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By Shannon Carey Toes were tapping, kids were smiling, and a miniature horse even applied her hooves to canvas at the Art on Main event in downtown Maynardville June 6. Formerly known as Art in the Park, the event has been held on Main Street for the past three years. The all-volunteer board of the Union County Arts Council hosts Art on Main to promote the arts and educate the public about art of all types, including music, paint- ing, sculpture, wood-working and fiber arts. “It’s also about promoting the local talent and promoting our county,” said board chair Carol Pratt. And with activities for kids, live music and great food vendors, it’s just a plain old good time with friends and family. “It’s grown every year,” said Pratt. “There were people here from Kenya. We had vendors from Maryville, Seymour and Tellico. The ven- dors did really well. Some of them said it was the best festival they’ve ever attended.” Pratt said the new electric outlets installed for the food vendors made a big difference. “Now, that electricity can be used for other events,” she said. Pratt thanked all sponsors, including Food City of Maynard- ville, Carolyn Shields, Sharps Chapel FCE, Hubbs Grove FCE, Ron and Chris Gabler, Eric and Gloria Holcomb, Midway IGA, Elizabeth Asbury, Janet Holloway, ORNL Credit Union, James Heiskel, Flowers by Bob, David Myers, city of Plainview, Kay Clapp, Gariann Anesko, Shopper-News, iCare Union County and Pat Hurley, along with all volunteers and donors. Union County Arts Council board mem- bers are Pratt, Beth Weiss, Gloria Holcomb, Jeff Chesney, Libby Morgan, Randy Turner, Susan Boone, Neva Kitts, Betty Bullen and Sandy Manter. 7049 Maynardville Pike 37918 (865) 922-4136 NEWS [email protected]Sandra Clark| Bonnie Peters ADVERTISING SALES [email protected]Patty Fecco | Tony Cranmore Alice Devall | Beverly Holland POSTAL CUSTOMER VOL. 10 NO. 24 June 17, 2015 www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow More photos on page 2 BUZZ By Shannon Carey Grim faces met grim words at Union County Commission’s May 8 meeting, as director of finance Ann Dyer predicted a county gov- ernment shutdown if the commis- sion does not raise property taxes. “November of next year if we don’t do something we’ll have to send people home and go on furlough until we have more rev- enue,” she said. Mayor Mike Williams said this situation has been building for some time. “This is in no way anything oth- er than information,” he said. “So you can say this is not something that happened last night or last week. This is something that has been building for years and years.” Dyer presented a comparison of Union County’s property tax rate, reduced in 2007 to $1.79, to sur- rounding counties’ rates. Union County was by far the lowest ex- cluding Campbell County at $1.76. Also, while 2007 to 2010 saw growth in property tax revenue, “the last four years there was not an increase in property taxes. “Revenue has been decreas- Breeding says jail may get state certification Union County Sheriff Billy Breeding an- nounced May 8 that the county jail may receive state certifica- tion. “Last Thurs- day the jail in- spector came, and he’s actual- ly going to rec- ommend the jail to be state cer- tified,” Breeding said. “He was amazed at the improvements we’ve made.” Breeding stressed that there are still steps to go through for state certification, and it is not certain at this time. But the rec- ommendation is a positive sign. “We still have to go before the board in September,” Breeding said. While Breeding is not sure how long it has been since the jail was state certified, he esti- mated at least 20 years. Billy Breeding Ann Dyer Mike Williams Property tax increase on the horizon ing or flat while costs go up,” said Dyer. “So when you look at that, that’s a big hold. The last three years, we have been budgeted over revenue.” Budget requests for fiscal year 2015-2016 exceed projected rev- enue by $623,106. Dyer referenced the $30 wheel tax adopted in 2009 to pay financ- ing for the new Paulette Elemen- tary School and renovations at the county’s other elementary schools. “Often, the wheel tax collected falls short of the Paulette school payment alone,” Dyer said. “The wheel tax since its inception has created a $675,000 hole in the budget.” But, there’s hope. “We’ve got to get to 2020,” Dyer said. Union County High School will be paid off in 2020, taking that strain off the county’s finances. “A $2.15 tax rate will get us there,” said Dyer. The increase would raise taxes on the average Union County resi- dential parcel by $71.55 per year. “Nobody likes tax increases. I know that,” said Dyer. “But as we know, everything has gone up (in cost). But with no new construc- tion to balance that, the only way we can balance our budget to be healthy in November 2016 is to pass a tax increase.” Commissioner J. M. Bailey asked for a round of applause for Dyer and her work preparing the presentation. “She puts in a lot of hours, working until 10 or 11 at night and on Saturdays, for no extra pay,” he said. The applause turned into a standing ovation. Eric Holcomb, Gale Atkins, Amanda Atkins and Mark Walker perform on the Back Porch Stage at Art on Main. The stage was sponsored by Flowers by Bob. Photos by S. Carey Just ‘horsing’ around Kaydon Richardson rides a horse led by Beth Wil- liams at Art on Main. at Kids fish free at Big Ridge American Legion Post 212 will host the annual Youth Free Fishing Tournament for kids age 12 and under, Saturday, June 20, at Big Ridge State Park. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and fishing goes from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be free bait to use with bamboo poles or rod and reel. All equipment must be returned. There will be prizes for all entrants, and food and drinks will be served. Tournament to boost baseball A cornhole tournament to raise funds for the Union County High School baseball team will be held 6 p.m. Satur- day, June 27, at Lil Jo’s BBQ on Maynardville Highway. Early registration begins at 5 p.m. Cost is $20 per player. There will be cash prizes for first and second place. Rain date is July 11. Info: 621-4603 or 660-1839. School bo ard to meet June 18 The Union County Board of Education will meet in regu- lar session Thursday, June 18, in the Union County High School auditorium. The work- shop will begin at 6 p.m. with the meeting to follow. Info: Ronnie Mincey, 278-6430 or [email protected]. IN THIS ISSUE Interns visit Clinton Shopper-News interns, rising 8th and 9th graders, v isited Clinton last week and are headed to Maynardville this week. In Clinton, we visited Ray Varner Ford, Hammer’s, Hoskins Drug Store and the Green McAdoo museum. ➤ See story on page 6-7 Sheriff’s garden Sheriff Billy Breeding has inmates hoeing and weeding this summer, raising food for the jail. ➤ Details on page 3 John Bean tape A new tape from East Ten- nessee’s own John Bean has been unearthed, and Bradley Reeves will play it 10 p.m. Thursday, June 18, on his WDVX radio show, East Ten- nessee Quiver, 102.9 FM. ➤ Details on page 5 Now accepting NEW patients! 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By Shannon CareyToes were tapping, kids were smiling, and
a miniature horse even applied her hooves to canvas at the Art on Main event in downtown Maynardville June 6.
Formerly known as Art in the Park, the event has been held on Main Street for the past three years. The all-volunteer board of the Union County Arts Council hosts Art on Main to promote the arts and educate the public about art of all types, including music, paint-ing, sculpture, wood-working and fi ber arts.
“It’s also about promoting the local talent and promoting our county,” said board chair Carol Pratt.
And with activities for kids, live music and great food vendors, it’s just a plain old good time with friends and family.
“It’s grown every year,” said Pratt. “There were people here from Kenya. We had vendors from Maryville, Seymour and Tellico. The ven-dors did really well. Some of them said it was the best festival they’ve ever attended.”
Pratt said the new electric outlets installed
for the food vendors made a big difference.
“Now, that electricity can be used for other events,” she said.
Pratt thanked all sponsors, including Food City of Maynard-ville, Carolyn Shields, Sharps Chapel FCE, Hubbs Grove FCE, Ron and Chris Gabler, Eric and Gloria Holcomb, Midway IGA, Elizabeth Asbury, Janet Holloway, ORNL Credit Union, James Heiskel, Flowers by Bob, David Myers, city of Plainview, Kay Clapp, Gariann Anesko, Shopper-News, iCare Union County and Pat Hurley, along with all volunteers and donors.
Union County Arts Council board mem-bers are Pratt, Beth Weiss, Gloria Holcomb, Jeff Chesney, Libby Morgan, Randy Turner, Susan Boone, Neva Kitts, Betty Bullen and Sandy Manter.
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BUZZ
By Shannon CareyGrim faces met grim words at
Union County Commission’s May 8 meeting, as director of fi nance Ann Dyer predicted a county gov-ernment shutdown if the commis-sion does not raise property taxes.
“November of next year if we don’t do something we’ll have to send people home and go on furlough until we have more rev-enue,” she said.
Mayor Mike Williams said this situation has been building for some time.
“This is in no way anything oth-er than information,” he said. “So you can say this is not something that happened last night or last week. This is something that has been building for years and years.”
Dyer presented a comparison of Union County’s property tax rate, reduced in 2007 to $1.79, to sur-rounding counties’ rates. Union County was by far the lowest ex-cluding Campbell County at $1.76. Also, while 2007 to 2010 saw growth in property tax revenue, “the last four years there was not an increase in property taxes.
“Revenue has been decreas-
Breeding says jail may get state certifi cationUnion County Sheriff Billy
Breeding an-nounced May 8 that the county jail may receive state certifi ca-tion.
“Last Thurs-day the jail in-spector came, and he’s actual-ly going to rec-
ommend the jail to be state cer-tifi ed,” Breeding said. “He was
amazed at the improvements we’ve made.”
Breeding stressed that there are still steps to go through for state certifi cation, and it is not certain at this time. But the rec-ommendation is a positive sign.
“We still have to go before the board in September,” Breeding said.
While Breeding is not sure how long it has been since the jail was state certifi ed, he esti-mated at least 20 years.
Billy Breeding
Ann Dyer Mike Williams
Property tax increase on the horizon
ing or fl at while costs go up,” said Dyer. “So when you look at that, that’s a big hold. The last three years, we have been budgeted over revenue.”
Budget requests for fi scal year 2015-2016 exceed projected rev-enue by $623,106.
Dyer referenced the $30 wheel tax adopted in 2009 to pay fi nanc-ing for the new Paulette Elemen-tary School and renovations at the county’s other elementary schools.
“Often, the wheel tax collected falls short of the Paulette school payment alone,” Dyer said. “The wheel tax since its inception has created a $675,000 hole in the budget.”
But, there’s hope.
“We’ve got to get to 2020,” Dyer said.
Union County High School will be paid off in 2020, taking that strain off the county’s fi nances.
“A $2.15 tax rate will get us there,” said Dyer.
The increase would raise taxes on the average Union County resi-dential parcel by $71.55 per year.
“Nobody likes tax increases. I know that,” said Dyer. “But as we know, everything has gone up (in cost). But with no new construc-
tion to balance that, the only way we can balance our budget to be healthy in November 2016 is to pass a tax increase.”
Commissioner J. M. Bailey asked for a round of applause for Dyer and her work preparing the presentation.
“She puts in a lot of hours, working until 10 or 11 at night and on Saturdays, for no extra pay,” he said.
The applause turned into a standing ovation.
Eric Holcomb, Gale Atkins, Amanda Atkins and Mark Walker perform on the Back Porch
Stage at Art on Main. The stage was sponsored by Flowers by Bob. Photos by S. Carey
Just ‘horsing’ around
Kaydon Richardson rides
a horse led by Beth Wil-
liams at Art on Main.
at Kids fi sh free at Big Ridge
American Legion Post 212 will host the annual Youth Free Fishing Tournament for kids age 12 and under, Saturday, June 20, at Big Ridge State Park. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and fi shing goes from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be free bait to use with bamboo poles or rod and reel. All equipment must be returned. There will be prizes for all entrants, and food and drinks will be served.
Tournament to boost baseball
A cornhole tournament to raise funds for the Union County High School baseball team will be held 6 p.m. Satur-day, June 27, at Lil Jo’s BBQ on Maynardville Highway. Early registration begins at 5 p.m. Cost is $20 per player. There will be cash prizes for fi rst and second place. Rain date is July 11. Info: 621-4603 or 660-1839.
School bo ard to meet June 18
The Union County Board of Education will meet in regu-lar session Thursday, June 18, in the Union County High School auditorium. The work-shop will begin at 6 p.m. with the meeting to follow. Info: Ronnie Mincey, 278-6430 or [email protected].
IN THIS ISSUE
Interns visit ClintonShopper-News interns,
rising 8th and 9th graders, visited Clinton last week and are headed to Maynardville this week.
In Clinton, we visited Ray Varner Ford, Hammer’s, Hoskins Drug Store and the Green McAdoo museum.
➤ See story on page 6-7
Sheriff ’s gardenSheriff Billy Breeding has
inmates hoeing and weeding this summer, raising food for the jail.
➤ Details on page 3
John Bean tapeA new tape from East Ten-
nessee’s own John Bean has been unearthed, and Bradley Reeves will play it 10 p.m. Thursday, June 18, on his WDVX radio show, East Ten-nessee Quiver, 102.9 FM.
➤ Details on page 5
Now accepting NEW patients!
No appointments necessary992-2221
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5pm Saturday by appointment
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Chapel’s Book Station sets summer hours
New summer hours for Sharps Chapel Book Sta-tion, 1550 Sharps Chapel Road, are: 2-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. The Book Station is closed on Sunday and Monday.
By Shannon CareyThere’s more than just
food sprouting in the Union County Sheriff’s inmate garden. That fertile soil is also growing discipline, pride and some exercise in the sunshine for inmates in the Union County jail.
Sheriff Billy Breeding started the program, which he modeled after other pro-grams like it all over the country.
The plot of land along Highway 33 was leased to the county for just $1 by Chris Tolliver, Will Bunch and Jacob Effl er. Most of the seed, fertilizer and garden equipment were donated by local businesses.
The crops will help feed jail inmates. If there is extra food, it will be donated to a local food pantry. Crops in-clude tomatoes, green pep-pers, corn, green beans, po-
tatoes, sweet potatoes and okra.
“I think it’s a good way to help save taxpayer dollars,” said Breeding. “The inmates are very excited about it. They love it. They’d be out here every day if we’d let them.”
Breeding supervises the gardening inmates himself most days, and another law enforcement offi cer super-vises them if he gets called away.
“I’d like to do an even big-ger one next year,” he said.
Breeding thanked all who contributed plants, seed, equipment and other mate-rials for the inmate garden, including 33 Hardware, Union County Farmers Co-op, Tater Valley Nursery, Nature’s Accents Landscap-ing, McCarter’s Seamless Guttering and Hardin’s Mountain Organics.
Lincoln Memorial Uni-versity and Remote Area Medical joined June 10 for the seventh RAM Health Expedition at LMU. The expedition provided free medical, dental and optical care to 474 people in just a day and a half at the Tex Turner Arena on the LMU main campus in Harrogate.
Most patients received more than one service, ac-counting for 553 patient en-counters. These patient con-tacts equaled $298,103.48 in free services rendered. Over 320 lay and profes-sional volunteers staffed the event.
RAM provides a wide range of free basic health, dental and optical services to the people throughout the country and internationally. The Knoxville-based orga-nization recruited licensed volunteer medical, dental, vision and nursing person-nel from across the country to provide the services.
The dental area served 237 adults and eight chil-dren over the course of the weekend. The volunteer den-tists administered 86 dental cleanings, 165 dental fi llings and 799 dental extractions.
Coff ey completes basic trainingU.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Tilda C. Cof-
fey graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San
Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.
Coff ey is the daughter of Karen L. and Todd A. Taylor of
Knoxville and the ward of Judy Taylor of Maynardville.
Her brothers are Brian D. Coff ey of Westerville, Ohio, and
Tyron Blakely of Maynardville. She is a 2012 graduate of Union
County High School.
By Shannon CareyDon’t let the name fool
you. The park proposed by the city of Maynardville will be family-friendly venue, despite city manager Jack Rhyne joking that the stat-ue at its center ought to be a moonshine still.
“But I don’t think that’s going to fl y,” he said with a grin.
Rhyne presented the plan to Union County Com-mission June 8. He said the city has been working for four years on a proposal that would work for both the city and the county. The city is applying for a 50/50 matching grant from the state to purchase 33 acres on Main Street just south of the industrial park.
“After that, we’ll apply for grants from all over,” Rhyne said. “Hopefully, we can build this park over the next fi ve to seven years.”
A rendering of plans for the park features a green-way, disc golf course, a fl ex-ible indoor/outdoor event center, amphitheater, splash pad, playground, pavilion and more. Maynardville
will own the park and be responsible for its mainte-nance.
“But we want this to be an asset for the whole county, not just for Maynardville,” said Rhyne. “You don’t have to live in Maynardville to use this park.”
He estimated total cost for the park to be several million dollars.
MILESTONES
Plans for the proposed city of Maynardville Thunder Road Park show 33 acres including greenway trail, disc golf course, multi-
purpose fi elds, event center, amphitheater, splash pad and playground. The parcel is located on Main Street just south of the
industrial park. Maynardville is applying for a matching grant to purchase the property.
Sheriff Billy Breeding stands with the tomato plants in the in-
mate garden. Photo by S. Carey
Recent LMU graduate Emily Ely (right) assists a Remote Area
Medical patient in selecting a free set of frames during the
RAM Health Expedition at LMU on Sunday. Nearly 300 pairs of
glasses were made on site at the Tex Turner Arena. Photo submitted
Hundreds served at RAM clinic
Inmate garden grows discipline, pride
Thunder Road Park
Local dental professionals including Dr. Jessica Min-ton, Dr. Shaku Patel, Dr. Cordell Tolliver, hygienists Candice Ramsey and Tam-my Salzano and dental assis-tant Justin Cox volunteered during the event.
In the vision area, the expedition served 238 pa-tients, including 11 chil-dren. A total of 293 pairs of glasses were made on site, including multiple pairs for
some. Local optometrist Dr. Holly Booth volunteered along with local opticians Sally Mullins and Myra Richardson.
The general medical area saw 70 patients. LMU-DeBusk College of Osteo-pathic Medicine faculty and students provided Osteo-pathic Manipulative Medi-cine treatments to over 180 individuals, both patients and volunteers, during the
clinic. LMU-DCOM medi-cal and physician assistant students joined faculty in staffi ng the medical area. Dr. Gina DeFranco, Dr. Ni-cole Shields, Dr. Juanita Brown, Dr. Douglas Weston and Dr. Chris Yonts joined physician assistant faculty member Stephen Noe in su-pervising students and see-ing patients.
Sponsors for the LMU event included DeRoyal In-dustries, Cumberland Trails United Way, Commercial Bank, Mission of Hope, city of Harrogate, The Ideal Print Shop, Tuck’s Advertis-ing, Coke of Middlesboro, KFC of Middlesboro, Mc-Donald’s of Middlesboro, Harmony Baptist Church, Farmers and Miners Bank and Subway of Harrogate.
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Hopkins will work with Extension agents and devel-op comprehensive farm and fi nancial management edu-cational programs for Ten-nessee’s Manage Program using workshops, seminars and individual visits.
He grew up as an active member of 4-H and FFA programs. While his great-est interest is in beef cattle, he is also interested in: bee-keeping, direct marketing, small and beginning farm-ers, farmers markets and vegetable production.
“I am excited to work with producers throughout Northeast Tennessee. I tru-ly enjoy helping producers, and I feel blessed that my job gives me the opportu-nity to meet and learn from such a diverse and passion-ate group of individuals,” he said.
Having worked with UT Extension since 2008 in 4-H and adult agriculture in Jefferson County, he holds a master’s degree in agribusi-ness and risk management, an MBA from UT Martin, and a bachelor’s degree in animal science.
Agricultural producers can reach Hopkins by con-tacting their local UT Ex-tension offi ce.
4 • JUNE 17, 2015 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news opinion
Ronnie Mincey
TEACHER TIME
Bonnie Peters
James H. Roberts, tan-ner and farmer, was born in Knox County, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1832, the son of Henry G. And Rebecca Harris Roberts.
Rebecca was born in 1810 and was a member of the Presbyterian church. Henry was born in 1808 and died in 1866. Henry was listed at the Woodbourne Post Offi ce and he was a farmer.
James, the eldest of eight children, probably complet-ed the eighth grade and at 14 became a clerk at Wood-burn/Woodbourne in Knox County. At age 24 he be-came a stock trader in Ches-ter, N.C., where he had a liv-ery and sale stable to which he brought stock purchased at home.
By this time home was Union County. By 1861 he was engaged as a tanner and was postmaster at Wood-bourne until 1868, fi rst un-der Federal and then the Confederate government. He was burned out twice during the Civil War.
On Jan. 20, 1852, he married Saphrona Ellis of Grainger County. They had a large family. James and Saphrona joined the Meth-odist church in 1853. James
The 1988 Luttrell El-ementary yearbook listed him as “Tommy,” but the 1989 yearbook listed him as “Thomas.”
When he questioned the yearbook sponsor about this, it seems I was some-thing of the blame. I called him “Thomas,” but that indeed was a nickname. There is no doubt about it – the correct name is Tommy Payne Shoffner II.
Nevertheless, I now call him “Tom.” For purposes of this article in regard of his many students, I will call him Mr. Shoffner.
Shoffner, Sonja Saylor and I all graduated from Horace Maynard High School in 1983, Lincoln Me-morial University in spring 1987, and began teaching at LES in fall 1987. Shoffner concentrated on early child-hood education in college, I on secondary education. He wanted to teach the lowest grade possible, I the high-est. We got exactly the op-posite of what we desired, and I suppose it worked out well for us both.
Mr. Shoffner began teaching sixth grade and stayed 10 years at Luttrell. While there, he coached basketball and later became the yearbook sponsor. He transferred to Horace Maynard Middle School as a math teacher when it opened in fall 1997. He has remained for 28 years a popular Union County teacher.
Perhaps my earliest memory of Mr. Shoffner was in Ms. Vauda Lee Needham’s American his-tory class. Even then, it was well known that I was an Abraham Lincoln fan.
Mr. Shoffner delighted in sharing a newspaper notice he discovered revealing that Mr. Lincoln when a U.S. Representa-tive doubled the distance between Springfi eld, Ill., and Washington, D.C., on his mileage reimbursement requests.
Everyone looked to me for my reaction. I simply
Doubting Thomas
stated, “That’s wrong.”I think I still have that
newspaper notice some-where in my archives.
I have since read that same information else-where, as well as the al-legation that Lincoln freely used his “franking” privi-lege (mailing letters free of charge in his offi cial gov-ernment capacity) for ben-efi t of his friends who were not legislators. Every time I read something questioning Lincoln’s character, I think of Mr. Shoffner.
Mr. Shoffner had many of my former students. Once he noticed one of his students was making her lower case cursive “o’s” backward. He asked who taught her to write cursive, and she said, “Mr. Mincey.”
He supposedly replied, “No wonder, the way he holds his pencil.” Upon investigation, I discovered that I do indeed form my cursive lowercase “o’s” backward.
On another occasion Mr. Shoffner was teaching the three articles in his English class. He asked if anyone knew what they were, and Sharon Marie Burnette correctly replied, “A, an, and the.” He asked where she learned that, and she replied, “Mr. Mincey in third grade.”
Mr. Shoffner made it a point to pass along this bit of positive pedagogy which made me feel good.
Thank you, Tommy Payne Shoffner II for all you have done to inspire your friends, students and colleagues throughout the years.
Next week, some tales of a transplant from the Deep South.
Another tannery discovered
Rarely do I receive cop-ies of letters sent to Dave Hart and Butch Jones but I got one from another of the Jones boys, old friend Doug, retired wealth manager, dedicated fan, downtown Ooltewah.
He fl attered the powers that be by acknowledging how much they treasure Tennessee tradition and asked that they consider proper recognition of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 football team.
Doug Jones’ opinion mat-ters. And, what’s more, I agree with him. The ’65 Vol-unteers opened the door to good times. The memories are priceless.
That team tied Alabama at Legion Field in Birming-ham. Snake Stabler helped. The Tide was preparing to kick a winning fi eld goal but time was running short. The quarterback stopped the clock by throwing the ball away – on fourth down.
There was a minor post-game issue. Who gets the to-ken game ball after a 7-7 tie?
Tennessee had the ball
Letter to Dave and Butch
Marvin West
for the fi nal few seconds. Tennessee kept the ball when time expired. Some-body wearing an Alabama cap came to the UT dressing room to retrieve “our ball.”
The guy didn’t have a chance. No way was that go-ing to happen. The Vols won that tie!
Two days later, this happy Tennessee team en-dured the death of three coaches when a train struck their VW bug on their way to work. Doug Dickey, 33, stood tall, compassionate and courageous. As leaders go, he was a giant that week. Hal Wantland, among the best-ever captains, was one step behind.
Highlight, for me, in that 8-1-2 season was the once-in-a-lifetime Rosebonnett
Bowl, so named because one team was headed for the Rose Bowl and the other to the Bluebonnet.
Shrewd athletic director Bob Woodruff had previ-ously declared Memphis a neutral site and signed UCLA for an early Decem-ber game when the Bruins weren’t paying attention to the fi ne print.
Dewey Warren made the deciding play, a one-yard sweep that took almost for-ever.
Did he actually reach the goal and score a touchdown? The Swamp Rat answered that skeptical question with a better question: “Did an offi cial raise his hands?”
Losing coach Tommy Prothro, Memphis native, berated the striped shirts and said he was embar-rassed to be a Southerner.
At the Houston bowl game, another jolly good time was had by all. Tennes-see topped Tulsa in the rain.
The UT defense per-formed well in ’65. Line-backer Frank Emanuel was an All-American. He said
Saddle made at the James H. Roberts Tannery
was a Mason and a prohibi-tionist.
Tanning is the process used to treat skins of ani-mals to produce leather. A creek still runs along Old Tazewell Pike where the tannery was located. Lots of water is a necessity for op-eration of a tannery.
The tannery was on the left side of Old Tazewell Pike near the intersection with Harless Road in a nar-row hollow and, of course, on the creek.
The trappers skinned the animals, removed as much fat as they could and stretched the hides on boards to dry. After acquir-ing the hides, Mr. Roberts probably immersed the hides in a solution of lime and water called “liming” to soften the skins and loosen the hair; or he could have used another process using wood ash (lye) and water, which was called “bucking.”
Both processes could have been used at Roberts’ tannery because lime was readily available in the area, and certainly oak trees are all around Union County. When loose, the hair was scraped off with a dull knife.
Before tanning the unhaired skins were degreased, desalted and soaked in water several hours. I don’t know what was used, but some treat-ment had to occur to keep the skins from molding. Because the odor from tan-neries was quite noxious,
pioneers would certainly not build downwind from a tannery.
Leather was much in demand for saddles, water skins, bags, boats or leath-er-covered canoes, armor, quivers, scabbards, boots, moccasins and even razor straps.
Note: I am looking for in-formation about Eldredge Hamit, who also operated a tannery in Union County. If anyone can help with that information, please contact me at [email protected] or 687-3842.
linebacker Tom Fisher was better. End Bobby Frazier made all-SEC. Bob Petrella intercepted four passes.
Offense was good enough. Walter Chadwick was the leading runner. Warren, a sophomore, com-pleted 44 of 79 for 588 yards and three scores. Johnny Mills caught 23 passes. Da-vid Leake kicked 39 points.
Sophomore Bob Johnson was center. Paul Naumoff was a defensive end. Ron Widby was the punter.
The lineup had some other unforgettable guys – John Boynton, Bobby Gratz, Charlie Fulton, Jim Lowe, Bill Cameron, Mack Gen-try, Robbie Franklin, Doug Archibald, Harold Stancell, Jerry Smith, Austin Den-ney, Gerald Woods, Stan Mitchell, maybe others a little less unforgettable.
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UNION COUNTY Shopper news • JUNE 17, 2015 • 5
By Betty BeanThe caller ID showed a Knox
County government number when my phone rang last Monday morn-ing, so I fi gured the call was going to be something that would put me to work.
I was pleasantly surprised when the voice on the other end turned out to be that of Bradley Reeves of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound (TAMIS). It’s al-ways something good when Bradley calls, because he’s doing remarkable work down there in the bowels of the East Tennessee History Center where he and his wife, Louisa Trott, are preserving ephemeral pieces of our regional history and discover-ing forgotten gems.
So I knew it was going to be good. Maybe some heretofore-unknown Cas Walker stuff? Some old news-reel nobody knew existed?
But when he said he suspected that he’d found a brand new John Bean tape, it almost blew me out of my chair.
After all, my brother died 31 years ago, long before his crazy prank calls and off-kilter humor made him the Whupass Man – AKA LeRoy Mercer, the Rev. Raleigh Arnwine, Charlie Strawfi elds and Bill Morgan from just this side of Maynardville and the guy who bought the bad oil fi lter from Eddie Harvey and the bad boots from Thom McCan.
Yeah, that guy. The one who wrote a love song to his home state called “Tennessee,” that, as sung by Con Hunley, joined the list of state
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.
Vacation Bible Schools ■ Alder Springs Baptist Church, Hickory Star Road, through
Friday, June 19. Classes for all ages. Everyone welcome.
■ Cedar Ford Baptist Church, 3201 Hwy 61 E. in Luttrell,
“Journey Off The Map,” 6:30-9 p.m. through Friday, June 19.
■ Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 9711 Norris Free-
way, 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 22-26. Classes for all ages.
■ Church of God at Maynardville, 6:45 p.m. Monday-Friday,
June 22-26. Theme: “Old Time Religion.”
■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Rd NE
in Heiskell, 6:30-8:30 p.m. through Friday, June 19. Adult class
available for parents.
■ New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 7-8:30 p.m.
through Friday, June 19. Classes for all ages. Everyone
welcome.
■ Pleasant Gap Baptist Church, 4311 Pleasant Gap Drive,
“Growing with God,” 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 22-26.
■ St. Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive, “Jesus is my Superhero!” 9
a.m.-noon Saturday, July 11. For infants through fi fth grade.
Lunch provided, no charge. Info: 687-2952.
John Bean circa 1971, with his niece Rachael
Schafer standing on a chair and his sister Jea-
nette behind him, giving him an extra set of
arms. Photo by Albert Bean
New John Bean tape discovered
songs four years ago. Bradley recently acquired a trove of
audio and video recordings from another local character, Carl Warner, who worked in radio, TV and print media for about 20 years, beginning in the mid-sixties, and is moving to California to live with his son. He was a reporter at Channel 10 and served as editor of Cas Walker’s “Watchdog.” He ran unsuccessfully for state senate against Victor Ashe in 1978 and challenged incum-bent Ashe to a fi stfi ght.
When asked if he remembers Warner,
Ashe said, “How could I forget him? He slugged me.”
Among Warner’s stuff were tapes from his WETE radio show, “On the Line with Carl Warner,” and on one tape, his guest was the Tennessee Playgirl, a hooker who catered to truck drivers. One of the last call-ers was a trucker whom Bradley thought sounded a lot like John.
He invited me to come over and give it a listen. I brought John’s friend Jerry “Woody” Hutson (me-morialized on the “Plots” tape as “the one who knows about buy-ing things”) for backup and we sat on the couch in the Reeves’ wood paneled den while Bradley fast-for-warded the tape until he got to Jess Montgomery, who said he drove a Peterbilt and believed that prosti-tutes ought to be government sub-sidized.
I looked at Woody and Woody looked at me.
It was John, like he’s never been gone.
Bradley’s going to listen to more tapes to see if John called Warner again (a likely prospect, since John tended to revisit his victims), and on Thursday night at 10 p.m., he’ll trot out what he fi nds on his WDVX radio show, East Tennessee Quiver, 102.9 FM.
Woody will be in the studio with him and I’ll be home, sitting by the radio laughing and crying and lis-tening and thanking Bradley for bringing John back one more time.
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Walking with Jesus means many things to us: obeying His command-ments, living His way, loving His people.
However, in this par-ticular instance, it meant literally walking with Je-sus. Two men, on their way to the tiny village of Emmaus, were suddenly joined by a stranger. They did not recognize him. Why? Luke does not ex-plain to us.
You know the story. Je-sus asks them what they are discussing, and they marvel that he doesn’t know the news. They sad-ly explain to him that the One who had been their hope had been crucifi ed.
When they reach Em-maus, Jesus makes as if to go on, but they invite him to come with them for a meal. Their invitation (according to the rules of manners) would mean that they were the hosts, and Jesus was the guest.
But Jesus was Jesus,
Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
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and it was Jesus who took the bread and broke it and offered it to them.
In that moment, they knew who He was – Je-sus, the Christ!
Similarly, it is in our receiving the bread in the Service of Holy Commu-nion that Jesus is made known to us. He is pres-ent with us, whether we recognize Him or not.
Even so, it is only when we recognize Him that He can make a difference in our lives. When we ac-knowledge that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior, and the redeemer of the world, we are changed, we are new creatures. Halle-lujah!
‘Check-In’ with TENNder Care TENNder Care is Tennes-
see’s program for well-child visits for children under age 21 on TennCare. “Check-In” with your child’s doc-tor 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 sched-uled well-child visit or by contacting your doctor if a problem occurs. Info: 1-866-311-4287 or 992-3867, Ext. 131.
MAYNARDVILLE LIBRARY NEWS
■ Herb class, 11 a.m. each fi rst
Saturday.
■ One-on-one classes are
available by appointment for
those wanting to learn how
to use computers and other
devices. For appointment:
992-7106.
■ Summer Reading Program theme is “Every Hero Has a
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■ The Maynardville Public
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Union County ICARe, a group dedicated to preven-tion of drug and alcohol abuse, heard from Judge Shane Sexton, eighth dis-trict criminal court judge, in May.
“It’s good to be in a room full of partners in chang-ing ideas about addiction,” said Sexton. “The problem is everywhere and we’re still learning about how to help addicts effectively.
“They’ll go to jail and as soon as they’re out, the most important thing to a lot of them is to get back to their drug.
“In the case of homicide, invariably the perpetrator has started taking drugs or alcohol by the age of 15.
“We need to get to these problems before the crimi-nal behavior begins. My court is monitoring 2,000 people with drug problems – either on probation, in jail or in the courts. Condemn-ing the behavior doesn’t work.
“It’s frustrating to see how anyone is susceptible to an addiction to opiates.”
A suggestion was made to present drug facts to stu-dents as young as the third grade.
“If they have the infor-mation about the science of drug addiction, then they’ll know the facts,” said ICARe coordinator Mike Miller. “We need to reach them at a young age at school, at
church, wherever we can.”“I think it’s a great idea,”
said Sexton.For parents who think
their kids are using, there are free drug test kits avail-able from ICARe at Union County Animal Clinic, Re-vival Vision and at Okie’s Pharmacy in Maynardville.
“These test kits are real easy to use. It’s a mouth swab,” says Miller. “And we want to stress that if the test is positive, this is the par-ent’s opportunity to open a rapport with the young person about the effects of drugs.”
Sexton says, “With edu-cation, with parents per-suading – or forcing – the kids to stay off drugs, we’ll
Judge Shane Sexton
Sexton speaks to ICAReDrug test kits available at local businesses
have a lot less of the serious problems we see in crimi-nal court. The solutions are costly and time consuming but they’re worth it.”
Anyone interested in get-ting involved in working to-ward the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse in Union County is invited to become a member of ICARe by con-tacting Mike Miller at 865-216-0475 or [email protected].
REUNION NOTES ■ Central High School Class
of 1980 35th reunion, 6-10
p.m. Saturday, June 27, The
Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park
Drive. Info/register: “Central
High School Class of 1980” on
Facebook or Melody Majors
Johnson, 423-798-0880.
■ Halls High multiyear re-union: Classes of 1976-1981 will be 6:30 p.m.-midnight
Saturday, Sept. 26, Red Gate
Farm, 2353 Maynardville
Highway, Maynardville.
■ Korean War Veterans Re-union luncheon will be 11:30
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By Emma DaleAs we walk into Green
McAdoo Cultural Cen-ter, the statues of 12 high-school-age students carry-ing books and bags tower over us, frozen mid-step as they walk to school.
“It was just something … nobody talked about it, nobody wanted to talk about it,” Marilyn Hayden,
the Cultural Center’s ad-ministrator, said of the si-lence on the “Clinton 12,” who were the fi rst African American students to inte-grate a Southern public high school. That high school is East Tennessee’s own Clin-ton High. Hayden’s older brother, Ronald Hayden, was one of the Clinton 12, but even he never spoke to
her about his experiences. What began as a (near-
ly) peaceful move toward equality in 1956, started even before the ruling of Brown vs. Board of Edu-cation, quickly became a nightmare. Mobs formed, the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses, the students were spit on and threatened as they tried to get into their
By Shannon CareyShopper-News interns
started June 8 with a sol-emn, eye-opening visit to the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton. The cen-ter tells the story of the Clin-ton 12, high school students who integrated Clinton High School in 1956.
Administrator Marilyn Hayden said the integra-tion started in a peaceful manner, but outside influ-ences stirred up protests and violence against the students and their sup-porters.
Hayden’s brother, Ron-ald, was one of the Clinton 12. She wasn’t yet born in 1956, but the history is im-portant to her.
“If I didn’t value it and give up a job to come here, it would say something about the legacy,” she said.
The center opened in 2006, on the 50th anniver-sary of the Clinton 12’s fate-ful walk down the hill to Clinton High School. All but one of the surviving Clinton 12 attended.
“They reacted with tears. They were just over-
whelmed,” said Hayden. “They fi nally realized that somebody was paying atten-tion and somebody cared.”
This year, the center will host a reunion weekend Aug. 28-30, on the 50th anniversary of the Green McAdoo School closing to students.
Admission to the center is free, but donations are ap-preciated. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Info: www.greenmcadoo.org
Meet the Shopper interns!This week the number
of interns for the Shopper-News doubled. The group added two interns from last year and four who are taking their fi rst-time adventure.
Zoe Brookshire-Ris-ley, a rising sophomore at West High School is back for another summer. Zoe enjoys playing the ukulele, writing songs, climbing and acting. When asked what she wants to do in the future, Zoe said that she “wants to make a change.” She will study ac-tivism and fi ght for equality and the rights of all human beings.
Laken Scott also re-turns for another summer with the interns. Laken is a rising sophomore at Hardin Valley Academy. She enjoys reading and photography. In the future, Laken would like to become a social worker or open a bookshop/café. If she could have lunch with anyone in the world, Laken
would pick Steve Carrell, but says that he would have to act like Michael Scott from “The Offi ce” the entire time.
Anne Marie Hig-ginbotham is a home-schooled student and will begin her sophomore year in the fall. She enjoys draw-ing, reading and photog-raphy. In the future, Anne Marie would like to open a café. If she could have lunch with anyone, it would be Taylor Swift.
Bailey Lemmons will be in the ninth grade at Cen-tral High in the fall. She en-joys writing stories, softball and drawing. Bailey hopes to be a nurse in a third-world country and be a fi c-tional author on the side. If she could dine with anyone in the world, it would be Cassandra Claire, the au-thor of one of Bailey’s favor-ite book series. She would hope to get great writing
tips from Claire and ask her about certain characters.
Amanda McDonald will be in the eighth grade at Gresham Middle School in the fall. She enjoys travel-ing, photography and draw-ing. Her plans include trav-eling a lot and documenting her adventures with her camera. She would love to have lunch with John Green because she calls him “an amazing author” and be-lieves it would be interest-ing to know how he gets his story ideas.
Maggie Williams is a rising tenth grader at Farra-gut High School. She enjoys reading and cross-stitching. Although she isn’t positive on her plans for the future, Maggie thinks she might enjoy teaching English or math. Maggie would love to have lunch with Jimmy Fal-lon and would want him to do impressions the entire time.
Green McAdoo brings civil rights close to home
Powerful start to a day in Clinton
Green McAdoo Cultural Center guide Marilyn Hayden stands by a life-size photo of the Clinton
12 as they walk to school. Her brother, Ronald Hayden, is pictured in the back row, second from
the right. Photo by R. White
An exterior shot of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton. Photo by Laken Scott
A huge photo shows student support for the 12 students who attended Clinton High School. Photo by Abi Nicholson A 50-year-old classroom at the Green McAdoo Cultural Center. Photo by Lauren Gaines
school, a helpful white pas-tor was severely beaten, cars were vandalized, and white students who contin-ued to go to Clinton were accused of being “[n*****] lovers.”
Even after the National Guard moved in (respond-ing to a rumor that there would be a cross-burning at the Clinton vs. Oak Ridge football game) and stayed for two weeks, the road to graduation that year for
Clinton 12 seniors Gail Epps and Bobby Cain was a rocky and turbulent one. In fact, two years later, in 1958, the ripples from the desegrega-tion of Clinton were still felt when dynamite explosions caused extensive damage to the school, forcing students to temporarily move to Oak Ridge High School.
Luckily, no one was phys-ically injured. In spite of all of that, “… I’m not sorry that I went to Clinton High
School,” Bobby Cain told re-porters after his graduation.
The Clinton 12 statues were placed outside the Cultural Center in 2007. Hayden said the now-el-derly Clinton 12 met the unveiling with tears. Under the statues is a quote from a 1957 sermon by the Rev. Paul Turner: “… where an-archy prevails, none of us have anything of any value and none of us have any freedoms anymore.”
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UNION COUNTY Shopper news • JUNE 17, 2015 • 7 interns
By Shannon CareyInterns fi nished a hot
day in Clinton with ice-cold goodies from the soda foun-tain at Hoskins Drug Store. The full-service pharmacy also offers novelty and sou-venir items and great food, all in an atmosphere that is a blast from the past.
Interns (and weary chap-
erones) lined the counter for milkshakes, root beer fl oats, banana splits and chocolate malts.
Hoskins is located at 111 North Main Street in Clin-ton.
Info: www.hoskinsdrug store.com
By Maddie OgleLast week on our trip to Green McAdoo
Cultural Center in Clinton, the most sur-prising thing to me was the cruel hate mail that some white people sent to the Rev. Paul Turner, a local Baptist minister who spoke in support of the Clinton 12, the black stu-dents who integrated Clinton High School.
These letters were so hate-fi lled that I had mixed emotions about reading them. I couldn’t believe that some people would say
such unkind things to other people based on skin color. And I wanted to read more to fi nd out what other people said in support of the Clinton 12.
I could only imagine how scared but brave the Clinton 12 must have been. It was interesting to see other interns’ reactions and opinions regarding the Clinton 12. I am so glad that times have changed so all students, regardless of skin color, can go to school together.
Clinton 12 hate mail shocking
Delightful dessert at Hoskins
By Shannon CareyInterns had a blast comb-
ing the aisles of Hammer’s Department Store in Clin-ton for unique fi nds and discount buys. Several came out loaded with purchases. Our sincere apologies to their parents!
Kelly Calhoun and his mother, Margaret Hammer Calhoun, welcomed interns to their store and gave them a brief history of Hammer’s.
“When you come in here to shop, you actually meet the family that runs the business,” Kelly said.
It all started in 1941 when Kelly’s great-great-grandfa-ther, A. B. Hammer, opened a salvage goods store in Guntersville, Ala. The store grew, and the Hammer children and their spouses opened more stores in Ala-bama and Tennessee, pass-ing these stores to their own children.
The Hammer’s stores nolonger sell salvage, but theydo look for deals. The familyvisits New York and Las Ve-gas to fi nd merchandise at alow price.
“Say a manufacturer cuttoo many pieces of cloth-ing,” said Kelly. “We mightbuy those extras and sellthem. We are synonymouswith low prices.”
Interns asked if Kelly’schildren are expected totake over the store one day.He said that it’s not re-quired.
“We want the kids in thefamily to try it out fi rst,” hesaid. “They need to work itand they need to love it ifthey’re going to be part ofit.”
Hammer’s in Clintonused to be downtown, butnow it is located at 1200Charles Seivers Boulevard.
Info: www.hammersstore.com or 865-457-1436
Intern shopping spree at Hammer’s
By Shannon CareyBefore sitting down to a
barbecue lunch just off the showroom at Ray Varner Ford, intern Abi Nicholson shook Ray Varner’s hand.
“Are you the one from the TV commercials that says everything really fast?” she asked.
Grinning, Varner said he was.
“I’m going to get your au-tograph!” said Abi.
Varner, and the entire staff of Ray Varner Ford in Clinton, greeted the Shop-per-News interns like fam-ily June 8, providing a deli-cious lunch and showing the interns every aspect of the car business.
“My advice to young peo-ple starting in any business is to work hard and do right, keep a great attitude and be thankful, and you’ll be suc-cessful,” said Varner.
And he certainly lives up to his own advice. Varner attended Halls schools, then Roane State and UT after graduation. In 1986, at age 22, Varner gave car sales a try. It was a perfect fi t.
“I love people, I love cars, and I love talking to people,” he said. “You see and you meet all walks of life. When you approach a customer, you need to give them the most respect, no matter how they look.”
Varner said the fast pace of changing technology has been a challenge over the
‘Ray Varner’s pulling for you’
Following a delicious bar-be-que lunch, Ray Varner provided the interns with a tour of his deal-
ership in Clinton and answered some tough questions from the group. Pictured are: (front)
Abi Nicholson; (center) Bailey Lemmons, Maggie Williams, Amanda McDonald; (back) Emma
Dale, Ray Varner, Anne Marie Higginbotham, Maggie Ogle, Lauren Gaines, Laken Scott and Zoe
Brookshire-Risley. Photo by R. White
Shopper interns Emma Dale and Zoe Brookshire-Risley show
several items they selected for purchase at Hammer’s in Clin-
ton. Photo by R. White
Maddie Murphy, Lauren Gaines and Emma Dale
order milkshakes from Michelle Gillum at Hoskins
Drug Store in downtown Clinton. Photo by R. White
years. Different custom-ers prefer to shop for cars and communicate in differ-ent ways, like visiting the website versus visiting the showroom, or texting ver-sus emailing. Today’s cars operate with a lot of com-
puter automation. There’s even a model on Varner’s lot that will hit the brakes if it detects that the front bum-per is too close to another car. Car repair requires computer expertise as well.
Varner encouraged the
interns to work hard and follow their dreams.
“You can rest assured that Ray Varner’s pulling for you, no matter what you de-cide to do.”
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THROUGH TUESDAY, JUNE 30“Precious, Not Parents” campaign, Young-
Williams Animal Center, 3201 Division St. Young-Williams Animal Center Spay/Neuter Solutions will provide $20 spay and neuter surgeries for puppies and kittens under 6 months of age. Available to all East Tennessee residents. Must mention the “Precious, Not Parents” campaign when making the appointment. Info/appointment: www.young-williams.org or 215-6677.
THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22Tickets on sale for “The Music And The Memo-
ries” Show featuring Pat Boone backed by Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Oct. 22, The Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Proceeds go the Oak Ridge High School music depart-ment. Info/tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17Discover and Make, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch
Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18AAA Roadwise-Safe Driving for Mature Op-
erators, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Meets requirements for insurance rate reductions. Cost: $10. Must preregister. Must prereg-ister. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.
Earring 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.
FRIDAY, JUNE 19Men’s Health: “Combating Loneliness,” 12:30-
2 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/to RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m., AAA Knoxville offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. 8-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. $40 mem-bers/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/to regis-ter: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.
American Legion Fishing Tournament, 8 a.m., Big Ridge State Park.
Happy 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.
Race to benefi t the Corryton Community Food Pantry, 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.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21Summer Solstice Celebration, 7-9 p.m., Mac
Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or [email protected].
TUESDAY, JUNE 23“Breathe Better: Managing COPD,” 12:30-1:30
p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 West-ern Ave. Presented by Fran Owen, RN. Free and open to the public. Info/to RSVP: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
Deadline to register for a Drum-Making Work-shop, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday, July 7, East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. For teens and adults with and without disabilities. Volunteers needed. Info/to register: Lorrie or Shaynie, 219-0130.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24Historic Ramsey House Annual Luncheon,
2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Guest speaker: Lisa Oakley, Education Director at East Tennessee Historical Society. Open to the public. Board meeting at 10 a.m.; guest speaker at 11 a.m.; lunch at noon. Cost: $20. Reserva-tions required. Info/reservations: 546-0745.
Ijams Brown Bag Series: Eating Your Yard, noon-1 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. For ages 10 and up. Bring lunch. Free; preregistra-tion required. Info/to register: 577-4717, ext. 110.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25Beach Day cookout, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County
Senior Center, 298 Main St. in Maynardville. Bring a side dish to go with hamburgers. Live band. All seniors welcome. Info: 992-3292.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 26-27Oakes Daylily Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Oakes Day-
lilies, 8153 Monday Road, Corryton. Free. Includes plant sale, refreshments, kids activities, live music and more. Lunch available for purchase. Info: 800-532-9545, www.OakesDayLilies.com.
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].
Senior Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5. Live music by Nigel Boulton Band. Info: 922-0416.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1International 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, 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.
development or private retreat with subdivision access.
50 Acre tracts starting at $250,000
1 Acre tracts starting at $29,900Seller will divide.
Call for more details.
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Realty Executives Associates Inc.
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MAYNARDVILLE – Mostly cleared this 6-acre tract is rolling to level & has an old 1900's farm house. House is in need of repair but could make a beautiful renovation w/loads of character. There is a non-working well on property, but city water is available. Detached gar w/gravel fl oor. So much potential! $65,000 (898118)
HALLS – 67.13 acres mostly wooded w/several possible building sites. Private setting. $224,900 (918598)
MAYNARDVILLE – 4 acres of beau-tiful level to rolling property. Ap-prox 3/4 wooded. 3BR all brick b-rancher, unfinished sep living down. Main level has 3BR/1BA & features den, LR w/FP, hdwd fl oors. 4-car attached & detached gar w/loft stg area. $159,900 (898092)
GIBBS – 8+ acre tracts, level single family tracts. Ideal location & ter-rain for mini farm. Additional acre-age available. Starting at $70,000. (910278)
SHARPS CHAPEL – 5.05 acre lake view wooded lot in Norris
Shores. $25,000 (914844)
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MAYNARDVILLE – Like new! This 3BR/2BA brick rancher has hand-scraped hdwd fl rs, open fl r plan, lg BRs. Mstr suite w/walk-in closet & full BA. Wood fenced backyard. 2-car gar. $129,900 (916665)
UNION – 142.9 acres on Co line. 61.57 acres in Knox Co & 81.33 acres in Union Co. Branch runs across both ends of property & has a spring fed pond. Property has a brick bldg near road. $599,000 (874441)
NORRIS LAKE – Almost 1 acre lot. Seasonal lake access
in cove. Lake & mtn views. $89,900 (922155)
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GIBBS AREA this 6+/- acres is level with creek access. This is part of a larger tract of land also available. Call for details. $89,900 (927701)
NORRIS LAKE
PARK LIKE SETTING! A must see. This 4BR/3BA bsmt rancher sits on approx 1.3 acres & features: 4-car gar - 2-car on main & 2-car down, great level fenced backyard w/above ground pool, 4th BR & full BA down w/lg rec rm & offi ce. Mstr w/tray ceilings, 2 woodburning FPs & lg BRs. $279,000 (919779)
