IN THIS ISSUE

DeRoyal jobs are hot ticket

DeRoyal manufactures sur-gical devices, unitized delivery systems, orthopedic supports and bracing, wound care dress-ings and orthopedic implants produced by processes includ-ing injection molding, device assembly, metal fabrication, converting, electronics assem-bly and sterilization services.

Locally, this means jobs – stable jobs.

➤ Read Betty Bean on page 2

In the beginning ...It is sad that young children

often remember little about the adults who worked hard to provide them strong foun-dations for future learning. Often teachers in the earliest grades survive more as im-pressions than memories. This is true for me of Headstart, my fi rst experience with the Union County Public School System.

➤ Read Ronnie Mincey on page 7

Beautiful and strange

There’s something mesmer-izing about artist Kelly Hider’s work. Her sumptuous mixed-media pieces incorporate pho-tographs, gilded paint, sequins, rhinestones and handmade jeweled toys. Cherub-cheeked children are often her subjects.

And yet there’s something disturbing there, too. Some-thing diffi cult to put one’s fi nger on. As the artist herself says, “You’re not sure.”

➤ Read Carol Zinavage on 6

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Beulah Warwick harmonizes with

the big voice of Claudia Tillman,

past performer at the Grand

Ole Opry and wife of Chancellor

Andy Tillman. The Tillmans were

in Maynardville for Warwick’s re-

tirement party. Photo by Libby Morgan

Retirementparty

By Sandra ClarkUnion County voters will get

four shots at selecting their lead-ers with four unique elections set for 2014.

Union County and state/federal primary: Thursday, Aug. 7 (qualifying deadline noon April 3)

City of Maynardville: Tues-day, June 24 (qualifying deadline noon March 20)

City of Plainview: Thursday, Sept. 4 (qualifying deadline noon June 19)

State and federal: Tuesday, Nov. 4 (qualifying deadline noon Aug. 21)

County offi ceholders whose terms expire in 2014 include:

Mayor Micheal Williams, Sher-iff Earl Loy Jr., County Clerk Pa-mela Ailor, Circuit and Sessions Court Clerk Barbara Williams, Trustee Gina Buckner, General Sessions Judge Darryl Edmond-son, and Register of Deeds Mary Beth Kitts.

All 17 members of the county

commission (running this time for 16 seats because of redis-tricting); three members of the school board (Billy Sexton, Dan-ny Wayne Collins and Gerald Smith); constables Lynn “Storm” Carpenter, DeWayne Lawson, Jerry Beeler, Randy Flatford, Ed-die Duane Simpson, Jeff Hankins and Johnny “Chad” Faulkner; and district road commissioners Paul Hill, Darrel Dyer, Troy Muncey, James Breeding, Harold Brant-ley, Chester Sturgeon and James DeVault Sr.

Maynardville city commis-sioners whose terms expire are H.E. “Smiley” Richardson, Jeff Chesney and Tim Young Sr.

Plainview offi cials whose terms expire are Mayor Gary Chandler and aldermen Dan Collins and Stacey Sexton.

State and federal offi cials whose districts include Union County and whose terms expire this year are: state Reps. Dennis Powers and Dennis “Coach” Roach; U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann; and U.S.

Sen. Lamar Alexander.Elections Registrar Deborah

Viles and Deputy Allison Smith have a comprehensive website at w w w.electionsunioncountytn.com/.

And here’s the fun part. At press time, qualifying petitions for Maynardville jobs had been is-sued for: Jeff Chesney, H.E. Rich-ardson and Marty Smith.

Petitions issued for county can-didates: Mary Beth Kitts, who is drawing opposition from Ruth Cooke; Pam Ailor, Barbara Wil-liams, Gina Buckner and Earl Loy Jr., who has drawn two opponents for sheriff – William F. Breeding II and Chad Faulkner. And the ever-effi cient Barbara Williams already had turned hers back in.

For county commissioner: Dis-trict 1, Gary England and Stanley Boles; District 3, Billy Cox; Dis-trict 4, Dennis Nicley and Doyle Welch; District 5, Mike Hale, Ken-ny Hill and Chris Upton; District 7, Wayne Roach.

For school board: District 3,

Calvin Chesney and Gwendolyn Buckner; District 5, Danny Wayne Collins and Jennifer Mills.

For constable: District 1, Lynn Carpenter; District 2; DeWayne Lawson; District 4, Randy “Tank” Flatford; District 6, Jeff Hankins and Lukus Bruner.

For road commissioner: Dis-trict 1, Paul Hill; District 4, James Ermal Breeding; District 6, Thom-as “Chester” Sturgeon.

Petitions fi led for state candi-dates: Circuit Court Judge John D. McAfee, General Sessions Judge Darryl Edmondson, Chancellor, Andy Tillman, Public Defender Mark Eric Blakley and District Attorney General Lori Phillips-Jones. A petition for attorney general had been issued to Jared Effl er.

Note: Shopper-News looks forward to publicizing the views and events of candidates. Send press releases to: News@Shop-perNewsNow.com or mail to Shopper-News at P.O. Box 18295, Knoxville 37928.

Many elections on tap for 2014

A silo storyBy Dana Simerly

What was once 40 feet high, weighed more than 60,000 pounds and was constructed of material manufactured under 1910 United States and 1912 Cana-dian patents?

What was as strong as it had to be to protect its precious cargo from wintery blasts to sustain the farmer’s herd until the market day arrived?

While some are of plain con-crete gray, others became stained by rusting turnbuckles and stays that will soon give up their role in giving the tower its strength.

What appeared abandoned was obviously not, if the number of skins is an indication of the many serpents that shed their coverings during their travels from one level to another.

Look closer and you may see a complex of dwellings; some con-structed of paper-like cells and others of mud that have hardened in the kiln-like oven walls. Liter-ally, a city that has expanded hun-

dreds of times to accommodate the many generations of pupae that work, grow old and die in a span of time that comparatively, we would have yet begun to talk.

Bats, birds and even little boys if the opportunity arose, could fi nd pleasing accommodations within these walls: Walls that are straight and always silent, with never an audible moan. Even the slightest sound, from a structure so committed to its form, would signify its imminent doom.

Some may feel that it’s an item of interest whereas others may speak of an emotional driver somewhere between curiosity and obsession.

I see it as both passion and compassion: In one sense, want-ing to photograph and admire it for what it once was and how it came to be; on the other hand, feeling some sadness as it be-comes a bit of bucolic history and perhaps mentioned in some bicen-tennial celebration. Battered but

not beaten, it could never serve in its original role; but still is a mag-nifi cent structure that with a little bit of help could go another hun-dred years.

It is a silo.

Shopper-News reader Shirlee Grabko forwarded this story with a note: “We have an inter-esting and unusual resident in Union County. Dana Simerly re-tired here many years ago after a career in hazardous and emer-

gency waste clean-up. He de-signs, collects and fi lls his house with odd and interesting things. … Recently, he dismantled a silo, moved it to his property and will be rebuilding it as a lighthouse. I thought he might be of interest to the paper.

Dana Simerly chairs the Union County Local Emergency Plan-ning Committee.

The story continues on page 4.

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Roots and recruiting

Recruiting is about relation-ships. Roots are sometimes relevant.

The legendary Jesse Butcher, a long-ago landmark in Gibbs, Halls and at fl ea mar-kets, a direct link to watermel-ons, beagles and the trading of pocket knives, was at different times a gentleman farmer, a game and fi sh offi cer and an auto salesperson.

He was always a Tennessee football fan.

➤ Read Marvin West on page 5

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DeRoyal president

and chief operating

offi cer Bill Pittman

(front) in company

gym with staff at 2013

American Heart As-

sociation kickoff

DeRoyal jobs are hot ticket

By Betty Bean DeRoyal’s beginnings

go back to 1973 when Pete DeBusk invented, manufac-tured and patented an orthopedic boot. Today, the company has 2,000 e mplo y e e s and 2.5 mil-lion square feet under roof with operations in fi ve states, six countries and manufacturing assets on three continents.

DeRoyal m a n u f a c -tures surgi-cal devices, u n i t i z e d d e l i v e r y s y s t e m s , orthopedic s u p p o r t s and brac-ing, wound

care dressings and ortho-pedic implants produced by processes including in-jection molding, device as-sembly, metal fabrication, converting, electronics as-sembly and sterilization services.

Locally, this means jobs – stable jobs.

The LaFollette plant manufactures surgical pro-cedural trays and has 144 employees. The Tazewell

plant specializes in distribution and

has 230 em-ployees who work in mul-tiple build-ings boxing

and shipping DeRoyal products.

At the Maynardville plant, 61 employees do foam fabrication, laminating, ro-tary die cutting and produc-tion of the adhesive backing on medical devices.

“We’re very proud to have been a major employer in Union County for more than three decades and have re-cently consolidated both our converting and foam fabrication operations to a previously idle facility in Maynardville and maintain a substantive presence in our orthopedic fabrication operation in Union County as well,” said president and chief operating offi cer Bill Pittman.

“We are very happy with the quality of Union Coun-ty’s workforce and their ability to adapt to more

DeRoyal employee operates a converting machine.

Pete DeBusk

business

JOBSWHERE

the

ARE automated manufacturing processes. Our corporate offi ce is ideally situated in Knox County, which pro-vides us with a highly-educated sales force and ongoing partnership oppor-tunities with local universi-ties, Oak Ridge and other tech companies.”

Michael Smith, DeRoyal brand marketing manager, said job openings in Taze-well, LaFollette and May-nardville get snapped up quickly.

“I talked to the recruiter who handles (those plants), and she said she’ll get a tre-mendous number of appli-cants when she posts those openings online,” Smith said.

(w w w. d e r o y a l . c o m /careers/currentopenings.aspx)

DeRoyal’s benefi ts pack-

age includes medical, dental and vision coverage, long term and short term dis-ability, group life insurance, a 401(k) plan with com-pany match, paid vacation, holiday and personal time off, an employee assistance program, leaves of absence for marriage, bereavement, family medical leave, medi-cal, personal and military plus convenience benefi ts including an on-site fi tness center, aerobics and nutri-tion classes, on-site dry cleaning pickup and deliv-ery, cafeteria, car wash ser-vice and a hair salon.

DeRoyal is headquar-tered in Knox County, off West Beaver Creek Road – on DeBusk Lane, naturally. This campus is the home of Royal Precision Plastics, a turnkey manufacturer of plastic products, includ-

ing molding and canisters for waste management and DeMedco, a one-stop ma-chine shop that does state-of-the-art welding and met-al fabrication.

The Powell campus is also home to DeRoyal’s cor-porate offi ce and some 300 employees.

DeRoyal’s slogan, “Im-proving care. Improving

business” is a shorthand way of saying what the busi-ness is all about, Smith said.

“It sums up our history and our dedication to the economic health of our customer, and our wanting to help them be problem solvers. We take pride in making good decisions and helping our customers with solutions.”

Cait Lyn Brown, 2012 Union County High School

Janet Holloway and new stylist

Cait Lyn Brown at Janet’s Hair

Salon Photo by Libby Morgan

Janet’s adds stylist

graduate, is specializing in color and cuts at Janet’s Hair Salon at 3625 May-nardville Hwy. in Maynard-ville, owned by Janet Hollo-way since 1990.

She received her certifi -cation in the UCHS cosme-tology vocational program, and previously worked in Halls.

Brown is the mother of 9-month-old Ada Lyn Grac, and she is the daughter of Patty Wagner and John Brown. She is also Hollo-way’s great niece.

She will be working at Ja-net’s Tuesday through Fri-day, and welcomes walk-ins. Info: 992-4604.

Are you a call screener? You know, the cell phone rings and the caller I.D.

shows someone you just don’t want to talk to. So you let it go to voicemail. Or perhaps your phone beeps, indicating a new text. You are excited to see who it is, but your excitement drains fast when it’s someone you don’t want to respond to. So you accidently hit the delete button. Or perhaps there are just a bunch of unanswered emails in your inbox.

We all have ways to ignore communication. For some reason it’s part of who we are. But what can be dangerous is when God tries to communicate with us, and we choose to ignore him, too.

For God has been communicating with his people since the beginning. And often people have been screening his calls. He tried to get a hold of Adam and Eve, and they screened his call by hiding in the Garden (Gen. 3:8). Jonah heard a call from God and deleted his message by running away to another city (Jonah 1:3). And Jeremiah

Come to the waterleft God’s Facebook message in his inbox because he thought he was too young and unable to speak (Jer. 1:6). Thankfully for all of these people, God is patient, and he is persistent. For they all had an important role to play in God’s plan, but they simply needed to answer that call.

The same is true for us. Every single person — no exceptions — has a particular role to play in God’s plan. From the addict to the homeless man, to the rich person, to the young and the old, God is calling us all. He cares not what we have done. He cares not for our excuses. But in his unconditional love he calls us to be with him and serve him. And only in serving him do we fi nd fulfi llment in our lives.

If you have been putting off reading that email from God, perhaps it is time to open it up. For God has tremendous plans for us all, we simply have to be open to receiving them.

Fr. Aaron Wessman, Associate Pastor, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Mission, 4365 Maynardville Hwy. 992-7222

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By Libby MorganBrittney Relford says she

was making a joke with her husband, Darren, after she visited Suntyme Tanning and Fitness last year.

“I saw the business was for sale, and I said, ‘We

Darren Relford in the fi tness room at Suntyme Photos by Libby Morgan

Suntyme: New owners,

Brittney

Relford inside

the standup

tanning bed

should buy it.’ I was just jok-ing,” she says.

Darren thought it was a good idea, with the location just a few feet from Highway 33 facing the well-traveled Hickory Star Road, good quality tanning beds, and room to expand.

So they dove in headfi rst.The couple have two chil-

dren, Bianca, 7, and Keely, 6, (and now another due this summer) and they thought the business just might be their future.

Darren holds degrees in

military science and infor-mation systems engineer-ing, and in a few weeks, will fi nish business administra-tion management.

So the business dovetails nicely with his studies. And, he fi xes computers.

“I have customers who come in to tan or work out and they’ll bring me their computers to work on while they’re here. Most of the time I’m done by the time they’re ready to leave,” he says.

“I’ve been a member at several fi tness centers, so I’ve developed some prefer-ences for good equipment. I’m going to change things up and improve everything. Getting a personal trainer is in the works.

“New strength training, cardio and cross fi t equip-ment is on its way, and we will be scheduling exercise classes such as Zumba and yoga soon.

“We have seven tanning beds now, bronzing and hot beds, all with new bulbs, and a room is almost ready for another one. One of our beds is a stand-up model.

“And one far infrared bed for rejuvenation and skin problems. It’s very popular.”

The workout area has doubled in size with the ad-dition of another big room, and with a bit more work on security, Darren and Brittney plan to give their fi tness members 24-hour access.

“Our computer system will allow our customers to schedule their tanning or workout time on their smart phone or computer, check their account, and track their fi tness program,” says Darren.

And another small change for the business name: It’s now going to be Suntyme Fitness and Tanning. Info: 992-8778 and on Facebook.

new fi tness room

A couple of hundred people gathered in the large courtroom in Maynardville to witness the swearing-in of Sandra Edmondson as the clerk and master, and to give the retiring Beulah Warwick a bang-up retirement-slash-60th birthday party.

And boy howdy did eye-brows go up in surprise and delight when Chancellor Andy Tillman’s wife, Clau-dia, took the microphone to sing a gospel tune.

She didn’t need the mi-crophone. At all. Her voice fi lled the room, in perfect pitch.

“I was lucky enough to perform on both Grand Ole Opry stages during my ca-reer,” says Claudia.

Lately, she has acted on the stage of the Cumberland County Playhouse in several productions.

Just after singing, her ab-sence in the room was noted by several who wanted to thank her for making their spines tingle.

A bit later, this outra-geous-looking person be-gan to circulate. She had blacked-out teeth, a huge snarled dirty blonde wig, a fl annel shirt, a stained piece of muslin for a skirt, and “dirty” face and hands.

“Who is that?” some were heard to say.

Yep, it was Claudia, and she stole the show, yukking it up with everyone in the room.

Tribute to Willie HicksEmployed 17 years at Flowers by Bob, Willie Hicks

passed away Thursday, Jan. 16.Shop owner Bob Sharp says, “We

lost him very suddenly and he will be greatly missed by his family and friends, especially those of us here.

“Although he lived in Knoxville, he loved Union County, and drove up here to work all those years.”

Sharp remembers Mr. Hicks’ fre-quent saying: “I love the real people of Union County.”

Willie Hicks

Claudia Tillman, in costume as Bertha Will, points at William Von Schipmann. Photos by Libby Morgan

Over in the jury box, repur-

posed for the “amen corner,”

road superintendent David

Cox, former sheriff (1976-1982)

Paul Hill and pastor Burney

Hutchison pause to enjoy their

meal.

Clerk and masters from other counties came with well wishes

for Beulah Warwick (center): Frances Cardwell from Claiborne

County (left) and Kathryn Taylor from Fentress County.

Chancellor Andy Tillman

roasts Warwick, telling rau-

cous tales at her expense.

Doris Seymour, retired longtime clerk and master,

chats with public defender Mark Blakley.

Crowd gathers for Beulah Warwick’s send-off

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Obituaries can be in-teresting, especially when written by a college presi-dent from Union County.

“Mrs. Hulda Craig Stooksbury was born May 3, 1822, and died Feb. 13, 1907, at age 84 years, 9 months and 17 days.

“She professed faith in Christ when about 16 years old, joined and was baptized into the fellowship of Bethel Baptist Church, Anderson County, Tenn. Later on she received her letter from Bethel Church, transfer-ring her membership to Big Spring Church, of which she was a charter member. She lived a devoted member of this church until her death.

“She was a daughter of Alvis Craig and was mar-ried to Jacob Stooksbury June 18, 1837. As a result of this marriage 11 children were born unto them; fi ve of whom had preceded her to their eternal home, while six, three sons and three daughters, are still left to mourn her loss.

“While the lives of broth-er Jacob and sister Hulda Stooksbury were blessed with much joy and pleasure, they were also checkered with much sadness. Their fi rst child, little Elizabeth, the joy and sunlight of their home, was taken from them

in infancy.“As the years passed, the

family increased and was happy until the dark cloud of secession hung over our fair land and threatened the dissolution of the Union; when Samuel, the third son, decided to take up arms in defense of his country marching across the moun-tains into Kentucky to join the Union Army.

“But, alas, he did not re-main long in the service un-til disease seized upon him and on March 22, 1862, he died at Barbourville, Ken-tucky, where he sleeps today beneath the waving blue-grass and the twining ivy.

“On Nov. 10, 1889, Orle-na, the third daughter, was taken by the ruthless hand of death. In 1892, Jacob Stooksbury, the husband, died. On March 5, 1905, Alvis, the Baptist minis-ter, while away from home, holding a revival meet-ing, laid down his burdens here and took up the crown above. November 12, 1901, Reuben, the eldest son, died.

“Mrs. Hulda Stooksbury was the grandmother of Dr. J. M. Stooksbury, a prosper-ous physician of Oklahoma, and Dr. William L. Stooks-bury, president of Lincoln Memorial University, Cum-berland Gap, Tenn.

“All feel very greatly the loss of this relative and Christian friend, but we re-member that, “Precious in the sight of God is the death of His saints.”

Apparently, a commit-tee was formed to provide and verify information con-

tained in this obituary. It has an original signature of J. M. Witt, Newton Hill and Matilda Wilson. It is printed on the back of Lin-coln Memorial University stationery, which makes me believe that Dr. Stooksbury or his staff prepared the fi -nal obituary for publication.

By now you, the read-ers, may be wondering why on earth would or should a 1907 obituary be of interest or use to current readers?

First, it contains a valu-able and authentic lineage of persons with a Union County heritage. It contains some valuable Civil War documentation that may not otherwise be known. It provides birth and death dates that people some-times search for years be-fore locating a document such as this.

Then it gives us the ad-dress of LMU as Cum-berland Gap at the time. The present address is, of course, Harrogate, Tenn. Mrs. Stooksbury is the great grandmother of Robert Wil-son Johnson, who shared this original obituary with me.

Hulda Craig Stooksbury

Obituaries can be interesting

Eugene Brantley, president Ronnie Mincey, Bill Sexton and past district governor Jim McFarland

invite you to join the Lions. Photo by Libby Morgan

Union County Lions Club seeks support

Ever the givers, Lions in Union County work to raise funds for the largest service organization in the world.

Lions Club International not only helps with vision issues in many ways, but it

provides disaster relief and gives to the needy.

The local club meets at noon on the second Mon-day at Hardee’s in May-nardville, and visitors are welcome. Lend a hand to

their cause by buying high quality pecans at Commer-cial Bank and Italian ice at Union County High School basketball games.

- Libby Morgan

By Dana SimerlyWhen I was growing up

in East Tennessee, silos were part of the rural land-scape along with the big dairy barns and corn cribs. Over the years, many of the old barns began to lean and seemed to kneel down before giving way to the ground. The farmers’ kids took to the city life and the city grew toward the farm. The farms became neigh-borhoods and the neighbor-hoods became communities and on and on and on.

Amazingly, in spite of the “progress,” hundreds of silos are still standing to-day. Some have been trans-formed into offi ces and liv-ing space, while others are decorative and imply that you can really get country barbequed ribs if you eat at their silo. Even the drive on Pellissippi toward the airport takes you by several silos that still stand as sub-division yard art.

On Tellico and Chero-kee and other area lakes, silos are havens to the fi sh as well as to ospreys and eagles. I have looked at silos all across the United States and Canada. I’ve read about them and collected pictures and talked to people who still build them for a living.

A couple of years ago, I was negotiating a deal for one of two red brick silos at the old Haynes Sterchi farm just off Rifl e Range Road in Halls. They were pretty as silos go, but on a backroads trip to my parents’ farm in Bristol one weekend, I spot-ted the most beautiful silo I had ever seen anywhere. Af-ter several trips, I found out that the land was part of the old Briscoe Dairy Farm that closed down in the fi fties. One of the Briscoe heirs still owned the property and had used part of the land to build a mobile home park and leased the rest to a local cattle farmer.

After a few more trips and countless attempts to coordinate my travel sched-ule with the owner’s sched-ule, we fi nally agreed to meet. The silo was located right up next to the barn and majestically cloaked in rich green mosses and

ivy. The tiles were different shades of reds and tan with a glazed fi nish that to me was just like new. I couldn’t even think about getting a different silo. I loved this silo. Made by the JM Pres-ton Company of Lansing, Mich., nearly a century ago, during a time when crafts-men were proud to put their name on their work. This was the one. I was almost afraid to let them know how badly I wanted this silo for fear of a disappointing out-come.

Now think about it. What if you wanted a silo in your life but there wasn’t one even close to being on your property? The answer is very simple; fi nd one you like, locate the owner, talk him into giving or selling it to you, and then spend lots of time convincing the owners and their attorneys that you have never lived in a state institution, that you would forever hold them and their heirs harmless from any liability, that you will completely move it from their property, and that you know exactly what you are doing. And then you repeat to yourself over and over, “I know exactly what I’m do-ing, I know exactly what I’m doing, I know exactly what I’m doing.”

In July 2003, the big day arrived and all parties con-gregated in the shadows of this intimidating, behemoth including Marteen, the resi-dent donkey that kept watch over the herd of cattle that also enjoyed the shady spot. The contracts were in place and everyone agreed with the terms. It was now a done deal. I remembered say-ing thank you and I think I heard someone say, “Good luck.” Suddenly, a message of numbers arrived at the cortex of my task master control center:

“You now own a red and tan, glazed tile silo over 40 feet high and comprised of over 1,000 15-inch by 15-inch curved silo blocks 6.25 inches thick that weigh over 50 pounds each. And each block is held in place by a 90-year-old mortar joint that is now harder than the block itself. And contained

within each of the 32 cours-es of mortar joints are over 36 feet of 5/8-inch twisted steel rebar. And you have 60 days to completely remove the entire silo and transport it to your own property over 120 miles away.

“Congratulations.”Suddenly, my chant went

from “I know exactly what I’m doing” to “what am I do-ing, what am I doing?”

Let the fun begin. I was excited. I was going to take down a grain silo surround-ed by fresh-daily cow poop in the middle of July and August with no electricity or water even remotely ac-cessible and friends even remoter.

I began this project just like any other using my own philosophy, “get started” and go from there. With most jobs, you start at the bottom and work your way up. Not this time. I would have to start at the top and work my way down. In other words, if I could get up over 40 feet on the barn side of the silo and dislodge the fi rst block away from the top row without collapsing the whole structure and get it to the ground, theoretically it should get easier from that point forward.

At this point, I began to make a plan. Now some peo-ple would think that having a plan should have been a pretty hefty undertaking long before now. However, if I had done that, I would have a good collection of silo pictures in a scrapbook while thinking about what I wished I had done if I could do it all over again.

Actually, the reason why this whole silo project didn’t even seem like such a big deal to me was because tak-ing down and moving the silo wasn’t even the main goal.

The real goal is to build a lighthouse and I needed a good a silo to serve as the primary structure. Now building a lighthouse, that’s a real project. I’ve got some real good ideas on building a lighthouse even though I have never set foot inside one, but I fi gure it can’t be too different from a silo and I’ve got one of them.

What was I thinking!??!

UNION COUNTY Shopper news • JANUARY 25, 2014 • 5

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Recruiting is about rela-tionships. Roots are some-times relevant.

The legendary Jesse Butcher, a long-ago land-mark in Gibbs, Halls and at fl ea markets, a direct link to watermelons, beagles and the trading of pocket knives, was at different times a gentleman farmer, a game and fi sh offi cer and an auto salesperson.

He was always a Tennes-see football fan. It ran in the family. Generations of Butchers were orange.

Allen Butcher, son of Jesse and Roxine, sold pro-grams at the stadium in the 1950s. He always wore or-ange socks on game day.

Somewhere in a closet

are home movies of a trip to Jacksonville to see Tennessee versus Syracuse in the Gator Bowl. Maybe you remember what happened to Floyd Lit-tle and Larry Csonka.

Allen Butcher was fi nish-ing up at UT when son Brian was born at UT hospital. The father became a military man and the family moved all around but the son says the link with the Volunteers was never broken.

“My dad took me to at least one Tennessee game a year during this time, and it was bigger than Christmas. I remember the teams from the late 1960s and early 70s – Steve Kiner, Jackie Walker, Bobby Scott, Curt Watson, Jamie Rotella, and then, later, Condredge Holloway, Larry Seivers, Andy Spiva, Stanley Morgan and that group. They were my heroes.”

This limb off the Butcher tree took root in the Atlanta area. After the Air Force, the father worked for Delta.

“A piece of artifi cial turf

Kathleen, Andrew and Brian Butcher Photo submitted

Roots and recruiting

from Shields-Watkins Field was in our basement,” said Brian Butcher. “I would lay on it and dream of playing for UT.”

John Majors became the new coach. He said he wanted players whose blood ran orange. Brian thought he would be a perfect fi t. He was one heck of a football player, 6-5 and 200.

“Surely he’d want me, right?”

Roots be damned, Ten-nessee never sent the fi rst recruiting letter. Other schools offered scholarships. Brian signed with Clemson. Three times the Tigers won ACC titles. He got a national championship ring in ’81. He met and married Kath-leen. He was drafted by the Vikings. The Clemson years were magical.

Tennessee?“Like the Garth Brooks

song says, sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.”

Fast forward: Brian and Kathleen have a son, An-drew, high school junior in Alpharetta, Ga., defensive end, 6-4 and 230, four-star prospect on his way toward all-world.

“For the last 15 years, we have spent our football Sat-urdays watching Clemson on TV, or going to games there,” said Brian Butcher. “Andrew grew up a Clemson fan. He dreamed of play-ing at Clemson the way I dreamed of playing at UT.”

College football recruit-ing has intensifi ed. The pace is much quicker. Coaches spot young talent and offer scholarships far in advance of signing time. Prep pros-pects identify their future school and commit earlier than ever.

The Butchers discovered Clemson had offered schol-arships to 10 or more future defensive ends but hadn’t said peep to Andrew.

Butch Jones, in pursuit of quarterback Josh Dobbs at Alpharetta, couldn’t miss

Butcher. He was impressed. He offered. Andrew visited. He noted there were Butch-ers all around.

Twenty-eight months be-fore he can suit up for the Volunteers, Andrew decided Tennessee was the perfect place for him. He was the second commitment for the class of 2015.

“It’s almost surreal how the twists of fate work out sometimes,” said Brian Butcher. “The ties of the Butcher family to Tennes-see skipped one generation – mine.”

Memories, connections, roots? There are a hundred Jesse Butcher stories.

Andrew’s life support sys-tem will include Uncle Bud Gilbert, Knoxville attorney, Aunt Vickie and Uncle Bud-dy in Farragut, Uncle Evan in Maryville, Aunt Betsy and Uncle Charles in Lenoir City and grandpa Allen way over in Murfreesboro.

Clemson? It might be appropriate

to sing another verse about unanswered prayers. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com

Footprints in the snowAnd when you turn to the right or when you turn to

the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, say-ing, “This is the way; walk in it.”

(Isaiah 30: 21)

He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

(Micah 6: 8)

O, be careful, little feet, where you go. (Sunday school song)

This is going to seem like WTMI (Way Too Much In-formation), but stay with me. There is a lesson here.

I have calluses on my right foot. None on my left. Go fi gure.

The problem started

when I was a freshman at the University of Tennes-see. It was summer school, and I was walking to class, uphill and down, day after day. I was wearing sandals (like everyone else), and my right sandal never seemed

to stay straight on my foot. I would tighten it, adjust it, straighten it, but it would be crooked again after a few steps. I soon developed blisters, which turned into calluses.

I have walked in the sand on beaches (which offer a natural and gentle pumice stone effect), have used ac-

tual pumice stones, creams, lotions, fi les, etc. The cal-luses remain.

Then one snowy day, a couple of years ago, I walked out of the church where I was working and down the sidewalk. For some reason, in an excess of responsibili-ty, I turned around and went back to the door to make sure it had locked properly. When I turned again to walk down the sidewalk, I noticed my footprints.

I was stunned.My left footprints were

absolutely straight. My right footprints were angled out, to the right.

I stood there, looking at

my path, having learned something new about my-self, at this late date. It was only later that I understood. I put two and two together and came up with a hun-dred and fi fty: I walk funny; that is why I have calluses only on one foot.

There is, however, a larg-er lesson here.

The way we walk infl u-ences who we are. The way we walk shapes us (like my feet), changes us, molds us. Our walk in life is made up of hundreds of footsteps – small decisions, spoken words that are helpful or hurtful, acts of kindness or sins of omission.

It was Abraham Lincoln who said that every man over the age of 40 is respon-

sible for his face. His own face was a testament to the truth of his statement: the craggy sadness of his coun-tenance was the product of a diffi cult marriage, the aw-ful loss of a beloved child, the weight of the presidency and the horror of a Civil War.

The same is true of our feet, I think, as well as our souls, our spirits. We are callused or soft; we grow or are stunted; we give or take; we love or hate; we forgive or become the carcass at our own dreadful feast.

The prophet Micah got it right, offering perhaps the best advice in all of scrip-ture: “do justice, love kind-ness and … walk humbly with your God.”

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NOTICE OF FINAL PUBLIC MEETINGUnion County, Tennessee will hold a fi nal public meeting on Monday, February 10, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. EST at the Union

County Courthouse, 901 Main Street, Suite 100, Maynardville, TN 37807. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the

accomplishments of the 2012 Community Development Block Grant Project known as the Hickory Valley Road & Highway 33 Area Waterline Extension Project. The public is invited to attend and comment on the project. All minority members of the public

are encouraged to attend and comment. The meeting will be handicapped accessible; however, anyone needing special assis-tance should contact Ms. Gail Byrd, East Tennessee Development District at (865) 273-6003. Union County does not discriminate

on the basis of race, color, religion, nation origin, sex, age or handicapped status.

NOTICE OF COMPLETIONNotice is hereby given to the public that the project known as the Union County – Hickory Valley Road & Highway 33 Area

Waterline Extension Project has been completed. The owner of the project will be City of Maynardville Utility District. The prime contractor on the project was ES&H, Inc., 940 Sanctuary Lane, Knoxville, TN 37932. The date of completion was January 24,

2014, and any person or fi rm having a claim against the project should notify Mr. Mike Williams, County Mayor, in writing at

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Beautiful and strangeCarol

Zinavage

Carol’s Corner

There’s something mes-merizing about artist Kelly Hider’s work. Her sumptu-ous mixed-media pieces incorporate photographs, gilded paint, sequins, rhine-stones and handmade jew-eled toys. Cherub-cheeked children are often her sub-jects.

And yet there’s some-thing disturbing there, too. Something diffi cult to put one’s fi nger on. As the art-ist herself says, “You’re not sure.”

Hider holds several de-grees in painting and draw-ing, including an MFA from UT’s School of Art and Ar-chitecture, but she’s been fascinated with photogra-phy and mixed media for about 10 years.

Her unique approach is grounded in her childhood, spent in an exceptional house.

“Built in the late 1700s, the house I grew up in was haunted,” she says on her website. “As young chil-dren my sister and I talked to ghosts unconcerned, yet were tormented by them as older, more aware teenag-ers. Compounding this fear was the absence of religion

Kelly Hider’s “The

Flower Sermon” was

infl uenced by Star

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room” imagery.

Artist Kelly Hider poses with her mixed-media piece “Pigtail.” Photo by Carol Zinavage

or faith in our upbringing, leaving me with personal questions and searching.”

Hider spoke about her newest works at a recent “Time Well Spent” lecture for the Arts and Culture Al-liance of Greater Knoxville. Her latest series, “Pres-ence,” was featured in the Blackberry Farm Gallery at the Clayton Arts Center in Maryville last September.

The beauty of Hider’s work is immediately evi-dent. Colors are saturated and vivid, tableaus are en-gaging and mysterious. Objects and backgrounds occasionally appear out of proportion, giving a sense of other-worldliness.

But if you spend time with these pieces, you’ll start to notice that the children in them are sur-

rounded by unusual, often threatening imagery. One little boy has a twin made of black rhinestones. Another work, “The Flower Sermon,” shows a little girl delighted with a bauble, while a spec-ter of brilliantly colored stones fl oats to her left. Is it a guardian? Does it mean her harm? Or is it some-thing else entirely?

Hider revels in the ambi-guity. It’s at the core of her art.

She calls her photo-graphic work “constructed imagery.” Her infl uences range from painter Robert Rauschenberg to paper art-ist T. Demand to pop cul-ture phenomenon PeeWee Herman. “His house is en-chanted,” she says of the latter. “It’s over the top. Ev-erything talks. Some of the elements – like the talking fl oor – are a bit ominous. But the darker themes are balanced out by humor.”

Another new series, “Bury Me in the Garden,” uses 300 old photos that Hider found in a second-hand store. They depict scenes from a couple’s life in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Hider was touched by the fact that the pictures were unwanted. She de-cided to use them as a way of honoring the people in them. She calls the collec-tion, made for her MFA the-sis, an “altered archive.”

Hider is judicious with the alterations she makes, and each picture contains only “a couple of moves that are very impactful.”

She’s also fond of “can-celing out” what’s in the

photos, often covering up people’s faces or entire bod-ies with paint and other ma-terials. It’s fi tting that her name is “Hider,” because that is often her role.

In this kind of work, she’s infl uenced by John Steza-ker and Christian Holstad, both of whom manipulate print media to create their

art. In addition, she is cre-ative with the framing, us-ing three different types: white gallery frames, found thrift store frames, and her own homemade dried-mac-aroni frames, spray-painted gold. Gluing different pasta shapes onto wood bases, Hider replicates rich gilded “art gallery” frames so well

that the viewer has to get up close to see what’s actu-ally there. “I’m poking fun at high art” she admits with a laugh.

You can view the fasci-nating work of this young artist, and learn of her upcoming exhibitions, at www.kellyhider.com.Send story suggestions to news@Shop-

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A little boy has an

unusual compan-

ion in Kelly Hider’s

mixed-media work

“Doubting Daisy.”

Kelly Hider’s “Careful

Company”

Some of the toys artist Kelly

Hider makes for her manipulated

photographs. Photos submitted

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Lower back problems are arguably the most common source of back pain. But the upper back can also become trouble-some. Sitting at a desk all day with bad posture or sleeping in a bad position are two possible causes of pain in the upper back. And, of course, any sort of trauma like a car accident or a fall can also cause a misalignment of one or more of the vertebrae, the individual bones that comprise the spine.

Chiropractic treat-ment is effective not only in relieving the pain or discomfort but also in

addressing the cause. And with a chiropractor, there will be no prescription for a painkilling, cause-mask-ing drug. Nor will there be a recommendation for surgery. A chiroprac-tor will examine you and question you about life-style issues that might be contributing to your upper back pain. It could be that a vertebra has become misaligned – a condition called a subluxation – and he or she can position it properly with a manual adjustment of the spine. Or, by talking with you, your chiropractor may conclude that some sort of

repetitive motion or a long-ago trauma is at the root of your problem.

In addition to an ad-justment, the chiroprac-tor may also recommend massage and exercises to keep your back muscles from pulling vertebrae out of line. Chiropractic treat-ment can get you back fi ring on all cylinders.

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Charlie Castro wins middle school spelling beeHorace Maynard Middle School teachers Lisa O’Donnell and Carrie Beeler and principal Melanie Maples conducted the school’s

annual spelling bee in the new media center. The winners are: Jacob Mays, second place; Cameron Walker, tied for third; Charlie

Castro, fi rst place; Madison Barnes, fourth place, and Skyla Webb, tied for third place. Photo by Libby Morgan

Brandon M. Smith has gradu-ated from basic mili-tary train-ing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio.

Air National Guard Airman 1st class Smith completed an intensive, eight-week program that in-cluded training in military discipline and studies and basic warfare principles and skills. Smith is the son of Mike Smith of Luttrell and a 2010 graduate of Gibbs High School.

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SPORTS NOTES ■ Union County Little League

will have sign ups for the

2014 spring baseball season

6-8 p.m. each Thursday in

January and February. Teams

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Coach Pitch for ages 7-8, Kids

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and a senior league has been

added for ages 13-15. Sign

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$30-$60.

It is sad that young children often remember little about the adults who worked hard to provide them strong foundations for future learning. Of-ten teachers in the earli-est grades survive more as impressions than memo-ries. This is true for me of Headstart, my fi rst experi-ence with the Union County Public School System.

The love and concern shown by adults left me with a fond impression of Headstart. I’m not even sure how I became a Head-start student, though su-pervisors Ms. Patricia McKelvey and Mr. Ed Col-lette probably convinced my overprotective parents to send me.

I lived on Academy Street in downtown Maynardville, not two miles from where I attended Headstart at Maynardville Elementary. I rode in fi ne style on Leon Campbell’s big yellow school bus number 10 to and from Headstart. I was impressed by the cap he wore and how the bill pointed in a trian-gle as he looked forward to watch the road, down and to the right to shift gears, and straight up as he watched us in the mirror, over and over again.

Once at school, I was taught and cared for by two of Union County’s fi n-est. My teacher for the two weeks I attended Headstart in 1971 was Mrs. Edna Loy, fondly known to genera-tions of Union County stu-dents as “Miss Edna.”

Surely my mother found it comforting that Miss Edna had taught both of her other children at Nave Hill. Miss Edna was assisted by Mrs. Geneva Lay, who was “Miss Geneva” to me for the rest of her life. I saw Miss Edna often in the halls for the next seven years I was

Ronnie Mincey

TEACHER TIME

In the beginning …

a student at Maynardville Elementary. Miss Geneva worked many years as ca-shier at Hensley’s grocery where my family shopped, so I also saw her often throughout the years.

I liked both Miss Edna and Miss Geneva a lot for making Headstart fun. I re-member fi nger painting on “vanilla” paper and playing in little cardboard rooms that contained, joy of joys, a kitchen with toy appli-ances!

I turned six years old while a Headstart student, and Miss Edna and Miss Geneva gave students with birthdays a party. Oh what joy! This may not have been my fi rst birthday cake, but this beautiful cake with green icing the color of grass is the fi rst I remember.

What did I learn in Headstart? Certainly not how to read or count, but it was the fi rst time I had to get along with others away from Momma. I never cried once.

It is pleasant to realize now how easy Miss Edna and Miss Geneva made my fi rst venture from home to school. How different my life might have been had they not made Headstart so enjoyable. Both of these fi ne ladies are no longer liv-ing, but they did their very best to give me and several others the very best start in life.

Next week I will share a “comforting” message from the past about the Union County School System.

Melanie Dykes visits Bob Sharp at Flowers by

Bob to cheer him up with a song on his birth-

day and thank him for providing seniors with

birthday fl owers.

Union County seniors Georgia Brantley and

Willie Nicely celebrate January birthdays. Pho-tos submitted

Seniors celebrate birthdays

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SATURDAY, JAN. 25Singing and Prayer Service, 7 p.m., Fellow-

ship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike, Luttrell. All churches and singers invited to join in prayer for Union County against Drugs. Everyone welcome.

Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Live music provided by the Nigel Boulton Band. Admission: $5 per person.

Live country, bluegrass and gospel music, 7:30 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynard-ville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Rea-gen, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

Baseball signups for 3U-14U, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Halls Community Park. Also during Saturday basket-ball games at Halls Elementary, Brickey-McCloud and Halls Middle schools. Continues Saturdays through Feb. 8. Info: hcpark.org or hcpsports@msn.com.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 25-26Home Builders Association of Greater Knox-

ville Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center. Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday; noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: adults, $10; children free. Discounted tickets: www.hbaknoxville.com or www.therealhomeshow.com.

SUNDAY, JAN. 26The Mark Trammel Quartet in concert, 6:30

p.m., Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road. No admission charge but a love offering will be taken. Info: 688-8822 or www.ridgeviewbaptistchurch.com.

TUESDAY, JAN.28Fiesta de Santa Fe cooking class, 6:30-8:30

p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Open house guest night hosted by KTown Sound Knoxville Premier A cappella Show Chorus, 6:30-9:30

p.m., Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel St. Info: 385-8454 or www.ktownsound.org.

Relay For Life information meeting, 6:30 p.m., upper building at the Clinton Physical Therapy Center, 1921 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. Current team captains/members and anyone interested in participating is in-vited. Dinner for donation provided by Y12 Credit Union. Info: Tre Rhyne, 680-8742 or trhyne@y12 fcu.org; Kelly Lenz, 457-1649 or cptcklenz@aol.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29Computer Workshops: Library Online, 2 p.m.,

Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info/to register: 525-5431.

Free blood pressure checks, 6:30-7 p.m., North Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6530 Fountain City Road. No appointment necessary.

THURSDAY, JAN. 30Book Discussion: “Unbroken” by Laura Hil-

lenbrand, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

FRIDAY, JAN. 31Concert featuring Sarah Morgan on mountain

dulcimer and Dan Landrum on hammer dulci-mer, 7 p.m., Union County Arts Co-Op, 1009 Main St. Reception at 6:30. Seats: $15 each. Pay at the door, but seats must be reserved. Info/reservations: 278-3975.

The World’s Finest Balsamic Vinegars and Extra Virgin Olive Oils tasting, two seatings: 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 May-nardville Pike. Cost: $5. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Deadline to submit items for new member jurying, noon, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Info/forms: www.appalachianarts.net, 494-9854.

SATURDAY, FEB. 1Story Time with Dr. Jared Graves, 11 a.m., Lut-

trell Library, 115 Park Road. Dr. Graves of Union County Animal Hospital will read a story and share his experi-ences as a veterinarian. Info: 992-0208.

Valentine Sweetheart Supper, 4:30-8 p.m., Union County High School. Menu: choice of chicken parmesan or ham, vegetables, dessert and drink. Cost: $20 per couple; $12 for single. Hosted by the Women In Action of Mountain View Church of God. Carryouts available.

Chocolatefest Knoxville, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Knox-ville Expo Center, Clinton Highway. Tickets: $15; VIP Pass: $30. Benefi ts The Butterfl y Fund. Info/tickets: www.chocolatefestknoxville.com; Sugarbakers Cake, Candy & Supplies, 514 Merchants Road.

Live country, bluegrass and gospel music, 7:30 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All

pickers and singers welcome.Baseball signups for 3U-14U, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Halls

Community Park. Also during Saturday basketball games at Halls Elementary, Brickey-McCloud and Halls Middle schools. Continues Saturdays through Feb. 8. Info: hcpark.org or hcpsports@msn.com.

Girls softball registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Willow Creek Youth Park, 7530 Quarry Road. Cost: $40, wee ball; $60, 6u-17u. Info: www.facebook.com/WillowCreekYouthPark.

“Hot Chocolate And Cool Crafts,” 2-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. For all ages. Cost: $10 per person. Registration deadline: Jan. 27. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Melissa Mastro-giovanni, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Molly Moore, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Recommended for birth to not-yet-walking. Info: 947-6210.

SUNDAY, FEB. 2Performance by 3mb trio, 10:30 a.m. worship

service, Inskip UMC, 714 Cedar Lane. Everyone invited. Lunch provided by the church will follow.

TUESDAY, FEB. 4Chocolate = Love cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,

Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

TUESDAYS, FEB. 4-MARCH 11Living Well with Chronic Conditions, 9:30 a.m.-

noon, Knox County Health Department classroom, 140 Dameron Ave. Free. To register: 215-5170.

THURSDAY, FEB. 6Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30

p.m., Tazewell Campus of Walters State in the audito-rium. Coffee and dessert will be served. Info: 617-9013.

Pajama-rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Stories, music, fl annel board activities and a craft. Wear your pajamas and bring your favorite toy or stuffed animal. Info: 947-6210.

FRIDAY, FEB. 7Crossroads Chili Chowdown, 5:30-8 p.m., Halls

Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Hosted by the Halls Crossroads Women’s League. Chili and the fi xin’s; hot dogs; bake sale. Tickets at the door: $5, adults; $2.50, children under 10. Live band. Proceeds go to the “History of Halls” book.

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or email justin@powellauction.com162 BOWMAN LANE,MAYNARDVILLE – This is a foreclosure sold as is. In need of minor repairs. Great one-level living w/all fenced level backyard.

Concrete patio & parking area. Nice picture frame walls in DR. Open LR/DR/kit. Storage building to remain. Approx 976 SF. North on Hwy 33 to Maynardville. 3rd light turn right on Main St. to right on Prospect Rd to right on Bowman Ln. House on right. Priced to sell at $68,000.

400 CABBAGE CEMETERY RD, WASHBURN 3.36 ACRES! Spacious, 2-sty Architectural home. Covered porch w/verandas. Very private setting, mostly wooded. Circle drive in front. Over 5000 SF, 6BR/3.5BA, open foyer to FR, gas log FP and wood fl ooring. Open,

spacious kitchen, and eat-at bar. Breakfast room, sunrm with lots of great views currently used as an offi ce. Master on main w/lrg picture windows & gas log FP w/mantle and master BA w/spa tub. Open sitting area in upper foyer w/views of the front grnds. Bsmnt w/lrg rec room & plumbed kit w/cabs (needs fi nishing), 2BR/1BA. Lots of storage. A MUST SEE home within mins to lake access. Offered at only $279,000.

4632 NATHAN DR., KNOXVILLE – All brick rancher. 3BR/2BA. Lots of new upgrades including carpet, vinyl, paint, doors, stainless appliances, garage door/opener, fi xtures, etc. This

great home is all maintenence-free exterior with great mountain views off back deck. Open kitchen, dining room & living room with cathedral ceilings. Gas heat/central air. Move-in ready and priced to sell! Only $124,750. $119,750

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371 SWAN SEYMOUR RD, MAYNARDVILLE NOTHING SPARED! Custom Norris Lake front home on main channel of beautiful Norris Lake. A master suite w/BA fi t for a king! Gleaming hdwd fl rs, lots of ceramic tile, crown molding, granite counters, S/S appliances. Massive great rm w/bar area, + gas FP, wired for fl at screens in all rooms except kit, 8 patio doors, skylights, cathedral ceilings, stamped

concrete patio, covered decks extending length of home, gently sloping lot w/ boat launch & dock. Truly a must-see home. Offered at $525,000. $479,000.

LOTS/ACREAGEROCKY TOP RD, LUTTRELL – All wooded 2.73 acres on outside entrance of SD. Sev home sites. Cnty tax appraisal $31,300. Sign on property. North on Tazewell Pk to Luttrell. R on Hwy 61E. Straight at curve at Water Dept. Cross RR tracks, turn L on Main, L on Wolfenbarger to Rocky Top Rd. Sign on property. Offered at only $19,900.HOLSTON SHORES DR, RUTLEDGE – Lot 18 in River Island. Beautiful .70 acre with frontage on the Holston River. Great for trout fi shing. Lot has city water and electric in front of it. Already approved for septic. Lot lays gentle all the way to the river. Offered at only $49,900.MONROE RD, MAYNARDVILLE – Over 4 acres all wooded. Creek through property. Unrestricted. OK for mobile homes. Utility water available, electric. Perk test done. Make offer today. North on Hwy 33 to R on Academy across from Okies Pharmacy to R on Main Street to L on Monroe to property on right. Sign on property. Offered at only $15,500.

104 SWAN SEYMOUR, MAYNARDVILLE – Approx 1040 SF. Lake views. Within walking distance to Norris Lake. 3BR/2BA, oak fl rs, oak kit cabs, all appl, new int paint, 2-car gar & 1-car det gar. Fruit trees, sloping yard. In need of minor repairs. Lake access around the corner. Sold as is. Priced at only $82,300. Dir: N on Hwy 33 thru

Maynardville to R on Hickory Valley, L on Walker Ford, L on Circle, L on Swan Seymour, home on right.

111 DANTE RD, KNOXVILLE – Very nice 1/2 acre lot Zoned C-3 Commercial. Great loc just off I-75 at Callahan Dr behind Weigel’s. Offered at only $95,000. Call Justin today. Dir: I-75 to Callahan Dr (exit 110), right on Callahan to 111 Dante Rd. on left.

TATER VALLEY RD, LUTTRELL – Exceeding horse farm. 15 acres. All level/partially fenced. Mostly pasture. Very nice 40x100 barn with concrete fl rs, 13 lined stalls, tack rm, wash bath. Also offi ce in barn. Unrestricted mtn views. Offered at only $115,900. North on Hwy 22 thru Maynardville, right on

Hwy 61E towards Luttrell to left on Tater Valley to property on left.

COMM PROPERTY W/RENTALS on Rutledge Pk. Mins to interstate. 2 houses, mobile hm, det 3-car gar. All currently rented and sitting on over 5 acres w/frontage on Rutledge Pk. Offered at only $479,000.GREAT WATERFRONT LOT on Holston River. 1.60 acres, semi wooded, corner lot. Great homesites. Utility water, elec. Priced at only $46,900. Located in River Island. Lot 9NICE CUL-DE-SAC LOT in River Point II S/D. 5.70 acres. Gently sloping w/great views of the Holston River. Public access in devel. Lot 161. Priced at only $64,500.AWESOME MTN VIEWS from this homesite in Lone Mtn Shores. Architecturally restricted comm. Close to Woodlake Golf Club. Lot 614. 2.80 acres. Priced at $17,500.5.69 ALL WOODED ACRES. Very private. Great for hunters retreat. Located in North Lone Mtn. Shores. Lot 1046. Inside gated area. Priced at $10,000.SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL LOTS in Hidden Ridge S/D. Over ten 1/2 acre lots to choose from. NOW YOUR CHOICE LOT FOR ONLY $15,000! Call Justin today!VERY NICE LEVEL LAKE-VIEW LOT in Mialaquo Point S/D of Tellico Village. Seller says "BRING ALL OFFERS". Great summer-time home or weekend get-away!! 0.28 acres. $12,500. Directions: Tellico Parkway to Mialoquo S/D. Left on Elohi, Right on Noya Way. Just past Lgoti Ln. Lot on left.

BEAUTIFUL. GREAT CONV. LAKE LIVING – 2.18 acres. Gently rolling to the water. Views of 33 Bridge. Over 800' lake frontage. Will perk for 3-4BR home. Wooded, private, lightly restricted. Located on Swan Seymour Rd., Maynardville. Offered at only $199,900.

573 MONROE RD, MAYNARD-VILLE 3BR/2BA, yard is all level, 1 acre. Great loc. Paved driveway, covered patio area, lots of kit cabinets, no appl, some oak fl ooring, sep laundry rm w/half BA. The home itself

is in need of repairs.This is a foreclosure home. Sold as is. Priced at 54,900.00 North on Hwy 33 to Maynardville. To right on Hwy 61 to right on Main Street to left on Monroe to home on right. Sign in yard.

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LOTS 92,103,104 LEONS ROCK S/D – BEAN STATION – Building lots with breathtaking views of Cherokee Lake and Mountains. German Creek Marina nearby and 15 minutes from

Morristown shopping and services . Lots Range from 1.12 to 1.54 Acres.YOUR CHOICE LOT FOR 6,000.00 EACH.Directions: Hwy 25 N to Left on Lakeshore Road. Approximately 4 miles to Rocky Springs Road. Right to Leons Rock

LOT 157 HICKORY POINTE, MAYNARDVILLE – This 2.2 acre lot has three different views of Norris Lake. It has gorgeous Mountain views on the top of Hickory Pointe subdivision. This lot offers private club house with access to pool, private boat ramp, plus this corner lot also comes with your

very own deeded boat slip. Gated Community. Directions: From the intersection of Hwy. 33 and Hwy 61E. Travel north on Hwy. 33 approx. 3.6 miles to Hwy 170W (Hickory Valley Rd.) Turn left on 170W travel two (2) miles to Hickory Pointe sign turn right. Travel two miles to subdivision at the top of the hill. Lot is fi rst one on left.

LOT # 3 AND # 4 REMINGTON DRIVE, MAYNARDVILLE – TWISTED GABLES GATED S/D – Beautiful gated subdivision, close to the center of Maynardville. Gorgeous mountain views. 3 Lots Available. From .81 to .93 of an Acre. All utilities available. Great Mountain views. PRICED AT ONLY

39,900.00 EACH...TAKE YOUR PICK. Directions: North on Hwy 33 towards Maynardville. L on Hickory Star Rd. R on John Deere Drive. Subdivision entrance on Left. Lots on Right with Sign.

7509 GIBBS RD, CORRYTON – Very nice rancher on level lot w/fenced backyard. Aprox 1,386 SF w/3BR/1BA. Kit has lots of cabs. Open LR/DR w/ columns. Garage has been enclosed to make Den. Above ground pool with decking & stg shed. This is a foreclo-sure sold as is. Priced at 78,500.00 Directions: From Halls take East Emory Rd toward Gibbs. At Harbison

Crossroads, cross over to continue on Emory. To left on Clapps Chapel Rd to left on Gibbs Rd to house on left. Sign in yard.

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