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By Cindy Taylor

If those who attended the Union County Commission meeting Jan. 9 came expect-ing fi reworks, they left disap-pointed. Union County May-or Mike Williams kept a tight rein on the proceedings.

The results of the audit of the Union County school system conducted by Rode-fer Moss and Company were in, and folders containing the fi ndings were distrib-uted to the commissioners. Emilee Riehn and Lee Gow-an, representatives from Ro-defer Moss, addressed the commission and responded to questions.

“Most business was conducted properly; how-ever, not all purchases over $10,000 were put out to bid as required,” said Riehn.

The audit also concluded that purchase orders were not always used and checks were signed electronically rather than by hand. Ques-tionable handling of expens-es at Maynardville Elemen-tary and the new Paulette Elementary were also in-cluded in the report.

School audit fi nds bidding problems

Lee Gowan and Emilee Riehn of Rodefer Moss and Company

presented their fi ndings to the commission. Photo by C. Taylor

The audit also showed that the fi nances for the purchase and installation of the new gym fl oor at Horace May-nard Middle School were not handled properly. The re-port showed that the middle school had been asked to re-imburse the school system for the fl oor. According to Riehn, this was a capital purchase and not the responsibility of the middle school.

“One thing that is very interesting to note as we go

through this, the threshold is $10,000,” said Gowan. “Many invoices were just under $10,000, and some were is-sued on the same day, giving the appearance that someone was trying to stay under the bid threshold.”

Interim Director of Schools Marilyn Toppins in-formed the commission that the money given to the school system for the renovation of the fl oor was already in the process of being returned.

By Cindy Taylor

“Desire to serve, ability to per-form, courage to act. These words we must take to heart. Our commitment must always be to strive to do our best. Anything less cheats not only ourselves, but those whose lives upon us depend.”

Who wouldn’t want to be a part of a group whose creed includes the paragraph above?

The Union County Rescue Squad has been saving lives since 1963 when a group of concerned citizens got together and decided to form the Squad. Today, there are a chosen few who spend nearly every day and sometimes every hour on or near the water, the backwoods and the roads. They are your friends and neighbors, maybe family, and they are some of our unsung heroes.

Since its inception, the Union County Rescue Squad has spent countless hours on rescue missions – more than 6,000 just this year. Some with happy endings, many without. This group of more than 30 volun-teers gives tirelessly of their time and

effort, often with little or no thanks. But they don’t do what they do for the accolades. The junior members are passionate about what they do and expressed their reasons.

“I like helping people,” said 15-year-old Jesse Nicely. “You’ve got to have people who will do this or I guess nobody gets help.”

“I have been involved since we started with the haunted house fundraiser about six years ago,” said 18-year-old Daniel Collins. Collin’s family has a long tradition of being involved with the squad.

Casey Bryan is involved partly because she was a rescue at the age 4. The squad actually saved her life when the car in which she was a pas-senger was involved in an accident. Her heart stopped, and she was re-vived by members of the squad, some of whom are still serving.

“I felt like I needed to repay the community for the help I received,” said Bryan, now 15.

“Somebody has to get off their butt and do their part,” said 17-year-old Steven Henderlight II “I fi gure it

might as well be me. You have those who just sit around and don’t do their part, and you have people who help those who need help.”

Trish Collins has been a member since 1999 and recently had an ex-perience that reaffi rmed her reasons for staying with the squad. Years ago, she had a part in saving an 8-year-old boy who almost lost his leg in a car accident.

“I held his hand until Lifestar came,” said Collins. “He asked me to ride to the hospital with him, but we are not allowed to do that. I ran across him when he came to the jail to visit an inmate last year. I noticed he was walking funny and asked what happened to his leg. Once we talked, I knew who he was. He’s about 13 years old now, but he remembered me.”

“Every time we pull someone out who’s pinned in a car, I look at it as saving their life,” said First Lt. Dennis Nicley. “That’s a pretty fre-quent thing we do, and it usually comes in threes.”

We often picture the Rescue Squad

as spending most of their time in rescues on the lake, but the squad is involved in saving lives in places we don’t often think about. They may be called in to help someone who is pinned under a tractor on a farm, lost in the mountains or who has fallen off a bluff or into a sewer. Many in Union County are unaware that the squad also sponsors the Union Coun-ty Christmas Parade.

“I’ve seen a lot of stuff since I came in 1986,” said Capt. Jeff Sharp. “Membership is down right now be-cause it’s hard to get people who are willing to do this.”

The squad members receive ab-solutely no pay for their time, and the unit relies on donations and fundraisers to keep their people and equipment running. Upcoming fund-raisers will be listed in this paper.

“Unless someone has been a mem-ber of the squad or a family member, they don’t realize how many hours of training and work a member devotes to this, and other counties,” said Chaplain Jim Houston. “And they do it all for the love of their fellow man.”

Members of the Union County

Rescue Squad include: (front) junior

member Casey Bryan, First Lt. Dennis

Nicley, chaplain and founding mem-

ber Jim Houston, Capt. Jeff Sharp,

treasurer Reuben Stansberry; (back)

junior members Steven Henderlight

II, Jesse Nicely and Daniel Collins;

Unit Director Wayne Keck; and Trish

Collins. Members not pictured are:

Dwight Corum, Martin Nicely, Robert

Hamilton, Stacy Rhodes, Eric Logs-

don, Tony Bailey, Leroy McNair, Dar-

rell Bailey, Tim Bailey, Buddy Bailey,

Crystal Muncey, Tracy Collins, Bertha

Painter, Dwayne Muncey, Stephanie

Beaudrie, James Day, Kris Tatum,

Melissa Sweet, Debra Hamilton, Joe

Dixon, Don Morgan, Kayla Muncey

and Preston Logsdon.Photo by C. Taylor

Heroes among us

Once the presentation to the commission was com-plete, Goforth’s attorney Herb Moncier wanted to ask a question of the auditors.

“I just want to know whether in the entire audit they found any evidence of misappropriation of Union County funds by my client or anyone else,” said Moncier.

After a brief discussion with county attorney David Myers, Williams chose not to allow the auditors to answer the question.

“This audit was request-ed by the Union County Board of Education, and the results will be given to them, and they will make a decision regarding that question at their next meet-ing,” said Williams.

A copy of the audit was given to Moncier and to Mary Ann Stackhouse, attorney for the school board.

Building codes were dis-cussed once again, with some commissioners ex-pressing that they were un-happy with portions of the codes. Myers will redraft the proposal and the com-mission will review at a later date for possible revisions.

The commission passed a

resolution to ask the Union County Legislative Delega-tion (state Sen. Mike Faulk and state Rep. Dennis Pow-ers) to make the sale of syn-thetic drugs a felony.

Gary England and other members of the Sheriff’s Oversight Committee pre-sented a Vehicle Daily Check-list form for review by the commission. The form would be fi lled out daily by each deputy in the Sheriff’s De-partment for vehicle tracking such as mileage and mainte-nance and turned back in to the department. The com-mission approved the use of the form.

“This is not going to hurt anybody’s time,” said Eng-land. “We’re not trying to check up on them but this will hold each offi cer respon-sible for his own vehicle.”

After the meeting, Moncier gave a statement to the press regarding the proceedings.

“If something wasn’t bid out properly, the school board is going to be responsible for that, too,” said Moncier. “Even if Goforth keeps his job, he will not drop the per-sonal lawsuit against the four school board members who voted for his suspension.”

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Sciatica can be caused by a disc pressing on the roots of the nerve. It can also be caused by, among other things, tumors or even a condition called piriformis syndrome which is caused by overuse of a muscle in the buttocks. Chiropractic treatment is effective in both treating and preventing sciatica. A chiropractor is trained in maintaining the healthy relationship between the joints, muscles, ligaments and bones of the lower back.

Among recommendations from the American Chiropractic Association to avoid sciatica are these: use good body mechanics, namely, bending at the knees, not the waist, when lifting anything heavy so that your legs, rather than your lower back, do the work; exercise regularly; and maintain a healthy diet and weight. Talk with your chiropractor about what you should be doing to stay healthy and how to avoid trouble with your sciatic nerves.

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A U.S. representative, a state representative and three mayors walk into a bar. Actually, they walked into Pete’s Place on Jan. 5 for a meet and greet with U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleis-chmann. The town hall meeting was sponsored by Darryl and Sandra Edmon-son and included state and local offi cials, employees of the county and residents.

Union County GOP chair Bill Keck welcomed guests and announced that Sen. Lamar Alexander,

Sen. Bob Corker and Fleis-chmann are among those who have been invited to speak at the upcoming Lin-coln Day Dinner. The din-ner is scheduled for 6 p.m. March 17 at Union County High School. Tickets are available from Republican Party members. Keck then introduced Fleischmann.

“In politics, you earn what you get,” said Keck. “He (Fleischmann) has earned re-election in Union County. Regardless of what your politics are, we need to send this man back. He is one of us.”

Fleischmann began by thanking those attending for their support.

“I am grateful to be here on this special day,” said Fleischmann. “Today is my one-year anniversary of be-ing sworn into the House of Representatives. I can think of no other place I would rather be than right here in Union County. During the primary, it was a tough race but we carried every pre-cinct in Union County.”

Fleischmann spoke briefl y about the economy, which is still a major con-

Judge Darryl Edmondson and U.S. Rep Chuck Fleischmann talk after the meeting. Photo by C. Taylor

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cern among most taxpayers. Questions were also asked about congressional redis-tricting, which is scheduled to be up for vote in Congress this week.

“(State Rep.) Dennis Powers does a great job for you all at the state level,” said Fleischmann. “I don’t know the counties I’m going to get yet, but I have begged and pleaded to keep Union County, and I feel real good about that. I know that I will keep the 3rd District, and I believe I represent the best people in the world.”

Powers spoke about re-districting and said that he felt he would keep most of Union County and possi-bly gain people from other counties.

“I didn’t want to lose

any of Union County,” said Powers. “I begged to keep all of Union County, but it looks like I might lose about 4,000 people.”

Fleischmann said that he is one of 14 members out of 435 who have a perfect vot-ing record, and he takes that very seriously. He claims to have always voted conserva-tively to follow his campaign promises. Fleischmann also said that to date he has vot-ed to cut $1.5 trillion out of the U.S. budget and voted to co-sponsor a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget.

“Unfortunately, that vote failed, but we can’t give up on that,” said Fleischmann. “I represent 700,000 Ten-nesseans when I vote, and I take that very seriously.

I see things every day that give me hope and optimism. I have vowed to get into the schools and talk to the stu-dents to give them a reason to vote.”

“I don’t think I have ever seen a congressman come to our county as many times as he (Fleischmann) has and not have his hand out asking for a check,” said Union County Mayor Mike Williams. “I appreciate that he comes to our county as a statesman, not a politician, and the way he visits our schools. What he does helps all of us do a better job.”

The Rev. Mike Viles closed the meeting in prayer, and Fleischmann traveled on to Big Ridge Elementary School where he met with students and faculty.

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It may be hard to believe, but the best-tasting coffee around can be found right here in Union County. Bev-erage Solutions Group, a nationwide business, has been operating in Maynard-ville since 2006 under the guidance of Steve and Doug Thompson and bookkeeper Linney Atkins. Even so, many in the community are unaware of all the company has to offer.

“One of our primary prod-ucts is still our unique cream and sugar station, called a Perfect Serving Powder Dis-penser, that is the concept of my brother Doug,” said Steve Thompson. “We have a new

model this year. This dis-penses a portion per push, is environmentally friendly and saves an average store about $1,000 a year since people cannot steal packets. This kept more than 2 bil-lion packs from going into landfi lls in just one year. We loan the equipment out in exchange for companies buying the products from us and are the only company who has this machine.”

The company has been importing the dispenser and is now looking at an East Tennessee company to as-semble the unit.

They currently have sta-tions in more than 7,000 convenient stores, and since

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By Cindy Taylor

The city of Plainview presented a check for $1,000 to the Tri-County Veterans Honor Guard at the Board of Mayor and Al-dermen meeting Jan. 10 to help the group purchase of summer uniforms.

“We want to thank you for what you do for our veter-ans,” said Vice Mayor Rich-

ard Phillips, who presented the check.

“We really appreciate this,” said Honor Guard member David Williams. “Our uni-forms are winter uniforms and can get pretty hot in the summer. They’re getting worn out anyway, so we are grateful for your help.”

The guard was called upon to attend more than 50

funerals this year and more than 90 in a single year in the past. Williams said that the World War II veterans are just about all gone, and the guard is now honoring Korea and Vietnam veter-ans when they attend funer-als. The guard presented the city with a plaque in ap-preciation of all the city has done to assist them.

Plainview boosts Honor Guard

By Cindy Taylor

Sometimes things only appear complicated until you see them on paper, then you realize they are actually very simple. Not so with the redis-tricting that has taken place in Union County. Whether in print or by ear, the redraw-ing of district lines by the County Commission isn’t making much sense to a lot of people. But according to Union County Administrator of Elections Debbie Viles, the commission had no choice in the matter.

Union County is com-prised of seven districts and nine precincts and, prior to the recent redistricting, deviated from the required percentages of commis-sioners versus voters by 65 percent. The state requires no more than a 15 percent deviation. The County Com-mission recently approved a new map that brings the deviation into line with the state requirements.

Three Union County com-missioners who represent the 2nd District, Luttrell, will be affected by these changes should they decide to stay on the ballot in 2014. Those are Dean Hill, Brenda Jessee and Sheila Buckner. No other districts were affected as far as a change in the number of commissioners.

“I would never vote for something my fellow com-

missioners were against,” said Jessee. “I’m very disappointed in how this turned out.”

“The district should have been rezoned years ago,” said Hill. “I’m disappointed, but I’m fi ne with whatever the commission decides.”

“I hate to see the 2nd District lose a commission-er,” said Buckner. “I’m not convinced the 2010 Cen-sus is completely accurate. Some people may not have sent their papers back in, and some could have been missed, but I do understand why my fellow commission-ers voted as they did.”

“Regardless of whether or not the 2010 census is correct, the County Com-mission must follow specifi c guidelines determined by the most recent census ac-cording to federal law,” said Viles. “The map that the commission came up with has gone to the Offi ce of Lo-cal Government, and when they complete the offi cial drawing it will come back to the commission for re-view and any tweaking that may need to be done. Then it must be placed on fi le at the proper government offi ces.”

According to Viles, Dis-trict 1 had too large a pop-ulation for the number of commissioners and District 2 had too few to support the need for three. Even with

the new map that adds pop-ulation to the 2nd District, the number of commission-ers must be reduced to two.

With the new map, a por-tion of the 3rd District will be moved to the 2nd, and a por-tion of the 1st District (May-nardville) will move to the 3rd, 4th and 6th. Any voter who is unsure what district they now fall into can contact Viles’ offi ce to fi nd out.

According to Viles, the state Senate will not be af-fected as far as voting in Union County. None of the lines have changed, but the district has been renamed from the 4th to the 8th.

“Union and Campbell counties are currently in the 36th State House of Rep-resentatives District,” said Viles. “Grainger, Claiborne and a portion of Jefferson County are in the 35th. The proposal on the fl oor is to take all of Jefferson out of the 35th and putting it back with the rest of Jefferson County. Then, the entire 5th District of Union County along with a portion of the 3rd District and a portion of the 2nd Dis-trict will move into the 35th, away from Dennis Pow-ers and into coach Dennis Roach’s voting area.”

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleis-chmann will not be af-fected by these changes as far as voters go. The fi nal decision on all state chang-

Plain talk about redistricting

Union County Commission districts

prior to the 2010 Census.

The new Union County Commission

district map has been approved by

Union County Commission. They

will make a fi nal vote once the maps

are returned to them by the state.

es comes before Congress for a vote after press time this week. Depending on how that vote goes, Union County could end up with two representatives rather

than just one. The northern and eastern portion will be represented by Roach if he gets re-elected, and the s outhern and western por-tions will be represented by

Dennis Powers if he is re-elected.

So, clear as mud?Info: Union County Ad-

ministrator of Elections Debbie Viles, 992-3471.

Phillips recognized those who helped clear trees on Wallace Road before they got to a point of falling across the road. Those who helped were Jimmy DeVault, Tyler Atkins, Steve Breeden and the street crew from Plainview.

The purchase of a new or used car to add to the police vehicles was discussed and tabled until next month’s meeting. Plainview Police Chief David Tripp reported

that the investigation into recent burglaries is still ongoing. Tripp also sent out thanks to Tracy Sim-mons who was responsible for the repainting of one of the city police cars at no expense to the city.

Phillips brought up the possibility of applying for a matching grant that would enable the city to expand the park and repair the walking track. This will be

an item on the February agenda.

Becky Muncey with Waste Management ad-dressed the board regard-ing the upcoming Great American Clean Up sched-uled for March and asked for a volunteer to help co-ordinate the event with Keep Union County Beau-tiful. Jess Jones agreed to be the point of contact for Plainview.

Charlie Collins of the Tri-County Veterans Honor Guard presents a plaque to Plainview Vice May-

or Richard Phillips in honor of the city’s contributions. Photo by C. Taylor

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The Union County Busi-ness and Professional As-sociation welcomed Brad Davis at their January meeting. Davis is branch manager of First Century Bank in Maynardville and will serve as UCBPA presi-dent for 2012.

UCBPA welcomes new president

Seniors celebrate birthdaysSeveral seniors celebrated

birthdays at Union County

Senior Centers in December.

Celebrating at Plainview were

Kay Jones and Patsy Shoff ner.

Celebrating at Sharps Chapel

was James Jardine. Birthday

fl owers were provided by

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James Jardine celebrated his

birthday at the Sharps Cha-

pel Senior Center on Dec. 7. Photos submitted

Kay Jones and Patsy Shoff ner cel-

ebrated their birthdays at the Pla-

inview Senior Center on Dec. 5.

New Union County Business

and Professional Association

president Brad Davis

Keep Union County Beauti-

ful members David Nevin,

Union County Commissioner

Joyce Meltabarger and Jimmy

Knight show off the Stop Lit-

ter T-shirt to Allen Beeler of

Beegreen Landscaping.

Union County Litter Of-

fi cer Mike Hale and Jess

Jones run Christmas trees

through the chipper dur-

ing the recycle day. Photos by C. Taylor

Justin Collins reported that Toys for Tots was a huge success in 2011 and that some items had yet to be picked up by the fami-lies who registered. These will go back into Toys for Tots for next year if they are not picked up.

Kathy Chesney of Adult Day Services will be host-ing quilting classes begin-ning Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. at the newly renovated center on Maynardville Highway. Classes are open to all skill levels and will begin with the basics of starting a quilt all the way to quilt-ing and finishing off the edges. Advanced quilters who would be interested in facilitating the classes are encouraged to join to help instruct beginners.

Those who plan to attend are asked to bring scissors, needles, their own thimble and cotton fabric if you have it. Tools and fabric will be provided as much as possible depending on the number of attendees. The plan is to design and finish at least one lap quilt that will be donated to someone who needs it.

Those interested are asked to contact Chesney at 566-3289 or send an email to kathyjelley@aol.com.

The UCBPA meets at noon the second Tuesday of each month at El Mariachi.

Recycle Day at ■

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Beautiful members and many other volunteers spent Jan. 7 at Wilson Park collecting used and outdat-ed electronics along with cut Christmas trees that needed to be disposed of.

The city of Plainview brought a truck and pulled a chipper to the park to dispose of the Christmas trees. Residents were wel-come to take the mulch from the trees back with them if they chose.

Bill Eller and Travis Bur-ris were on hand to collect and haul the electronic items back to 5R Processors in Clinton for recycling.

Becky Muncey with Waste Management coordi-nated the event with KUCB.

“This is a budget neutral deal, so no one loses,” said Muncey.

Vinney Loy and John Berger of Tri-County Sani-tation were on site to in-form residents about the services they offer. KUCB provided coffee and donuts and gave out free T-shirts, bags, pencils and other items to help promote Keep Union County Beautiful.

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Community Relations Of-fi cer for the Tennessee De-partment of Transportation, the work on the Highway 33 Bridge project is still ongo-ing, and some portions have recently been completed.

The spread footing was

poured at pier 4 along with the stem last November. Work continues to pour the sec-ond footing at pier 4. After the deep water foundation is poured, efforts will continue to pour the column up out of the water.

Nagi said that work is on-going for one of the four deep water foundations at pier 4. This pier consists of two col-

umns that will support the cap that will hold the metal bridge beams for the bridge deck. Pours were completed at the end of the year to get the column up out of the wa-ter. An area around the newly poured column was de-wa-tered and crews inspected the concrete and applied a texture coating material to the column. Crews then re-moved the large cofferdam

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VERY WELL KEPT HOME – Ready to move in cond. 3BR/1.5BA. Lrg LR, oak cabs in kit w/appl. New 16x12 snrm. 1-car att gar. All level yard w/fruit trees. Located in Maynardville on Walker Ford Rd. REDUCED! Was $119,900 now only $115,500!

HICKORY POINTELOT 99 HICKORY POINTE – Over 1 acre with main channel frontage. Fully dockable. Also with all the ammenities of clubhouse, pool & marina. Owner says SELL at only $199,000. LOT 56 HICKORY POINTE – Great views of the main channel. Located across from clubhouse. All ammenities of clubhouse, pool & marina. Inside gated community. 1.52 gently rolling acres offered at only $72,000.LOT 5 HICKORY POINTE – Great building lot just inside the gated community. Lays great. Several homesites. Wooded. Offered with all the ammenities of clubhouse, pool & marina.1.50 acres offered at only $32,000.

CUSTOM-BUILT HOME ON OVER 2 ACRES W/ALL THE CONVENIENCE – 6821 Millertown Pike. Over 3000 SF, 4BR/3BA home w/gourmet kit & lots of custom features + guest home w/2BR/full BA, kit, LR. Detached 2-car gar. Man-made stocked lake. Very private setting. All offered at only $359,900.00

REDUCED! RESIDENTIAL LOT ON TAZEWELL PIKE just inside Union County. 1.44 acres w/346 ft. on Tazewell Pike. All utilities avail. $29,900. $25,000.GORGEOUS LOT w/over 115' of frontage on the beautiful Holston River. Level 0.88 acre lot to build your new home. The best lot offered in River Point 2. Don’t let this one get away. $69,900.HUNTER’S RETREAT with abundance of wildlife located on Ailor Gap. Over 118 acres of woodland w/creek through prop. Several nice bldg. sites. Offered at $174,000.GREAT WATERFRONT LOT on the beautiful Holston River. 1.60 acres, semi wooded, corner lot. Great homesites. Utility water, elec. Priced at only $59,900. 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 $79,900.AWESOME MTN VIEWS from this great homesite in Lone Mtn Shores. Architecturally restricted comm. Close to Woodlake Golf Club. Lot 614. 2.80 acres. Priced at $19,900.5.69 ALL WOODED ACRES. Very private. Great for hunters retreat. Located in North Lone Mtn. Shores. Lot 1046. Inside gated area. Priced at $27,500.ROCKWOOD WAY. MAYNARDVILLE. 7 sloping/rolling lots in Red Gate Valley S/D. OK for single/double wide homes. These are foreclosure lots. Bank owned. 12.63 acres. Asking $36,000.SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL LOTS in Hidden Ridge S/D. Around 1/2 acre lots. Starting at $24,900. OK for dbl wide homes. Call Tina for more info: 938-3403.

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.

SHARPS CHAPEL – Truly a must see home. Ready to move into. Just completed. Some furnishings negotiable. Within mins to Norris Lake. Perfect for horses. 2-sty w/bsmnt. 3BR/1.5BA. Bsmnt w/one BR & mud rm. Extra strg. All newly fi nished inside & out. All hdwd fl rs. Spacious

kit w/all new S/S appl. Beautiful oak cabs w/crown molding. Tile BAs. Interior is cedar trimmed. Jotul Firelight gas free-standing FP w/stone fl r. Plantation shutters, tin roof, custom strg shed. Way too much to mention. Lots of pastureland, 8.70 acres. Very private. Fully equipped w/alarm sys. Call for appt w/agent to see. Priced to sell at only $154,000

147 OVERVIEW LN. MAYNARD-VILLE. 2.51 ACRES Needs TLC. 4BR/2.5BA, cedar, pine & oak accents throughout. Lam wood fl ooring,spacious kit w/lots of cabs, all appl excluding fridge. Balcony, wrap-around cntry porch, master on main. $187,000

291 MAIN ST. MAYNARDVILLE FORECLOSURE 2BR/1.5BA, 1008 SF condo. Entire kitchen has been stripped out. Needs paint, etc. Vacant. Walking trail for residence. $43,400

RIDGE RD 589, MAYNARDVILLE - This home has great potential. Cath ceilings, free-standing wood stove w/tile fl ooring, alarm sys, DR has hdwd fl rs. Kit has tile fl r, island w/cooktop, covered front porch. Cent H&A unit

needs work. Roof ridge vent is not attached, needs repair. This home needs minor repairs. Is in a very private setting w/beautiful acreage of 9.24. This is a foreclosed bank owned property sold as is. Priced at $87,900.

CUSTOM BUILT – Brick & vinyl w/stone accents. Approx 1600 SF. 3BR/2BA, open kit/dining/living w/ FP. Hdwd fl ooring, tile. Trey ceilings, S/S appl, 2-car att gar. Located in Timber Creek off Johnson Rd in Maynardville. Owner says sell at $159,900. Would consider trade for acreage.

UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 14, 2012 • 5

More on ‘tattooing’

TALES OF UNION COUNTY | Bonnie Peters

Pranksters at work

I knew it! I just knew when I wrote about tat-tooing that some of that had taken place in Union County and that I would get some feedback.

Sure enough, John Brown, an elementary school classmate and much decorated Vietnam War veteran who had lived on Monroe Road, called to say he had participated in a few episodes of what was called “tic-tacking” in May-nardville at the time. Since I didn’t find that in the dic-tionary, and since it is the exact same description as I mentioned earlier, they were tattooing houses.

John says, and Joe Mc-Donald agreed, that a horseshoe nail works best. He said they used regular grocery-store twine. They only rubbed the rosin on the string where one of them stroked the string

with their fingers. Both told me that the noise sounded as if a crowbar was ripping the weather board off a house.

I asked whose homes were the recipients of the tattooing. Joe recalled the Garland Bridges home and Max and Joanna Beeler’s (my brother-in-law and sister Joanna) home. He said Max came out and shot up in the air with a pistol to try to scare them off. I had to laugh. Don said when Max shot up in the air, it scared him so bad that he ran down the hill so fast he tripped and fell. Don recalled that they had tattooed the Roy Mon-roe home.

There were different participants at different times, just whoever showed up for the evening.

John said one evening they went down to the Toby Palmer cabin behind his house, and, while his rent-ers were gone, stretched a

Maynardville Elementary School, 1945. (Front) Laura Kathryn

Monroe, Hope Grizzell, Virginia Satterfi eld, Eleanor Barnes,

Kate Lee, Carolyn Keck, Jack Heiskell, Mattie Jones, Betty Palm-

er, Terry Wayne Miller; (second row) Franklin Bridges, Bonnie

Heiskell, Roberta Bridges, Doyle Bowman, Eugene Monroe,

John “Johnny” Brown, Don Keith Bridges, Yvonne Bridges, Leo

Hartgrove; (third row) Donald Monroe, Jimmy Haynes (also

identifi ed as Edgar Joe Lovell), H. C. Hartgrove, Thelma Mun-

sey, Joann Wallace, Nancy Fields, Dana Cooke, Joe Lovell, Philip

Hensley, Buddy Browning, Elwood Hill; (fourth row) Willa Sue

Monroe, Johnnie Heiskell, Evelyn Leinart, Loretta Graves, Mil-

dred Irick, Elvin Campbell, Jack Monroe, Jake Chesney; (fi fth

row) Robert Woods, Polly Ann Hartgrove, Anna Mae Adams,

Evelyn Miller, Dorothy Mitchell, Floyd “Topsy” Rutherford, Mary

Alice Jessie Howard Hendrix, unidentifi ed student with possi-

ble last name of Adams, Bobby Fields, Joe Sexton, Rush Hen-

drix; (back) unidentifi ed student, Ruby Nell Chesney, principal

Charles H. Lynch, teacher Marie McPhetridge Lynch, teacher

Frank Munsey, Roy Satterfi eld, Horace Haynes, Voyd Keck, Har-

old Lewis, Marshall Monroe and Junior Leinart. From ‘Union CountySchoolday Memories’

log chain along the loft of the cabin and anchored it with fishing line. Pulling the fishing line made the chains rattle. They wait-ed for the family to come home, then would pull the fishing line. John said the whole family ran out.

These clandestine ac-tivities took place from the mid-1940s to the early 1950s. Joe recalled that the neighborhood boys would gather about dark and make plans for the evening. On one occasion, someone had unloaded some timbers in the vicinity of Monroe Road . So, they decided this would be a good time to re-route the traffic on High-way 33 from Walt Baker’s store at the intersection of Academy Street and down Spring Street, then bar-ricade both ends with the timbers. These streets are not very wide now, so you can imagine how narrow the little gravel roads were then. A trailer truck or two got re-routed, and this cre-ated quite a traffic jam.

There was a Greyhound bus that came through Maynardville on its way to Cincinnati and made a midnight stop across from Butcher’s Store. A favorite prank was to get a bucket of fine chat (gravel) and, while the bus was stopped, throw it against the side of the bus. Joe said it sound-ed like buckshot, and the

passengers would scream. As soon as the gravel was thrown, the boys would take off down the hill be-hind the Stiner buildings, getting under the old post office building or any-where they would hide.

Joe said Lee Turner was sheriff at the time. After the re-routing incident, Mr. Turner called a meet-ing of the neighborhood boys. The conversation went something like this: “Now, boys, I know there’s not much to do around here after dark, but I’m getting complaints. If this stuff keeps up, I’m going to have to do something about it. You need to stop it!”

Joe said they liked Mr. Turner, and he thinks that pretty well ended the tat-tooing and other night-time pranks at Maynardville.

While we were remi-niscing about the school days and the fun we all had, Don recalled that Tay-lor Nicely, who had lived in the Palmer cabin about the time of the tattooing, built himself a house. Mr. Nicely, like many of our ancestors, had not had ac-cess to an education and had never learned to read and write. Don asked Mr. Nicely, since he couldn’t read or write, how did he measure for the house.

He said, “Just so many broomsticks long, so many broomsticks wide and so

many broomsticks high.” He showed Don the broomstick.

What about the materi-als; what if the lumber was too long or too short? “Well, if I couldn’t use it one place,

I’d just use it another.”Now this was mountain

wisdom at its best!Bonnie Peters is the Union County Histo-

rian and the author of many books. Con-

tact Bonnie at 687-3842 or bhpeters@

esper.com.

Artists needed for Art in the ParkArtists and vendors are invited to stage booths at the

2012 Art in the Park festival to be held April 21 at Paulette Elementary School. The theme for this year is “The Cradle Rocks,” and the event will feature Ronnie Miller with his Tribute to Elvis. All art will be indoors unless the artist chooses to be outdoors. Booth fees are $15, and charitable organizations may set up for free. Info: Julie Graham, unioncochamber@bellsouth.net or 992-2811.

Printer cartridge recycling at the libraryMaynardville Public Library encourages everyone

to bring their old printer cartridges to be recycled. The library receives up to $4 for each cartridge. Place old cartridges in a plastic sandwich bag and leave it in the col-lection bin just inside the library. Large laser cartridges are not accepted. Funds raised will support the Summer Reading program. Info: 992-7106.

Free GED off eredThe Union County Adult Education Center

invites all those interested in getting a GED to call for an appointment for pretesting. The center provides all testing free of charge to Union County residents. The staff will help applicants prepare for the test. Classes are available 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The official GED tests will be given on the following dates:

Feb. 13 and 14 ■

March 12 and 13 ■

April 16 and 17 ■

June 11 and 12 ■

Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: Melissa Carter, 992-0805 or 254-8833.

Free fl u shots at health departmentThe Union County Health Department will offer free fl u

vaccines to area residents ages 19 and older. Appointments must be made to receive fl u vaccine. The clinic is located at 4335 Maynardville Highway and is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info or for appointment: 992-3867.

School Bucks for HeadstartDouglas Cherokee Headstart is participating in the 2011-

2012 Food City School Bucks program. Families and friends are asked to help the program and link their Food City Valu Cards with Douglas Cherokee Headstart Union County.

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6 • JANUARY 14, 2012 • UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS

This correction in The New York Times offers two clues about

what is an R.A. Dickey: “Extra Bases baseball note-

book last Sunday misidentified, in some editions, the origin of the name Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver, which Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey gave one of his bats.

“Orcrist was not, as Dickey had said, the name of the sword used by Bilbo Baggins in the Misty Mountains in “The Hobbit”; Or-crist was the sword used by the

dwarf Thorin Oakenshield.”1. What that tells us is the for-

mer scholar-athlete at the Uni-versity of Tennessee honors his bats with exotic names.

2. Dickey got his mythology all tangled up. Everybody knows Bilbo Baggins’ sword was called Sting.

Robert Alan Dickey, 37, born-again Christian, ex-Vol, English lit major, 3.52 grade point average, husband, father of three, knuck-leball pitcher, author, adventurer, “Star Wars” nerd, avid reader, bud-

Old Vol R.A. Dickey is diff erent

WORSHIP NOTES

Community servicesGraveston Baptist Church ■ , 8319

Clapps Chapel Road, is enrolling

children 11 months through Pre-K for

Parent’s Day Out. The program has

small classroom sizes. Info: 465-9655

or www.graveston.org.

Men’s programsRevival Vision Church ■ , 154 Durham

Drive in Maynardville, holds a men’s

prayer breakfast at 7 a.m. each

Wednesday. All are invited to join

in praying and fasting for Union

County. Info: Jim, 684-8916.

CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton

TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

ding cyclist and mountain-climber, is one versatile, quirky dude.

And that is just the capsule de-scription of this very talented, hu-morous and decent man.

Even as we speak, Dickey is attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds and awareness for two of his 17 favor-ite causes. Assuming he gets back alive, he will be inducted into the Tennessee baseball hall of fame and honored at the Thurman Munson awards dinner in New York for baseball success and philanthropic works.

Dickey does good deeds. He helps operate Honoring the Fa-ther Ministries which provides medical supplies, powdered milk and baseball equipment to the poor in Latin America. He visits schools and hospitals. Because Dickey understood the situation, the Mets picked him on 9/11/11 to present an American fl ag to a

remarkable soldier who returned from war in Afghanistan.

Before the baseball opener, Dickey’s memoirs, “Wherever I Wind Up,” are due out. The book supposedly has enough stuff to become a movie.

R.A. Dickey on the mound has more fi erce competitiveness than fastball. Maybe you have seen his intense expressions on TV. Off the mound, he is calm, peaceful, polite. Few in baseball are as articulate. None have clubhouse lockers load-ed with heavier reading material.

Dickey can also communicate in numbers. From his midseason 2010 call-up through the end of 2011, he pitched 383 innings with a 3.08 ERA. Roy Halladay, Jered Weaver and Justin Verlander were better. C.C. Sabathia was not.

There are other numbers: After long laboring at too-near-min-imum pay, he has a guaranteed contract worth more than $4 mil-

lion. His goal is to be baseball’s best bargain. OK, if you really must know, his career record is 41-50.

Dickey, no relation to Doug, was great at Tennessee and won two games in the 1996 Olympics but missed the early money. Texas drafted him in the fi rst round and agreed to $850,000 as a signing bonus. In the standard physical exam, the Rangers discovered his right elbow was missing the infamous Tommy John ligament. R.A. had no idea he had been born handicapped. He took a terrible pay cut – to $75,000.

For most of thereafter, he wan-dered on the fringes. He is fi nally famous. And still refi ned. And even more interesting.

The knuckleball fi ts his person-ality. Alas, he is not as funny quirky as he might be if left-handed.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is

westwest6@netzero.com.

I collect words like some people collect good jokes. Find a new one (new to me, at

least), and I am fascinated with its sounds, its etymology (as my Greek etymology professor at UT explained the defi nition of etymol-ogy, “all that nonsense in brackets in the dictionary”), its meaning, its pronunciation, its possible uses and its taste in my mouth.

You never know where a new word will crop up, or when a fa-miliar word will pique your curios-ity. In this case, just the other day, it was in the comic section of the daily paper.

I have searched for that comic strip in my stacks ready for recy-cling and cannot find it again. (If anyone out there can find it for me, please let me know!) I think it was “Crankshaft,” of all strips, and a character in the strip had used the word “nonchalant.”

I knew that “nonchalant” meant casually unconcerned, offhand, cool. No problem with that one; it is fairly common. But in the last frame of the strip, one character pointed out that one should be as chalant as possible.

Curiosity bells went off in my head immediately. “Non” clearly

means not, as in “nonjudgmental.” So, if “nonchalant” means uncon-cerned, what exactly does “cha-lant” mean? And is it a word at all? Or was it just a comic strip joke?

I thank God for Noah Webster and his ilk.

Webster’s Ninth New Colle-giate Dictionary (the handiest one at the moment) says that “nonchalant” is from the Old French “non” (not) and “chaloir” (to concern), and is defined as “having an air of easy unconcern or indifference.”

Well, there you are, then. “Not concerned.”

So, the last frame of the Sun-day comic strip must have been a sincere call for caring, for com-passion: “We all need to be as chalant as possible.”

Webster’s also points out that the French “chalant” is related to the Latin “calere”: to be warm. As in the opposite of cool. The op-posite of nonchalance, then, is warmth, compassion, concern and caring. In a word, to be chalant.

Remember the rule: the way to make a new word your own is to use it in a sentence, so: God is chalant – warm, compassionate, concerned and caring.

Let’s all be ‘chalant’

But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

(Psalm 86:15 NRSV)

Besides having a beautiful meaning, this fabulous word also has a graceful, elegant French sound. It is a lovely word, entire-ly worth collecting. I am happy to have added it to my collection. It may not be used frequently (it might sound pretentious), but it is mine, to use or keep or share.

And it will remind me that Crankshaft (or whoever it was!) was right. We all need to be as chalant as possible, because this old world can certainly use all the chalance it can find!

Music servicesA gospel singing ■ will be held

at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the

Paulette Building across from

Milan Baptist Church and Paulette

Elementary School. Featured

groups are Crimson Ridge; By Faith,

formerly New Beginning Christian

Singers; Tony Gray Trio; and Re-

deeming Grace from Newnan, Ga.

Doors open at 5 p.m. The singing

is free. Concessions will be sold. All

are welcome. No alcohol allowed.

Info: 992-1831 or 566-7543.

Special servicesBlessed Teresa of Calcutta ■

Catholic Mission will hold services

in Spanish every Sunday at 11 a.m.

beginning Jan. 15. La iglesia de Catolica en Maynardville ofrecer

la Misa en Español todos los domin-

gos a las 11 a.m. Info: 992-7222.

Drug Free UC, iCare Union ■

County and area churches invite

everyone to special evenings of

worship and prayer. The schedule

is: Saturday, Jan. 14, Powerhouse

Church, 1521 Main Street, Maynard-

ville; Saturday, Jan. 21, Hubbs Grove

Baptist Church, Hubbs Grove Road,

Maynardville; Saturday, Jan. 28,

Fellowship Christian Church, 746

Tazewell Pike, Luttrell. All services

are held at 7 p.m. Info: 992-7162.

Home-school workshop planned

Those interested in home schooling are invited to attend the annual Moms Meeting of the Union Coun-ty Homeschool Support Group. Cindy Rosenbaum, a veteran home educator and director with Child Evange-lism Fellowship, will be the guest speaker. The meet-ing will be held 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the meeting room at Hardees in Maynardville. Info: Connie Dickey, 992-3629.

TENNderCare available for children

The TENNderCare program wants babies, children, teens and young adults to get the health care they need. Good health begins at birth, so it’s important to “Check In, Check Up and Check Back” with your doctor every year. The program continues to increase the rate of children receiving health care ser-vices every year. Call today to set up a TENNderCare visit with your doctor or go to the Union County Health Department. Your health plan will help. Info: 1-866-311-4287 or www.tennessee.gov/tenncare/tenndercare.

Contact Humane Society for lost pets

The Union County Hu-mane Society asks that pet owners contact them im-mediately if a pet becomes lost. Pets without identifi-cation and rabies tags are only required to be held for 72 hours by Tennessee state law. The Humane So-ciety makes every effort to place animals in “forever homes” as soon as pos-sible. Timely contact will ensure that your lost pet is not adopted by new own-ers. Remember, identifica-tion and rabies tags are your pet’s protection. Info: 992-7969.

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UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS • JANUARY 14, 2012 • 7

Union County High School Athlete of the Week

Samantha Russell

By Cindy Taylor

With basketball sea-son more than half over,

the Union C o u n t y H i g h S c h o o l girls bas-k e t b a l l t e a m members hope to pull out a few more

wins, especially senior point guard Samantha Russell.

“We’re a young team, so our record doesn’t look that good this year,” said Russell. “I think our record is 5-12, and I hope we can change that to a positive before the end of the season.”

Roger Murphy coach-es the team and has been Russell’s coach since her middle school days. With 10 more regular season games he, too, hopes that the team will improve.

“Sam has been a nice addition to the team this year,” said Murphy. “She hasn’t fi nished out the past couple of seasons, but I think this year she realized she missed play-ing, so she has made a bigger commitment to the team. If we can take care of business down the stretch, we can get positioned to get into the regional tournament. Samantha can help with that. She leads the team in assists right now and has a great attitude.”

Russell plans to attend Lincoln Memorial Univer-sity after high school to pursue a degree in nursing.

RussellFleischmann visits Big Ridge

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleis-

chmann speaks to a class

at Big Ridge Elementary

School. After a presenta-

tion and question and

answer session in May-

nardville, Fleischmann

traveled to Big Ridge and

reviewed government

policy with the students

and encouraged them to

vote when they come of

age. “I have great faith in

our government, and each

of you should have a say in

how things are run,” said

Fleischmann. Photo submitted

kids

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By Cindy Taylor

Horace Maynard Middle School hosted UT Exten-sion agent Shannon Per-rin as the judge for the 4-H middle school public speaking contest.

Seventh grade English teacher Lisa O’Donnell kept her own score sheet since the speeches count toward TCAP standards. Students could choose to speak on any subject such as favor-ite book, sports player or something that would im-part information to other

students. Speeches were judged on originality, mem-orization, voice projection and comfort with speaking in public along with other criteria.

Results of this all-day contest were not available at press time and will be announced in a later issue. Blue ribbon winners were invited to participate in the countywide speech contest 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17. All 4-H students from elemen-tary to high school were in-vited to participate.

Carmin Ellison gives her speech about the recycling. Photo by C. Taylor

Seeking the blue

Public speaking contest upcoming4-H’ers who received a blue ribbon at their clubs’ public

speaking contests are invited to participate in the county-wide public speaking contest scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Horace Maynard Middle School. Registration starts at 5 p.m., and the contest begins at 5:30. If school is can-celed Jan. 17, the snow date for the contest is Jan. 24.

MOMS Club welcoming new members

The Maynardville MOMS Club is welcoming moms and kids to join in fun, local, free or low-cost activities, cooking and crafts. The club is open to full- or part-time stay-at-home moms, grandmothers staying at home with grandchildren, and home schooling moms living in the Maynardville or Union County area. Info: Darlene, 712-4560, or Eden, 687-2469.

Quilting classes off eredKathy Chesney of Adult

Day Services will host quilting classes beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the newly renovated Adult Day Services on Maynardville Highway. Classes are open to all skill levels. Attendees are asked to bring scissors, needles, thimbles and cot-ton fabric. Info: 566-3289 or kathyjelley@aol.com.

Chamber banquet is Feb. 3

The annual Union County Chamber of Com-merce banquet will be held 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Rutherford Memorial United Methodist Church in Corryton. Funds raised will sponsor a marker for the National Civil War Trail program in Union County. Tickets are available from Chamber board members or through the Chamber offi ce. Info: 992-2811.

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All programs of the Can-cer Support Community of East Tennessee (formerly the Wellness Community) are offered at no cost to individuals affected by cancer and most are offered at 2230 Sutherland Ave. in Knoxville. Info: www.cancersupportet.org or 546-4661.

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Weekly support ■ groups for cancer caregiv-ers, Monday evening.

Weekly cancer fam-■ ily bereavement group. Thursday evening.

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