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Wrestling tourneySaturday, Jan. 17, 17 teams

of wrestlers from a multi-state area will gather at Halls High School to participate in one of the toughest one-day tourna-ments in the state.

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Farmers who plan to sell prod-ucts at farmers markets will have an opportunity to learn about reg-ulations and more at six Farmers Market Boot Camp Workshops to be held across Tennessee in Feb-ruary.

This will be the fourth con-secutive year for these workshops, which will be taught by special-ists from University of Tennessee Extension, the Tennessee Depart-ment of Agriculture and USDA Risk Management Agency. T he

workshops are open to all farmers.“It is easy for a farmer to get

frustrated with some of the food processing regulations, but it is important to remember that the regulations actually serve to help vendors,” said Hal Pepper, a fi nan-

By Libby MorganUnion County lost three stal-

warts last week:Frank Grizzell of Sharps

Chapel, the subject of Union County Heritage Festival 2014’s iconic photograph, passed away Jan. 3 at age 69. He was a Vietnam veteran, farmer and 39-year TVA employee.

His daughter, Tabitha Estes, says, “He had a great sense of hu-mor. When he had us working in the fi elds and picking up rocks, he called it ‘family bonding time.’ He was very kind and always put his family fi rst.

By Libby MorganStewart Oakes, head of Oakes

Daylilies in Corryton, has offered to spread the color and blooms of his families’ famous hybrids to public spaces in Union County.

“It’s something we can do for the community,” says Oakes, “and we will meet with

crews and volunteers to train them in planting and caring for the plants.

“It’s nice to see large swaths of the same variety so there’s a big splash of color,” he says.

County Mayor Mike Williams says, “This is a great way to dress up our county. We’ll be able to plant the daylilies in Wilson Park this spring, and they’ll look won-derful at our county welcome signs.

“We’ll put them everywhere we can and use trustee labor, so we’ll essentially have no cost in a proj-ect that will fi t right in with our goal of making our community even more attractive.”

Williams says as daylilies pro-liferate in Union County, the dis-play will give Bloom Festival visi-tors a reason to take a driving tour through the area.

The Oakes Daylilies Bloom Festival is held the last weekend

in June at the Oakes farm at the southern border of Union County in Corryton. The two-day event hosts visitors from all over the U.S. and features six acres of gar-dens with 1500 varieties of daylil-ies.

Union County Arts Council chair Carol Pratt says, “The earli-er-blooming daylily varieties will be perfect all through the Art on Main grounds.”

The Art on Main festival is tra-ditionally held the fi rst Saturday in June in downtown Maynard-ville.

Maynardville city manager Jack Rhyne says he and his wife, Marie, have always grown daylil-ies.

“They’re easy to grow and welove them. As soon as we (the city)get our grant for the walking trailin front of the high school, we’llmake a plan for big beds of daylil-ies right along the highway. I’d liketo put them around city hall, too.It’ll be beautiful.”

Stewart Oakes began growingdaylilies with his dad Bill in the1960s and started a mail-orderbusiness in the 1980s. In 2000,the family started another agri-business, The Corn Maze andPumpkin Patch at Oakes Farm,which draws thousands of visi-tors every September and Octo-ber.

Oakes says, “This will be a goodpartnership for all involved.”

Stewart Oakes

Farmers market boot camps setcial specialist with the UT Centerfor Profi table Agriculture. “Also,the regulations help support themarket,” he said.

“At the boot camp workshops

Beautiful daylilies coming to a public spot near you, thanks to

a donation from Oakes farm. File photo by Cindy Taylor

This photo of Frank Grizzell and his grandson, Nick Estes, was the feature

image for the 2014 Heritage Festival. Photo submitted

Losing three treasures“I’m a very proud daughter.”Grizzell leaves his wife, Mary

Lou; daughters and their families Tabitha, Lance and Nick Estes and Tanya, Robbie and Seth Jenkins; siblings Wesley Grizzell, Modena Grizzell and Byrtle Range and many other family members and friends.

Irene Tolliver Hamilton was a storekeeper for many years during World War II on what is now Kettle Valley Road. She loved sharing the experiences of her long, active life and passing on

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Good-bye, friend“Irene (Tolliver Hamilton)

volunteered at the Union County Museum and for many other community projects.

“When Irene was work-ing at the museum, it was not unusual for people searching for their ancestors to mention a name that Irene had known personally. Not only could she fi nd the records, she could tell them personal stories about their ancestors, and that made their visit really special.”

➤ Read Bonnie Peters on page 4

Berry Strong“Eric Berry is already a

model for younger players, an example of how to do it. Before that, he was just a model citi-zen. I remember a high school story of him volunteering as a helper in a dentist’s offi ce. I always suspected the reception-ist was pretty.

“I recall, at UT, him show-ing up in the equipment room the night before a game to help team managers clean and pol-ish helmets. Think about that, star with a scrub brush.”

➤ Read Marvin West on page 5

Say, you there!“Every person in that study

hall could be talking profusely, but at some point during the period Mr. Branum would call out, ‘Hey, Jan Freeh, bring your stuff, you’re going to the offi ce.’

“Jan would collect his stuff, muttering under his breath in a tongue only the fi rst two words of which were decipherable, ‘Oh, Branum, @ # $ % ^ & *!’

“Jan had not only a seat in study hall, but an alternate seat in the outer offi ce as he was an expected daily visitor.”

This week, Ronnie Mincey tackles study hall.

➤ Read Ronnie Mincey on page 4

Oakes to donate lilies to beautify county

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After months of wading through permits and prep-ping for handicap access, owners opened the Powell eatery for family and friends on the night of Jan. 6. The house was packed and the food did not disappoint.

The menu includes steak, chicken, trout and duck, along with inspired sides and appetizers created to melt in your mouth and warm your tummy. And the homemade bread … wow!

If you end up waiting for a table, a stroll upstairs

to the primitive shop will warm your heart.

“I have been working here for months decorating and helping to prepare for the opening,” said primi-tive shop employee Wanda Carden. “When I came in tonight, the sights, smells, music, lighting and see-ing all the people enjoying themselves – it took my breath away.”

Located in the former George and Frona Gill home at the intersection of Emory Road and Spring Street, the restaurant offers casual ambience in a family atmo-sphere, with a dash of class. Even on a cold night, the porch is warm and cozy.

Owners Bart and CindyElkins and executive chefCinnamon Kennedy haveindeed brought a touch ofSouthern elegance, charmand grace to fi ne dining inPowell. You might see theElkinses’ daughters AnnaGrace and Sunny Day mak-ing their way among the ta-bles, welcoming guests.

The bakery/primitiveshop is open 9 a.m.-9 p.m.Tuesday-Saturday and willsell pastries and coffeealong with unique décor.The restaurant is open at 3p.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday- Fridayand 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sat-urday. No alcohol is served.Info and reservations: 859-9260.

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Hosts Bailee Rhoton

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The Front Porch restaurant owners Cindy

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Bailey, great

granddaughter

of George and

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grandson, Cory

Payne; (at right,)

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Three treasures From page 1

Farmers market From page 1

Lee Berry

Irene Tolliver Hamilton File photo

stories she heard from her grandmother, who remem-bered when Indians still roamed the area.

Hamilton was 96 and lived her last few years with her daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Stan Bullen, who have preserved the family home, a log cabin built around 1840. The com-plex of the home, garden and Irene’s store has been placed on the National Reg-

ister of Historic Places.She passed away just be-

fore Christmas.Lee Berry, a farmer

with deep Sharps Chapel roots, passed away Jan. 4 at age 88. He served as a very young soldier in the Army in World War II, and his family says he let everyone know that he learned to drive on Germany’s Autobahn.

He leaves behind almost 40 children, grandchildren

and great-grandchi l-dren, most of whom still reside in Sharps Chapel.

The Tri-C o u n t y H o n o r Guard per-

formed graveside military rites for Mr. Grizzell and Mr. Berry.

farmers will learn about food safety regulations for their products as well as li-ability risk and other per-tinent topics. We encour-age everyone to preregister early.”

Those planning to attend may register for the work-shops online at tiny.utk.edu/fmbootcamp. The $20 registration fee includes lunch. Preregistration is re-quired at least fi ve days pri-or to the workshop. Space is limited.

The workshops will be held in Cookeville (Feb. 16), Alcoa (Feb. 17), Greeneville (Feb. 18), Covington (Feb. 24), Clarksville (Feb. 25) and Franklin (Feb. 26).

Check-in begins at 9 a.m. local time, and sessions will last from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The workshops are in-tended for farmers who plan to sell at farmers markets and will cover these topics:

Understanding the Need for Regulations on Pro-cessed Fruits and Vegeta-bles

Be Outstanding in Your Field with a Fabulous Farm-ers Market Display

Are You Covered When Selling Fruits and Vegeta-bles? Be Informed About Product Liability Risk

Retail Meat Sales Guide-lines

Plant the Right Fruit and Vegetable Seeds to Grow Your Bank Account

Resources for Specialty Crop Growers Through the Center for Profi table Agri-culture

Updates: Milk Sales and USDA Poultry Exemptions

Introduction to Whole Farm Revenue Protection

Attendance at these workshops fulfi lls a Tennes-see Agricultural Enhance-ment Program (TAEP) requirement in only these sectors: Fruits and Vegeta-bles and Value-Added Di-versifi cation sectors.

For additional informa-

tion regarding educational programs for TAEP credit, contact Erica Alexander at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, 615-837-5344.

Fruit production and di-rect marketing workshops offered

Fruit production and marketing are among the fi rst topics to be discussed by University of Tennessee Extension experts in 2015. The UT Center for Profi t-able Agriculture is offering day-long workshops to pro-ducers interested in grow-ing and direct marketing fruit through pick-your-own and on-farm retail markets.

These workshops will in-clude educational sessions about fruit production, good agricultural practices and food safety, fi nancial analysis, risk management and marketing.

Instructors will be UT Extension’s Dave Lock-wood, Faith Critzer, Megan Bruch Leffew and Alan Gal-loway.

Participants will also hear from a fruit producer with real-world experience in pick-your-own and on-farm retail. Weather per-mitting, each workshop will include a farm tour.

The workshop will be repeated on Jan. 21, 22, 27 and 28 at Hardeman Coun-ty, Marshall County, Greene County and Monroe County respectively.

Registration and net-working will begin at 8:30 a.m. (local time), and ses-sions will begin at 9 a.m. The workshop will end by 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be pro-vided.

Registration and a $15 fee is required by fi ve busi-ness days prior to the work-shop date. Register with a credit card at https://tiny.utk.edu/PYO or call theCenter for Profi table Agri-culture at 931-486-2777.

Artists’ works on displayThree artists will be

featured during January at the Parkside Gift Shop, formerly known as the Parkside Open Door Gal-lery in Fountain City.

Fountain City resi-dents Denae Oglesby will feature hand-crafted sil-ver jewelry and Kate Mc-Cullough will feature wa-tercolors.

Mary Secrist of Halls

will also feature water-colors.

The gift shop is located at 213 Hotel Ave. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues-day and Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Artists throughout the area are juried into Parkside Gift Shop. Info: 357-7624 or 357-2787.

By Ruth WhiteBack in 1968, Halls wres-

tling coach Ed Simmons had the idea to host a tour-nament, inviting teams to attend and compete against some of the best in the area.

Each year the tourna-ment has grown, and this weekend 17 teams will gather at Halls High School to participate in one of the toughest one-day tourna-ments in the state.

Making the trip are Brad-

ley Central, Wilson Central and McCallie (some of the top teams in Tennessee), plus Pisqah, N.C. and Abing-don, Va., as well as Tennes-see teams from Blackman, Beech, Cane Ridge, East Hamilton and Red Bank. Area teams include Alcoa, Maryville, William Blount, Powell and Seymour.

Halls High School has produced its share of out-standing wrestlers, includ-ing former coach Chris Van-

dergriff and his son, John; current coach Shannon Sayne and middle school wrestling coach Cody Hum-phrey, to name a few. Four of the teams attending the tournament are coached by former HHS wrestlers: Page High School coach is 2000 graduate Benji Gray; Pow-ell High is coached by Larry Neely (1977); Seymour High coach is Alex Cate (2004) and Halls coach Sayne is a 1998 grad.

Halls wrestler Joe Fox is ranked

among the top six in Tennessee at

145 pounds. Fox is pictured with

Powell opponent Nathan Russell at

a recent match. Photo by R. White

Halls to host 42nd annual wrestling tournament

Wrestling begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, and will last until around 9 p.m. per coach Shannon Sayne.

Duals for elementary and middle school wrestlers will be held on Friday, Jan. 16, to kick off the weekend, and a junior varsity tournament will be held on Monday, Jan. 19, all in the HHS gym.

Wrestling will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday and will last until 4-5 p.m.

Lamar soundsoff on ‘America’s College Promise’

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexan-der came to Tennessee Fri-day with President Barack Obama, but he was not on board with the president’s proposal.

“The right way to expand Tennessee Promise nation-ally is for other states to do for themselves what Tennessee has done. Then, instead of creating a new federal program, the fed-eral government can help in two ways.

“First, reduce paperwork for the ridiculous 108-ques-tion student aid application form which discourages two million Americans from applying for federal Pell grants that are already available to help pay com-munity college tuition.

“Second, pay for the new Pell grants that will be awarded if other states emulate Tennessee Promise and if Congress reduces paperwork and allows students to use Pell grants year-round.”

others “Nicely,” even “Mis-ery,” which came closest to describing my state of mind in his PE class. His continual mispronunciation drew much unwanted at-tention from my classmates through my futile attempts at correction.

Based upon such expe-riences, it might surprise some that I chose to be in Mr. Branum’s health class during sophomore year. This decision was made over the phone with my friend Randy Gaut just be-fore spring registration for fall classes. Randy and I knew we would have several classes that were expected to be very diffi cult: English II (Eileen Monroe), Biology I (Peggy Cosby, later De-Busk), Spanish I (Vauda Lee

Needham), and Algebra II (Ms. DeMarotta).

Even though we were taking a study hall, and it was an option to have Ms. Cosby for health, we de-cided we needed at least one “crip course.” Mr. Branum’s reputation identifi ed his health class as such, and we were not disappointed.

Fate decreed that Mr. Branum would cross my path one last time during junior year. Guess which teacher was assigned sec-ond period study hall in the cafeteria?

This study hall was rather large, and Mr. Branum did not require absolute silence. I always sat at a table with my friend Jan Freeh. In this particular situation I might have been blessed that Mr.

Branum couldn’t remember my name, but he never from day one had a problem re-membering Jan’s.

Every person in that study hall could be talking profusely, but at some point during the period Mr. Bra-num would call out, “Hey, Jan Freeh, bring your stuff, you’re going to the offi ce.”

Jan would collect his stuff, muttering under his breath in a tongue only the fi rst two words of which were decipherable, “Oh, Branum, @ # $ % ^ & *!” Jan had not only a seat in study hall, but an alternate seat in the outer offi ce as he was an expected daily visi-tor.

I did not have Mr. Bra-num during my senior year, and fate decreed that our

paths would cross no more after May 1983. Though he couldn’t remember me from one day to the next, he lives forever in my long-term memory of happy days gone by.

Next I will share a high school lesson that caused a college problem.

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Ronnie Mincey

TEACHER TIME

Bonnie Peters

A more fi tting name for the Harvard Crimson might be the fortuitously allitera-tive “Harvard Hypocrites.”

GOV NOTES ■ The Union County

Board of Education will

meet in regular session

Thursday, Jan. 15, at

the Union County High

School Auditorium. The

workshop will begin at

6 p.m. with the meeting

immediately to follow.

We were saddened this Christmas season by the

death at age 96 of Irene T o l l i v e r H a m i l t o n on Dec. 14, 2014.

I r e n e was a life-long and well-known resident of

Union County. She is sur-vived by her daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Stan Bullen; her son and daugh-ter-in-law, Robert and Deb-ra Hamilton; grandchildren Johnny Hamilton and Glen-da Hamilton and her part-ner, Steve Thompson; great grandchildren Taylor and Autumn Hamilton; step-grandchildren Butch and Lynn Bullen, Dr. Michael Bullen; step-great grand-children Grant Bullen, Lara Lynn Bullen Goodman and husband Nick; Emily, Anna, Katherine and Luke Bullen.

Both Max Branum and I were new to Horace May-nard High School in fall 1978, he as a teacher and football coach and I as an eighth grader. Both of us were there the exact same number of years.

I experienced classes with Mr. Branum four of fi ve years. In eighth and ninth grade, he was my PE teach-er. He being the only male PE teacher, and the class re-quired for eighth and ninth grades, there was no other option.

What’s your name?

The man never used my fi rst name. He attempted to call me by my last name, Mincey, but I never once re-call him pronouncing it cor-rectly. To him on some days I was known as “Muncey,”

Hamilton

A tribute to

Irene was born in the his-toric Hamilton-Tolliver log house and for many years looked after the Hamilton-Tolliver complex, which also includes the Hamilton Store and the Norris Dam Brand tomato cannery. As long as she was able, Irene grew many vintage fl owers – one which she called widow’s tears or mother’s tears.

Irene was a source I frequently relied upon for information about Union County history, and Irene could almost always an-swer my questions. Irene had a keen sense of what was historically signifi cant and kept a good fi le of many, many interesting events concerning Union County.

She shared Valentine sayings, which I have previ-ously shared in my column. I understand she did a com-pilation of her own stories, and we thank Irene for that.

During World War II she ran the Hamilton Store across from her home and could tell about the ration-ing of items and how she tried to keep needed items in stock. She later worked in Walt Baker’s store, which was at the intersection of Main Street and Academy Street. After Walt died, Bill “Willie” Wills ran the store and Irene continued to work there. Laura Cathe-rine Monroe now owns this property.

Irene volunteered at the Union County Museum and for many other community projects. When Irene was working at the museum, it was not unusual for people searching for their ances-tors to mention a name that Irene had known per-

sonally. Not only could she fi nd the records, she could tell them personal stories about their ancestors, and that made their visit really special.

When Irene began to think about crossing the bar, she left for her family and friends, a poem written long ago and attributed to Edgar A. Guest, Betty Miller Davis or Anonymous:

When I come to the end of the road and the sun has set for me,

I want no rites in the gloom fi lled room – Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little – but not too long, and not with your head bowed low.

Remember the love we once shared, miss me – but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take, and each must go alone.

It’s all a part of the mas-ter plan – a step on the road home.

‘H’ is for hypocriteIrene Tolliver Hamilton

When you are lonely and sick of heart, go to the friends we know:

And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds. Miss me – but let me go.

LarryVan

Guilder

As the New York Times recently reported, it isn’t love for the Crimson that’s behind the red faces of Harvard faculty members. Turns out they’re indignant about being introduced to the reality of health care reforms many of them sup-ported.

Ivy League, meet The Rest of Us.

Confronted with in-creased out-of-pocket costs for health care, resulting

in part from provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the agitated academics are questioning the university’s data.

Some have gone so far as to devise spreadsheets to crunch the numbers – no mean feat for professors more at home with Aphro-dite than annuities.

One Harvard veteran called the changes “deplor-able, deeply regressive,”while another said the out-of-pocket costs were “equiv-alent to taxing the sick.”

As a member of the un-washed masses who has forked over my “sick tax” for years, it’s hard to over-look their hypocrisy, much less generate sympathy for them.

Hypocrisy in academia is at least a change of pace from rampant political hy-pocrisy.

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chest.“You all right?” Abdullah

asked.“I’m good,” Berry replied.Later, his shoulder wasn’t

so good. An X-ray didn’t show anything but when orthopedic physician Cris Barnthouse examined him, things didn’t add up. Berry hurt when he moved his arm but was not sensitive to touch, nor was his strength affected. If his chest was bruised, he would have felt pain in all three tests. Barn-thouse recommended an MRI.

There it was, the intrud-er, a mass that didn’t belong.

Eric chose Atlanta as the battleground, Emory’s can-cer institute. Dr. Christo-pher R. Flowers, a Stanford man, is calling the plays. He says the affl iction is poten-tially curable with standard chemotherapy. Radiation is a secondary approach. Stem cell implants are out there somewhere, if needed.

Flowers did not discuss future football. Or hair loss.

I lack the wisdom to ex-plain why really bad things sometimes happen to really good people. I do know the NFL generates a bunch of ugly headlines. None belong to Eric. He is considered a rock-solid pillar among the Chiefs, a natural leader who plays the game the right way and didn’t fl aunt his wealth or honors.

Eric is already a model for younger players, an example of how to do it. Before that, he was just a model citizen. I remember a high school story of him volunteering as a helper in a dentist’s offi ce. I always suspected the receptionist was pretty.

I recall, at UT, him show-ing up in the equipment room the night before a game to help team manag-ers clean and polish hel-mets. Think about that, star with a scrub brush.

I never saw Eric turn cartwheels or otherwise celebrate an interception or touchdown. He just handed the ball to the nearest of-fi cial. He has always been substance over style.

BerryStrong is the get-well theme but Kansas City defensive end Mike De-Vito tweeted a verse from Psalms that I’m going to keep handy, just in case: “O Lord, my God, I cried to You for help, and You have healed me.”Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

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Those who followed the Washington scene in the 1950s, particularly during President Truman’s administra-tion, will remember Perle Mes-ta. She was the socialite who gave the parties that ev-eryone aspired to attend. When Truman appoint-ed her U.S. Ambassa-dor to Luxembourg, she continued her lavish parties there.

Long before that time, Knoxville’s Mary Boyce Temple moved into either Washington’s May-fl ower or Willard hotel during each winter’s social season. There she practiced the skills that had made her mother famous for hosting at her Melrose Estate, entertaining celebri-ties such as Gov. Wil-liam G. Brownlow, presidential candi-date John Bell, and Civil War generals John G. Foster and Ulysses S. Grant.

Born on July 6, 1856, Mary Boyce Temple was the only child of Judge Oli-ver Perry Temple (1820-1907) and Scotia C. Hume Temple (1832-1889). O.P. Temple was a staunch Unionist in the days lead-ing up to the Civil War and became one of the most celebrated jurists of his day. He was a busy practicing attorney before he became chancellor of the Eighth Chancery district (1866-1870) and of the Second Dis-trict (1870-1878). At one point he had the highest personal income of anyone in Knox County. As a member of the University of Tennessee board of Trustees for 54 years,

he was an early and persistent promoter of improvements in agriculture and transpor-

tation.Of his four published books, “East Tennessee and the Civ-

il War” (1899) has been the most infl uential, with its

detailed account of the events leading up to Tennessee’s secession, the Bridge Burn-ing Incident and the Great Locomotive Chase.

From 1862 to 1865, the Temple family lived at Melrose Es-

tate, among the fi nest in Knox County, where

they entertained many visiting dignitaries. Now

the site of UT’s Hess Hall, Temple’s 20 acres contained the i mpres-sive Melrose man-sion, experimental fl ower and vegetable

gardens, an extensive fruit orchard and an outstanding collection of ornamental shrubs and trees.

Mary Boyce attended local schools but obtained much of her education from fre-quent travel with her family, as well as from the family’s extensive library. She matricu-lated at Vassar College, then an exclusive school for women only, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1887, the fi rst southern woman to graduate from the col-lege. Founded in 1861 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Vassar is on the banks of the Hudson River, halfway between the capital, Albany, and New York City. No doubt its location in a center of so much of America’s history en-

I do believe it is prayer meeting time.

The sports forums I fol-low, starting with Scout’s VolChat and Rocky Top Board, tell me Tennessee people are praying for one of our favorite sons, Eric Berry.

So are Georgia people and Kentucky people and some from Florida and even Alabama. Out in Kansas, concern for Berry is big.

Eric is 26, a two-time All-American Volunteer, recipient of the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s best collegiate defensive back. The Chiefs selected him fi fth in the 2010 draft. He has been that good or better in the NFL.

That was then.The now part is a fi ght

for his life against Hodgkin lymphoma. He is favored

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HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

Mary Boyce Temple(1856-1929)

Philanthropist, socialite and suf-

fragette, Miss Mary Boyce Temple

(1856-1929) was active in Knoxville,

Nashville and Washington. Photos cour-tesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection.

Adair Monument in Lynnhurst Cemetery. On Oct. 26, 1926, Mary Boyce Temple represented the

Bonny Kate Chapter of the D.A.R. at the dedication of John Adair’s monument. In the front are

Sarah Smith Sanders, J. Harvey Smith, Temple and Sarah Smith McCampbell.

Prayer meeting time

to win, a high percentage do, but he is too special and this is too serious to take for granted.

Peyton Manning has checked in. He sees this as a tough fi ght, understands the treatment is challeng-ing, but says Eric is a fi ghter.

“I reached out to him and told him he’s in a lot of peo-ple’s prayers and thoughts.”

Phillip Fulmer is opti-mistic.

“He was always up to the challenge. I believe he will be in this case.”

Ex-Vol Inky Johnson,

inspiration for many, close friend to Berry, says Eric is doing well.

“He’s doing great. He comes from a great fam-ily. Most importantly, Eric knows who’s in control of his situation and that’s God. When you know who’s in control, you’re at peace with it. So Eric will be fi ne.”

Maybe you know that Berry chose Kansas City number 29 in recognition of Inky. He was 29 at Tennes-see.

We don’t know when the cancer started but we know when it was found. Quirky story. Late November, Ber-ry put a big hit on Oakland running back Marcel Reece. The other safety, Husain Abdullah, came fl ying in to get a piece. He also got some of Eric.

Berry got up clutching his

hanced her interest in the subject.When she returned to Knoxville, she

found her mother in ill health, and the two traveled widely seeking a physician or cli-mate that would help her. However, Scotia Hume Temple passed away in May 1889 while they were in New York City. Her body was returned to Knoxville and interred in Old Gray Cemetery where a tall obelisk was placed in her honor.

Miss Temple lived with her father for many years in a home at the southeast cor-ner of Market and Cumberland. The house also became a center of Knoxville’s social life, where Mary Boyce assisted her father in hosting and with the research and writ-ing that would result in the publication of his four books. Her father passed away in 1907, and she completed the editing of his fourth book, “Notable Men of Tennessee (1833 to 1875),” which was published in 1912.

Along with Lizzie Crozier French, Miss Temple organized the Ossoli Circle in 1885 and was elected its fi rst president. Ossoli, the South’s oldest federated women’s club, chose promotion of its members’ intellectu-al and moral development as its fi rst goal. Later, they chose projects that would aid in the education of mountain children and in other social, economic and civic activity.

In 1893, she organized the Bonny Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.), named for the sec-ond wife of John Sevier. She served as re-gent of the chapter for many years and also served as vice president-general of the na-tional D.A.R. (1898-99). Eventually she was named life regent of the chapter. She always attended the national congresses; she was often called upon to preside and was said to have a “particular genius” in conducting the meetings.

In recognition of her work at the local, state and national level, Gov. Benton Mc-Millan appointed Temple to represent Ten-nessee at the Paris Exposition in 1900. She would later represent the state in Stock-holm and Rio de Janeiro. She attended the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 as the lone woman on the Jury of Higher Education, and in 1913 she helped organize Knoxville’s National Conservation Exposition.

When developers threatened to raze Blount Mansion in 1925, Mary Boyce wrote her personal check for $100 to secure the option for the D.A.R. She became the fi rst president of the Blount Mansion Associa-tion and means were found to save the man-sion. An ardent suffragist, Temple became president of the Knox County chapter of the League of Women Voters in the 1920s.

In 1922, Mary Boyce moved to 623 Hill Ave. and lived there until her death.

Originally occupied by the Chambliss family, the house had several owners and underwent many structural changes after her death and was scheduled for demoli-tion. Fortunately, Brian Pittman, a local architect, purchased it in 2006 and has expended much effort in its authentic res-toration. The two-story house includes a Colonial Revival style porch, bay windows in the parlor and master bedroom and original exterior brick and iron. The in-terior features elegant woodwork, includ-ing an oak staircase and two impressive pocket doors.

A lifelong member of Second Presbyte-rian Church, Mary Boyce Temple passed away on May 16, 1929, leaving a lasting legacy as a welfare worker, preservation ac-tivist, philanthropist, historian and author. Her services were conducted by Dr. Clifford Barbour and she was interred with her par-ents in Old Gray Cemetery.

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You understand as well as I do that time fl ows in one direction, and nothing we can do, say or think will change that. On refl ection, I am grateful for that; other-wise, I might possibly have to live some days over and over until I get them right!

Even so, the turning of the year is a gift. Because we have chosen to “subdi-vide diurnity,” as Danish poet/philosopher/architect/city designer Piet Hein de-scribes it, we can deal with time in chunks, rather than be overwhelmed by its im-mensity.

I am willing to take my days, my blessings and my woes one at a time!

There is something fresh and promising about a new year. We have a chance to start over. A new year places us at a new starting line: we have a clean slate; we can change ourselves, our bod-ies, our habits, our outlook.

So, this year, what will

For everything there is a season and time for every matter under heaven. ...

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(“Out of Time (A Holiday Thought),” Piet Hein)

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you do differently? What is one aspect of your life that you would most like to change? (If there isn’t some-thing you need or want to change about your life, then you are most singularly blessed!)

When my mother was a stay-at-home mom, her annual January gift to her-self was to put away all the Christmas paraphernalia and then settle in to re-read “Gone with the Wind.” (Her copy of that book eventu-ally fell apart and had to be rebound; it sits in a place of honor on my bookshelf to-day.)

What will you give your-self in the New Year?

Chiropractors may be best known for the procedure of spinal adjustment, but they have a variety of tech-niques at their disposal. One of them is massage therapy, an effective way to ease pain and loosen stiff muscles. Getting a massage is not just a way to pamper oneself at the spa.

And there are differ-ent types of massage. Deep tissue massage involves working deep into muscles. Deep tissue massage can be uncom-fortable, but it should never be painful. Another type involves the use of heated rocks, like basalt, to warm muscle tissue. There is also a type that uses a very light touch to work on blood and lymphatic fl ow.

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By Cindy Taylor “Like individuals,

churches take stock as a new year begins,” said the Rev. Alan Price of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

“We think back with gratitude on what we were able to accomplish during the previous 12 months, knowing that each accom-plishment came by the grace of God, and we look forward with renewed hope and prayers for what will be done in and through us dur-ing the coming year.”

Price says the New Year at Beaver Dam begins with an old mission.

“We believe we exist to make and mature believ-ers. Of course we under-stand that we don’t actually ‘make’ believers. God alone

can change the heart, but He chooses to use us in that

process.”P r i c e

says the c h u r c h makes a c o n c e r t e d effort to reach the community for Christ. He says it is

a mission fi eld and needs to be treated as such. During the past few years, Beaver Dam has started many new ministries such as Jeans for teens, a prison Bible study and minors’ care for single mothers.

A group of young wom-en began a ministry to the students at Adrian Burnett Elementary: feeding 40

Alan Price

Words for 2015 from pastor Alan Pricechildren each week in the summer, providing Christ-mas for 48 students from 15 families and providing school supplies.

“These are just a few of the ways we are trying to show our love for the Halls community and the people who call it home.”

BDBC’s big project for 2015 will be the renovation of the church sanctuary. That portion of the campus is more than 20 years old. Plans for replacing the pews and fl ooring and applying a

fresh coat of paint are set to begin after Easter.

“This will not only beau-tify our facility, but will keep it functioning for years to come. Yes, even buildings play a part in fulfi lling the mission. We at Beaver Dam believe that your 2015 will be much more enjoyable if you make worshipping Christ with His body, the church, a weekly priority.”

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This week’s Union Coun-ty High School Patriots ath-letes, Luke Shoffner and Si-erra Clabough, are not only starters on their respective basketball teams, but are academic achievers with GPAs of 3.8 or more.

Shoffner has big shoes to fi ll. His dad, Sharps Chapel Elementary School princi-pal Bryan Shoffner, held the UCHS career scoring record in basketball. His jersey was retired and hangs above the court where Luke now plays point guard.

Luke, a junior, is a starter and leading scorer, and has played basketball since he was four years old.

His dad and mom Wendy

have another son, Aaron, who Luke says is a good

player on the HMMS team.

S i e r r a Clabough is back on the girls basket-ball team as a starter and recently had a great

game, scoring 16 points against Scott County.

She is a member of the volleyball team and will start the tennis season soon as fi rst seed.

Her mother is Pam Cl-abough and her older sister is Savannah.

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Luttrell fi fth graders post gains: Cameron Kitts, 29 percent

growth in English and language arts; Marcquis Buckner, 40 per-

cent growth in science; and Austin Acuff , 52 percent growth in

math. Photos submitted

Luke Shoff ner stands under his father’s retired jersey.

Achievers at Luttrell in third grade: Tanner Jones, 41percent

growth in science; Kierra Gerber, 44 percent growth in math;

and Hannah Aljumaily, 55 percent growth in reading and lan-

guage arts.

Locals performAlexandria Smith, daughter of Gibbs school nurse Sonya Smith,

and Luttrell student Antonio Grasty are in costume backstage

during their appearance as party guests in the “Moscow Bal-

let’s Great Russian Nutcracker” at the Tennessee Theatre. Photo submitted

Luttrell achievers in fourth grade: Michael Buckner, 49 percent

growth in math; Emily Corum, 31 percent growth in science;

and Michael Keck, 45 percent growth in reading and language

arts.

Luttrell Elementary is celebrating the success of nine students who have shown the most progress in English, math and science according to District Assessments.

“These students have made excep-tional progress,” says principal Sonja Saylor.

Last year, the school began using a Data Room to track all of the students’

progress and to strategize ways to provide below-average students with extra resources such as centers in the classrooms, parental involvement and after-school tutoring.

Shoff ner, Clabough athletes of week

■ Legos for the libraryLuttrell Library director

Kim Todd is building a stock of Legos for a special area in the library, and says she would appreciate donations

of any size Legos. They can be dropped off at the library or put in the drop box dur-ing closed hours.

Luttrell students raise the bar

Taylor Styles lifts her arm to allow Zac Carey to move under-

neath. This dance from the Middle Ages is called Tangle Brans-

le.

Shannon Carey (in back) leads a medieval dance with members of the SMG newspaper club. Photos by Ruth White

Dancing with the SCAEver wonder what hap-

pened to Shannon Carey when she stopped coming so often to Union County?

The Careys and other SCA members speak at schools without charge to show young people a far dif-ferent way of life.

Members gather on weekends at regional events to “live the dream” through dressing in costumes of

the period, participating in martial tournaments, dis-playing arts and sciences, and just having fun with like-minded friends.

Info: www.thorsmountain.org or fi nd them on Facebook.

Sandra Clark

She’s in a management program at Shopper-News which has recently included serving as sales manager.

For 2015, Shannon is tackling a couple of new projects including learning about newspaper produc-tion technology and work-ing to develop our newspa-per in Farragut.

Meanwhile, we can count on her to help with Shopper projects such as our news-paper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy.

Shannon and Zac Carey of the Society for Creative Anachronism provided a change of pace for the news-

paper club recently when they dropped by in period costume to talk about life in the Middle Ages and Re-naissance.

Shannon is known in the Barony of Thor’s Mountain as Lady Muirenn ingen Ui Dunchada, a member of the Irish nobility. Her husband, Zac, is known as Brewer, a name that suggests his an-cestors’ craft.

Zac let the kids try on helmets and hold a sword of the type used in simulated combat. He talked about production methods of blending iron with alloys to make lighter-weight yet still protective armor. He said his older brother got him hooked on SCA by taking him to an event.

Shannon brought home the high death rate of the Middle Ages by having ev-eryone stand up and then calling them to sit as mem-bers of their imagined age group died. Very few lived past 50, and 30 was consid-ered “old” during that time.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 10Tickets available for Rhythm N’ Blooms music

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WEDNESDAY, JAN.14Computer Workshops: Internet and Email

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THURSDAY, JAN. 15Free intro to computers class, 7-8 p.m., Home

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 16-FEB. 1“Huckleberry Finn” presented by Knoxville Chil-

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SATURDAY, JAN. 17A Night of Improv, 7-8:30 p.m., Nita Buell-Black

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Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II concert, 8 p.m., Civic Auditorium, 500 Howard Baker Jr. Ave. Part of the Knoxville News Sentinel Pops Series. Tickets: $35-$89. Tickets: 291-3310 or www.knoxvillesymphony.com.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Brianna Hanson, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Faye Wooden, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

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

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 17-18Sets class, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft

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MONDAY, JAN. 19Luttrell seniors luncheon, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Luttrell

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TUESDAY, JAN. 20Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

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WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 21-22AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., O’Connor

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SATURDAY, JAN. 24Saturday Stories and Songs: Brianna Hanson,

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Saturday Stories and Songs: Melissa Mastro-giovanni, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28Computer Workshop: Word 2007 Basics, 2

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SATURDAY, JAN. 31Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen,

11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton

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MONDAY, FEB. 2American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran

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SATURDAY, FEB. 7Hot Chocolate and Cool Crafts, 2-5 p.m., Appala-

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THURSDAY, FEB. 12VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-

ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

SUNDAY, FEB. 15“Remembering Red,” A Tribute to Red Skel-

ton featuring Brian Hoffman, 4 p.m., Historic Grove Theater, 123 Randolph Road, Oak Ridge. Tickets: www.KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444, 877-995-9961 or at the door. Special Group rates: 288-0672.

MONDAY, FEB. 16Kaleidoscope Magic, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Appalachian

Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Bob Grimac. Open to students age 10 to adult. Brig lunch. Registration deadline: Feb. 9. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, FEB. 17Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

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

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEB. 26-27AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls

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

MONDAY, MARCH 2American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

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

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“Amen, I say to you today you will be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43)

In Decem-ber, a 14 year old related to folks near here, committed suicide. Some folks wonder if someone

who commits suicide can go to heaven? The answer is “YES!”

There are three ways to ap-proach this. First in the last milla second before death, a person can say I am sorry, repent of all sins and be saved. This is the hope given by the thief on the cross who Jesus rewards with salvation. Only God knows what happens in those milla seconds before death.

Another possibility, is that a person who commits suicide is not in their right mind at the moment. Our criminal system does not hold people with men-tal illness as culpable in the same way it does someone who is sane. God, who is the just judge, would hold to a similar if not higher standard. “For God de-livered all to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all. Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God. How inscrutable are his judg-ments and how unsearchable his ways.” (Romans 11:32-33)

Come to the waterThus, the fi nal response is that God is love (1 John 4:7,16) and God is merciful. Mercy means giving pardon to those most lost, confused and despairing. If we broken and sinful people would make room in our hearts to for-give and grant the child a place in heaven if it were in our power, would not God who is all love and all merciful do the same? Remember:

“Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:36)

“Come to me all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give your rest.” (Matt 11:28)

“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” (John 3:17)

“As he drew near, he saw the city (of Jerusalem) and wept over it” (Luke 19:41).

What gives hope even in the worst tragedies is that God is both just and merciful. Mercy and Love defi ne His nature. Thus, even for the most lost, heaven is possible. Only God is the ultimate judge of anyone’s salvation.

Fr. Steve Pawelk, Pastor Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Mission 4365 Maynardville Hwy. 992-7222

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