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Humane Society golf tourney

The third annual Golf Clas-sic to benefit the Union Coun-ty Humane Society is Friday, Aug. 15, at Three Ridges Golf Course with registration and warmup at 11:30 a.m., lunch at noon and a shotgun start at 1 p.m.

A registration form can be downloaded at www.unioncountyhumanesociety.org.

Info: 992-7969.

Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival is Aug. 15

Julian to visit chick sale

Longtime Ag Extension agent Harold Julian, 98, is planning to visit the upcoming 4-H chick sale, and he hopes old friends will stop by. The chick show and

sale is 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Union Farmers Co-op.

➤ Details on page 7

Carolyn MurrCarolyn J. Murr is at present

the classroom teacher with the most seniority in the Union County Public Schools. She began teaching PE at Maynard-ville Elementary in 1969.

➤ Read Ronnie Mincey on page 4

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By Libby MorganThis year’s annual Cox family

wheat threshing event served as a rally for 8th district attorney gen-eral candidate Jared Effl er, who’s running in the fi ve-county district where he previously served as an assistant DA. Effl er is one of the 14 grandchildren of event founder Ralph Cox.

Arzo “General” Carson, 91, a former District Attorney General and TBI director, spoke eloquently to the crowd of about 600 at the gathering.

“This is the most powerful of-fi ce in the district,” Carson says of the district attorney. “Do every-

thing you can to make yourselves proud through this man by elect-ing him to this offi ce, and make Union County proud to have the district’s fi rst Union County attor-ney general. It’s your time to set the standard for the eighth judi-cial district.

“It’s my privilege to be here.”Effl er spoke immediately after

Carson, his voice breaking: “I am so humbled by this outpouring of support.”

Effl er’s uncle, Alco Cox, who has been the organizer for the wheat thrashing for decades, died last November. The family and the community honored his memory

on the fi rst wheat thrashing since his death.

“We sure miss him,” says his sister Ruth Sexton. “It’s just not the same, but we are carrying on our tradition.”

“This is biggest crowd we’ve ever had,” says another relative.

Effl er and the family served a huge dinner to all who came, and had a memories display for Alco with a sign with a replica of the John Deere logo that said, “Farm-er born and farmer bred, Alco’s tractors were never red!”

Effl er is opposed in the Aug. 7 election by Lori Phillips-Jones.

Jacob Effl er, Noah Sexton and Keith Cox, all fi rst cousins and grandsons of the late Ralph Cox, feed the cut wheat

stalks into the threshing machine. Photos by Libby Morgan

Eli Boggs, a student at Big Ridge

Elementary, learns about wheat

and enjoys the crowd.

Cox family celebrates

More photos on page 7

By Sandra ClarkWhile results for individual

schools have not been released by the state, Union County Public Schools showed academic achieve-ment increases across the board in district data released last week.

“We are pleased with our im-provements for last year and we will continue to evaluate our for-mative data to make adjustments throughout the school year,” said Director of Schools Jimmy Carter.

“We will make closing achieve-ment gaps a priority this year for students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged stu-dents.”

The state Department of Educa-tion released each district’s grade 3-8 scores on the Tennessee Com-prehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) and End of Course (EOC) exams last week.

For deeper analysis, review comparative data at www.tn.gov/e du c at i o n/d at a /t c ap _ 2 01 4 .shtml/.

According to Carter, Union County Public Schools:

■ Met state achievement tar-gets for 9 of 11 Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs).

County’s TCAP scores show ga ins

Dennis PowersState Representative

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Dr. Jimmy Carter talks with parents

and students following the July 30

Board of Education vote to continue

serving the 626 fi rst-year students

who enrolled properly in the TN

Virtual Academy, administered by

Union County Public Schools. Read

more on page 11. Photo by S. Clark

■ Closed achievement gaps for economically disadvantaged stu-dents in 1 of 4 subject categories.

TCAP scores for grades 3-8 in reading/language arts, math, sci-ence, and social studies showed improvement, but Union County remains below the state average.

■ 3rd grade reading/language arts profi ciency declined across the state by about 5 percent, but grew by 3.4 percent in UCPS from

35.6 percent to 38.7 percent. ■ 7th grade reading/language

arts profi ciency increased across the state by 3.5 percent, but in-creased by 8.9 percent in UCPS from 31.3 percent to 40.2 percent.

UCPS increased in 4 of 7 high school EOC exams in grades 9-12, showing signifi cant increases in English III by 12 percent, English II by 7.4 percent, and Algebra II by 14 percent.

Edwin RobertsonThe community lost a great

leader when Commercial Bank board chair Edwin Robertson died suddenly.

His pass-ing means “a big part of the bank is gone,”

said Maynardville branch manager Brenda Sweet.

➤ See tribute on page 10

The 33rd annual Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 15, with food and fun starting at 4 p.m. and music from 6:30 p.m. until the bands quit play-ing says Ranger Derek Wilson.

The event is free and beginning at 6 p.m., the Big Ridge FCE club will serve hamburgers, hot dogs, and homemade baked goods as a fundraiser for nonprofi ts in the community.

Other vendors include Rodney Malone’s BBQ, Rebecca Hankins

with handmade soap, Hardin’s Mountain Organics, homemade juices by Carolyn, Mildred Gideon with native American crafts and jewelry, Kelvin Ryder blacksmith-ing and artist Wendy Leedy.

The music lineup includes Gospel Strings, Still Holler, Da-vid Seiber and Friends, Circle of Friends, New Grass Gospel, Tracy Flatford and Friends, The Valley Boys, Smoky Mountain Grass and Appalachian Traditions. The festi-val will go on rain or shine.

Happy Birthday, town of Luttrell

Luttrell residents and friends gathered July 27 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Luttrell with speeches, entertainment and food pro-vided by its largest employer, Carmeuse (the quarry opera-tion).

➤ Read Bonnie Peters on page 4

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“It’s great seeing this many people here,” says Beth Bergeron, Union County Farmers Market vol-unteer coordinator, speak-ing of the turnout for the Corn Fest afternoon.

New to the Friday event were Sherie Anderson with her jars of “Sherie’s Garden Salsa” and Glenn Berry with blueberries from his Log Mountain Farm in Luttrell.

“My blueberry bushes are coming on strong,” he says of his young stand. “I’m glad to be here at this market.

Lammas, named after the fi rst

harvest in Celtic times, watch-

es over the Corn Festival. The

doll is created by corn shuck

artist Anne Freels.

Darren Farquhar handles a

bee swarm like a pro.

Leslee Hutchison, Jamie Myers, Joy Turner and Alexis Litteral enjoy samples of Sherie Anderson’s

salsa.

Ruth Milhaltion, at left, and Danielle Nelson, at right, learn oil painting techniques from professional artist Betty Bullen in the

Historic Dr. Carr Offi ce in Maynardville. Photo by Libby Morgan

Corn Fest success!

Libby Morgan

This small swarm of bees on the

Padgett farm in Maynardville gets

a new home in Sharps Chapel.

I’ve been going some to Oak Ridge and other markets to sell.”

Brisk sales showed An-derson’s salsa was a wel-come addition. A resident of Maynardville, she makes hot, mild, mango/pineapple and several other kinds of salsa.

Bill Morgan brought his fresh sweet corn, and Anne Freels demonstrated her corn shuck doll making.

Kids played corn hole, Nathanael Kadron sang corny love songs on the Back Porch stage and Becca Hughes gave out tastes of corn sauce.

A steady fl ow of visitors enjoyed a beautiful evening in downtown Maynardville.

The farmers market is held every Friday from 4-7 p.m. in the backyard of Union County Arts.

■ Helping the homeless beesRandy Padgett noticed a

swarm of bees in a tree on his farm in Maynardville, and happened to mention it at a gathering of farmers at Big Ridge State Park.

Darren Farquhar’s name came up as someone who might be interested in get-ting the swarm, seeing as how he’s an energetic young farmer in Sharps Chapel, al-ready with several beehives on the property.

Farquhar, who is also the new Claiborne County ag-ritourism chair, was called and agreed to come imme-diately.

“The swarm has been there for about three weeks,” says Padgett, “Right near where my daddy used to have a whole row of bee-hives. But I’ve been allergic to them since I was about 30, and we don’t have any bees anymore.”

“This swarm is pretty small. I’ve seen them much larger,” he says of the six-or-seven-inch ball of bees at-tached to a branch.

As Farquhar, all suited up, nears the swarm, he says, “See how they’re fl ying around a little more? They smell the CO

2.”

Farquhar carefully and slowly trims the twigs from around the swarm then cuts the branch off the tree, and keeps trimming until the branch and bees will fi t into the cardboard box he has fi xed up in lieu of a $300 pre-made swarm box.

He then tapes it up and

gets back to his busy day.Farquahar says, “We can

either help them out and give them their own hive to live in with some comb in it, or if they don’t do well, we’ll add them to an existing hive so they can live with their cousins.”

“Tennessee is showing a 70 percent loss in bees. We’ll do anything we can to help them.”

■ Bullen to begin new classBetty Bullen’s oil paint-

ing class begins Aug. 12 and is held Tuesday morn-ings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Maynardville at the old Dr. Carr offi ce on Main Street. The session is fi ve classes and the cost is $75.

Participants will learn how to “see” the art and fol-low Bullen’s step-by-step process to paint with oils.

Bullen is well-known in the region for her landscape paintings, and has won many awards for her art.Email Libby Morgan at adlib423@

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Luttrell residents and friends gathered July 27, to celebrate the 50th anniver-sary of the incorporation of the town of Luttrell with speeches, entertainment and food provided by its largest employer, Carmeuse (the quarry operation).

Other sponsors were Mike and Betsy Stowers Frazier, owners of Knox Rail Salvage; Stowers Fire-works, Earl and Judy Stow-ers; Patterson/Tn Waste, Dennie Patterson; Merritt Construction Inc.; Buckeye Scrapyard ; Commissioner Wayne Roach; Pizza Plus; Friends Market; and Waste Management.

Betsy Stowers Frazier reminisced about her won-derful experiences grow-ing up in Luttrell. She is a published author and the founder and director of An-gelic Ministries.

Politicians were cam-paigning for the upcom-ing election, and state Sen. Frank Niceley brought a saddle made by the late James H. “Jim” Witt of Lu-ttrell. An interesting bit of history is that Luttrell was fi rst incorporated in 1890. I’m still looking for the rea-son it became unincorpo-rated.

Anyway, here’s a little history of Luttrell for the young folks.

Luttrell - Cedar FordSettlements were here

prior to the American Revo-lution. The area was North Carolina until 1796 when Tennessee became a state.

It has been written that old John Hubbs owned land from Clear Branch to Grainger County. By the time this church was or-

The Luttrell pavilion

The cake for Luttrell’s 50th

anniversary

Luttrell residents and

Luttrell celebrates

ganized, his land had been divided, and John Hubbs Jr. gave the land for Cedar Ford Baptist Church.

John Sawyer came to the area very early, and he and those who came with him built Sawyer’s Fort. A fort was usually enclosed from ridgetop to ridgetop to have lookouts for Indians with one or more good water sources protected so that the Indians could not poi-son the water.

Until Little Flat Creek Church was built, people held brush arbor meetings when a traveling preacher would come through the area.

Little Flat Creek Baptist Church was established May 17, 1826, in a log house with a dirt fl oor. Seven years lat-er on Aug. 28, 1833, a pres-bytery consisting of James Kennon, Elihu Milliken, William Enoch Simmons, Jessie Bowers and Samuel Love petitioned the Little Flat Creek order to form a church at this location.

The members were grant-ed a charter and built a log church named Cedar Ford because the log structure was built in a cedar thicket at the ford of Flat Creek. This community then be-came known as Cedar Ford. Aunt Molly Dyer led her cow over to Flat Creek every morning and washed the whole cow before she milked her. I know this because

Aunt Molly was my uncle Asa Napoleon Heiskell’s mother-in-law and also my mother-in-law, who grew up near the Heiskells, watched her do this.

No matter how cold the winter, the cow still got washed.

Is this squeaky clean or what?

It was joked that Cedar Ford could have been called Johnstown since there were so many men named John – Baker, Sawyer, Bradley, Colvin, Frost, Hickle, Rob-ertson, Popejoy, DeVault and Hubbs.

The Rev. William “Billy” Hickle was called as the fi rst pastor of Cedar Ford Baptist Church. He was much loved. He was born in Botentout, Virginia, March 9, 1807. He preached and helped orga-nize many churches in the Powell Valley Baptist As-sociation. He is buried in Hubbs-Hickle Cemetery.

Cedar Ford had a church, post offi ce established Sept. 25, 1849, general stores and one or more grist mills. There are still relics from the Lindsey Hubbs’ mill up near the intersection of Hwy. 61 and Hwy. 131. I have heard that there was another near the Andy Sharp home. Free-man Miller and his wife op-erated a grist mill where the cannery was.

The coming of the rail-road on Aug. 22, 1889, had a signifi cant impact on the area.

With the growth of the little town, the leaders de-cided to incorporate in 1890 and the town was named for Samuel Bell Luttrell, a may-or of Knoxville who donated a bell for Luttrell Academy, a “for pay” school organized

by George Booker and Cal-vin Kitts.

It was located at the cor-ner of Cherry and Hamilton streets. Students boarded at the Jim Witt home (Hor-ace Booker house that was razed a few years ago).

One of the professors was J. C. Webster, who also pub-lished the fi rst newspaper, the Luttrell Times, which was published weekly. After the school closed, the prop-erty was sold to the Meth-odist Church and the bell is now hanging at Miller’s Chapel Methodist Church in Maynardville. Luttrell was the fi rst town in Union County to incorporate. Dr. M. T. Colvin was the fi rst mayor of Luttrell.

People brought all kinds of things to be shipped by rail to Middlesboro or to Knoxville or points in be-tween. I was told of the cir-cus animals and performers traveling back and forth between Tazewell, Cum-berland Gap and Luttrell – driving elephants. The lo-cal people shipped hay, or-dered blocks of ice, and the railroad gave the people a means of transportation.

The town was pretty lively with the Atkins Hotel, A. N. Heiskell’s tombstone shop, James H. Witt’s black-smith, leather and harness shop, a cannery, a furniture store, Luttrell Brick Works and other establishments.

The cannery marketed the Hayslope Brand veg-etables. The Republic Mar-

Sadly, either retirement or death has claimed all my elementary school teach-ers save one. I am proud to write this tribute about one who gave so much to make life better for those privi-leged to be her students.

Carolyn J. Murr is at present the classroom teacher with the most seniority in the Union County Public Schools. She began teaching PE at Maynardville Elementary in 1969. I had Ms. Murr as a PE teacher for seven years beginning in 1971.

In those days, May-nardville Elemen-tary’s gym also served as cafeteria and audito-rium. Dur-ing some years it also served as classroom

space when the building was overcrowded. Ms. Murr taught outside on the play-ground when the weather was fair and inside class-rooms when it was cold or rainy.

I never liked PE, but I liked Ms. Murr. She never gave me less than a “C,” but had she graded on skill alone I would probably never have made a passing grade. I was and remain a nonathletic, uncoordinated individual.

Of course, this resulted in my being the last pick for any team. Kickball, “Duck, Duck, Goose,” and jump rope were among the outside activities in which we participated.

I couldn’t kick, so Ms. Murr usually let me um-pire fi rst base in kickball. This task did not often win friends and infl uence people, especially in games of gender versus gender. If a girl was declared safe, all the boys were mad, and vice versa.

I was more popular in

Ronnie Mincey

TEACHER TIME

Carolyn J. Murr: There’s only one

“Duck, Duck, Goose.”As we sat in a circle, the

fi rst designated “goose” would tap each of us on the head, saying “duck.” “Ducks” were tapped gently, but designated “geese” would have their brains smacked out. The new “goose” would try to catch the old “goose” before the old one got to the empty spot in the circle. I was usually the fi rst chosen “goose” because I wasn’t a good runner. My popularity only lasted for one cycle, because no matter who I designated “goose” I was caught and had to sit in the center of the circle for the remainder of the game.

Every year Ms. Murr had a jump rope unit. We were required to jump forward, backwards and crisscross 10 times.

The only way I could jump was backwards (imagine that). I could never jump forwards, and crisscross only allowed me multiple opportunities to smack myself and my class-mates in the face with the rope. At the end of one class I managed to do 10 back-ward jumps, after which I sat down hard on my rear on the unforgiving asphalt. Ms. Murr made me repeat this next class because she forgot to write it down.

Perhaps the greatest compliment I ever paid Ms. Murr was when I returned to Union County as a teach-er and told her that I never thought she knew what she was doing until I took PE methods classes at LMU.

Next week I will share more fond memorie s of Ms. Murr.

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Dear Friends,Thank you Union

County Citizens for allowing me the opportunity to serve as your Trustee for another four years. It is

an honor and privilege. My staff and I will continue to serve you in a courteous, friendly and professional manner. We have an

open door policy and everyone is always welcome!

We will continue to work hard to see that all who qualify for the State Tax Relief Program for the elderly, permanently disabled and combat related veterans get the help needed to apply for this program. I am very

proud that during my twelve years as your Trustee all monies have been accounted for – all records kept and approved by the State Audit.

Thank you again for the opportunity to continue to serve you.Your vote and support is greatly appreciated.

Gina Buckner, Union County Trustee

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Chip Kell, one of the best offensive linemen in Ten-nessee history, didn’t say much during his college years but has said a lot at 65.

This very strong man who once lifted one corner of a Volkswagen so another man could change a tire has written a book about God and football. He went so far as to discuss recruiting and tell what Auburn fans of-fered him to become a Tiger.

“All in God’s Glory” in-cludes the exciting trip from adoption as a baby to Ten-nessee stardom, a fl ing at pro ball, a checkered coach-ing career, the College Hall of Fame and semi-retire-ment. I learned a lot about Curtis Cliff “Chip” Kell.

I knew how far he put the shot as an eighth-grader, a national record 65 feet, four and three-fourths inches. I knew of his determina-tion to fl y airplanes. I knew he loved fast cars and once took Chuck Rohe for a terri-fying ride down 411. I knew he wasn’t tall enough to meet NFL criteria.

I didn’t know he once worked as a jail inspector. I had no idea what he once ate for breakfast at Uncle Earl’s house (dozen eggs, pound of bacon, half a loaf of toast, half gallon of milk, etc.).

I shouldn’t have been surprised to learn his father invoked the law on recruit-ing.

I was pleased by Chip’s reason for writing the book, to praise God for endless opportunities.

“My main goal is to help bring people back to God.”

Chip believes America is sliding in the wrong direc-tion and that greed is tak-ing over. If his book shows a profi t, he will donate it to charity.

Chip grew up in the At-lanta area. His dad, a Geor-gia graduate, had been a pilot. He became a coach at Southwest DeKalb High which means young Kell got a head start in athletics. At age 10 he wrote New York Giants linebacker Sam Huff to request a photo and auto-graph – and scored.

Tennessee assistant coach Vince Gibson saw Chip as a very powerful sophomore at a track meet. Vince told Chip about the great track program Rohe was building in Knoxville and that the Vols would be watching him in football.

They did. So did every-body else. Chip had a card-board box full of scholar-ship offers.

He didn’t go to Georgia because he thought the Bull-dogs took him for granted. He didn’t consider Alabama because Pat Dye, then an as-sistant coach, said he didn’t always hustle.

Auburn had an excel-lent aviation program and Auburn fans offered incen-tives. His parents would receive the deed to a lot on Lake Lanier. Chip would get a new wardrobe and a fancy car. He told Shug Jordan he would come to Auburn.

Chip Kell says a lot

All of a sudden, the hon-orable Curtis Kell got in-volved.

“Dad said I should accept no gifts. He said he would not sell his son. I admired his integrity – but there went the Corvette.”

Tennessee had the best combination of football and track. Rohe, master re-cruiter, was decisive. Kell signed with Doug Dickey at the Airport Inn in Atlanta in March 1967.

“I thought the deal with Tennessee included fl ying lessons. I found out later that my father paid the bill.”

Some wondered if Kell could possibly replace the great Bob Johnson as Ten-nessee center. He did. He was all-SEC as a sopho-more. He was twice an all-American guard.

At age 10, Chip started training with weights. At 20, he was the strongest Vol I ever saw. He was 240 pounds, 60 inches around the shoulders and simply overpowering. Twice he won the Jacobs blocking trophy. Like Johnson, he made it to football heaven, the hall of fame.

Chip thought he stood 6-1. UT said 6-0. NFL scouts called it 5-11. San Di-ego drafted him in the 17th round. Top pay, including

ble quarry employed quite a few local men. A marble known as Tennessee Cedar has been used in many pub-lic buildings – the Union County Courthouse and federal buildings in Wash-ington, D. C.

An earlier quarry was down Tazewell Pike in the vicinity of Ridgecrest Road, and the cannery was near this location. Jim Monroe’s barbershop became an of-fi ce for his nephew, Dr. R. S. Monroe, and Jim then cut hair at his store.

Luttrell, with the com-

ing of the railroad, became a rowdy little town, so they built a calaboose – a single jail cell in the corner of another building of very strong oak timber. The town later built a jail. One night the police had to arrest a man who was drunk and disorderly. They put him in the calaboose. He declared he would break himself out, so he fl exed his muscles and hit the wall as hard as he could. He knocked him-self out, and, when he came to, he said, “Well I guess I won’t. That’s white oak.”

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bonus, was his rookie sea-son, $17,000.

He ended up with the Edmonton Eskimos. In his second Canadian season, il-logically plugged in to cover kicks, he suffered a terrible knee injury. Surgery lasted more than six hours.

Chip returned to Knox-ville and passed 36 class hours in one quarter to fi nish his degree. He lat-er earned a master’s. He coached and built or im-proved weight rooms for 30 years in Tennessee and Georgia, from UT-Chatta-nooga to Valley Point Mid-dle School. Once or twice he yelled at offi cials.

“I once had my team at fi rst down and 80 yards to go.”

Between coaching jobs, Kell launched a business in his home basement. He de-veloped a superior line of weight-training equipment and was good in sales. He wasn’t so good with agree-ments and contracts. He described his fl aw as “gull-ibility.

He did once work for the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Highlight was meeting legendary Sheriff Buford Pusser.

Chip has endured two knee replace ments. He has artifi cial shoulder parts and arthritis in his neck, back and hands. He does not complain. He points to his family and says he has been richly blessed.

The book is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Books A Million. If you prefer an autographed copy, you can negotiate with Chip at coach30721@yahoo.com/.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

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Another story is that John Kelly got drunk and caused trouble. Maybe the calaboose was occupied, but law enforcement decid-ed to let him sleep it off in a newly dug grave that was not yet occupied. When he woke up the next morning, he thought it was the resur-rection and he was the fi rst one up.

Mr. Kelly’s granddaugh-ter, Marie Booker DeVault, recalled her grandfather telling the story. He said they placed brush over the top of the grave.

For entertainment, there were revivals, baptisms, singing schools, church as-

sociation meetings, barn raisings, log rollings, corn huskings, road working, peach and apple peelings, bean breakings, hunting for coon, squirrel, quail and possums, quilting and spell-ing bees.

Luttrell is probably best known today as the home-town of entertainers Ches-ter “Chet” Atkins and Kenny Chesney.

Politicians are working hard in the last days before the election. Here are Andrew Merritt, Lut-

trell Mayor Johnny Merritt, Bob White and Jennifer Little.

Mary Ann Collins is pre-

sented a plaque in honor

of her late husband, John-

ny Collins, who served on

the Luttrell City Council.

Mayme Taylor plays cupcake pusher at the event, and gets a taker in Brandon Cheser. Baby

Bryson, in his lap, may have to wait until he’s older before dad can share the sugar.

County Mayor Mike Williams

found two pristine copies of

the Chet Atkins LP, “Home-

town Guitar” from 1968 and

had them framed as a birth-

day present to city of Luttrell.

The album cover features a

photo of Atkins standing near

the Luttrell train depot, which

is long gone. Photos by Libby Mor-gan

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By Libby MorganHarold Julian, at 98 years

of age, is a familiar name to thousands of Union County farmers and students whom he served while he was the UT Extension agent for the county from 1949 until 1975.

“Twenty-six years and seven months,” he says, em-phatically.

Julian served in World War II as an Army Private First Class and a quarter-master just after he gradu-ated from UT in 1941. He came to Union County after short stints in dairy improvement programs in neighboring counties.

Julian, along with home-maker agent Angie Fugate, is credited with getting the 4-H program in Union County to grow substan-tially.

“We had around a thou-sand kids in 4-H every year,” he says. “We’d lose about a hundred, and gain another hundred every year.”

Julian says he was good friends with the late Roscoe Heiskell, and mentions Ros-coe’s son, Mike Heiskell, be-ing in the Extension offi ce in Claiborne County.

Harold Julian, center, former UT Extension agent in Union County, meets current agent Shan-

non Perrin DeWitt and 4-H-er Savannah Jones prior to the Chick Chain sale Julian started during

his tenure as agent. Photo by Libby Morgan

Harold Julian as a UT graduate

in 1941.

Harold Julian to revisit countyChick Chain sale is Aug. 12

“Every farmer in Union County, pretty much, grew tobacco back then. That was some hard work, handing it off and hanging it.”

He fondly remembers Earl Bull, longtime Co-op guy.

Bull says, “Harold Ju-lian was a true asset to our county and was very knowl-edgeable. He was a good friend to the farmer. He was still coming in to the Co-op fairly regular until just a few years ago.”

Harold and his wife, Ella Bevins Julian, were both 41

in 1956 when they married, and moved to Halls where Julian commuted from for the remainder of his career in Union County.

Ella passed on at age 95 in 2010. She lived with him at Elmcroft Assisted Living, where Julian resides now.

“Harold just recently needed some help with any-thing,” says Susie Rogers, the healthy lifestyles direc-tor at Elmcroft. “He’s as sharp as they come.”

Julian says, “Susie’s been telling me we’re going up to the chick sale.”

Julian started the 4-H Chick Chain in Union Coun-ty way back when, and he plans to attend the upcom-ing show and sale.

“When we fi rst started the Chick Chain, we had a pretty good turnout. We used to get roosters and pullets in the chicks. Then later, after they could sex the chicks, we’d get mostly pullets, but a rooster would pop up now and again,” he laughs.

The Union County 4-H Chick Chain Show and Sale will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 12, beginning at 6 p.m.

with the auction at 7 p.m. at the Union Farmers Co-op.

The hens, raised by 4-H kids since early spring, will be auctioned off in pens of six, and this year, more breeds have been added to include Cinnamon Queen,

Rhode Island Red, Black Sex Link and Barred Rock.

Proceeds from the sale will support 4-H programs in the county.

For more information about the sale, call the Union County Extension of-

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And if everything works out as planned, Harold Ju-lian will be able to see the fruits of his labor and his former “kids” can see him again at the Co-op.

The Cox sisters, from front, Winnie Effl er, Millie Hartgrove, Ruth Sexton

and Connie Nicely. Their brother, Alco, passed away recently, and their

other brother, Tim, is overseeing the wheat thrashing and straw baling.

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As we were seated at the table for a discussion of the farm, I looked around and realized this was an ex-perience everyone needed to have, especially today’s young people. The atmo-sphere of the farm was in-credible, from the height of the corn to the smell of the goats.

The only time phones were pulled out was for a quick picture of us rid-ing in the back of a pickup truck through the fi eld. We sat eating lunch with each other and engaged in con-versation, no not through Facebook or Twitter, but through actual verbal com-munication. It is mind blow-ing to know that we can in fact have a day without technology and still have fun and feel connected to one another.

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The interns spent their last day with the Shopper-News getting a crash course in selling homegrown day-lilies and plotting a maze of corn for folks to meander through each fall.

The Oakes family started its daylily business in the 1970s.

“That was my fi rst sum-mer job, digging up and bagging daylilies,” said Ken Oakes. But the business didn’t grow nationally until he designed its fi rst full-col-or catalog in 1990. The rest is history.

“This was a hobby. I didn’t plan to go into (the daylily business), but it took off,” he said. The company now sends 60-80 emails and about 400,000 catalogs to its customers each year.

Oakes discussed what goes into marketing the daylilies and how to cross-pollinate two species to cre-ate a new one.

Two weeks ago David Dewhirst told us how to “re-purpose” an old building; last week Ken Oakes told us how to repurpose an entire farm.

The Oakes’ corn maze is also a popular draw. It’s an idea Ken had after visiting another maze in 2001.

“We had all this land and I thought ‘we can do this,’” he said. The attraction has

The Big Love Bus was the preferred mode of transportation for the last intern trip of the summer. Pictured are interns and guests (front) Don-

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It was so much fun, and I met so many great people to go on adventures with in our area, most I didn’t even know they were there. It helps with writing skills as

well; letting your English teachers read your columns is always a plus.

One of my favorite parts of the internship was visit-ing so many nice restau-rants and then writing my review, kinda like a food critic. I’m so happy I discov-ered this program before it was too late. It was prob-ably the best two summers I’ve had and I would like to thank the amazing people there for letting me join.

So when you ask yourself or your son/daughter what you can do next summer, think of this column and say “Hey, you can do an intern-ship at the Shopper-News!”

Summer fun

A day on the farmWith the Shopper interns

grown into an annual tradi-tion for many locals.

Even though the maze was closed for the season and updates were being made, Oakes gave the in-terns full access to the play area.

They jumped at the chance, literally, to get dirty and whip through the jum-bo slide made from large plastic pipe.

“First one through gets to clean up the cobwebs,” Oakes said of the slide. Oth-er intern favorites included bouncing on the gigantic air pillow; visiting with Doug,

the pet goat; and digging in the sand box.

Before wrapping up at the farm, the group piled in the back of Oakes’ pickup truck and headed up the hill where The Trail of Doom is located. The haunted at-traction gleans scores of screams from folks who wish for more than whole-some fun.

“I’m a big fan of the two person distraction myself,” Oakes told the group as they cautiously stepped through the spooky forest for a sneak peek at additions for this year’s scaring season. His personal favorite is rev-ving up a chainsaw to ter-rify anxious patrons right after they’re distracted by another “haunter.”

One particular group of young visitors seemed so frightened at one point, Oakes said, that he took off his mask to show them he meant no real harm. To which the kids gleefully re-sponded with smiles and “Uncle Kenny!”

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■ The love bus ... exciting and newThe interns arrived at the

farm in true Shopper-News fashion. The Big Love Bus transported the group, but not before bus driver Car-lene Doig-Collins showed a little of what the psyche-delic party on wheels had to offer.

Custom benches line both sides of the bus, and a beaded curtain decorates a VIP area in the back. Multi-colored lights fl ash on the ceiling and music can be played inside the bus and from speakers mounted on the exterior. A playlist can also be shared on the bus radio from a passenger’s cell

phone via Bluetooth. A highlight of the ride

was the reaction of pass-ersby, or even folks mow-ing their yard, who stopped to stare at the vibrantly colored school bus while sounds including cows moo-ing and British police sirens emanated from its sound system. Bottles of water were chilled in a customized container holding ice in the bar and snack area.

Intern Laken Scott and her friend, Anne Marie Hig-ginbotham, were particu-larly amused by two police offi cers who paused to take photos of the bus with their cell phones.

The bus initially felt overwhelming, but cruis-ing the back roads of North Knox County, Doig-Collins’ 26-plus years of bus driv-ing experience made for a smooth ride and put every-one at ease.

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■ Lunch on the farmThe interns’ last meal

as Shopper-News cool kids was delivered fresh from Henry’s Catering in Corry-ton.

Manager Austin Henry stopped by with loaded cheeseburgers, chips, and an unbelievable dessert tray of cherry cobbler and lemon and brownie bars.

The cool weather and beautiful scenery made for a perfect picnic.

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Dr. Edwin G. Robertson, 65, board chair of Commercial Bank and l o n g t i m e veterinarian, died sudden-ly July 29 at his home.

His pass-ing left a void

at the bank.“I’ve known Edwin all my

life,” said John Fugate, man-ager of Commercial Bank in Fountain City.

“He was a dynamic Chris-tian who practiced what he professed. He had the ser-vant’s heart ... was very hum-ble ... always looking for ways to help the less fortunate.”

Brenda Sweet, manager

Robertson was ‘dynamic Christian’of the Maynardville branch bank, said Mr. Robertson was a hands-on leader.

Her branch was demol-ished in July to make way for new construction. Mr. Rob-ertson personally toured the building with her, designating donations of furniture and fi xtures to help area charities.

“He was a wonderful per-son, wonderful for the com-munity and a leader in the fi ght against drug abuse,” said Sweet.

She cited his work with Stand in the Gap, Crusade for Christ and other groups.

“He was a big part of the bank that’s now gone,” Sweet said. “That will be hard to replace, maybe non-replace-able.”

Terry Lee is president of Commercial Bank, which was founded by Edwin’s father, Oscar Robertson, in 1976.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Judy Thompson Robertson; his son, John Adam Robertson (Cindi) of Speedwell; daughter, Em-ily Robertson King (John) of Harrogate; brother, Craig Eric Robertson (Sherri) of Speed-well; stepmother, Alice Rob-ertson Overton, Speedwell; special cousins, Mike Robert-son (Jean Ann) of Harrogate, Judy Huskey Balkcom (Rich) of Sevierville; and uncle, Law-rence “Cotton” and wife Mar-tha Robertson of Speedwell.

Mr. Robertson attended LMU and UT, graduating from Auburn University in 1974 with a degree in veterinary medicine. He opened Har-rogate Hospital for Animals and in 1977 began practicing embryo transfer in the South-eastern United States and in many foreign countries. He founded Harrogate Genetics International in 1989. He was the fi rst recipient of the “El Torro” Award from Auburn University for mentorship of veterinary students.

In 1985 he organized and developed the veterinary

School board to keep ‘virtual’ students

The decision was almost anticlimatic. And it demon-strated the benefi ts of hiring a smart lawyer.

What could have been the school board’s fi nest hour started with a quiet family prayer below the stage.

Dr. Jimmy Carter called on Dr. Ronnie Mincey to read a “late-breaking” letter from state Education Com-missioner Kevin Huffman. The bombastic letter was a perfect match for Mincey’s deep voice.

Huffman said even

though he had granted the requested waiver to en-able Union County Public Schools to “de-enroll” the 626 fi rst-year students of the Virtual Academy, he was withdrawing his ear-lier “recommendation” that

Pregnancy, as won-derful an experience as it is, brings substantial changes to the body. For one thing, the growth of the baby causes your center of gravity to shift, pulling your posture out of its normal line and causing lower back pain, also called lumbar pain. Because your balance may be off just a little, you should be even more careful when doing rou-tine actions like walking or running, lifting a laun-dry basket and carrying it up or down stairs, and even rolling over in bed. here are some tips on how to minimize back pain during pregnancy:

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• Because of the added weight, be particularly careful to wear good shoes. A sturdy pair of slip-ons will spare you the effort of having to bend over to put your shoes on.

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technician program at Lin-coln Memorial University, where he served as director until 1987.

He was a member and served on the staff of Pump Springs Baptist Church, where he taught and led the Real Life Sunday School Class, helped organize Celebrate Recovery, the Claiborne Refuge House and the Jail Ministry.

He was former director of Cumberland Gap Baptist Youth Fellowship, was the Tri-State Area Crusade For Christ director, served on the board of directors of Student Leadership University, board member of First Priority of the Tri-States, organized Tri-State Youth Choir. He was vice president of Harrogate Insur-ance Agency, and served on the board of directors for the Powell Valley Electric Co-op (since 1985), J. Frank White Academy Advisory Council, and Lincoln Memorial Uni-versity Board of Trustees (since 1994).

After helping with the incorporation of the city of Harrogate, he has chaired the Tree Board, which helped de-velop the greenway that runs throughout the city. His most recent endeavor was helping establish and serving as CEO of Servolution Health Servic-es, a free medical and dental clinic for the uninsured of the Tri-State Area.

Funeral Services were held at Pump Springs Bap-tist Church on Aug. 2 with Pastor Scott Cannon and the Rev. Emery Minton Jr. pre-siding. Memorials may be made to Servolution Health Services, 245 Powell Valley School Lane, Speedwell, TN 37870 or Pump Springs Bap-tist Church, P.O. Box 2, Harro-gate, TN. Online condolences and guestbook are available at www.creechfh.com. Creech Funeral Home, Middlesboro, is in charge of all arrange-ments.

– S. Clark

failure to do so could result in his closing the Virtual Academy completely.

Instead, Huffman said he will await test results this year before deciding wheth-er to close the Virtual Acad-emy in the spring.

School board chair Da-vid Coppock was obviously unhappy with the original ultimatum, especially when Huffman called the local school board “irresponsi-ble” in another publication.

So Carter recommended that the board “enroll these students,” the board voted unanimously to do so, and the audience of parents and students erupted in ap-plause.

Mary Ann Stackhouse, the board’s attorney, simply packed her bags and walked away – the unsung hero of this mighty tempest.

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14U softball team, includ-ing three sophomores from Union County High, won second place out of 88 teams at the USFA World Series in Panama City, Florida.

Coach Rodney Patterson says, “To be selected to par-ticipate in this USFA World Series, the team had to ob-tain a certain number of points from placing in other smaller USFA tournaments, including the state tour-nament in Murfreesboro, where the team fi nished third after games were can-celled due to rain.

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“At the USFA World Se-ries, the team went unde-feated, allowing only two runs until their last game, which ended in a loss to the Georgia Whippits.

“The tournament was called due to rain; therefore,

Sierra Hucklebee, Beth Karnes, Taylor Gilley, Vickie Porter, Madelyn Clevenger, Ashtyn Patter-

son, Haley Cannon, Makenzi Harrell, Trinity Johnson and Kelsey Giles of the Tennessee Storm

softball team. Photo submitted

Local softball team takesWorld Series by ‘Storm’

the team was not able to chal-lenge the Whippits again in the championship game.”

Storm team members from Union County High also play on the Patriots varsity team: All-District Catcher Haley Cannon, All- District Pitcher Ashtyn Pat-terson and Madelyn Clev-

enger.Patterson comments

on their tournament play: “Haley, catcher/third base, was 10 for 21 for the tour-nament. She caught four straight games in the Flori-da heat and still managed to be second in batting average and third for RBI.

“Ashtyn, pitcher/ short-stop/outfi elder, led the team in batting with 13 for 23 and had a game-changing grand slam against the Georgia Mustangs. She also picked up a big win pitching against the Georgia Wolverines.

“And Madelyn, on second base, was 7 for 18 with two

sacrifi ce fl y balls and a sac-rifi ce bunt to bring in runs at crucial times. She was 3 for 3 against Maryland Lightning.

“Union County’s softball program should be very strong next season with these three players on the team.”

The team includes 10 players from Knox and sur-rounding counties, and all are members of their high school softball teams.

Other Tennessee Storm players are three freshmen from Halls High School: Bethany Karnes, Taylor Gil-ley and Trinity Johnson; Gibbs High freshman Sierra Hucklebee; Seymour High sophomore Vicki Porter; Makenzi Harrell, a fresh-man from Jefferson County High; and Anderson County sophomore Kelsey Giles.

Tennessee Storm’s coach-es are Rodney Patterson and Gary Clevenger, both from Union County, and Charlie Hucklebee of Gibbs.

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849 STINER RD. SHARPS CHAPEL,TN – Vacation retreat or full-time residence.Great home w/lots of updating, from tile to appliances. Way too much to mention. Park-like front yard, fruit trees & garden spots. Gentle slope to waterfront of 110' of beautiful Norris Lake. Private boat ramp & fl oating dock. Way too much to mention. All on 2.73 level acres. Priced to sell at $293,000.

613 WALKER FORD RD. MAYNARDVILLE TN Rancher in grt location. Oak kit cabs,NO appl, formal DR, spacious LR, sunroom just added. Extra strg shed, master w/private BA. Home

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DALE RD, POWDER SPRINGS – 53 beautiful acres, 2 barns, shed, lrg stocked pond, fenced w/

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LOTS / ACREAGENICE CUL-DE-SAC LOT in River Point II S/D. 5.70 acres. Gently sloping w/great views of the Holston River. Public access in devel. Lot 161. Priced at only $64,500.AWESOME MTN VIEWS from this homesite in Lone Mtn Shores. Architecturally restricted comm. Close to Woodlake Golf Club. Lot 614. 2.80 acres. Priced at $17,500.5.69 ALL WOODED ACRES. Very private. Great for hunters retreat. Located in North Lone Mtn. Shores. Lot 1046. Inside gated area. Priced at $10,000.

ROCKY TOP RD, LUTTRELL – All wooded 2.73 acres on outside entrance of SD. Sev home sites. Cnty tax appraisal $31,300. Sign on property. North on Tazewell Pk to Luttrell. R on Hwy 61E. Straight at curve at Water Dept. Cross RR tracks, turn L on Main, L on Wolfenbarger to Rocky Top Rd.Sign on property. Offered at only $19,900.

HOLSTON SHORES DR, RUTLEDGE – Lot 18 in River Island. Beautiful .70 acre with frontage on the Holston River. Great for trout fi shing. Lot has city water and electric in front of it. Already approved for septic. Lot lays gentle all the way to the river. Offered at only $49,900.

BEAUTIFUL. GREAT CONV. LAKE LIVING – 2.18 acres. Gently rolling to the water. Views of 33 Bridge. Over 800' lake frontage. Will perk for 3-4BR home. Wooded, private, lightly restricted. Located on Swan Seymour Rd., Maynardville. Offered at only $199,900.

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signups. Registration fee: $90. Info/to register and pay: 219-8673; www.corrytonchurch.com and go to the “Upward” link; on Facebook, Corryton Church Upward Sports League; Twitter, @CorrytonUpward.

THROUGH SATURDAY, AUG. 23Registration open for Lakeside of the Smok-

ies Triathlon: 1.5k open water swim on Douglas Lake, 40k bike ride on rolling rural roads and 10k run on rolling roads. Info/to register: 250-3618 or http://racedayevents.net/events/lakeside-of-the-smokies-triathlon/.

THROUGH MONDAY, SEPT 1Seeking crafters to purchase table at Dante

Church of God’ annual fall sale, to be held Sept. 20. Table: $25. Info/ application: lenacoker@yahoo.com.

THROUGH SATURDAY, SEPT. 20Deadline for vendor registration, “Son” Fest,

to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road. Booth rental: $25. Info; Tammy Lamb, 604-7634.

THURSDAY, AUG. 7Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing

Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

Bingo, 10-11 a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Bring new “white elephant” gift, $1 or less. Free movie and popcorn, 11:15 a.m. Movie: “Frozen.” Open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Bee Friends beekeeping meeting, 6:30 p.m., auditorium on the Tazewell Campus of Walters State University. Topic: how to use the by-products of bee-keeping, wax and honey, to make lotions, soaps, and candles. Info: 617-9013.

FRIDAY, AUG. 8Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers

Market, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

Softball at Big Ridge State Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Park Road. Fun, family orientated softball games. Info: 992-5523.

Grandparents and Me! Free Movie and Popcorn Day, Humana Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 West-ern Ave. Movies: “Despicable Me 2,” 10 a.m.; “Rio,” noon. Open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Free movie: “The Sandlot” in Luttrell City Park. Starts at Dusk. Bring chair or blanket.

SATURDAY, AUG. 9Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD

94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Women’s tea, 2-4 p.m., Cedar Ford Baptist Church in Luttrell. Guest speakers will discuss foreign mission work. Women of all ages are invited.

Churchwide sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Dutch Valley-New Life Church of God, 1415 Breda Drive. Children and adult clothing, toys, all kinds of household items; breakfast/lunch available for purchase. Proceeds go to church’s 100th anniversary celebration in October. Info: 688-8711.

SUNDAY, AUG. 10Gospel singing: the Roarks, 6 p.m., New Beverly

Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Baptist Church Road. No charge/love offering will be taken. Info: 546-0001, www.newbeverly.org.

MONDAY, AUG. 11Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s Back to

School Bash, 3-6 p.m., Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Free and open to the public. Students will receive free school supplies and health screenings, and enjoy activities, free food, special programs, ven-dors and more.

Inaugural FBA Eagle Golf Classic, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, Beaver Brook Golf and Country Club, 6800 Beaver Brook Drive. All proceeds go to the ath-letic department of First Baptist Academy. Info: Shane Mynatt, shanemynatt@fi rstbaptistacademy.us or 789-7035.

Ice Cream Social fundraiser, 5-8 p.m., Sonic Drive-In, 7816 Oak Ridge Highway. 10% of sales to ben-efi t Shine, Diamonds All-Stars’ senior coed level three competitive cheer team.

Wii™ Bowling, 11:30 a.m., Humana Guidance Cen-ter, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

Premier of “Mathline,” a new live call-in show, 6 p.m., on East Tennessee PBS. Geared toward students in grades 4-12; all students, parents and teachers may submit math questions to 1-844-NUMBER8 (686-2378). Broadcast every Monday through Thursday. Info: 595-0220 or www.EastTennesseePBS.org/programs/tn-learn-mathline/.

TUESDAY, AUG. 12Knoxville Civil War Roundtable meeting,

7 p.m., Buddy’s Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: Robert Krick, historian of the Richmond Battlefield. Topic: first and second battles of Deep Bottoms. Dinner: $15, members/$17, nonmembers. Lecture: $3. RSVP by noon Monday, Aug. 11, to 671-9001.

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

ville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m., 6215 Riverview Crossing

Drive in front of old Food Lion at Asheville Highway. All makes, models, years and clubs welcome. No charge. Door prizes.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 14-15AARP Driver Safety class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Halls

Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road, Info/to register: Carolyn Rambo, 584-9964.

Church rummage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rutherford Memorial UMC, 7815 Corryton Road. Proceeds to benefi t Corryton Hospitality Pantry and other mission projects.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, AUG. 14-16Yard sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Highland Baptist Church,

6014 Babelay Road. Funds raised will go to repave parkig lot. Rain or shine.

FRIDAY, AUG. 15Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-

ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival, 4-11:30 p.m., Big

Ridge State Park. Food, crafts and fi ne art. Live enter-tainment, 6:30 p.m. Info: 992-5523

Softball at Big Ridge State Park, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Big Ridge State Park, 1015 Big Ridge Park Road. Fun, family orientated softball games. Info: 992-5523.

Golf Classic to benefi t the Union County Humane Society, 11:30 a.m., Three Ridges Golf Course, 6101 Wise Springs Road. Lunch, noon; shotgun start/scramble, 1 p.m. Info: 992-7969.

SATURDAY, AUG. 16Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m., depart-

ing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Cen-ter, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Old Fashioned Gospel Singing, 7:30 p.m., Rid-geview Heights Baptist Church, 7809 Ridgeview Road in Corryton. Everyone invited. Info/directions: 712-1835.

Beginner Drop Spindle class, 1-3 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Nor-ris. Instructor: Kathleen Marquardt. Registration dead-line: Aug. 9. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Bag Workshop with Kelly Bowser, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Cost: $20. Bring lunch. Sponsored by Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild. Preregistration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CQsenf-CaR8wJmbxIyMW54bAj1VoycnkL-GOI-wUuwFc/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link. Info/ materials list: modknoxville@gmail.com.

SUNDAY, AUG. 17Union County Historical Society meeting, 2:30

p.m., Museum and Genealogical Library on Highway 33. Speaker: Charlie Monday. Topic: Dowsing for water and lost graves. Everyone welcome.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, AUG. 18-19Fundraising events for the East Tennessee Tech-

nology Access Center: “An Evening with Al and Friends” on Monday includes food, music and live auction at ET-TAC offi ces, 116 Childress St; and the annual Al Wilson-Mack French Golf Tournament at Centennial Golf Club in Oak Ridge on Tuesday. Space is limited at both events. Info: www.ettac.org or 219-0130.

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