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Bean of Bean Station Contrary to some opinions, Bean Station was not named for legumes, but rather for the pioneering Bean family who settled there in the late 1700s, when this still wild and largely unexplored territory was part of North Carolina. William Bean and Daniel Boone were the first white men known to have viewed the land around what is now Bean Station. ➤ See Bonnie Peters on page 4 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. 28 July 15, 2015 www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow To page 3 Schools budget vote is Thursday Union County Board of Education is set to adopt its budget for the next fiscal year in a meeting Thursday, July 16, at the Union County High School auditorium. The work- shop starts at 6 p.m. with the voting meeting to follow. 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The Union County UT Extension Office has been in attendance with advice for preserving fresh produce safely. “They are such a great group of hardworking people,” said Su- san Boone of the Union County Arts Cooperative. “Union County really needs to support the Farmers Market.” Info: 992-8038 or find Union County Farmers Market on Facebook. Maynardville Library director Chantay Collins and her granddaughter Skyley Collins buy fresh produce from Donna Riddle of Seven Springs Farm at the Union County Farmers Market. Photos by S. Carey Lamber Atkins, who owns a farm in Union County off Black Fox Hollow Road, tells Phil and Angie McCraw about his crop of beautiful blackberries. Farmers Market It’s a bumper crop at By Marvin West Ninety years ago, a young Cum- berland Presbyterian preacher put down missionary roots in South America. Walter Swartz went in with minimum Spanish and no con- tacts and stayed to start churches and organize a bilingual school in Cali, Colombia. Seventy years ago, a favorite niece, Sarah Jane Blackburn, lis- tened in awe to an hour of mis- sionary adventures and told Uncle Walter that she would like to visit Cali some day and “see what you and God have done.” Last month, along with hun- dreds of Cumberland Presbyteri- ans gathered there for their gener- al assembly, Sarah Jane Blackburn West revived the memory of Uncle Walter at Colegio Americano. Her stories earned a rousing ovation. Indeed, Sarah has insight. She is a lifelong Cumberland Presby- terian. She was a youth leader as a Cleveland youth and was elected the first woman elder at Beaver Creek church in the Powell area. She was also elected president of Tennessee PTA and served as an advocate for youth and public edu- cation in Washington – but that’s another story. At Cali, she told “Uncle Walter” stories, hand-me-downs, going back to his Chicago childhood, in- cluding how he played “preacher” in home reruns of Sunday servic- Santiago de Cali, Colombia’s second- largest city. By Marvin West Uncle Walter, Cali and fringe benefits Sarah West, Angelica Paris and Marvin West share lunch and conversation in Cali. es, complete with hymns and an- other collection (mostly marbles, bottle tops and pet rocks). “He would stand on a foot stool so he could look down on the ‘con- gregation,’ his younger brothers and sisters,’” said Sarah. “Some- times he ‘preached’ a long time. The Swartz group sang ‘Bringing in the Sheets.’ Only much later did they learn that the key word was SHEAVES.” Sarah told about Walter’s billy goat and little red wagon and how they moved up from a paper route and other deliveries to political in- vitations to lead Chicago parades. “Uncle Walter was a celebrity in our family,” said Sarah. “My mother (Laura Swartz Blackburn) convinced us he was very special. Most of my other uncles and aunts were fun people, very entertain- ing at family gatherings. One was a ventriloquist. Uncle Walter was pleasant but more serious. He didn’t talk as much but when he said something, it was usually very meaningful.” Missionary memories were the highlights in Cali but there was an unbelievable sidelight. During an outgoing delay at the Miami IN THIS ISSUE BBQ boosts 4-H The sweet smell of barbecue wafted over Maynardville July 8, as the annual 4-H barbecue chicken fundraiser lunch filled bellies and created smiles. 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Bean of Bean StationContrary to some opinions,
Bean Station was not named for legumes, but rather for the pioneering Bean family who settled there in the late 1700s, when this still wild and largely unexplored territory was part of North Carolina. William Bean and Daniel Boone were the fi rst white men known to have viewed the land around what is now Bean Station.
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Schools budget vote is Thursday
Union County Board of Education is set to adopt its budget for the next fiscal year in a meeting Thursday, July 16, at the Union County High School auditorium. The work-shop starts at 6 p.m. with the voting meeting to follow.
Agenda items include high school principal Linda Harrell discussing the school handbook; Susan Oak dis-cussing increased require-ments for graduation and the “skinny block” scheduling at UCHS.
Steve Massengill will talk about the CTE program, and Director of Schools Jimmy Carter will discuss the con-tract with K-12 Inc. for the Tennessee Virtual Academy.
The board will get an update from Johnson Control about the installation and upgrades of HVAC systems; and Carter will discuss the district’s three-year strategic plan.
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By Shannon CareyIf you love fresh, local fruit, vegetables and meat, now is a
great time to visit the Union County Farmers Market. Homemade soaps, baked goods and crafts are also available.
Held near the Union County Courthouse behind the Union County Arts Cooperative, local farmers and crafters get together every Friday, 4-7 p.m., now through Oct. 30.
This season, there have been between fi ve and nine vendors each week, including Seven Springs Farm, Teresa’s Bakery, 4 Cor-ners Ranch, Tharp’s Plants and Produce, Gail Lowery with home-made soaps, and many more. The Union County UT Extension Offi ce has been in attendance with advice for preserving fresh produce safely.
“They are such a great group of hardworking people,” said Su-san Boone of the Union County Arts Cooperative. “Union County really needs to support the Farmers Market.”
Info: 992-8038 or fi nd Union County Farmers Market on Facebook.
Maynardville Library
director Chantay Collins
and her granddaughter
Skyley Collins buy fresh
produce from Donna
Riddle of Seven Springs
Farm at the Union
County Farmers Market. Photos by S. Carey
Lamber Atkins, who owns a farm in Union County off Black Fox Hollow Road,
tells Phil and Angie McCraw about his crop of beautiful blackberries.
Farmers MarketIt’s a bumper crop at
By Marvin WestNinety years ago, a young Cum-
berland Presbyterian preacher put down missionary roots in South America.
Walter Swartz went in with minimum Spanish and no con-tacts and stayed to start churches and organize a bilingual school in Cali, Colombia.
Seventy years ago, a favorite niece, Sarah Jane Blackburn, lis-tened in awe to an hour of mis-sionary adventures and told Uncle Walter that she would like to visit Cali some day and “see what you and God have done.”
Last month, along with hun-dreds of Cumberland Presbyteri-ans gathered there for their gener-al assembly, Sarah Jane Blackburn West revived the memory of Uncle Walter at Colegio Americano. Her stories earned a rousing ovation.
Indeed, Sarah has insight. She is a lifelong Cumberland Presby-terian. She was a youth leader as a Cleveland youth and was elected the fi rst woman elder at Beaver Creek church in the Powell area. She was also elected president of Tennessee PTA and served as an advocate for youth and public edu-cation in Washington – but that’s another story.
At Cali, she told “Uncle Walter” stories, hand-me-downs, going back to his Chicago childhood, in-cluding how he played “preacher” in home reruns of Sunday servic-
Santiago de Cali, Colombia’s second-
largest city.
By Marvin West
Uncle Walter, Ca li and fringe benefi ts
Sarah West, Angelica Paris
and Marvin West share lunch
and conversation in Cali.
es, complete with hymns and an-other collection (mostly marbles, bottle tops and pet rocks).
“He would stand on a foot stool so he could look down on the ‘con-gregation,’ his younger brothers and sisters,’” said Sarah. “Some-times he ‘preached’ a long time. The Swartz group sang ‘Bringing in the Sheets.’ Only much later did they learn that the key word was SHEAVES.”
Sarah told about Walter’s billy goat and little red wagon and how they moved up from a paper route and other deliveries to political in-vitations to lead Chicago parades.
“Uncle Walter was a celebrity in our family,” said Sarah. “My mother (Laura Swartz Blackburn) convinced us he was very special. Most of my other uncles and aunts were fun people, very entertain-ing at family gatherings. One was
a ventriloquist. Uncle Walter waspleasant but more serious. Hedidn’t talk as much but when hesaid something, it was usuallyvery meaningful.”
Missionary memories were thehighlights in Cali but there wasan unbelievable sidelight. Duringan outgoing delay at the Miami
IN THIS ISSUE
BBQ boosts 4-HThe sweet smell of barbecue
wafted over Maynardville July 8, as the annual 4-H barbecue chicken fundraiser lunch fi lled bellies and created smiles.
Now in its ninth year, the fundraiser helps sponsor 4-H activities throughout the school year.
➤ See Shannon’s story on page 3
Red Gate RodeoThe annual Red Gate Fes-
tival and Rodeo will be held Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, at Red Gate Farm in Maynardville.
Carnival starts at 5 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. Rodeo starts at 8 p.m. each day. Admission is $15 for adults, $8 for kids 4-10 years old, and free for kids age 3 and under.
Info: www.redgaterodeo.com or 992-3303.
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“So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.”
(Gal. 4:7)
What heri-tage is most important? I am the grandson of German immigrants. I was born and
raised in the great state of Min-nesota, home of my beloved Vikings and Twins. Currently, I am a happy fan of the Vols. All of these contribute to my heri-tage. Yet, the most important heritage for me is being a child of God, a brother to our Sav-ior Jesus Christ and heir to the Kingdom of God and everlast-ing life.
Chapters three and four of Ga-latians outline how important it is that we are sons and daugh-ters of Abraham and Sarah. It explains that through the power of the Holy Spirit poured out in baptism we become children of God. Paul also explains that as a result of this new inheritance we are no longer slave or free, Greek or Jew, male or female, but all are one in Christ Jesus. (See Gal. 3:15 - 4:31).
There are many symbols that might carry signifi cance to us. Some objects may represent our family and our heritage. Yet, the symbol that unites us and saves us is the cross. I usually wear a simple wooden cross, the in-
Come to the waterstrument of Christ’s death – an instrument of capital punish-ment. However, anyone seeing this knows that I am a Chris-tian. Many times, people com-ment on it, ask for a prayer or decide to share their faith with me because the cross clearly identifi es me as a Christian.
Any symbol of inheritance has two levels of meaning. One is what it means to the “insid-ers”– those who are a part of the culture that shares this inheritance. An example of this is the fi sh symbol which was used to help ancient Christians during the early persecution fi nd each other without the murderous authorities discov-ering them. The other is what it means to the “outsiders”– those who are not part of the culture. An easy example is in Tennes-see “orange” means “Go Vols,” but in Ireland it means “protest against Catholics”.
As we take pride in our vari-ous heritages, may we keep our common heritage in Jesus Christ fi rst. May we celebrate our heritage in ways that unites us as brothers and sisters in Christ. This way everyone wins.
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Nadean Meredith, Janice Clark and Charles Lewis
Dean LaRue and Sandy Cates
By Sandra ClarkWhat started as a free
lunch turned into a celebra-tion of freedom at Com-mercial Bank in Halls on June 30. With a display of patriotism a mile wide, the bank staff put on entertain-ment, a rousing speech and spectacular desserts. It was a Fourth of July gift to some of the bank’s most loyal cus-tomers – The Golden Presi-dential Club.
Janice Clark, Halls branch operations super-visor, invited Commercial Bank staff from Emory Road, Fountain City and West Knoxville branches.
Entertainment was by Autum n and Abby Arse-nault, the 14- and 11-year-old daughters of David and Carrie Arsenault. Both have played violin since age four. Both are part of the Knox-ville Symphony Youth Or-chestra (KSYO). Autumn won this year’s KSYO Con-certo Competition and Abby is KSYO concert master.
Dean LaRue, execu-tive vice president over Knox and Union counties, brought the message. And that’s what it was. LaRue spoke of the “ragged rebels” who fought off a superior British force to secure vic-
Carolyn Valentine and Nadean Meredith, leaders of Commer-
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By Shannon CareyDeadbeat parents will
face tough enforcement in Union County. The Union County Commission’s bud-get committee unanimously approved a grant that will fund a Union County Sher-iff’s Offi ce employee dedi-cated to child support pro-cess service.
The committee’s approv-al sent the measure to the full commission for voting. The commission meets July 13, after this newspaper’s press time.
Jared Effl er, District At-torney for the 8th Judicial District, presented the pro-posal. His offi ce handles criminal matters and child support for the district, which includes Union, Campbell, Claiborne, Fen-tress and Scott counties.
In some judicial districts, child support matters are handled by private entities, “but not us,” he said.
It’s a big job.“Unfortunately, there’s a
lot of people out there who aren’t doing what they’re supposed to do,” Effl er said.
Last year, Effl er’s offi ce collected almost $11 million in child support, which goes to help children in need. Part of that success was due to the state of Tennessee contracting with a private process service company.
“Unfortunately, the state has not renewed that con-
tract,” said Effl er.To compensate, the state
has offered a grant to each county to pay two-thirds of the salary for a sheriff’s of-fi ce employ-ee to handle process ser-vice in child
support matters. The coun-ties must pick up the tab for the remaining third.
Without the grant, the responsibility will fall on the county’s deputies, tak-ing them away from their normal duties.
“I believe it’s a good deal for the sheriff’s offi ce,” said Effl er. “I think it will drasti-cally increase the money we collect for needy children. It’s a win-win for everyone.”
The grant is year-to-year, meaning that the county can cancel the new position after a trial period if the arrange-ment is not working out.
“We really appreciate the cooperation of the County Commission, the budget committee, and the sheriff’s offi ce,” said Effl er. “It really takes everybody to be on board.
Effl er said he is visiting all the counties in the 8th Judicial District with this proposal. He plans on at-tending the July 13 commis-sion meeting.
Jared Effl er
Committee approves child support help
tory for the United States of America.
“They were fi ghting for their lives,” he said, “while the British were fi ghting for their king.
“The American Revolu-tion was fought for freedom to transform our dreams into reality.”
He got no disagreement from the red-, white- and blue-clad members of the GPC.
LaRue got wound up then, talking about how George Washington delayed British troop movements simply by felling trees in their path. “He didn’t have the forces to stop them, so
he slowed them down to a mile a day.”
And what the British thought would be a quick six-month takedown of the rebels became a drawn-out six-year war.
“New York City had about 20,000 residents in 1776, and now it has eight million. … The British came at New York with 8,000 soldiers and 2,500 cannonballs. … The Fourth of July saw the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It is our na-tion’s creed.”
Other offi cials at the gath-ering included Sandy Cates, vice president and loan offi -cer at the Halls branch, and
Charles Lewis, executive vice president over insur-ance and investments.
Leaders of the Gold-en Presidential Club are Nadean Meredith, who said she’s worked at Commercial Bank for 52 years, and Caro-lyn Valentine.
Upcoming events for the Golden Presidential Club include a visit to “Driving Miss Daisy” July 16-17 at the Flat Rock Playhouse in Hen-dersonville, N.C. and a trip to see “Mary Poppins” Aug. 6 at the Cumberland County Playhouse.
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Thanks!I want to thank the people of Union County for the
friendship and kindness they showed throughout the years to my son Mark Martin.
It was comforting to know that Mark had so many friends in the place he lived and worked for 27 years. Your prayers, calls, visits, thoughts and kind deeds during this time of Mark’s passing will never be for-gotten.
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Volunteer Greg Beeler keeps a watchful eye on the cooking
chickens.
Jimmy Sexton is ready to chow down on his delicious barbecue lunch.
High school coaches host youth campUnion County High School boys basketball coaches Shane Brown, Mike Johnson and Jon
Smith hosted a basketball camp for youngsters the last week in June. Pictured here are the
coaches with the campers on the last day of camp. Photo submitted
UT Extension administrative assistant Ashley Mike, Jeremiah Tindell, Charlie Hamilton and
Jonathan Tindell greet hungry guests at the 4-H barbecue lunch fundraiser. Photos by S. Carey
By Shannon CareyThe sweet smell of barbe-
cue wafted over Maynard-ville July 8, as the annual 4-H barbecue chicken fun-draiser lunch fi lled bellies and created smiles.
Now in its ninth year, the fundraiser helps sponsor 4-H activities throughout the school year, providing ribbons, awards, program supplies, scholarships and after-school activities. Un-der the watchful eye of master barbecue chef Ron-nie Irick, a team of cooks, including 4-H alum Greg Beeler, roasted and basted 200 chicken halves, which
were then served to guests along with baked beans, chips and a homemade des-sert. And don’t forget that delicious 4-H secret recipe barbecue sauce.
Patrons donated just $8 per meal, raising more than $1,000 in a single day.
Shannon DeWitt, Becca Hughes, Ashley Mike and Beth Bergeron of the UT Extension coordinated the event with valuable help from a host of volunteers and 4-H members.
“It took the whole com-munity to pull it off, but with all of the support this was yet another very suc-
cessful year for the fund-raiser,” said Mike.
Event organizers thanked all who donated items or volunteered time to make the barbecue lunch a success. Food City of Maynardville donated the chicken. Booker’s One-Stop Market donated the chips, and Greg Beeler donated the charcoal.
The huge grills were on loan from 4-H Camp and the Union County High School agriculture depart-ment. Sam’s Club, Walmart of New Tazewell and United Grocery Outlet of New Taze-well donated items as well.
Union County Soil Conser-vation District provided tables, and Trinity Funeral Home and Byrd’s Mortuary provided tents. Many sup-porters also prepared des-serts to go with the lunches.
According to Mike, the next big 4-H event will be the Chick Chain Show and Sale Aug. 11 at Union Farm-ers Co-op. Chickens raised by 4-Hers will be auctioned off in pens of six. Those pro-ceeds will go towards Union County 4-H livestock pro-grams.
“And no, these are not the chickens we grilled on Wednesday!” joked Mike.
4-H barbecue is fi nger-lickin’ good
Uncle Walter From page 1
airport, two college-age women struck up a conver-sation with Sarah – where you from, ever been to Cali, we live there.
Victoria and Angelica Paris had gone to school in Michigan and Wisconsin. Their father, a geology pro-fessor, insisted they learn English. They were enthu-siastic about Cali. They of-fered a tour. They had a nice car. They were great guides.
During a long lunch break, conversation turned to family. Their brother is a peanut farmer. Their dad does international
seminars. As if it didn’t re-ally matter too much, their grandfather was once presi-dent of Colombia.
Do what?Gabriel Paris Gordillo,
former army general, com-mander of the Colombian military, was chosen as president in 1957 after the coup d’etat. He restored order in the country. He secured a very large grant from the U.S. to keep the lights on. He led the con-stitutional change that al-lowed women to vote. His memory is revered. There are statues.
We must have made a fuss over the presidential news. The granddaughters laughed and called their parents. They wanted to meet Sarah. How about another lunch, tomorrow, at their home? Yes, I could come along.
That lunch lasted three hours and could have gone longer. The food was excel-lent. Conversation was spir-ited. Goodbyes were fi nally said, punctuated with hugs. Señor Gabriel Paris vowed and declared they will return the visit – to Union County.
Is this amazing, or what?
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Contrary to some opin-ions, Bean Station was not named for legumes, but rather for the pioneering Bean family who settled there in the late 1700s, when this still wild and largely unexplored territory was part of North Carolina.
William Bean and Daniel Boone were the fi rst white men known to have viewed the land around what is now Bean Station. They camped in the area in 1775, follow-ing the Cherokee’s Great War Path on their way to Kentucky “Ken-tuck.”
The fi rst permanent settle-ment is believed to have been established in 1776 by Robert Bean and William Bean II. The Beans were captains in the Revolutionary War, and were granted 3,000 acres of land along German Creek for their services.
Other settlers followed, among them James Ore, Robert Patterson, Robert Blair and James McFarland, who purchased land from the Bean family. Back then, as today, real estate prices varied widely, with land selling for 44 cents to $1.50 an acre.
Sometime between 1787 and 1789, a fort, known as Bean’s Station, was con-structed at the intersection of the Kentucky Road and the Cherokee War Path to protect settlers from attacks by Indians who were trying to push the intruders from the territory.
Located on what was then a major road for set-tlers heading west and travelers heading north and south, Bean Station at-tracted many merchants and businesses. Some no-table Americans who visited Bean’s Station were Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Hen-ry Clay, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk.
The railroad opened the county to the timber in-dustry. Logs from Grainger County were hauled out on
Yesterday I did some-thing I’ve never done before and will never do again. On July 8, 2015, I reached the half century mark. Yes, I turned 50.
I like the way it was worded on a T-shirt I saw on Facebook, “I’m not 50. I’m 18, with 32 years of experience!”
Those ages that mark decades, all ending in zero, usually give me pause for refl ection, perhaps because of the way they so easily divide into 100. Assuming my life’s journey is destined 100 years, at 20 I was one-fi fth gone. The glass was still over half full.
Twenty-fi ve, fi rst quarter down. Thirty, I lowered my expectations and assumed if 90, one-third gone. Very depressing, but still more future than past.
Forty. Expectation to 80, half gone. At 45, back up to 90, but still half past.
Now here is 50. I’m sur-prised myself that I didn’t fi nd it depressing. I spent most of my 50th birthday in a meeting in Kingsport, at least in body, but my mind gave much thought to why it wasn’t a depressing day.
I’ll let you in on the se-cret – it was the memories of all the wonderful friends who shared the journey. I’ve introduced you to many of them in these articles, and there are many more (hopefully) to come.
One of these friends is a fellow Union County educa-tor, Paulette Elementary teacher Tracy Keck. I fi rst met Tracy (now Johnson) when we were in Ms. Flor-ence Chesney’s third grade at Maynardville Elemen-tary School.
I have many fond memories of Tracy. I can remember Ms. Chesney having the girls do a sort of pantomime to the song
A look at Bean StationLife in years
“Hawaiian Rainbow,” and in my mind I can still see Tracy acting it out. In later years she and some of the other girls sang during bus wait, “O, Father Abraham, and seven sons to serve, and seven sons to serve.”
Bus wait was where I got to know Tracy best. Tracy was such a jovial girl. She laughed a lot, and that made me laugh, too. In the days when afternoon bus wait was kept in class-rooms at MES and teach-ers tra veled from room to room, we had lots of fun between visits from teach-ers. I never heard Tracy say one unkind word to or about anyone.
Tracy was one of the fi ne people that made my journey through school more enjoyable. Tracy and I graduated in Horace Maynard High School’s Class of ’83. We attended Lincoln Memorial Univer-sity together, and Tracy has gone on to become an ac-complished Union County teacher.
Years later another dear friend gave me a plaque that hangs over my home library door. It is a quote from Abraham Lincoln, “Live a good life. And in the end, it’s not the years in a life, it’s the life in the years.”
Years are given life by friends. Thank you, Tracy, for being one of the best.
Next week I’ll share a tale of spirits fueled by spirits.
rail cars, cut into boards, and shipped all over the world. It also reduced what was then a three-day trip to the city to a single day. The Peavine brought jobs, faster mail and even the county’s fi rst automobile, a Ford Model T.
Another industry that prospered during this time was moonshining. With stringent laws against the sale of alcoholic beverages in many counties, moon-shiners operated in the hills and hollows scattered throughout East Tennes-see. For those so inclined, one needed only to leave a Mason jar in the knot hole of certain tree, and the next morning the jar would be fi lled with potent white lightning.
During the early 20th century, money was so hard to come by, Bean Station had its own currency. H.E. Beets, who operated a gen-eral store near Tate Springs, began issuing tokens to his customers in denomina-tions from $1 to $50 so they could continue to buy goods. The coins are extremely rare and, today, only one com-plete set is known to exist.
The establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA in 1931 brought many positive changes to East Tennessee but none had a bigger impact on the com-munity than the widespread distribution of affordable electric service. But, as with all progress, a piece of his-tory was lost.
In 1940, before the Holston River was dammed and Cherokee Lake created, the historic Bean’s Station tavern was torn down with the intention of relocating it to higher ground. Unfortu-nately, before the structure could be rebuilt, it was de-stroyed by fi re. Today, the site of the tavern and battlefi eld lies buried beneath Cherokee Lake most of the year.
Bean Station Volun-teer Fire Department was founded Aug. 8, 1967, by Coy Dean, Knox Samsel, Junior Layel, Junior Wolfe and Jack Smith. These men organized the department and purchased a fi re truck, a 1949 Ford, for $2,500.
Eight years later, in 1975, the Bean Station Volunteer Rescue Squad was orga-nized with 15 members. Their fi rst offi ce was in the basement of Stetzer Funeral Home.
During this period, Bean Station was perhaps best known as a truck stop. The heart of Bean Station was Harris Motor Court and the adjoining restaurant at the intersection of Highways 11W and 25E. People came from as far away as Ken-tucky and Virginia for Sun-day dinner. Smoked ham and red eye gravy were the restaurant’s specialty. What most diners didn’t know was that the salty country ham was cured in a smoke-house attached to the motel owner’s home across the street.
In 1995, U.S. Highways 11W and 25E were rerouted and widened to four lanes, bypassing the center of town, and prompting sev-eral businesses to relocate along the new highway.
Residents concerned about the future of their community and fearful that neighboring Hamblen County was about to annex parts of it, launched a drive to incorporate Bean Station as a city. Their hard work paid off and, on Nov. 4, 1996, after more than 200
years of history, the city of Bean Station was offi cially incorporated.
Today, many motorists who pass through Bean Station see only fi reworks stores, furniture outlets, Grainger County tomatoes signs, gas stations and quick marts. They may smile when they see the name on the sign, or gaze in wonder-ment at the natural beauty of the mountains and lake. They may even stop for lunch or buy a souvenir, but they don’t understand.
For those who call zip code 37708 home, Bean Sta-tion is a very special place.
NOTE: Information about Bean’s Station was provided to me by Bob Hamilton in 2011. He cited a variety of sources including The Citizen Tribune news-paper, Dropped Stitches in Tennessee History by Allison, The Wilderness Road by Kincaid, History of Tennessee by the Ten-nessee Historical Society, as well as articles by J.A. Dunn, Meta P. Ballenger, C.A. Halley, Art Hill, Lucille Deaderick, C.C. Justus, and J.L. Caton.
Additional informa-tion was obtained from the writings of Sarah Dough-erty, Selina Gill, Fred Har-ris, Linda DeBord-Bishop, Thomas E. Roach and the Daughters of the American Revolution of Chattanooga.
Although I did not use Ken Coffey’s book, The Wil-derness Road and Other Stories that Ought to be Told, as a reference for this column, it is a wonderful and more detailed account of Grainger County with pictures. If you have not al-ready gotten a copy, I high-ly recommend this history.
Gallagher wins scholarshipUnion County High School senior Chenoa Gallagher accepts
a $1,500 scholarship check from Union County Farm Bureau
board president Eddie Thompson at the monthly board of di-
rectors meeting in July. Photo submitted
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Big bags – hobos, totes, messenger, the names change over years – are always in style. They’re functional, too, because they can hold a lot of stuff. But that’s precisely where the risk can come in. Slung over one shoulder, these bags can eventually cause neck and shoulder pain, similar to the kind of prob-lems chiropractors see in kids who carry ill-fi tting, heavy backpacks.
Women – and men – carrying such bags are contorting their posture to counterbalance a heavy bag that is pulling on one side. This can wreak hav-oc with muscles and the spine.
The American Chiro-practic Association rec-ommends your handbag be no more than 10 per-cent of your body weight. One way to keep a bag
from getting too heavy is to get in the habit of clean-ing it out once a week. Ob-viously there’s no sense in toting around unneces-sary bulk and weight. If a bag gets too heavy be-fore you have a chance to lighten the load, doctors recommend you carry it in front of you.
Fashion statements, like bags and stiletto heels, are statements that can send you to a chiropractor looking for relief. It’s even been noted that men who sit on excessively fat wal-lets are throwing off their posture.
Talk with your chiro-practor for more advice.
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FAITH NOTES
Community services
■ First Baptist Church of Maynardville, located on
Main Street, will host a School
Backpack and Supplies Give-
a-way to children in Union
County, 5-7 p.m. Monday,
July 27, in the fellowship
hall. Proof of residence (KUB
statement or assistance letter)
required. Info: 992-3007.
■ 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 ■ Community Baptist Church,
738 Highway 61 W., Maynard-
ville, 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday,
July 20-24. Theme: Journey
off the Map. Classes for all
ages. Everyone welcome. Info:
742-9702.
We forget that God was in the resurrection busi-ness centuries before the resurrection of Jesus.
As is often the case, I fi rst learned this story by singing it. Poet James Weldon Johnson’s famous spiritual “Dry Bones” is well known, especially among Southern musi-cians. In it, Johnson con-nects, then disconnects “dem bones,” and the re-curring refrain is “Now hear the word of the Lord!”
Aside from bodily res-urrection, I am more in-terested in the way God raises us up day by day.
We are reborn, re-newed, resurrected, many times over the course of our lives. That is, we are if we are willing to stay in touch with God, allow God to work on us, to mold and shape us. If we are willing to obey, to listen.
Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your grave, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live….
(Ezekiel 37:12-14 NRSV)
The valley of dry bones
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I have never told this story to a living soul. Not one. But I am going to tell you, and I hope you un-derstand the mystery of it as I have tried to do.
One night years ago, as I slept, a question I had been carrying around for quite a while was answered in a dream. I startled awake, and then I heard (perceived?) the reply: “I speak to you in many voices.”
I don’t understand what happened there. I only know it is true.
God raises us up! Hal-lelujah! Amen!
Who is No. 2?Marvin
West
Critical question that re-ally needs an answer before the second Saturday in Sep-tember: Who is No. 2?
We know about No. 1. Joshua Dobbs is Tennessee’s quarterback. The benefi -ciary of a forced promotion saved last season, directed the bowl romp and now is famous, even ranked ahead of his accomplishments.
Hype helps in the race for a Heisman. It would also help to complete a few pass-es down the fi eld and win some really big games.
Even though Dobbs is nimble and quick, most scrambles and called run-ning plays end with a hit. Because the line still has fl aws, we can assume he will be hit hard if he just stands there. Either way, the Volunteers must have a satisfactory replacement – just in case something bad happens.
Butch Jones has multiple choices, the fi nest crop of young quarterbacks in the country. Amazing it is. Tal-ented they are, four stars all. Experienced they are not.
Some high school stand-outs shy away from competi-tion. Quinten Dormady, Jau-an Jennings and Sheriron Jones showed no fear. Each probably believes he is the best, or soon will be.
It is little more than a guess at the moment but Dormady appears to have more polish and is probably the better passer and fi eld sergeant (nowhere near a
general). He is 6-4 and 213 and working to get stron-ger by the day. This son of a Texas high school coach got a head start on the Tennes-see playbook and will know how to run the offense.
Jennings, 6-4 and 190, has a burning desire to be a quarterback but admits he still has a lot to learn. He is the more athletic runner and a potential star at some other position if he falls short of his goal.
Jones could be the best combo, good passer, fl eet afoot, a genuine dual-threat quarterback from a very competitive league in Cali-fornia. He is 6-3 and 190, about the size of Dobbs when he arrived, a more ac-curate passer but similar in several ways.
Sheriron does come with one scar. He committed to Florida before he wised up and switched to Tennessee.
Enjoy the thought of three fi ne freshmen – while it lasts.
When Mike DeBord
wears his August quarter-back coaching cap, he will have two primary jobs. He must help Dobbs refi ne his skills. Joshua is a ju-nior who has started nine games. He’s nowhere near his potential peak. Superior intelligence makes him easy to teach. He is a good athlete for the position.
Perhaps more important for DeBord and the team is preparation of an adequate replacement before the Oklahoma game. Not hav-ing a satisfactory reserve has been a Tennessee weak-ness. Think how the Vols looked against Florida in 2013. Don’t bother recalling how they looked last season. That might cause indiges-tion.
The race for No. 2 fi gures to be one of the most inter-esting aspects of pre-season practice. Want to test your foresight? Write your pick on a sticky note and put it where you can fi nd it.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
The Fountain City Art Center has been eagerly anticipating the new show, “Travels and Treasures” for close to a year. The event will feature four incredibly tal-ented artists and their work.
Artists to be featured in-clude Aurora Bull, oils; Tra-cy Gray, watercolors; Terry Chandler, acrylics and Marty McConnaughey, mixed me-dia gourds. Among Bull’s works are paintings from her travels with scenes from Italy, the Netherlands and desert and mesas from the American West. Chandler
will include works from some of his travels in East Tennes-see and across the country.
Gray’s works include bril-liant color, each one “a true gem in transparent water-color”. Each piece by Mc-Connaughey is considered a treasure in itself as she uses items from nature to embel-lish her decorative work.
The opening reception for “Travels and Treasures” will be 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, July 17 and is open to the public. Fountain City Art Center is located at 213 Hotel Avenue.
Terry Chandler captures the beauty of Abram’s Falls on canvas.
Art center show to feature travels and treasures
Marty Mc-
Connaughey
transforms a
gourd in to a
beautiful work
of art.Photos submitted
6 • JULY 15, 2015 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news
Auction house is full and overfl ow-ing with grandfather clocks, fl oor clocks, mantle clocks, wall clocks, advertising clocks, cast iron bean kettles & skillets, chestnut dressers, cedar wardrobes, vintage beds, including a vintage rope bed, French Provincial china cabinet, retro lamps & chandeliers, metal Tonka toys, Bernhardt DR suite, Harden brass & glass tables, loveseat & chairs, vintage ringer washing machine, Swavorski crystal, Lenox lamp, coins, bonnet top armoire, 33 RPM albums including Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Elvis. For pictures of these & other items go
to: WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM & enter Auctioneer ID # 22892.
TennCare Kids is Tennessee’s commit-ment to see that chil-dren and teens have the best start to a healthy life. TennCare Kids is a free program of check-ups and health care ser-vices for children from birth to age 21 who are TennCare eligible, in-cluding health history, complete physical exam, lab tests as appropriate, immunizations, vision and hearing screen-ing, developmental and behavior screenings as appropriate, and advice on healthy living. Union Countians interested in the program should contact the Union County Health Depart-ment’s community out-reach representative, Pam Williams. Info: 992-3867, ext. 131.
Seniors celebrate birthdays
Union County’s senior centers celebrated birth-days of attendees in May and June. Flowers by Bob donated fl owers for each senior citizen celebrating a birthday during those months. Cake was provided by Teresa’s Bakery.
Bessie Delozier, Linda Ball and Rosa Aye celebrate May birthdays at Union County Senior Center
in Maynardville.
Fran Hansen celebrated her
June birthday at the Luttrell
Senior Center.
Katherine Ward of Plainview
celebrates her June birthday.
Ruth Collins celebrates her
May birthday at Plainview. Photos submitted
SCHOOL NOTES ■ Big Ridge Elementary
School will have registra-
tion for new students 6-7
p.m. Thursday, July 30. Bring
a copy of the child's Social
Security card, birth certifi cate,
immunization record, proof
of residence and the name,
address and phone or fax
number of the last school
attended. School administra-
tion strongly encourages all
new students to enroll on this
night. Big Ridge Elementary
is located at 3420 Hickory
Valley Road, Maynardville.
Kim Turner is principal. Info:
992-8687
■ Luttrell Elementary School will host kindergarten reg-
istration 3-6 p.m. Thursday,
July 17. Parents should bring
an up-to-date immunization
form, proof of a current physi-
cal, Social Security card and
birth certifi cate for each child.
Adam Levko is a physical therapist at the D1 facility. He shared with the interns what it takes to
get into PT and the most stressful part of his job (the paperwork).
By Shannon CareyJamal Johnson of the D1
training facility in Hardin Valley told Shopper-News interns about the fi rst time he met Vols football legend Peyton Manning.
Johnson, a University of Florida alum, said “How’s it feel not ever beating us?”
Manning smiled and said, “How’s it feel not hav-ing a championship ring?”
After blowing out his knee in professional foot-ball, Johnson went on to coach and work at D1, which Manning founded.
According to Johnson, Manning and Vols team-mate Will Bartholomew saw a market for professional training facilities. D1 hous-es an indoor football fi eld, a weight room, and an on-site physical therapy offi ce.
“There was nothing like this,” said Johnson. “No-where you could get the Division 1 experience. They felt like athletes should not be the only ones privileged with that level of training.”
D1’s headquarters are in Nashville, and there are lo-cations in multiple states.
Johnson is also a non-faculty strength and con-ditioning coach for Central High School’s football team, and he spoke reverently about the legacy of coach Joel Helton, who recently passed away.
The Division 1 experience
Jamal Johnson discusses training and working out at the D1
facility in Hardin Valley. Johnson recently joined the staff for
the Central High School football team as strength and condi-
tioning coach.
“We as a team now be-lieve that we are going to fi nish what he started,” Johnson said. “He wasn’t
just about football. He was about developing student athletes and bringing them up as young men. I’ve had good coaches and I’ve had bad coaches. But the goal is to be the most respected and loved coach like Coach Helton.”
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Community Baptist Church738 Hwy 61 W. Maynardville
742-9702
Community Baptist Church
Vacation Bible
School 2015
Mon, July 20 - Fri, July 247:00 pm -9:00pm
Classes for all ages!Everyone is welcome!
VBS Directors, Rev. Jody Winstead, Regina Steiner and Jordan Collins
“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left”. – Isaiah 30:21
By Shannon CareyThe professionals at
ORNL’s National Transpor-tation Research Center have teamwork down pat.
“When we do research and development here, it’s very seldom that we do it all by ourselves,” Claus Dan-iel of NTRC’s Sustainable Transportation Program told Shopper-News interns July 7.
NTRC houses scientists and engineers from a multi-tude of disciplines, men and women, with 81 nationali-ties represented. These folks work with vehicle manufac-
turers, universities, and a variety of other stakeholders to push the United States into the forefront of effi cient and sustainable transporta-tion technology.
Interns heard from Madhu Chintavali about fast, wireless charging for electric cars, from Brian West about cleaner, more efficient gasoline engines, from Dean Deter about im-provements in heavy-duty truck engines, and from Ji-anlin Li about making bat-teries smaller, longer-lived and less toxic.
But the team at NTRC doesn’t just span nation-alities. It spans ages as well. NTRC interns Matt Love and Michael Goin are just out of high school at Hardin Valley Academy. Their focus is 3-D printing. These two prodigies were on Hardin Valley Academy’s fi rst ro-botics team. Many parts for their award-winning robots were 3-D printed right there at NTRC.
Love said 3-D printing is changing vehicle manufac-turing for the better, mak-ing it “much faster, cheaper
and more effective.”NTRC houses 3-D print-
ers for both plastics and metal, from the huge “Big Bertha” model, capable of printing a whole car, to desktop-size models.
“It’s a very young busi-ness, but the technology has actually been around for a number of years,” said Love.
Shopper-News interns even got to see the fi rst all-electric 3-D printed car. It took 44 hours to print, “to show that it’s possible to make personal vehicles,” said Love.
By Charlie HamiltonYou know when you go
buy a new car at a dealer-ship how on the window sticker it shows how many miles per gallon it gets and its fuel economy? These are two of the biggest questions when buying a car.
Well, by 2025 the aver-age fuel effi ciency of all new cars sold in the U.S. will have to be 54.5 miles per gallon, or the automaker gets a hefty fi ne. Right now, a new mid-sized car usually gets around 20 to 25 miles per gallon.
The U.S. has some of the most strict emissions regu-lations in the world. I have to say that we are about half-way to the 54.5 mpg goal, and we have 10 years to do it. With advancements each and every day by the Nation-al Transportation Research Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, we can reach that milestone.
NTRC has top-notch sci-entists and engineers work-ing with new technology for
electric vehicles, regular passenger cars, and even heavy-duty tractor trailers. There is even a program called FEERC that stands for Fuel, Engines and Emis-sions Research Center that focuses on emissions con-trol and the advancement in combustion engines.
In America, we use about 135 billion gallons of gas a year. At NTRC they want to use “less fuel to go the same distance,” which is great considering the price of gas on today’s market. Lighter cars, higher octane grades of gas, and compression on a motor can boost a car’s fuel economy.
NTRC is working with Ford, GM, Cummins and other automakers to im-prove the fuel economy and emissions of their cars. With all of this research and advancement, automakers won’t have to worry about the regulations, and maybe someday we will have a car that puts out no emissions at all.
Interns Betty
Mengesha and
Emma Dale listen
as Matthew Love
discusses working
with a 3D printer.
Claus Daniel provided a fun and informative tour
for the Shopper-News interns at the National
Transportation Research Center. Photos by R. White
Madhu Chin-
thavali shows the
interns a motor
and discusses
advancements in
technology.
Collaboration is key at NTRC
B Ch li HHHH ilt l t i hi l l
Going the distance
8 • JULY 15, 2015 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news
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THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 18Anderson County Fair, 5 p.m., Anderson
County Fair Grounds, 218 Nave St., Clinton. Admission: $5; kids 6 and under free. Info: www.andersoncountyfairtn.com.
THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories”
show featuring Pat Boone backed by Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Proceeds go the Oak Ridge High School music department. Info/tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.
THURSDAY, JULY 16Arts & Crafts with Anna Hughes, 4 p.m., Mascot
through Big Ridge State Park, music by Hillbilly Jedi, discount eats by Li’l Jo’s Bar-B-Que. Proceeds go to support Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service-Union County’s seniors. Info/registration: www.schas.org.
Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.
The Secret City Excursion Train, Heritage Center, Oak Ridge. Departure times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Dinner train ride, 6 p.m. Choice of four entrees. Info: www.secretcityrailroad.com or 241-2140.
MONDAY, JULY 20Luttrell seniors luncheon, 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.,
Luttrell Community Center. Bring dish to share.Monday Night Book Club: “Defending Jacob”
by William Landay, 6-8 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.
Q&A with UTK’s Ask-A-Scientist, 6-7 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. All ages welcome. Info: 525-5431.
TUESDAY, JULY 21Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,
4216 Sutherland Ave. Any Tennessee resident between 8-14 years old is eligible. Prepare one-minute dance composition without music demonstrating modern dance and ballet technique. Info: 584-9636.
Saturday Lego Club, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. For kids in grades one through fi ve. Info: 922-2552.
Saturday Stories and Songs: Sean McCollough, 11 a.m., Fountain City Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.
Senior Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5. Live music by the Nigel Boulton Band.
SUNDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 26-AUG. 1Christian Camp at Big Ridge State Park. Cost: $40.
Info: Kathy Chesney, 566-3289.
FRIDAY, JULY 31The Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m.,
1009 Main St., Maynardville. Fresh produce, meat, plants, cut fl owers, artists and craftsmen. New vendors welcome. Info: 992-8038.
SATURDAY, AUG. 1Second annual cornhole tournament to benefi t
Angelic Ministries. 12:30 p.m., under the big top at The Ministry, 1218 N. Central St. Info/registration: angelicministries.com.
MONDAY, AUG. 3American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,
Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522. The Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m.,
1009 Main St., Maynardville. Fresh produce, meat, plants, cut fl owers, artists and craftsmen. “First Friday” celebration includes: live music, cooking demonstrations, children’s activities, featured agribusinesses and more. New vendors welcome. Info: 992-8038.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, AUG. 5-6AARP Driver Safety class, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.,
Oak Ridge Senior Center, 728 Emory Road, Oak Ridge. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
THURSDAY, AUG. 6AARP Driver Safety class, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., New
Tazewell Methodist Church, 965 Old Knoxville Highway, New Tazewell. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.
