By Sandra ClarkFormer Chief Deputy Billy

Breeding topped Sheriff Earl Loy Jr. 2,553 to 2,236 in unoffi cial re-sults, to wrest the sheriff’s offi ce from the long-time offi ceholder whose dad also served as sheriff.

Union County Mayor Mike Wil-liams handily won re-election, tal-lying 3,058 votes to 834 for Jeff Brantley and 778 for Tom Heem-stra. Register of Deeds Mary Beth Kitts held off challenger Ruth Cooke, 3,006 to 1,628.

Administrator of Elections Deborah Viles said technical prob-lems with the election manage-ment computer caused a delay in getting results. “We didn’t get out of here until 15 til 2,” she said. A technician was in the offi ce Friday, working to correct the problem.

The night’s biggest news was the election of native son Jared Effl er as District Attorney. He topped incumbent Lori Phillips-Jones 17,962 to 11,900 district-wide (3,733 to 820 in Union Coun-ty).

Gov. Bill Haslam won re-nomi-

nation handily, but he might con-sider some different advisors in

the 8th Judicial Circuit. He ap-pointed Phillips-Jones to succeed her uncle, Paul Phillips, who re-tired mid-term.

Haslam also appointed Andy Tillman to follow the late Chancel-

lor Billy Jo White who died in of-fi ce. Tillman was beaten by Eliza-beth Asbury, 15,587 to 13,341

Haslam appointed Mark Blak-ley to succeed Public Defender Martha Yoakum, who resigned mid-term. Blakley was beaten by Leif Jeffers, Yoakum’s opponent eight years ago, in a very close race.

With unoffi cial returns, Jeffers led 13,503 to 13,452. Blakley car-ried U nion County 1,852 to 1,798.

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann trounced Weston Wamp in Union County, 1,578 to 1,351. Although the race was closer district-wide,

Fleischmann prevailed.State Rep. Dennis “Coach”

Roach was toppled by challenger Jer-ry Sexton, a Bap-tist preacher and president of the Grainger County Chamber of Com-merce.

Sexton got 670 votes in Union County to Roach’s

320. Sexton is founder and owner of Sexton Furniture Manufactur-ing.

One new on school boardJohnny Ray Collins was elected

to the Union County Board of Edu-cation, replacing Billy Sexton who did not seek re-election.

Collins defeated Calvin Chesney, who had served previ-ously on the school board. Incum-bents Danny Wayne Collins and Gerald Smith were re-elected. Smith defeated former interim Di-rector of Schools Marilyn Toppins.

Six new on commissionIt was a rough night for female

incumbents on the Union County Commission. There will be six new commissioners, and only one woman on the 16-member body.

District 1: Incumbents Ja-net Holloway and Gary England were re-elected and Stan Dail on a write-in won the seat now held by Stanley Boles, who did not seek re-election.

District 2: Jim Greene and Tony Strevel upset Brenda Jesse and Sheila Buckner.

District 3: J.M. Bailey and Bill Cox were re-elected.

District 4: Doyle Welch was re-elected; and Dennis Nicley de-feated Dawn Flatford.

District 5: Chris Upton was re-elected and Kenny Hill took the seat left vacant by Jeff Brantley.

District 6: Jonathan Goforth,R.L. Jones and Mike Sexton were re-elected.

District 7: Wayne Roach was re-elected; and Lynn Beeler de-feated Joyce Meltabarger.

Kayak demo at Hickory Star

The Union County Cham-ber of Commerce is sponsor-ing a kayak and paddleboard demo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Hickory Star Marina, 1360 Hickory Star Road, Maynardville.

Participants will learn about paddling equipment and try out different types of kayaks and paddleboards. Adults and children are wel-come. Space is limited; first come is first served.

There is no cost for this event, which is funded by a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission under sub-award from East Ten-nessee State University. Info: Union County Chamber of Commerce, 865-992-2811.

Healthier, happier cows is topic

Area soil conservation-ists hosted a farm tour to help spread the word about having healthier happier cattle in the Hinds Creek Watershed.

Hinds Creek and its sur-rounding land are designated as impaired, and federal and state monies have been ear-marked to correct the erosion and pollution there.

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Music festivals this weekend

This weekend there’ll be strings picked and feet dancing at two local gatherings: Friday night, July 15, is the 33rd annual Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival, with a great lineup of bluegrass and gospel music.

And the next day in Corry-ton, Washington Pike Pres-byterian Church is holding its fi rst House Mountain Hoe-down on the church grounds.

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At midnight Aug.

7, more than 250

people were still

waiting for elec-

tion results at the

Union County

courthouse. The

crowd had dwin-

dled through the

long hours from

an estimated 600

earlier in the eve-

ning. Photos by Libby Morgan

Election night vigil

Mayor Mike Williams (in the red shirt) celebrates the end of

a long campaign with Abbie and Chester Sturgeon. Stur-

geon was unopposed for 6th district road commissioner.

Commissioner Gary England, Diane England and Commis-

sioner Janet Atkins Holloway discuss the delayed results.

By Libby MorganThe Union County school sys-

tem has contracted with the new-ly-renamed Maynardville Family and Urgent Care clinic, owned by David Brickhouse, to staff school clinics at Maynardville and Lut-trell elementary schools and Hor-ace Maynard Middle School.

The clinic, located on John Deere Drive, was Prodigal Pri-mary Care until Brickhouse sold off his other Prodigal locations and reorganized the business, which includes Urgent Care across America clinics in Knoxville.

“We’re happy to have Maynard-ville Family and Urgent Care in our schools, and big things are

David Brickhouse, Paige Stewart, Heather Janeway and Tracy Hodge at May-

nardville Family and Urgent Care. Photo by Libby Morgan

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coming soon, we hope,” said Eddie Graham, UCPS health coordina-tor.

“We have used a grant from the Trinity Foundation for an assess-ment survey of medical care in Union County, sent out with the students. We hope all of the par-ents will fi ll it out and send it back with their child.”

The survey is in Phase I of ap-plying for another grant, which, if won, will be used to support school clinics in collaboration with LMU.

“We have to show the clinics will be sustainable.”

“Right now we have a month-

Looking at Civil War cemeteries

Butcher Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Union County and is located on property owned by the Mohlar [another spelling Moulder] family in the late 1700s.

The GPS reading is 36.16.50N 83.07W [10], and the cemetery is located on Butcher Hollow Road.

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By Libby MorganArea soil conservationists hosted a

farm tour to help spread the word about having healthier happier cattle in the Hinds Creek Watershed.

Hinds Creek and its surrounding land are designated as impaired, and federal and state monies have been earmarked to correct the erosion and pollution there.

The Union County Soil Conservation District offi ce has helped to manage several projects in the watershed with $417,000 of grant money.

Altogether, the Hinds Creek Res-toration Initiative has included 400 acres of pasture renovation, installa-tion of 36,000 feet of fencing, stream bank stabilization, and many other improvements.

The two latest projects, watering systems on the Brantley cattle farm on Sparks Landing and a farm near Big Ridge State Park owned by Stacy George, are the last until more money is allocated for the watershed.

“We expect we’ll do this again soon, but it’s not offi cial at this time. We pretty much have to wait and see what happens next with cost-share programs and grants,” says Sandra Greene of the UCSCD offi ce.

“We have state money coming in every year, and some cost-share pro-grams pay for up to 90 percent,” says

Mike Shoffner, district conservation-ist.

About 40 people loaded up in a school bus and other autos at Big Ridge State Park to travel to the two farms.

USDA soil conservationist Justin Howard spoke to the group at the Brantley farm.

“This pasture was being continu-ously grazed, meaning the cows had access to the whole fi eld all the time. We fenced the pastureland into fi ve paddocks and we fenced off the pond.

“This ensures the cattle get better grass and cleaner water. Each sec-tion of grass doesn’t get overgrazed to where the grass has to grow back from being eaten down to the root.

“With rotational grazing, the farm-er wants the grass to get eaten down to about three inches high, then the cows are moved to the next fi eld and the grass can rest and grow.

“It’s a four to seven day rotation. Some of our farmers said, ‘I don’t have time to round up cattle.’ You’d be surprised how you can train cattle. Once they know the drill, they’ll be lining up waiting at the gate when it’s time to go to the next pasture.

“Cows need 15 to 20 gallons of wa-ter per day, and if they have a choice, they’ll drink clean water, and they’ll drink more water when it’s clean.

“And with a cow’s weight being 50 to 80 percent water, the farmer will have more to sell when going to mar-ket.”

The Brantley pasture is a long strip of beautiful hill, and the water line is buried from the well to the top pas-ture.

Three waterers were installed at fence lines where they are accessible to two adjacent pastures, and a hold-ing tank is at the top for gravity supply.

At the George property, a similar system was installed, with electric power supplied by photovoltaics, or solar electric cells, to pump the water.

Tim Prather of the UT Extension service is a specialist on solar panel installation, and explained the system to the group.

“Why would you put the solar pan-els this high?” he asks about the tall pole with a large array of panels. “It gets more sun there, and it’s really dif-fi cult for someone to come and steal the solar panels.

“Many factors affect the sizing and design of the system.

“If anyone needs advice on putting in a system like this, that’s why we’re here.”

The group traveled back to the park and enjoyed a big country lunch pro-vided by Anderson Farm Catering of Corryton.

Lee “Buddy” Brantley is an

offi cial partner of the Natu-

ral Resources Conservation

Department.

Tim Prather of the UT Extension Department

spoke to the group about the solar-powered

pumping system at Stacy George’s pasture.

Bobby Ellison and Mike Shoff -

ner, both soil conservation-

ists, listen to the discussion

about an effi cient watering

system.

A day-old calf dances along with momma as she

heads to shade to join the others in one of the newly-

cross-fenced fi elds on Buddy Brantley’s pastureland.

Justin Howard, soil conservationist

in the Tazewell fi eld offi ce, explains

the strategies of the work complet-

ed at the Brantley farm near Hicko-

ry Star. Photos by Libby Morgan

Healthier happier cowscows

School clinics From page 1

to-month agreement with Brickhouse, and we hope to continue this relationship after LMU begins working with us. We really appreci-ate his willingness to give back to our community,” Graham said.

The school system has two nurses countywide for staffi ng the clinics. No mon-ey is paid by the county for medical staff from an out-side provider.

Meanwhile, Brickhouse is spending a lot of time in Maynardville and says he loves it.

He had an 11-year stint in the Army, after leaving UT where he was a football player. The 6-foot-4 Brick-house was in the Special Forces, and then the Army accepted him into the physi-cian’s assistant program.

“We did 12 medical mis-sions in Iraq. It was so rewarding to help people there. Because we made friends with them, we also were able to collect intelli-gence.

“My fi rst civilian job was in an ER, and learned I didn’t like the way people are treated there. I left. I was used to giving much better treatment to my pa-tients while I was in the Army.

“So I started my own clinics. I want to treat our

patients like kings and queens. The hugs I get are the best part.

“At fi rst I bit off more than I could chew, with six clinics, so I simplifi ed the business. It took a while before we had a profi table month.

“Staffi ng the school clin-ics is not very lucrative, but it’s worth it. I’m still learn-ing. We can bill insurance, when we can get it.

“We’re hiring Nicole Lo-pez, a pediatrician, who will be available to the students. We may fi gure out a trans-portation system to get sick kids to another school clin-ic. Our medical staff will be available to everyone, including the adults, at the school clinic.

“Whether our relation-ship continues with the schools or not, we’re here to take care of people.”

Lori Crisp and Kayla Brummitte Newcomb are nurse practitioners on staff at Maynardville Family and Urgent Care.

“Those who can’t afford care or are not insured can use our Medi-Plan, de-signed to provide affordable care to individuals with a low-cost monthly payment,” says Brickhouse.

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The Hellgrammites, with Stan Sharp as caller (standing), will play at the House Mountain Hoe-

down square dance on Saturday. The band members are Ken Bronson, John Mahaff y (on bass),

Larry Holt, Morgan Simmons and Mike Searcy.

Darrell Webb is scheduled for the Luttrell Music Festival on

Sept. 20.

The Valley Boys will sing

their sweet harmonies at

Big Ridge State Park on

Friday. Photos by Libby Morgan

Libby Morgan

This weekend there’ll be strings picked and feet dancing at two local gather-ings: Friday night, July 15, is the 33rd annual Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival, with a great lineup of bluegrass and gospel music.

It all starts at 6 p.m. with food and ven-dors, and admission is free. The mu-sic begins at 6:30 p.m. and keeps going ’til late both onstage and all around the grounds, rain or shine.

Last year’s festival crowd was estimated at more than 5,000.

And the next day in Corryton, Washington Pike Presbyterian Church is holding its fi rst House Mountain Hoedown on the church grounds.

The Hellgrammites, made up primarily of House Mountain-area musicians, will go on stage for a square dance after the regular per-formances.

At the mic is Stan Sharp. He has Union County roots: His great-grandfather, Mill-er Sharp, was displaced out

Music fest weekend:Big Ridge Friday, House Mountain Saturday

of what is now Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area in Sharps Chapel.

“Sow the wheat and mow the clover, do it again, then do it all over,” he chanted at a recent square dance in Knoxville.

“I’ve been calling out west before this, and I love it.”

The bandleader, Ken Bronson, is a contractor based in Corryton, and Lar-ry Holt, a fi ddler, is a retired Corryton farmer. Darryl Acuff, also from Corryton, says he’ll be playing with them. Acuff and Kelly Shipe

are organizing the event.The music starts at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 day of show. The church is at 2241 Washing-ton Pike.

Details can be found at the House Mountain Hoe-down Facebook page, where

you’ll fi nd video clips of all of the p e r f o r m -ers. For a d v a n c e t i c k e t s , call Kelly Shipe at 2 19 - 8 3 0 3 or post to their page.

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Luttrell Music Festival are coming together, according to event organizer Mayme Taylor.

“We’re really excited to get Darrell Webb this year,” she says of the Grammy-nominated performer, who is scheduled to go onstage at 1 p.m.

Webb is a guitarist, man-dolin player, songwriter and vocalist, and he has worked with JD Crowe & the New

South, and the Lonesome River Band, among many others. He replaced Dan Tyminski when Dan left LRB.

Webb also has appeared on a couple of Dolly Par-ton’s albums, and played in the bluegrass band Wildfi re with Phil Leadbetter, Rob-ert Hale, Curt Chapman and Carry Crabtree.

“Tim Lovelace has agreed to return, and Melba Greene, Phil Burnette and Wayne Burnette.”

Also on the bill is Jerry Cole from Sharps Chapel.

“Jerry Cole Jr. is probably one of the best bluegrass singers in the South,” says James Perry, local musicol-ogist and radio personality.

David West of Ciderville will bring his entourage, in-cluding the Chicken Man.

A Kids Music Compe-tition is open to all chil-dren 18 and under. Perry is scheduling the show and can be reached at 865-742-6523 or jperry4631@com-cast.net.

The entertainment schedule is:

10 a.m. - Opening cer-emony

10:30 a.m. - Phil Burnette11:30 a.m. - Melba GreeneNoon - Wayne Burnette

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petitionVendors signup deadline

is Sept. 8, and cost of the space is 10 percent of sales at the event. Craft and bake sale booths are needed. Contact Taylor at 865-992-0870 or maymejodys@aol.com for a registration form.

The Luttrell Music Festi-val is sponsored by the city of Luttrell, East Tennessee Arts Foundation and the Tennessee Arts Commis-sion. Proceeds from the festival support the Luttrell Volunteer Fire Department.

Lee Carver is again or-ganizing a car show and cruise-in. All cars and bikes are welcome, and there is no registration fee. Carver can be contacted at 606-335-5165 or lee.carver67@yahoo.com.

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Butcher Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Union County and is located on property owned by the Mohlar [another spelling Moulder] family in the late 1700s.

The GPS reading is 36.16.50N 83.07W [10], and the cemetery is located on Butcher Hollow Road.

The property was in-herited through Valentine Mohlar’s wife, Lavina, from Jesse Alec Butcher Sr. who deeded one acre to the com-munity for a public burial ground on July 4, 1885. Lat-er a second acre was added by a former slave, Samuel Smith, T. C. Cox and San-ford Myers. There are 277 marked graves in this cem-etery.

In cataloging the Civil War soldiers in this cem-etery, Gay and Jim Morton and Philip Graves found these soldiers of interest:

Richard Lee Tharpe (1850-1896). Richard is the son of Edward E. Tharpe and Ann Jane Willis, who were married in 1846 in Grainger County. Richard Lee’s father died when he

Richard Lee Tharpe

Civil War soldiers buried in Butcher Cemetery

was 12 years old and at age 14 Richard Lee entered the service of the United States as a private in Company M, 96th Regiment of the Ten-nessee Cavalry Volunteers.

He married Nancy Ade-lie Butcher, daughter of Jesse Alec Butcher and Levina Mohlar Butcher in 1870. Children of Rich-ard Lee and Nancy Adelie Butcher Tharpe: William E., Detester T., Richard Lee Jr., Robert, John, Bertha, Myrtle, James B. and Abra-ham H. This family lived in the Crooked Creek area of Union County.

Joseph Evans, who is buried in Butcher Cemetery, was in the 6 Tn. Inf. Co. E. He enlisted March 6, 1862, at Williamsburg, Kentucky, and served under Col. Aus-mus. He is also found in the 1890 Federal Census for sol-

diers. He mustered out on April 27, 1865, and he is also listed on the Union County Cemeteries Association (UCCA) website on the Civil War page.

Joseph Evans married Elizabeth Butcher. His younger brother, John Hol-bert Evans, is buried near-by. We have not been able to document Civil War ser-vice; however, some believe he died while serving the Union in Kentucky. If any-one can provide more in-formation concerning John

Holbert Evans’ military ser-vice, please let me know.

Among those being re-searched are the Frost boys of Luttrell:

Steven Frost Jr., Co. D., 2nd TN Cavalry Confed-erate Army. The 1860 Union County Census lists Steven Frost Jr., as a distiller.

Sgt. Calvin Frost, Co. E., 2nd TN Cavalry Confed-erate Army; he also served in Company F, 11th Ohio Cavalry on the Overland Trail. He and John Franklin Frost were two of more than 100 CSA POWs to enlist in the 11th Ohio Cavalry to escape Camp Chase prison camp. They had previously served in 1st Tennessee Cav-alry (CSA).

John Franklin Frost enlisted in the 1st TN Cav-alry, Co. I; but re-enlisted in Co. F., 11th Ohio Cavalry Union Army, as did Calvin. Union County Deed Book C, p.116.

Researchers are also looking for more informa-tion on Ephraim F. Dyer of Luttrell.Bonnie Heiskell Peters is the Union Coun-

ty Historian. Reach her at bhpeters@att.

net or 865-687-3842.

Over the years she moved from calling me “Ronnie” to “Mr. Mincey” to “Dr. Mincey.” I always called her “Ms. Murr” – I can no more call her “Carolyn” than I could have called my father “Frank.”

I have known Ms. Caro-lyn Murr for 43 of my 49 years. Over time my asso-ciation with her has pro-gressed from student to teacher, colleague to col-league, and fi nally friend to friend.

Her PE classes were held outside in pleasant weather. I was not good in most ac-tivities – no bat was ever big enough to hit a softball. One outside activity in which I was fairly successful in-volved two students on each end of two long bamboo poles. These were tapped twice on pieces of 2x4 and

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once together in a repeated pattern as students skipped between them. We would have had a fi eld day had we known the proper term for this was “tinkling.”

Ms. Murr was always punctual. Two raps on the classroom door always pre-ceded her entrance during bad or cold weather. (I al-ways found it amusing that she never waited to be asked to come in.) Everyone could be successful at inside activ-ities that included games of “Heads Up, Seven Up” and a

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When I returned to Union County as a teacher, I came to know Ms. Murr in her capacity as offi cer in various positions for the Union County Education Association. I had the rare experience of serving on the teachers’ negotiating team with Ms. Murr for several years, then as an admin-istrator crossing sides and serving as negotiator for the Board of Education. I also had the opportunity to serve as her assistant principal for one year at Maynardville El-ementary.

Perhaps Ms. Murr’s strongest quality to me is the consistency of her sense of right and wrong, always communicated passion-ately. There were times I

agreed with Ms. Murr and others when I did not, but our mutual respect for each other always allowed us to “agree to disagree.”

I always enjoyed Ms. Murr’s sense of humor, which has its own refresh-ing uniqueness. Most re-cently this involved her ex-planation at inservice of the meaning of “a pig in a poke” and “don’t let the cat out of

the bag.” Is it any wonder the lights sometimes dim when she speaks?

There are many things I could write about Ms. Murr. When I told Ms. Murr that I was going to write about her, I asked her if there was anything she didn’t want me to relate. She said, “Tell the truth, but make me look good.” I hope she feels these two articles have

done her credit.The greatest thing a

teacher can do for a for-mer student is to become a friend. So many of my for-mer teachers have become my good friends, and I am proud to count Ms. Carolyn Murr as one of the best.

Next week expect anoth-er tale of friendship.Dr. Ronnie Mincey is supervisor of fed-

eral programs for Union County Public

Schools.

Economic development meeting setGov. Bill Haslam didn’t

let the election slow him up. On Friday, came the usual announcement of job cre-ation in some county not named Union.

Tennessee has added eight more “shovel-ready sites” to its inventory of land ready for instant construc-tion. That brings the total to 34 such sites in 22 counties across the state. The press release said, “Communities

interested in participating in the program must begin the formal application pro-cess by sending a letter of intent to Select.Tennessee@tn.gov/. Information about the program can be found at http://tnecd.com/apply.html.

■ The Governor’s Con-ference on Economic and Community Devel-opment will be Nov. 13-14 at Renaissance Nashville Ho-

tel. This year’s theme is “The Tennessee Story.” “

From Memphis to Moun-tain City, we’ll show you how your community has a special story to tell and how it helps defi ne Tennessee as the best place in the world to live and work,” the press release promised.

The election is over, folks, and it’s time to get Union Countians to work.

- S. Clark

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If memory and the calen-dar are correct, we are ap-proaching the 50th anniver-sary of Doug Dickey’s fi rst team at Tennessee. Time for a reunion?

Think about it – 50 years since the conversion from single wing to T forma-tion and the Volunteers are again looking for a quarter-back.

What’s going on now is nothing like what happened then. Butch Jones has choic-es. Dickey had to create his. He looked everywhere for a quarterback, even in the team dining hall. There he found David Leake, a wait-er. He became a pleasant surprise.

Dickey was a pleasant surprise, too. So was the

1964 team – until the last three weeks of November.

Douglas Adair Dickey made the unlikely leap from a walk-on at Florida to the College Hall of Fame. Come to think of it, there were several unlikely leaps. Ten-nessee was twice the high-light of his career.

Dickey, once ninth-string among Gator quarterbacks, was perceived as a coach on the fi eld when he fi nally got on the fi eld. Old Vol

Bob Woodruff, the offi cial Florida coach at the time, thought the lad was very smart.

Doug Dickey was 31, an obscure assistant at Arkan-sas, when Woodruff won the tug of war, became Ten-nessee athletic director and immediately placed a call to Fayetteville.

Woodruff realized the idea of bringing in an ab-solute beginner needed support. He asked trustee Tom Elam for his stamp of approval. The old lawyer asked Dickey to explain the switch from one kind of of-fense to another.

Dickey’s response was classic: “It is not too com-plicated. You take out the blocking back and put in

a quarterback and go on about the business of play-ing football.”

Dickey inherited a de-fense. Middle guard Steve DeLong and linebacker Frank Emanuel made it into the Hall of Fame ahead of the coach. Linebacker Tom Fisher would have been an all-American if he had lived longer. Joe Graham and Carl Ellis were scrappy tackles. Bob Petrella was an excellent safety. Ron Widby punted away many prob-lems.

Offensive Vols didn’t ac-complish great things but they tried very hard. Hal Wantland was the stuff of legends. Paul Naumoff, then a split end, eventu-ally gained fame as an NFL

linebacker.Wantland, splendid

blocker and better captain, was the original quarter-back. Art Galiffa eventually won the job. Leake quarter-backed the upset victory at Georgia Tech.

The Vol defense gets credit for the biggest play of 1964, a moment of truth against undefeated LSU in Baton Rouge. DeLong led the charge that stopped Ti-ger star Rusty Schwab eight or nine inches short of the goal and preserved a stun-ning 3-3 deadlock.

Dickey said that triumph, oops, tie was “a giant step forward.” It gave the Vols a reason to believe.

The spirit endured but bodies faltered late in the season. Ole Miss romped, 30-0, in Knoxville. The Vols also lost to Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

Fifty years ago was the beginning of great things to come. Dickey exceeded expectations. His six-year record was 46-15-4. He beat Alabama three in a row. Alas, he opted out. Going back to Florida didn’t work out exactly as planned but in a really strange circle drill, all was forgiven and he returned to Tennessee as replacement for the retiring Woodruff.

Dickey’s charming per-sonality irritated some but he was a winner as coach and athletic director. He raised money, improved fa-cilities and skillfully navi-gated NCAA storms.

Dickey made sense. If you are keeping score, he made Tennessee better. Hir-ing basketball coaches was not his specialty.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com/.

Flushed with successLast week in this column

we provided political can-didates some surefi re tips for getting elected, and our completely unbiased survey reveals that the winners fol-lowed them to a tee.

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The aftermath of victory can be as perplexing as de-feat, so today we offer ad-vice on moving seamlessly from candidate to offi ce-holder.

First, be gracious. Taunt-ing the loser is bad form, un-less he ran under the banner of the Prohibition Party.

Like the Flat Earth Soci-ety and the “birthers,” those folks will never be tripped up by evidence. In the last presidential election the party pulled in about 500

votes, nationwide. Taunt away.

In your acceptance speech, thank your sup-porters, but avoid the Tim Tebow Syndrome.

College football fans are familiar with Tebow’s habit of dropping to one knee for a quick prayer of gratitude after scoring a touchdown.

We have it on good au-thority that God is not a Florida fan, a Democrat or a Republican. Until Lane Kif-fi n was hired, She supported the Volunteers.

Next, proper attire, es-pecially at your swearing-in ceremony, is essential to your credibility, so avoid overdressing.

For example, although you may be feeling like a superhero after your win, do not wear a cape. The last politician to wear a cape in offi ce was President Wil-liam Henry Harrison, who died 32 days into his term. Just saying.

You should also just say “no” to these fashion faux

pas: tights, leotards, plaid Bermuda shorts, T-shirts that read “I’m With Stupid,” stovepipe hats, chaps and beanies.

You spent thousands on campaign mailings, but it’s just as important to send out a professional thank you note now that you’ve van-quished what’s his name at the polls.

Use caution. It’s common for the brain to short circuit when writing political mes-sages.

A few horrifying real life examples illustrate what can go wrong: “Get a Brain! Morans” (sign seen at a po-litical rally); “Respect Are-Country Speak English” (sign held aloft by a Texan who likes hyphens); and “No Amnety” (in fairness, we also oppose amnety).

Finally, there’s “Custom-er Parking Only – All Oth- ers Will Be Toad,” which has nothing to do with politics but certainly makes you feel jumpy.

Now that you’re part of the political elite, it’s time to cash in on the opportuni-ties you’ve earned with your dazzling triumph.

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Imagine what a water-starved state like California would give for your inven-tion. Everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Jack Nicholson would be clam-oring to endorse your pat-ented “Trickle Down Toilet.”

NASA would be among the fi rst government agen-cies to license your tech-nology. The Trickle Down would accompany astro-nauts on the fi rst manned mission to Mars.

Before long your bank ac-count overfl ows with royal-ties.

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By Libby MorganMary Morgan and Martin

Dickey aced the 4-H Round-Up in Martin, Tenn., bring-ing home top Level II (11th and 12th grade) awards in their respective specialties. Mary’s brother, Jim, and Dakota Sherritze both won third place in Level I.

The students document-ed their year-long projects and submitted their books back in May, and each was interviewed at the Round-Up event in late July.

The Morgans’ project is sheep. Their family farm in Sharps Chapel is home to a large fl ock, with lambs by the hundreds each spring.

Dickey and Sherritze en-tered their GIS project, with the mapping of Big Ridge State Park as the focus, in the engineering/safety sci-ence category.

“All of the competitors went through several judg-ing levels to be able to com-pete at the Round-Up. We’re thrilled to have our kids come out on top at the state level,” says DeWitt.

“In Jim Morgan’s sheep competition, there was only one-third of a point between fi rst and third places.”

Mary Morgan and Mar-tin Dickey both received college scholarships, silver bowls and a trip to the Na-tional 4-H Congress.

Mary and Martin were also named to the 4-H Vol

State roster, the highest level of recognition a Ten-

nessee 4-H member can achieve. The award is presented to high school juniors and seniors in recognition of excel-lence in all

phases of 4-H work, as well as service and leadership rendered in their communi-ties.

■ Pigs in the countyUT Extension agent

Shannon Perrin DeWitt an-nounces a new 4-H pig-rais-ing project in Union County. Weanlings will be purchased by the 4-H-ers by Labor Day, then they are to raise

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By Libby MorganMichelle Corum is head-

ing for college. She shares her story of reaching her goal of a high school diplo-ma, and her enthusiasm and optimism for her next step in education.

She attended the adult education classes in Union

4-H-ers excel at Round-Up

Corum earns high school diplomaYoung mom reaches for new

opportunities“I also went back to

school to set a good exam-ple for my kids. I wanted to show them the importance of having an education and being able to succeed and follow your dreams.

“I have learned that with-out an education you aren’t going to get very far in life and I hope that my kids, and others, will see all the good that getting my diploma has done for me, and that it will encourage them.

“I couldn’t have done this without the support of my family and friends, and most of all from my teacher, Geoff Hocutt.

“My classroom experi-ence was unbelievable. Through all my years in school, I never had a teacher who cared as much as Geoff. My classmates and I worked really hard in the classroom and our teacher always made sure everyone under-stood what we were doing.

“He worked with us in-dividually, helping us un-derstand new or diffi cult concepts. We went over the questions we missed, one by one, and discussed why we missed the question and why the correct answer was correct.

“Geoff spends the time with his students because he cares about them, and he wants to see his stu-dents earn their diploma. He taught me to believe in myself and that I could do anything I put my mind to.

“He taught me not to be so hard on myself. Having a teacher who cared made a big difference, and I’m proud that I had a teacher who cared about my suc-cess.

“Now that I have my diploma I am preparing to start taking classes at Roane State Community College for phlebotomy, and

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“I went back to school to get my diploma for several reasons. One of the reasons was so I could have an edu-cation and move forward in life.

“I didn’t just want a job, I wanted a career.

and show the pigs at county and regional shows, both in

Knoxville in the winter.

“I have sources for the kids to p u r c h a s e the wean-lings, and I’ll be hold-ing meet-ings and

doing farm visits in support of the pig project partici-pants,” says DeWitt.

She will take eligible competitors to the state show in Murfreesboro in early spring, and afterwards the pigs can be offered on the market.

Those interested in buy-ing the processed meat from the project can call DeWitt at 992-8038.

I’m very excited! I never in my life imagined that I would get a second chance at my education.

“I’m taking this chance and running with it! I’m go-ing to keep moving forward toward my goals.

“I encourage anyone out there who doesn’t have a di-ploma to get one. I promise you that you won’t regret it.

“Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ”

Hocutt says, “We’re just all thrilled with Michelle. Nine months ago, she was learning math, and now she has accomplished this.

“She’s overcome a lot of adversity in her life.

“I was happy to be able to go to the graduation cer-emony, and join about 20 of her friends and family there to cheer her on.

“There’s nothing more rewarding than to see stu-dents like her launch them-selves into a whole new world of opportunities.”

■ Adult Ed dates setIn order to enter the

adult education program in Union County, students must attend a three-day ori-entation session, which are scheduled each month. The next orientation is 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 3-5.

Class schedules are fl ex-ible, and are available morn-ing, afternoon and evening on Wilson Lane next to the high school in Maynardville.

Call 865-457-7323 to reg-ister for free classes to earn a high school diploma.

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The expo brings thou-sands of reptiles, amphib-ians, invertebrates, spiders and small exotic animals. Top breeders and vendors will offer animals, mer-chandise, cages, supplies, live and frozen feeders, and much more, as well as their expert advice where needed.

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Volunteers for Faith to End Hunger. Photos submitted

By Libby MorganOver a thousand people came to Wilson

Park to join Journey Church in its fi rst big community event, Faith to End Hunger.

Two truckloads of food and school sup-plies were collected and over $500 in dona-tions will go to support the Union County Food Pantry.

Volunteering at the event were Journey Church members, Solomon’s Porch Church, Revival Vision Church of God, Maynard-ville Police, Jacobs Insurance Agency, May-

nardville Fire Department and UC Food Pantry volunteers.

“I’m blown away, the community really came out and supported the food pantry. We are pleased with the way the event blos-somed and became more than we expected. It truly was a blessing,” says Brian Cox, as-sistant pastor at Journey.

Journey Church is located at 3625 May-nardville Highway, behind Janet’s Hair Sa-lon. Services are held Sundays at 11 a.m.

You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

(II Peter 1: 19b NRSV)Nor nard, nor mother of pearl has skin so fi ne.

(Federico Garcia Lorca)

Love letters from God

I am not a morning per-son. I am not grumpy; I just wake up gradually.

In college days, I was a member of the UT Singers, and we (all forty of us!) had occasion to spend a night in Memphis, in a bomb shelter built by a rich, eccentric UT alum. In a bit of Ozymandi-an irony, he had died of old age, not a nuclear attack, but his daughter allowed us to use the shelter during our stay. Our tour director had described the place as “Spartan, but adequate,” which turned out to be his notion of a joke. The shel-ter was elegant, up-to-date, comfortable, and stocked with food, televisions, ham radio equipment, a pool

table, and separate quarters for men and women.

We arrived exhausted after a long day which in-cluded four concerts, and fell into our bunk beds. At some obscene hour (seem-ingly just a few minutes af-ter my head hit the pillow) an alarm clock went off, and one of the girls sat up in her bunk bed and said cheer-ily, “This is the day which the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Which, in case you’re won-dering, is Psalm 118:24.)

If I could have gotten to one of the guns in that mo-ment….

The other morning, I stumbled into the kitchen, as usual, to start the coffee.

I glanced out the window, and there was, quite simply, a miracle.

The sun was rising, but still out of sight. The clouds had snagged the glow, how-ever, and the sky looked like the mother of pearl on the inside of a seashell: pink and blue and lavender and gold. I stood staring, lost in wonder, pondering whether to go fi nd my camera and risk missing the moment. I decided to stay right there and savor the gift that had been offered to me.

One of my friends calls such occasions “God mo-ments.” She is right, I think. My question, however, is this: What is God up to in those “God moments?”

Is God simply giving us

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a gift of beauty, sort of like a Christmas card? Is God wooing us like a lover? Is God trying to get our atten-tion to relay an important message? A call to duty?

Whatever God was up to, it was a blessing to me. I walked around all day in the afterglow of that moment. I’m sure that others saw that glorious sunrise, too, but I still claim it as mine, a gift from a generous, loving God, who (like the bower bird I have mentioned be-

fore in this space) brings us gifts every day.

Even Jeremiah, in his Lamentations, admitted that the Lord’s mercies are “new every morning” and “great is your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3: 23)

So, after that one amaz-ing sunrise, I look for a repeat performance every morning. Not that I see a spectacular sunrise ev-ery day, but I “lift up mine eyes,” expecting wonders.

And I have discovered

“No one should seek his own advantage, but that of his neighbor.” (1 Cor. 10:24)

If every Christian followed this advice by St. Paul, what a different world we would live in.

Imagine a business owner be-ing more concerned to help the neighboring business be more successful than their own. Would that not change the atmosphere in many small towns? Or consider that the material and spiritual well- be-ing of a neighbor would be more important than your own. They, too, would be more interested in your needs than their own. In this system, be-cause everyone is more worried about others than themselves, everyone’s needs are meet. The Golden Rule of Jesus and the commandment to love our neighbor invite us to this way of living.(Mt 7:12; Mt 22:39).

This should apply to nations as well. Imagine all the citizens of the United States more preoc-cupied about improving the advantage of the citizens of Mexico rather than ourselves. No one would ask, “Hey what about our children?” Instead, the question would be, “How can we help your children?” Or take the long-lasting confl ict between Israel and Palestine

Come to the waterincluding Gaza: Palestinians would recognize the right for Israel to be a nation with se-cure borders and Israel would recognize the right for Pales-tinians to have food, jobs and security. Both sides would wish the other’s children to be happy. Peace would come.

What if churches were more concerned about the advantage of their neighbor than their own? We would pray for the growth and success of every church in the county. We would hope that each church have the fi nancial needs necessary to spread the gospel. We would support each other’s missionary efforts.

If we were more concerned about the advantage of others, we would sacrifi ce our wealth to raise up the poor. We would give up our food to the feed the hungry. We would surrender our life to save others.

Is this not what Jesus did?

This one principle of Paul could change the world. Let us give it a try!!!

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a wondrous thing: when I look for little miracles, I fi nd them!

It seems that you fi nd what you look for. Look for evil, you will fi nd it. Look for grace, it will be there. Look for hope, happiness, wonder, miracles, or joy, you will fi nd them, or perhaps more accurately, they will fi nd you!

Be alert to the wonders God does every day. Those wonders are love letters from God.

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By Libby MorganA few dozen agricultural

tourism proponents gath-ered in Tazewell to hear about a new movement in Claiborne, Hancock and Union counties.

Carl Nichols, director of tourism for Claiborne County, says, “The culture and heritage of this area is wonderful. Our land is the richest, most fertile farm-land. It’s perfect for grow-ing fruits, berries, trees … we will forever be blessed with the land.

“Our future economy de-pends on tourism, tourism development and agritour-ism.

“Harlan County, (Ken-tucky) where I grew up, has created tourism sites from abandoned coal mines.

“My daddy used to call the coal mines ‘the death trap.’ Now they’re called tourist attractions.”

“Bell County has three tourism directors. When I was hired here in Claiborne County, it was for 20 hours a week. Our community lead-ers need to read the hand-writing on the wall.

“The population of Bell County was doubled one weekend with the ATV event they have annually.

33 Hardware celebratesgrand opening

The Highway 33 band helps 33 Hardware celebrate its

grand opening with live music while visitors enjoy free

food and prizes. Store owner Glenda Rymer says, “We had

a great day and we thank everyone for coming out. We’ve

had lots of customers coming in since we opened, and

we’re gonna to be as good as we can to everyone who

comes through our door.” Photo submitted

business

Tamara Bernadot with Right by Nature Farm in Sharps Chapel

displays fresh produce and promotes Pick Tennessee at the Ag-

ritourism Conference in Tazewell. Photo by Libby Morgan

Bringing ideas to the farm

“And what do you think of when you hear Grainger County? Tomatoes!

“Tourism is the perfect industry, and the coming wave is agritourism. People want to actually experience the farm and they want to know where their food is coming from.

Darren Farquhar, the new agritourism committee chair in Claiborne County says, “The two biggest in-dustries in Tennessee are agriculture and … tourism. The two make a perfect combination.

“We are losing our farms, and there are so many op-

portunities to keep them. For instance, California is selling more wine than they can keep up with. Grapes grow very well here, and there are farms in Tennes-see and North Carolina sup-plying the California winer-ies.

“There are many ways to bring money to the farms.

“We need to rally the community around agri-tourism,” he says, and lists a myriad of ideas.

He went on to list sup-port for agritourism avail-able from state, federal and private funds and grants.

Pamela Bartholomew, marketing specialist for the “Pick Tennessee” program, explained the amount of effort going on at the state level to promote farm prod-ucts, and Erica Alexander spoke about the Tennessee Ag Enhancement Program, which provides cost share money for farm and agri-tourism equipment, includ-ing signs and restrooms for visitors.

“The next step is pro-moting agritourism at the Claiborne County Fair (Aug. 25-30), talking with cattle producers, and holding a follow up meeting in Octo-ber,” says Farquhar.

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Tennessee Valley Fair off ers fun on Senior Day

By Anne HartSenior citizens from

across East Tennessee have become accustomed to be-ing pampered, educated and entertained on their big day at the Tennessee Valley Fair, and this year’s offer-ings add even more to the annual excitement.

Best of all: for those over 65 it’s all free all day long.

Tuesday, Sept. 9, is the day, and Senior Home As-sistance of Tennessee is the sponsor of a large menu of activities in the Pepsi Com-munity Tent that will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

And there’s even more after that, when Praise 96.3

FM WJBZ sponsors Gospel Night performances by Tom-my Spencer, Smoky Moun-tain Beautiful, The Gibsons and Mike Southerland, also in the Pepsi Community Tent, from 4-6 p.m.

Senior Day has been a Fair staple for more than 30 years with one goal in mind: to keep seniors healthy, happy and involved. More than 3,700 seniors from throughout East Tennessee participated in 2013.

Registration for the al-ways popular recognition awards (oldest person at-tending, etc.) starts at 10 a.m. Prizes will be awarded throughout the day, but fair

goers must be present to win.Viewing of displays is

scheduled from 10-11, fol-lowed by the offi cial wel-come and announcements.

Comedienne Emma Roid will take to the comedy stage from 11:15 to noon. She will be followed by Marvelous Mutts – A Canine Spectacu-lar from noon to 12:30 p.m.

Knoxville’s own Sammy Sawyer will take the spotlight from 12:30 to 1 p.m. with his ever-popular imitation of Mayberry’s Barney Fife.

Tommy Spencer will present a gospel music con-cert from 1 to 1:30 p.m.

From 1:30 to 3 p.m., participants can play Let’s Make A Deal. Awards and door prizes will be handed out, and there will be more live entertainment.

At 2 p.m., over in the Ja-cob Building, WVLT Chan-nel 8’s Chef Walter Lambert will be cooking with herbs on the Culinary Arts Stage.

Throughout the day, se-niors can get free health

checks and will have access to benefi cial community re-sources including area se-nior centers, home health care, senior nutrition and more. Representatives from several dozen senior-specifi c service providers will be on hand to answer questions and provide information.

About the Fair:The Tennessee Valley Fair

is a nonprofi t, 501(c)(3) orga-nization and one of the state’s largest multi-day events at-

tracting 150,000 people each year.

Known for its innovative exhibits, livestock shows, concert series, action sports, exciting rides and variety of unique foods, the Fair offers great entertainment for the entire family.

The Fair is proud to pres-ent nightly fi reworks spon-sored by the Tennessee Edu-cation Lottery.

For additional informa-tion: www.tnvalleyfair.org or call 865-215-1470.

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The rain crowSome of the best memo-

ries of summer are the sounds that we associate with it. Who isn’t instantly carried back in time by the sound of an ice cream truck in the distance? Some folks love to recollect summer memories brought back by fi reworks, parades or thun-derstorms. For me, I think the summer sounds that really take me back are Na-ture’s outdoor sounds – the early morning chorus of the birds, the lazy afternoon sawing of the jar fl ies, the nighttime singing of a thou-sand katydids.

It’s defi nitely not still April or May out there, but there are still a surprising number of birds still hold-ing forth, singing their Au-gust songs. One bird in par-ticular is known for its habit of singing on a hot, humid summer day, especially if there is some likelihood of a shower of rain.

Way back in the middle of the last century, my Granny Collier pointed out the mys-terious kow kow kow kow of the rain crow to me, com-ing from somewhere in the dense green leaves, and she evidenced little doubt that the bird’s prediction of an approaching rain shower would be correct. It was a strange and haunting sound, something a person would store away and re-member the next time it was

Dr. Bob Collier

heard.Looking back, I wonder

now why I didn’t try to see the bird. We just accepted that sound as a normal part of nature, knew what it was coming from, and, of course, expected it to rain. The rain crow has always been one of my favorites, partly be-cause of nostalgia, I’m sure, but also because they’re just plain interesting.

The rain crow’s prop-er name is yellow-billed cuckoo. They belong to a big family that includes the bird of cuckoo-clock fame, the Europe- and Asia-dwelling common cuckoo. Then there’s their weird cousin, the roadrunner of our Southwest, famous for its exploits with the hapless Wyle E. Coyote.

We have three cuckoos in North America. The yellow-billed cuckoo summers in most of the eastern part of the U.S., the black-billed ditto but with a little more northern tendency, on into southern Canada. And the mangrove cuckoo, a Carib-bean bird, is found only in the Keys and southern coast

of Florida. Though their songs are different enough to be distinguishable by voice alone, they’re all three very similar in appearance. A look at your favorite fi eld guide will show you what I mean by “similar.” It takes a bit of study, but they can certainly be told apart as long as a person can get a decent look at one. You are much more likely to see a yellow-billed cuckoo here in our location.

I spoke of getting a de-cent look at a rain crow – that’s not an easy task.

Patience and luck are both helpful there. Cuckoos appear to be lanky, slithery birds that usually fl y short distances from one dense cover to another, and then become invisible in their new tree. They tend to for-age by sitting quietly and waiting for a food item to give itself away by moving just a tiny bit. Once you spot

where a cuckoo is in a tree and watch for a while, you will see it moving slowly along, looking for food, but all the while keeping leaves and branches between itself and you, with only a single eyeball or tip of tail visible to the frustrated birder.

Our cuckoos also nest in thick cover, in a loose plat-form of twigs lined with grass and leaves. How many eggs they lay depends on how much food is available to them. They like large in-sects like cicadas and ka-tydids, and are one of few birds that will eat tent cat-erpillars. If the right food is abundant the cuckoos tend to produce more eggs than they care to look after, and so lay a few in another cuckoo’s nests, or even leave a few in a robin’s or cat-bird’s nest. Such behavior is the norm for the European cuckoos; they only lay their eggs in other birds’ nests,

like our cowbirds.One other interesting

feature of cuckoo life is that, like a very primitive South American bird called the hoatzin, young cuckoos leave their nest at about 7 to 9 days after hatching, before they can fl y.

They spend the next couple of weeks clambering around the shrubbery, ex-ploring their surroundings, still being fed by their obvi-ously very patient parents.

We don’t hear the song of the yellow-billed cuckoo nearly as often as we used to. The experts tell us they have declined in numbers by 1.6 percent per year over the last 30 years, a loss greater than 50 percent. But out west in British Colum-bia, Washington, and Ore-gon, that number has been a dreary 4.6 percent per year.

Doing the math, we see they’re out past zero there.

The cuckoos out there

are what the biologists term “extirpated”, meaning “gone” – they aren’t there anymore. That’s mainly due to the loss of their favorite nesting sites – cottonwood and willow thickets along streams. Dams, develop-ment, irresponsible grazing along streams, have all add-ed up to no habitat, and no more yellow-billed cuckoos.

Our eastern yellow-billed cuckoos are not quite as picky about their nesting re-quirements.

Although they’re declin-ing, they are still hanging on. I heard the song, and then saw a pair of cuck-oos, in Union County back in mid-July, apparently nesting. I wish them well. Hearing that song makes me smile just as much as the music of the ice cream truck. Summer is a pretty good thing, and the call of the rain crow is icing on the cake.

Once you have made the decision that you are going to seek the benefi t of chiropractic treat-ment, or if you are just new in a community, how do you go about fi nding a chiropractor? For one thing, you could check the American Chiroprac-tic Association website for advice. Also, if you have a relationship with a primary care doctor, you could ask her or him for a referral. Chiropractic treatment is well rec-ognized these days as a valuable part of an over-all health care plan, and your physician should be happy to help you out.

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THROUGH MONDAY, AUG. 19Registration for Upward Football/Cheer

signups. Registration fee: $90. Info/to register and pay: 219-8673; www.corrytonchurch.com and go to the “Upward” link; on Facebook, Corryton Church Upward Sports League; Twitter, @CorrytonUpward.

THROUGH SATURDAY, AUG. 23Registration open for Lakeside of the Smok-

ies Triathlon: 1.5k open water swim on Douglas Lake, 40k bike ride on rolling rural roads and 10k run on rolling roads. Info/to register: 250-3618 or http://racedayevents.net/events/lakeside-of-the-smokies-triathlon/.

THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT 1Seeking crafters to purchase table at Dante

Church of God’ annual fall sale, to be held Sept. 20. Table: $25. Info/ application: lenacoker@yahoo.com.

THROUGH SATURDAY, SEPT. 20Deadline for vendor registration, “Son” Fest,

to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road. Booth rental: $25. Info; Tammy Lamb, 604-7634.

THURSDAY, AUG. 14VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-

ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing

Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 14-15AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Halls

Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road, Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

Church rummage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Ruther-ford Memorial UMC, 7815 Corryton Road. Proceeds to benefi t Corryton Hospitality Pantry and other mission projects.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 14-16Yard sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Highland Baptist Church,

6014 Babelay Road. Funds raised will go to repave parking lot. Rain or shine.

FRIDAY, AUG. 15Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers

Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival, 4-11:30 p.m., Big Ridge State Park. Food, crafts and fi ne art. Live enter-tainment, 6:30 p.m. Info: 992-5523

Softball at Big Ridge State Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Park Road. Fun, family orientated softball games. Info: 992-5523.

Golf Classic to benefi t the Union County Hu-mane Society, 11:30 a.m., Three Ridges Golf Course, 6101 Wise Springs Road. Lunch, noon; shotgun start/scramble, 1 p.m. Info: 992-7969.

SATURDAY, AUG. 16House Mountain Hoedown, 2-8 p.m., Wash-

ington Presbyterian Church Community Park and Pavilion, 7405 Washington Pike in Corryton. Appala-chian, Bluegrass and Americana music. Tickets: $10 at the gate, advance tickets $8. Free parking. Concessions available. Bring seating. For advance tickets: 314-2161.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; in-cludes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388

Main Street. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Old Fashioned Gospel Singing, 7:30 p.m., Rid-geview Heights Baptist Church, 7809 Ridgeview Road in Corryton. Everyone invited. Info/directions: 712-1835.

Beginner Drop Spindle class, 1-3 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathleen Marquardt. Registration deadline: Aug. 9. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Bag Workshop with Kelly Bowser, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Cost: $20. Bring lunch. Sponsored by Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild. Preregistration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CQsenf-CaR8wJmbxIyMW54bAj1VoycnkL-GOI-wUuwFc/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link. Info/ materials list: modknoxville@gmail.com.

A Day Apart, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Mac Smith Re-source Center building, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info/sched-ule of events: 497-3603, community@narrowridge.org www.narrowridge.org.

SUNDAY, AUG. 17Union County Historical Society meeting, 2:30

p.m., Museum and Genealogical Library on Highway 33. Speaker: Charlie Monday. Topic: Dowsing for water and lost graves. Everyone welcome.

MONDAY, AUG. 18Luttrell Seniors meeting, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Luttrell

Community Center. Chicken and Dumplins contest and storytelling. Info: 992-0678.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 18-19Fundraising events for the East Tennessee Tech-

nology Access Center: “An Evening with Al and Friends” on Monday includes food, music and live auction at ET-TAC offi ces, 116 Childress St; and the annual Al Wilson-Mack French Golf Tournament at Centennial Golf Club in Oak Ridge on Tuesday. Space is limited at both events. Info: www.ettac.org or 219-0130.

TUESDAY, AUG. 19UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meet-

ing, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice offi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

Healthy Cooking Demonstration with chef Bren-da Beaty, 10 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Followed by Nutrition Seminar. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

THURSDAY, AUG. 21Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing

Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

FRIDAY, AUG. 22Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-

ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.Softball at Big Ridge State Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,

Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Park Road. Fun, family orientated softball games. Info: 992-5523.

Golf tournament to benefi t North Side Y an-nual campaign, Three Ridges Golf Course, 6101 Wise Springs Road. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. Shot gun start, 1 p.m. Cost: $75 per player; $300 per team. Info: 922-9622.

SATURDAY, AUG. 23Kayak and paddleboard demo day, 10 a.m.-1

p.m., Hickory Star Marina, 1360 Hickory Star Road. Free event. Sponsored by Union County Chamber of Commerce. Info: 992-2811.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main Street. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

Lakeside of the Smokies Triathlon: 1.5k open water swim on Douglas Lake, 40k bike ride on roll-ing rural roads and 10k run on rolling roads. Info/to register: 250-3618 or http://racedayevents.net/events/lakeside-of-the-smokies-triathlon/.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted.

Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Movie on the lawn, St Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive. Hot dogs, popcorn, lemonade, 7:30 p.m.; movie at dusk. Community welcome. Bring blanket/lawn chair. If rain, will move inside.

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Community potluck and fi lm night, 6-9 p.m., Mac Smith Resource Center building, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

SATURDAYS, AUG. 23 AND 30Knitting: Snappy Scrappy Sampler Scarf

class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Patti Ball. Bring lunch. Registration deadline: Aug. 16. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

SUNDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 24-26 “The Universe Story” seminar with Dr. Larry

Edwards of Genesis Farm, 1-8 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info/reservation: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

MONDAY, AUG. 25Ice Cream Social fundraiser, 5-8 p.m., Sonic

Drive-In, 7816 Oak Ridge Highway. 10% of sales to ben-efi t Shine, Diamonds All-Stars’ senior coed level three competitive cheer team.

MONDAYS, AUG. 25, SEPT. 8, 15, 22Handbuilding with Clay class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken. Will include an additional Monday, not yet scheduled. Registration deadline: Aug. 18. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

THURSDAY, AUG. 28Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing

Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

FRIDAY, AUG. 29Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-

ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.Softball at Big Ridge State Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,

Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Park Road. Fun, family orientated softball games. Info: 992-5523.

SATURDAY, AUG. 30Charity Carnival for Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Building Fund, 3-8 p.m., on the church property across from the high school. Theme basket auction, 6 p.m. All welcome.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main Street. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Boomsday, Bluegrass and Barbecue celebra-tion, 6 p.m., Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Ave. Dinner, 7:30. Tickets: $60 per adult; children under 12 are free. Info/advance tickets: www.mabryhazen.com or 522-8661.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 2UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meet-

ing, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice offi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 4Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing

Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

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