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A great community newspaper serving Maynardville and Union CountyTRANSCRIPT
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100 years agoWhat to say about open
date? Good question.Fortunately, a regular
reader rushed to the rescue and changed the subject.
“A few weeks ago, you wrote about Doug Dickey and Ten-nessee football of 50 years ago. What do you know about 100 years ago?”
Well now, I am old but I wasn’t there. What I know is what the late Tom Siler said he had learned.
➤ Read Marvin West on page 5
Quilts at Heritage Fest
Ellen Perry, active volunteer for the Heritage Festival and the Union County Museum, is heading up the museum hap-penings that day.
The Union County His-torical Society will sponsor the Quilt Show and the Authors’ Table inside the museum, along with craft and gift items for sale as part of the festi-val. As in years past, several authors will be there, and the society’s books and publica-tions will be available.
➤ Read Libby Morgan on page 3
George TurnerGeorge Turner Jr. of the
Union Army is believed to be one of the fi rst preachers who preached in the Baptist Church of Christ at Alder Springs, which was established March 31, 1849.
His father George Turner was the fi rst person buried in the church cemetery on May 19, 1849. George Turner was a veteran of the War of 1812.
➤ Read Bonnie Peters on page 4
Martha WarwickSeventh grade was such
a happy time, and Martha Warwick was a big part of the reason.
Ms. Warwick taught us the major bones of the body that year. Few things I ever learned impressed me more. It’s one of the fi rst (and probably only) times I ever felt like a “gol-durned genius!”
➤ Read Ronnie Mincey on page 4
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VOL. 9 NO. 37 September 17, 2014www.ShopperNewsNow.com | www.facebook.com/ShopperNewsNow
By Libby MorganAll over Union County, senior
citizens are able to live at home because of a little help from their friends at Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service.
Caregivers visit to provide trans-portation, meal prep, laundry, per-sonal care, medication reminders and a myriad of other non-medical tasks that, if left undone, might cause an older person to have to give up being independent enough
Each balloon in the Senior
Walk-A-Thon balloon launch
is in memory of a loved one.
Walk-A-Thon participants who earned the most money for the Senior
Citizens Home Assistance Service fund are caregivers Norma Lawson
(third place) and Linda Vineyard (second place); Ciara Howell, daughter
of company CEO (fi rst place); and UC director Kim Partin with marketing
coordinator Carrie Jordan.Photos submitted
Lifting up our seniors
to stay in their own place.And they’ve been celebrating
the whole relationship with an an-nual Senior Walk-A-Thon for 25 years now.
SCHAS is based in Knoxville and serves 20 counties, but the heart of the organization is here in Union County.
Tim Howell, CEO of SCHAS, married Penny Alford over 20
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Comptroller OK’s Union County budgetBy Sandra Clark
Not only was the Union Coun-ty 2015 budget fi nalized and ad-opted in record time this year, but an Aug. 25 letter from the state Comptroller’s offi ce approved the budget as adopted by the County Commission.
The Comptroller’s offi ce audits city and county budgets to make sure the projected revenues are adequate to meet anticipated ex-penditures.
The audit suggested attention to fund balances for the general pur-pose school fund and the Tennes-see Virtual Academy school fund.
Finance Director Ann Dyer will respond to these concerns.
The general school fund bal-ance of $1,472,949 is less than one month’s average expenses of $1,795,520. The school federal projects fund balance of $98,661 is less than average monthly ex-penses of $211,919.
“The County Commission should review the working capital requirements for these funds to determine the necessary level of cash needed to sustain their op-erations,” the audit concluded.
Union County fi nalized its debt for new vehicles for the Sheriff’s offi ce. The county owes three equal payments of $48,580.321 in 2015, 2016 and 2017. The loan is at 1.99 percent interest.
Budget Committee: Mayor Williams appointed Commission-ers Lynn Beeler, Stanley Dail, Dennis Nicley and Jim Greene to the Budget and Finance Commit-tee where they will join Janet Hol-loway, Dawn Flatford, J.M. Bailey, Mike Sexton and Wayne Roach.
Comcast: Williams appoint-
Commission has little control over VFD
County commissioners con-cerned about membership fees and billing charges by the Paulette Volunteer Fire Department heard a report from County Attorney K. David Myers, but it was not the an-swers they had hoped for.
“I think a volunteer fi re depart-ment has a right to charge fees,” Myers said, “but they have a re-sponsibility to notify customers of those fees and the fees must be reasonable. ... It’s not something we can regulate.”
Myers said all of the county’s fi re departments have submit-
ed Commissioners Mike Sexton, Dawn Flatford and Kenny Hill to a committee to discuss Comcast cable service. He said two citizens would be added later. Williams reported that he and Sexton had met with Russell Byrd from Com-cast and Byrd requested a 30-day extension before a hearing on the company’s possible contract de-fault. The commission agreed to the extension.
Williams was re-elected to chair the commission; Commis-sioner Gary England was re-elect-ed vice chair.
Commission’s next meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the court-house.
Nicole Lopez is new pediatrician
Dr. Lopez
Daniel Rice
By Sandra ClarkDr. Nicole Lopez, a pediatri-
cian, has joined the Maynardville Family & Urgent Care practice based at 598 John Deere Drive.
The practice holds the contract to operate school clinics, and Dr. Lopez expects to work in the schools two days
per week with the balance of her time at the clinic, which offers full-service medical care for the entire family.
“Everyone has made me feel welcome,” Lopez said. “I’m excited to be in such a tight-knit commu-nity where people know one an-
other and everyone is proud to be from Maynardville.”
Lopez grew up in Memphis and came to Knoxville for undergradu-ate work at the University of Ten-nessee. She got her medical train-ing at Wake Forest University and returned to Knoxville, saying, “I am a Vol through and through.” Her husband is a research scien-tist at Oak Ridge. They have a “fur baby,” a giant dog.
Lopez planned to specialize in geriatrics, but during her clinical rotations she was captivated by pediatrics. “I went over thinking I would not like it, but I just loved it,” she said. “I was more relaxed (in pediatrics).” She experienced “an unexpected love at fi rst sight.”
It’s a challenge talking to pa-tients who cannot talk, trying to
fi gure out their ailment, but Lo-pez says you learn over time how to listen. “You learn how they are supposed to act (at each stage) and you learn to pick up subtle clues. She fi nds the children becoming comfortable with her as she inter-acts with them.
She sees both well and sick pa-tients from birth through college. Babies should be seen by a pedia-trician at two days, when they’re home from the hospital; one month, two months, four months, six months, nine months, one year, 15 months, 18 months and age two. Afterwards they should be seen annually through their teen years.
Her favorite part of the job? “Talking to babies,” she said. “They make me smile every day.”
ted their forms to state regulators and are in com-pliance. He said the county can set territorial bound-aries for the fi re departments
Commissioner Dawn Flatford asked whether a
fi re department can bill a property owner even when somebody else calls in the request for service. Myers said yes, in his opinion.
Fire Chief Daniel Rice said no one at Paulette is paid including
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New teacherSharon Johnson, Union
County High School’s new Family and Consumer Science teacher, has lots of new friends. One of her favorites is Fred.
She’s never known a rooster before.
➤ Meet Sharon Johnson on page 7
2 • SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news business
Frank Beeler stands among
items for an upcoming
auction. Photo by Libby Morgan
By Libby MorganFrank and Susan Beeler
are giving themselves an education in antiques and auctions.
The family, including their children, has opened Middle Man Auction at 436 Main Street in Maynard-ville, in the building next to the back corner of the mid-dle school football fi eld.
Sales are scheduled as
inventory builds up, and a recent auction had furniture including a kitchen table and chairs, a perfect-condition log bed and hand-carved antique chairs with original leather upholstery; saddles, mowers, paintings and even an antique ride ’em toy.
Almost all of the items are brought in by their own-ers and put on consignment status, and the Beelers pho-
tograph and list everything on AuctionZip.com.
Coming up at 6 p.m. Sat-urday, Oct. 4, Middle Man will hold an antiques and collectibles only auction, and they welcome more consignments for this spe-cial sale.
“I plan to cater to work-ing people by being here to accept items in the eve-nings and on the weekends.
Anyone who has things for our sales can contact me at 865-394-0118,” said Frank Beeler.
“We will also accept ab-sentee bids. People can come by and inspect the items, set up their payment information and make a bid prior to the sales.
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The Sept. 20 Luttrell Mu-sic Festival is all about mak-ing the Luttrell Volunteer Fire Department a true com-munity-supported entity.
Mayme Taylor, the spark of the festival, and her hus-band, Jody Smith, are both fi refi ghters, and Liford is partners with one. The event is a fundraiser for LVFD.
Liford started raising funds for the LVFD three years ago when she orga-nized a silent auction, and she and Pizza Plus in Lut-
trell have developed a mu-tually benefi cial fundraiser with a coupon that gives LVFD a dollar each time it is used.
Camera-shy and adverse to attention, Liford down-plays her efforts.
“I’m just someone who wanted to do my part in showing support and help-ing raise funds for our fi re-fi ghters who take time from their own families to keep our families safe,” she says.
Liford is ready for this next round, with items pre-pared for the silent auction during the festival.
She credits helpers Donna Kelly, Janice Grasty and Tori McGinnis for their efforts.
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community and the donors who continue to show their support each year with at-traction tickets, the silent auction has always been a big success,” she says.
The list includes a coffee lover’s basket and an elec-tronics basket, and tickets to Ripley’s Aquarium, Rock City, Great Smoky Moun-
tain Wheel, Indoor Skydiv-ing and Smokies baseball.
“We would love to have more things to auction, so if anyone wants to join, please call City Hall at 992-0870 or the library at 992-0208.”
Luttrell Music Festival will be held rain or shine Saturday at Luttrell Park on Tazewell Pike.
Soap, Candle & Gifts leaves Fountain CityBy Bonny C. Millard
Union County residents who shopped at the Knox-ville Soap, Candle & Gifts store on Broadway near Panera can fi nd it at a new location, 5201 Kingston Pike in Bearden.
Owner Jodi Bowlin is a natural-born storyteller who shares stories about the locally handcrafted pieces that fi ll her shop.
“I always share the story when people come to the register … and it just makes it more special,” Bowlin said. “All this just comes from all these amazing peo-ple right here in town. We don’t have to go overseas.
“It feels more like an art gallery in here to me. I call it an eclectic cooperative,” she said. “Right now, I’m op-erating at 80 percent local,
handmade, one-of-a-kind items, and the 20 percent I do buy is specialty mer-chandise. I buy it in limited quantities so it’s not repeat-ed.”
Bowlin renovated her new space to create a cozy and inviting atmosphere. The store’s prior business was a cupcake shop that featured cracked linoleum fl oors and gray plastic walls.
“I thought ‘oh my gosh, it’s a ’70s Kmart in here.’”
Bowlin laid plywood on top of the fl oor and stained it walnut. Then she painted spirals and hearts, birds and butterfl ies, and a gar-den path before sealing the fl oor with polyurethane. “It was a four-step process. I was able to do it for about $800,” she said. Info: knox-villesoapandcandle.com
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Lifting up our seniors From page 1
years ago. Penny’s the daughter of Christa Alford, who owns and runs Afford-able Carpets in Maynard-ville, and the late Paul Al-ford.
“I will always be from Union County,” says Penny, “Even though I’ve been liv-ing in Halls for a long time.”
Tim says, “This Walk-A-Thon raised about $2,500 that will benefi t Union County seniors who are on our sliding scale for care service fees. This money fi lls a need when a client is ineligible for other sources like long-term care insur-ance, veterans benefi ts and government help.”
“Li’l Jo’s set us up with a great buffet and donated three dollars of each meal’s cost to our Walk-A-Thon. Curtis Petree, the owner, got Hillbilly Jedi to come and entertain, and pretty much let us take over the place today.”
“We use the time here also to give our caregivers the credit they deserve,” says SCHAS marketing co-ordinator Carrie Jordan. “And they are certainly giv-ers. They go above and be-yond their duties because they are such loving people.
“One of our clients is home alone a lot, so our caregiver helped him set up a Facebook page and taught him how to navigate it. Now he’s in constant touch with his family and friends.
“This makes a huge dif-ference in his life.
“Other clients need sim-ple help, like getting the laundry out of the dryer. One of our ladies called me recently just to say what a relief it was for her to have a clean house.
“This is the fi rst place I’ve ever worked that makes me feel like I’m doing some-thing really worthwhile,” Jordan adds.
SCHAS started out in 1970 and has grown to serve 20 counties in East Tennes-see.
“Several local people work for us taking care of our Union County clients. We have about 50 clients here. In a year’s time, we help keep about 2,500 peo-ple from having to leave their homes and move into assisted living or nursing homes,” says Tim.
“Most of the time, it’s the daughter or son of a senior that will contact us fi rst,” adds Penny. “We put them in touch with their county director, and we will go to their home and do an as-sessment.
“We can speak with a family before home assis-tance is needed, and that way they have the informa-tion if and when that time comes.”
Union County’s SCHAS director is Kim Partin, and she can be reached at (865) 992-9886.
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It’s “Ready, Set, Go” for the Heritage Festival orga-nizers -- and for anyone who is planning to get involved with the October 4 event at three venues in Maynard-ville.
■ Quilts and books at the museumEllen Perry, active volun-
teer for the Heritage Festi-val and the Union County Museum, is heading up the museum happenings that day.
The Union County His-torical Society will sponsor the Quilt Show and the Au-thors’ Table inside the mu-seum, along with craft and gift items for sale as part of the festival. As in years past, several authors will be there, and the society’s books and publications will be available.
Quilts must be brought to the museum on Thurs-day, October 2, between and 1:30 and 6 p.m.
Info: Ellen Perry 992-4631 or Wanda Byerley 992-5208.
■ Contests, crafts, food and music at Wilson ParkThere’ll be lots of op-
portunities to join in the festivities at Wilson Park. New this year is the Heri-tage Costume Contest. Wear
Heritage Fest Oct. 4
Libby Morgan
Gwen Johnson with her winning heritage quilt at last year’s Union County Heritage Festival.
David West and his cohorts at Ciderville Music are slated for the Sept. 20 Luttrell Music Festival.
David West from Ciderville
Mary Wells models one of her hand-made sunbonnets, which are available at Union County Arts.
what our ancestors would have worn while you enjoy the day.
Union County Arts has some country bonnets and a few old-timey dresses in stock, and Big Don’s Cos-tumers in Knoxville’s Old City has just about any type of costume for rent or sale.
The festival will also feature a new “Back When” table with items from every-day life, sure to start some reminiscing. Everyone is welcome to bring their ad-ditions for Back When, and there’s a special committee to check in items and keep a close watch on them.
Union County’s Imagi-nation Library will have a booth at Wilson Park to sign up children to receive books. To celebrate the tenth year of the festival and the children’s book program, coloring books, crayons and balloons will be given away to the fi rst 200 kids coming to the booth.
The UT Extension offi ce will again sponsor the Heri-tage Olympics and the pie contest.
Throw a skillet or spit a pumpkin seed the farthest, or heft a hay bale or a feed bag the highest for great prizes from Lodge Cast Iron.
Win cash for your best pie. Grand prize is $100, and fi rst places in each cat-egory of fruit, nut and other are $50. Ribbons will be awarded for second and third places. Steve Thomp-son of BSG Solutions has donated the prize money.
Pies must be taken to the Extension offi ce at 3925 Maynardville Highway on Friday, October 3, between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m.The pies will be sold by
the slice at the festival. Call Becca Hughes at 992-8038 for complete details.
■ Student art contest at UC ArtsAll sixth to twelfth grade
students are eligible to en-ter the Heritage Festival Student Art Contest to win prizes and ribbons.
The deadline for submis-sions is 3:30 p.m. Friday, September 26, and only one entry per student is allowed.
Two-dimensional art
must be no larg-er than 16 x 20 inches, and con-test organizer Gloria Holcomb says there may be room for some 3-D art.
The work will be dis-played in the Historic Dr. Carr Offi ce next to Union County Arts the day of the festival.
Call UC Arts for details at 865-992-9161.
Volunteers are invited to help with everything. If you’d like offer your time, call Marie Rhyne at 865-679-1071.
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Pete Mynatt celebrates 80th birthday
Pete Mynatt was honored with a surprise celebration for his 80th birthday on Au-gust 16 in the fellowship hall of Union Baptist Church in Halls. The theme was fi sh-ing, with décor made by his grandchildren. Family and friends were treated to snacks and of course a “fi sh-ing” birthday cake. The family would like to thank everyone for coming and making this a special day for Pete.
The youngest of 13 chil-dren, Pete is the son of the late William Tell and Hassie Mynatt of Halls.
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‘Ride Like an Animal’ ahead The eighth annual Ride
Like an Animal motorcycle ride for the Union County Humane Society will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, with a 100-mile trip beginning at
the shelter at noon and end-ing at Li’l Jo’s.
The restaurant will offer a barbeque buffet and The Jimmie D. Blues Band will entertain.
Info: Linda McKinnis, 865-556-0290 or [email protected], or Pid LaWare 865-278-3099 or [email protected].
Dr. Moore joins GIADr. Matthew Moore has
established his practice and medi-cal career at Gastro-i n t e s t i n a l A ssociates (GIA). He is board certi-fi ed by the A m e r i c a n
Board of Internal Medicine, and his specialty is gastro-enterology.
A native of Livingston, Tenn., Moore earned his undergraduate degree at UT and a master’s degree in public health and his medi-cal doctorate degree at East Tennessee State University.
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4 • SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news
Bonnie Peters
opinion
The second Alder Springs Baptist Church in 1920
Civil War soldier, the Rev. George Turner Jr.
George Turner Jr. of the Union Army is believed to be one of the fi rst preachers who preached in the Baptist Church of Christ at Alder Springs, which was estab-lished March 31, 1849. His father George Turner was the fi rst person buried in the church cemetery on May 19, 1849. George Turner was a veteran of the War of 1812.
The story of the Rev. George Turner Jr.’s enlist-ment in the war goes some-thing like this:
Rev. Turner was in the pulpit at Alder Springs Baptist Church one Sunday during the Civil War. Unbe-knownst to the preacher or his congregation, hungry Rebel soldiers from Cum-berland Gap were foraging in that area.
His text was, “The race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong; neither riches to men of under-standing.” Rebel soldiers came galloping up the val-ley just as the preacher was warming up to his text.
Bang! Bang! went the rifl e shots, and pandemo-nium seized the congrega-tion. The window behind the pulpit was open, and the Rev. Turner made a quick exit and ran like a deer up through the woodland on the slope of Hinds Ridge. He hit the trail into Kentucky and joined the Union Army.
After the war he came back with a wife to the Al-der Springs community. He returned to the church de-termined to preach from the same text.
On this occasion, he pro-ceeded with his remarks: “Brethren and Sisters, the last time I was here the Reb-els came and broke up the meeting. When they started shooting, I jumped through the window and ran. Bul-lets cut twigs from the trees over my head. I felt some-thing warm run down my legs -- thank God it was not
blood.” (This story was pro-vided to me by Linda War-wick Coppock, a current member of Alder Springs Baptist Church.)
The Rev. Turner died Au-gust 11, 1892 and is buried in Alder Springs Church Cemetery.
The following is a genea-logical sketch of this Union County Turner line:
Turner, George, b. 1780 at Alder Springs commu-nity, d. 1849–fi rst person to be buried in Alder Springs Cem. Served in War of 1812; m. Nancy Warrick (War-
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wick) April 1803 Anderson County, Tennessee. Their children are John, Willis M., Alexander, Elizabeth, George Jr., (the subject of this story); Mary, and Val-entine.
Valentine b. 1815 d. 1862 m. Lucinda Malone d. 1861 (Note: Long Lost Cuzzins say Valentine was son of Ed-ward Turner b. 1770)
Sarah m. George John-son Jr.
Willis Turner, b. 1846Richard Turner, b. 1847
m. Julia HenegarParley Turner, b. 1849 m.
James BeelerAsbury Beeler m. a RaleyMillie Beeler m. Carr
SextonRichard Sexton George m. Sarah WilderAlec m. Parlee SavageBeeler TurnerLuhannahWilliamJacob Turner, George Jr., farm-
er and Baptist Minister, b. 1814, d. 8-11-1892, buried Alder Springs, m. Marga-ret_____________, b. 1819. d. Dec. 21, 1892.
Turner, Henry Valentine. b. Sept. 1843 - d. ca. 1920; m1. Elizabeth C. Hunter, b.
1845 m2. Emily Petree, Sept. 10. 1873; m3 Jan 1, 1890 Mary A. Turner Henegar, b. 1845, m. J. M. Henegar Aug. 18, 1882 then widowed by J. M. Henegar, (still married to Mary in 1910), m4 Mary Turner Henegar Turner b. 1845, Jan. 13, 1919.
Children by: Elizabeth C. Hunter, (Andrew, George Rile and Margaret)
Andrew Jackson Turn-er, b. May 1,1865 - d. Oct. 10, 1944; buried Snod-derly Cemetery, m. Lucinda Snodderly
Luther P. Turner, b. Aug. 4, 1906 - d. Sept. 21, 1973; m. Wilma Daniel; buried Snodderly Cemetery.
George Rile Turner, b. August 29, 1869 - d. May 30, 1938
m1. Dec. 20, 1888 Ty-phena Hill b. April 7, 1870 - d. Sept. 27, 1917; m2. 1923 Zelpha Parker, b. 1893 - d. 1983.
I regret that I do not have a picture of that famous window in what I expect was a log church probably with wooden shutters. The picture I have included was the second church, and may have been the church where he returned to preach.
Seventh grade at May-nardville Elementary pre-sented me with two “young” experiences. The fi rst was new principal William C. “Bill” Young, who intro-duced a new way of placing students with teachers.
On the fi rst day of school students had chosen their teachers -- well-known teachers might have 60 or more students, while newer teachers might have practi-cally none. Teachers more evenly divided students on the second day. Mr. Young
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changed that process and posted lists on classroom doors so students were evenly divided.
I knew which seventh grade homeroom all my friends and I preferred be-
cause we had every seventh grade teacher for one class in sixth grade due to de-partmentalization. On the fi rst day of school I walked up to my teacher of choice and asked, “Am I in your homeroom?” She replied, “Get in here.” I never even got to see my name on the list, but happily I took my place in Martha Warwick’s homeroom.
Ms. Warwick was the youngest homeroom teach-er I had ever had to that point. Usually she wore her hair in a bun, but on some days she let it hang free -- on those days I thought she was just beautiful. I guess I had a mild crush.
My admiration deep-ened when Ms. Warwick asked me to be on the school’s new safety patrol. I was so pleased that she thought me worthy of such an important role, but I declined because I figured my dad wouldn’t want me to do it. Ms. Warwick put me on the patrol anyway, thereby giving me my first taste of authority and re-sponsibility.
With my dad’s permis-sion, Ms. Warwick and her husband, Danny, picked me up and took me to my fi rst school basketball game. While I loved being with them and receiving Ms. Warwick’s attention in this
way, I never liked sports. When Ms. Warwick asked me on the way home what I thought of the game, I honestly replied, “I’d just as soon have been home reading.” The next school basketball game I attended was when I was principal of Sharps Chapel Elementary 18 years later.
But Ms. Warwick did not abandon me. She picked me up one sunny spring Satur-day and took me to school to participate in our 4-H community pride project. My favorite playground ac-tivity was swinging, and our class painted the old wooden seats of the swings in beautiful, bright colors.
As a parting gift to MES and for the enjoyment of its future students, I paint-ed the seat of my favorite swing a most beautiful shade of green. That color reminds me still of that happy, perfect day.
Ms. Warwick taught us the major bones of the body that year. Few things I ever learned impressed me more. It’s one of the fi rst (and probably only) times I ever felt like a “gol-durned genius!”
Seventh grade was such a happy time, and Martha Warwick was a big part of the reason. Next week I’ll share other seventh grade memories.
UNION COUNTY Shopper news • SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 • 5
Marvin West
What to say about open date? Good question.
Tennessee football 100 years ago
Fortunately, a regular reader rushed to the rescue and changed the subject.
“A few weeks ago, you wrote about Doug Dickey and Tennessee football of 50 years ago. What do you know about 100 years ago?”
Well now, I am old but I wasn’t there. What I know is what the late Tom Siler said he had learned.
The Volunteers of 1914 won the Southern Intercol-legiate Athletic Association championship with a 9-0 record. They played home games at Wait Field at the corner of 15th Street and Cumberland Avenue. This was not Rocky Top but it might have been rocky bot-tom. There was no grass.
The Vols ran a tight T for-
mation. They outscored foes 374 to 37. Butch Jones wants you to know that Tennessee wore gray jerseys.
Pint-sized Zora G. Clev-enger, 5-7 and 145, former halfback at Indiana, was the Tennessee coach. Interest-ing how he got the job. He was coaching three sports at Nebraska Wesleyan and playing pro baseball in the summer to supplement his income. In 1910, he came to town as the shortstop for the Knoxville team in the Appalachian League.
The fi rst Sunday, he and his wife went to church. Mrs. Clevenger was delighted to spot a former schoolmate – who just happened to be the sister of UT professor R.C. “Red” Matthews, the original UT cheerleader who grew up to become a member of the UT athletic council.
Do you see where this is going?
In 1911, Tennessee had a coaching vacancy. Professor Matthews suggested Clev-enger. Nobody had a better idea.
Zora was a one-man
gang, as in no assistants, no support staff, not even a di-etitian or video coordinator. It took him a few minutes to get organized. The univer-sity had raised entrance re-quirements. The team was a little short on talent.
By 1913, the outlook was much brighter. The Vols won six of nine. The big one got away. Vanderbilt won, 7-6. Clevenger awarded 12 letters and gave a pep talk about the future. Season profi t in excess of $1000 allowed him to hire a line coach.
A hundred years ago, Tennessee came out of the chute with an 88-0 stroll past Carson-Newman. King College fell, 55-3. Clemson took a 27-0 hit. Tennessee took the train to Louisville and romped, 66-0.
There was bitterness be-fore the Alabama game. An anonymous source reported the Tide was cheating. Sure enough, quarterback Char-lie Joplin refused to sign an affi davit that he had never played pro ball and was im-mediately ruled ineligible.
The Vols won, 17-7.Chattanooga took a
67-0 tumble. The really big game was at Vanderbilt. Southern Railway offered fans a round trip ride for $6.75. Alonzo (Goat) Carroll scored all Tennessee points, two touchdown receptions of Bill May passes, one ex-tra point kick and a 15-yard fi eld goal, in a 16-14 victory.
It was the fi rst ever over the Commodores. Carroll invited the victors to dinner at his family home, a block or three from the Vandy campus.
UT classes were dis-missed on Monday for a day of celebration. A Vanderbilt offi cial said that was what you might expect from Ten-nessee, over-emphasis of athletics and under-empha-sis of academics.
The Vols swatted Se-wanee in Chattanooga and polished off Kentucky to conclude the perfect season. There were no holiday bowl games but a good time was had by all.(Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected])
REUNIONS ■ Jeff erson County High Class
of ’99, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 20. Panther Creek State Park, Smallman Shelter. Bring your own picnic. No preregistration necessary. Info: 704-995-5189.
■ Graham family reunion, Sat-urday, Sept. 27, Big Ridge State Park Recreation Hall. Bring a covered dish. Lunch, 1 p.m.
Roger Woods is no longer affi liated with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at the University of Tennessee.
Woods, six years the cam-pus FCA leader and c h a p l a i n for sports t e a m s , said this is not a com-p l i c a t e d story.
“It was d e c i d e d , by mutual agreement, that it was time for me to move on.”
Woods is now the pas-tor at New Birth Knox-ville. The church is at 3706 Sevier Heights Road.
Dean Craig, area direc-tor for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, spoke warmly of Roger Woods the man and of Roger’s service at the university.
“As Roger said, it was just time to change.”
Craig said the FCA will conduct a comprehensive search for a replacement.
Woods, 44, grew up in Lithonia, Ga. He was a high school baseball
standout with pro poten-tial until stopped sud-denly by an arm injury. He attended Albany State University and graduated
from Clay-ton Col-lege.
He re-turned to his high school as a teacher and as-s i s t a n t coach but d r o p p e d out “on Dec. 14,
1998. I quit teaching and coaching in the middle of the year because I felt the urgency, the tug, the pull that God had on my heart to go into ministry.”
Woods became the youth minister at the Li-thonia church he grew up in. He moved to a church in Chattanooga, joined the staff of FCA for in-ner-city ministries and became chaplain at UT-Chattanooga. He came to Knoxville in 2009 after meeting some Vol ath-letes at an FCA retreat.
Woods and his wife, Tia, have three children, Derrick, Faith and Chris-tian.
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School board to meet Thursday
The Union County school board will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the high school auditorium for a workshop to be followed by a voting session. The new board will reorganize, electing a chair and vice chair. Discussion items in-clude the annual evaluation of Director of Schools, Dr. Jimmy Carter.
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Mayor Mike Williams was re-elected to chair the commission.
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The trademark of chiropractic care is the spinal adjustment. Here’s what it’s all about.
Nerves that run from the brain, the body’s control center, to the rest of the body are bundled in the spinal cord. That cord runs through the vertebrae – the indi-vidual bones that make upthe spine. From the cord and between the vertebrae, nerves ema-nate and reach into all parts of the body. If for some reason – trauma and deterioration among them – one or more vertebrae are out of line, the nerves near them could be compressed and impaired from sending the right signals, causing a problem in a wrist or shoulder, for example. By feeling the spine or by examining x-rays, the chiropractor can deter-mine which areas need
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Spinal adjustment techniques can vary. In some situations the chiropractor may deliver a quick, gentle thrust to ac-complish the adjustment. In others, the chiroprac-tor may apply continuing pressure. Some adjust-ments may involve use of special instruments or tables. Sometimes cracking or popping sounds are generated by an adjustment. This is the sound – similar to crack-ing knuckles – of gas or air rushing from a joint. Ask your chiropractor for more information on the value of an adjustment.
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When my daughter Jor-dan was eight and Eden was fi ve, our little fam-ily ceased our wandering in the North and moved back home to East Tennessee. Such a move entailed many changes: a new school (new to them; not to me!), a new (old) house, new friends for the girls, old friends for me.
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pediatrician. I had accepted a position at a small church, so I asked my pastor who cared for her daughters. She gave me the name of their pediatrician, Dr. Donald Larmee.
When he walked into the examining room, I knew we were in the presence of a special man. He introduced himself to me and to my
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But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my fi nger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
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I later asked him why he did that. He explained that hands are relatively non-threatening, impersonal, and accustomed to being touched. It was his way of putting Jordan at ease.
At that point, I fell in love, just a little. Needless to say,
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Years later, when both of my girls were all grown up, I stood to announce the open-ing hymn in church, and was surprised to see Dr. Larmee standing in the fourth pew. Later in that service I had the privilege of assisting at his grandchild’s baptism. As I always do, I held onto the baby’s foot—not the hand—during the baptism, remem-bering what my daughters’ paternal grandmother al-ways said: “Think of how many steps that little foot will take!”
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Thomas gets a bad rap for that statement, and for his skepticism. But given the score card on resurrections up to that point in history, I have to say, I understand his reluctance to believe.
When it came to the mo-ment of truth, a week after the Resurrection, when Thomas stood in the pres-ence of the resurrected Je-
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County High School’s new Family and Consumer Sci-ence teacher, has lots of new friends. One of her favorites is Fred.
She’s never known a rooster before.
“I’m a city girl, so I’m having fun learning about life in the country and get-ting to know all the won-derful friendly people here. And especially Fred.”
Fred lives behind the ag department near where Johnson parks, and they greet each other every morning. According to ag teacher Matt McGinnis, Fred didn’t have a name be-fore Johnson gave him one.
Johnson taught school in Florida for 32 years. She was born and bred there, and is a Florida State fan. She says she affectionately calls herself a “Gator Hater,” even though some of her extended family members attend the University of Florida.
“We moved to Tennessee three years ago and built a retirement home near Fall Creek Falls. It was hard to leave our families, but we don’t miss the three H’s: heat, humidity and hur-ricanes, and the scenery is fabulous here.
“I got tired of my career as a couch potato, so I start-ed looking for a teaching po-sition in Tennessee this past
summer. I saw the opening here, and I mailed my pack-age and emailed Eddie Gra-ham on a Sunday evening. On Monday morning, he called me and asked me to come in.
“So, just a few days later and a week and a half before school started, I was hired. I love it here. Everyone here has been so helpful and friendly.”
Before she left Florida she was teaching a class in Family and Consumer Sci-ence to pregnant teens.
“When you think about it, the most important oc-cupation that most every-one has is to become a par-ent, and there’s no required training for it. I have to be
Johnson greets Fred the rooster ev-ery morning as she comes to work
as the new FSC teacher at UCHS.
UCHS district golf champions: assistant coach John Edds, Alyssa Cox, Jake Savage, Chasity Henderlight, Destiny Johnson, Kayla Williams, and head coach Gary Chandler.
Josh Steele and Emma Johnson Photos by Libby Morgan
Sharon Johnson
Patriots golf team takes district
Quarterback Josh Steele and volleyball player Emma Johnson are the Union County High Athletes of the Week.
Steele is a senior, and is looking forward to a good season with the teamwork that has been refi ned from years together on the fi eld.
He is the son of Candy Haynes.
Johnson, a sophomore, is a “hitter” on the volleyball team and says she does her best on the court from the front line.
She is a member of the Beta Club and HOSA, and plans to become an optom-etrist.
Her parents are Mike and Crystal Johnson.
Patriots Athletes of the Week
The Union County girls’ golf team has won the dis-trict championship for the fi rst time in the school’s history. Also a fi rst for the school, senior Jake Savage took individual fi rst place in the district with a 75. The tournament was played at Three Ridges.
Middle school PE health coach Gary Chandler, who
is the high school team’s coach, says, “These wins will be remembered as ma-jor milestones in our pro-gram’s history.
“I am very proud of the girls, what they have accom-plished so far, and I feel that we can be regional tourna-ment champs at Sevierville and proceed on to the state tournament.
“Jake played great to win by two strokes. He has had a great career at UCHS and I feel that he is in the top fi ve players to have played here since we started the pro-gram 12 or 13 years ago.”
The Lady Patriots were led by junior Kayla Williams and senior Chasity Hender-light to win by fi ve strokes. Junior Alyssa Cox and
freshman Destiny Johnson also played to win.
In a pivotal third shot for the 18th hole, Williams was in the sand trap and tipped the ball onto the green eight inches from the hole.
Coach Chandler is assist-ed by John Edds and Chris-tian Chandler.
Johnson settles in as new FCS teacherlicensed to be a teacher, at-torneys have to pass the bar, even auto mechanics have to have training.
“I think family living classes should be a re-quirement for every high school student -- things like learning the value and importance of saving mon-ey when you’re young, how to sew on a button, how to store food.
“If you don’t have some kind of training or a really good role model to be a par-ent, you are fl ying by the seat of your pants.”
She and her husband plan to fi nd a home here
when their house in Middle Tennessee sells.
Their son, Bruce John-son, is a sophomore at UT, where he is a member of the Pride of the Southland band with plans to be a college band director. You might be able to pick him out of the
marching formations since he is six-foot-seven.
Sharon, at not much over fi ve feet tall, says jokingly, “We put Miracle Grow in his shoes.”
Sound like she’s got the sense of humor to survive a roomful of teenagers.
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THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 19Bake sales and craft vendors needed for Lut-
trell Bluegrass Festival and Cruise In, to be held 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, Luttrell Community Park. Vendor registration form: Mayme, 992-0870 or [email protected]. Free event. No registration fee for car show. Car show info: Lee Carver, 606-335-5165 or [email protected].
MONDAYS THROUGH SEPT. 29Quilting classes and needle tatting classes,
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24 for 3-hour quilting class; $20 for 2.5-hour tatting class. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.
THROUGH TUESDAY, SEPT. 30Featured artists at Parkside Open Door Gallery,
Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave., are Fountain City artist Adam Rowe and Karen Ferency of Sequoyah Hills. Rowe will be showing his laser-cut cards and Ferency creates wheel-thrown pottery. Info/hours: 357-7624 or 357-2787.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 17Union County Retired Teachers meeting,
noon, Hardee’s in Maynardville Knox County Veterans Services Outreach,
9-10 a.m., Halls Senior Center 4405 Crippen Road. Provides one-on-one assistance to veterans and family members. Info: 215-5645, [email protected].
Knoxville Opera Performance, 6-7:30 p.m., Cancer Support Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Light refreshments provided. Info: 546-4661.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, SEPT. 17-18AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., John T.
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 18Cruise 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.
Rivalry Thursday Tailgate Party: Campbell County at Clinton, 3:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 18-20“Art-a-palooza!” a three-day Art Festival, 10:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Indoor sales, artist demonstrations, silent auction, bake sale. Saturday is Family Day. Activities: interactive art activities, live music, food. Info: 357-2787; [email protected].
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-
ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.Quilting classes and needle tatting classes,
5-7:30 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton Highway. Cost: $24 for 3-hour quilting class; $20 for 2.5-hour tatting class. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, myquiltplace.com/profi le/monicaschmidt.
“Art Gone Wild!,” 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive. Featuring original art and craft created by the zoo’s animal “artists.” Guests must be 18 years or older. All proceeds go to the zoo’s enrich-ment program. Tickets: $30 per person. Info/tickets: 637-5331, www.knoxvillezoo.org, zoo ticket window.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 19-20Petite Standard Flower Show, “Are There Fairies
in Our Garden? Can You Find Them?”, 1-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Ivan Racheff House and Gardens, 1943 Tennessee Ave. Free admission. Info: Linda Wimbrow, 966-2421.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20Luttrell Bluegrass Festival and Cruise In, 10
a.m.-6 p.m., Luttrell Community Park. Food venders, crafters and bluegrass music. Free event. No registration fee for car show. Car show info: Lee Carver, 606-335-5165 or [email protected].
Hard Knox Roller Girls in roller derby double-header, 6 p.m., Knoxville Civic Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Ave. Brawlers vs Lehigh Valley Special Vixen Unit; All Stars vs Lehigh Valley Rollergirls. Tickets: $12 at
the door, $10 in advance. Tickets available at Coliseum box offi ce, team members and team website. Info: www.hardknoxrollergirls.com.
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 ac-cepted. 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.
“Dent the Debt” fundraiser dinner and silent/live auction with a band, 5-9 p.m., Beaver Ridge UMC family life center, 7735 Oak Ridge Highway. Barbecue dinner, 6-7:30 p.m.; live auction, 7:30-9 p.m.
Fall Festival, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road. Craft vendors, home baked and canned items, gently used items. Lunch served noon-1:30 p.m. Info: 689-4829.
AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Knoxville AAA offi ce, 100 W. 5th Ave. Cost: members, $40; nonmembers, $50. Preregistration required. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.
Fall Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Beverly Park Place, 5321 Beverly Park Circle. To raise awareness and funds for the Alzheimer’s Association. Food, live music, crafts, vendors, kids’ activities. All invited.
Quilting classes and needle tatting classes, 1-4 p.m., Hobby Lobby classroom, 6580 Clinton High-way. Cost: $24 for 3-hour quilting class; $20 for 2.5-hour tatting class. Info: Monica Schmidt, 406-3971, myquiltplace.com/profile/monicaschmidt.
Volunteers needed to renovate Fort Kid, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., located across the street from the Knoxville Museum of Art and World’s Fair Park. Projects: paint, remove weeds and spread pea gravel and mulch. Children’s activities pro-vided. Info/to volunteer: www.fortkidknox.com.
Germanfest, 3-9 p.m., sanctuary, school gym and lower parking lot of First Lutheran Church and School, 1207 N Broadway St. Admission: $2 per person. Authen-tic German food, games, music, dancing, polka lessons, silent auction, children’s activities. Info: 524-0366.
Pancake breakfast to benefi t the Gresham Dance Team, Aubrey’s restaurant, 7535 Conner Road. Tickets: $5 and includes pancakes, bacon and eggs, and bever-age. Tickets available from Gresham dancer, Gresham Middle School or at the door. Info: 689-1430.
Emory Road Chapter, DAR meeting, 10:30 a.m., East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay St. Pro-gram: tour and business meeting. Info: 938-3187.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 21Earring Extravaganza, 2-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts
Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. Registration deadline: Sept. 17. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
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VERY NICE 3BR/2BA! 1740 SF, nice level 1.27 acre lot w/hdwd fl oors, ceramic tile in kit, corner stone FP, cathedral ceilings, split BRs. Attached 2-car gar, 40x36 metal barn/storage. Priced to sell at only $199,500. This home is a must see! Call Justin today to set up your showing – 865-806-7407. North on Broadway, right on Tazewell Pk into Plainview. Left onto W. Mtn View Rd, property located on left. Sign on property.
104 SWAN SEYMOUR, MAYNARDVILLE – Approx 1040 SF. Lake views. Within walking distance to Norris Lake. 3BR/2BA, oak fl rs, oak kit cabs, all appl, new int paint, 2-car gar & 1-car det gar. Fruit trees, sloping yard. In need of minor repairs. Lake access around the corner. Sold as is. Reduced to $74,300. Dir: N on Hwy 33 thru Maynardville to R on Hickory Valley, L on Walker Ford, L on Circle, L on Swan Seymour, home on right.
849 STINER RD. SHARPS CHAPEL,TN – Vacation retreat or full-time residence.Great home w/lots of updating, from tile to appliances. Way too much to mention. Park-like front yard, fruit trees & garden spots. Gentle slope to waterfront of 110' of beautiful Norris Lake. Private boat ramp & fl oating dock. Way too much to mention. All on 2.73 level acres. Priced to sell at $293,000. 613 WALKER FORD
RD. MAYNARDVILLE TN Rancher in grt location. Oak kit cabs,NO appl, formal DR, spacious LR, sunroom just added. Extra strg shed, master w/private BA. Home in need of TLC from fl oor coverings
to paint. Decks need some work. Foreclosure being sold AS IS. Priced at $82,00.00
DALE RD, POWDER SPRINGS – 53 beautiful acres, 2 barns, shed, lrg stocked pond, fenced w/
creek. Great views of Clinch Mtn. Mins from Blaine, mins from Hwy 61 or 131! All hook-ups to water & elec are in front of property. Only 2 miles from Grainger/Union Cnty line – 5 miles from 131/61 split. Call Justin for more info 865-806-7407. NOW REDUCED TO $218,900! Motivated seller, bring all offers!
LOTS / ACREAGEROCKY TOP RD, LUTTRELL – All wooded 2.73 acres on outside entrance of SD. Sev home sites. Cnty tax appraisal $31,300. Sign on property. North on Tazewell Pk to Luttrell. R on Hwy 61E. Straight at curve at Water Dept. Cross RR tracks, turn L on Main, L on Wolfenbarger to Rocky Top Rd.Sign on property. Offered at only $19,900.
HOLSTON SHORES DR, RUTLEDGE – Lot 18 in River Island. Beautiful .70 acre with frontage on the Holston River. Great for trout fi shing. Lot has city water and electric in front of it. Already approved for septic. Lot lays gentle all the way to the river. Offered at only $49,900.
BEAUTIFUL. GREAT CONV. LAKE LIVING – 2.18 acres. Gently rolling to the water. Views of 33 Bridge. Over 800' lake frontage. Will perk for 3-4BR home. Wooded, private, lightly restricted. Located on Swan Seymour Rd., Maynardville. Offered at only $199,900. GREAT WATERFRONT LOT on Holston River. 1.60 acres, semi wooded, corner lot. Great homesites. Utility water, elec. Priced at only $46,900. Located in River Island. Lot 9NICE CUL-DE-SAC LOT in River Point II S/D. 5.70 acres. Gently sloping w/great views of the Holston River. Public access in devel. Lot 161. Priced at only $64,500.
LOTS 92,103,104 LEONS ROCK S/D – BEAN STATION – Building lots with breathtaking views of Cherokee Lake and Mountains. German Creek Marina nearby and 15 minutes from Morristown shopping and services. Lots
Range from 1.12 to 1.54 Acres. YOUR CHOICE LOT FOR 6,000.00 EACH. Directions: Hwy 25 N to Left on Lakeshore Road. Approximately 4 miles to Rocky Springs Road. Right to Leons Rock
TATER VALLEY RD, LUTTRELL – Exceeding horse farm. 15 acres. All level/partially fenced. Mostly pasture. Very nice 40x100 barn with concrete
fl rs, 13 lined stalls, tack rm, wash bath. Also offi ce in barn. Unrestricted mtn views. Offered at only $115,900.
LOT 110 HICKORY POINTE S/D – One of the best lots offered on main channel of Norris Lake. 1.01 acres, gated comm,
wooded. Lays great all the way to the water. Dockable. Over 100' of shoreline. All ammenities of clubhouse, pool, boat launch. Priced to sell at $279,900.
REDUCED!
835 HICKORY POINTE , MAYNARDVILLE TNHome on level 1.05 acre lot w/seasonal lake & mtn views. Ready to Move In. Lots of crown molding throughout. Lots of custom tile fl oors & hdwd fl oors. Extensive columns; All open LR/Kit, formal DR, LR w/all tile hearth gas FP w/dec accent area. Master BA w/whirlpool tub,dbl vanity, separate W/I shwr, tile fl oors, sitting area, and chandelier. Kit w/all tile fl oors
& gallery cabs covered in beautiful granite and complete with S/S appl & multi-level eat-at bar. Att 2-car gar. Concrete driveway.All the amenities of Hickory Pointe incl use of clubhouse & pool, priv community marina and boat launch. This is a MUST see home. OFFERED AT $515,900
120 HONEY RIDGE WAY – Beautiful end unit, featuring 3BR/2BA, over 1700 SF. Trey ceils in LR w/corner FP and built-in TV cab. Spacious, open LR/DR/Kit w/eat-at prep bar. Split BR. Oak fl ooring in foyer. All appl surrounded by beautiful maple cabinetry w/some glass front accents. Sep laun rm, 2-car gar w/attic strg. Offered at only $159,900. Directions: I40 to Exit 398 Strawberry Plains Pike, Left onto Strawberry Plains Pike, Right on
Asheville Hwy, Left onto Strawberry Plains Pike, Right into Trentville Ridge to Home on Corner. Sign in Yard.
3242 HIGHWAY 61 E LUTTRELL Home is sold as is. Foreclosure property. Over 1600 sq.ft. 4 bedrooms, could have 3 full baths. New addition started, just needs fi nished (Large Bedroom and full Master Bath) with separate entrance. Huge kitchen with lots of oak cabinets. Wood fl oors, Vinyl siding on block ftnd with crawl space. All
light fi xtures are missing, needs sheetrock work, No appliances. Offered at only $59,000
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