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Market fall hoursThe Union County Farmers

Market starts back to school hours this week. The market will be open 3-6 p.m. every Friday, behind the Union County Arts Cooperative on Main Street.

Canning CollegeUnion County Extension

Agent Rebecca Hughes will host a canning workshop 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 15, at Revival Vision Church in Maynardville. Learn to can with a water bath. Stu-dents must bring six pint jars and six half-pint jars. The class must have at least three participants, so register in advance. Minimum age is 12, and registration fee is $15. Info or to register: 992-8038 or rlhughes@utk.edu

Kids CarnivalBlessed Theresa of Calcutta

Catholic Church will hold the annual Kids Royalty Carni-val noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, on the new church property across from Union County High School. Funds raised will benefit the church building fund. There will be music by the Better Way, the Beasons and the Valley Boys. There will also be traditional Mexican dancers, food and games. A charity auction will be held at 4 p.m. Info: 992-7222

IN THIS ISSUE

Making Union County smile

Martin Shafer has “piddled around with wood,” as he puts it, for 30 years.

“We’re on this Earth to help folks and make folks smile, and that’s what I’m trying to do,” he said.

Now, with help from graphic designer Steve Walker and a la-ser engraver, Shafer is offering unique pieces of Union County memorabilia.

➤ See story on page 3

Breast cancer awareness

The Knoxville affiliate of Susan G. Komen Foundation will present a free breast cancer education and aware-ness session 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, at Union County Senior Center, 298 Main Street. The session is for both men and women. There will be door prizes, and lunch will be provided. Register with Melanie Dykes, 992-0361, before Aug. 14.

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Luttrell Public Library will get a 3-D printer this fall thanks to a grant from the Jane L. Pettway Foundation.

“I am excited to offer the county this new innovation to help our customers make their visions a reality,” said Lut-trell Library director Kim Todd. “They can make products for school, work, home or maybe even something they want to market. There are endless pos-sibilities.”

The 3-D printing process begins with a digital designer, a patron of the li-brary, who constructs the blueprint for the project using software at the library or at home. The printer uses the digi-tal design as a guide as it pushes mol-ten plastic through an extruder, laying down successive layers of material until the object is complete.

Todd also announced that the Pettway grant will provide an AWE

After School Edge Computer for chil-dren ages 6 to 12. This gives the library a total of four AWE computers, two of which are Early Literacy Station com-puters for children ages 2 to 8.

“Luttrell Library is inspired to con-tinue to be a place of gathering and an environment of education and innova-tion,” said Todd.

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New Horace Maynard Middle School prin-

cipal Greg Clay meets students Lindsey

Vanover and Kailyn Tolliver at 6th grade

night Aug. 6. Photo by S. Carey

Welcome to

‘the big school’

By Sandra ClarkLast week we reported that two

Union County Schools – Horace Maynard Middle School and Lut-trell Elementary – had been desig-nated Reward Schools – a fi rst for the county.

Both were recognized for year-over-year progress – as measured by school-wide value-added data. Luttrell and HMMS were among 85 schools statewide in this cat-egory.

Ironically, other Union County schools showed remarkable prog-ress as well and many had higher actual achievement scores. Take a look:

Horace Maynard Middle School: In 7th grade math, 15.4 percent were profi cient or ad-vanced in 2014; the school grew that to 40 percent in 2015 – a gain of 24.6 percent. Scores in reading/language arts stayed fl at at 33.5 percent.

For all grade levels in math, 17.9 percent were profi cient or ad-vanced in 2014; that grew to 37.4

percent in 2015 – a gain of 19.5 percent. Again, reading/language arts stayed fl at, refl ecting state-wide trends, at 35.7 percent.

Luttrell Elementary: In 3rd grade math, 32.2 percent were profi cient or advanced in 2014; that grew to 52.8 percent in 2015 – a gain of 20.6 percent. Again, reading/language arts was fl at at 33.3 percent.

For all grade levels in math, Lu-ttrell increased from 29.4 percent to 51.3 percent – a gain of 21.9 per-cent. Reading/LA went from 32.6 to 36.6 percent.

Big Ridge Elementary: 3rd grade math scores increased from 36.7 percent to 62.9 percent – a gain of 26.2 percent. Overall math scores increased from 39.6 to 58 percent – a gain of 18.4 percent.

Reading/LA overall showed a mild dip from 41.8 percent profi -cient or advanced in 2014 to 39.2 percent in 2015.

Maynardville Elementary School: 3rd grade math scores grew from 41.6 to 55.6 percent – a

14 percent increase; overall math scores grew from 31.5 to 45.2 per-cent – a gain of 13.7 percent in stu-dents advanced or profi cient.

Reading/LA grew in grades 3-8 from 30.5 percent in 2014 to 32.5 percent – a 2 percent game. Con-trast that with a statewide decline of 1.1 percent in this category.

Paulette Elementary: 3rd grade math scores showed an in-crease from 54.5 to 67.2 percent profi cient or advanced – a gain of 12.7 percent; overall, math in-creased from 33.9 to 54.7 percent – a gain of 20.8 percent (compared to 4.3 gain statewide).

Reading/LA scores were down a bit from 39.6 to 38.5 percent overall and from 49.1 to 39.6 in third grade.

Sharps Chapel Elemen-tary: suffered in the “progress” category by having children al-ready at 68.1 percent profi cient or advanced in 3rd grade; this year’s score was 66.7 percent – a drop of 1.4 percent but still dynamite scores. Overall in math, the school

grew the scores from 55.0 percentto 65.6 percent – a 10.6 percentgain.

In reading/LA, the school fell in 3rd grade from 54.5 percent to38.9 percent; overall, the drop wasfrom 50.7 percent to 46.9.

Tennessee Virtual Acade-my: Operated as a Union CountyPublic School, the online schoolcaused a decline in the coun-ty’s overall scores. In 7th grademath, the scores grew from 14.3percent advanced or proficientto 22.1 percent; overall in math,scores grew from 23.2 to 27.3percent.

In reading/LA, scores were much better. Seventh gradersgrew from 45.6 to 48.1 percent;overall, scores fell from 42.0 to40.7 percent.

Union County High School: The graduation rate grew from 74 to 87.1 percent; al-gebra II grew from 48.4 to 55.4percent; English III grew from39.5 to 48.9 percent. All highschool goals were met.

Luttrell, Horace Maynard Middle set the pace

By Shannon CareyGreg Clay knows that middle school

is a big transition for rising 6th grad-ers. In Union County, going from a small, community elementary school to a student body of 700 can be intimi-dating.

Clay, the new principal at Horace Maynard Middle School, draws par-allels between the students’ expe-rience and his own, going from as-sistant principal at K-12 Washburn School, with 40 staff and 600 kids, to “the big school,” as he’s heard HMMS called.

“I’m used to a grade of 45 students,” he said. “Here, it’s more like 225.”

But with students and teachers di-vided into “pods,” the impact of school size is scaled down.

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On Saturday, Aug. 22, Artistic Spectrum and Barnes & Noble Booksellers will partner to present the Autism Family Fun & Safe-ty Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Barnes & Noble near West Town Mall. Admission is free and open to the pub-lic. Families are welcome to drop in for as long as they wish.

Indoor activities include art activities, sensory-friendly dance & music mini-lessons, autism safety information and autism ID kits, a book fair, and story time to kick off Barnes & Noble’s new partnership with Artistic Spectrum and Autism Site Knoxville (ASK) for a monthly autism-friendly story time.

Parents will also be able

to meet Artistic Spectrum’s fi ne arts instructors for this fall’s Autism Arts Explora-tion series for children with autism spectrum disorders ages 5-13 and their siblings.

Outdoors, children can interact with community safety personnel and a fi re-truck from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. so they can become more comfortable with safety ve-hicles.

This is particularly im-portant because children with autism are prone to wandering off or running away when they are in a stressful situation, which makes them four times more likely than their typi-cal peers to suffer a fatal ac-cident during childhood.

Information about local special needs swimming

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To make it convenient for tourists and visitors to fi nd a place to stay in Union County, the Union County Chamber of Commerce is conducting a survey of available lodgings. Those who rent lodging to visitors for less than 30 days may submit information on-line at www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6L5DSM. The sur-vey takes a few minutes to complete.

Visitor lodging may in-

clude motel rooms, cabins and homes, apartments, house boats, fl oating hous-es, RV camps and other places in Union County that are available to visitors on a short-term basis. The Chamber will make lodging information available to en-courage people to stay right here in Union County, said president Pat Hurley.

Info: 992-2811 or info@UCchamber-TN.com

By Shannon CareyThe budget that failed

July 30 was approved Aug. 3. The deciding factor was the presence of commis-sioners Chris Upton and Jonathan Goforth, both of whom were absent July 30, and both of whom voted for the budget Aug. 3.

J.M. Bailey made the mo-tion to approve the budget,

and Janet Holloway sec-onded. Voting against the budget were Lynn Beeler, Bill Cox, Jim Greene, Kenny Hill, Mike Sexton and Tony Strevel. Dennis Nicely was absent.

The county’s property tax rate was approved July 27, with the commission voting to raise taxes from $1.79 to $2.17.

Mason Simpson of the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department asked the commission to reconsider budget requests from the county’s fi re departments. Mayor Mike Williams said that the commission could not consider the issue Aug. 3, but could revisit it at a later date.

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Maynardville Public Li-brary will host the third Thunder Road Author Rally 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.

“Maynardville Public Library has always been a champion of the written word,” said library director Chantay Collins.

Library staff started with small book signings for lo-cal authors, but all that changed when they took a trip to an author event. Mul-tiple authors were in atten-dance with books available for purchase, interacting with readers and each other.

The fi rst Thunder Road Author Rally had six au-thors. The second event had 10 authors, and the up-

Luttrell Public Li-brary will host a Coffee Shop Author Talk fea-turing new local author Mary Ann Brantley at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21. Brantley will talk about her new book, “Acorns from Ivy,” and sign cop-ies for attendees. The library is located at 115 Park Road, Luttrell. Info: 992-0208

Author Linda Henry Photo by S. Carey

Brantley signing at Luttrell Library

Library to host author rally

coming rally will host 28 authors. Attendees will get to meet authors, purchase books and enter drawings and giveaways.

On the list to attend are Kim Law, Faith Marlow, T.G. Franklin, Juli Alexander, Lexi Witcher/Leanne Tyler,

J.K. Ensley, A.H. Richard-son, Andrea Renee Smith, Kristie Dean, N.D. Cinnia-mon, Gertie King, Melanie K. Hutsell, Janae Mitchell, Jo Jewell, Stephany Faulkner Davis, Carolynn Carey, Mary A. Brantley, Mallory Kane, Donna Wright, Kate Mck-

eever, Angela Britnell, Patri-cia Gilliam, Elizabeth Sharp, Barbara Ebel, Rachel Rivers, Kerri Seaton, Bonnie Peters and Teddie Todd.

Collins thanked Melissa Stevens of the Illustrated Author for the design of the event logo.

By Charlie Hamilton and

Shannon CareyAuthor Linda Henry

hopes that readers will fi nd hope in her stories. Inspired by her own life experiences, her novel follows a young woman through hard times and fi nally to redemption.

The writer’s mother passed away when Henry was 12. She survived child abuse, and at age 14 she lived on the streets after her father kicked her and her sister out of the house. Now, she has overcome those ex-periences and isn’t afraid to share them. Her devotion to God and the support of her family and boyfriend, Jerry Gentry, have helped her in her writing.

Henry says she and her brother, also an author, have great imaginations. She started writing at his encouragement.

“It seemed like it just fl owed so easily. I’d get home from work late and write until 5 a.m.,” she said.

The result was “The Life of a Girl Called TABBY,” a multi-part story of a girl’s struggles with life’s dif-fi cult choices. Henry said the book is for adults, as it touches on adult topics.

“I cried a little and laughed a little,” Henry said. “It’s helped me life a burden off my shoulders.”

Henry showed the book to co-workers fi rst, and they were enthusiastic.

“They just kept saying ‘Bring me more. I can’t wait to see what happens to Tab-by,’” she said.

Linda Henry: Sharing her joy

Now, the fi rst two parts of the book are available on the Kindle store for 99 cents each, and the third part will go on sale Aug. 30.

“I didn’t know love af-ter my mother died until I found God’s unconditional love,” Henry said.

In addition to her writ-ing, Henry is passing that love along to those in need. After speaking with a rep-resentative from the Mid-land and Northern Baptist Association, Henry and her friend Betty Workman founded Angels of Hope for the Children, an outreach ministry for the students at Big Creek Elementary School in Kentucky.

They take birthday bags to the students once a month, including every-thing needed for a real birthday party, necessi-ties like toothbrushes and shampoo, and a small gift. They also take items to 27

shut-ins.The effort has grown

and attracted donors. They encourage donors to sign a card to the students whose bags they provided. One boy was confused by the card, saying it didn’t have his name in it. Henry told him that it was his card, signed by someone who donated his gift.

“He said, ‘I’ve never had a birthday card before.’”

Henry calls this work and her writing a joy. She plans to submit “The Life of a Girl Called TABBY” to possible publishers soon.

“People ask me what I would do if the book really takes off,” she said. “The fi rst thing I would do would be to dig a water well in a Third World country.”

To download the book, search “The Life of a Girl Called TABBY” or L.F. Hen-ry on Amazon.com. To do-nate to Angels of Hope for the Children, call Henry at 865-308-0799 or Workman at 865-688-9248.

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By Shannon CareyMartin Shafer has “pid-

dled around with wood,” as he puts it, for 30 years.

His antique gas engine hobby led him to exhibit at the Museum of Appalachia. Since one of his engines runs a reciprocating hacksaw, he started using it to cut wood, then put the logs on a lathe to make small rolling pins and yo-yos for museum-goers.

“We’re on this Earth to help folks and make folks smile, and that’s what I’m trying to do,” he said.

Now, with help from

graphic designer Steve Walker and a laser engrav-er, Shafer is offering unique pieces of Union County memorabilia.

Originally from Fountain City, Shafer moved Paulette 20 years ago. Most of his pieces are carved from locust or cedar found on his own property. The laser engraver has allowed him to create wood coasters featuring a map of Union county. But the special upcoming piece is a Union County map puzzle.

The puzzle is plywood painted white. The laser en-

graver adds a smoky patina to the wood. The map shows the names of various Union County communities, in-cluding Lickskillet and Sharps Chapel, along with fl ags and a moonshine jug. Under the puzzle is a history of Union County provided by historian Bonnie Peters.

“I like for people to be able to enjoy the result of what I do, and this is some-thing everybody can do,” Shafer said. “I want the pieces to be big enough for a child to do it.”

Each piece is one-of-a-

kind.Shafer has leant his tal-

ents to several projects in Union County. He is doing the engraving of plaques for the Veterans Memorial near Wilson Park, and he built picnic tables for Maynard-ville Public Library and the Art on Main event.

“I’m not good, but I have a good time,” said Shafer.

The puzzles will be avail-able for purchase at the Union County Arts Coop-erative soon.

Info: unioncountyarts.com or 865-992-9161

Martin Shafer’s Tic Tac Toe game features a hidden compart-

ment with black and white beans as the game pieces.

A Union County coaster made from wood from Martin Shafer’s

property.

Woodcarver Martin Shafer displays a new Union County puz-

zle, soon to be available at the Union County Arts Cooperative Photos by S. Carey

Martin Shafer: Making folks smile

Walters State Commu-nity College is offering a course to prepare individu-als for careers as certifi ed personal trainers through its Center for Workforce Training.

The college will host a free information session 9-10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. Call 423-585-2675 to re-serve a seat.

“The training can create a tremendous opportunity for individuals as America becomes more focused on fi tness,” said Dr. Nicole Cardwell-Hampton, coordi-nator of workforce training.

“This is a six-week class that builds from the basics up. No prior experience or knowledge is required.

Graduates will be able to lead group exercise, senior fi tness, youth fi tness, aqua fi tness and personal train-ing sessions. The six weeks are challenging. Each stu-dent also completes an in-ternship with a local gym,” Cardwell-Hampton said.

The class will meet from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 19-Nov. 14, at Walters State’s Morristown campus. The cost is $769, which in-cludes the cost of certifi ca-tion exams.

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“Even though it’s big, you try to make the school small,” he said.

Clay grew up in the Tater Valley community, attending Washburn School, where he played basketball and graduated in 1986. He attended Walters State Community College and later UT for a degree in business, then worked at Plasti-Line in Powell before moving to New Mexico. There, he went back to school for a certifi cation in el-ementary education.

“It was something I’d always thought about doing,” he said. “Busi-ness just wasn’t very fulfi lling. Being with the kids is fulfi lling and just fun.”

Clay taught math, science and so-cial studies, including one semester

at HMMS when current Director of Schools Dr. Jimmy Carter was prin-cipal there, but most of his teaching career has been at his home school in Washburn, where he also coached basketball. He got a master’s degree and became assistant principal there, a position he held for 10 years.

Clay kept in touch with Union County schools over the years and ap-plied for principal at HMMS when the position came open.

“I just liked what was going on here,” he said.

The announcement that HMMS is a state Reward School was a nice surprise for Clay, showing the faculty, staff and students’ hard work. His

goal for the 2015-2016 school year is to maintain that momentum.

He’s also looking forward to build-ing relationships with the staff and students.

“I’m a very visible guy. I like to be out and about,” he said. “I’ve told the kids I’ve met so far to tell me their names a few times. It’s going to take awhile to learn 700 names.”

Clay met with the entire faculty and staff for the fi rst time Aug. 3, and he was impressed at how many people work at the school. He asked them to be at school early Aug. 7, to welcome the kids.

“I’m just really excited to get start-ed,” he said.

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“Leave me Lord. I am a sinful man.” (Luke 5:8)

When I visited Hank in a Geor-gia county jail, even the guards were scared of him. He told me and them that he was the devil’s helper.

Hank was in jail for drug abuse, stealing a car and running from the police. Hank was not from Georgia but his parents called me as the local priest to visit him. They said they were done with all his lies, drugs and cheating and wanted him to stay in jail. Yet, they also loved their son and asked that I would visit him as he was raised in the Catholic Church.

Every week I visited him. Eventually arrangements were made for him to come to the mid-week services. He would sit in back handcuffed with his police escort next to him. After about six months, Hank fi nally began to tell me the truth of his history, of the choices he had made, and slowly he came to know that Jesus really did love him. He repented and received Jesus as his Lord and Savior.

Hank’s big issue was he felt he had done so many sins that there was no hope for him. Therefore he might as well con-tinue to be as evil as imaginable and give himself over to the

Come to the waterdevil. Yet, it is for people like Hank, really like me and you, that Jesus came. (See 1 John 1:6-10).

Peter’s response to Jesus is “Leave me, Lord. I am a sinful man.” Jesus says, “The healthy do not need a doctor; sick peo-ple do. I have not come to invite the self-righteous to a change of heart, but sinners.” (Luke 5:32)

Matthew, Peter, Mary Magda-lene and other disciples and followers of Jesus came from the ranks of sinners. Please re-member that no sin is too great, no person is so evil, no one is beyond redemption. Jesus loves every child, every man, and ev-ery woman unconditionally. He died just for you and me!!

Hank walked a hard life and endured more suffering than necessary. His parents were injured by his actions and suf-fered along with him. Yet, in the end with steadfast love and the power of the Holy Spirit, he found his way home to Jesus. He and his parents were recon-ciled once he became reconciled with Christ.

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A cloudburst in August 1916 caused a fl ood that killed several people and swept away homes and barns. This is the fi rst of a three-part se-ries on that fl ood.

As I understand it, this cloudburst came in the mid-dle of the night when most people were sleeping. I read of people watching houses and chicken houses with an-imals on top fl oating down the river. This must have been below where the pres-ent Johnson Mill is located.

At the time it was esti-mated that about 50 people lost their lives to the fl ood. In Big Valley (Sharps Cha-pel) on Aug. 3, 1916, Rob-ert Johnson, his wife and two children; Mrs. Crockett Edmondson and her infant child; Porter Walker and his wife and child, and two

Wish fulfi lled

Marvin West

As with the seasons of the year, there are four dis-tinct levels of Tennessee football fans: 1. Aware. 2. Interested. 3. Enthusiastic. 4. Passionate.

We’ll leave three groups to their wider screens and higher def and address the fourth, especially those who turn cartwheels and back-fl ips about the Volunteers.

You know who you are. Your neighbors know, too. You wear orange to mow the lawn (new Nikes, not outdated adidas). There is a power T on the back of your Toyota. Your mailbox is or-ange. Your cell phone ac-knowledges calls with a few bars of Rocky Top.

At the stadium, you re-fuse to sit down – even

Who was the fi rst to break your heart?

during timeouts. You’d skip weddings and funerals be-fore you’d miss a big game.

I’ve heard you when you didn’t know I was listening:

“Without UT football, my life is a shallow pit of noth-ingness.”

“My life is orange and white – and I am not going gray.”

“I love Tennessee foot-ball and live and die with wins and losses. I know I shouldn’t be that way but I

just can’t help it.”There was a time when

setbacks destroyed Sun-days and left you miserable all week. Not so much any-more. The Vols have lost so many, even passionate fans have learned to handle it.

Many still care deeply. Just the other day, I walked into a conversation about heartbreak, a continua-tion of a forum discussion about which Vols and foes were fi rst to break your big orange hearts. Think about that.

I’ve missed stories that really hurt but never en-dured sports heartbreak. I did think of what Hank Lauricella did to thousands

F. Aaron and Sarah Johnson and their 10 children.

Mr. Johnson’s mother and father died in the ter-

rible fl ood. The children are: Jake wearing hat,

Roy, Burlin, Raymond, Lola, Lela, Dulith, Arthur,

Robert and Mildred sitting on her mother’s lap.

Bonnie Peters

The devastating fl ood

of Barren Creek

unknown girls ages 3 and 5 were found about 14 miles from where the fl ood began.

About 20 miles below the fl ood section the lifeless body of a boy was reported to have been seen as it fl oated on out of sight. I’m told the victims’ bodies were found as far away as Lenoir City.

At one point these people were reported missing: Mrs. Sam Wylie and two chil-dren, Bunk Ferguson and his wife, Crockett Edmond-son and eight children; A. L. Johnson and his wife. Six in

the Edmondson family and two Wylie children.

The swollen waters of Big Barren Creek broke loose and the mill dam across the stream at the mill of John W. Thompson, two miles south of New Tazewell in Claiborne County, gave way under the terrifi c force of the water of the raging river.

To give you some idea of the magnitude of this fl ood, it washed away four mills, fi ve residences, one storehouse, hogs, sheep, cows and three large barns. One mile of pike road was reported destroyed. The downpour is said to have extended about a mile wide and six miles long from the headwaters of Big Barren Creek due west to the Clinch River.

Parts of the Southern Railway track were washed out between Oakman and Snodgrass beyond Tazewell. The train from Middlesboro to Knoxville was also forced to turn back at Snodgrass until the two washed out trestles and the tracks could be repaired. Southern Rail-way services to Middles-boro, Cumberland Gap and Louisville were suspended

because of the washouts and remained so for several days.

A washout of the L&N Railroad near Elys caused that train to stop there, but the passengers were some-how transferred around the

washout. The telephone and telegraph wires were taken out by the wind and rain. Many homes and barns were removed from their founda-tions and otherwise dam-aged by the storm. Crops and gardens were beaten

down and fruit was stripped from the trees. This was es-pecially hurtful to the small farm families, leaving them penniless.

Nine inches of rain was said to have fallen between midnight and 4 a.m. Some estimated 12 to 15 inches of rain fell during the night. To my knowledge that is still a record for the area. The rain had begun in up per East Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky about 8 o’clock that Wednesday night, but the cloudburst hit about 2 a.m. while the people were sleeping and many were unable to save themselves from the fl ood. Property damages were fi rst assessed at $40,000, then $50,000 and that later $100,000. This amount translated to current dollars is a terrifi c monetary loss in addition to that of human life and that of livestock.

I don’t know what caused me at the age of seven to have a strong desire to at-tend Sunday School. My father in those days did not attend church, though he would drive my mother and me every Sunday morn-ing to Maynardville Baptist Church for regular worship.

Dad could be stern, and I dreaded to ask him if he would take us to church one hour earlier so we could go to Sunday School. He agreed without “batting an eye,” and faithfully delivered us at the appointed time every Lord’s Day.

Ronnie Mincey

TEACHER TIME

My fi rst Sunday School teacher was Mary Nell Hurst. Some will remember her father “Smitty” Smith from Ailor Mortuary, where he worked many years. I remember Ms. Reban also. From Mary Nell I learned that a “job” (short vowel)

is work but that “Job” (long vowel) was a person in the Bible. I also learned that the “P” in “Psalms” was silent. Mary Nell, an avid reader and book lover, later came to know my cousin Bertha Lay, with whom she shared these qualities.

As time passed our group matured and had other teachers such as Carolyn Richardson, Ronnie and Linda Irick, Carlie Gentry, Mike Byrge, Mike and Di-ane Hubbs, Shirley Rob-bins and Jean Maggard, and John Walker. Even I taught that class in my later years as a member of Maynard-ville’s First Baptist Church.

Class members changed

throughout the years, but some I remember best are Ted and Edward Archer, Jim and Scott Maggard, John R. Monroe, Phillip Richardson, Jim Miracle, Amy Richardson, Jeff Hens-ley, Lisa and Lana Booker, and Chris and Sherrie Rob-bins.

My mother enrolled in the only Sunday School class she ever attended at the First Baptist Church, the TEL (Timothy, Eunice, Lois) class, comprised of the older ladies. When she fi rst enrolled, she was the young-est member. I remember many of these dear ladies well, particularly Ella Wil-son Johnson, Kate Johnson,

former neighbors Myrtle Carter and Susie Jessee, Dramma Beeler, little Bes-sie Buckner, faithful Bessie Bridges, Nell Hartgrove, Veda Moore, Ellen Goff Ad-ams, Ruth Cooke.

Ms. Alvelva Carr is the only surviving member. I always enjoyed these ladies, and in later years I always asked to teach that class on Youth Sunday.

Mother undoubtedly felt comfortable with these la-dies and the teacher, Ms. Jessie Buckner, who was married to our former landlord Kenneth “Buck” Buckner. Ms. Jessie was the freshman English teacher at Horace Maynard High

School for many years. Mother also enjoyed many of the teachers who succeed-ed Ms. Jessie: Dot Lovelace, Barbara Archer, Sheila Hall.

These people and many others are those who were so instrumental in keep-ing the faith and passing it along to future generations. Sunday School is one of the church’s best ministries. The generally small groups also provide for more inti-mate Christian fellowship.

In Sunday School the Bible is studied much more in depth than any preach-er can explain in a 20- to 30-minute sermon. Next week I will share memories of preachers and pastors.

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I can understand hunting a wild animal if one is hun-gry and needs to provide food for one’s self and one’s family. I understand that some wild animals become dangerous rogues – danger-ous to the inhabitants of the area – and must be elimi-nated for the safety of many.

What I can’t understand is killing the king of the jun-gle for sport.

What right does a human have to kill a magnifi cent animal so he can mount the head of the beast on the wall of his den?

If one is going to hunt lions in Africa, shouldn’t one care-fully investigate the rules and laws involved, ascertain that his guide is knowledgeable, and that the lion he has in his crosshairs is not legally pro-tected?

I mourn for Cecil, the lion. I mourn for all the great cats, who are just try-ing to earn a living, as well as the dogs and kitty-cats and bunnies and ground-hogs who get slaughtered on

What became of the lions’ den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion goes, and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them?

(Nahum 2: 11 NRSV)

In memory of Cecil

the roads. I can even fi nd it in my

heart to grieve for the coy-otes and the snakes, who fi nd their habitats shrink-ing every day, as fi elds and forests fall prey to subdivi-sions.

Even with my bird phobia (and before you wonder, let me assure you, I have never seen the movie!) I love to hear their songs and watch them as they carefully, pa-tiently build their nests. (Needless to say, I watch through a window!)

The words of the old song come to mind:“Bless the beasts and the children, for in this world they have no voice, They have no choice.” (by DeVor-zon and Botkin)

FAITH NOTES

Community services ■ 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.

Three Catholic churches came together to donate school supplies to Union County children in need. The supplies were distrib-uted Aug. 5, at Blessed The-resa of Calcutta Catholic Church in Maynardville.

Volunteers Mardian An-gelo, Leigh Boorn and Deb-bie Mattan of St. Malachy Parish in Geneseo, Ill., visit-ed Maynardville with a load of school supplies donated by parishioners. Accord-

ing to Fr. Steve Pawelk of Blessed Teresa, St. Malachy “has adopted us.”

Additional school sup-plies came from donors at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Farragut and St. Albert the Great Catholic Church in Halls.

Pawelk said this is the fi rst school supply distribu-tion at Blessed Teresa. Left-over supplies will be donat-ed to the local elementary schools.

By Shannon CareyA dream team tackled

hunger July 30, as Journey Church and Glenn Jacobs, also known as WWE wres-tler Kane, drew a crowd for the Faith to End Hunger event in Wilson Park. Pro-ceeds boosted the Union County Food Pantry.

For a monetary or canned food donation, attendees en-joyed infl atables, food from

Pizza Plus, a dunk tank, vis-its from Union County K-9s, and of course a chance to meet Jacobs in person.

This is the second year of the event. The Rev. Nick Maples of the Journey Church said Jacobs has been involved both years, donating his time and money to help make Faith to End Hunger a success.

“We’re wanting to prove to our community that if ev-

erybody does just a little bit, it will bring a big outcome,” said Maples.

This year, the event raised $958 and collected two pick-up truck loads of food for the Union County Food Pantry.

“This hardly places a dent in the pantry’s budget, and we realize that,” said Maples. “We mainly want people to know that the ser-

vice is there, and that if we all pitch in, our neighbors who are in need can rest a little easier.”

Maples said that depend-ing on the time of year, the food pantry serves between 200 and 450 families.

“They provide a service that is irreplaceable in my opinion,” he said. “We are glad to help them.”

Info: visitthejourney.com

Bo Blakely grins as he meets Glenn Jacobs, also known as WWE superstar Kane. Photo by S. Carey

Working bloodhound Rogue and handler Ben Crisp meet Pey-

ton Thomas at the Faith Against Hunger event.

Amelia Granger gets her face painted by Aubrie Goodnoe dur-

ing Faith Against Hunger.

Mardian Angelo of

St. Malachy Parish in

Geneseo, Ill., gives

school supplies to a

youngster at Blessed

Teresa of Calcutta

Catholic Church in

Maynardville.

Mardian Angelo, Leigh Boorn and Debbie Mattan, volunteers

from St. Malachy Parish in Geneseo, Ill., brought donated

school supplies to be distributed from Blessed Teresa of Cal-

cutta Catholic Church in Maynardville. Photos by S. Carey

break your heart From page 4

in the 1952 Sugar Bowl. Ten-nessee had a great team and New Orleans was the home-town of the all-American tailback. The stage was set for coronation of the king.

Hank threw three in-terceptions and fumbled a kickoff return and Mary-land won by more than the 28-13 score. Ouch.

Old friend Karl Kremser infl icted pain and suffering when he missed a fi eld goal in the closing moments of the 1968 Orange Bowl. That 26-24 loss to Oklahoma wasn’t really his fault. The Sooners built a three-touch-down lead because the Ten-nessee defense didn’t show up until the second half. A furious comeback provided the last-minute chance to win.

Heartbreak conversation included injuries, poor de-cisions, talent wasted and other misfortunes. Former Vols who erred, drunken drivers who killed people, hurt and embarrassed many others. Tony Robin-son’s untimely knee injury and drug conviction may never go away.

Some bled when Heath Shuler didn’t stay for his se-nior season.

Jerry Colquitt waiting his turn to play quarter-back and going down in the fi rst series of his fi rst game was a heartbreaker. Chuck Webb hobbling off Shields-Watkins Field remains a sad

image.What happened to Inky

Johnson would be a dev-astating memory if not for what he has done on the rebound. It does appear God had a hand on that bad shoulder.

The small cluster of fans talked about more trivial heartbreaks – the convolut-ed loss to Memphis State, an Arian Foster fumble, Mike Hamilton hiring Lane Kiffi n and Derek Dooley. Oh my.

I thought of the tragic wreck that snuffed out three Tennessee coaches.

There are other things I didn’t and don’t like – dis-regard for tradition, moving the third Saturday of Octo-ber, playing Vanderbilt any time except the fi nal Sat-urday, alternate uniforms and nobody from Tennessee being in charge of anything. Irritating – but not exactly heartbreakers.

There is so much good, so much excitement, so much color and pageantry in the Tennessee scene, it is hard to maintain a consistent frown. This doesn’t greatly impact levels 1 and 2 fans. Level 3 enthusiasts are en-couraged. The passionate, naturally optimistic, believe really good times are just around the corner.

Wouldn’t it be something if the Volunteers win 10! That would cure a lot of ills.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

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Starting your day the right way can give your body a little boost as it prepares for activity ahead, whether that be work or play. Here are some tips:

• When you get out of bed, greet the day with some stretching. Th ere are lots of diff erent stretches, but try this: Stretch your arms above your head and hold for 10 seconds and feel your spine straighten out. Put your hands on your hips and rotate gently at the waist. Hold for 10 seconds to the right, and then 10 seconds to the left .

• Th ink about your back during the day. For instance, when brushing your teeth or rinsing off a plate at the kitchen sink, don’t hunch over the sink. Maintain good posture and stand erect.

• If you are a stay-at-home parent, handling kids all day can twist you into all kinds of positions.

If you’re picking up a child, particularly a squirming toddler, don’t bend at the waist. Bend your knees and lift with the strong muscles of your legs. Lift ing from a bent-waist position puts all the strain on your lower back, and that’s a recipe for injury. You should use the same technique, by the way, for lift ing any heavy or bulky object.

• Finally, pinching a phone between your ear and shoulder is another way to put inordinate strain on the joints of the upper, or cervical, spine.

Talk with your chiro-practor about other best practices so you can start your day right – and keep it that way.

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By Bill DockeryOn Gov. John Sevier

Highway about a mile from where it dead-ends into Asheville Highway, a weath-ered green-and-white sign points toward a one-lane track that skirts a yard and disappears into the woods.

Follow the track around a couple of potholes, past a stack of logs and around a blind curve. Where the driveway to a house forks uphill to the left, keep right through a tight tunnel of overgrowth, past a pasture waist-high in weeds and wildfl owers, into another blind curve, and fi nally to a well-mown clearing sur-rounding a blue tin shed with a single door.

The Tri County Coon Club and also the Byerley’s Bend club call this place home, including the 90-odd

acres of surrounding wood-lands they lease from a local landowner.

“Our clubs date back to the early ’70s. Byerley’s Bend used to be in Mascot, but they moved down here several years ago,” said Marty Bollinger, who in his other life works for the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

On the evening of July 4, the hillside has fi lled up with men in pickup trucks as the clubs host a regional qualifying event for the United Kennel Club’s world championship coon dog competition.

The UKC is an interna-tional organization based in Kalamazoo, Mich., that sponsors events for hunt-ing dogs of all breeds. In the past, the Tri County group has been one of UKC’s top

Hunters huddle in small groups waiting for registration to end. The dogs and their owners are grouped in casts of four and go

out to wooded areas across East Tennessee to hunt raccoons. Each pickup contains a dog cage. Photos by Bill Dockery 

East Knox coon club

holds last hunt

ing the qualifying event and for all your work. I’m sorry this is your last hunt.”

The men gather around the door to the shed as Bol-linger begins to call out the men in each cast. They hurry away to their pickup trucks, and within 10 min-utes the clearing is almost empty.

“We are shutting down

both clubs. The lease on our land has gotten too expen-sive for us to continue,” Bol-linger explains. “Some of us may transfer to the Holston club in Kodak, but this is the end for these two clubs.”

With that, he walks back into the shed to sit through the night with others who will accept the scorecards that come in around 5 a.m.

Jasmine Carrigan puts “Ladies Love Outlaws,” aka “Waylon,”

into bench position at the recent Tri County Coon Club bench

show and fi eld trial. Waylon is a Treeing Walker pup, just 6

months old.

10 clubs for sponsoring re-gional qualifying events.

“Tonight’s event will de-termine who advances to the UKC’s world hunt in In-diana,” Bollinger said.

The men make their way a few at a time to the bright-ly lighted shed, registering for the event at $20 a dog.

Then they spread out across the clearing, clump-ing in small groups to talk quietly one to another.

There is little barking from the cages in the trucks until one hound lets loose in a strong baritone that a few other dogs begin to answer.

Off to one side, Martha Hayes has set up a display of bright collars, leads and other hound gear she and husband Tony sell. Her son stays busy making ID tags to attach to dog collars. The family lives in Seymour, and Tony Hayes has a dog in this hunt.

“We started going to shows this year, hoping to make a business of this,” Martha Hayes said. She is one of the few women on the hillside.

Another is Jasmine Car-rigan, a trainer and handler who is showing off Way-lon, a 6-month-old Treeing Walker pup. She hopes the dog will catch the eye of one of the coon hunters who might need another dog.

“His registered name is ‘Ladies Love Outlaws,’ but we call him Waylon for short.”

As the sun sets and shadows of the surround-ing woods begin to darken the clearing, the men gath-er for the formal start of the night hunt. They take their baseball caps off as Bollinger offers a prayer; then he reviews the rules for the hunt.

The men will go off in casts of four, taking their dogs to remote woodlands in rural counties across East Tennessee. There they will release the dogs to search out a raccoon and give chase till they tree the animal. The dogs are trained to “open” or bark as they follow the scent of their quarry. When the raccoon climbs a tree, the dogs’ barking alerts the men, who come and verify the treeing.

“The raccoons aren’t killed. The men take the dogs to another location and start a new hunt,” Bollinger says. “No animal is harmed in this hunt.”

A judge scores the dogs’ performances by which dog barked fi rst and treed the raccoon fi rst. The dogs’ barks are distinctive, allow-ing the judges to determine which dog was most promi-nent in a given cast. Score-cards must be returned to the Coon Club shed by 5 a.m. Sunday.

As Bollinger fi nishes speaking, another hunter steps up and thanks the Tri County Coon Club for its work. “Thank you for host-

Class of ’65 to meetHorace Maynard High School Class of 1965 will hold a

quarterly meeting 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Hardee’s in Maynardville to discuss plans for quarterly luncheon in December. Info: Pearl Coffey, 256-5315.

LUTTRELL EVENTS ■ There will be a free movie in Luttrell City Park Friday, Aug. 14.

Movie starts at dusk. Watch for fl yers around town about special

events before the movie. Info: Fran, 992-0678

■ Luttrell Senior Lunch will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug.

17, at Luttrell Senior Center. Bring a dish to share. New people

always welcome for Bingo, laughter and fun.

Shoot for hunter educationA turkey shoot to boost JAKES Day will be held 8 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 22, at Krazy Kester’s, 212 Maynardville Highway. Shells provided. No modifi ed guns or chokes. The shoot will run until all prizes have been won

JAKES Day, which stands for Juniors Acquiring Knowl-edge, Ethics and Sportsmanship, is an educational day at Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area for youths age 17 and younger. Set for Sept. 19, the event includes archery, skeet shooting, turkey calling, tree stand safety classes, fi shing and many more fun activities. Norris Lake Long-beards, the local chapter of the National Wild Turkey Fed-eration, sponsors the day. Info: 773-3600

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Union County High School junior Alec Lay has been named to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Team in USA

Baseball’s National Team Identifi cation Series. Lay is a southpaw pitcher for the Patriots baseball team.

USA Baseball is the national govern-ing body for the sport of baseball. Re-gional teams will compete against each other in September for inclusion on the National Team. Lay attended tryouts against baseball players from several states to win this honor.

“He is just beside himself,” said moth-er Kelly Lay. “We’re excited for him.”

Alec plans to play baseball in college and major in wildlife management and forestry.

Alec’s parents are Glenn and Kelly Lay. He has a twin brother, Austin.

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Two Union County stu-dents won 4-H scholarships at the 4-H Roundup at UT this summer.

Dakota Sherritze of Sharps Chapel was recog-nized as a Level II state winner in the engineering/safety science project. Da-kota received a $1,000 col-lege scholarship.

Martin Dickey of Luttrell received the $800 Earl M. Knepp Scholarship based on his 4-H accomplishments, academic achievement and fi nancial need. The scholar-ship is provided by friends

Union County High School welcomed the Class of 2019 during freshman orientation Aug. 6. Stu-dents and families met with

homeroom teachers and received class schedules. Student organizations were also on hand to recruit new-comers.

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Freshman Ashlee Crawford tries on a Class of 2019 T-shirt. Pho-tos by S. Carey

English teacher Rachel Hodges talks with freshman Chris

Braden about his class schedule.

Carol Pratt of iCare Union County talks to a parent about free

drug-testing kits.

Freshman Madison Loepp and mother Letisicia McQueen meet cosmetology teacher Kim Malone.

Future Farmers of America members Kelsie Phillips, Emma Parker, McKenzie Sharp, Lyndon Kitts and Johnathan Loveday are

ready to greet incoming freshmen.

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and relatives in memory of Mr. Knepp.

Also attending was Jim Morgan of Sharps Chapel, a fi nalist in the Sheep Project group. Debby Morgan at-tended as chaperone.

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Computer Workshop: Word Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

THURSDAY, AUG. 13

Heiskell Seniors meeting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Heiskell Community Center, 9420 Heiskell Road. Speaker: Susan Long from CAC. No charge, donations appreciated. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

Preparing Your Book for Self-Publication workshop, 6-8 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathleen Fearing. Registration deadline: Aug. 6. Info/registration: 494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.

VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 13-14

Rummage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Rutherford Memorial UMC, 7815 Corryton Road, Corryton.

FRIDAY, AUG. 14

“Free Movie in the Park.” Movie starts at dusk, Luttrell City Park. Activities before the Movie. Info: Fran, 992-0678.

Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY, AUG. 15

House Mountain Hoedown music festival, 1-9 p.m., WPC Community Park and Pavilion, 7405 Washington Pike in Corryton. Admission: $12 advance; $15 at the gate. Concessions available. Info/tickets: 314-2161 or housemountainhoedown.com.

MONDAY, AUG. 17

Luttrell Senior Lunch, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Luttrell Community Center. Bring a dish to share.

TUESDAY, AUG. 18

Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St., Maynardville. All veterans invited. Info: 256-5415.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19

Knox County Veterans Service Offi ce visit, 9-10 a.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefi ts, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with fi ling for VA benefi ts.

THURSDAY, AUG. 20

An Evening with Al Wilson and Friends, 6:30-8:30 p.m., East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress St. Tickets: $50. Tickets not available at the door. ETTAC fundraiser. Info/tickets: 219-0130 or ettac.org.

Praise Song Fest, 6:30 p.m., Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway. Featuring: Highway 33, Sarah Holloway, Katelyn Parker and Nancy Hodges. Cost: $10. Nursery provided. Info: 922-1412.

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival, Big Ridge State Park. Arts and crafts demonstrations and booths, 4 p.m.-dark; music, 7 p.m.-midnight. Info: tnstateparks.com/parks/events/big-ridge.

Knox County Veterans Service Offi ce visit, 9-10 a.m., Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefi ts, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with fi ling for their VA benefi ts.

Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY, AUG. 22

Film night with potluck meal, 6-9 p.m., Narrow Ridge’s Mac Smith Resource Center, 936 Liberty Hill

Road, Washburn. Bring covered dish to share. Info: 497-3603 or community@narrowridge.org.

Fish Fry Fundraiser, 4 p.m., Powell Masonic Lodge #582, 7700 Fersner Road. Live music by David West and guests.

Senior Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Admission: $5. Live music by Mood Swing. Info: 922-0416.

TUESDAY, AUG. 25

BRIDGES Support Group, 6-7:30 p.m., Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26

Computer Workshops: Internet and Email Basics, 2 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Requires “Introducing the Computer” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 525-5431.

Knox County Veterans Service Offi ce visit, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Carter Senior Center, 9040 Asheville Highway. One-on-one assistance to explain VA benefi ts, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with fi ling for VA benefi ts.

THURSDAY, AUG. 27

“So You Want to Start Anew ... Perennial Garden,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Speakers: Extension Master Gardeners Carolyn Kiser and Barbara Emery. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUG. 27-28

AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY, AUG. 29

Gospel singing, 7 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road NE. Featuring: Crimson Ridge.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4

Union County Farmers Market, 4-7 p.m., 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.

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