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VOL. 6, NO. 17
APRIL 23, 2011
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Art in the Park
wows the crowdBy Cindy Taylor
Despite inclement weather, Union County’s fi rst Art in the Park event showed local and regional artists at their fi nest, just indoors in the Union County High School commons area instead of outdoors in Wilson Park
Curious residents were strolling through half an hour before some vendors had their booths completely set up, and the spillover of children from the Easter egg hunt had balloon
artist and face painter Zach Richard-son on his toes early in the day.
Musical entertainment for the event was presented by local talents Jared Graves and New Union Grass, and Union County High School stu-dent Jason Earley opened the show with original contemporary Chris-tian music. Earley also had a booth in the festival featuring his music, artwork and T-shirt designs.
Mean Mary drove from Nashville that morning in the bad weather to bring her own style of blues and blue-grass. Mean Mary has been singing since she was 5 years old and cur-
rently has six best-selling CDs to her credit. She tours the country continu-ously, and the festival was fortunate to catch her in between tours. She wowed listeners on the fi ddle, banjo and acoustic guitar, and the audience fell in love with her musical stylings.
The Union County Farmers Mar-ket set up just outside the school to kick off its fi rst season, and some vendors were sold out almost im-mediately. Donna Riddle brought fresh local produce from Seven Springs Farm, and Allen Beeler had plants and hanging baskets to sell from BeeGreen Nursery.
More Paulette
change ordersBy Cindy Taylor
Marilyn Toppins announced her decision to step down as president of the Union County Education As-sociation, also known as the teach-ers union, at the April 14 school board meeting.
“It’s been a long year, and it’s still not over,” said Toppins. “I know that all of you have worked very hard and diligently, and the budget is about to be upon us. On a personal note, I have served now as president for three years. It has been an adven-ture. It has had its exciting times as well as times that have been challenging. I have enjoyed work-ing with you, and if this sounds like a swan song speech, it is. I will be fi nishing up in May, and by May or June you will have a new president standing before you. The associa-tion stands ready to work with you, and I thank you.”
Chuck Grant has become a fa-miliar face at Union County school
board meetings, and he brought more change orders for review at the April 14 meeting, change orders that totaled more than $100,000 between Luttrell, Sharps Chapel and Big Ridge Elementary renova-tions and the building of the new school at Paulette.
Some of these change orders fall under the umbrella of items that should have been caught by the architects Michael Brady and As-sociates and totaled $6,500 of the nearly $100,000. The board voted to approve all items requested ex-cept for the $6,500 and will review that amount further. No new money will be needed, as the existing con-tingency fund still has enough left to cover all these additional costs.
Board members and Director of Schools Wayne Goforth were still not happy about the additional funds being used, and Goforth ex-plained part of the reason this had happened.
“The three addition projects at Big Ridge, Luttrell and Sharps Cha-pel Elementary Schools were ex-
Sharing their gifts
Marilyn Toppins steps down as presi-
dent of the Union County Education
Association, the teachers union.Photo by C. Taylor
Toppins steps down as union leader
pected to occur concurrently. The Sharps Chapel project received ap-proval fi rst, and construction be-gan. It was expected that approval would be as readily received for the
Big Ridge and Luttrell projects, but this did not occur,” said Goforth.
“There were delays at the state level in receiving approval from the fi re marshal. I had to appeal to state Sen. Mike Faulk for assistance in getting action from the state fi re marshal. Then, further delay was encountered when the local fi re chiefs in Luttrell and Plainview had reservations about approving the projects due to former fi res, the location of fi re hydrants, etc. The builder D & S Construction request-ed additional general conditions re-imbursements for the project delays caused by the delay in receiving fi re marshal permits.”
One attendee at the board meet-ing was heard to comment that go-ing through the change orders each month had taken as much time as building the new school.
In an effort to stay ahead of cost overruns, change orders and punch lists, the board has planned a spe-cial called meeting April 28 at Lut-trell to review the punch list for that school.
Maryann Sartini spins wool at
her Art in the Park booth. The
event, driven indoors by rainy
weather, hosted a plethora of
artists and vendors, along with
live musical entertainment.
SEE MORE PHOTOS
ON PAGE A-3.
Blacksmiths Fritz Voss and Kel-vin Ryder, who won the Demonstra-tion Award, exhibited their craft on the lawn using a portable forge that drew people back outdoors fre-quently during the day.
Artist Shirley Keaton won the Item of Distinction Award for her painting titled “Copper and On-ions,” and Lori Potts won the Peo-ple’s Choice Award for her jewelry booth. There were two drawings for door prizes, and these were won by Edith Kitts and Justin Brown.
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A-2 • APRIL 23, 2011 • UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS
Your feet are the foundation on which everything else rests. They’re under considerable pressure
carrying the weight of your body. One way to care for them – and for your knees, hips, spine, back and neck – is to avoid high heels. Podiatrists, doctors who spe-cialize in foot care, have long warned of the dangers of high heels. Chiropractors have also weighed in. They recommend that women wear heels that are no more than 2 inches high, and if a woman must wear high heels, they suggest she do so for no more than two hours a day.
High heels stress the foot’s weight-bearing func-tion. This can strain muscles in the legs and back. Muscles that are working abnormally can pull things out of line. Wearing high heels for any length of time also accentuates the normal forward curve of the back and makes the pelvis tip forward. This alters the normal confi guration of the pelvis and spine neces-sary for the body to maintain a center of gravity. Women who go for chiropractic treatment often don’t recognize the relationship between the shoes and the ailment for which they’ve sought treatment. Talk with your chiropractor about the appropriate shoes to wear for your lifestyle.
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business
Career Coach
delivers
opportunityBy Cindy Taylor
The Tennessee Depart-ment of Labor and Workforce Development sends out the Career Coach to help people fi nd jobs. On April 19, the coach paid a visit to Luttrell. The big black bus rolled in and parked at the Luttrell Community Center, where the interviewers helped resi-dents looking for work.
Sarah Beane is the Mo-bile Services Coordinator for the East Tennessee Ca-reer Coach, and Luttrell was only her third stop on the new bus.
“This is a new program,” said Beane. “We will be tak-ing job listings to rural com-munities, help them write resumes and be competitive in the job market. We have
Internet that travels with us via satellite, and we have ac-cess to television so we can conduct workshops. We have 10 computer stations in the bus, so we can help quite a few people at once. We are geared toward adults looking for work or high school stu-dents getting ready to enter the work force.”
Carolyn Shoopman of Lut-trell took advantage of the programs the coach had to offer.
“I came in because I didn’t have a resume,” said Shoop-man. “Now I have a resume, and they have shown me a lot of job opportunities, too.”
“There are a lot more jobs out there than people real-ize,” said interviewer Shay Riggs. “You just have to know where to look.”
During our visit, a gentle-man showed up in overalls, and the interviewers at-tempted to fi nd employment
for him. He claimed to be the Mayor of Union County and stated he was too busy to take on any additional jobs. Mayor Mike Williams had actually just left the Senior Center where he had spent the fi rst part of the day cleaning up around the center.
Media Specialist for the Luttrell Library Gloria Fox was thrilled to have the coach in her community.
“I am so proud to have county offi cials here visit-ing the Career Coach and showing their support for the work they’re doing,” said Fox.
Any organization can request the coach by go-ing to the Web site at www.getonthecoach.tn.gov or call 403-1122. Make your call early. The coach is already booked through mid June.Contact Cindy Taylor/brentcindyt@
gmail.com.
First Century
BankIn the fall of 1899, an
infant bank was char-tered in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee, Claiborne National Bank. Its fi rst president, George Montgomery, guided the bank through many chal-lenges, and the bank pros-pered. In October 1919, the bank changed its name to Claiborne County Bank and retained this name for almost 70 years until First Claiborne Bank was estab-lished. The most recent transformation occurred in 2000 as the bank be-came First Century Bank.
In the fall of 1936, at the young age of 23, Glenn Yoa-kum began his career at the bank as a teller. Yoakum learned the value of friends, community and trust fi rst-
hand. Eventually, Yoakum took over the reins of the bank and began to raise his family in the Appalachian hills, passing along these essential beliefs to his chil-dren. His daughter, Eleanor Yoakum, now serves as the bank’s board chair.
Brad Davis has been serv-ing Union County as branch manager at First Century Bank in Maynardville for the past three years.
“We are still locally owned by the Yoakums,” said Davis. “We are much friendlier than many banks I visit. First Century is the only bank in Union County that offers insurance as
The team at First Century Bank of Maynardville includes: man-
ager Brad Davis, FSR Sara Collins, teller Tiff any Goins and head
teller Marla Buckner. Not pictured are Delinda Cole, Annette
Kirby and Ashley Nicely. Photo by C. Taylor
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well as a 24/7 automated service, and we were voted branch of the year for 2010 by our home offi ce.”
The bank is a full-ser-vice bank offering loans, checking and saving ac-counts, safety deposit box-es and insurance among many other services.
“We have one-stop shop-ping,” said Davis’ assistant Sara Collins. “We can meet all the needs of our cus-tomers in one place.”
At First Century Bank, the tradition of community continues to grow from the solid roots laid down those many years ago.
The Career Coach visited Luttrell on April 19. On board are interviewer Kevin Cole, Luttrell
resident Carolyn Shoopman, interviewer William Byrd, interviewer Shay Riggs and coordina-
tor Sarah Beane. Photo by C. Taylor
All aboard!
Budget and finance committee to meet
Union County Commission’s budget and finance committee will hold a workshop 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Union County Courthouse.
Chamber to hostbusiness workshop
The Union County Chamber of Com-merce, located in the Historic Bank Building next to the Union County Courthouse, will host a business work-shop 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 5, followed by a women-owned small business session. Paul Middlebrooks of UT and Jacqueline Merritt of the U.S. Small Business Administration will speak about registering businesses for procurement or contract opportuni-ties with state and federal government. Info or to register: Julie Graham, 992-2811.
Health fair upcomingThe Union County Health Council
will sponsor a health fair at the Union County Farmers Market 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 7, at Union County High School. The health council is seeking health care providers to host booths during the event. Those interested in participating may register with UT Extension Agent Shannon Perrin at 992-2812 or [email protected].
Rabies vaccinationclinics upcoming
Rabies vaccination clinics for dogs and cats will be held Saturday, April 30, at the following locations: Sharps Chapel Elementary School, 9-10 a.m.; Luttrell Elementary School, 10:45 to 11:45 a.m.; Union County Health De-partment, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; Big Ridge Elementary School, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.; and Paulette Community Center, 4-5 p.m. Price is $10 for a one-year rabies vaccination, and clinics will be held
rain or shine. Clinics are sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Health, and the participating veterinarian will be Dr. Tim “Doc” Williams.
Library board to meetThe Clinch-Powell Regional Library
Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Clinton Shoney’s. An optional dinner is at 5 p.m. The Clinch-Powell Regional Library serves public libraries in Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan, Scott and Union counties. Info: 457-0931.
Lincoln Day DinnerThe Union County GOP will hold
the annual Lincoln Day Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in the commons area of Union County High School. Guest speakers will be Ten-nessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, state Sen. Mike Faulk and state Rep. Dennis Powers, along with guest presenters former Gov. Don Sunquist and Jim Henry, Commission-er of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. All are welcome. There will be live music and door prizes. Tickets are available at the door or by calling 603-2159 or 898-8171.
Contact HumaneSociety for lost pets
The Union County Humane Society asks that pet owners contact them immediately if a pet becomes lost. Pets without identification and rabies tags are only required to be held for 72 hours by Tennessee state law. The Humane Society makes every effort to place animals in “forever homes” as soon as possible. Timely contact will ensure that your lost pet is not adopted by new owners. Remember, identifi-cation and rabies tags are your pet’s protection. Info: 992-7969.
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UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 23, 2011 • A-3 governmentBy Cindy Taylor
The streets in Luttrell are suffering due to the recent heavy rainfall. This was a main concern among coun-cil members at the April 18 meeting of Luttrell City Council.
“We are working at get-ting things back to nor-mal after the rains,” said Mayor Johnny Merritt. “We have multiple tiles that are stopped up, and I’m trying to coordinate getting help with that. We may need to pull in some specialty equipment.”
Merritt stated that he has come to a verbal agreement with AT&T for repair of the problem on Ridgecrest.
Litter is less of an issue than it was a couple of weeks ago on Highway 61 thanks to Keep Union County Beauti-ful.
“We are really grateful for the volunteers and the
effort they made on litter pick-up for us,” said Vice Mayor Jackie Roberts.
Vandalism has hit the community park, and steps being taken to deter that from happening in the fu-ture. Patrols have picked up at the request of the city, and a neighborhood watch is in place with hidden sur-veillance.
“The goals have been torn down at the basketball courts,” said Merritt. “May-be we can catch them by stepping up surveillance.”
“I do have a positive re-port about the park,” said resident Jody Smith. “My son and some friends play ball there on Sunday after-noons and have started tak-ing trash bags with them. On their way out, they will pick up garbage and take it out with them. This park is a positive thing for our com-
Jimmie Knight, representing
state Rep. Dennis Powers,
speaks to Luttrell City Council. Photo by C. Taylor
Rain drowns Luttrell roads
munity, and kudos to you guys and the park board. The gain is already much more than the cost.”
Jimmie Knight, fi eld rep-resentative for state Rep. Dennis Powers, was pres-ent and spoke briefl y to the council.
“We are here for the peo-ple,” said Knight. “If we can
help you in any way, give us a call.”
This brought on a discus-sion regarding Highway 61 and a much-needed expan-sion.
“Highway 61 has been put on the backburner, and we are really choked down here in Luttrell,” said Mer-ritt. “There were supposed to be three phases from 11W to Highway 33 by Cooke’s Mortuary, and only the fi rst phase has been done. It has killed our industry. We’re re-ally proud that Highway 33 is being expanded, but I would like to see Luttrell moved back up to the front.”
“In between 33 to 11W, it would really boom,” said council member Phil Ruth.
The winner of the city’s scholarship was chosen, and plans are to notify the recipient within the next two weeks.
Members of the J.C. Baker Masonic Lodge of-fered up their homemade apple butter and made fun-nel cakes on site.
There were oil painters, felters and photographers. Items offered either for sale or viewing included handmade specialty jew-elry, hand thrown pottery, embroidery, art prints and original paintings.
Art students at Union County High School gave an exhibit, and judges award-ed blue ribbons to Jason Earley and Heather Ailor. Second place ribbons were awarded to Tenika Hopson and Taylor Simpson. Kali Graves and Josh Beavers took home third place rib-bons. Judges noted that the decisions were difficult as all students displayed amazing talent.
Local firefighters came together at the festival for a fundraiser to benefit all the Union County Vol-unteer Fire departments. They sold hot dogs, barbe-cue, chips and drinks. Oth-er vendors offered home-
Sharing their gifts From page A-1
Blacksmith Fritz Voss demonstrates his craft at
Art in the Park. Photos by C. Taylor
New Union Grass adds a new member at Art in the Park.
Pictured are Andy Williams on bass, Donnie Stevens on
mandolin, Steve Nicely on banjo, Jared Graves on guitar
and 2-year-old Walker Graves on acoustic guitar.
Lori Potts and her jewelry dis-
play won the Art in the Park
People’s Choice Award.
made lemonade, dry soup mixes, cakes, cookies and cupcakes to keep attend-ees full and happy as they strolled the booths.
Union County Chamber of Commerce president Ju-lie Graham wrote the grant that helped finance the festival and plans to make
this a yearly event each spring.
Event organizers thanked all who helped bring this event together and make its fi rst year a success, including the men of Wooten Associates in Maryville who helped move the event’s sign and Byrd’s Mortuary for supplying tents.
Cancer support group to meet
The Union County Cancer Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. every third Thursday at Fellowship Christian Church. Info: Debbie, 659-1052.
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Fleischmann visits Union CountyU.S. Rep Chuck Fleischmann greets Luttrell City Council mem-
ber Sheila Buckner at a town hall meeting April 20. Fleischmann
spoke about the unhealthy state of the federal budget but had
good news for Tennesseans. “The federal defi cit is going to
hurt not only our children and grandchildren but here in Ten-
nessee we have a balanced budget,” he said. “This is so impor-
tant. Our state is bringing in business all over the state. We are
seeing and will continue to see economic development, and I
want to make sure Union County participates in that growth.”
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A-4 • APRIL 23, 2011 • UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS community
The Union County Com-munity Foundation, an Affiliate Fund of East Ten-nessee Foundation, an-nounced the recipients of its inaugural grants for year 2011. The awards were pre-sented April 16 at the Art in the Park Event at Union County High School. Two programs aimed at ben-efiting residents in Union County received a total of $850 in funding.
Foundation awards grantsCindy Taylor
Drew Fugate swings for the fence at the newly renovated Union County High School baseball fi eld.
Mercy North Administrator
Jeremy Biggs. Photos by C. Taylor
life of the residents of Union County.
Facelift for ball fi eldEarly last year, the
Union County baseball fi eld was desperately in need of a makeover. This season, thanks to ambi-tious parents, community support and a Jersey cow, the Union County Baseball Club (UCBC) boasts a fi eld to make any player proud.
The UCBC is a nonprofi t organization formed in Au-gust 2010 to support Hor-ace Maynard Middle and Union County High School baseball. The club now has by-laws, a membership base and appointed board mem-bers. The purpose of the club is to work with middle and high school coaches to improve the Union County baseball fi eld located next to Wilson Park.
The fi rst order of busi-ness by the club was to hold a fundraiser, Cow Patty Bin-go, to sponsor a new back-stop to replace the existing chain link backstop. During the Heritage Festival last year, more than 100 anxious onlookers willed Jersey the cow, who belonged to Trevor Jones, to “do her business” on the square belonging to them. After about an hour, the star of the inau-gural Cow Patty Bingo event declared square number 460, purchased by Lowell Matheson Sr., as the winner.
The UT Extension in Union County received the grants for the 4-H Club Scholarship Program and the newly formed Union County Farmers Market. The fi rst award will help a young person in need to attend 4-H camp this sum-mer. The second award will help with the launch of the new Farmers Market, cre-ated to provide an opportu-nity for local farmers to sell produce.
The Union County Com-munity Foundation was established as a project of Leadership Union County the Class of 2010 and is a permanent endowment that has been created to support opportunities to advance and improve the quality of
Matheson was excited to claim his $1,000 prize, and he graciously donated $200 back to the baseball club. The money received from this fundraiser was used for the fi eld improvements.
The upgrade process be-gan in November and was completed two weeks prior to opening day. The suc-cess of the project was the result of the community working together. The club members developed the work plan and supplied the labor for the project, and the community supported the effort with financial contributions.
Field drain lines were in-stalled during the construc-tion phase to help with water problems from rain. Contri-butions by area businesses made the project possible. Some of the contributors that UCBC would like to thank are: Fleming Metal, Helms Construction, Steven Berry Lawn Service, Sam Thomas Crane, Ready Mix USA, Patterson Brothers Inc., General Shale Brick, Sequatchie Block, Buckner Excavating, Reno’s Sporting Goods, Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Midlake Corpora-tion, Rusty Wilson Masonry and volunteers who helped with fi eld preparation and cleanup.
The club has plans for many more fi eld upgrades but considers this an excel-lent start.
Leadershipclass goes viral
Leadership Union Coun-ty Class of 2011 took to the road April 14 for Health Care Day. Class members heard presentations from
providers and employees at Cherokee Health, Union County Health Depart-ment and Mercy North that included everything from social services to diet to emergency response in threatening situations. The day included tours of both Cherokee Health and Mercy North. This was a day of education that will allow class members to take what they learned and spread the word among
their own families and the community.
Class members made a decision on their project for the year and will pro-vide matching funds for a state grant that will give a boost to Union County’s libraries.
Chamber welcomesnew members
Hickory Pointe Hom-eowners Association and
East Tennessee Foundation senior vice president Terry Holly presents the fi rst grants to UT Ex-
tension agent Shannon Perrin. Present are Donna Riddle, Holly, Julie Graham and Perrin.
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Vicki Bruce were welcomed as new members at the Chamber of Commerce meeting April 19, and April Bailey was voted in as a new board member.
William Von Schipmann has been working diligently to acquire an independent ZIP code for Plainview, but the going is slow.
On the upside, Chamber president Julie Graham ad-vised that the old Hamilton/Lay store has been added to the National Register of Historic Buildings. This is a project Graham has been working on for some time. Those attending were also excited to hear that broad-band Internet access has been increased in Big Ridge and Sharps Chapel.
Guest Jimmie Knight was in attendance. Knight has been making the rounds throughout the county and is the fi eld representative for state Rep. Dennis Pow-ers. Mark Saxon was wel-comed as a guest as well. Saxon recently moved back to Union County and is at-tending UT to get a degree in technology. Saxon owns Atrium Business Solutions and handles merchant pro-cessing, ATM’s, signs and supplies.
The Chamber will meet again at noon May 17, at the Chamber offi ce.Contact Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@
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UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 23, 2011 • A-5
“Miz Ruth” climbed those golden stairs on April 13, af-ter a long and distinguished career with the Union County school system. About ev-eryone who attended Union County schools from 1940 to early 2011 knew about Ruth
Bonnie Peters
A tribute to Ruth Gentry Raley
Gentry Raley. As I understand it, Ruth was diagnosed with cancer early this year and last came to work in February for about a week. She was a de-pendable trooper. Mrs. Raley was buried near her beloved husband and family at Union Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Maynardville.
Past superintendent of schools Dwain Burke deliv-ered a beautiful eulogy at Mrs. Raley’s service. He empha-sized that Mrs. Raley was cer-tainly someone special who came into his life when he was elected superintendent. He was only 30 years old when he became superintendent, and he says Mrs. Raley took him under her wing and helped him immeasurably during his tenure. He gives her credit for being the cornerstone of that offi ce and says there’s three words that defi ne dedication – Ruth Gentry Raley. He says her integrity was beyond re-proach and that she was never
too busy to help others.Mrs. Raley came to work
in 1940 for what was then the Union Coun-ty school board and worked as many hours as it took to do the job. From what her many peers and supervisors
recall, the “job” was “what-ever needed to be done at the time.”
For example, until 1999 Mrs. Raley did lunch room reports, and she handled em-ployee benefi ts and school system insurance. She collect-ed and safeguarded the teach-ers registers for the 27 little schools until the consolida-tion of the elementary schools in the 1960s. For many years, she prepared the school sys-tem’s budget until Glenn Cop-pock was hired to take on the major fi nancial responsibili-ties.
I’m told that she held her successor in fi nancial mat-ters in high esteem, and when Glenn last visited her she told him, “My time sheets are in the left-hand drawer.”
One of the past superin-tendents, Patricia McKelvey, praised Mrs. Raley for her dedication to Union Coun-ty’s schools, noting she was most deserving of the honors bestowed upon her last De-cember by state Sen. Michael
Once again, hundreds of children and parents de-scended on Wilson Park in Maynardville for the annual Easter egg hunt. Sponsored by the Union County Busi-ness and Professional As-sociation, Union County
Parks and Recreation, Com-mercial Bank, FSG Bank and First Century Bank, the event has become highly an-ticipated by local kids.
Children hunted for Eas-ter eggs, each of which con-tained candy, and there were
two prize eggs in each age group. Finders of the prize eggs got Easter baskets full of candy and toys.
The Easter Bunny made an appearance, and free cotton candy was available for each child.
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and under
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found prize eggs in the 9-
to 12-year-old division.
Hadlie DeFoe found a
prize egg in the 3- to
5-year-old division.Photos by S. Carey
Faulk and state Rep. Dennis Powers.
In 1966, when federal pro-grams were implemented, Mrs. Raley administered those for some time. Over the years, Mrs. Raley provided school record verifi cations to a host of former Union County students so they could receive delayed birth certifi cates.
Former superintendent David Coppock recalled that during his 41 years with the school system, Mrs. Raley was always faithful in her duties. Before becoming superinten-dent in 1984, he brought her his principal records every Friday, and during his time as superintendent from 1984 to 2001, they worked more closely. He says she was a fi ne, pleasant and dependable em-ployee. Others recalled Mrs. Raley only taking a week or two vacation during her whole career.
Current Director of Schools Wayne Goforth said, “It is re-markable to fi nd employees who work for the same com-pany for 70 years. For three years now, I have come in to the offi ce on Saturday morn-ings to work some and also check on Ruth. I knew, as did most everyone, that she would be at work on Saturday morn-ing without fail. It may be that
Ruth was not remembered in all her years of employment because she was shy and with-drew from accolades of any kind. The staff and I would have missed a noteworthy op-portunity had we not had the foresight to honor Mrs. Ra-ley back in December for her dedicated years of service to Union County Public Schools. I will miss her greatly.”
Mrs. Raley was the second child of William M. “Will” Gentry (June 16, 1889 - Dec. 1, 1974) and Nola Sharp Gentry (Dec. 22, 1896 - Dec. 7, 1978). Her grandparents are James and Martha DeLapp Gentry and William “Bill” Sharp and Elenora Warwick Sharp. Will and Nola were married Sept. 15, 1918, in Union County.
Mrs. Raley is descended from old Union County fami-lies. Her great-grandfather, Samuel DeLapp, was an early Union County cabinet maker. Ruth is second of the four chil-dren of Will and Nola: Evelyn, Ruth, Pauline and Hubert. An interesting note is that her sister, Pauline, and James A. Seymour (later the Rev. Seymour, who was for many years pastor of Milan Baptist Church), along with Joanna Heiskell and Max Gerald Beeler, eloped and were mar-ried July 4, 1937.
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Gentry Raley
Mrs. Raley received her elementary education at Raccoon Valley Academy, as did her mother, father and siblings. The school gained some notoriety dur-ing the Army-McCarthy hearings. This is the story as told to me:
When Ray Jenkins was in Washington for the Army-McCarthy hearings, the law-yers were sitting around ex-tolling their credentials. One or two mentioned Choate, and Ray Jenkins only listened. Finally, one of them added, “And where were you educat-ed Mr. Jenkins?” He replied, “ Raccoon Valley Academy – a fi ne school.”
I have not been able to con-fi rm this; however, his cous-ins and law partners, Erby and Aubrey Jenkins, lived in Union County and attended school at Raccoon Valley. It is possible that he stayed awhile and did attend school at Rac-coon Valley.
Mrs. Raley graduated in the Horace Maynard High School Class of 1939. She went on to attend Gregory Busi-ness College and was hired by then-superintendent Arch K. Steiner before her gradua-tion. He told the story that he had to wait two weeks for her
graduation for her to report for work.
Arch was proud of his selec-tion. Although it is almost un-heard of today, Mrs. Raley has had only one employer during her more than 70-year work-ing career. She has worked for many heads of the Union County school system, among them A. K. Steiner, Lucy Jean Turner Wilson, John Howard Collett, Ida Cooke Winters, Rome C. Sharp, Claude W. Weaver, Dwain Burke, David Coppock, Patricia McKelvey, Dr. James Pratt, Charles E. Thomas and D. Wayne Go-forth.
Mrs. Raley’s husband, the late Raymond Raley, and she lived at the Gentry homeplace during her lifetime. In her last few months, she was lov-ingly cared for by her niece, Linda Gentry Brewer, who says “Aunt Ruth” was a family person and always there when anyone needed anything. Mrs. Raley always honored, sup-ported and praised her family and others.
Rest well, Ruth, you will always have a special place in the hearts of all who knew you.Bonnie Peters is the Union County Histo-
rian and the author of many books. Con-
tact Bonnie at 687-3842 or bhpeters@
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Sidney DeFoe found a
prize egg in the 3- to
5-year-old division.Photo submitted
Americus Hammonds and Tyler Anderson
found prize eggs in the 6- to 8-year-old divi-
sion of the Wilson Park Easter Egg Hunt.
Chris Hammonds
holds Aleah Karlstrom,
who found a prize egg
in the 2 and under
division of the Wilson
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A-6 • APRIL 23, 2011 • UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS
WORSHIP NOTESCommunity services
Graveston 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.
Millers Chapel United Meth- ■
odist Church, across from
McDonald’s on Maynardville
Highway in Maynardville,
sponsors Food for Friends
from 5-7 p.m. on the last
Wednesday of every month.
This is a free meal for anyone
in Union County who could
use “on the house” soup and
sandwiches. All those in need
are invited to come to the
church for food and fellow-
ship. Info: Beth, 857-6281.
Easter servicesFellowship Christian Church ■ ,
746 Tazewell Pike, will have a
sunrise service at 7 a.m. Easter
Sunday, April 24. Everyone
welcome.
Revival Vision Church ■ , 154
Durham Drive in Maynardville,
will hold a biker Easter service,
“He is Risen,” Easter Sunday,
April 24, at 11 a.m. All brands
welcome. Ride your bike. Info:
925-2546.
Men’s programsRevival Vision Church ■ , 154
Durham Drive in Maynard-
ville, 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.
Music servicesWMRD 94.5 ■ FM hosts “Tra-
ditional Hymns Hour” with
Kathy Chesney from 8:30 to
9:30 a.m. every Sunday. Call in
your requests or dedications to
745-1467, and tune in to listen
or sing along.
The Church of God at May- ■
nardville will have a singing
featuring Cross Connection
at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30.
Everyone welcome. The Rev.
Charles McClure Jr. is pastor.
Info: 992-0620.
Fellowship Christian ■
Church, 746 Tazewell Pike,
Luttrell, will host the Bewley
Family for a singing at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 30. Everyone
welcome.
Oaks Chapel Church ■ , 934
Raccoon Valley Road, will have
a singing featuring the Berry
Family at 7 p.m. Saturday, April
30. Everyone welcome. The
Rev. Roger Short is pastor. Info:
992-8767.
Like any earth-shattering event, the news accounts af-terwards differ.
Mark, the earliest Gospel written, makes no mention
of the Resurrection. The other writers vary in their chronology of who was there when: how many angels, how many women, how many
Tennessee’s spring foot-ball game altered the coach-ing strategy for Montana’s Robin Pfl ugrad (pronounced fl ew-grad).
He had been telling his Grizzlies that they could go to Knoxville in early Septem-ber and compete with the big boys. After seeing O&W video, he must ward off over-confi dence.
Tennessee fans also have a problem. They have four full months to worry about Sep-tember at Neyland Stadium, the opener, game two against Cincinnati and game four against Buffalo.
Before the closing exhi-bition and Tyler Bray’s fi ve for 30, I thought justifi able concerns were the price of gas, what paying customers
will get for season-ticket in-vestments and why, oh why, must checks be written so early.
The tacked-on $35 ser-vice charge is no problem for Montana.
***A former college coach,
now an NFL scout, has bin-oculars on Bray. Last No-vember, he thought he saw an entertaining young riverboat gambler loaded with cour-age. Arm strength and nifty receivers made up for some serious miscalculations. The scout now wonders if more information will make Bray better or worse. He says the so-called sophomore jinx is not a jinx at all, generally just confusion from thinking too much.
The pro observer says we are correct to assume Bray should improve with age, experience, maturity, a few muscles and a better offen-sive line. It just may not all come together by Sept. 17 in Gainesville. Fourth Sat-urday in October? Probably not. Sometime this season? Maybe.
As a disclaimer you might have previously seen on medicine bottles, results may vary – depending on our of-fensive and rivals’ defensive strategies, intensity of blitzes, degree of protection, receiver improvement and opposing secondary skills.
***Another Volunteer quar-
terback, Justin Worley, is re-cruiting one of his high school
MILESTONESWeslyn Grace Hunley
was born Feb. 28, weighing 7 pounds. Parents are Lynn and Amy Hunley of May-
nardville. Weslyn has two brothers, Hunter and Harlen. Grandparents are Allen and Jane Graves and Elbert and Margie Hunley, all of Halls.
TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West
Bits ‘n’ pieces and April showers
receivers, All-American Cordarrelle Patterson from Hutchinson Community Col-lege. They played together at South Pointe Northwestern in South Carolina.
Patterson, 6-4 and 200, visited Tennessee spring practice and said it was kind of different.
“Everything was orga-nized.”
Of course it was organized. Derek Dooley does details.
***Daniel Hood made one of
the better decisions of spring drills. He asked to switch from second-team offensive tackle to starting over at de-fensive tackle. In addition to the exciting time he had butt-ing heads with old friends, he won the Andy Spiva Award as defensive surprise of the spring.
Hood, 55 pounds big-ger than he was at Knox-ville Catholic High, is a very bright 300-pounder. He sees a chance for more play-ing time on defense. Coach Dooley and I agree with his reasoning. Tennessee needs large down linemen. Desper-ately. The Vols could also use
a few more linebackers and a couple of high-quality defen-sive backs.
***Long-ago Tennessee tail-
back Walter Chadwick cel-ebrated his 65th birthday with good friends, fi ne food, Mayfi eld’s ice cream and a big release of balloons car-rying his name and address. If you want to send a belated greeting, aim it for 918 Re-gency Path Drive, Decatur, GA 30030.
In 1971 Walter was the victim in a horrible crash. A Wells Fargo truck crossed a center line and smashed head-on into his VW Bee-tle. Doctors thought Chad-wick was beyond repair. He fought fi ercely and survived. Broken bones eventually healed but brain damage was permanent.
Instead of giving up, Chadwick continued to compete and remains an inspiration for a host of old Vols and hundreds of best and close friends. Walter on his bicycle is a Decatur landmark.
Unfortunately, these are not the best of times. Tough
economics took away his job at Emory hospital in Atlan-ta. He had fi ve good years, thanks to Steve Kiner and others.
With a few more hours to spare, Walter is back in the recycling business. His latest can collection totaled 40 pounds. He reduced his operating defi cit by $20 and was delighted. Somebody tell the feds how to do it.
***Tobias Harris and fam-
ily are carefully weighing college continuation and go-pro options. Harris will work out for NBA teams to get specifi c feedback before the May 7 deadline. What to do will not be based on emo-tions.
I am guessing Tobias would like to stay and play another season of Tennessee baskets. If he goes, it will be because advisors think it best for his future. It is just a matter of a few million.
***An uncomfortable fan says
the best days for UT baseball are when it rains really hard.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
address is [email protected].
CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton
He is risen!
After the sabbath, as the fi rst day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
(Matthew 28: 1-2 NRSV)
guards (and what shape they were in), and where that great stone was at any given moment.
Matthew says that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were already there when the earthquake rolled back the stone. Luke and John differ on how many women approached the tomb, but agree that the stone was already rolled away. John has Mary going to the garden tomb alone.
However, the fascinating thing is this: in all the ac-counts – regardless of when the stone moved – Jesus was already absent from the tomb. “He is not here; he is risen,” the angel declared. The stone was not rolled away so that Jesus could get out; it was moved so that his followers could get in and see that he was not there.
We have to remind our-selves to read this familiar story carefully, to be atten-tive to it, instead of hurry-ing along to get to the “good parts.” We tend to watch the action outside the tomb, with all that scurrying around and the astounding news
that “He is risen!” fi nally penetrating the disciples’ conscious minds.
But sometimes, when I am feeling particularly fan-ciful, I wonder about Jesus inside the tomb.
Now I have stood in front of the Garden Tomb, in Je-rusalem. It looks just as you would imagine it (which tends to make it a little too Gatlinburg-esque for me, but then I am a purist). There are fl owers around, as befi ts a garden. The tomb is hewn out of living rock the sandy color of so much of Israel. The entry point is small, forcing one to bow low to enter. The surpris-ing thing is that there is a small window cut high into the wall near the entrance, which provides light inside. (How convenient, says the skeptic.)
Please note, I am not say-ing I do not believe in the Resurrection. I do have dif-fi culty with a tomb that is so perfectly picturesque and so convenient for tourist buses.
I wonder about Jesus. When fi rst light crept across the landscape and entered
that small, high window – is that when his eyes opened? Did he (like me in the fi rst foggy moments of wakening) have to fi gure out where he was and what had happened that put him there? Did he fi ght to get out of the grave clothes? Did he ache all over from the wounds?
And then we come to the question of the day. If Mat-thew is right, and the stone rolled away in the earth-quake with witnesses pres-ent, and Jesus himself was al-ready absent from the tomb, how, exactly, did he get out? Through that little window? No, too small. Did he roll the stone away and then push it back? Maybe, but remember it was designed to roll, like a great wheel, down a groove and into place. Gravity would keep it there, at least until an earthquake came along, and the earthquake happened with two Mary’s and two guards there. No one saw Je-sus exit the tomb.
It is a mystery. It is a mir-acle. And it is the grand and glorious truth of the Easter faith! “He is not here. He is risen!” Alleluia!
Plant swap at Farmers Market
The Union County Farmers Market will host a plant swap Sat-urday, April 30, during regular market hours, 8 a.m. to noon, at Union County High School. If you want a plant, bring a plant to swap.
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UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS • APRIL 23, 2011 • A-7
UNION CO. SERVICE GUIDE
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The city of Luttrell will host an Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at Luttrell City Park. Everyone is welcome. There will be egg hunts for all ages.
Big Ridge State Park will host the 13th annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 23. Twelve thousand eggs fi lled with toys, candy or extra prizes will be hidden. There are prize eggs and a grand prize for each age group, including toys, bicycles and food coupons. Bring the whole family and make a day of it. Children ages 2 and under hunt at 10 a.m. with parents’ help. Ages 3-4 hunt at 10:30, followed by ages 5-7 at 1 p.m., and ages 8-10 at 1:30. Info: 992-5523.
Easter Egg huntsEaster Egg huntsBy Cindy Taylor
It is the end of an era. The Horace May-nard Middle School baseball team played its last home game April 21, on a night de-clared to be 8th grade night. The team won all of their games that week, but with eight players moving on from being Red Devils to becoming Patriots at Union County High School next season, the event was bitter-sweet.
“There is a great tradition to being Hor-ace Maynard,” said coach Josh Orrick. “Their parents went to Horace Maynard, and this is special for them. This is the last time they will be wearing Red Devils.”
The Red Devils lost nine 8th graders last year so coaches Orrick and Burchell had a rebuilding year. With minimal players with varsity experience coming into this year, they worked diligently to make the team competi-tive. The Red Devils ended their regular sea-son with a record of 10 wins, three losses and one tie, fi nishing as the third seed entering the district tournament. They started out the district tourney April 18 with a win against Carpenters Middle (Blount County).
“We finished our regular season strong,” said Orrick “We got hot and peaked at the right time as we go into the district tournament.”
Cub Scout Pack 401 com-peted in the annual Pinewood Derby on April 6, celebrating the event with a potluck din-ner. But, the Cubs created their entries a little differently this year.
The Cub Scouts used only hand tools to make their wooden racers, and they had very little assistance from their parents.
Boy Scout Troop 401 helped host the race, and scoutmaster Linda Myers and assistant scoutmaster Bill Collins sup-
plied the track. Scouts also helped racers as their pit crew.
First place was Tiger Cub Samuel Meyers. Webelo Bruce Inklebarger won sec-ond place. Bear Cub Joshua Inklebarger won third place, and Wolf Cub R.L. Lloyd came in fourth. Webelo Ross Richnafsky won Most Original Design for his Blue Lobster. Best Design went to Bruce Inklebarger for his Subaru Wagon. Samuel Mey-ers won Best Paint and Color for his Yellow School Bus.
Luttrell Elementary School’s administrators recently announced the school’s honor roll.
First gradeAll A’s: Britney Zama-
ron, Melanie Tharp, Haley Ridenour, Dylan Stephens, Skye Poplin, Jayden Beeler, Anna Butler, Ashtan Col-lins, Derek Davis, Mikayla Deloach, Savannah Gerber, Emily Jones, Tyler Keefer, Lexus Matthews, Alyssa Riggs, Faith Hughett, Kelly Hunter, Emily Johnson, Amanda Tharp. All A’s and B’s: Larry Adams, Makayla Graham, Alyssa Sluder, Jor-dan Wilson, Abigail Dunn, Taylor Mink, Nathan Mitch-ell, Michelle DeLeon, Nolan
Faust, Kaitlyn Johnson, Eli Coley, Sarah Herrman, Hai-ley Hunter, Austin Western, Jeremiah Hurst, Madison Wood, Ethan Woods.
Second gradeAll A’s: Sara Hill, Mason
Weaver, Seth Bates, Ash-lyn Walker, Tucker Jones, Ethan Corum, Tyler Greene, Caitlin Mays, Emily Russell. All A’s and B’s: Tammrah Keefer, Jayci Roark, Blake Knauss, Lauren Williams, Kaylee Bailey, Hannah Hensley, Alexis Lamb, Dan-iel Michel, Joseph Nicley, Kenneth Hooks, Kennedy McBee.
Third gradeAll A’s: Skylar Bates.
Samuel Meyers won first
place and Best Paint and
Color in the Pinewood Der-
by.
Ross Richnafsky won Most
Original Design for his entry
in Cub Scout Pack 401’s Pin-
ewood Derby.
Joshua Inklebarger won
third place in the Pinewood
Derby. Photos submitted
Bruce Inkelbarger won sec-
ond place and Best Design in
the Pinewood Derby.
Race to the fi nish
Horace Maynard Middle School’s baseball 8th graders gather with their coaches. They are: (front)
Garrett Foust, Drew Fugate, Tyler Cochran, Jeremy Thomas, Brandon Keel; (back) assistant coach
Ray Burchell, Josh Steele, Eli Turner, Bryce Buckner and head coach Josh Orrick. Photo by C. Taylor
Red Devils honor 8th graders
Luttrell Elementary honor rollAll A’s and B’s: ErickDeLaRosa, DeAnna Do-nahue, Marissa Hickman, Abby Lamb, Logan Maples, Kaylee McCarter, Dakota Parks, Devon Poplin, Su-sannah Wilson, Ian Bro-gan, Austin Hooks, Brad-ley Inklebarger, Katelyn Lloyd, Amber Metler, Bra-dlee Patterson, Leonor Per-ez, Kailyn Griffey, Gabriela DeLeon, Braden Clevenger, Jacob Atkins.
Fourth gradeAll A’s: Marco DeLeon,
Alex Vincent. All A’s andB’s: Rachel Hancock, Han-nah Hutson, Shauna Tharp, Joshua Gardner, Kayleigh Garrett, Katie Wynn.
Fifth gradeAll A’s: Amanda Sutton,
Cadie Chapell, Austin Keel, Tyler Kitts, Hailie Hens-ley, Destiny Smith, Tucker Brasher, Stacie Goosie. All A’s and B’s: AndrewMotes, Richard Bowman, Kaitlyn Nelson, David Faulkner, Heather Kitts, Mikayla Wilkerson, James Thompson, Hannah Tharp, Cody Russell, Thomas Rob-erts, Emeri Kitts, Christa Hensley, Taylor Dominion, Edgar DeLeon, Josh Har-ris, Thomas Roberts, Mag-gie Hickman, Austin Berry, Abby Wolfenbarger, Tiona Jones, Noah Norton, Ja-cob Mays, Brandon Sellers, Brooke Bates.
TENNderCare available for children
The TENNderCare pro-gram 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 services every year. Call today to set up a TENNderCare visit with your doctor or go to the Union County Health De-partment. Your health plan will help. Info: 1-866-311-4287 or www.tennessee.gov/tenncare/tenndercare.
4-H fundraiserChris McLaughlin and Jer-
emiah Kadron, members of
the Maynardville 4-H Club, sell
badges and dyed eggs at the
Tractor Supply in Halls.Photo by S. Clark
SCHOOL NOTESThe Union County School
Board has approved the
following calendar for the
remainder of the school
year:
May 26 and 27, will be ■
instructional days for
students.
Saturday, May 28, will be an ■
abbreviated instructional
day for students.
Memorial Day, May 30, will ■
be an administrative day
with no students.
May 31 will be the last ab- ■
breviated day.
Kindergarten registra- ■
tion for Union County
schools will be held at each
elementary school 3:30 to
6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5.
Registration for Paulette
Elementary School will be
held 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday,
May 5, at Milan Baptist
Church. Children who are
5 years old on or before
Sept. 30, 2011, should enter
kindergarten during the
2011-2012 school year. Par-
ents must provide a copy of
the child’s birth certifi cate,
proof of a physical within
the last six months or date
of next scheduled physical,
immunization records,
copy of the child’s Social
Security card, and two
proofs of residency like
utility bills. The principals
of each school will have
bus route information.
Enrollment forms may be
picked up at the Union
County Board of Education
offi ce starting Monday, May
2. Info: Jimmy Carter, 992-
5466 ext. 110.
Link your ■ Food City Value Card with the school of
your choice to earn money
for that school. To link, ask
your cashier at check-out.
Even though the school isn’t
built yet, you can already
link your Value Card to Pau-lette Elementary School.
Pre-KUnion County Pre-K ■
Roundup will be held from
4:30 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday
in April, in the Union County
High School commons area.
This is for children who will
reach 4 years of age by Sept.
1. Space is limited. Blank
registration forms may be
picked up and dropped
off at Luttrell Elementary,
Maynardville Elementary,
Sharps Chapel Elemen-
tary and central offi ce. Info:
Jimmy Carter, 992-5466,
ext. 110.
Horace MaynardDance ■ will be held Friday,
April 29. Eighth grade talent
show will be held at 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 28.
Union County High
Union County High School ■
cosmetology students will
be off ering free haircuts
through May 20 to help
train for their board exams.
Call 992-0180 and ask for
cosmetology to set up an
appointment.
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A-8 • APRIL 23, 2011 • UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS
Smoky Mountain 4-H’ers Miranda Key and Rebekah Kadron went to Nashville for the 64th annual 4-H Congress. They spent time exploring the state capitol building, met state Rep. Dennis Powers and sat in on a state legislative ses-sion.
The 4-H’ers enjoyed lots of special entertainment, some on the General Jack-son Showboat. They also voted for 4-H Governor, Speaker of the Senate and Speaker of the House and enjoyed dancing during the Inaugural Ball.
Miranda Key and Rebekah Kadron are ready to board the General
Jackson Showboat during their trip to the annual 4-H Congress. Photo submitted
4-H’ers enjoy Nashville trip
REUNIONSHorace Maynard High School Class of 1971 ■ is planning its 40-
year reunion. Those who would like to help get things started are
encouraged to contact Donna Bailey Jones, 992-1555 or ucar1@
bellsough.net, or Vickie Eastridge Keck, 910-580-4843.
The Reynolds family ■ will have a reunion at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1,
in the Big Ridge State Park tea room. Come and bring a covered
dish. Info: 992-3278.
By Cindy Taylor
More than 50 well-wishers were in attendance April 19, as Union County High School athlete Chase Buckner signed to play basketball for Walters State Community College.
S e v e n t e e n - y e a r - o l d Buckner will graduate from Union County High next month, and then it’s on to
play in college for Walters State coach Bill Carlisle.
“Chase earned this schol-arship based on how well he played while he was here,” said Union County High bas-ketball coach Shane Brown. “He scored and shot well, and in my two years here he has been instrumental to our program. He had other
options, but he felt Walters State was a good fi t.”
“This is pretty cool, and I’m glad to have an oppor-tunity to play another two years,” said Buckner. “I like coach Carlisle and like stay-ing close to home. I want to thank coach Brown and all the assistant coaches and my mom and dad.”
By Cindy Taylor
A couple years ago Tom Heemstra was asked by to help with the talented pro-gram at Union County High School. Heemstra was al-ready working on a project from his doctorate studies called Creator’s University, so this fi t in perfectly with the outreach CU was already planning to have with the schools.
CU is a nonprofi t organi-zation designed to be a cre-ative think tank to help teach and inspire creativity, help students achieve their cre-ative dreams, and help busi-nesses with innovation and problem solving. Heemstra addressed the school board April 14 with his plan.
“As you know, there is plenty of artistic talent in this county that needs mentoring and nurturing for their fu-ture success, and that is our aim,” said Heemstra. “No one really teaches creativity, but it is the fuel for the engine of innovation that our country and Union County needs.”
“We want to inspire, grow, promote and launch these ar-tistic futures to help improve the overall culture of our schools, families and com-munities in Union County.
“We are asking for vol-unteers to help us for this summer during the fi rst week of June for a summer school for creative arts type of activities. This is a pilot program for this summer with expansion planned for coming years. We are lim-ited, of course, by the type and amount of volunteer in-structors, expertise and re-sources we can fi nd. Several instructors have already volunteered. We will also need instructor assistants for each course for those in-terested in any of these sub-ject areas but who may have no real personal expertise or experience. The more
Chase Buckner signs to play basketball for Walters State Community College. Pictured at the
signing are: (front) brother Bryce Buckner, father Andy Buckner, Chase, mother Gina Buckner,
sister Briley Buckner; (back) assistant coach Mike Johnson, Director of Schools Wayne Goforth,
coach Shane Brown and Walters State basketball coach Bill Carlisle. Photo by C. Taylor
Buckner signs with Walters State
Tom Heemstra speaks to the
Union County school board
about his summer art school. Photo by C. Taylor
Summer art school needs help
support we have from the community helps with the board, and Union County at large, to assist in approving and providing this needed program.”
Heemstra created the ac-ronym D.R.A.W.M.P.T., pro-nounced dreamt, to represent Drama-dance, Radio, Arts (pottery, drawing, painting), Writing, Music, Photography and Technology.
Classes will run 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, with a 90-minute lunch break. Buses may pro-
vide transportation from three elementary schools to the high school if necessary. Scholarships will be avail-able for students who cannot afford the $10 per day cost of the program.
Curriculum will belong uniquely to teacher’s desires and infl uence, within reason, and submitted and approved by the committee, board or school offi cials. Heemstra hopes to provide great fl exi-bility for necessary fi eld trips and have funds from corpo-rate sponsors.
“The program will be lim-ited by the amount of corpo-rate and community support, both by funding and offering all the classes we would like,” said Heemstra. “Please help us and plead for help and volunteers for us and for our youth.”
Applications and detailed instructions will be avail-able on May 1 at the Board of Education offi ce or can be requested online from [email protected]. Sign up early, because space is limited.
GED test dates setThe Union County Adult Education Center will be
giving the GED exam April 25 and 26, May 23 and 24, and June 20 and 21. The test will begin each day at 4 p.m. and will be paid for by the center. The state requires each individual be given a pretest before the offi cial GED. The pretest takes approximately two hours and should be taken two weeks prior to taking the GED. Appointments can be made for the pretest by calling Melissa Carter at 992-0805.
The offi ce also has a representative, Vickie Thal from UT, who will help fi ll out the fi nancial aid forms and offer career advice. Thal is at the center on Tuesdays and is available by appointment by calling the number above.
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