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By Shannon Carey East Tennessee Regional Leadership members had fun touring Union County May 27, but they also got a lesson in the serious business of farming. The group accepts two class members per year from each county in the re- gion, and the class visits one county per month. Joyce Meltabarger and Richard Phillips are this year’s rep- resentatives from Union County. Maynardville Food City man- ager Scott Inkle- barger was one of many who spoke to the group about agricul- ture. “Locally grown produce touches every- body in this room,” he said. In winter, most produce sold in Tennessee comes from Cali- fornia or Texas, and the long drive adds to the price. Also, the vegetables are “grown to ship versus grown to eat,” he said. This time of year, pro- duce gets local. But don’t be fooled by “local” produce at other stores. Inklebarger said the local designation means the produce was grown in a state where the store operates. With many chain stores, this could mean anywhere in the nation. With Food City, it means Kentucky, Tennessee or Virginia. “Food City spent over $6 million last year on local produce. This year, it should top $9 million. It’s huge. You’ve got to really support your local-grown produce,” said Inklebarger. That message was echoed throughout the day. The group started with breakfast at Plainview City Hall and a welcome from Union Coun- ty’s mayors and city officials. “Enjoy our county,” said county mayor Mike Williams. “It’s a beauti- ful county. It’s a good place to live.” Then, they traveled to the Union County Farmers Co-op to hear a message from Will Phillips and do some shopping. Phillips told the group about the history and management of the Co- op and about the Ten- nessee Agriculture Enhancement Pro- gram, which pro- vides cost-sharing for farmers who complete certain levels of training. This can include up to 50 percent cost sharing for hay storage and livestock handling equip- ment. “Any time I see any of our representatives, I thank them for that program,” he said. Most of Union County’s farmers are in beef cattle production, which has slowly replaced to- bacco production since the 1990s. Phillips said he has seen a rise in fresh market produce farming and sheep and goat farms. The group also visited the Union County Genealogical Li- brary and Museum, where they heard from UT Extension Agent Shan- non DeWitt, along with Martha Carter and Wanda Cox Byerley of the Union County Historical Society. They later visited Hamilton Century Farm for a tour by owner Betty Bullen, had lunch at Bubba Brews at Beach Island Marina, and enjoyed a tour and wine tasting at Seven Springs Farm. Phillips and Meltabarger thanked all who donated time and materi- als to make the day possible. Info: www.etrla.com Kids fish free Saturday, June 6 Children can try out fishing, tie flies and ride in boats at this year’s Kids Fish Free Day 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at the Miller Island boat access on River Road just off Highway 441 in Norris. The event coincides with the statewide Tennessee Free Fishing Day, so no licenses are required. Activities will include lessons in bait fishing, spin fishing and fly fishing, plus fly tying and boat rides. Equipment will be avail- able for loan to children to don’t have their own. This free, public event is sponsored by the Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Info: Dick Geiger, [email protected]or 599-2604. Art on Main is Saturday Maynardville’s annual arts event, Art on Main, will be held rain or shine in down- town Maynardville, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6. This year’s musical enter- tainment is all homegrown: Jim Woods’ Union County Dirt Band, Earl Bull, The Atkins, Old Traditions, The Valley Boys, Paulette VFD’s Monday Night Bunch and the Miscellaneous Musicians. Guy Gilchrist of “Nancy” comics fame will teach and tell about drawing cartoons while promoting Keep Union County Beautiful. The number of vendor signups for Art on Main has surpassed last year’s total, and includes several new craftspeople and artists. Shopper-News is again sponsoring a train ride for kids, and a special space for kids will offer finger painting, chalk art, painting and other crafts. Veterans of Union County will hold an opening cer- emony with several special guests beginning at 8:45 a.m. Historical Society cel- ebrates 35 years All are invited to join Union County Historical Society and Museum volun- teers for a celebration of the society’s 35th anniversary 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the museum, 3824 Maynardville Hwy. 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Morgan’s selection of tunes included “Fare Thee Well,” “Hard Times,” and “My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains.” Union County native, folk singer and dulcimer musician Morgan said the May 26 show was her fourth or fifth time on the Blue Plate Special. Back home for the sum- mer, Morgan is a rising sophomore at Pat- rick Henry College in Percival, Va., where she also works with a women’s ministry. Morgan started playing the dulcimer at age 7. Now, she has three albums available for purchase: “Simply Sarah,” “Run to the Window,” and her latest “Jubilee.” She is also the 2012 National Mountain Dulcimer Champion. Blue Plate Special host Red Hickey in- troduced Morgan as “a gem of East Ten- nessee.” Morgan loves the history behind the dulcimer and helping to keep mountain culture alive. “There are way more people playing dulcimer now than there were 100 years ago,” she said. Morgan has a full summer ahead. She will play at the Gebhard Woods Dulcimer and Traditional Music Festival in Morris, Illinois June 6-7, and she will teach dulci- mer at Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp at Maryville College June 14-20. Info: www.sarahmorganmusic.com East Tennessee Regional Leadership members Donna Rolland and Phyllis Crisp check out the overalls for sale at the Union County Farmers Co-op. The group toured Union County May 27 to learn about farming and agriculture. Photos by S. Carey Farm fun for Regional group tours UC ETRLA Union County native Sarah Morgan performs “Fare Thee Well” for the WDVX Blue Plate Special in downtown Knoxville. Photo by S. Carey Sarah Morgan is ‘East Tennessee gem’ See our ad for “Art on the Main” on page 2.
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By Shannon CareyEast Tennessee Regional Leadership
members had fun touring Union County May 27, but they also got a lesson in the serious business of farming. The group accepts two class members per year from each county in the re-gion, and the class visits one county per month.
Joyce Meltabarger and Richard Phillips are this year’s rep-resentatives from Union County.
May na rdv i l le Food City man-ager Scott Inkle-barger was one of many who spoke to the group about agricul-ture.
“ L o c a l l y grown produce touches every-body in this room,” he said.
In winter, most produce sold in Tennessee comes from Cali-fornia or Texas, and the long drive adds to the price. Also, the vegetables are “grown to ship versus grown to eat,” he said.
This time of year, pro-duce gets local. But don’t be fooled by “local” produce at other stores. Inklebarger said the local designation means the produce was grown in a state where the store operates. With many chain stores, this could mean anywhere in the nation. With Food City, it means Kentucky, Tennessee or Virginia.
“Food City spent over $6 million last year on local produce. This year, it should top $9 million. It’s huge. You’ve got to really support your local-grown produce,” said Inklebarger.
That message was echoed throughout the day. The group started with breakfast at Plainview City Hall and a welcome from Union Coun-ty’s mayors and city offi cials.
“Enjoy our county,” said county mayor Mike Williams. “It’s a beauti-ful county. It’s a good place to live.”
Then, they traveled to the Union County Farmers Co-op to hear
a message from Will Phillips and do some shopping.
Phillips told the group about the history and
management of the Co-op and about the Ten-nessee Agriculture Enhancement Pro-gram, which pro-vides cost-sharing for farmers who complete certain levels of training. This can include up to 50 percent cost sharing for hay storage and livestock handling equip-ment.
“Any time I see any of our representatives, I thank them for that program,” he said.
Most of Union County’s farmers
are in beef cattle production, which
has slowly replaced to-bacco production since
the 1990s. Phillips said he has seen a rise in fresh
market produce farming and sheep and goat farms.The group also visited the
Union County Genealogical Li-brary and Museum, where they
heard from UT Extension Agent Shan-non DeWitt, along with Martha Carter and Wanda Cox Byerley of the Union County Historical Society. They later visited Hamilton Century Farm for
a tour by owner Betty Bullen, had lunch at Bubba Brews at Beach Island Marina, and enjoyed a tour and wine tasting at Seven Springs Farm.
Phillips and Meltabarger thanked all who donated time and materi-als to make the day possible.
Info: www.etrla.com
Kids fi sh free Saturday, June 6
Children can try out fi shing, tie fl ies and ride in boats at this year’s Kids Fish Free Day 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at the Miller Island boat access on River Road just off Highway 441 in Norris.
The event coincides with the statewide Tennessee Free Fishing Day, so no licenses are required. Activities will include lessons in bait fi shing, spin fi shing and fl y fi shing, plus fl y tying and boat rides.
Equipment will be avail-able for loan to children to don’t have their own. This free, public event is sponsored by the Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Info: Dick Geiger, [email protected] or 599-2604.
Art on Main is Saturday
Maynardville’s annual arts event, Art on Main, will be held rain or shine in down-town Maynardville, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6.
This year’s musical enter-tainment is all homegrown: Jim Woods’ Union County Dirt Band, Earl Bull, The Atkins, Old Traditions, The Valley Boys, Paulette VFD’s Monday Night Bunch and the Miscellaneous Musicians.
Guy Gilchrist of “Nancy” comics fame will teach and tell about drawing cartoons while promoting Keep Union County Beautiful.
The number of vendor signups for Art on Main has surpassed last year’s total, and includes several new craftspeople and artists.
Shopper-News is again sponsoring a train ride for kids, and a special space for kids will offer finger painting, chalk art, painting and other crafts.
Veterans of Union County will hold an opening cer-emony with several special guests beginning at 8:45 a.m.
Historical Society cel-ebrates 35 years
All are invited to join Union County Historical Society and Museum volun-teers for a celebration of the society’s 35th anniversary 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the museum, 3824 Maynardville Hwy.
Special guest author Lynn Woodruff Gray will sign her new book, “I Guess You Had to be There.” Gray will also be in attendance at the society’s monthly meeting 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 21, along with author Ruth White of Nash-ville.
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By Shannon CareySarah Morgan calls the WDVX Blue
Plate Special one of her “favorite gigs,” and it’s easy to see why.
The friendly, attentive audience in the heart of downtown Knoxville tends to come for the love of Appalachian music. Broadcast via radio and live-streamed over the Internet, the show reaches a wid-er audience, too. Morgan tends to get more emails and Facebook messages after play-ing the Blue Plate.
The space also has great acoustics, she said.
Morgan’s selection of tunes included “Fare Thee Well,” “Hard Times,” and “My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains.”
Union County native, folk singer and dulcimer musician Morgan said the May 26 show was her fourth or fi fth time on the Blue Plate Special. Back home for the sum-mer, Morgan is a rising sophomore at Pat-rick Henry College in Percival, Va., where
she also works with a women’s ministry.Morgan started playing the dulcimer at
age 7. Now, she has three albums available for purchase: “Simply Sarah,” “Run to the Window,” and her latest “Jubilee.” She is also the 2012 National Mountain Dulcimer Champion.
Blue Plate Special host Red Hickey in-troduced Morgan as “a gem of East Ten-nessee.”
Morgan loves the history behind the dulcimer and helping to keep mountain culture alive.
“There are way more people playing dulcimer now than there were 100 years ago,” she said.
Morgan has a full summer ahead. She will play at the Gebhard Woods Dulcimer and Traditional Music Festival in Morris, Illinois June 6-7, and she will teach dulci-mer at Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamp at Maryville College June 14-20.
Info: www.sarahmorganmusic.com
East Tennessee Regional Leadership members Donna Rolland
and Phyllis Crisp check out the overalls for sale at the Union
County Farmers Co-op. The group toured Union County May
27 to learn about farming and agriculture. Photos by S. Carey
Farm fun forRegional group tours UC ETRLA
Union County native Sarah Morgan performs “Fare
Thee Well” for the WDVX Blue Plate Special in
downtown Knoxville. Photo by S. Carey
Sarah Morgan is‘East Tennessee gem’
See our ad for “Art on the Main” on page 2.
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Keaton Roach stands with his grandmother, Sharon Roach, following the Lincoln Day Dinner.
Keaton sang for the gathering, leading Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett to call him the next
Garth Brooks.
L.D. Monroe (at right) talks with state Republican Party chair Ryan Haynes at the Union County
Lincoln Day Dinner. If not the oldest Republican in the county, Monroe is surely the oldest Re-
publican still buying tickets to fundraisers, although rumors that he actually knew Abe Lincoln
are probably exaggerated. Photo by S. Clark
Tennessee’s Republican supermajority showed up in Union County for the an-nual Lincoln Reagan Day Dinner.
Yes, Republicans rule. You knew it when you read eight featured speakers on the program. Thank good-ness for the roast beef and mashed potatoes from An-derson Farms Catering from Corryton.
On a night of much bull, Anderson’s was the best.
It’s hard to hear eight honorable speakers without feeling a need to rate them. So here is one Republican’s take on Keaton (stellar sing-er Keaton Roach) and the Eight White Guys.
Best wit: Tim Bur-chett, hands down. Sling-ing “dadgums-its” dare we say liberally, Burchett drew heavy applause for calling for an elected schools su-perintendent and a voucher for veterans to choose their doctor (rather than travel to VA Hospitals for treat-ment). He railed against a Congress that “campaigns against welfare but goes to Washington and votes for corporate welfare.”
He said there will never be enough money for gov-ernment. “Dadgum-it, don’t give the government any more money. People say, ‘Tim, don’t you want us to pay our taxes?’ And I say, ‘yes.’ The Bible says to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but I say don’t give Caesar a penny extra. Just what he needs.”
Burchett said the Repub-
licans need to fi nd a presi-dential nominee like Ronald Reagan: “He won because he stood for something.”
And he ended by blasting what he calls the “money fi rst” crowd. “Dadgum it, we don’t give a rip about what they think. … We’re Ameri-cans. We’re Republicans.”
Tough on Crime: Jar-ed Effl er, without question. The newly elected attorney general said he’s proud to be from Union County. He told the partisan crowd that he’s kept two campaign promis-es. He’s ended plea-bargain-ing for makers of metham-phetamines and he’s opened a full-time offi ce with pro-fessional staff in each of the district’s fi ve counties.
“I’m personally involved in trying every murder case,” he added. Effl er lob-bied for two new laws. The Legislature repealed “the pain act” so doctors can say no when they think a person doesn’t need prescription drugs. And now prosecutors can show a jury the victim’s life photos (rather than just crime scene photos).
Killer bills: Sen. Frank Niceley is smart and effec-tive. So why does he intro-duce bills that attract the wrong kind of attention?
This year it was the bill to legalize killing wild animals “in self-defense.”
A few years back, Niceley sponsored a bill to legalize horse meat factories. Now he’s sponsoring a “lifetime gun carry bill,” which basi-cally means what it says. No more pesky renewals.
And he touts the Legis-lature’s “killing common core,” a national standard of education objectives. “We made them teach cur-sive writing and a year of Tennessee history,” he said. “None of that fi ts in com-mon core.”
Niceley is the Senate sponsor of the bill to permit counties to hold a referen-dum to allow an elected su-perintendent of schools. He needs fi ve votes to get it out of committee and has gotten just three. “If it gets to the Senate fl oor, I think it will pass.”
Change Agent: That’s got to be U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, now starting his third term. “We need change,” he said. “We must turn toward God, not away from God. We are the party that believes tomorrow will be a better day!”
Fleischmann has the Oak Ridge dilemma, common to all whose Congressional district includes a major recipient of federal funds. He rails against big govern-ment, while announcing funds for ORNL and the Chickamauga Lock near Chattanooga.
Brevity: Ryan Haynes, the former Knox County legislator who won election as state GOP chair just days earlier. “We’re got to start electing people like us,” he said.
“The average guy can’t get ahead in crony capital-ism. … It starts with stop-ping Hillary Clinton (big applause). We must pray for our country, work hard in the next election and make
sure you continue to vote.”Hey, Me Too! State Rep.
Dennis Powers toes the par-ty line. In less than fi ve min-utes he endorsed the De-fense of Marriage law, said he’s joined Sen. Ken Yeager to “bring back coal min-ing,” and said legislators are “making UT and all branch-es of higher education have an event on Veterans Day.”
Powers is carrying Nice-ley’s bill on an elected su-perintendent and said he has joined the House lead-ership as vice chair of the
GOP Caucus. “Of 99 mem-bers, 73 are Republicans.”
Home boy: Andrew Merritt, fi eld rep for Chuck Fleischmann, introduced his boss. Merritt is a Union County native and youthful face of the local GOP.
Banana Pudding: It was a good time for des-sert when state Rep. Jerry Sexton rose to speak. He was elected in a primary in which massive out-of-state money punished longtime Rep. Dennis “Coach” Roach who had voted against using
tax money for vouchers to private schools.
Sexton is best known for sponsoring a bill to make the Bible the “state book.” The bill failed this year but will probably return.
Offi cers of the Union County Republican Club are: Jody Smith, chair; Tammy Merritt and Kevin Roach, vice chairs; Doug Gwaltney, secretary; Wil-liam Von Schipmann, trea-surer; Glenn Cooke, vice-treasurer; Matthew Cooke, chaplain.
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Union County seniors enjoyed fun events ring-ing in the warm summer months.
The Sharps Chapel Se-nior Center hosted the an-nual fi sh fry May 20, with great food and music.
The Maynardville Se-nior Center’s Gala Day was May 22, with food, music, door prizes and recognition
of volunteers. They even crowned this year’s king and queen, Pete Oehlberg and Bessie Delozier.
Offi cial fi sh fryer Bill Blackburn with Union County senior cen-
ters director Melanie Dykes. Photos submitted
Maynardville Senior Center King and Queen Pete Oehlberg
and Bessie Delozier.
Musicians Lee Ogle, Lummy Massengale and Jim Woods take a break to chow down at the fi sh fry.
Helen Foster and Wanda Bruner sing during the gala.
Seniors celebrate summer
‘Electrifying’ Main StreetThe Union County Arts Council is singing “Hallelujah!” because county maintenance staff
Bill Collins, with help from Jeff Graham and Collins’ assistant Kermie Holloway, are fi nishing
up the installation of electrical hookups in downtown Maynardville. The project is a joint
eff ort of Union County and Maynardville city governments to provide infrastructure for
downtown events. The outlets are along the edge of the courthouse parking lot adjacent
to the grounds of the June 6 Art on Main festival. Photo submitted
Memorial Service at Lett’s Cemetery
The annual Memorial Service at Lett’s Cemetery on Hickory Valley in Union County will be 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 7. Funds will be collected for upkeep. Info: Roy Beeler, 566-3624.
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Frequently, people want to research their family his-tory but do not know how to start. I have compiled some sources and helpful tips. I’ll try to add to this later, but this can get most anyone started with their project.
1. Family Group Sheet. This form can be printed from the Internet as a PDF fi le. Click on Google or some other search engine. Type in Family Group Sheet. When it comes up on the screen, click on it and print as many copies as you wish.
2. When you start re-searching a surname, try to think of all the ways this name could be spelled. Make a list of those and look for all spellings as you go along.
Sources of information:3. Beginning in 1967, So-
cial Security Administra-tion printed death indexes.
4. Applications for Social Security contain lots of in-formation about the person.
5. Roots Web is a free version of Ancestry.Com. To get complete access to Ancestry, go to your nearest library or McClung Room
Henry Brooks Adams said, “A teacher affects eter-nity; he can never tell where his infl uence stops.”
Union County history books written by Kathleen George Graves, Winnie Palmer McDonald and Bon-nie Heiskell Peters have im-mortalized many educators from long ago who other-wise would have been for-gotten.
The cliché notes that it takes many villagers to raise a child – similarly, it takes many teachers to edu-cate a student. Final student outcomes are the result of infl uences of several teach-ers. Sometimes teachers take comfort in this shared responsibility, but the po-tential for good or harm each individual teacher pos-sesses cannot be trivialized.
School yearbooks stand as testimony of teachers and their students. I have spent most of my educational ca-reer in administration, hav-ing taught only eight years. I do not know the fates of most former students.
Bad news always travels fastest and is most disturb-ing. Some of my former students have been unfor-tunate (divorced, addicted, incarcerated, seriously in-jured, deceased). Others have had happier lives (mar-ried, parents, Facebook friends, a medical research-er, ministers, a banker, blue collar workers, substitute teachers, a police offi cer, and a teacher).
The successes of my for-mer students are a joy to the heart and soul.
I was privileged to be the principal of Sharps Chapel Elementary for seven years from 1995 until 2002. I am looking back through those yearbooks and meditating on the lives touched by that portion of Ms. Jimmie El-dridge’s career.
From this group of Ms. Jimmie’s students I see some who are teachers in other Union County schools. One is a teacher in another school system. There is a
Rippling eff ect of pebbles in water
young lady who became a college student and has a promising future as a jour-nalist. Yet another young lady was a college student who later became a legisla-tive intern.
Ms. Jimmie’s class of 2002 included a college stu-dent and a minister. Yet an-other of her former students is a colleague who rose from receiving her fi rst (and I’m sure only) “F” in Ms. Jim-mie’s kindergarten to obtain a doctorate in educational leadership.
Approximately half of Sharps Chapel’s current teachers are former stu-dents of Ms. Jimmie. Many will tell you when asked that Ms. Jimmie was a big part of the reason they themselves became teachers. Each for-mer student of Ms. Jimmie’s who became a teacher ex-ponentially multiplies the effect of her many years of dedication.
Other former students of Sharps Chapel Elemen-tary became educators. Two are my fellow high school graduates. One is a popu-lar middle school teacher; the other is a successful el-ementary school principal. Perhaps no other Union County school has had such a high percentage of former students become educators. Each is now a pebble in life’s vast educational ocean.
The Horace Maynard High School Class of 1983 included six graduates (my-self included) who went on to become educators in the Union County Public Schools. For the next fi ve weeks I will share with you memories and thoughts of these fi ve outstanding friends and colleagues.
Genealogy sources and tips
at East Tennessee History Center to use their version. As I understand it, even paid versions of Ancestry do not contain as much infor-mation as the libraries have.
6. In the mid-1930s the Works Progress Admin-istration gave people jobs copying county records. These records are a blessing to today’s researchers.
7. The Church of Latter Day Saints has many re-cords. You can contact one of these churches and go there to do research or you can key in familysearch.org. And follow the directions.
8. From 1880 the Lat-ter Day Saints listed fam-ily members’ relationship to the head of the household. As I understand it, the LDS philosophy is they believe those who didn’t have an op-portunity to meet and know Joseph Smith get a second
chance by submitting their lineage to the LDS Church.
9. The National Archives (NARA) has numerous re-cords. The closest NARA to Union County is Atlanta. You can look at and down-load pension records – es-pecially Union and Confed-erate soldiers. The book, “Tennesseans in the Civil War,” is also a very good source of information. Us-ing the Internet for Civil War records, go to ltd.nps.gov.swss.
10. NARA has WWI draft records – your county may have them as well. Often veterans registered their discharge with the Register of Deeds in a county. If the veteran did not return to his home county, he may have registered the discharge in the county where he relo-cated.
11. In searching for early immigrant records, go to usgenweb.com and type in or click on “My Heritage.” Then go to or click on “Im-migration Records.” Also look at worldgenweb.org.
12. Cyndislist.com is an-other genealogical site.
13. For United States Land Grants go to glore-cords.blm.gov.
14. Local health depart-ments only keep vital re-cords for seven years. Re-cords are then sent to the state Department of Health. Your health department does have the proper form on which to make your re-quest. A copy of the original document is important for many needs; for example if one wishes to join Daugh-ters of the American Revo-lution or Sons of the Revo-lution.
Note: Many thanks to Ray Bailey for telling us about the sign at Ike Shoff-ner’s Country Store in Sharps Chapel.
Ray, who is now 70, says when he was 17-years-old he stayed for a time with the Bill Cox family and worked for Mr. Shoffner delivering “Ole Black Joe” fertilizer and that the sign shows a man with a sack of that fer-tilizer on his back.
He said many of the local farmers at that time chose that brand for their tobacco crops.
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This is a cruel story.Dave Serrano, Ten-
nessee baseball coach, is trapped, damned if he does or doesn’t.
If he works the phones from dawn to midnight, chases around the country until his budget is drained, recruits like a madman and signs the best high school players, he loses. On draft day, major league baseball picks his pocket.
If he leans back in his of-fi ce chair, props his feet on the desk, watches the SEC Network and takes what he can get, he loses. Texas A&M, Florida and maybe Alabama and LSU will have better players because of ge-ography. There is no logical explanation for Vanderbilt success.
Strange how this Serrano plight has developed. Dave was once a very successful coach back home in Califor-nia, in the Big West Confer-ence. He led Cal-Irvine and Cal State Fullerton to the College World Series. That’s how he got the Tennessee job, a dream come true with a $450,000 salary plus a
Coach Serrano is trapped
share of camp profi ts and adidas sales.
Before that, Serrano was a very effective UT assistant coach, 1995-96, when Rod Delmonico was in charge. The Volunteers, big win-ners, made their fi rst trip to Omaha in 44 years.
Dave returned to his roots but his heart stayed here. He said Big Orange Country was where he al-ways wanted to be. He ap-plied for the head job in 2007 but athletic direc-tor Mike Hamilton, better known for fi ring a football legend and hiring unusual replacements, chose Todd Raleigh as baseball coach. He failed and went away with a 108-113 record.
Serrano applied again in 2011 and Hamilton liked him better. Mike was in the process of hiring Dave when
Mike found it expedient to accept a golden parachute and fl y to safety. Interim AD Joan Cronan completed negotiations. That was a few minutes before Dave Hart got the keys to the kingdom.
Year 4 was supposed to be a very good baseball season. It wasn’t. The end, enhanced by three late vic-tories, was 24-26. Serrano said it was a slap-down ex-perience, humbling, that he realizes he must make philosophical adjustments. He has always had faith in pitching and defense. He’ll try to do something about his offense, last in the SEC in hits and runs. Key assis-tant Greg Bergeron has re-signed.
Serrano can make adjust-ments but there isn’t time to start over. He has one year to go on his contract.
The coach won’t know what he has to work with until after the upcoming draft and the period of meditation when players weigh money offers against the joys of college and value of a degree.
Top high school talent
uses scholarships to lever-age more zeros. The Vols are almost certain to lose some signees. College juniors say now or next year. Tennessee shortstop A.J. Simcox, out-fi elder Christin Stewart and pitcher-fi rst baseman An-drew Lee are likely to have that choice.
Serrano’s Volunteers have been a major disap-pointment. The four-year record is 101-110. It is 39-78 against SEC competition. Peak performance has been squeezing into the bottom of the league tournament. A return to Omaha and the national event? Can’t see it from here. It would take a Hubble.
This is a sad develop-ment. I remember how pleased, yes, excited, Dave was when introduced as the new coach of the Volunteers. He talked about what a spe-cial place this is. He said something I have always believed: “There’s no reason in the world that we can’t be successful in all sports.”
Make a wish. Maybe it can still happen in baseball.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
■ 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.
VBS ■ Alder Springs Baptist
Church, Hickory Star Road,
Monday-Friday, June 15-19.
Classes for all ages. Everyone
welcome.
■ Church of God of the Union Assembly, 336 Tazewell Pike
in Luttrell, will host “Bible
Blast To The Past,” 6:30-9 p.m.
Sunday-Friday, June 7-12. For
FAITH NOTESages 3 through teens. Supper
will be served each night.
Info/registration: Linda Mer-
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■ Little Flat Creek Baptist Church, 9132 E. Emory Road
in Corryton, “Everest,” 6:30-9
p.m. Monday-Friday, June
8-12. Register during “Fun
Day,” noon-4 p.m. Saturday,
June 6. Commencement, 11
a.m. Sunday, June 14. Classes
for all ages. Info: 688-7950.
■ New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 7-8:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday, June 15-19.
Classes for all ages. Everyone
welcome.
■ Zion Hill Baptist Church, 289
Cardin Gap Road in Heiskell,
6:30-9 p.m. Sunday-Friday,
June 7-12. Commencement
on Friday. Classes for all ages.
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Whatever the mode of transportation, travel in-volves prolonged sitting. And that’s a position that can be tough on blood fl ow to muscles and tough on the back. If you’re driv-ing a car, slide the seat up so you’re as close to the steering wheel as comfort-ably possible. Your knees should be slightly higher than your hips. Don’t keep a constant death grip on the steering wheel. Lighten up occasionally and move your hands into different positions on the wheel. Rest periodically. Fatigue can grow over a long road trip and lead to dozing at
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There is a generation of us who think of this song every year when the “third of June” rolls around.
A ballad is a narrative composition in verse; in other words, a simple song that tells a story. “Ode to Billie Joe” is pro-vocative because of what it didn’t tell. One thing it didn’t tell was the name of the narrator!
Even so, those of us who were listening to the radio in those days are pretty sure we know what the narrator of the ballad and Billie Joe MacAllister were throwing off the Tal-lahatchie Bridge.
It is the nature of bal-lads to tell only snatches of stories. A ballad is not, after all, a novel. There are fragments given – pieces of information – that leave some element of mystery to provoke curiosity and give the lis-tener license to fi ll in the
Hazael asked, “Why does my lord weep?” He an-swered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel; you will set their fortresses on fi re, you will kill their young men with the sword, dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their pregnant women.”
(II Kings 8: 12 NRSV)
“It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day….”
(“Ode to Billie Joe,” Bobbie Gentry)
The third of June
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blanks.There are stories like
that in the Bible as well: stories that leave us scan-ning the edges of the printed page, hoping for more details. We want more explanations, more information and more material!
We should, instead, be grateful to those scribes who wrote down our sa-cred texts, using quills and precious ink and sheepskin to record the stories they knew and believed to be important – no, critical! – to our knowledge of God’s his-tory and activity and pur-poses in our world.
‘Check-In’ with TENNder Care 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 ap-pointment, 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.
Richard Phillips hands Maynardville Food City manager Scott Inklebarger a carved wooden egg, saying what a “good egg” Inkle-
barger is for speaking to East Tennessee Regional Leadership about the importance of local farming.
Will Phillips of the Union County Farmers Co-op speaks to members
of East Tennessee Regional Leadership. Listening in front are Gail Lyke
of Roane County, and Phyllis Crisp and Jane Groff of Blount County.
Hamilton Cemetery in need of donationsThe mowing fund for Hamilton Cemetery is almost
depleted and funds are needed to help keep the cemetery clean and free of briars and brambles. Relatives of those buried in the cemetery or anyone willing to help may send donations to: the Hamilton Cemetery, c/o John Cabage, 740 Cabbage Cemetery Road, Washburn TN 37888.
Richard Phillips and Joyce Meltabarger are representing Union
County in East Tennessee Regional Leadership this year. They
organized the group’s tour of Union County.
Historical Society celebrates 35 yearsAll are invited to join Union County Historical Society
and Museum for a celebration of the society’s 35th anni-versary 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the museum, 3824 Maynardville Hwy Special guest author Lynn Wood-ruff Gray will sign her new book, “I Guess You Had to be There.”
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THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20Online registration open for Race to benefi t
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: [email protected]; [email protected]; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 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, JUNE 4Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30
p.m., auditorium, Walters State Community College Tazewell campus. Topic: “How to extract and bottle honey.” Open to the public. Coffee and dessert will be served. Info: 617-9013.
“Beyond Basil ... a better herb garden,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardeners Tina Vaught and Marcia Griswold. Info: 329-8892.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 5-6Church yard sale, 8 a.m., Mount Harmony Bap-
tist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE in Heiskell. Proceeds go to the church.
SATURDAY, JUNE 6Art on Main, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Main Street in May-
nardville. Opening ceremonies begin 8:45 a.m. Music, vendors, kids area and more.
Church rummage sale, 8 a.m., Fountain Valley Church, 705 Satterfi eld Road, Maynardville.
Motorcycle ride to benefi t Faith UMC Youth for Resurrection trip, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike. Other activities include: motorcycle games, corn hole tournament, basket auction, kids activities, BBQ lunch, vendor spaces and music. Info: Vicki Easter-day, 216-1963.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9A “Pig” Event with Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro, 6:30-
Happy Travelers trip: Country Tonite Theatre 3 p.m. matinee with lunch at Applewood Farm House Restaurant. Cost: $35 inclusive. Info/to register: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10International 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.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12Free movie night, Luttrell City Park. Family
friendly movie begins at dusk. Everyone welcome; bring chairs or blanket. Info: 992- 0678.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 12-13Rummage and bake sale, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mt.
Hermon UMC, 232 E. Copeland Road. Furniture, baked goods, canned goods, lots of “treasures.” Info: 938-7910 or 939-7663.
SATURDAY, JUNE 13Aglow yard sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., New Covenant Fel-
lowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike. Kaleidoscope Magic, noon-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts
Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. In-structor: Bob Grimac. Registration deadline: June 5. Info/to register: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
Union County Historical Society 35th Anni-versary, 2:30 p.m., Union County Museum.
SUNDAY, JUNE 14Handsewing class, 2-4:30 p.m., Appalachian
Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet Donaldson. Registration deadline: June 8. Info/to register: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18Earring Extravaganza, 6-9 p.m., Appalachian
Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. Registration deadline: June 11. Info/to register: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
“Off With Their Heads ... pinching, deadheading and cutting back,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Garden-ers Carolyn Kiser and Linda Denton. Info: 329-8892.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20Happy Travelers trip: Strolling and Shopping –
lunch at Farmer’s Daughter Restaurant in Chuckey, visit Birth Place of Davy Crockett in Limestone, tour Jones-borough, and shopping at Hamrick’s in Kingsport. Cost: $35 inclusive. Info/to register: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21Summer Solstice Celebration, 7-9 p.m., Mac
Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or [email protected].
MONDAY-FRIDAY, JUNE 22-26Kids’ Craft camp for kids ages 7-12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Sheri Burns and her assistant Kat Havercamp. Bring lunch. Registration deadline: June 17. Info/to register: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27Film Night with Potluck Meal, 6-9 p.m., Narrow
Ridge’s Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or [email protected].
THURSDAY, JULY 2Happy Travelers Gathering/Luncheon, 11 a.m.,
North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike. Music provided by Mavis and Paul Hughes with Joyful Sound. Free; $7 donation suggested. Info: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.
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Braxton Miller and Noah Campbell show their patriotism during the Memorial Day parade.
Veteran Frank DiGennaro salutes during the playing of taps after placing a wreath in honor of
Union County’s veterans. Photos by S. Carey
Scout Troop 401 leads the Memorial Day
parade down Main Street in Maynardville.
By Shannon CareyA group of Union Coun-
tians took time away from camping and grilling to honor the true meaning of Memorial Day.
On the steps of the Union County Courthouse, mem-bers of the VFW and Ameri-can Legion placed wreaths on the courthouse memori-als and played taps during a
moment of silence.Then, the crowd
marched down Main Street to the memorial near May-nardville Elementary School.
Scout Troop 401 did the presentation of colors and marched at the head of the parade with the fl ags.
“This is a day for re-membrance,” said Frank
DiGennaro. “To me, it has a very strong meaning.” When living in Washing-ton, D.C., DiGennaro visited Arlington Cemetery to put fl owers on the graves of his relatives.
“We are a proud people,” said Union County Mayor Mike Williams. “We stand for what is best and bright-est in this world.”
