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Thanking Ms. Bloma

For school year 2002-2003 I was assigned as principal of Luttrell Elementary.

A teacher went on leave during the latter part of that year, and it was best practice to fi nd a certifi ed teacher to fi ll the position to ensure contin-ued quality of education. I was thrilled that Ms. Bloma Rush would fi ll this leave.

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Memorial DayMemorial Day service will

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Oak Grove Open House Sunday

Preservation Union County will hold an open house at the Oak Grove Schoolhouse from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.

By Libby Morgan“We like to get the veterans

together and we just have a good time,” says Ed Nicholson, founder of Project Healing Waters, stand-ing on the bank of the Clinch River for the very fi rst time.

Captain Nicholson, who lives in Maryland, had served in Vietnam and retired in 1994 from 30 years in the Navy. In 2005, he was a pa-tient at Walter Reed hospital when he realized how much the young wounded soldiers there simply needed companionship and some-

thing to look forward to.

“It was just a small thought at the time. When I saw all these guys and ladies, the results of the wars, and the families, I thought, you know, I’d like to catch up on my fi shing, and maybe some of these guys would like to go fi shing with me.

“That was 10 years ago, and now, Project Healing Waters is all over the country.

“You hear all sorts of wonderful things. One of these guys out on

A disabled veteran gets a lesson in fl y fi shing

from a Clinch River Trout Unlimited guide in

the waters below Norris Dam.

Wayne Nobles, a member of the lo-

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ters, and Ed Nicholson, founder of

the nationwide organization.

relationships and doing the heal-ing with each other.

“People get to know one anoth-er and become friends and then they anticipate the next meeting, the next training session, the next this and that, and of course we go fi shing, but we don’t just go fi sh-ing. We build relationships.”

“Coming here this morning, just fi shing, I feel better already myself.”

serene, healing watersClinch off ers

2015 Union County High School Graduates

The senior class remembered a classmate, Nakisha Williams, who died of an illness in middle school, by releasing balloons. See more about Union

County High School’s class of 2015 on pages 6-7.

Remembering the Rosenbaums

On March 2, 2015, the Rev. J. Odell Rosenbaum was called home, and exactly two months later his wife, Mary DeVault Rosenbaum, died on May 2, 2015. This couple were well known in the Luttrell com-munity and were friends of my in-laws, who have also passed away.

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“It’s better to be lucky than smart.” That’s the word from Bill Weigel, the man who cites the corn dog as his chief contribution to the business that bears his name.

Weigel amused and inspired at last week’s Powell Business and Professional Association meeting as he reconnected with old friends in the community he calls home.

Weigel talked about his mili-tary service in France. He told how his dad, worried about the future of farming, shipped him off to Vanderbilt University to train to be a doctor. The chemistry and bi-ology almost did him in.

Weigel’s is the story of an immi-

grant family who bought land in Wartburg, moved to Forks of the River and fi nally settled on 600 acres in Powell. The Broadacres Farm is now the Broadacres sub-division, home to

almost 1,000 families.“My dad was 21 in 1931 when

he bought his fi rst four cows,” Weigel said. Previously, the fam-ily had raised vegetables. The big white barn, still visible from Emory Road, was built in 1931 and expanded shortly thereafter

as the herd grew to 40. Mr. Wei-gel initially sold milk to Avondale Dairy (on Norris Freeway where the empty Walmart now stands). He soon had his own processing plant. Home deliveries came next.

The Weigel’s story is one of cau-tion and observation.

“My dad and uncle went to Flor-ida” where they discovered the milk depot, he said. Women were taking jobs out of the home, and no one was around to bring in the milk. Soon the brothers built the original winged Weigel’s where customers could drive through to buy milk.

“It got tough to operate a single product line,” he says, so the walk-

in milk store was born. “Open 10-10.”

A slick sales rep talked them into installing gasoline pumps. “We hated to tear up that asphalt.”

After watching the sales and calculating the vendor’s take, Weigel’s started installing its own pumps. The new logo – a white W on a bright red background – was created in 1965. “I didn’t like it at fi rst. It made us look like a gas sta-tion,” he said.

With the new century came a new logo, an emphasis on coffee, creation of branded products like Skim D’Lite and eggnog, and most recently the addition of fresh bak-ery items.

Cabbage Cemetery The annual memorial ser-

vices will be held at Cabbage Cemetery in Black Fox Valley in Grainger County at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 24.

The purpose of the meeting is to elect offi cers and board members for the next year and to collect funds for the upkeep of the cemetery.

Anyone can mail a contribu-tion to Bennie Capps, trea-surer, at P.O. Box 91, Maynard-ville, TN 37807.

Info: 865-992-5571.

Bill Weigel

the water here today said to me, ‘I want to thank you for starting Project Healing Waters because it’s changed my life. I now have purpose, I got a good job and I have my life back.’”

Nicholson continues, “It’s more than just fi shing. It’s where it leads you and how you can better adapt to what happened to you. You got-ta move on.

“Our mission’s purpose is building friendships and building

Ancestors events Monday

Bonnie Peters, Judson Palmer and others will hold a “Find Your Ancestors” event at the museum and the Union County Cemetery Association will have a “Cemetery Walk” at Carr Cemetery Monday after-noon. Details inside on page 3.

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Colby McLemore of Colby’s Photography has been nominated to be on the national council of the Profes-sional Photographers of America (PPA). If elected, McLemore would represent Ten-nessee’s professional photographers at the national level in the organization.

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McLemore nominated for national photo council By Libby Morgan

Martha Brown, STEM teacher at Paulette Elemen-tary, has developed garden beds and a composting pro-gram to open her students’ eyes to the natural world just outside the door.

And for quite a while, she’s had big plans for the drainage area. Fruit trees and benches were installed around the perimeter of the “big hole” earlier this school year, and last week. It be-gan to be transformed into a wetland to add to the out-door classroom experience for the students.

Brown says, “What ex-actly is a wetland and why would you want one?

“More than one-third of the endangered and threat-ened animals and plants in the United States depend on wetlands in some way. These species may die out if more of their wet places are destroyed. These species include whooping cranes, mission blue butterfl ies, and green pitcher plants.

“Paulette is doing our part by taking an unusable piece of land and turning it into a haven for birds and animals. Last week, the whole com-munity came together to get a wetlands built.

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Paulette builds wetland

Martha Brown, O.J. Bergeron, John Byrd and students Riley Cole and Timmy Simonds work on

the liner for the wetland.

Byrd and Andrea (from UT) for leading the way and our county road superintendent David Cox and the machine operators.

“Our students at Paulette were so excited, they got to see big machines work-ing and a hole dug in the ground! Lucy Freyer’s fi rst grade was excited to remove rocks that could puncture the wetland liner.

“A great big thank you to these fi fth grade boys who worked so hard putting down the felt and rubber to

retain water, raking the dirt back and removing rocks: Peyton Helms, Anthony King, Jerimiah Moshe, Ty-ler Graham, Austin Beeler, Timmy Simonds, Riley Cole, Elliot Gibbs, Justin Dawson and Jacob Chaffi n.”

The work is being coordi-nated by Byrd, who has cre-ated wetland areas at several schools in the region. Byrd is the director of the Clinch River Environmental Stud-ies Organization (CRESO). Funding for the project came from a DOE grant focused

on installing artifi cial wet-lands for area schools’ fi eld teaching and educational outreach programs.

CRESO was established in 1989, and is an educa-tion/research program that provides middle, high school, and undergraduate students opportunities for fi eld research and extended learning experiences in ar-eas of research design and protocols, data manage-ment and analysis, biology and natural resources con-servation.

Bethany Long receives an enlargement of her winning photo,

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Long cited for outstanding photography

By Marvin Jeff reysIn a recent Smoky Mountain homeschool 4-H Club pho-

tography contest, Bethany Long was cited for her outstand-ing photo entitled “Chimneys High.” The unusual subject matter, along with Long’s use of creativity, perspective, composition and depth of fi eld caught the eye of the judge.

This example of photographic art was created during a trip to the Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, Ky. While tour-ing one of the main buildings, she saw the opportunity to capture this unique image and seized it.

American Business Equipment, Inc. of Maynardville wished to encourage the 4-H photography contestants by awarding a wall portrait size enlargement to the entry deemed overall Best of Show for the Smoky Mountain 4-H Club.

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Clinton recognized in ‘Who’s Who’

The Tennessee Health Care Association/Tennessee Center for Assisted Living has named Linda Clinton, a resident at Willow Ridge Center , to its annual “Who’s Who in Tennessee Long-term Care.” Honorees in this year’s program include military heroes, educators, entertainers and other elders living in THCA/TNCAL member nursing

homes and assisted living communities statewide.

Clinton worked as a certifi ed nursing assistant at Shannondale Health Care Center in Knoxville for 30 years. She is president of the Willow Ridge Center’s resident council, and she has been named “Resident of the Month.” Clinton and her late husband, William, were married for more than 30 years.

THCA executive director Jesse Samples said, “Ninety-four nursing homes and assisted care living facilities shared their residents’ fascinating life stories, and it is a privilege to recognize these men and women for their achievements.”

SCES celebrates TCAPsSharps Chapel Elemen-

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Serene, healing water From page 1

Among many awards, Nicholson has received the Giant Steps Civic Leader Award from the National Consortium for Academics and Sports, the Hero of Conservation Award from Field & Stream magazine, he is a CNN Hero and one of Huffi ngton Post’s 50 Over 50.

Nine veterans from Wounded Warriors, who traveled from Tennessee and surrounding states, and eight volun-teers with Project Healing Waters and Trout Unlimited had a serene visit to our very own local treasure – the cold, trout-fi lled waters of the Clinch.

Oak Grove OpenHouse SundayThe celebration of Pres-

ervation Month will con-tinue this week with a “Sneak Peak” Open House at Oak Grove School, 407 Brantley Road in Sharps Chapel on Sunday, May 24, from 2-4 p.m.

The school is currently under renovation by Preser-vation Union County. Built in 1935, it is a Rosenwald design building. Classes continued at Oak Grove until the consolidation of community schools in the 1960s. Everyone is invited and welcome to come and see the progress made on the renovation.

Former students and teachers are welcome to come and bring school pictures and memorabilia for view-ing. For more information

call Betty at 865-992-1005.

■ Retired teachers group to meetThe Union County Re-

tired Teachers Association will have its annual Necrol-ogy Service at the Senior Citizens Center in May-nardville, Wednesday, May 20, at 12:30 p.m. Refresh-ments will be furnished by UCRTA. Please come and help us remember those teachers who have passed away this year.

The group is also asking members to bring items that could be used for a church homeless program (such as individual size toiletries, sanitary items, bottled wa-ter, etc). Jared Graves will provide music.

Also, the East Tennes-see Retired Teachers As-sociation will meet Thurs-day, May 21, at 1 p.m. at

the Ebenezer Method-ist Church at 1001 Ebenezer Rd. All retired teachers in the area are welcome to attend.

■ Find your ancestorsOn Monday, May 25,

from 2-4 p.m., Union Coun-ty Historian Bonnie Peters will be joined by members of Preservation Union County and Union County Histori-cal Society member Judson Palmer at the Union County Museum and Genealogical Library, 3824 Maynardville Highway in Maynardville.

The group will offer as-sistance in fi nding your Union County ancestors. The library, public records and the Internet will be uti-lized.

The Museum has exhibits from many aspects of Union County history and its ge-nealogical library has ex-

tensive research materials for Union and surrounding county families.

Regular hours for the museum are Sunday, 1-5 p.m. and Monday and Tues-day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ad-mission is free. For more information about the Ge-nealogy Workshop call Bon-nie at 865-687-3842.

Also on May 25, president Ellen Perry and members of the Union County Cem-etery Association, along with members from Preservation Union County, will host an historic “Cemetery Walk” at the Carr Cemetery located on Main Street in Maynardville.

The event will begin at noon and will honor both Union and Confederate veterans buried there. Ev-eryone is invited. For more information call Ellen at 865-992-4631 or Phillip at 865-680-9103.

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TENNder Care is Tennessee’s program for well-child visits for children under age 21 on TennCare. “Check-In” with your child’s doctor or health department to make an appointment for your child’s free check up. The annual “Check Up” will help prevent diseases and chronic medical conditions and provide information and advice on how to keep your child healthy. “Check Back” with your doctor by keeping your follow-up appointment, your next scheduled well-child visit or by contacting your doctor if a problem occurs. Info: 1-866-311-4287 or 992-3867, Ext. 131.

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For school year 2002-2003 I was assigned as principal of Luttrell El-ementary.

On March 2, 2015, the Rev. J. Odell Rosenbaum was called home, and exact-ly two months later his wife, Mary DeVault Rosenbaum, died on May 2, 2015.

She brightened the corner for me

One of my teacher colleagues (who had a relative who taught with Ms. Bloma) once told me, “Bloma’s the only real second grade teacher at Maynardville.”

After retirement Ms. Bloma was an active substitute teacher for several years. I was a little anxious to hear that Ms. Bloma would be fi lling an interim position for me at Luttrell, for she had much more experience as a teacher than I had as an educator, and I certainly didn’t want her to fi nd me lacking as an administra-tor.

Ms. Bloma was a prin-cipal’s dream. She had excellent rapport with her parents, and the students all loved her. Ms. Bloma was a warm, comforting person, and any part of any day I spent with her made the remainder all the better. Ms. Bloma was highly competent, and while she expected every student to perform to the best of his/her ability, at the same time she was a realist, always knowing what was practical.

I can honestly say that Ms. Bloma did more for me than I ever could have for her while she fi lled that leave, yet she gave me a parting gift when the school year ended, a most beautiful, light purple dress shirt, which I wore proudly until a little wear and my expanding middle decreed otherwise. I always think of Ms. Bloma whenever I see a dress shirt of that color.

It was a sad day when Ms. Bloma decided to give up substitute teaching, yet her positive infl u-ence remains in the lives of all the students and colleagues she touched throughout the years.

Next week expect an-other substitute tale.

The reuniting of Mary and Odell Rosenbaum The Tennessee Century

Farms Program was created in 1975 by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture as part of our nation’s bi-centennial celebration.

In 1985, the Center for Historic Preserva-tion at Middle Tennes-see State University assumed responsibil-ity for it. The program was originally designed and continues to be a rec-ognition and documentary effort for families who have owned a farm for 100 years or longer.

The Tennessee Century Farms Program has a farm in all of Tennessee’s 95 coun-ties. Since its inception, the statewide and ongoing pro-gram has 1,487 certifi ed farms. Of that number, 52 farms were founded in or pri-or to the year 1796, the year Tennessee became a state.

Thirty farms are on the National Register, and eight are a part of the Land Trust for Tennessee. Additionally, seven have African-Ameri-can founders, and four were founded by women.

Many kind and well-de-served remarks were show-

ered on Mary and Odell at their funerals. Tributes noted their hospitality and Mary’s love to entertain friends and her industri-ousness in preserving food for her family friends. At times she would get up at 3 a.m. to can a run of beans before being at work at the Standard Knitting Mills at 7 a.m.

You can bet that she and the rest of the family had stayed up later than usual breaking those beans. They valued education, but like most people their age their opportunities were limited.

Nonetheless, they were well read and had a particu-lar interest in local history and historic preservation.

It was always a pleasure to run into and have a chat

with Odell and their son, Bert, at Okie’s Phar-macy in Maynardville. Odell, an ordained minister, served with

the Union County Jail Ministry for 16 years.

Mary retired as a Standard Knitting Mills employee.

Mary and Odell loved the Lord, their family and friends. Home, family and farming were their love and their focus throughout their 63-year marriage.

Mary and Odell are sur-vived by their children – Bert Rosenbaum, Esther Ruffner and Jan Walker and their families; fi ve grandchildren and fi ve great grandchildren. The Rosenbaums are buried at Luttrell Cemetery. Their obituaries are archived at ObitsforLife.com.

They will be sorely missed, and we know the family will carry on their wonderful legacy.

This couple were well known in the Luttrell com-munity and were friends of my in-laws, who have also passed away.

The Rosenbaums lived in a section of Luttrell called Jimtown, which is said to have been named for the three “Jims” who lived there – Jim Monroe, Jim Perkey and Jim Wolfenbarger.

Mary is a descendant of Jim Perkey, and the Rosen-baums owned the historic Perkey farm that has been in this same family since 1882. It was recognized as a Century Farm, one of just eight in Union County.

A teacher went on leave during the latter part of that year, and it was best practice to fi nd a certifi ed teacher to fi ll the position to ensure continued quality of education. I was thrilled that Ms. Bloma Rush would fi ll this leave, knowing that her acceptance would more than ensure continuous student learning.

I didn’t have the plea-sure of being Ms. Bloma’s student, though she taught at Maynardville Elemen-tary when I was a student there. I felt I knew her well, however, as my mother had been her neighbor and attended church with the Rush family.

One of my mother’s fa-vorite stories involved Ms. Bloma’s mother-in-law. Ms. Rush once went to visit a newborn in the community. When someone later asked her what she thought, Ms. Rush replied, “I told his mother that he was pretty, but that was really the ugli-est baby I’ve ever seen.”

My mother had the greatest respect for Ms. Bloma, and this was echoed by others who knew her. Ms. Bloma taught for 11 years from 1957 to 1969 in some of the smaller Union County schools (Brocks, Rose Hill, Nave Hill and Hubbs Grove) before trans-ferring to Maynardville Elementary in 1969 where she remained until retire-ment. Ms. Bloma taught fi rst and second grades at Maynardville.

Betty Bean

On May 5, 90 years to the day after Rhea County High School teacher John Scopes agreed to get himself indicted for teaching evolu-tion, former Circuit Judge Harold Wimberly led a con-versation at an event called

the South-ern Rail-way Stump S p e e c h about the Trial of the 20th Cen-tury, dem-onstrat ing the chops that made

him a hometown hero as a member of the University of Tennessee’s 1962 G.E. Col-lege Bowl team that came in second nationally and got a ticker-tape parade down Gay Street.

The Monkey Trial is an oft-told tale, featuring towering historical fi g-ures – William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Dar-row and H.L Mencken – a

Wimberly recalls Monkey Trial

Wimberly

passel of preachers and a dapper chimpanzee named Joe Mendi, who showed up in a fedora, a brown plaid suit and spats. Wimberly devoted considerable atten-tion to the less well-known, and certainly less fashion-able, John R. Neal, a Knox-ville lawyer who served as Scopes’ local counsel.

Although Neal didn’t get to participate in what Wimberly called “the greatest moment in judicial history” (when chief defense attorney Dar-row called prosecutor Bryan to the stand), it was pretty clear that the Monkey Trial was right down his alley.

Evolution was a hot topic 90 years ago, and Neal, who started his own law school after getting fi red from UT as a result of a censorship

fi ght over a line written by an education professor in a pro-posed new textbook referring to humans as “descendants of an extinct race of primates,” jumped into the thick of it.

After the book got ditched, the UT president fi red a bunch of professors who had participated in the protest, and Neal, who had been only peripherally in-volved, got the boot as well.

The following March, the state Legislature rati-fi ed the university’s position by passing the Butler Act, which prohibited teaching human evolution and be-came the basis for prosecut-ing Scopes, who was found guilty and fi ned $100 but subsequently had his con-viction overturned.

Wimberly turned cryp-tic when Clay Crownover, a public relations guy who represents the Blue Slip Winery and the Historic Southern Railway Station and is the organizer of the Southern Railway Stump

Speech, asked him to draw parallels between the Mon-key Trial and modern-day educational controversies.

“Anything is possible,” Wimberly said, with the faintest of smiles on his face.

Wimberly declined to di-rectly address the bill mak-ing the Bible Tennessee’s offi cial state book – which passed, but wasn’t signed into law because of constitu-tional problems – or any of the other legislative forays into textbook censorship or the promotion of creation-ism. But it was easy to con-nect the historical dots.

Crownover, who labels himself “a Joe Biden Demo-crat,” said he envisions the Stump Speeches as a way to air issues that don’t get talked about enough, par-ticularly issues that pertain to the history of Knoxville.

“I’d like for people to say what they think regardless of consequences and take the heat from the people in the audience.”

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A sprained ankle is an in-jury that can nag for a long time and can easily reoccur. Most sprains occur when a person awkwardly rolls outward, damaging the ligaments on the outer side of the ankle. The result is usually heavy swelling and bruising. It can take four to six weeks for a sprained ankle to heal.

Those damaged liga-ments, though, will now carry some scar tissue, meaning they are less fl ex-ible and are prone to further damage. Because the ankle bears so much weight, when you compensate for a weakened one, you can de-velop problems in the joints above, including the knees, hips and spine. Compensa-tion may include a change in your gait and a shift in your weight-bearing stance, which will stress those other joints. You may not feel it immediately, but over time and after activity the

discomfort may be more noticeable.

A chiropractic exam will detect any misalignment that may have occurred in the aftermath of an ankle sprain, and a chiropractic manipulation will help put things back in line. Your chiropractor will also be able to advise you on pos-ture and your biomechan-ics.

As always, wearing foot-wear appropriate to the ac-tivity – whether it’s a sport like tennis or basketball, hiking or for work – is a good way to protect your feet in general, and to guard against sprains. Talk with your chiropractor for more tips on how to avoid ankle sprains and what to do if you have one.

Presented as a com-munity service by Union County Chiropractic; 110 Skyline Drive, Maynard-ville, Tenn.; 992-7000.

Chiropractic OutlookBy Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC

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And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying.

(Luke 12:29 NRSV)

Okay, so a million bucks ain’t what it used to be. (Anonymous)

Be a millionaire day

If we are honest with ourselves, we will admit that we have wondered what it would be like to be rich. Filthy rich!

Today has been declared “Be a Millionaire Day!” (I have no idea who declared it so, but there it is.)

However, I have decided to count my blessings in-stead of my money; it will take longer and be more sat-isfying!

I am blessed in so many

ways: my health is good. I have a smart, wonderful, handsome husband and two smart, beaut iful, talented daughters. I have a brother who taught me how to cen-ter a football when I was still in diapers, and has al-ways been my champion. I have good friends – some of long-standing and new ones as well.

I have songs to sing, po-etry stored in my brain, good eyes (with the help of glasses, these days) and good books to read. I have memories of my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins, and the wonderful family stories that keep them all alive in my heart.

I have the faith of my fa-

thers, and my own under-standings of the Lord’s sov-ereignty over all I am and have.

I have mountains to lift my eyes toward, the moon and the stars to fi ll my heart with wonder, mountain streams, and the occasional critter that crosses the back yard to remind me that I share this beautiful world with all of God’s creatures.

I am rich beyond imagin-ing, wealthy in all the ways that matter, blessed by God.

Who needs to be a mil-lionaire?

Amy Reno from Walnut Grove Baptist Church is help-ing start the Young Life youth ministry program in Union County. Meetings are Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Union County High School commons.

Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.The purpose of Young Life is to reach out to adolescents

at an important time in their lives when they are faced with challenging issues that may impact them their whole lives.

More information can be found at www.younglife.org

WORSHIP NOTES ■ Hansard Chapel Methodist

Church, located on Highway

33 across from Tolliver’s

Market, hosts a food pantry

6-7 p.m. each third Saturday.

Gently used clothing is also

available. Info: the Rev. Jay

Richardson, 776-2668.

■ Oaks Chapel American Christian Church will host a

benefi t singing 7 p.m. Satur-

day, May 30, to raise funds for

its pastor, the Rev. Cas Lakins,

and his family whose home

burned. The church will also

host a “Household Shower” 2

p.m. Saturday, May 23, in the

church fellowship hall. New or

used items appreciated. Info:

Margie Houser, 992-8767.

Young Life comes to Union County

Marvin West

Billy Joe O’Kain, a pitcher on the most successful Ten-nessee baseball team, didn’t make it to the big leagues. I thought he might.

Never wanted anyone to feel sorry for me

O’Kain was a star for the 1951 Vols, second in the Col-lege World Series. The team had a 20-3 season, best winning percentage in UT history.

Soon thereafter, baseball and life took bad hops.

On a surprisingly cold and wet July evening in Winner, South Dakota,

O’Kain was pitching for an independent team against an all-star delegation from Cuba. Something wasn’t right in his shoulder but he kept trying. The Cubans knocked him around. Billy tried some more. That was his nature.

The next day and for a week, doctors tried to deter-mine the cause of his affl ic-tion. They failed.

At UT the following spring, O’Kain confi rmed what he already knew, that he wasn’t as effective as he had been, that his fastball had slowed, that his shoul-der might never be the same.

All was not lost. Bill mar-ried his sweetheart, Ruby McGinnis, and forfeited his UT scholarship. Robert R. Neyland, athletic director, did not fund married ath-

letes. He demanded full-time devotion.

O’Kain became an elec-trician apprentice in Oak Ridge, saved some money, returned to UT and hit an-other roadblock. He sud-denly couldn’t see properly.

Doctors discovered retinal hemorrhaging but couldn’t fi nd the cause. He made the elite hospi-tal rounds – Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins and Vander-bilt. No precise determina-tion, no cure.

“I drove part of the way home from Baltimore and realized I couldn’t see very well. We didn’t use the word ‘blind.’ It was a bad word. But by 1954, I was.”

A weak man would have crumbled. A fi ghter would have been discouraged. O’Kain never considered giving up. He signed up for

a fi ve-month rehabilitation program at the Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind.

He met Dick Freeling, a World War II victim who had been shot in the face and had lost senses of taste and smell – and sight.

“Bill Freeling was a won-derful man with a positive outlook on life. He was a ham radio operator and an insurance agent.”

Bill O’Kain became a ham radio operator. He opened an insurance agency in the basement of his Oak Ridge home.

Nothing to it, folks. He walked to work. Well, some-times he tumbled down the steps but he got up and kept on keeping on in business for 40 years.

Bill is father of two. He is twice a grandfather. He has two great grandchil-

dren. Because Ruby was a bowler, Bill bowled. He has been a deacon at Roberts-ville Baptist. He talks with radio friends “all over the world.”

Bill says Ruby has been the winning edge in his life. Before he hired a secre-tary and then two, she did the insurance paperwork at night after getting home from her day job. She was his tour guide all the years they had season tickets to Tennessee football and bas-ketball.

Do what? Go to games you can’t see?

“I can feel them,” said O’Kain. “I can be part of the excitement. I can go to a Tennessee baseball game and know the team is play-ing on the fi eld where I played.”

Because he once saw

Mickey Mantle in action, O’Kain has long been a fan of the Yankees – and the Braves and a few other teams. He buys a radio package to follow baseball closely.

“I can see the action through a play-by-play announcer. Television announcers aren’t much help. They talk about too many things unrelated to what’s happening on the field.”

Bill O’Kain, 84, will ad-dress the lunch bunch next week at Lake Forest Presby-terian Church. He will tell the audience that God has blessed his life.

“I’ve tried to do the best I can with what I have. I never wanted anyone to feel sorry for me.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

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Congratulations 2015 Graduates!

Dillon Thomas AndersonWhisper Cheyanne ArmstrongIsaac Sean ArthurJoseph Everett AtkinsDalton Joseph BaileyGibson Eugene BaileyKaylea Vanessa BartonBrittany Alice BeaverAustin Eugene BeckerHannah Nicole BilkeyDallas Cain BoggsCourtney Elaine Booth

Christopher Williams BoyntonJasmine Marie BrantleyMonica Grace BrashearsJessica Ashley BravoSamuel Cody BridgesChloe Allyson BrownAllison Marie BrunerBryce Allen BucknerAustin Jesse ButlerCaitlyn Amanda CarrollAmber Nicole CarterBrittany Dawn Cash

Nathan Tyler CastroJordan Kathleen CivayJoseph Tyler CochranMichal Marie ColeEric Lee CollinsReagan Jean CollinsJacob Ryan CookeCourtney Elaine CorumCaitlin Grace CoxBrandon Lee CriderDavid Joseph DavisGeghie Alayna DavisKimberly DeleonColin David DennisCharlotte Anne DowneyHaylea Nicole DuncanCole Christopher DurbinMakenzie Noelle DyerShad Angus DyerKimberly Elaine ElliottAustin Wade EnglandSummer LaShea EnglandHannah Ruth EnsleyGregory Austin EvansGarrett Douglas FoustLindsey Nicole FoustMonica Haley FoustAbigail Makayla FrittsChenoa Cheyenne GallagherColby Tanner GautCarli Marie GibsonJoseph Trey GibsonTyra Marie GraceJacob Thomas GregoryMisty Lynn HamptonChasity Nicole HenderlightPreston Alexander HendersonAbigail Veora-Rose HensleyRichard Wesley HilgersonDustin Taylor HillJustin Conner HillTyler Lane Hodge

Selina HouseChristine Megan HungateDillon Issac HurstJordan Lindsey HurstJakob Anthony IaguessaAmi Marie InklebargerHaley JeanAnn JacksonJoseph Caine JohnsonJacob Tyler JonesTaylor Nicole KeckCole Anthony KenneyDarrin Blake KingMatthew Tate KirbyBethany Michelle KittsCody Reise KittsByron Michael KuehnLaura Leeann LedfordTara Ann LemonDustin Lynn LetnerRebecca Lynn LinharesShawn Samuel LongAnthony Mitchell MashburnJozzy Lee MashburnJohnny Jesse MasingoDeneen LeShae MathesonCallie Beth MerrittJacob Daniel MiddletonSamuel Charles MooreCherokee Swain MunceyJerry Wayne MyersSamantha Ann MyersHeather Gail MynattKelvin Brady NeaseJesse Lee NicelyBritney Kaye O’NeilDevin Chase OvertonMatthew Joshua ParsonsTristen Aaron PaskelKimberly LeAnn PerkeyPaul Eric PetreeSamantha LaShell PrattTiffany Ellen Price

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Valedictorians and Salutatorian

ValedictorianCourtney Booth

ValedictorianJessica Bravo

ValedictorianMichal Cole

ValedictorianReise Kitts

ValedictorianMadison Steiner

SalutatorianHayden Sutton

ValedictorianBailee Woodall

ValedictorianHannah Young

ValedictorianKelly Williams

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THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20Online registration open for Race to benefi t

the Corryton Community Food Pantry, to be held Saturday, June 20. Event is part of “The Run and See Tennessee Grand Prix Series.” To register: https://runnerreg.us/corryton8mile. Info: corryton8miler@yahoo.com; ron.fuller@totalracesolutions.com; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20Fish Fry, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sharps Chapel Senior/

Community Center. All seniors welcome. Bring a cov-ered dish.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First visit free. No partner or dance experience required. Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www.oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, MAY 20-21AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m.,

O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/to regis-ter: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, MAY 21Growing “Killer Tomatoes” class, 3:15-4:30

p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free to the public. Presented by Master Gardeners Joe Pardue and Marcia Griswold. Info: 329-8892.

Suicide Prevention Training, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Revival Vision Church, 154 Durham Drive, Maynardville. No registration fee; lunch provided. RSVP required. Con-tact hour certifi cates available. Info/RSVP: Rita Fazekas, 266-3989 or rita.fazekas@cherokeehealth.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 22Gala Day, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Senior

Center, 298 Main St., Maynardville. All seniors wel-come. Bring side item to go with barbecue. Music, food and fun; door prizes, volunteer recognition, crowning of the next king and queen. Info: 992-3292.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 22-24Smoky Mountain Quilters 35th Annual Quilt

Show, Maryville College Cooper Athletic Center. Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

SATURDAY MAY 23Church yard sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Lighthouse Chris-

tian Church, 8015 Facade Lane. Memorial Wildfl ower Garden Seed Sowing,

6-6:30 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

Music Jam, 7-10 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center, Narrow Ridge, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

MONDAY, MAY 25Memorial Day Ceremony, 11 a.m., Union County

Court House, Main Street in Maynardville.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clinton. Sponsored by the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers. First visit free. No partner or dance experience required. Adults and children accompanied by an adult welcome. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; www.oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, MAY 28Glass Fusing workshop, 6-8:30 p.m., Appalachian

Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Nor-ris. Instructor: Kathy King. Registration deadline: May 21. Info/to register: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 28-29AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m., Halls

Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, MAY 29Date night: The Perfect Pair (Of pizzas that is) cook-

ing class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynard-

ville Pike. Cost: $60. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Statehood Day Celebration, 6:30-9 p.m., Blount Mansion Gardens, 200 W Hill Ave. Info/reservations: 525-2375; info@blountmansion.org; www.blountmansion.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 29-30Straw Bale Workshop, 7 p.m. Friday through 4 p.m.

Sunday, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Lib-erty Hill Road in Washburn. Hands-on instruction will be supplemented with written material. Info/schedule/fees: Mitzi, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 29-JUNE 1Friends of the Knox County Public Library

Used Book Sale, Bearden High School, 8352 Kingston Pike. Friday, members only preview, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 1-6 p.m.; Monday, $5 Bag Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: www.knoxfriends.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 30Healthy Kids, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Maynardville Public

Library.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 30-31Cold Blooded Creatures Warm Hearts at Repti-

con Knoxville!, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Crowne Plaza, 401 W Summit Hill Drive. Info/advance tickets: www.repticon.com/knoxville.html.

SUNDAY, MAY 31Community Arts Festival fundraiser, 3-6 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61. Free admission. Live music, book signing by local author Kathy Fearing, children’s crafts, art show by students from area schools, food, demonstrations, cake walks, entertainment, silent auction. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2Advanced Sushi cooking class, 6-9 p.m., Avanti

Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $75. Info/to regis-ter: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6Art on Main, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Main Street in May-

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Charlotte Downey, Caitlyn Carroll and Chenoa Gallagher

Eric Petree, Jacob Cooke, Bryce Buckner, Eli Turner, Josh Steele, Jes-se Masingo and Tyler Cochran

Union County 4-H mem-ber Jamie Myers won Best of Show in the Union Coun-ty 4-H photography contest with her photo series of a hound dog. Nathanael Kad-ron won the People’s Choice Award.

Megan Overbay and Sar-ah Hampshire were listed as Specially Recognized Par-ticipants.

Participants competed

Jamie Myers won Best of Show in the Union County 4-H photography contest.

4-H photos wow judges

in categories and by school grade level.

Winners in the animals category were 4th and 5th graders Maddyson Loope in fi rst place, Laine Collins in second place and Karli Jo Wood in third place; 6th through 8th grade, Eliza-beth Hensley, fi rst place; 9th through 12th graders Martin Dickey in fi rst place, Nathanael Kadron in sec-ond place and Kaily Huff-man in third place.

Winners in the land-scapes category were 4th and 5th graders Aaron Clapp in fi rst place, Mad-dyson Loope in second place and Samuel Hensley in third place; 6th through 8th graders Allyson Hanna in fi rst place and Elizabeth Hensley in second place; 9th through 12th graders Martin Dickey in fi rst place, Kaily Huffman in second place and Nathanael Kad-ron in third place.

Winners in the buildings category were 4th and 5th graders Samantha Hamil-ton in fi rst place, Jonathon Tindell in second place and Dylan Hall in third place; 6th through 8th graders Al-lyson Hanna in fi rst place

and Elizabeth Hensley in second place; 9th through 12th graders Nathanael Kad-ron in fi rst place, Martin Dickey in second place and Bethany Long in third place.

Winners in the series category were 4th and 5th graders Jamie Myers in fi rst place and Savanna Gerber in second place; 9th through 12th graders Charlie Hamil-ton in fi rst place and Martin

Dickey in second place.Winners in the project

work category were 4th and 5th graders Kaleb Hanna in fi rst place and Jeremiah Tindell in second place; 6th through 8th grade, Ally-son Hanna, fi rst place; 9th through 12th graders Kaily Huffman in fi rst place, Mary Morgan in second place and Martin Dickey in third place.

Winners in the people category were 4th and 5th graders Maddyson Loope in fi rst place, Laine Collins in second place and Jordan Williams in third place; 6th through 8th grade, Eliza-beth Hensley, fi rst place; 9th through 12th graders Nathanael Kadron in fi rst place, Kaily Huffman in second place and Martin Dickey in third place.

Nathanael Kadron holds his entry in the Union County 4-H photography contest, for which he re-ceived the People’s Choice Award. Photos submitted

Community Arts Festival fundraiser

Take a tour of the center

Sun, May 31• 3pm - 6pm

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center

is located one mile east of

I-75, exit 122.

For additional information, call 865-494-9854 orvisit www.appalachianarts.net

Live MusicBook Signing by local authorKathy Fearing

Children’s Crafts Art Show highlighting artwork by students from area schools

Handmade Crafts by regional artists will be available for purchase!

(rain date June 7)

FreeAdmission!

BarbequePizzaNachosCake WalksSilent AuctionArt Demonstrationsthroughout the day

Proceeds will be used to support the center’s mission to promote the Appalachian artist through education and sales.

and learn the many ways the Center promotes arts in our

community.

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