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VOL. 6, NO. 35
AUGUST 27, 2011
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The Union County High School cheerlead-ers, dance team, band and varsity football players led the crowd Aug. 18, as they kicked off the 2011 high school football season with their first pep rally.
For the second year, Food City hosted the event and manager Scott Inklebarger provided a free barbecue for the kids. Coaches and team
members were introduced along with any spe-cial guests who were attending. Booster club memberships were available, and the teams and coaches entertained the crowd with a water-melon eating contest, an egg toss game, cheers, dance and music.
The football players competed in an egg re-lay, with the players from each class decorat-ing a Food City shopping cart, then pushing
the cart through an obstacle course. One team member rode under the cart and held three eggs, all of which had to make it to the finish line unbroken. The win went to the Patriots from the junior class.
Then, the team and band marched through Food City. The Union County High School Patriots varsity football team started the season Aug. 19 with a home game against the Grainger Grizzlies.
By Cindy Taylor
Every so often, but not often enough, the fl ag next to the His-toric Dr. John Harvey Carr Medical Offi ce lifted its stars and stripes in the barely-there breeze as the Hor-ace Maynard Historical Marker was unveiled.
At noon on Aug. 20, 25 offi cials and residents braved the midday heat to hear Union County Historian Bonnie Peters tell briefl y of the days of Horace Maynard and his contribu-tions to the town named in his honor. Maynardville Mayor H.E. “Smiley” Richardson welcomed the crowd and thanked Peters for her work with the Historical Society. Union County Mayor Mike Williams addressed the audience and read the inscription on the marker. The Pledge of Allegiance
was led by Maynardville City Man-ager Jack Rhyne.
“We want to welcome everyone to the city of Maynardville for this historic event,” said Richardson. “It is a privilege for the city of May-nardville to provide this historical marker for Horace Maynard.”
“At one time, we had no county seat here and had to travel to vote, take products to sell and to make pur-chases,” said Peters. “Horace May-nard was an attorney who defended Union County to form a county seat here, for no payment, against a suit fi led by Knox County.”
Peters found a third great-grand-son of Maynard, Robert Maynard Cohen and had invited him to the event, but Cohen had previous
Freshman Union County High School football player Josh Steele kisses the pavement when his teammate Matthew Torbett fl ips their cart in the egg relay. Teammate
Samuel Letner tries to untangle Steele. The relay took place during the high school football pep rally, held at Food City in Maynardville before the fi rst game of the season.Photo by C. Taylor
Buggy bash! Food City pep rally
kicks off football season
Westboro: Mass. Oct. 1st. 1862 –
Sir,
Having provided for the freedom of
the slaves, can you not, I beg you, in God’s
name, do something for the freedom of
the white people of East Tennessee? Their
tears & blood will be a blot on your Admin-
istration that time can never eff ace, & no
proclamations can cover up. Every prom-
ise made to them has been broken — not
one has been attempted to be kept, even
to the ear. Hopes have been excited only
to end in disappointment; suff ering, long-
continued, has been endured, only to be
followed by blank despair.
The little force at Cumberland Gap was
kept chained in the mountain passes for
months, forbidden, though begging, to go
forward to the relief of their homes, & now
they are recalled from a position where they
could, at least, keep hope alive in their tor-
tured hearts. For more than a year have Gov.
Johnson & I, with others, implored for aid in
their behalf. Day after day have we attend-
ed in the purlieus of the White House, the
War Department & at Military Head Quar-
ters– We have entreated, we have besought,
we have humbled ourselves, submitted to
offi cial neglect, not to say rudeness, annoy-
ing & mortifying, only to be put off with as-
surances, that I am now satisfi ed, & that at
the time, we sometimes feared, were never
intended to be regarded; accompanied by
sneers from your most trusted supporters
at “Border State dictation”; conditional loy-
alty,” with imputations upon our motives,
very hard to bear– While our poor people, in
whose behalf we labored, have been abso-
lutely abandoned, to use no harsher word.
We are told that the Gap, through
which we looked for aid to come, had been
blocked up with rocks & made impassable.
We begged for bread, you have given us a
stone. We entreated you to erect our part
of the State into a Military District, with a
competent commander – you divided us
by a line drawn through the middle & as-
signed one fragment to Fremont, & left the
other to Divine Providence.
We asked for a fi sh, you gave us a serpent.
For the moment you satisfi ed the clamors of
a seditious press & the partisans of a sedi-
tious leader; but at a terrible cost to us.
For all this, you, you Sir, are directly, indi-
vidually responsible. There has been no time
when an imperative word from you would
not have sent the people relief. But you have
listened to the counsel of men who never
wanted us relieved — who, when you at-
tempted to build a military way for our relief,
raised a howl that aff righted you from your
purpose. These men do not intend to have us
as fellow-citizens again, & they are, & from
the beginning have, been counseling to
prevent it. Their infl uence has always been
against us; & you have acquiesced.
For a long time, I had strong confi dence
in you personally, & have labored hard to
inspire it in the country. You can judge
how cruelly I have been disappointed, to
write as I have done, & how great have
been the suff erings of our people.
I am very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Serv’t.
Horace Maynard
(Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Con-
gress. Transcribed and Annotated by the Lincoln
Studies Center, Knox College. Galesburg, Illinois.)
A member of the House of Representatives and an outspoken Unionist,
Horace Maynard repeatedly wrote to President Abraham Lincoln requesting
assistance in East Tennessee. Maynard penned this letter a short time after
the preliminary announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. The letter
demonstrates his passion for the people of Union County and shows a different
viewpoint than we generally see regarding Lincoln.
Horace Maynard marker unveiled
Union County
Mayor Mike
Williams
unveils the
historical
marker placed
in honor
of Horace
Maynard. The
marker was
placed next to
a tract of land
once owned
by Maynard. Photos by C. Taylor
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Maynardville Mayor H.E. “Smiley” Richardson and Union County Historian Bonnie Peters offer a welcome and share a brief history about Horace Maynard.
Horace Maynard Photo submitted
plans and was unable to at-tend. Cohen is an attorney in Maryville and his mother, Betty King, lives in Georgia. Peters plans to meet with the family in the near future to gain more insight into the life of Horace Maynard.
“Cohen did express la-ment that the high school no longer bears his grandfa-ther’s name,” said Peters.
“I think Horace Maynard High School should still be in existence,” said Williams. “We owe a great debt to Hor-ace Maynard, and it is disre-spectful for his name to be removed. We are here today to acknowledge his contribu-tions to this community.”
The Rev. Tim Day closed out the assembly with a strong voice by singing “Proud to be
an American,” and county at-torney David Myers added a brief description of what the area around the courthouse looked like some years ago.
The Union County His-torical Society chose to place the marker at the Mulberry tract that had been given to Maynard in appreciation for his contributions.
For those who were un-able to attend and would like to see the marker, it stands next to the parking lot at the Historic Maynardville Bank Building on Main Street.
Horace Maynard marker unveiledFrom page A-1
community
Union County’s senior centers have continued meetings and activi-ties through the summer months. The Maynardville Senior Center celebrated Beach Day on Aug. 18, inviting seniors from all areas of the county for a cook-out, fun and door prizes. Senior center co-ordinator Melanie Dykes thanked everyone who helped, including Proper-ty Assessor Donna Jones, who provided door prizes.
Seniors celebrating birthdays in August were: Mattie Dukes, age 78, of Luttrell; Joyce Rush, age 68, of Sharps Chapel; and Pauline Smith, Jack Day and Donna Rogers of May-nardville, ages 86, 80 and 67 respectively.
Carmeuse Lime and Stone is the largest pro-ducer of lime and limestone products in North America, manufacturing and distrib-uting up to 7 million tons per year of fi nished products. It provides another 25 million tons of high-purity chemi-cal limestone and aggre-gates and 2 million tons of high grade silica sand prod-ucts. Its 32 manufacturing facilities supply and serve 33 states and provinces in the eastern USA and Can-ada and employ more than 2,000 employees. Many Union County residents don’t realize that the county has a local subsidiary of this national company that has been in business since the
early 1970s, known then as Ten Luttrell.
Located on Clinch Valley Road in Luttrell, Carmeuse is a 24/7 operation and em-ploys 95 people. The compa-ny sells mostly to industries for large quantity usage, so many locals are unaware it even exists; but the benefi ts this company provides reach far beyond Union County.
Carmeuse products in-clude a full range of high calcium and dolomitic quicklime, hydrated lime, milk of lime, a range of high purity chemical grade lime-stone products and specialty silica sands. The company also provides a range of in-dustrial sand products for a variety of commercial and
Quality Control Manager Louis Beeler conducts a safety training class at Carmeuse. Photo by C. Taylor
Business of the weekCarmeuse Lime and Stone
industrial applications in-cluding fl ue gas desulfuriza-tion, construction (road and land development), steel production, glass produc-tion, water treatment, waste treatment, paper produc-tion, masonry, mortars and other building materials, mine safety dust, oil and gas production, and soil stabili-zation.
“The majority of our em-
ployees live in Union and Grainger counties,” said Human Resource general-ist Debbie Perry. “We are so pleased to be located in this community.”
The Carmeuse offi ce staff is welcoming, but the company is not the type of place you can just “drop in.” An onsite tour must be preapproved and safety training is required.
Senior Center coordinator Melanie Dykes and Linda Damewood are ready for a luau at Beach Day at the Maynardville Senior Center.
Surf’s up at the senior center
Chiropractic treatment has been proven effective in treating headaches, from the mildest to the
most debilitating. The experts say there are steps one can take to prevent them.
A sedentary lifestyle is one of the key contribu- ■tors to headaches. More Americans are spending hours in a fi xed position, whether at a computer at work or home, or at a game console or in front of a television. This can lead to joint irritation and muscle tension in the upper back, neck and scalp, and, ultimately, to a headache. If this describes you, make a point of getting up to stretch every 30 min-utes to an hour.
Exercise is good not only for your overall health, ■but can also help with avoiding a headache or easing the discomfort of one.
It’s also important to keep yourself hydrated by ■drinking at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water each day. Dehydration can lead to headache.
If you suffer from regular headaches, think ■about what you were doing and what the environ-ment was like just before one came on. Noise, light and certain foods can be headache “triggers.” Staying away from the circumstances or substances that are your triggers can help.
Talk with your chiropractor about ways to beat headaches to the punch.
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Pauline Smith, 86; Jack Day, 80; and Donna Rogers, 67, cel-ebrate their birthdays at the Maynardville Senior Center.
Joyce Rush celebrated her 68th birthday at the Sharps Chapel Senior Center.Photos submitted
Mattie Dukes celebrated her 78th birthday at the Luttrell Senior Center.
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UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS • AUGUST 27, 2011 • 3
Aug. 20 brought a line to the door of the Luttrell Library long before time to open, and by 10:15 a.m. more than 50 people were waiting and the line was out the door.
Cindy Taylor
Leadership Union County class members David McIntosh, Sara
Collins and Mason Simpson examine a piece of lime that has
just been heated up and turned to dust by adding water.
Lori and Dustin Tindell and 3-year-old daughter Lucy with a display of their seasonal gourds at
the Union County Farmers Market. Photos by C. Taylor
FCS Extension Agent Joy Grissom, Hubbs Grove/Sharps Chapel FCE president Gloria Holcomb,
Linda Bower of the FCS Regional Offi ce and Union County Extension agent Shannon Perrin at
the FCE meeting.
Local author Billie Rose Shockley puts her signature on books purchased by County Commis-
sioner Sheila Buckner and Union County Historical Society member J.V. Waller.
Shockley signs
Billie Rose Shockley was the draw as she held a sign-ing of her book “From the Hills of East Tennessee, As I Remember It.” Shockley is the youngest sister of the late Chet Atkins, the musi-cian who has been touted as one of the greatest guitar players of all time.
During a discussion be-tween Billie and her brother about which sibling had the correct memory of a “thing,” Atkins suggested, prob-ably jokingly, that his sister write a book. She did, and the chronicle of her family’s life was born.
More than 150 residents from all over Union County fl ocked to Luttrell and waited in line for as much as three hours for the opportunity to grab their signed copy and meet Shockley. Many had a memory or two of their own to share with the author, and she graciously listened to ev-ery single one.
Leadership ■
ventures into miningUnion County Leader-
ship Class 2011 went under-ground (fi guratively) during a visit to Carmeuse Lime and Stone in August. Class member and Carmeuse em-ployee Debbie Perry host-ed the group which went through a brief training ses-sion and then took a drive through the above-ground operation. The class was driven to the “door” of the mine, but extensive training and safety equipment is re-quired to enter the mine it-self. While some in the class were disappointed, others said they would have needed a shot for their nerves to en-ter anywhere underground.
Other speakers were Melinda Wilson Sharpe of American First Financial, who provided breakfast at her business on Tazewell Pike, and Realtor Lujuanda Collins of American Elite Realty, which is located in the same offi ce building.
FCE welcomes ■
new agentThe Union County FCE
met Aug. 19, at Ann’s Kitch-en to welcome new Union County FCS Agent Joy Gris-som. Club members from Sharps Chapel, Big Ridge and Hubbs Grove traveled to meet the new agent.
“I wanted to meet the club members and fi nd out what their expectations are,” said Grissom. “I have a lot of programs to facilitate and needed to see how I can help these ladies.”
Linda Bower, adminis-trator for FCS from the re-gional offi ce, was on hand to answer questions and bring door prizes for the group. Bower also demonstrated a simple way to make a re-versible table runner.
“We were impressed with Joy and her enthusiasm,” said Gloria Holcomb. “She is very motivated to work with our clubs.”
Farmers Market ■
promotes educationThe Union County
Farmers Market hosted a
back to school celebration Aug. 20 with information booths representing home schooling, public libraries, FCS UT Extension services and litter prevention edu-cation.
Produce is at peak, and there were beautiful veg-etables from the Tharps, Seven Springs Farm and the Tindells. Malone’s Chuck Wagon continues to pull in, offering lunch items such as barbecue, ribbon-cut potatoes and fried bologna sandwiches.
On Aug. 27, Leadership Union County will be hold-ing a tea, water and bake sale to benefit the May-nardville Library, and Al-len Beeler will be back as market manager with fall nursery plants. Many ven-dors are still selling out by 10 a.m., so plan to come out early to support your local growers.
The Union County Farm-ers Market is made possible in part by a grant from the Union County Community Foundation.Contact Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@
gmail.com.
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Union’s senior branch representative Nancy Blankenship presents
Nancy Staar, Union County Humane Society volunteer
coordinator, with a check and pet supplies collected during EFCU’s Dog Days of Summer
pet supply drive. The Tazewell branch collected
more than $1,000 for the Union County and Claiborne
County animal shelters along with food, towels and
blankets. Adoptable dog Bella was also on hand to
examine the donations.Photo submitted
By Cindy Taylor
The Big Ridge State Park annual Bluegrass Festival cel-ebrated its 30th year with a lightning show. Weather was a factor all day Aug. 19, but festival-goers brought their chairs, braved the elements and were in the midst of a good time when incoming storms forced the crowd to abandon the park and the rangers had to end the festival. The turn-out for the festival ranged be-tween 1,200 and 1,500 rather than the usual 5,000 of past years, and weather was most likely the cause.
“We had a tree struck by lightning earlier in the day, but the weather cleared back up, so we went ahead with the festival,” said Ranger Sarah Niceley. “In the 11 years I’ve been here, this is the fi rst time we’ve had to shut down early. We really appreciate the com-munity coming out and brav-ing the weather for as long as they did.”
Dancers of all ages hit the pavement to tunes such as “Cotton-Eyed Joe” and “Battle of New Orleans.” Old friends got reacquainted, new friend-ships were formed and some attendees reserved campsites
One-year-old Luke Johnson with dancing
partner and dad Mark.
A striking performance
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An organizational meeting for the caregivers support group will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Hardee’s in Maynardville. The group is for those caring for elderly and physically or mentally disabled adults or interested members of the community. Info: Kathy Chesney, Adult Day Services, 745-1201.
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on the 29th day of April, 2010, by deed of trust recorded in Trust Deed Book 148, page 203, in the Register's
Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee, to which deed of trust specifi c reference is hereby made, JOHNNY E. WYRICK, JR. and wife, BRITTANY L. WYRICK, conveyed to J. Randolph Miller, Trustee, the hereinafter described real property to secure the payment of the obligation and indebtedness owing by Johnny E. Wyrick, Jr. and wife, Brittany L. Wyrick, to
the benefi ciaries therein named, Glenn Cooke and wife, Ruth Cooke;WHEREAS, J. Randolph Miller, the said Trustee is unable to act as Trustee, and the owner and holder of the said deed of trust and the indebtedness therein secured has appointed the undersigned, K. David Myers, as Successor Trustee, by
instrument recorded in Trust Deed Book 165, page 7, in the Register’s Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee, and to which instrument specifi c reference is hereby made; and
WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of said obligations and indebtedness, now past due, the entire balance of which has been declared due and payable in accordance with the terms of said deed of trust and the obligations and indebtedness therein secured, and the owner and holder of said obligation and indebtedness has
directed me, the undersigned Successor Trustee, to foreclose said deed of trust in accordance with the terms thereof and to sell the real property and its improvements all as therein described.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by said deed of trust , I will on the day of September 21, 2011, offer for sale and sell the following described property, at the front door of the Union County
Courthouse, 901 Main Street, Maynardville, Tennessee, at the hour of 11:30 A.M., prevailing time, at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash and free from all legal, equitable, and statutory rights of
redemption, exemption or homestead, all rights arising by virtue of marriage, and all other similar exemptions and rights arising under or created by any applicable statute or judicial decision of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in the aforesaid deed of trust and to which specifi c reference is hereby made, the following
described real property:SITUATED in the First (1st) Civil District of Union County, Tennessee, and being known and designated as all of Lot 1,
Block 20, Coleman Cox Subdivision, as shown by map of same of record in Map Cabinet C, Slide 20-B, in the Register’s Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee, to which map specifi c reference is hereby made for a more particular description.
For reference see Deed Book “D”, Series -8-, page 71, in the Register’s Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee.Property address: 119 Johnson Farm Road, Maynardville, Tennessee 37807.
CURRENT OWNERS: Johnny E. Wyrick, Jr. Brittany L. Wyrick
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: First Century BankSaid property will be sold by the boundary in gross and not by the acre and subject to any and all applicable
easements, restrictions, reservations, and setback lines; and subject to any and all unpaid taxes, and any prior encumbrances and tax liens appearing of record; and subject to any matters which may be disclosed by an accurate
survey. The title to be conveyed will be only such title which the Successor Trustee may convey pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust or at law or in equity with no further representations or warranties or any nature whatsoever.
Further, in the event all unpaid indebtedness and expenses evidenced by the note are paid in full prior to the date of sale the Successor Trustee shall have no obligation to proceed with the sale of the above described real property.
In the event high bidder at the foreclosure should fail to comply with the submitted bid, the Successor Trustee shall have the option of accepting the next highest bid in which the bidder is able to comply or re-advertise and
sell at a second sale.
The right is reserved to adjourn the day of sale to another day certain without further publication and in accordance with the law upon announcement of such adjournment on the day and at the time and place of sale set forth above.
This notice shall be published in the Union County Shopper-News, a newspaper published in Union County, Tennessee.This sale is being made upon request of Glenn Cooke and wife, Ruth Cooke, the owners and holders of the obligations
and indebtedness secured by said deed of trust, due to the failure of the maker to comply with all provisions of the said deed of trust. The proceeds of the sale will be applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the deed of trust.
Notice of the Right to Foreclosure Pursuant to TCA Section 35-5-117, was given to the makers by notice dated June 9, 2011, in the time and manner as provided in the statute.
Posted: August 23, 2011;Published: August 27, September 3 & 17, 2011.
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for the weekend just to attend the festival.
Supper was offered straight off the grill by the Big Ridge FCE and included hot dogs, hamburgers, chili, sides, drinks and desserts. Chefs on the grill were Ronnie Pratt and Mike Wyrick. When asked what he was grilling up, Pratt said, “Whatever they put in front of me.” The Big Ridge FCE serves food as a fundrais-er and has been the only food vendor allowed at the festival since the festival began.
“We’ve been doing this for 30 years,” said Big Ridge
FCE president Judy Loveday. “We started out when they started out.”
Only three of the fi ve bands scheduled to per-form – Ethan Ferguson who opened the event, Twin Creek and Circle of Friends – had made it to the stage prior to what ended up being the closing number. It was probably the shortest festi-val in the history of the park, lasting a brief one and a half hours, but those attending claimed they had a fi ne old time right up until the last second.
Circle of Friends hammer out “Cotton-Eyed Joe” for the crowd at the Big Ridge State Park Bluegrass Festival. Photos by C. Taylor
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UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS • AUGUST 27, 2011 • 5
Bonnie Peters
I was recently asked a question that prompted me to start reviewing fi les again.
Isabelle Campbell, “The Bible Woman”
Discoveries from my fi les
Picture made at the side of Nave Hill Church circa the 1890s. The man on left end of back row is
Tim Hamilton, son of John and Mary Yadon Hamilton. The man with moustache, marked with a
“D” above his head, is Sam Davis, who married Mary Jane “Jennie” Hamilton in 1884 and moved
to El Dorade, Okla., in 1899 and later to Goodnight, Texas. Jennie is third from the right of the
fourth row from the back, marked with an “O.” Her sister, Sallie, is in the next row with an “X” on
her songbook. Brothers Robert and Joe Hamilton are apparently not in this picture.
An unidentifi ed Union County church. Anyone who can identify the church is encouraged to
contact Bonnie Peters at [email protected] or 687-3842. Photos submitted
I’ve been asked several times about the old Nave Hill Baptist Church and have asked several peo-ple in that area thinking someone might have a pic-ture they would share. The picture you are seeing is not the picture I’m looking for – one of the building – but sure enough I found a group of people with a note saying, “Taken outside Nave Hill Church about the 1890s.” I thought it would be of interest, and it would be wonderful if someone had all of the names to share.
Nave Hill Church, named for the Nave family of that area, is said to have been built in 1865, and it is still an active church today, but with a newer building. The well-known Tennes-see Parks and his family are said to have attended church there. For a time, Kate Parks McDonald (Mrs. Joe McDonald), daughter of Tennessee Parks, was the oldest living member. She died in 1967.
Then, I found a picture of a church – unidentified – and it occurred to me I’d better wait no longer to try to identify it. If anyone can help with its identifica-tion, please call me at 687-3842.
I also found this picture of Miss Isabelle Campbell, who was known as “The Bible Woman” because she came to Union County and traveled among the schools teaching the Bible. This picture was made in 1957; however, I do not know if she was still teaching at that time.
The following, I think, is a real jewel of my prowling through my fi les.
The late Canister Hill of Union County, Tenn., claimed to have had a vi-sion of the Bible message that inspired the composi-tion of this bit of alphabeti-cal verse. He sold copies at 25 cents each. He said the proceeds provided him with chewing tobacco!
“Alpha and Omega”A is for Advocate; Jesus is
His name,B is for Babe, in weakness
who came.
C is for Salvation, the Captain and Chief,
D is for our Deliverer, who brought our relief,
E is Eternal, the Ancient of days.
F is the Faithful; all wor-ship and praise,
G is our God and our Guide for the fall,
H is the Highest and Ho-liest of all.
I is the Innocent victim who bled.
J is the Judge of the quick and the dead.
K is our King; let our hearts be his throne.
L is the Lamb that was slain to stone.
M is my sorrow that prophets foretold.
N is the needful one – more precious than gold.
O is the Omnipotent – Oh, make him your stay.
P is our Portion that will never decay.
Q is the Queen, the Church of Christ’s choice,
R is our Redeemer – Oh, heed you His voice,
S is Salvation from hell and from sin,
T is the Truth – let it rule you within.
U is the Unspeakable gift of our God.
V is the Vine where branches abode.
W is the Way of our Fa-ther on high.
X is the Example to live and to die.
Y is the Yoke that is easy to bear.
Z is the Zeal – the last of his care.
Alpha and Omega, the trust of your heart,
Our Brother, Our Prophet,Our Precious Lord Thou
art.– Cannister Hill, Loys-
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LOT 56 HICKORY POINTE – Great views of the main channel. Located across from clubhouse. All ammenities of clubhouse, pool & marina. Inside gated community. 1.52 gently rolling acres offered at only $72,000.LOT 5 HICKORY POINTE – Great building lot just inside the gated community. Lays great. Several homesites. Wooded. Offered with all the ammenities of clubhouse, pool & marina.1.50 acres offered at only $32,000.
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History has taught us that anything can happen – and that
possibility adds excitement to the opening of any Tennessee football season.
Indeed, there have been startling upsets in both direc-tions, dramatic fi nishes and the introduction of super-stars.
For some strange reason, I do not expect Montana to make the prime list of unfor-gettable openers. UT Martin, Western Kentucky, Alabama-Birmingham and UNLV did not. Neither did Southwest-ern Louisiana, East Carolina or Fresno State.
My favorite season open-ers? I have a few.
In late 1955, Bowden Wyatt declined an invitation to the Gator Bowl because the foe
was going to be Auburn. Those same Tigers just happened to be fi rst on the 1956 Tennessee schedule. The coach did not want them scheming against his single wing for eight con-secutive months.
The 1956 opener at Bir-mingham’s Legion Field ended at Tennessee 35, Au-burn 7. It was a knockout that launched a championship season and a host of honors for Johnny Majors.
The 3-M Company created the backdrop for the wonder-ful 1968 opener between Ten-nessee and Georgia. For the discount price of $230,000, athletic director Bob Wood-ruff and young coach Doug Dickey purchased a magic carpet to cover Shields-Wat-kins Field.
Diggers dug up sacred sod
and hauled away tons and tons of historic dirt. Down went a layer of crushed stone with asphalt topping, a sponge pad and a plastic cover, supposed-ly similar to real grass. Well, it was green.
Georgia, being far, far away, didn’t hear about this shock-ing development in a timely fashion. Bulldog athletic di-rector Joel Eaves, an Auburn man and a bit old-fashioned, went ballistic. Livid is another descriptive word.
He lashed out at Tennes-see for making this radical change without discussing it. He said Georgia might fi nd cause to void the contract and stay home.
Georgia came to the game. Tennessee took a 7-0 lead. Georgia caught up and went ahead. Georgia went up by
TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West
Grand openingseight with an 80-yard break-away in the fourth quarter. Game over. The end.
Facing sure defeat, Bubba Wyche generated a little late entertainment for Vol faith-ful. Surprisingly, the fun lasted the length of the fi eld, 16 plays, including a fourth-down completion and fi nally, a touchdown pass to Gary Kreis.
Time expired with the ball in the air.
In a miracle among mir-acles, Bubba followed with a two-point conversion strike to tight end Ken DeLong.
Eight points after the game was over, 17-17 tie, ter-rifi c opener, best show ever on Doug’s rug.
Great opener in ’98, Ten-nessee at Syracuse, new Tee Martin against Donovan McNabb, seesaw struggle with fi ve lead changes. The gutty Vols, two points behind, launched a last-ditch drive but it died on a fourth-down incompletion.
But wait, behold the yellow swath of cloth on the green turf, penalty against the home team for pass interference. Amazing.
New life for the visitors.
Terrifi c response. Jeff Hall fi eld goal on the fi nal play, Vols win 34-33, fi rst step toward the national championship.
Unbelievable fi rst game in 2006, a joyous 35-18 rout of California. Domination of a ranked foe was com-plete rejuvenation from the previous season which was not very good. Erik Ainge was again confi dent. Robert Meachem was outstanding. Jerod Mayo was so good, Rico McCoy couldn’t get on the fi eld.
Tennessee did not win or tie all memorable opening games. The Vols approached 1980 with optimism and such stars as Reggie White and Willie Gault. Alas, Georgia brought freshman Herschel Walker. His in-troduction to Bill Bates was unbelievably rude. The Bull-dogs won 16-15.
The Vols opened 1967 against UCLA at the Coli-seum in Los Angeles and lost a heartbreaker 20-16. Gary Beban did it with a fi gure-S fourth-quarter run, a play that eventually led to the Heisman Trophy.
That was one of the best-ever Tennessee teams –
Steve Kiner, Bob Johnson, Charles Rosenfelder, Dick Williams, Richmond Flow-ers, Jimmy Weatherford, Dewey Warren, Walter Chadwick, John Boynton, Herman Weaver, etc. Jack Reynolds joined the lineup a few days later.
Tennessee and UCLA had other good opening games. There was an unforgettable one in 1974. High drama, the Condredge Holloway show, 17-17 conclusion.
Peaks and valleys: Hol-loway and Stanley Mor-gan linked up for a 76-yard touchdown. Holloway suf-fered a shoulder injury and was hauled to the hospital.
The Bruins surged ahead. Holloway recovered just enough to rejoin the fray. The crowd went wild.
Holloway, a modest man, didn’t realize the cheers were for him but he responded with the stuff of champions, a fourth-quarter drive and dive for a touchdown. Ricky Townsend kicked the tying extra point.
Some season openers are better than others.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected].
WORSHIP NOTES
Community services
Graveston Baptist Church ■ , 8319 Clapps Chapel Road, is enrolling children 11 months through Pre-K for Parent’s Day Out. The program has small classroom sizes. Info: 465-9655 or www.graveston.org.
Men’s programsRevival Vision Church ■ , 154 Durham Drive in Maynard-ville, holds a men’s prayer breakfast at 7 a.m. each Wednesday. All are invited to join in praying and fasting for Union County. Info: Jim, 684-8916.
Music servicesWMRD 94.5 ■ FM hosts “Tra-ditional Hymns Hour” with Kathy Chesney from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. every Sunday. Call in your requests or dedications to 745-1467, and tune in to listen or sing along.
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nardville will host special guest preacher and guitarist Wesley Crider of Georgia at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 21. Every-one welcome. Info: the Rev. Charles McClure Jr., 992-0620.
RevivalsFree Fellowship Pentecostal ■
Church will have a week-end revival Friday through Sunday, Aug. 26-28. Services will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday. Chris Washam will be preach-ing, and the Washam Family will sing. Everyone welcome.
Women’s programsFairview Baptist Church ■ , 7424 Fairview Road in Corry-ton, will host MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every third Monday for devotions, food and fellow-ship. Child care provided. Info: Anne, 621-9234.
Is it plagiarism if you quote yourself?Two and a half years ago,
at a moment when I was between jobs and wonder-ing “What’s next?” I wrote in this space the words quoted above about God’s rules concerning the gift of manna to the Children of Israel in the wilderness.
I have quoted myself many times since then: to myself when the budget gets a little tight, to those I encounter in my work who are struggling and to friends who are uneasy about the economy.
At the time, I was speak-ing about money. This week, however, I have begun to think of the days of our lives as manna as well.
Like manna, they are
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Why we call itthe present
For all our days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like a sigh. The days of our life are 70 years, or perhaps 80 if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fl y away. (Psalm 90: 9-10 NRSV)
1. There will be enough.2. There won’t be any extra.3. It may not be exactly what you would choose.4. It won’t come until you absolutely have to have it.5. When in doubt, see Rule Number One.
(The Rules of Manna from “Bread of Heaven,” Cross Currents, Feb. 2, 2009)
doled out day by day, and nothing we can do – noth-ing! – can speed them up or slow them down. Our days are given to us one at a time, and each one is precious and unique. We can use them or squander them, enjoy them or en-dure them.
Last week, my mother was in the hospital for a few days after a fall. Her health has been failing for some time, but this moved us into a new world of deci-sion-making.
Then, the news that coach Pat Summitt has ear-ly onset dementia stunned everyone who loves and respects and admires her. For this woman of such intelligence, such vitality, such discipline, such in-tensity, such power to be stricken at her age with a disease that is usually as-sociated with old age is un-thinkable. She pledges to
fight it with everything she has, and I have no doubt she will.
Still, it gives one pause. We have no guarantees.
A 90-something preacher I once knew always answered the routine greeting “How are you?” in the same way. His emphatic answer was al-ways, “Oh, it’s a good day.”
One morning my curi-osity got the better of me, and I asked him, “Henry, why do you tell me it’s a good day when I haven’t asked about the day? I asked about you!”
He grinned at me and re-plied, “At my age, any day I wake up is a good day!”
It behooves us all to re-member that. We should savor our days and use them well.
As one of the children in Family Circus says: “Every day is a gift; that’s why we call it the present.”
95.75 Beautiful acres with lake views. This beautiful 95 plus acre farm has been in the Seymour Family since the early 1960's. We have been proudly selected by Kathy and Joe Seymour to offer their farm to you at Absolute Auction. This is a rare opportunity to fi nd 95+ acres undeveloped within walking distance to the lake. Divided into 11 tracts ranging from 5.18 acres to 13.15 acres with each having beautiful homesites, road frontage, and most having views of the main channel of Norris Lake and will be offered as a whole. Proximity by land: Within 3 minutes to public lake access. Within minutes to your choice Marina including: Beach Island Marina, LakeView Marina, Straight Creek and Cedar Grove. Visit and preview property at your leisure.
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UNION CO. SERVICE GUIDE
Diabetes class off eredThe Union County Senior
Center will offer a class about living with diabetes at 9:30 a.m. every Thursday, Sept. 1 through Oct. 6. Class registration is open through Aug. 29. Info or to register: 992-3292 or 992-0361.
AARP drivingclass for seniors
The AARP will offer a driving class for people in Union County ages 55 and older. The class needs 10 people signed up to begin. Cost is $12 for AARP mem-bers and $14 for nonmem-bers. The class can yield a discount on car insurance. Info: 992-3292 or 992-0361.
Fleischmann to hold town hall meeting
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleis-chmann will hold a town hall meeting 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, in the large court-room of the Union County Courthouse. All are welcome.
Walk-A-Thon upcomingThe 22nd annual Walk-
A-Thon and eighth annual Memorial Balloon Launch to benefi t Senior Citizens Home Assistance of Union County will be held 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Plainview City Hall and Community Center. All are welcome.
Open house atHumane Society
The Union County Hu-mane Society will have an open house at the animal shelter on Hickory Star Road from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. Light refreshments will be served. Director Tammy Rouse will give a speech at 3 p.m. All are welcome.
Health fair and fi sh fry at Sharps Chapel
There will be a health fair at the Sharps Chapel Senior Center from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, with a fi sh fry to follow. All are welcome.
Motorcycle ride toboost Toys for Tots
A motorcycle ride to benefi t the Union County Children’s Charity Christmas program Toys for Tots will be Saturday, Sept. 24. Registration is 11 a.m. and the ride departs at 1 p.m. from Pete’s Place on Highway 33. Cost is $15 per bike, $5 extra with passenger. Registration includes one free T-shirt. Additional shirts are $10. There will be door prizes, great food specials and music by Rufkut. Info: Carolyn, 992-8021 or [email protected]; Kathy, 992-5260 or [email protected].
SCHOOL NOTES
Horace MaynardThe school is raising funds by ■
off ering discount cards for
Subway in Maynardville and
Papa John’s in Halls. Cards
are $10 and can be purchased
from students or at the school
offi ce. Every card has multiple
buy one, get one free stick-
ers on the back.
REUNIONSHorace Maynard High ■
School Class of 1971 will have
a reunion at 6 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 10, at the Maynardville
Senior Center, 296 Main St.
Info: Donna B. Jones, 702-2998
By Cindy Taylor
Aug. 22 was a beautiful day to be outdoors, but Three Ridges Golf Course was the attraction for many from Union County.
Union County High School and Horace Maynard Middle School joined forces to host their fi rst golf tournament to benefi t the basketball pro-grams at the two schools. The tournament was the brain-child of Donnie and Rebecca Cooper and coach Shane Brown. Cooper played for the UT men’s golf team and hoped that a golf tournament to raise money for basketball players would pay off.
“Without Donnie and Re-becca we could never have done this,” said Brown.
“A lot of these guys are here just to support the kids,” said Cooper. “They don’t care about the prizes. We’ve had a beautiful day, and the as-sistant pro here, George Hall, took good care of us.”
Pete’s Place provided lunch at 11:30 a.m. and the tourna-ment kicked off right after for 18 holes of play. Three Ridg-es charged only a minimal amount to allow for the most profi t for the schools. Glenn Lowe from Lowe’s Sporting Goods came from London, Ky., to participate in the tour-nament. Union County High School Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Lynn Bowman played to support his alma mater. Many other families and individuals from Union
It occurred to me the other day that, although I fancy my-self a journalist, I’ve never di-rectly interviewed the subject of this column, namely my 3-year-old Daniel. I’ve writ-ten things he’s said, but those have all been in the course of daily life.
So, now that the miracle of speech has created more give and take between us, I fi gured I’d ask Daniel some questions and write down the answers.
I started with an expla-nation. “Mommy writes sto-ries about Daniel to go in the newspaper, and lots of people read them. I want to ask you some questions and write down your answers.”
I started simply. Daniel said his favorite color is or-ange. Why? “Because of or-ange juice.”
His favorite story is Thom-as the Train, also his favorite toy. Favorite food: pasta. Fa-vorite treat: Scooby Doo gum-my snacks.
Who are his friends? Alex, Henry and Lucas.
I asked him to tell me about his family, and he replied, “Aunt Erin lets me play with her clock.”
He means that my sister has an iPad with a nifty clock application that Daniel likes to play with.
What is Daniel’s favorite place to go? “To see the shiny knights. The shiny knights have swords, and they fi ght all the people.”
This one requires some explanation, too. Aunt Erin, mentioned above, is in the
From the horse’s mouth
moms101
Shannon Carey
Society for Creative Anach-ronism, aka people who dress up in Medieval garb and learn to fi ght and craft like people of yore. We took Daniel to an SCA event this summer, and he was entranced with what he called “shiny knights.” I don’t think he noticed that the “swords” were covered in foam rubber.
Where else does he like to go? “The zoo to see all the ani-mals.”
What animal is his favor-ite? “The elephants because they’re big, and they play in the green water.”
What are you scared of? “The yellow bear.”
The yellow bear is Daniel’s imaginary nemesis. From what I’ve been able to glean, the yellow bear is like Pooh Bear, but he’s tall and has long claws. I can’t recall that Dan-iel has ever really been afraid of the yellow bear, but some-times he pretends to hide from the yellow bear, always with a grin on his face.
What’s his favorite game? “Playing lightsabers with Mommy and Papa.” Appar-ently the Force is strong with this one.
I think parents are so used to telling little ones what’s what that we forget to ask their opinions. Before I start-ed asking questions, I had no idea that Daniel even had a fa-vorite color. I didn’t know that one trip to the SCA had made such a big impression on him, bigger even than multiple trips to the zoo.
From now on, I’m defi -nitely going to ask more and tell less.Contact Shannon Carey at shannon@
ShopperNewsNow.com.
kids
First place team winner was the father and son team A.C.
and Donnie Cooper of Cooper Container, with a score of 53. Photos by C. Taylor
Billy Grandstaff , winner for the
longest drive, hole #7.
A.C. Cooper and Grant Bowman, two of the four winners for
closest to the pin, holes 5 and 16. Not pictured are winners
Ryan Proffi tt and Charlie Hutchinson for holes 8 and 13.
Tourney boosts school basketball
County played to show their support for the student ath-letes as well.
“There were a bunch of good people here,” said Kelvin Nease. “We had players rang-ing from 18 years old to 73.”
Teams donated $300 in fees for up to four players, and sponsored holes were $100. Sponsors were Com-mercial Bank Halls, Union County Motors, Tolliver’s Market, Ball Corporation, Brian and Susan Oaks, Lind-sey Construction, Air Quest America, Okie’s Pharmacy, Cooper Container, Sher-iff Junior Loy, David Mc-Cullough State Farm, Donnie and Rebecca Cooper, Chanc-ey’s Dexters Cattle Farm, Cedar Grove Boat Dock and Nease’s Marathon. Red tees and mulligans were sold for $5 each. The winning team received a $100 per person gift card to the gift shop at Three Ridges, and other prizes were $50 gas cards from Nease’s Market.
The tournament netted between $3,600 and $4,000 to be split between the two schools. The funds will be used for equipment and sup-plies for the basketball teams.
MILESTONES
Fields graduates from basic trainingArmy Pvt. Adam R. Fields has graduated from basic
infantry training at Fort Benning, Ga. During the nine weeks of training, he learned drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fi tness, fi rst aid and Army history, core values and traditions. He is the son of Jim Hankins of Maynardville. Fields is a 2009 graduate of Union County High School.
Saddle Up for St. JudeThe annual Saddle Up
for St. Jude horseback ride is set for 2 p.m. Satuday, Sept. 10, at JFG Coffee Farm in Maynardville. The 10-mile trail ride with beautiful trails and views will benefit St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital’s fight against childhood cancer and other cata-strophic diseases. Sign-up forms are available at Union County Animal Hospital, 596 John Deere Drive, Maynardville. Info or to make a donation: Dr. Jared Graves, 992-7181.
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