opportunities in moving ahead with the comprehensive greenways build-out plan. Info: Eric Vreeland, 2153480.

TUESDAY, AUG. 2

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 11-12

Danse Et Plus presents End of Summer Library Club Dance Party, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552. Einstein Simplified Comedy Improv troop, 8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, Market Square. Free admission.

Rummage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rutherford Memorial UMC, 7815 Corryton Road, Corryton.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Larry Cox Senior Center, 3109 Ocoee Trail. Info/registration: 382-5822.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16-17

Chalk on the Walk, 11:30 a.m., Halls Branch

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University of Tennessee Extension intern Brigitte Passman (front left) greets 4-H barbecue patrons with 4-Hers (front) Samantha Hamilton; (back) Jeremiah Tindell and Jonathan Tindell.

Union County High School agriculture teacher John Fugate keeps an eye on the cooking chickens at the 4-H barbecue fundraiser. Photos by S. Carey

4-H fundraiser is good, good, good By Shannon Carey

Ronnie Irick presides over the barbecue process as Elizabeth Tindell checks chicken temperatures. Irick has volunteered as the 4-H barbecue fundraiser’s chief grillmaster for nearly a decade.

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men donated funds to offset the cost of materials. Union County High School agriculture teacher John Fugate brought one of the big grills and helped cook the chickens, as did David McDaniel, Greg Beeler, Elizabeth Tindell and many others. 4-H families donated homemade baked goods. And, retired property assessor Ronnie Irick presided as chief grillmaster for the day, just as he has done for many years. This reporter can vouch that the results were delicious. Info: 865-992-8038

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