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Butch may exaggerate

Any day now Butch Jones will deliver his best bowl pep talk, how almost all of America is focused on the surging Vol-unteers and maybe millions will be lining up to secure tick-ets for 50-yard-line seats.

The coach has great enthusi-asm for this bowl game. It is the fulfi llment of a year-long goal.

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Pecans available in new locations

The Union County Lions Club is conducting its an-nual pecan sale. Pecans are available at the Union County Trustee’s Offi ce in the Court-house, Commercial Bank (Maynardville Branch), First Century Bank, First State Bank and the Union County Board of Education.

One pound packages of pecan halves and pieces or 12 ounce packages of dark chocolate covered pecans are available for $10 per package. All funds raised from this sale go toward providing eye care services for Union County Citizens.

Photos with Santa at Willow Ridge

Santa will visit Willow Ridge, 215 Richardson Way, 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11. Everyone is invited to bring the kids to have a picture taken with Santa and enjoy some hot chocolate and cookies.

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The Union Country Little League board will hold an open meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the Union County courthouse. New board mem-bers for the 2015 season will be elected. Anyone interested in serving on the board, being a coach or assisting the league in any way should attend. Info: Union County Little League on Facebook.

By Libby MorganThe Downtown Revitalization

group has approved an initial de-sign and voted to proceed with raising funds to install a clock tower at the corner of Main and Monroe streets by the courthouse.

The structure supporting the four-face clock will have a stone base and an openwork metal frame, and will sit on a pad of brick or cobblestone.

Donors will have the opportunity to have their names engraved in the

base and brick as thanks for spon-soring the project, but sponsorship details are not yet determined.

The group heard from Trudy Hughes of the East Tennessee Foundation, representing the Union County Community Foun-dation. The clock tower committee hopes to receive funding in part from UCCF.

Other projects discussed are the new bridge on Monroe Street and a planning grant from TDOT for the city of Maynardville.Patsy MacKenzie points out the clock tower on the downtown Maynardville

plans.

Clock tower

By Betty BeanPicking out poinsettias offered

by the Future Farmers of America at the North Knox CTE Center (they can’t call it a sale) is a tra-dition for residents of Halls and Fountain City, but six months ago, many feared the poinsettias had gone the way of Christmas past. Knox County Schools was Scrooge.

The role of Bob Cratchit was admirably fi lled by longtime ag-riculture teacher/FFA sponsor Mike Blankenship, who had been informed that his program was being disbanded because it wasn’t attracting enough students. It was a grim time for the Ag kids and for Blankenship, who found himself facing the possibility of an abrupt end to his award-winning, 37-year career with KCS.

But his students, led by ris-ing seniors Ryan Cox and James Dunn, decided to fi ght for their teacher, their club and their future.

Cox, who will attend UT next year (and is waiting to hear about scholarship money), started bom-barding administrators with emails. Here’s an excerpt from one

Ryan Cox, James Dunn, Mike Blan-

kenship, Jessica Costner and Jo-

nah McMahan File photo by Betty Bean

Ag students (and teacher) are 2014 Persons of the Year

he sent to Superintendent James McIntyre and Halls High School principal Mark Duff:

“I feel that the Knox County School District should review its policy on teacher cuts. Positions should not only be qualifi ed to be

cut based on student enrollment, but by the quality and importance of the education received in the course. For instance, a class of-fered at Halls High consists mere-ly of watching movies, and writing reviews on them. I challenge the

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A festive time was had by all who came out to see the lighting of the Christ-

mas tree in downtown Maynardville. Here Mayor Mike Williams, Santa and

Laisa Bull share a smile in front of the huge Christmas tree at the courthouse. Photos by Libby Morgan

Abby Lascola puts the fi nishing

touches on her gingerbread master-

piece at the annual Downtown May-

nardville Christmas tree lighting.

Gabe DeCarlo sports a reindeer face

in front of the antique Christmas tree

inside the old Dr. Carr offi ce.

planned for downtown

Maynardville lights up the season

Sierra Walton tries out the “Frozen”-

themed cutout board.More pictures on page 7

fact that this class has a higher educational value than an Agri-culture class.”

Cox wore out Duff, McIntyre and school board members. He contacted the media. He started

The Tennessee Health Care Association (THCA) has named Rebecca Mills, administrator at Genesis Healthcare’s Willow Ridge Center in Maynardville, to its board of directors for 2015.

Mills joins the other board members in directing the organization as it prepares long-term care pro-

viders for the challenges of the health care industry through education, ad-vocacy and support.

“Rebecca is a leader in the long-term care profession,” THCA execu-tive director Jesse Samples said. “I am looking forward to working with her this year as she shares her knowledge, expertise and energy to help us serve our members.”

Mills lives in Knoxville with her husband, Todd, and their two children, Lily and Mad-elyn. She has been a member of THCA for 10 years.

THCA is a nonprofi t organization whose members include long-term care facilities located throughout the state. Info: 615-834-6520 or www.thca.org.

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During the Shop Local campaign, Mary’s is paying the sales tax

on any purchase. Photos by Libby Morgan

Okie’s PharmacyLuealma Kitts at Okie’s Pharmacy in Maynardville stands be-

side a big display of Christmas gifts. Off ering candles, books,

mugs, handmade dishcloths, nuts, nightlights and much more,

Okie’s is participating in the Shop Local campaign with a $2

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Woods MusicWoods Music off ers a free lesson with each lesson package as

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2014 Persons of the Year From page 1

an online petition. He and Dunn, a Gibbs High School senior and FFA president, went to the June school board meeting and spoke at the public forum. Dunn recited a partial list of the honors the club has won under Blankenship’s guid-ance.

“We will no longer be able to compete in career devel-opment events,” he said. “We as a class and a chapter are very disappointed. This closure will take away many opportunities.”

What he didn’t say that night is that one of the lost opportunities could be his chance to go to college through an FFA scholarship.

Before long, Blankenship was offered a job at the new Career Magnet Academy on Strawberry Plains Pike, which should have surprised nobody, given his long list of professional and community accolades, not to mention the fact that CTE supervisor Don Lawson had been one of his fi rst students, back at the old Doyle High School.

Moved by what he’d heard from Cox and Dunn at the school board meeting, Law-son started working on a plan. Would Blankenship be inter-ested in teaching one class a day on the Halls campus so these seniors could fi nish out the credits they needed? Blankenship agreed, and the

Ag class was restored. The FFA crew is having a

good year, winning awards and raising nearly $2,000 for homecoming candidate Casey Jo Mitchell. It hasn’t been easy; Blankenship commutes from Halls to Strawberry Plains every day at a time when his family has suffered terrible losses. His son, Mark, developed a brain tumor and died, and his father is under home hospice care, but he stays on the road and keeps on teaching. His students ap-preciate it and say their fi ght was worthwhile.

“I’m not really positive that Mr. Blankenship will be back at North Knox next year, but they’ve got a biol-ogy teacher who went on

the fi eld trip with us who took the test to get Ag cer-tifi ed. She’s hoping to teach biology, Ag and a computer class, and continue FFA. Meanwhile, she’s got the best instructor in Tennessee to learn from,” Cox said.

Dunn concurs.“He’s the same old Mr.

Blankenship. He’s a good one,” said Dunn, who has applied for a Tennessee Promise scholarship and hopes to attend Pellissippi State. “Everything was worth it. Everybody learned a little something from it, and I think it showed some people that we’re more than just farmers with pitch-forks.”Note: Each year reporter Betty Bean

selects her favorite story/people and

names them her POY.

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“And the Word became fl esh and made his dwelling among us…” (John 1:14)

Imagine not being limited by time or space and then giving that all up for someone who does not really care.

Could you do it? God did!!

That is the power of Jesus Christ, God incarnate, the Word becoming fl esh. God wanted his children to be happy and be faithful. Yet, they kept messing up and misusing their freewill for selfi sh and harmful pursuits. They started in Eden and got kicked out and death came to be. Then He sent messengers, judges, prophets and kings. They still refused to under-stand His love and accept His ways. But the Creator loved his children.

Thus the Word became fl esh. God who was not limited by time, (that is the meaning of eternal), nor by space, (that is the meaning of all present), accepted the full limitations of being human. God the Creator, became the creature (man) in order to help us know the depth of His Love. Wow!! This really is amazing.

Jesus born in poverty, and later forced to travel as a refugee

Come to the waterand immigrate to Egypt, had to grow and mature. He was dependent on his mother for food and comfort. His foster father Joseph provided protec-tion and knowledge. He negoti-ated adolescence without sin. He resisted the temptations of power, fame and fortune. He prayed, taught, forgave, healed and loved. In doing this he challenged both the religious authorities and political au-thorities calling them to repent and believe the Good News. He was sentenced to death by a method comparable to lethal injection or the electric chair of today. Yet, he rose on the third day and sent the Holy Spirit to dwell among us.

This is what we are celebrating at Christmas. God loves us so much that he did everything possible, so we can know Him. He even accepted the limits of mortal life so every aspect of our lives could be redeemed. Can there be any deeper love than to surrender one’s life for the sake of another? WOW!!

This Christmas come to the Lord and rejoice in the miracle of our salvation.

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Fantasy of Trees is an annual holiday event featuring beautifully decorated trees, mantels and wreaths that are donated to benefi t East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

The event is held Thanksgiving weekend and gets bigger each year. In addition to beautiful holiday decorations, Fantasy of Trees features live entertainment, a carousel, children’s activities and a visit from Santa Claus.

Haley Jackson and Allison Smith, Union County High

students, help children create ornament keepsakes during

Fantasy of Trees. Photos by R. White

Boy Scout Troop 401 is getting good at making split rail fences.

Split rail graces museum grounds

Tyler Warwick, Cody Faulkner, Jerry Myers and Jordan Simpson split cedar rails for the new fence around the Union County Mu-

seum grounds. Photo by Libby Morgan

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Their interest began when Orrin Warwick chose as his Eagle project to en-hance Big Ridge State Park with lengths of the tradi-tional fence design.

Adults and other Scouts in the troop helped the proj-ect along, and word got out that this group knows how to build a beautiful fence.

Mayor Mike Williams noticed their work at Big Ridge and happened to have a problem the Scouts could solve.

The problem was that some drivers picking up their kids at the elementary school were using the Union County Museum grounds as a pass-through: up the dirt hill, through the museum’s front yard, across the side-walk and out to the highway.

The solution was to some-

how block the way through and still have the museum grounds look good.

Museum director Mar-tha Carter, Tommy War-wick (father of Orrin and Tyler Warwick, both Eagle Scouts), Mayor Mike and the scouts worked out a plan amenable to all.

Warwick then called the state forestry service and was approved for a logging permit to cut some cedar trees from Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area. The foresters marked the trees, and the group cut 58 logs and hauled them to the museum in two loads.

“Every one of the Scouts in Troop 401 had a hand in the project, either a little or a lot,” says Warwick.

On Thanksgiving week-end, a dozen or so boys took up splitting wedges, mauls and hammers and knocked out about half of the fence. They’ll return for at least one more work day to fi nish.

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By Ruth WhiteHalls Crossroads Wom-

en’s League presented toys and a $1,500 check to the Halls Welfare Ministry last week at Cross Roads Pres-byterian Church.

Shelba Murphy, league president, noted that Christ-mas reminds us that “we are on this earth to help one another and to be here for someone besides ourselves.” The league’s 92 members work together on many proj-ects for the community.

“We are thankful to receive

this gift,” said Wilma Wilson, director of Halls Welfare Min-istry. “We in the Halls commu-nity care about our neighbors, and the partnership with the women’s league will make it possible to serve more chil-dren and adults during this Christmas season.”

Marvin Powers, vice pres-ident, said the money will be used for Christmas baskets.

Other league members present were Sandra Smyth, Janie Branam, Susan Smyth, Gail Cox, Mary Car-roll and Brenda Gratz.

Christmas means helping others

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Sandra Clark

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TEACHER TIME

TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on the 15th day of April, 2014, by deed of trust recorded in Trust Deed

Book 209, page 51, in the Register’s Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee, to which deed of trust specifi c reference is hereby made, DONNIE NORRIS and wife, BRITTNEY NORRIS, conveyed to K. David Myers, Trustee, the hereinaft er described real property to secure the payment of the obligation and indebtedness owing by Donnie Norris and wife, Brittney Norris, to the benefi ciaries therein named, Alvin G. Brock and wife, Pauline Brock; and

WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of said obligations and indebtedness, now past due, the entire balance of which has been declared due and payable in accordance with the terms of said deed of trust and the obligations and indebtedness therein secured, and the owner and holder of said obligation and indebtedness has directed me, the undersigned Trustee, to foreclose said deed of trust in accordance with the terms thereof and to sell the real property and its improvements all as therein described.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by said deed of trust , I will on the 19th day of December, 2014, off er for sale and sell the following described property, at the front door of the Union County Courthouse, 901 Main Street, Maynardville, Tennessee, at the hour of 11:30 A.M., prevailing time, at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash and in bar of and free of all equities of redemption, statutory right of redemption, homestead, elective share and all other rights and exemption of every kind expressly waived in the aforesaid deed of trust and to which specifi c reference is hereby made, the following described real property:

SITUATED in the Th ird (3d) Civil District of Union County, Tennessee:

BEGINNING at and on an iron pin in the southeast line of Walker Ford Road, said iron pin being a new established common corner in the southeast line of said road, the remaining property of Brock, and the property herein described; thence with a new established dividing line between the remaining property of Brock and the property herein described three calls and distances as follows: in a southeastern direction 250 feet to an iron pin, the southeast corner of the property herein described; in a southwestern direction 150 feet to an iron pin, the southwest corner of the property herein described; and in a northwest direction 250 feet to an iron pin in the southeast line of Walkers Ford Road and being the northwest corner of the property herein described; thence with the southeast line of Walkers Ford Road in a northeastern direction 150 feet to an iron pin in the southeast line of said roadway and the point of BEGINNING, according to a drawing provided by the parties hereto to the draft sman of this instrument. Th e above description is the same as the previous deed of record, no boundary survey having been made at the time of this conveyance. Th e above described property is conveyed by the boundary in gross and not by the acre. Said property is improved by a dwelling having an address of 1628 Walker Ford Road, Maynardville, Tennessee 37807.

For reference see Deed Book “P”, Series -8-, page 404, in the Register’s Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee.

Property to be conveyed SUBJECT TO all applicable easements, restrictions, reservations, and set-back lines.

CURRENT OWNERS: Donnie Norris and Brittney Norris

Said property will be sold by the boundary in gross and not by the acre and subject to any and all applicable easements, restrictions, reservations, and setback lines; and subject to any and all unpaid taxes, and any prior encumbrances and tax liens appearing of record; and subject to any matters which may be disclosed by an accurate survey. Th e title to be conveyed will be only such title which the Trustee may convey pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust or at law or in equity with no further representations or warranties or any nature whatsoever. Further, in the event all unpaid indebtedness and expenses evidenced by the note are paid in full prior to the date of sale the Trustee shall have no obligation to proceed with the sale of the above described real property.

In the event high bidder at the foreclosure should fail to comply with the submitted bid, the Trustee shall have the option of accepting the next highest bid in which the bidder is able to comply or re-advertise and sell at a second sale.

Th e right is reserved to adjourn the day of sale to another day certain without further publication and in accordance with the law upon announcement of such adjournment on the day and at the time and place of sale set forth above. Th is notice shall be published in the Shopper Union County News, a newspaper published in Union County, Tennessee.

Th is sale is being made upon request of Alvin G. Brock and wife, Pauline Brock, the owners and holders of the obligations and indebtedness secured by said deed of trust, due to the failure of the maker to comply with all provisions of the said deed of trust. Th e proceeds of the sale will be applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the deed of trust.

Th is 20th day of November, 2014.

_______________________________________

K. DAVID MYERS, Trustee 105 Monroe Street, P. O. Box l3 Maynardville, Tennessee 37807

865-992-5939

Posted: November 20, 2014;Published: November 26, December 3 and 10, 2014.

K. David Myers, Trustee

Beyond Walker’s Fordare still in the gap. I have no doubt this information is substantially correct. Very respectfully, O. B. Willcox, Brigadier-General.

Tazewell, Dec. 11, 1863.Maj. Gen. John G. Foster,

Commanding Department of the Ohio: Your dispatch of the 8th (8 p.m.) received yesterday. I have telegraphed to all commanding offi cers, quartermasters, and com-missaries, from here to Camp Nelson, to hurry forward pro-visions, shoes, and stockings. I have just received a dis-patch from Major Conover, Mulberry Gap, who reports 300 rebels near the Black Water salt-works, and he also learns by scouts sent beyond Sneedville and by desert-ers who came in the morn-ing that there is a large force at Flat Gap, 10 miles from Sneedville. This, of course, has prevented his scout-ing force as I advised you in my last dispatch. The force at that gap is variously esti-mated from 1,000 to 10,000 men. I suppose it is a brigade guarding Longstreet’s fl ank from an attack in this quar-ter, but possibly they may have in view a raid across our line of communication.

Tazewell, Dec. 14, 1863.

General: Nothing fur-ther from the enemy on my left, except that yesterday a force of about 400 cavalry were this side Clinch River, on the Sneedville road com-mitting depredations: prob-ably scouting and foraging. Nothing from them today. I sent your order to Captain Gross, who is coming on. I have sent to Barboursville for wire; also sent to Cum-berland Gap for axes and they will leave there for Knoxville tomorrow. No cross-cut saws and have telegraphed Hall for 100. The Sixth Indiana Cavalry are used up, and there is not suffi cient cavalry force to scout the Sneedville road. Very respectfully, O.B. Will-cox, Brigadier-General.

Major-General Foster, Tazewell, Dec. 20,1863.

General: A citizen came into Evans’ Ford this morn-ing and reported to the of-fi cer in command there that a brigade of rebel cavalry were crossing the Clinch, 8 miles above Evans’ Ford, and were moving in this direction. I have halted the regiments that were start-ing from here until the truth can be ascertained. O.B. Willcox, Brigadier-General.

Sometimes, classes at Horace Maynard High School in the late 1970s and early 1980s provided stu-dents with more than was dictated by the prescribed course.

More than math, lessons for life

That is not to say that the standard curriculum wasn’t taught. Mr. James K. Palazzola (affectionately called “PZ” by many of his students) taught very well the major rules for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of integers in eighth-grade math.

However, I also remem-ber Mr. Palazzola teach-ing sexual abstinence in a round-about way by de-scribing the pain associated with childbirth. I am not quite brave enough to put what was said into writing, but I’ll be happy to share privately with any reader who might want to know this bit of lore (don’t worry – nothing dirty there, just a memorable impression).

Mr. Palazzola was gener-ally rather relaxed. I don’t recall ever seeing him up-set. He kept our attention (necessary during the long third period which envel-oped lunch) with a long stick which he would hit against his desk when someone answered a question incor-rectly. This was not done in any threatening way; the intent was to humorously keep our attention, though his poor battered desk would probably have told a different story.

Life lessons were also learned in Mr. James G. Shumate’s freshman Al-gebra I class the following year, where a “0” was always a goose egg.

Shumate taught survival skills for the short term. “When you go to the fair (TVA&I, that is) don’t eat on the midway toward the end of the week. They don’t change the grease they cook in from the beginning to the end of the fair, and you’ll be one sick kiddie.”

In one memorable class, Mr. Shumate taught career awareness. “Now, kiddies, when you get out of school, you need to get you a nice, dad-blamed government job.” Later in the same class, some more advice: “You’ve

got to watch Uncle Sam, he’ll cheat you!”

Lest McCarthyism and the “Red Scare” be forgot-ten, Mr. Shumate taught us to always be watchful of the dangers of Communism and what we should do if the Russians came. This was, of course, in the time before President Reagan persuad-ed Mr. Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.”

My favorite academic les-son taught by Mr. Shumate was the quadratic equation. I can recite it to you even to-day, and when I was a high school freshman I could successfully solve quadratic equations using any of three methods.

Times have changed, and now there is seemingly not enough time for many of these life lessons to fi t into the Common Core standards currently taught in Union County’s public schools. I learned enough of the stan-dard prescribed curriculum of my youth to survive in the adult world, but so often those life lessons were so much more memorable than was the rote curriculum.

Next I turn from develop-ment of the mind to endeav-ors to strengthen the body that led to one of my more embarrassing experiences.

This is a continuation of Brigadier General O. B. Willcox’s account of the skirmishes around Walker’s Ford, excerpts from his di-ary contained in War of the Rebellion, Offi cial Records of the Union and Confeder-ate Armies, Series I, Volume 31, Part I:

Tazewell, Dec. 9, 1863, 6:40 p.m.

General: General Long-street and staff passed Bean’s Station yesterday morning about 10 o’clock. Some of his infantry is with the teams on the Morris-town and Greeneville road, but most of the infantry passed on the Bean’s Sta-tion and Rogersville road. They say they are going to make a stand at Bristol. The cavalry brigade retired from Clinch Mountain late last evening and this morning, leaving two pieces of artil-lery and one regiment of cavalry; pickets of the enemy

Spring classes begin

January 20.

Bonnie Peters

Let’s pitch in to help families

It’s impossible to know the emptiness felt by three Knox County families at Christmas.

Seraya GlasperZykia Burns

grandparents who gathered at the old Food Lion store to await information about their child.

Finally, the names were released. Dead were Zykia Burns, 6; Seraya Glasper, 7; and teacher’s aide Kim-berly Riddle, 46, who left a husband and two young children.

Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre said, “Our families and community suffered an unspeakable tragedy, and our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families and staff mem-bers at Chilhowee Interme-diate School and Sunnyview Primary School.”

Both schools were closed on Wednesday, and Church Street United Methodist Church held a candlelight vigil.

TVA Employees Credit Union opened funds to re-ceive donations to help the

families of Seraya Glasper and Zykia Burns. Simply call or visit any branch loca-tion and refer to your con-tribution as “For the benefi t of Seraya Glasper” or “For the benefi t of Zykia Burns.”

Those making contribu-tions will receive a receipt for their donation.

For questions or more information, call 544-5400 or email [email protected].

A d d i t i o n a l l y , contributions to the family of Zykia Burns can be made at www.gofundme.com/ukenniaarinze.

There is also a gofundme account for the family Kim-berly Riddle family.

Others able to help can contact Stephanie Jeffreys with KCS at 594-1621.

Money can’t replace their loss, but it’s a tangible way to show the families our sympathy and support.

Two children and an adult were killed and sev-eral others injured Dec. 2 when two school buses col-lided on Asheville Highway.

When the news came, my thoughts went fi rst to the kids at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy where some of us volunteer each Wednesday to launch a newspaper club.

News trickled out slowly. Can you imagine the anxi-ety of those parents and

UNION COUNTY Shopper news • DECEMBER 10, 2014 • 5

The Gospel of John tells us Jesus was brought be-fore Pontius Pilate, the Ro-man prefect of Judaea, who signed off on his crucifi xion.

After Jesus told Pilate his mission was to bear witness to the truth, Pilate asked, “What is truth?”

I’m not cadging material from Lynn Pitts’ column. Pilate’s words, cynical as they were, are more relevant than ever in the modern world.

The big lie, spoken loudly enough and often enough,

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becomes true, especially when embedded in a 24-hour media blitz.

Fox News understands this principle better than its competitors, but none of the major cable news networks

are unfl inching guardians of the truth.

A PunditFact survey of 83 Fox statements found only 15 to contain some of the truth, and only eight were deemed “completely true.” CNN was truthful 60 percent of the time, and MS-NBC was 31 percent honest.

The hillbilly wisdom of Jed Clampett echoes down the years: “Pitiful.”

Television and the Web shape more opinions today than every teacher, preach-er and newspaper columnist combined.

In “Idiot America,” Charles P. Pierce writes of a panel discussion about the “science” of creationism that aired on “Larry King Live.”

King asked: “All right, hold on, Dr. Forrest, your

concept of how you can out-and-out turn down cre-ationism, since if evolution is true, why are there still monkeys?”

And, as Pierce noted, “Why, dear Lord, do so many of them host televi-sion programs?”

Fueled by lies from Fox, the Tea Party and assorted Obama-haters, congressio-nal Republicans did every-thing but foam at the mouth over Benghazi, the scandal that never was.

In dozens of prime-time segments, Fox commenta-tors claimed Obama gave an order to special forces soldiers at the American embassy in Tripoli to “stand down.”

It never happened.Two Fox News contribu-

tors claimed Hillary Clinton faked a concussion to wea-sel out of testifying about Benghazi.

False and despicable.Why repeat the lie after

it’s been thoroughly de-bunked? The lie sells quick-ly, and the truth is rarely easy to tease out.

Viewers and browsers have little patience for nu-ance. Unless it happens on PBS, no broadcast medium is going to carefully dissect a White House position pa-per.

Reading engages the intel-lect like television will never do, but reading by adults has been in freefall for de-cades. Last January the Pew Research Center released a report showing 23 percent of Americans had not read a

book in the past year.That number was 8 per-

cent in a 1978 Gallup poll. Is it any wonder newspapers are struggling?

No political party or phi-losophy holds a monopoly on expedient lies. Vietnam was the most tragic lie foisted upon 20th century America, and the deepening and continuation of that war was the work of both Demo-crats and Republicans.

Communism was a monolithic entity, we were told, and North Vietnam a puppet for the ambitions of Red China and the Soviet Union. That lie ground up 58,000 American lives.

The truth is always out there. Turn off the talking heads and take a look for yourself.

Marvin West

Any day now Butch Jones will deliver his best bowl pep talk, how almost all of America is focused on the surging Volunteers and maybe millions will be lin-ing up to secure tickets for 50-yard-line seats.

The coach has great enthusiasm for this bowl game. It is the fulfi llment of a year-long goal. He gets a nifty bonus – $100,000. As-sistants get 8.75 percent of their salary. Young players get additional developmen-tal time. Everybody gets a free ride for a holiday outing and gifts galore.

There is a chance for a winning season.

The coach talks a lot be-cause he has so much to say, new culture, brick by brick, program growth, academic progress, the end of losing.

Some see Butch as a spin doctor, capable of sticking a smiley face on a red-zone fumble. I and others who really enjoy the rhetoric see him as an exciting orator, a colorful storyteller with an

Butch sometimes exaggerates

interesting background, an extensive vocabulary and fantastic lung capacity. He seldom pauses for air.

Sometimes he exagger-ates just a little. On rare occasions he soars over the top.

The other day he got off on the subject of national perception of Tennessee football.

“It is at an all-time high right now. The energy, the excitement, we see it every day because of recruiting and talking to high school coaches, not just in this great state, but across the country.

“We have players coming in from all over. We are go-ing to have another great,

great recruiting class, indi-viduals that fi t our profi le. It is a matter of time. People know that. They see the en-ergy, they see the vision.”

Jones has recruited well. Only four SEC schools did better last year. By Tennes-see’s recent standards, the 6-6 record is modest prog-ress. Kentucky and Vandy were worse.

Peak of perception? All-time high? Maybe not.

Even in the context of a sales pitch, suggesting the national view of Tennessee football is atop the moun-tain is a stretch, considering everything that happened in those so-so years from 1989 to 2004. Sorry the national championship run wasn’t more exciting.

Jones speaks of Volun-teer history with great rev-erence. He gets it “each and every” day. I don’t think he was deliberately stepping on the last third of the John Majors era or the best years of Phillip Fulmer or the pag-eantry of the Peyton Man-

ning show.Butch was just talking.Here is a historical re-

fresher, for evaluating na-tional perception only: 1989: 11-1, SEC champs,

AP rank No. 4; 1990: 9-2-2, SEC champs, AP rank 8; 1991: 9-3, 5-2 in SEC; 1992: another 9-3 and 5-3 and the conclusion of the Majors years.1993: 10-2, 7-1, loss to

Florida, symbolic of the Fulmer era; 1994: 8-4, 5-3, romped past Virginia Tech in Gator Bowl; 1995: 11-1, 7-1, AP rank 3, lost to Flor-ida, defeated Ohio State in Citrus Bowl; 1996: 10-2, 7-1, AP rank 9, lost to Florida, beat Northwestern by 20 in Citrus Bowl.1997: 11-2, 7-1, AP rank

7, SEC champs, lost to Flor-ida, naturally; 1998: 13-0, national champs; 1999: 9-3, 6-2, AP rank 9; 2000:8-4, 5-3, lost to Kansas State in Cotton Bowl; 2001: 11-2, 7-1, lost to Georgia, beat Florida, AP rank 4, mauled Michigan in Citrus.

2002: 8-5, 5-3, lost to Maryland in Peach Bowl; 2003: 10-3, 6-2, AP 15, lost to Clemson in Peach; 2004: 10-3, 7-1, lost to Auburn twice, defeated Texas A&M

in Cotton; AP 13.Ah yes, those were the

days and the numbers, with little or no exaggeration.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected].

Maynardville Public Library news ■ Friends of Maynardville

Public Library is holding its 2014-2015 Membership Drive. Family member-ships cover everyone in the family and corporate memberships are available to businesses that want to support the library.

■ One-on-one classes are available by appointment

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The Maynardville Public Library is located at 296 Main St. Info: 992-7106 or http://www.m a y n a r d v i l l e p u b l i clibrary.org/.

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Ernie Roberts knows the Knoxville Nativity Pageant well, having been its as-sistant director for the last four years.

Now he’s in the director’s chair.

It’s a big job, overseeing the cast and crew of this enormous annual produc-tion. There are large sets, many costumes – both humble and opulent – hun-dreds of cast members and singers, an orchestra and quite a few animals.

“I get the best view of all from the ‘crow’s nest’ at the top of the coliseum where I

Carol Shane

Nativity Pageant is a local tradition

The Knoxville Nativity Pageant’s holy family, played by David McDaniel, Karen Robinette and J.T. Sharp. The show opens this Saturday afternoon at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. Photo by LeahBerry

can see the entire fl oor and choir,” Roberts says. “I can see how beautiful the in-teraction is among our cast members. Every villager, shepherd, wise man, soldier and angel has the specifi cs of each role in mind and de-velops the character, telling his or her story as the events

leading up to the birth of Je-sus unfold.

“I am in awe,” says Rob-erts,” of the ownership that each individual puts into this production.”

During his time with the pageant, Roberts says, “I have gotten to know the cast, musicians, technical folks and board of direc-tors, which allows me to trust in them as each does a phenomenal job. This is defi nitely a wonderful team production.”

One part of that team is the orchestra, led by Mark Hill. Mary Ann Fennell, who is in charge of con-tacting and securing the talented musicians each year, remembers going to the very first Nativity Pag-eant, originally held in the courtyard of the Civic Coli-seum. “The animals were outside and it was cold and muddy – probably just like the real thing would have

been!” she laughs.Fennell has been play-

ing in the pageant for many years, and even she is at a loss to count them. When asked if she can name any enjoyable details about the show, she immediately answers, “ev-eryone loves the donkey. But he’s not always a sweetie.”

“The pageant will have many humorous mo-ments, in many cases cour-tesy of the sheep, goats and the infamous donkey,” Rob-erts says. Having animals in the cast, he feels, adds a touch of realism. “The sheep and goats sometimes like to play, and we use an animal wrangler dressed as a shep-herd to get them on and off stage on time. The don-key, however, is front and center and many times will have a mind of its own.

“The plan is always to get Mary to come in on the donkey with Joseph lead-ing it to the gate. Sometimes the donkey has been known to tell its side of the story with some braying.” There have been times, continues Roberts, when the animal has “stopped in its tracks or begun to make some

side steps to force Mary to walk to the gates of the city alongside Joseph.

“We will get Mary to her destination,” he confi rms with a grin, “but each year with each performance, the trip is never a dull moment!”

In addition to fi ne acting and glorious music, each performance also includes beautiful lighting, says Rob-erts.

“I am always amazed how everything comes together, but then again I have faith and know that the actors and crew will be ready because they love, cherish and be-lieve in what they are doing.”

The Knoxville Nativity Pageant will be presented at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, and 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum. Admission is free. All shows begin in darkness, and audi-ence members are request-ed to come early in order to fi nd seats and get settled. Each performance lasts ap-proximately one hour. Info: www.knoxvillenativity.com or 258-9985.Send story suggestions to [email protected].

FAITH NOTE ■ Union Missionary Baptist Church, Ailor Gap Road, will present

the Christmas play “Journey to Jesus” 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21. Refreshments to follow. Everyone invited.

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Air Force Airman 1st Class Chad H. Blakely graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio.

Having completed the intensive, eight-week program, Blakely has earned four credits toward an Associate in Applied Science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Blakely is the son of Brian P. Blakely of Union County and Ronda W. Dake of Knoxville and the grandson of Elsie and Ronald Todd of Knoxville. He is a 2010

graduate of Anderson County High School.

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Chiropractic does not pretend to be a cure-all. A chiropractor will often be part of a team approach to a patient’s care. Many problems, like lower back pain, respond beautifully to chiropractic treatment. But the doctor of chiroprac-tic will diagnose whatever condition brought a patient to the offi ce and advise as to whether chiropractic treatment is appropriate. If it is not, the chiropractor will refer the patient to another health-

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‘Witches’ visit Luttrell Elementary

Patriots host Union Discount Pharmacy Tourney, win 2-1

By Libby MorganBoth boys’ and girls’

Union County High bas-ketball teams have match-ing win-loss records after their performance at the Union Discount Pharmacy Tournament, hosted by the school during Thanksgiv-ing week.

The boys beat Cocke County and Morristown West and lost to Farragut, while the girls had wins over Gibbs and Karns and fell to Morristown West, bringing season records for

both teams to six wins andone loss.

Players named All-Tour-nament were Austin York,Brady Nease, Briley Buck-ner and Madison Brantley.

Nease, who broke a 50-year scoring record with51 points in a recent game,continued to excel at thetournament with morethan 30 points in two of thegames.

The Patriots will be onthe road until Dec. 16 whenCumberland Gap comes toUnion County.

Union County High School Athlete of the Week

York Buckner

Austin York is named Patriot of the Week for his performance on the basket-ball court. A junior, he looks forward to one more year to perfect his skills as a high school team player.

He plans to attend college in pursuit of a pharmaco-logical degree.

He is the grandson of Jane Russell.

Patriot of the Week Bri-ley Buckner loves playing basketball, and, as a sopho-more, says, “Next year we should be even better. We’ve only got one senior, so we will have a lot of experience with the same players re-turning.”

She is a member of theBeta Club, and is the daugh-ter of Andy and Gina Buck-ner.

She hopes to receive abasketball scholarship forcollege and plans to becomea pharmacist.

“Witches” Mattison Hancock, Alyssa Davis,

Aalyia Savage, Amber Walker, Brooke Adams

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smelly, rotten children. Photo by Libby Morgan

Cheryl Bowman’s fourth grade class at Luttrell Elementary brought Roald Dahl’s “The Witches” story to the big stage at the UCHS auditorium, with lights, scenery

SCHOOL NOTE ■ Big Ridge Elementary will present “The North Pole Star” and

classroom performances 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, in the Union

County High School auditorium.

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Chris Gabler, Wayne

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and sound effects.Bowman says the live play is a fi rst for the school, and

came about because her students were so taken with the story they asked to perform it. “They’ve had a lot of fun with it,” she says.

Jeff and Phyllis Chesney of Slick’s Deli share candy

and tours of the not-yet-open restaurant on Main

Street. Helping them are Laisa and Celissa Bull.


THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24Christmas in Old Appalachia at the Museum

of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Highway. Info/schedule of events: 494-7680 or www.museumofappalachia.org.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10KSO Musical Storytimes for Kids, 10:30 a.m.,

Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. For pre-school aged children and their caregivers. Free and open to the public. Info: 922-2552.

THURSDAY, DEC. 11Read About It, Talk About It: “Life With Char-

ley,” 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

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

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 12-13Christmas drive-thru exhibit: “The Life of

Christ,” 7-9 p.m., Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike in Luttrell. All welcome.

“Christmas in the Cave,” 5:30-9 p.m., Historic Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Public tours, photos with Santa ($10), music, vendors, kids’ activities. Admission: $8, ages 5 and up. Info: www.cherokeecaverns.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 13Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388

Main St., Maynardville. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

Holiday Wreath-Making workshop, 1 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Cost: $35. All materials provided. Info/reservations: 546-0745.

Corryton Christmas Parade, 2 p.m. Stepping off from Corryton ball fi eld. Lineup at 1 p.m. Info: Joyce Harrell, 705-7684, or Joe Longmire, 898-9097.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 13-14“The Christmas Song” presented by the Beaver

Dam Baptist Church Worship Choir, 6:30 p.m., in the church sanctuary, 4328 E Emory Road. Everyone invited.

The Living Christmas Tree, 3 and 6 p.m., Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive. For free tickets: WMBC.net; from Wallace church members; and at the church during offi ce hours.

SUNDAY, DEC. 14Candlelight Tour of Historic Ramsey House, 6-8

p.m., Ramsey House Plantation, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Admission free; donations accepted. Info: 546-0745 or www.ramseyhouse.org.

Union County Christmas parade, 2 p.m., start-ing at Union County High School and proceeding north on Highway 33.

MONDAY, DEC 15Luttrell Seniors luncheon, 10:30 a.m., Luttrell

Community Center. Soup by Ted Greene, bring fi n-ger foods. Bingo and $5 gift exchange. Thank you to Midway IGA for our monthly birthday cakes this whole year.

TUESDAY, DEC. 16Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

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

THURSDAY, DEC. 18AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30

p.m., Downtown Knoxville AAA Offi ce, 100 W. Fifth Ave. Cost: $30 members; $35 nonmember. Must prereg-ister. Info/to register: Kate, 862-9254, or Don, 862-9250.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 19-21“Christmas in the Cave,” 5:30-9 p.m., Historic

Cherokee Caverns, 8524 Oak Ridge Highway. Public tours, photos with Santa ($10), music, vendors, kids’ activities. Admission: $8, ages 5 and up. Info: www.cherokeecaverns.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 20Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main

St., Maynardville. All gospel singers welcome. Info: Joe, 201-5748.

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

SATURDAY, DEC. 27Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main


MONDAY, DEC. 29Burlington Lego Club, 6 p.m., Burlington Branch Li-

brary, 4614 Asheville Highway. Grades 1-5. Info: 525-5431.

SATURDAY, JAN. 3Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., 1388 Main


SATURDAYS, JAN. 10, 24, 31, FEB. 7, 14Advanced Beginner Wheel class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Katie Cottrell. Registration deadline: Jan. 3. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAYS, JAN. 12, 19, 26Handbuilding with Clay class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken. Registration deadline: Monday, Jan. 5. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

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

Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Anderson Bailey. Part of the Featured Tennessee Artist Workshop series. Registration deadline: Saturday, Jan. 10. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAYS, MARCH 16, 23, 30Handbuilding with Clay class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken. Registration deadline: Monday, March 9. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAYS, MAY 11, 18, 25Handbuilding with Clay class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Janet McCracken. Registration deadline: Monday, May 4. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

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