Farmers Market to open Friday

The Union County Farmers Market will kick off the season with an afternoon of fanfare Friday, May 1, from 4-7 p.m. in downtown Maynardville.

Jim Woods and the Union County Dirt Band will en-tertain from the Back Porch stage, and Preservation Union County will celebrate the fi rst day of Preserve Union County Month. Historian Bonnie Pe-ters, artist demonstrators and vendors will be on hand.

Luttrell’s movie in the park returns

Luttrell’s free movie in the park resumes Friday, May 8, in Luttrell City Park. The movie will be family friendly and starts at dusk. Some concessions will be available. Bring blankets or chairs to sit on. Everyone welcome.

Lincoln Reagan Dinner set

Union County Republican Party has set its annual Lin-coln Reagan Dinner for 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Union County High School. A social gathering starts at 5:30 p.m. Guest speakers will include Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and state GOP chair Ryan Haynes.

Tickets are $25 with a table sponsorship $250. Info: unioncogop@aol.com or 865-992-5342.

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Ronnie gets a driver’s license

... We were doing fi ne as we approached a side street. She said, “Turn left here.” At that point we hadn’t exactly reached any place to turn. I said, “Right here?” She said, “No, left there.” “Back there?” said I. “No, up there,” said she.

I said, “Oh, you mean left right here,” and turned very sharply left onto Academy Street. ...

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and Carrie Edds are seeing off their fi rstborn, Colby, to a promis-ing career start, and their daugh-ter, McKenzie, just received three huge honors in her college career as a sophomore at LMU.

McKenzie, a 2013 UCHS gradu-ate, was a “solid” athlete in high school, playing on several sports teams, and a high achiever aca-demically. As a freshman chemis-try student at LMU, she says she played on some intramural teams, and the coaching staff there asked her if she’d ever thought about playing lacrosse.

The current season is LMU’s fi rst in the sport.

She jokingly replied, “No, I don’t reckon so because nobody around where I’m from plays it.

“They asked if I wanted to try it and of course I accepted the chal-lenge. I really liked the sport and will probably continue playing it for the rest of my college career.”

Colby Edds is heading into a career in baseball management. Photo submitted

McKenzie Edds on the lacrosse fi eld at LMU, where she’s acing chemis-

try and biology classes. Photo by Mike Slade

Commercial Bank moves in!Samantha Clabo, Pam Middleton, Brenda Sweet, Christine Tharp and Me-

lissa Stormer are in their beautifully decorated new building at the south

end of Maynardville. The new branch replaced the former building which

was more than 40 years old.

UC Lions get dropbox for donated glasses

The excellent Edds

The lacrosse league likes the way she plays, enough so that she was awarded All-South Atlantic Conference honorable mention. Edds led the Railsplitters with 14 caused turnovers, ranking 20th in the SAC. She produced the third-most ground-ball recover-ies for Lincoln Memorial with 28, and added fi ve draw controls, two shots and one shot on goal.

Her professors see the promise in her academic performance, too, choosing her for two $1,000 schol-arships: the Dr. Louis Lutz Memo-rial Scholarship and the Mildred H. and Bobbie E. Williamson Me-morial Endowed Scholarship.

If all this isn’t enough, she holds a part time job at Rite Aid.

The family is celebrating son Colby’s graduation from Milligan College in Elizabethton. He went there after graduating cum laude from Jackson State Community College, where he earned an asso-ciate’s degree in science.

His bachelor of business ad-

By Bonnie PetersThe Union County Lions Club

has a beautiful new dropbox for donated eyeglasses, thanks to the Union County High School agri-culture mechanics program and Horace Maynard FFA members Chenoa Gallagher, Devin Overton and Cole Kenney.

The dropbox is located at May-nardville’s Food City. The Lions Club collects unused eyeglasses and cases for refurbishing and distribution to individuals in need. Any donation of eyeglasses and cases is appreciated.

Lions’ mission is vision, and Union County Lions are doing their part to see that more people have access to glasses. For years, local Lions have collected unused glasses, and twice a year, a few of these Lions make the trip to the glasses recycling center in Roa-noke, Va., where the glasses are sorted and cleaned.

check the drop-box regularly and pass the donated glasses on to be taken at the Lions next trip to the recycling center in Virginia..

Union County Lions are grate-ful for the support of Food City and Union County High School ag-riculture mechanics program and Horace Maynard FFA members Chenoa Gallagher, Devin Over-ton and Cole Kenney in carrying out this project. The drop-box is painted in Lions yellow color with a large Lions logo on either side for easy access.

The Smoky Mountains Lions Charities Vision Van is parked at Fountain City Park. Once a month Lions gather there to do eye ex-aminations and make glasses for those in need. If you know anyone who does not have the means to have an eye examination and/or to purchase glasses, ask a member of your local Lions Club if you can be of assistance.

Union County Lions Club member Bill Sexton, Floyd Rutherford (making the

fi rst donation to the dropbox), and club president Ronnie Mincey.

ministration, his high academics and his experience playing base-ball all through his life made him a top choice for an intern program in management at the Johnson City Cardinals, a rookie league or-ganization.

Only eight applicants out of 250 were chosen for the program.

“My dream job is to be a general manager for a minor league team, and this internship will give me great connections for that goal,” says Colby. “It’s been a long jour-ney and I’m kinda proud to be where I am so far.”

Mom and dad can’t help but be proud of their kids, too, and both McKenzie and Colby sing their

parents’ praises for guiding and encouraging them.

John and Carrie have a “second litter” coming along: Eli, 8, and Ty, 11, are students at Sharps Chapel.

“Yep, Eli is named after Man-ning and Ty for Ty Cobb,” says John, a Horace Maynard Middle School teacher and coach.

Colby sees promise in his little brothers’ abilities. “They have the advantage of all the playing McK-enzie and I have done with them. I think they might be more athletic than any of us.”

Carrie, who was a leading scor-er on the basketball team at LMU, teaches personal fi nance at Union County High.

Chuck Hosey came in from Savannah, Ga., to help paint the old Oak Grove

School. He’s pictured with Keep Union County Beautiful director Sonja Hill,

volunteer Karen Brown and preservationist Betty Bullen. More photos on

page 3.

In many third-world coun-tries, no eyeglass manufacturing is available even if for those who could afford them. Literally truck-loads of glasses are recycled in this manner by volunteer Lions.

Lion Bill Sexton spearheaded a project at a Union County High School class to make a metal con-

tainer that has been placed at Food City in Maynardville. Floyd Rutherford brought a bag of no longer used glasses and is seen in the picture dropping in the fi rst pair of glasses collected in the new drop-box. Glasses can be dropped in this receptacle, which is locked; and Union County Lions will

Butch-watch Butch Jones clearly has his

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“I continue to withhold judgment on player develop-ment and strategy. When Ten-nessee defeats Alabama, I’ll have more to say.”

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has met their match in Knoxville artist and s c u l p t o r C l a r k Stewart.

Stewart, h o w e v e r , has taken his love for

automobiles far beyond the imagination of most of us in a series of fantasy creations of classic cars he has crafted using everything from an old birch cutting board to scrap aluminum and even velvet.

Many of the cars are on display through May at the District Gallery in Bearden.

A retired University of Tennessee professor of drawing and painting, Stewart says his love affair with automobiles began

when he purchased a classic MGTC as a teenager.

“Automata” is what he calls his fi gurative collection. It is colorful and amazing in every way. There are fantasy renditions of the Porsche, Jaguar, Bugatti, MG, Alfa Romeo and others.

None is true to the original. They are better. More colorful. More interesting. More beautiful in both design and craftsmanship. And they are fl awless. For if ever a perfectionist existed, it is Clark Stewart.

An art collector himself, Stewart says the collection he and his wife, Judy, have amassed from around the world “is a collection of souls. Art represents the best part of people’s souls. Whatever concrete thing you make, that’s the best part of you. And nice cars have a soul to them.”

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David McCollough’s State Farm offi ce and Dyer’s Flooring will hold a com-bined Grand Reopening on Friday, May 8, from noon to 3 p.m.

McCollough moved into the building formerly oc-cupied by Dyer’s Flooring

at 3926 Maynardville Hwy. in Maynardville, and the fl ooring company moved one door north in February, during the ice storm.

The businesses will serve hot dogs and give away pro-motional items.

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Brian White of White’s Nursery will hold an open house at his greenhouses in Maynardville Saturday, May 2, and the next day, the East Tennessee Hosta So-ciety holds its annual plant sale at the UT Gardens in Knoxville.

White has numerous va-rieties of hostas, Japanese maples and dwarf gingkos on display at his place at 902 Raccoon Valley Road,

and will have special pricing during the open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fi rst 25 visitors will receive a free Praying Hands hosta.

The hosta society will feature premium hostas and local crafts at a tailgate plant sale on Sunday, May 3, from noon to 4 p.m., in the parking lot adjacent to the gardens entrance off Joe Johnson Drive on the ag campus.

By Bonny C. MillardSunny skies brought

business owner and entre-preneur Dale Read to the South, and he’s learned over the years to weather the gray skies of economic downturns.

That ability has allowed his company, Read Window Products Inc., to prosper. Earlier this year, the com-pany moved to its largest fa-cility yet: a 39,000-square-foot building on Weisbrook Lane that houses offi ces and a production area. That’s a long way from his humble beginnings in a “fi sh shack” that served as his fi rst ware-house.

Read’s commercial drap-ery business makes custom drapes and window cover-ings such as blinds and va-lances for the hospitality in-dustry and for commercial markets including banks, hospitals and offi ce build-ings. The company has cus-tomers nationwide and in the Caribbean Islands.

Read, a soft-spoken man

from rural Michigan, moved to Knoxville in 1977 as a

sales rep for Kirsch, a drapery h a r d w a r e m a n u f a c -turer. After graduating from Michi-gan State University, he consid-

ered his career options, but he knew he wanted to get away from the overcast skies of his native home.

“Actually, I came to At-lanta,” he said. “I didn’t mind the cold, and I didn’t mind the snow. But I hated the overcast skies.”

He worked for Kirsch in Atlanta and Miami but de-cided to keep his roots in East Tennessee when the company wanted to relocate him again. Kirsch agreed to make Read a distributor, and Read opened his offi ce in his Seymour home in 1981.

“My employees really like

this story. I had a fi sh shack in the backyard that became my warehouse. It was prob-ably 10 by 10,” he said. “I made one of the b e d r o o m s an offi ce, but I didn’t have a phone in the fi sh shack. So if I was work-ing in the fi sh shack and the phone rang, I’d run across the yard and answer the phone. I did that for about six months and then opened an offi ce on Baum Drive.”

Since that time, the busi-ness has expanded and evolved. It’s had several lo-cations including two build-ings on Cogdill Road. He now has about 25 employ-ees, plus several installers, and plans to add fi ve to 10 more people for production.

During a walkthrough of the production area, Read and workroom manager Ryan Toby explained the process of how drapes and other products are made.

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Read Window hit rough patches when Fairfi eld fi led for Chapter 11, and again when the economy took a downturn in 2008. But through it all, Read kept the business steady until the sun came back out.

“We had continual growth until 2008, and we had several years of rever-sal, I guess you could call it that, but our last three years, we’ve been in a nice growth pattern again,” he said. “And we see that con-tinuing.”

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Joe Rogers, whose dad

attended Oak Grove, paints

the siding on the historic

Sharps Chapel school-

house, under renovation by

volunteers led by Preserva-

tion Union County.

Karen Brown, a DOW Knoxville employee, is renovating a 26-acre farm in Sharps Chapel in prep-

aration to move her family there permanently. DOW provided the paint through a community

grant. Photos by L. Morgan

Oak Grove gets fresh paint

Goldie Cole, who taught school at Oak

Grove, stopped by with a homemade

cake and shared memories with

Union County historian Bonnie Peters.

Ellen Robinette and Darrell

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At the age of 12, Anna Jarvis heard her mother pray that someone would estab-lish a day of commemorating mothers everywhere. Anna never forgot this mo-ment. When her mother passed away in 1905, Anna was heard to say at the grave-side service, “…by the grace of God, you shall have that Mother’s Day.”

By 1907, Anna began a campaign to establish Mother’s Day. On the second anniversary of her mother’s death, she led a small tribute at Andrews Methodist Church. The next year, Mother’s Day was celebrated in Philadelphia.

Anna’s supporters began to write let-ters asking for a national Mother’s Day. She eventually gained the support of John Wanamaker, Philadelphia mer-

chant and philanthropist. In 1909, 45 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico observed Mother’s Day.

People wore white and red carnations to pay tribute to their mothers, a tradition started by Anna. Carnations were Anna’s mother’s favorite fl owers, the white car-nation most of all because it represented the purity of a mother’s heart. Those whose mothers had passed away wore white carnations. Those whose mothers were still living wore red carnations.

By 1911, Mother’s Day was celebrated in almost every U.S. state. In 1914, presi-dent Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Moth-er’s Day a national holiday to be held each year on the second Sunday of May.

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I was 17 and about to achieve a milestone, a life initiation – my fi rst driver’s license. Having ably been trained by the best, I studied Tennessee Driver’s Manual with great interest.

On the appointed day my neighbor and Union County Trustee James “Brother” Phillips (brother-in-law to my instructor Bill Cox) drove me in Dad’s ’67 Chev-rolet Impala to the Union County Courthouse so I could take the test.

On the paper and pencil test I seem to remember missing three questions, either the maximum num-ber or one less than I could miss and still pass. One question missed was, “The safest driving speed on the interstate is determined by…”

One of the choices was, logically, “the speed limit,” and that’s the one I chose. Unfortunately, logic doesn’t always prevail – the correct answer was “by the speed of the vehicles around you.”

Now armed with written proof that I had mastered a majority of the theory of driving, however limited, it was time to take the “hands-on” portion of the test behind the wheel. In the early 1980s, the driver’s test in Union County consisted of driving a few blocks in a square, making four left turns. No paral-lel parking or any of that other complicated stuff was involved.

My test was adminis-tered by a middle-aged lady with a mountain of hair and a clipboard. She was “coolly professional.” She climbed in and began giving her instructions – “turn on the ignition, put the car in drive, move forward,” etc.

We were doing fi ne as we approached a side street. She said, “Turn left here.” At that point we hadn’t

Knox County Commis-sioner Amy Broyles knows − and understands − why few women run for offi ce. They’re busier than ever, and while many are perfect-ly comfortable raising mon-ey for schools or churches, they’re not comfortable asking for money for them-selves. Plus, they know that campaigns get ugly, and they don’t want to put their family in that position.

But issues that directly affect women, like equal pay, won’t be addressed if women themselves don’t step up, she says.

“We have to be the ones sitting in those chairs.”

That’s why Broyles is planning a campaign school for women who are interest-ed in running for offi ce or becoming involved in cam-paigning for a female can-didate. A date has yet to be set, but it will be a weekend in August, she says.

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Cars, clipboards and curls

exactly reached any place to turn. I said, “Right here?” She said, “No, left there.” “Back there?” said I. “No, up there,” said she.

I said, “Oh, you mean left right here,” and turned very sharply left onto Academy Street.

Her left hand fl ew up-ward to protect her curly hairdo, leaving her clip-board to slide from her lap. She made a quick recovery with her right hand while giving me one of the most unique looks ever received from any female. Even her carefully applied makeup could not hide her shades-paler complexion.

She said, “What’s wrong with you?” I stammered my apologies, and she gracious-ly but poutingly accepted. Maybe she had compassion for me, maybe she didn’t want to have to administer the test to me ever again, maybe she was just grateful to be alive, but as we parted ways forever she handed me a piece of paper and said, “I’m going to pass you, but you need a lot more practice!”

I thanked her, assured her that I most assuredly would practice, and went back into the courthouse to complete the fi nal steps to get my license. I cel-ebrated this momentous achievement along the path to manhood by having Brother drive me home.

There have been other adventures in driving for me. Next week I’ll share what I learned from a great name known to most.

Amy Broyles

Broyles plans campaign school for women

are from different parties, and women from all parties, or none at all, are welcome to participate.

She is currently seeking sponsorships so that the school will be free of charge.

When women choose to run for offi ce, it’s usually because they’re angry about something, she says. Broyles ran for County Commission seven years ago because she was angry about term lim-its. Someone tried to dis-courage her from running because a man, who could fi nance his own campaign, was willing to run.

She was active in the community, but didn’t know the man. She decided she was a better candidate, in spite of having a 12-week-old baby at the time.

While Broyles moved forward without wondering if she was prepared, most

sion. Men don’t get asked such questions, she says.

Women also have to en-dure comments about their appearance that men man-age to avoid.

While Knox County and the city of Knoxville have had numerous female of-fi ceholders over the past couple of decades, the trend has reversed. Broyles isn’t sure why, but she’s heard of the same thing happening in communities across the country.

She is the sole woman on Knox County Commission. Brenda Palmer, who serves under the city’s fi rst female mayor, is the sole woman on City Council.

In spite of the challenge of getting there, Broyles has loved her time in offi ce. She feels that she’s been able to affect positive change dur-ing her time on commis-sion, even if it didn’t directly result in policy change.

She won’t run again in 2016 because she’ll have been in offi ce for eight years. The people who are most disappointed are her three daughters, she says.

“They’re really proud of me.”

women say they don’t know enough to serve in an elect-ed offi ce.

“Women always seem to think there’s something more they need to do to run for offi ce.”

Men, who are used to see-ing men in offi ce, are more likely to see themselves as qualifi ed, she says.

Women candidates face challenges, and criticism, that men don’t face. During her fi rst campaign, Broyles was surprised to be asked how she would manage her family responsibilities while serving on commis-

Wendy Smith

No one else is in sight when

Macey Hutchison, great

granddaughter of Burney

Hutchison, is fi rst place win-

ner in the one mile race. Pho-tos by L. Morgan

Ramble the Raccoon, the Tennessee State Park mascot, gives Big Ridge Elementary fi fth grader

Sam Myers a high fi ve as he fi nishes the one miler.

Maynardville trio wins Ridgerunner 5K,

all have fun

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Question: So, how long before Butch does some-thing?

Clarifi cation: I suppose, in this case, Butch is a col-lective noun encompassing Tennessee coach Lyle Allen Jones Jr. , a cluster of highly regarded on-fi eld assistants, dozens behind the scene, af-fl uent fans who loan jets and enthusiastic students, some who run and jump and hit people and others who paint recruiting names on the campus rock.

Answer: He already has done something. He has ad-justed the football culture to mostly positive, upgraded talent and depth and set a world record for attention to details – including academ-ic achievement and unifi ca-

How long before Butch does something?

tion of the old guard.In mod language, Ten-

nessee is trending. There is measurable improvement. His players are bigger and faster. They look stronger in the team photo.

These preliminaries have been expensive, a few million here, a few more there, raises all around, but, fortunately, Butch has enhanced ticket sales and

perhaps inspired an uptick in giving. He is one heck of a salesman. By my count, he is undefeated in press con-ferences and interviews. He says a lot – with passion.

What the Volunteers did to Iowa, slow or lethargic, generated an overfl ow of or-ange optimism. Many think Tennessee will win the SEC East.

No previous Butch result substantiates this. His two-year record is 12-13. He is 5-11 in the SEC. He and his people have twice upset South Carolina. He lost to the worst Florida team in a decade. His team squeaked through at Vanderbilt to earn bowl eligibility. Lest you forget, the Commo-dores, 17-point underdogs,

created far too much ten-sion.

Butch said: “This game summarized our season of adversity and great resil-iency.”

Butch is articulate.Just as he was building,

several young people who were once recruiting prizes pulled up roots and went away. OK, that could have been a left-handed bless-ing in disguise. Newcom-ers may be better than the dearly departed. For sure they will be younger and less experienced.

So, when will Butch do something really exciting?

Coming up usually takes more time than going down. Be reminded that major repairs were necessary.

Once a program falls, ri-vals stomp all over it and do their best to make bad mat-ters worse.

“Hobnail boot on the neck” is a vivid description.

Consider the Bill Battle decline of the 1970s. John Majors came home to fi x it. There was no brick by brick back then but what we got was 4-7, 5-5-1, 7-5 and 5-6, generally worse than what Battle was doing.

Symbolic restoration appeared in the fi fth year, capped by the not so glam-orous trip to the drab, cold, windy Garden State Bowl. Some of you missed New Jersey. I remember it well. I ran out of gas on a scenic drive.

Erosion under Battle was

pleasant compared to the Lane Kiffi n-Derek Dooley slide and crash. Butch in-herited a mess. His imme-diate predecessor didn’t re-cruit offensive linemen.

Butch has done well re-building bridges, mending fences and pointing the pro-gram in the proper direc-tion. Practice fi eld challeng-es through a public address system, the noisy stadium DJ and student apprecia-tion day are not the Neyland way but Butch clearly has his own brand of leadership.

I continue to withhold judgment on player devel-opment and strategy. When Tennessee defeats Alabama, I’ll have more to say.(Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com)

Race winners Austin Hall (fi rst place men), his girlfriend Stepha-

nie Bruner (fi rst place women) and her sister Tanya Bruner (sec-

ond place women) are all from Maynardville.

Neva Kitts, race volunteer, congratulates runners Debra Keck

and Wade Brantley, whose time was an impressive 35:33.

REUNION NOTES ■ Horace Maynard High

School Class of 1965 will

celebrate its 50th reunion

5-9 p.m. Saturday, May 30,

at Horace Maynard Middle

School, formerly Horace

Maynard High School, located

at 435 Main St., Maynardville.

Cost: $20. Info/reservations:

Pearl Loy Coff ey, coff eypl@

yahoo.com.

Tennis players Tamara Summers and Nathan

Capps are the Patriot Athletes of the Week.

S u m -mers, a sophomore, says she loves play-ing tennis and is dedi-

cated to reaching her goals.She plans to have a career

in medical therapeutics and is holding a 4.0 GPA. She is member of the Beta Club, is in the HOSA program and the FCA.

She’s looking forward to spending time on the lake this summer with her

friends and her little sis-ter, Bryleigh. Her parents

are Tammy A mbu r ge y and Randy Summers.

C a p p s is an all-around ath-lete, playing tennis this spring, at the shoot-

ing guard position on the basketball court this past winter, and plans to return to the golf team this fall.

A sophomore, he is a member of the FCA and plans to pursue a career in accounting.

His parents are Brad and Deanna Capps.

Union County High School tennis team hosted L&N STEM Academy from Knox County in late March. The UCHS girls won 9-0 and the UCHS boys won 6-3.

Results in the girls sin-gles matches are: Sierra Clabough (UC) defeated Armani Hall 8-1; Sierra Womble (UC) defeated Chloe Armstrong 8-1; Ta-mara Summers (UC) de-feated Abby Morgan 8-2; Melanie Cox (UC) defeated Molly Armstrong 8-1; Jes-sica Bravo (UC) defeated

Hyatt Christianberry 8-2; and Chloe Brown (UC) won her match.

Results in the boys singles matches are: Zack Walker (UC) defeated Adam Shipley-Powell 8-3; Nathan Capps (UC) defeated Ryan Brunton 8-2; Jacob Cook (UC) defeated Riley Forrest-Bank 9-7; Seth Beeler (UC) defeated David Stewart 8-3. STEM won by forfeit num-ber 5 and 6 seed.

Results in the girls dou-bles matches are: Clabough/Womble (UC) defeated Hall/

Armstrong 8-5; Summers/Cox (UC) defeated Morgan/Armstrong 8-1; and Union County Lexy Headley and Laura Maples won their match.

Results in the boys dou-bles matches are: Walker/Capps (UC) defeated Kirt Brewer/Dylan Kirby 8-0; Cook/Beeler (UC) defeated Daniel Buekman/Christian Toppenberg 8-5; Stem won number 3 seed doubles by forfeit.

UCHS rain out against Fulton was reset for April

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THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 20Online registration open for Race to benefi t

the Corryton Community Food Pantry, to be held Saturday, June 20. Event is part of “The Run and See Tennessee Grand Prix Series.” To register: https://runnerreg.us/corryton8mile. Info: corryton8miler@yahoo.com; ron.fuller@totalracesolutions.com; or Joyce Harrell, 705-7684.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 1-2SpringFest 2015, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., CrossPoint

Church, 2000 Loves Creek Road. Features: 2-day rum-mage sale, bake sale, KidZone children’s area, food and live entertainment on Saturday.

Yard sale, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Follow signs from Central Avenue Pike to East Beaver Creek to Tipton Lane.

THURSDAYS-SUNDAYS, MAY 1-17“Harriet the Spy,” Knoxville Children’s

Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 2Churchwide Rummage Sale, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.,

Fountain City UMC, 212 Hotel Road. Rain or shine. $3 Brown Bag-a-Bargain, noon-2 p.m.

Plant Sale begins, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center. Continues two weeks or until sold out. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Powell River Canoe and Kayak Regatta, beginning at the Well Being Conference Center, 557 Narrows Road, Tazewell; ending at Riverside Rentals, 327 N. Riverside road, Harrogate. Proceeds to benefi t Pat Summitt Foundation. Info: facebook.com/Powell-RiverRegatta.

MONDAY, MAY 4American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran

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

TUESDAY, MAY 5Lunch and Learn workshop: “How to De-

light Your Customers,” noon-2 p.m., Hickory Star. Hosted by the Union County Chamber of Commerce and the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). The event is free for Chamber members, $35 for non-members. Reservations required. Info: 992-2811.

FRIDAY, MAY 8Free movie in the park, Luttrell City Park. Movie

starts at dusk. Some concessions available. Bring Blan-kets or chairs and enjoy .Movie will be family friendly. Everyone welcome.

SATURDAY, MAY 9Free beekeeping hands-on workshop, Well-

Being Foundation, 557 Narrows Road, Tazewell. Program presented by long-time beekeeper and UT Extension agent John Hamrick. Sponsored by Bee Friends, a local beekeeping group. Info: Julianne Behn, 617-9013.

TUESDAY, MAY 12Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette

Elementary School, 3006 Maynardville Highway.

THURSDAY, MAY 14VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynard-

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

SATURDAY, MAY 16East Tennessee Plant Swap, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.,

large shelter at New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane. Free event open to the public. Pot luck lunch, 11:30 a.m. Info: www.easttnplantswap.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 19Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

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

FAITH NOTES ■ Hansard Chapel Methodist Church, located on Highway 33

across from Tolliver’s Market, hosts a food pantry 6-7 p.m. each

third Saturday. Gently used clothing is also available. Info: the Rev.

Jay Richardson, 776-2668.

Enoch is remembered for two things: he was the father of Methuselah (fa-mous for being the world’s oldest man, at age 969!) and for the fact that he did not die.

At least, that is how the Genesis account is under-stood. It is obviously sub-ject to interpretation. To say that “he was no more, because God took him” could as easily mean that he died.

The Bible says “Enoch walked with God.” We usually understand such a statement to mean that a person was obedient to God, that such a person was extraordinarily good. I think the writer of Gen-esis probably meant that, as well.

However, when I was a teenager, I heard an ex-planation of this passage that caught my imagina-tion, and it has stuck with me. I have no idea what commentator or preacher interpreted this passage, but here it is.

Enoch walked with God. Every evening. In the cool of the evening,

… Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him.

(Genesis 5: 24 NRSV)Ultimately we’re all just walking each other

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God and Enoch would take a stroll, and talk.

However, one eve-ning, they walked and talked longer and later than usual. And God said to Enoch, “Well, we are closer to my house than to yours. Why don’t you just come home with me?

So Enoch did just that. He went (as my grandfa-ther’s generation would say) to his “long home.” He went home to be with God.

When I was in high school, I had a voice teacher who taught me the song “I’ll Walk with God.”

The last phrase of Paul Francis Webster’s text for that lovely tune is “And I’ll never walk alone while I walk with God.”

Amen!

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SCHOOL NOTES ■ Paulette Elementary School

PTA will host its inaugural

Mother-Son Dinner and

Movie event 6-9 p.m. Friday,

May 1, at the school. The

event is open to any boy

elementary age or younger to

bring his mother, stepmother,

grandmother, aunt, older

sister, etc.

The event is not limited

to Paulette students. Cost is

$10, $5 each additional child,

and includes pizza, drink, des-

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Movie.”

Paulette students are

asked to RSVP with number

of people attending to their

classroom teacher.

With the array of over-the-counter medication that’s available, and with people’s time always pressed, the temptation is strong to “treat” aches and pains with some sort of pill.

Over the long haul, treating the symptom of a problem – rather than the problem itself – can increase chances of injury. The results of a study published a few years ago in the medical journal Neurology found that subjects who regularly used pain relievers were signifi cantly more at risk for developing chronic pain. Without addressing

the underlying cause of pain, the situation is never going to improve.

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Paulette raises funds to save heartsPaulette Elementary School recently held its fourth annual American Heart Association fund-

raiser. The students were challenged to meet the goal of $4,000. Despite snowy weather, the

Paulette Panthers worked hard and were able to exceed their goal. The top fundraisers are: Cole

Williams, Ousley Williams, Isabella Humphrey, Milah Hickle-Shoff ner and Heather Wise, who

raised the most. Photo submitted

‘Q’ weds ‘U’ at Paulette ElementaryStacie Meek’s kindergarten class recently celebrated the wedding of the letters Q and U. The ceremony was performed by school

principal Jason Bailey. All students came dressed to impress for the wedding nuptials, including a bride, groom, bridesmaids,

groomsmen, fl ower girls and ring bearers. The wedding reception included cake, cookies and punch. Pictured are: (front) Chris-

tian Dabbs, Xander Martin, Joseph Jones, Brody Williams, Jayden Vandergriff , Max Corum, Van Richardson, Jaxon Bailey, Dakota

Spencer, Mason Muncey; (back) Melissa Moss, Ja’cee Turner, Emily Welch, Kaitlyn Johnson, Nicholas Risinger, Zevah Bravo, Kaitlyn

Stevens, Ashlyn Tiller, Emma Clabough, Kylie Tharp, Ousley Williams, Ella Branscomb, Marlie Brock and kindergarten teacher

Stacie Meek. Photo submitted

4-H speakers represent UCUnion County Big Nine 4-H public speaking contest participants at the Claiborne County event

are Allison Hanna, Kaleb Hanna, Cera Davis and Lakin Brock. Photo submitted

April is Child AbuseAwareness Month

Luttrell Elementary students with posters and pinwheels

to show their support for Child Abuse Awareness. Photo submitted

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