HERITAGE FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES

Student Art Show: Art works created by high school students will be exhibited in the historic Dr. Carr offi ce building on Main Street in Maynardville. The exhibit is open to all high school students including homeschoolers. Deliver entries to the Union County Arts center at 1009 Main Street, by 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25. Ribbons will be awarded in each category and best of show. Info: Gloria Holcomb, 585-4774 or holcombgd@gmail.com

Pie Baking Contest: The Heritage Festival pie baking contest is open to all ages with no entry fee. Bring pies to the UT Extension Offi ce, 3925 Maynardville Highway, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2. Contestants may enter one pie in each category (fruit, nut, other) for a maximum of three pies. Grand prize is $100. First prize in each category will receive $50. Info: Becca Hughes, 992-8038 or rlhughes@utk.edu

Pie Crust Class: In preparation for the Heritage Festival pie contest, the Union County Extension Offi ce will host a pie crust workshop 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24. Students must bring a rolling pin and a pie baking dish. Class is free and open to all ages, beginner and advanced. Info or to register: Becca Hughes, 992-8038 or rlhughes@utk.edu

Antique Tractors: The Heritage Festival antique tractor display will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Wilson Park in Maynardville, with the parade of tractors starting at 2 p.m. Enjoy swapping stories, listening to music and eating your favorite festival food. Info: Wayne Roach, 679-2155 or kwfarms1@bellsouth.net

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District Attorney General Jared Effl er and his staff will host an open house and dedi-cation of the District Attor-ney’s new Union County offi ce, 105 Monroe Street, Suite 2, Maynardville, 4-5 p.m. Thurs-day, Sept. 10. Refreshments will be provided.

By Shannon CareySongwriter and musician Craig Monday

will come home for the Saturday, Oct. 3, Union County Heritage Festival.

Monday, whose credits include the hit “Got a Little Crazy” performed by Kenny Chesney, will be the headline musical act at the festival this year. A Luttrell native, Monday fi rst started playing guitar when he was in the sixth grade. Now, he lives in Nashville.

Other performers who have recorded Mon-day’s songs include Jamey Johnson, Vince Gill, Randy Houser and Amy Grant.

“It is our mission every year to get at least one performer that has Union County roots and has gone beyond Union County,” said festival organizer Marilyn Toppins. “It will help make Union County a music destination. We have a fantastic heritage here in music.”

Other musical guests include the Better Way

Luttrell native songwriter Craig Monday will headline

the Union County Heritage Festival Oct. 3. Photo via Face-book

Monday to headline …

Heritage Festival

Quartet, Highway 33, Rush Strong Jammers and more.

Now in its 11th year, the festival draws be-tween 4,000 and 5,000 people annually. Top-pins said one year was less than 2,000, but it was a rainy day.

“We’ve never had less than 1,000 people,” she said.

Also new this year will be antique steam en-gines, including Martin Shafer’s wood lathe, which he will use to make crafts on-site. Two antique mills will make cornmeal to take home.

Children’s activities have been expanded to include science activities from the Union County UT Extension offi ce.

Toppins said she is looking for someone to run the Back When tent, a collection of histori-cal treasures from local families.

The Hillbilly Olympics will return this year, with favorite competitions like the skillet toss and the hay bale throw. The pie-baking contest will be held again, and the pies will be sold after the contest.

“Last year they ran out of pies by 1 p.m.,” said Toppins.

Info: Find Union County Heritage Festival on Facebook or call 643-2820

Bluegrass at Big Ridge

State naturalist Randy Headge-

path caught this shot of exu-

berant singing at the Big Ridge

Bluegrass Festival.

Skip Loveday, Mike Wyrick and Carol Pratt grill burgers. Families

pitch in to help FCE members. Mike is one of the grillers every

year and Skip helps wherever needed.

By Sandra ClarkRanger Derek Wilson calls it a

family reunion for an entire county. It’s the annual Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival, which this year drew some 1,500 visitors to the park.

The Big Ridge Family and Con-sumer Education Club (FCE) again sold homemade food items, starting at 4 p.m. until they ran out. The festi-val lasted until 11 p.m.

Margie Collins, 85, has been serv-ing food at the festival for each of its 34 years, said FCE president Carol Pratt.

“All the profi ts are donated to Union County non-profi ts such as: Union County Children’s Charities “Under the Tree,” Paulette Volunteer Fire Department, Union County Res-cue Squad, Union County Humane Society, Big Ridge State Park Easter Egg Hunt and 4-H,” she said.

“It’s our way of giving back to our community.”

Seven bands shared the stage over the four-hour festival, Wilson said, while others gathered in small groups on the edges of the crowd to jam. Ranger Daniel Adkisson estimated the crowd at 1,400 to 1,500 based on a count of cars. He said most vehicles were from Union or Knox counties.

In addition to the Big Ridge FCE, other food trucks and craft vendors worked the crowd. The Union County Lions Club sold shaved ice, a huge hit on a hot day.

Wilson said the festival went off without a hitch. “There was no trou-ble and the weather was perfect.” Most visitors went home, but others camped out at Big Ridge.

What’s next at Big Ridge? “We’ll have half-a-dozen guided

hikes on holidays like Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day,” said Wilson.

Hay is in the barn“The hay is in the barn.”This is obviously a farming

summation, the alfalfa ma-tured, was cut, pitched or baled and put away for later use.

Applied to football, it means August anguish is fi nished, growing season has ended, the plan is in place, basic prepara-tion is past. What remains is to run through the T, tighten up the chinstrap and play the game.

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Gloria Holcomb wins best costume while she

oversees the 2014 student art contest at the Dr.

Carr offi ce. Photo by Libby Morgan

Biz breakfast at Maynardville

The city of Maynardville will host a business apprecia-tion breakfast 8-9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Maynard-ville City Hall, 125 Johnson Road. All Maynardville busi-ness owners are welcome to attend.

Drug Takeback Day scheduled

The Union County Sheriff’s Offi ce will host National Drug Takeback Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at 130 Veterans Street, Maynardville. Prescription medication may be dropped off at the site for proper disposal.

IN THIS ISSUE

Sweet as honeyRich and Pat Hunt’s herd

numbers more than 700,000 head of livestock. That sounds like nonsense until you realize they’re talking about bees.

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2 • SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news business

Kelley Dyer stands in her new boutique, Sweet Southern Roots. Photo by S. Carey

By Shannon CareyKelley Dyer just opened a

brand new boutique in Pau-lette. Sweet Southern Roots Boutique shares a space with The Olde Homestead, a shop for antique décor, run by Kelley’s aunt Teresa Dyer.

Kelley started out in her dad, Darrell Dyer’s, auc-tion house. She borrowed space in the back of the auc-tion to sell her favorite new boutique fashion fi nds. As business got bigger, Kelley started looking for a bigger space.

Now, she offers great pieces for great prices in her

boutique, including Ginger Snaps jewelry and Michael Kors handbags.

Kelley wants to go into nursing eventually, but for now the boutique business is doing well. She stocks the boutique with items she likes, and she asks her customers what they’d like to see.

“I love to shop,” she said. “It’s my favorite thing to do. I also like to help oth-er people find things they love.”

Sweet Southern Roots is located at 1402 Maynard-ville Highway. Info: 865-566-1955

Showing her Southern roots

Maynardville Public Li-brary will host the third Thunder Road Author Rally 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.

“Maynardville Public

Library has always been a champion of the written word,” said library director Chantay Collins.

Library staff started with small book signings for lo-

cal authors, but all that changed when they took a trip to an author event. Mul-tiple authors were in atten-dance with books available for purchase, interacting

with readers and each other.The fi rst Thunder Road

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Author Mary Ann Brantley signs copies of her book “Acorns from Ivy” at Luttrell Public Library. Photo by S. Carey

By Shannon CareyMary Ann Brantley writes

in her living room, with her husband on the couch and her dog on her lap.

But in her mind she’s traveling back in time, re-living her own childhood experiences growing up in Union County, then travel-ing the country with her “wanderer” father.

“I found out a lot about myself,” she said. “When you go back and live your life you see something dif-ferent than when you’re out there living it.”

Brantley recently retired from a 20-year career as an income tax professional and bookkeeper. She was born and raised in Union Coun-ty and now lives on Ailor Gap Road. Her new book, “Acorns from Ivy,” was self-published through West-Bow Press. It is available in paperback and eBook for-mat from Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

At a meet-and-greet at Luttrell Public Library Aug. 21, she said the book’s title is a metaphor. She and her

sister were acorns, her fa-ther strangling ivy, and her mother a fi rm foundation. She tried writing the book many years ago, but at the time she had not forgiven her father enough to be ob-jective, and the writing was full of malice.

“It wasn’t until I forgave him that the pain in my soul was cleansed,” she said. “I do love my daddy, but I wanted my grandchildren to know how we lived.”

Brantley loves to read. Her favorite authors are Nicholas Sparks and Jeffrey Archer.

She hopes that the book help her to witness to her readers about the promises of God.

“Many of God’s promises are conditional,” she said. “We sometimes forget to look at what our part is.”

Brantley has two more projects upcoming, “one in writing and one in my head and heart.” The next book, she says, will be completely fi ctional.

“This book (‘Acorns from Ivy’) I wrote from my heart,”

Brantley writes from her heart

she said. “The biggest chal-lenge was just being honest.

You’ll know the heart of me if you read this book.”

The Union County UT Extension offi ce will offer the 4-H iCook program, regular cooking classes for kids and parents or guard-ians. Kids ages 9 to 10 and the adult who prepares most meals in the home are invited. The kids do not have to be 4-H mem-bers to participate.

The engaging, hands-on program will help kids and adults cook together, eat together, play together and have fun. The classes will take place two days

each month September through December, 6-8 p.m. at Revival Vision Church in Maynardville. Class dates are Sept. 3 and 24, Oct. 8 and 29,

Nov. 5 and 19, and Dec. 3 and 10.

To participate, youth and adults must be free from food allergies and dietary restrictions and be free from activity-related medical restrictions that would prevent being in a face-to-face food and fi tness program. Partici-pants must also have ac-

cess to a computer with In-ternet connection at home.

Info or to register: 992-8038

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herd numbers more than 700,000 head of livestock. That sounds like nonsense until you realize they’re talking about bees.

The Fall Creek Apiary (the offi cial term for a bee farm) has 12 hives, each with around 60,000 bees. The Hunts harvest the hon-ey from spring to July and sell it at the Union County

Farmers Market.But life wasn’t always so

sweet. The Hunts moved from Florida after they retired, and they brought with them a son who was dying from multiple sclerosis. Within

two months, he passed away. Their neighbors, many of them strangers, brought food for the family.

“I couldn’t believe it. Peo-ple were so wonderful,” said Pat.

Rich and Pat Hunt of Fall Creek Apiary

stand with two of the 12 honey-producing

beehives on their farm. Photo by S. Carey

Life is sweet at Fall Creek Apiary

Four years ago, the Hunts went to a 4-H speech contest with their grand-daughter and met a family that raised bees for honey. They went to a bee club meeting in Knoxville and won a state grant for begin-ning beekeepers, including a hive, a smoker and a pro-tective suit.

“It was kind of a Godsend after our son died,” said Pat. “It gave us something to fo-cus on besides our grief.”

Now, they belong to four bee clubs, including Bee Friends in Tazewell. This is their fi rst year selling hon-ey at the Farmers Market, and they’re getting close to selling out for the season. Their honey is 100 percent pure.

“We met so many nice people, and we have so many repeat customers,” said Pat.

Rich is willing to help new beekeepers learn the skills they will need to care for the bees. Each bee has an assigned job, he said. He stops gathering honey in July so the hives will have nourishment through the winter.

“They are the most awe-some creature on this Earth,” Rich said. “It shows how wonderful God is to

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give a creature like that that we can work with.”

Pat pointed out that hon-eybees are in danger from certain chemicals, and their role as pollinators is vital to agriculture.

“They call them the van-ishing bees,” she said.

The Hunts try to shop in Union County when they can, so they buy their foun-dations and frames from the Union County Farm-ers Co-op, which recently started stocking beekeeping supplies.

Pat thanked everyone who has purchased honey from Fall Creek Apiary, and all who will in the future.

The Union County Farm-ers Market meets 3-6 p.m. each Friday through Octo-ber, behind Union County Arts, 1009 Main Street, Maynardville.

Info: Fall Creek Apiary, 992-1240

Phyllis Snapp works the baked goods table. All Big Ridge FCE

members donate baked goods for resale. Visitors frequently

request a favorite: brownies, friendship cake, upside down

pineapple cake or pecan pies.

Park visitors relax and enjoy the food and music.

Kids often dance to the

music, but the Big Ridge

Bluegrass Festival drew this

dancer wearing hot pink

shoe laces. She’s been a

member of the Anderson

County FCE for 50-plus

years, and she danced away

before we could get her

name.

Derek Wilson

We’ll have vol-unteers here do-ing community service work on National Pub-lic Service Day. And, of course, there’s the annu-al egg hunt every spring.”

Big Ridge FCE president Judy Loveday

and Peggy Carney are stuffi ng grilled

meats into buns. Everyone has a job.

4 • SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news opinion

Ronnie Mincey

TEACHER TIME

One of the things that amuses me most about church is what I call “mis-speaks.” Occasionally a min-ister or well-meaning mem-ber gets a little excited and stumbles over words, often with humorous results.

My friend Sharon Mc-Donald and I were reminisc-ing about memories of May-nardville Baptist Church. Sharon’s father, Tad, who

Fine-feathered friends (or fi ends?)

taught the men’s Sunday School class for many years,

Lions get lesson in oil painting

Bonnie Peters

Union County Lions got a beginning lesson in oil painting by artist Betty Hamilton Bullen, who has been painting for almost 20 years.

After retiring from a banking career, she has pur-sued her art interests more intensely and has studied under some well-known artists across the United States and Europe, includ-ing both David Leffel and Scott Christensen.

With the opening of Union County Arts, she be-gan offering lessons locally; so Union County now has more budding artists com-ing along. Betty says oil painting is a skill that can be learned. Like anything else, it may be easier for “gifted” students; but any-one can develop these skills and then personalize the paintings in one’s own style. She says the most impor-tant thing about painting is to enjoy what you are doing and have fun.

Betty talked about a val-ue study of what one wants to paint. Before putting

Betty Hamilton Bullen shows

some of her work. Photo by Bon-nie Peters

anything on canvas, look at the light and shadows. Ask yourself which direction the light is coming. Where are the shadows? What are the shapes involved? What are the proportions of these shapes? Only then should you pick up your brush.

Betty then put her brush to work on a small canvas and showed how quickly a painting begins to take form.

She invites anyone inter-ested in learning to paint to contact Union County Arts at 865-992-9161 or go by the gallery and sign up. Call Betty at 865-992-1005 to discuss when another class that appeals to you is sched-uled.

Betty also shared a re-ally good recipe for a paint brush cleaner – one-third

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found it amusing that Pas-tor Ben H. Knisley misspoke the word “nudity.”

The Rev. would pontifi -cate upon the ever-increas-ing disgrace of overly ex-posed fl esh, always with the phrase, “Oh, the nu-DID-ity of it!” Not long before his death the Rev. Knisley preached one last time at Maynardville, and to my delight he uttered this exact phrase.

I can remember the days before Maynardville Baptist was air conditioned. The tall stained-glass windows were opened, probably not more than a foot due to their height, but enough to let in the noise of traffi c from Main Street, which then was the main highway between Tazewell and Knoxville.

One Sunday while the choir was singing a bird fl ew inside. This poor creature kept banging into the walls of the church until it killed itself. One commonality be-tween birds and people is that they can easily get into situations but can’t seem to fi nd the way out. The Rev. Knisley was a thorough planner, but he obviously took this as a sign from God and changed his message, no ting how some humans bang their heads into walls of sin until they meet their death.

The Rev. William L. Mitchell came to Maynard-ville Baptist as pastor in 1974. He was at the time he resigned in 1986 the pastor with the longest continu-ous record of service. One

person described Preacher Mitchell as “polished,” or formal. He rarely misspoke anything, though he did once preach about “sheep in wolves’ clothing.”

The church had a special dinner to celebrate Preacher Mitchell’s fi rst 10 years of service. Afterwards every-one moved to the sanctuary for a service of honor and remembrance conducted by deacon, attorney and former Superintendent of Union County Schools J. Howard Collette.

Maynardville literally had bats in the belfry, and on this occasion one fl ew down the opening for the bell rope into the church basement. As Brother How-ard was speaking, the door to his left was open and

the light in the stairwellwas on. He couldn’t see it,but the audience saw theshadow of that bat fl ying upthe steps. All of a suddenit emerged from the roomand swooped for his head,fi rst from the left, thenfrom the right.

Brother Howard hung onto the pulpit for dear life ashe ducked to avoid contact,and it looked to me as if hewas about to plow a fur-row down the aisle. BrotherHoward, a man of some dig-nity, seemed perturbed atthis interruption, but saidhe needed it to collect histhoughts.

Air conditioning andrenovated steeples removedbirds, but not humor. Moreabout church humor willfollow.

Wendy Smith

Jason Zachary is fi nally sleeping through the night after deciding to seek of-fi ce four years ago. His 2014 challenge to U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. was unsuccess-ful, but on Monday, he was offi cially appointed as Dis-trict 14 state representative after defeating school board member Karen Carson in the Republican primary. He is unopposed in the Sept. 29 general election.

He says he was led by the Lord and encouraged by members of his church, First Baptist Concord, to pursue offi ce. He thinks the name recognition he achieved during his fi rst campaign helped him win his second.

Hitting the streets and making phone calls helped, too. He campaigned for the state house seat six days a week, and even his 10-year-old son, Tyson, became a door-knocking expert. That face-to-face interaction paid off, especially during

Jason Zachary’s Americium

offi ce in Farragut is decorated

with photos of Washington,

D.C. Photo by Wendy Smith

Constitutional philosophy helped Zachary win

Any federal involvement in the education process ulti-mately backfi res, he says.

He feels that teachers are stifl ed by requirements to teach to the test. His wife, Holly, is a former school-teacher, and she loved being able to “get outside of the

box.” He doesn’t think teach-ers have that freedom any-more. At the same time, he’s in favor of higher standards.

Zachary is against a gas tax, which hits everybody, including the working poor. He’s in favor of block grants from the federal govern-ment for road work, which would help eliminate waste, he says. Those funds, along with Tennessee’s $600 mil-lion surplus, should cover “dire needs.”

Extras, like greenways and sidewalks, wouldn’t fall into that category.

He’s also against Insure Tennessee, which would rely on money borrowed by

the federal government, he says. He acknowledges that the state needs to seek a so-lution for the hundreds of thousands of working poor who can’t afford medical in-surance.

Many of them simply don’t want coverage, he says. He didn’t when he was younger.

He hopes healthcare and business professionals and the Legislature can come together to discuss creative solutions, like telemedicine, which diagnoses patients via FaceTime or Skype. As with roads, Zachary would prefer that the federal dol-lars for healthcare come in

the form of block grants that would allow states to create their own programs.

One of his tasks over the coming weeks is to build re-lationships. Leadership is infl uence, and that’s accom-plished by building relation-ships with constituents and other leaders. Reps. Eddie Smith and Roger Kane and Sen. Frank Niceley are a few who have already reached out to him.

He plans to get feedback from constituents at town hall meetings. He needs to be a listener, he says.

“It will be important for me to fi ll in knowledge gaps.”

early voting, he says.He thinks he beat Carson

because of a fundamental philosophical difference regarding the role of gov-ernment. Zachary is a strict constitutionalist who be-lieves fi rmly in limited gov-ernment, and for some vot-ers, that’s more important than any issue.

Those who disagree will be pleased to know that he plans to limit himself to 12 years in offi ce. He’s not a ca-reer politician, he says.

His philosophy impacts his stance on current hot-button issues. Education de-cisions need to be made at the state level with input from local communities because each community is different.

UNION COUNTY Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 • 5

Marvin West

Country-boy football coaches, since the days of Bowden Wyatt, have used the same expression to de-scribe this time of year.

“The hay is in the barn.”This is obviously a farm-

ing summation, the alfalfa matured, was cut, pitched or baled and put away for later use.

Applied to football, it means August anguish is fi nished, growing season has ended, the plan is in place, basic preparation is past. What remains is to run through the T, tighten up the chinstrap and play the game.

It is a very exciting time for Volunteers – with a so-bering thought lurking in the background. Did I do enough?

All the good ones will ask themselves: Did I put in the hours, do the work, focus sharply on details, leave little to chance? Am I really ready for the proverbial mo-ment of truth, the opening kickoff, giant games to fol-low, a season of high expec-tations?

They will check to see if they are s uffi ciently con-

Hay is in the barn

I was carried to church when I was two weeks old, and mostly, have been there ever since.

There are advantages and disadvantages. At a young age, we learn with our limited understand-ing. If we never re-think or re-consider our youth-ful understandings, we don’t grow in the faith.

So, I was startled on a recent Sunday morning to realize that to be “lifted up” could have various meanings.

There is the literal in-terpretation that witness-es of the crucifi xion saw in painful clarity. Jesus was lifted up on a cross, and the purpose of that elevation was torture, agony, and a slow death at the hands of the Roman soldiers, who were – to be fair – only doing their duty.

But there is another way in which Jesus can be lifted up.

The small, country church where I worship these days has a picture of the Christ above the pulpit. I was looking at

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

(John 12: 32 NRSV)

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that picture, considering the concept of “lifting up” when it dawned on me that our job as Christians is exactly that: to “lift up” Christ.

Not physically, but metaphorically. And not only with our mouths.

We are called to live our lives in such a way that Christ is lifted up. We are to shine (in his refl ected glory) so that all the world can look at us and see Christ. We are to be the body of Christ in the world.

My friends, we can’t do that alone. We need each other, because together, we are smarter and bet-ter and richer and holier than any one of us can be alone.

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fi dent, totally committed, dedicated to the cause.

Is the hay safely in the barn? Nobody knows to-day. But we’ll all fi nd out later. How the team looks is relevant – and I’m not talk-ing about Nike or alternate uniforms. Can we recog-nize improved strength and speed in action? Was coach-ing so crisp as to eliminate hesitation and confusion?

What really matters are results. Wins and losses. How and where and beating betting odds are secondary.

There was a time when excuses were justifi ed. Butch Jones inherited a depleted roster. Lane Kif-fi n committed too many recruiting blunders. Derek Dooley didn’t do much of anything. We think Butch Jones has excelled.

Talent was below SEC standards. Too many people

were too slow. Those fl aws appear to have been cor-rected.

There was a shortage of experience. Butch dared to play young guys. That those who stayed are now sopho-mores and juniors is his re-ward.

Turnovers? Stuff hap-pens. The solution is to be mentally and physically strong enough to overcome the shock.

Injuries? Inevitably, there will be some. The bur-den on coaches is to have a replacement ready. This has been a past weakness. If it happens again, don’t try to explain it away.

No matter who tells you otherwise, an improved de-fense will depend on having a capable middle linebacker. The front looks better. The secondary seems secure. Count special teams as a probable plus.

Key to Tennessee offen-sive success? The quarter-back, of course. And receiv-ers. And running backs. Big plays, sustained drives, more punch in the red zone.

The key to skill players gaining a few yards and

scoring an occasional touch-down? Same as always. The offensive line determines the width of the doorway. It is the primary component of victories – and defeats.

If you are keeping score, Tennessee’s offensive line has been a little less than overwhelming in recent years.

This is where Mike DeBord comes in. For orga-nizational purposes, a touch of glamour and pay justifi -cation, he is offensive coor-dinator. It says in the book that he, in his spare time, is also supervisor of quarter-back instruction.

DeBord is really an old line coach. He has techni-cal skills and bulldog de-termination to assist Don Mahoney in the critical pro-duction of a real, live offen-sive line.

I recall questioning, back in the winter, why Butch would hire his old (59 or 60, not 80) buddy with so much at stake. I have rethought the situation.

Wouldn’t it be some-thing if Mike DeBord turns out to be the win-ning edge, the guy with the pitchfork or high-lift that puts the hay in the barn. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

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Community services

■ 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.

By Shannon CareyThe Pike House coffee

shop is set to open in mid-September, but it’s already providing a safe place for at-risk youth.

Pike House is a real cof-fee house with a twist: the faith-based, for-profi t busi-ness will give back to the community. Already, the shop at Harbison’s Cross-roads hosts Bible study for women. It’s providing weekend food backpacks for students at two local elementary schools, and it’s partnering with local churches, including Fair-view and Clear Springs Bap-tist, to expand these minis-tries.

Youth pastor Greg Schmid and fi ve others are spearheading the effort.

“Our motto is coffee with a cause, and that cause is community,” Schmid said. “We want to assist the com-munity in any way we can.”

But it’s not just the local community they’re hoping to reach. Schmid wants to partner globally with small coffee farmers, sell their coffee at Pike House, and build relationships with them.

This week, Pike House became a designated Safe Place through Helen Ross McNabb Center. Identifi ed by the iconic yellow signs, Safe Place businesses pro-vide temporary shelter for young people in trouble.

Safe Places have been on the decline, however. Pike House is the only Safe Place in the 37721 zip code.

“We saw a need for it out here,” said Schmid. “Any kind of situation they’re in, this is a safe place for them.”

Schmid has 30 years of experience as a youth pas-tor and student minister. He started a Life Hurts, God Heals program at Horace

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Maynard Middle School and ran a food backpack pro-gram there for three years.

“I love teenagers, and I love kids,” he said. “Some-times they just need some-body for guidance.”

Schmid hopes to start an after school program for middle schoolers, clos-ing the coffee shop during the afternoon to provide a safe hangout with tutoring, mentoring and computers available.

Pike House will host a Praise Fest in October, with a full day of music and fes-tival food. The date is to be announced. The coffee shop is located at 7404 Tazewell Pike.

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By Cindy Taylor Ninfa Parsons has been

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Judy Nicely, Pauline Smith and Pete Oehlberg celebrated their August birthdays at the

Union County Senior Center in Maynardville.

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Upcoming: Herb class, 11 a.m. each fi rst Saturday.

One-on-one classes are available by ap-pointment for those wanting to learn how to use computers and other devices. For ap-pointment: 992-7106.

The Maynardville Public Library is located at 296 Main St. Info: 992-7106, may-nardvillepubliclibrary.org or on Facebook.

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dren who have joined the military. Photos by S. Carey

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By Shannon CareyUnion County’s at-risk

youth need safe, enriching places to complete court-ordered community service hours, and Union County iCare has been enlisted to help.

Union County Public Schools court liaison Rox-anne Patterson said some locations that used to pro-vide court-ordered commu-nity service for minors have stopped doing so. Guidelines for service and supervision and requirements for back-ground checks can be barri-ers for these organizations.

“I think a lot of it is just community resources com-ing together,” said Patterson during the Aug. 27 iCare meeting.

iCare coordinator Mike Miller said he has seen an average of 24 hours of com-munity service assigned to

juvenile offenders. Patterson said sometimes the students have been suspended from school and can’t complete their community service hours on school grounds.

“Our goal is not to punish them. Our goal is to connect with them,” said Miller. “It’s an opportunity for the chil-dren to have some respon-sibility and an opportunity for us adults to connect with them.”

Patterson said Judge Darryl Edmondson is very open about community ser-vice, sometimes allowing students to receive tutoring in lieu of service hours.

Those who are interested in providing service oppor-tunities should contact Pat-terson at 992-7048, ext. 101.

Miller said volunteers gave out 32 drug testing kits at the Horace Maynard Mid-dle School open house and

22 at Union County High School freshman orienta-tion. He is also distribut-ing T-shirts with the slogan “Aim to be Drug-Free.”

Fr. Steve Pawelk of Blessed Theresa of Calcutta Catholic Mission asked for some kits with the instruc-tions in Spanish, since many of his congregation are Spanish-speakers. Mill-er said he would look into the possibilities.

“Parents are starting to come to us,” said Miller. “This is a non-penalty. It gives the kids a reason to say no. It gives the parent a chance to open up with their child.”

Union County iCare is an anti-drug coalition fo-cused on preventing drug use in young people. The group meets 11:30 a.m. each fourth Thursday, at Revival Vision Church in Maynard-ville.

SCHOOL NOTESFall Break will be Oct.

12-16.

Big RidgeSchool pictures will

be taken Thursday, Sept. 10. School shirts are available for purchase for $12 each. Place orders by Friday, Sept. 4, with the school offi ce.

Horace MaynardConnect your Food City

ValuCard to HMMS when you check out to earn points for the school. School shirts are available in black or gray for $10 each. Stop by the school offi ce to purchase.

MaynardvilleCandy fundraiser

kickoff will be Tuesday, Sept. 8. School pictures will be taken Wednesday, Sept. 9.

PauletteOpen House will be

6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, for kindergarten through 2nd grade; 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, for 3rd through 5th grade.

Union County Public Schools court liaison Roxanne Patterson talks with Greg Schmid after the

Union County iCare meeting. Photo by S. Carey

Service locations neededREUNION NOTE

■ Pierce and Wyrick reunion, noon Sunday, Sept. 13, in the Luttrell

Park behind Luttrell Elementary. Bring lawn chairs and a covered

dish. Info: 687-3860.

TennCare Kids provides servicesTennCare Kids is Tennessee’s commit-

ment to see that children and teens have the best start to a healthy life. TennCare Kids is a free program of check-ups and health care services for children from birth to age 21 who are TennCare eligible, including health history, complete physi-cal exam, lab tests as appropriate, immu-

nizations, vision and hearing screening, developmental and behavior screenings as appropriate, and advice on healthy living. Union Countians interested in the program should contact the Union County Health Department’s community outreach representative, Pam Williams. Info: 992-3867, ext. 131.

Shoot boosts hunter educationKeith Monroe helps youngsters take part in the NWTF Norris Lake Longbeards turkey shoot

Aug. 22, to support the JAKES Day hunter education event at Chuck Swan Wildlife Management

Area. There were 30 competition rounds shot. Last year, JAKES Day hosted 45 youngsters. The

event teaches hunter safety and other skills. The JAKES Day committee meets 7 p.m. each third

Tuesday at Hardee’s in Maynardville. Info: 278-3335 Photo submitted

Luttrell box top winnersLuttrell Elementary School students Greyson Long, Dylan Hall

and Gracie Nirmaier hold their prizes in the school’s fi rst Box

Tops collection contest. Gracie won fi rst place with 588 box

tops. Dylan came in second with 366 box tops. They each re-

ceived an iPod. Greyson won the mystery prize: a Regal Cin-

emas gift card and two boxes of movie candy. Photo submitted

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world today,” said Parsons. “The good news is that God is in charge.

Parsons makes at least one trip per year to con-tinue ministering to poor Moslems in her home coun-try. She has started bible schools and been instru-mental in starting schools, churches and prayer houses. She participates in senior and youth retreats and of-ten makes sure the hungry are fed. She has seen many healed from disabilities and disease and has shared the gospel wherever she travels.

“Her faith is really awe-some,” said Hall. “Her min-istry has built her faith.”

Parsons is a member at Trinity Chapel in Knoxville. She is able to sustain her ministry to the Philippines thanks to fi nancial support from church members and private individuals with a heart to see Moslems con-verted to Christianity.

Parsons message was one of encouragement and faith.

“God is still moving by His spirit, manifesting Himself to those that seek and follow Him.”

Parsons plans to return to the Philippines in De-cember. She, her daughter and members of Aglow pre-pared traditional Philippine fare for the group meeting.

“Her life and ministry is truly inspiring,” said Aglow leader Diane Shelby.

Ministry donations may be sent to Trinity Chapel, 5830 Haynes-Sterchi Road, Knoxville TN, 37912-9991.

Aglow members meet each fourth Tuesday for fellowship, sharing and worship. Info: dbsaglow@gmail.com.

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SEEKING VENDORSThe Union County Heritage Festival is seeking

arts-and-crafts vendors, food vendors, demonstra-tors and nonprofi t booths for the festival, to be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Wilson Park in Maynardville. The festival draws more than 4,000 people each year. Info/booth pricing: Marilyn Toppins, mtoppins51@comcast.net.

THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 22Tickets on sale for “The Music and the Memories”

show featuring Pat Boone and Knoxville swing orchestra The Streamliners, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Oak Ridge Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge High School, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Info/tickets: KnoxvilleTickets.com or 656-4444.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 3Bee Friends beekeepers group meeting, 6:30 p.m.,

auditorium on Tazewell campus of Walters State. Info: 617-9013.

Goodwill Vintage Fashion Show and Sale, 6 p.m., Hilton Downtown Knoxville, 501 W. Church Ave. Tickets: $40; includes: dinner, fashion show and entrance to the Vintage Boutique. Info: goodwillknoxville.org/vintage; 588-8567.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4Karaoke, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub &

Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009

Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 5Spaghetti supper, New Fellowship Church, 120

Pine Drive, Maynardville. Dinner, silent auction, cake walk, gospel music. $5 donation requested; proceeds to church building fund.

The Reignsman will perform, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub & Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.

Zombie Car Wash and Rummage Sale, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Frightworks parking lot next to Bo-jangles in Powell. Car wash: $5 suggested donation. Pro-ceeds benefi t Powell High School Theater Department.

MONDAY, SEPT. 7American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 387-5522.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 8Happy Travelers Lunch and Gathering, North

Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike. Entertain-ment by David West & the Cider Mountain Boys and comedian Hattie. No charge; suggest contribution, $7. Info/reservations: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 10AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30

p.m., AAA offi ce, 100 W. 5th Ave. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/ $35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254; Stephanie, 862-9252.

VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11Karaoke, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub &

Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009

Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 12AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:40

p.m., AAA offi ce, 100 W. 5th Ave. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/ $50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254; Stephanie, 862-9252.

Hogskin History Day, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Admission and parking are free. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603; narrowridge.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org.

Thunder Road Author Rally, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., May-nardville Public Library, Main Street, Maynardville. Lo-cal authors attending. Meet-and-greet, book sales, book

signings. Info: 992-7106.

MONDAYS, SEPT. 14, 21, 28“Handbuilding With Clay” class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken. Regis-tration deadline: Sept. 7. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 15Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16Sharps Chapel Fish Fry, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sharps

Chapel Senior Center. Bring a side dish to share. Info: 992-3292.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 18Karaoke, 6-10 p.m., Bubba Brew’s Sports Pub &

Grill, Beach Island Marina. Info: 992-3091.Union County Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1009

Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 19Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West

Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Info: feralfelinefriends.org.

Luttrell Music Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Luttrell City Park. Music, vendors, activities and more. Info: lut-trellbluegrass.com.

“Salvage Jewelry” class, 1-4 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sarah Brobst. Registration deadline: Sept. 12. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 19-20Country Market, Historic Ramsey House, 2614

Thorn Grove Pike. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Arts, crafts, antiques, classic car cruise-in, Model T club, music and more. Admission: $5; 12 and under free. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 20Gospel singing featuring the Sneed Family, 6 p.m.,

New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road. Free, but love offering will be taken. Info: 546-0001; NewBeverly.org.

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