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Beeler wins at stateSummer Beeler, 14, took two

hogs to the state 4-H competi-tion. She sold one and brought one back, along with several ribbons and the title prize.

“I think of my sheep and pigs as my personal pets,” said the Horace Maynard Middle School eighth grader.

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By Cindy TaylorAt best estimate more than 300

folks showed up Jan. 31 for the dedication ceremony of the Mill Creek Loop Trail at Norris Lake in Union County. The 7.3 mile mod-erate trail is the newest addition to the Loyston Point Trail System following along the lake, through the woods and up inclines.

Local and out-of-state bike rid-ers and hikers made the trek to the point for the opportunity to be part of a great day in the outdoors. Chris Cooper is the east opera-tions natural resources manager for TVA.

“We constructed the new trail in just two months during this past fall,” he said. “That is an in-credible amount of time to build a professional biking trail.”

But the success of this endeavor can be attributed to much more than just the number of attendees. The Loyston Point Trail System has been four years in the mak-ing. It boasts 17.7 total miles of trail with 2.5 miles set aside for hiking only through the Hemlock

Little LeagueSignups for Union County

Little League will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, Food City in Maynardville. Info on Facebook.

Scholarship to honor Voss

ORNL Federal Credit Union is accepting donations to the Fritz Voss Memorial Scholarship Fund, created by the late Mr. Voss’s family following his December 2015

passing.Mr. Voss was a longtime

Union County High School teacher and a member of Salem Baptist Church.

The scholarship will be awarded to a 2016 graduate of Union County High School who plans to major in educa-tion, math or science. Contri-butions may be made at any ORNL FCU branch or mailed to ORNL Federal Credit Union, 4510 E. Emory Road, Knox-ville, TN 37938, with The Fritz Voss Memorial S cholarship Fund on the memo line.

Mike Helmly leads riders down

the new trail at Loyston Point. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Readyto ride

Mill Creek Loop Trail

By Sandra ClarkDoes your kid dread school, get

anxious before a big test or gener-ally seem disengaged?

These are symptoms of what educators call “toxic testing,” and some are actively engaged in fi nd-ing a cure.

Three staff members of the Tennessee Education Association were in Maynardville last Thurs-day to rally the troops. Sadly, their audience lacked parents, school administrators and most teachers.

Yet Leigh Phillips, Rhonda Thompson and Tina Parlier made a lot of sense:

■ Test and Punish is our current culture, led in Tennes-see by Gov. Bill Haslam’s former education commissioner, Kevin Huffman, and fueled by Race to

TEA warns of dangers of ‘toxic testing’

the Top funding, promoted by the Obama Administration and its former education commissioner, Arne Duncan. Teacher evaluations and tenure are tied to high-stakes testing. Schools deemed “failing” are at risk of state takeover.

■ Teaching to the Test is the only rational response to a system that rewards and pun-

Bluff Small Wild Area. TVA trail contractor and biker Barry Smith was onsite to take part in the ride.

“We are getting to enjoy the fruits of our labors today,” he said.

While the sky was overcast for much of the day, the sun did peek out on occasion and the tempera-ture was perfect for an outdoor excursion.

Parking was at a premium with overfl ow spilling into Loyston Point Campground.

TVA, along with vendors from cycle shops and local bike clubs, set up booths to show their gad-gets and gear and to give informa-tive talks to the bikers and hikers. Many had free items to distribute. And of course there was food.

“This kind of a turnout shows how much of a need there is for trails in the Knoxville and sur-rounding area,” said Appalachian Mountain Bike Club past presi-dent Randy Conner.

If you missed the ribbon cut-ting/trail dedication don’t worry. The trails will still be there. Maps are on the TVA website at tva.gov

Leigh Phillips R. Thompson

ishes schools, school districts and individual teachers based on test scores. Phillips said teach-ers report spending nine weeks of instruction time testing and preparing for tests. Thompson gave anecdotal testimony of kids who vomit before and even during tests. Students can lose vocational classes or see reductions in the arts and physical education to cre-ate positions for “coaches” to help improve test scores.

■ Test Transparency is an answer, Phillips said. Eliminat-ing the TVAAS (value-added) test results from teacher/school scor-ing is another. TEA is pushing to make test questions available to teachers and parents. And a bot-tom line question for all parents is this: How does excessive test-

ing and test prep benefi t my kid? If the tests are just a tool for evaluat-ing teachers and schools, then the kids become data points.

And it would not be TEA with-out talk of funding. Tennessee currently ranks 46th of 52 states in per pupil state funding for edu-cation, Thompson said. TEA’s goal is to increase Tennessee’s invest-ment per pupil to the national av-erage by 2020. The last available fi gures show Tennessee spend-ing $9,290 per student, against a national average of $12,357. All contiguous states spend more per pupil than does Tennessee.

Thompson said, “Tennessee schools get top 10 results on bot-tom 10 funding.” She observed it costs $27,000 per year to keep one prisoner.

opens at Norris Lake

Union County Commissioner Mike Sexton (center in gray) heads out

for the new trail at Loyston Point.

More photos on page 3

School boardUnion County school board

will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the high school auditorium for a workshop. The regular voting meeting will follow. It’s a fairly routine meeting with usual agenda speakers.

Note these items:Board chair David Coppock

will lead a discussion on an ex-tension of Dr. Jimmy Carter’s contract as director of schools. The board is scheduled to vote on the contract at its regular meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at the high school;

Carter will discuss a pos-sible change in the date for regular board meetings and workshops;

High School football coach Tommy Rewis will discuss a possible expansion to the num-ber of football coach supple-ments.

Union County spelling bee participants, one from each

school, battled to claim the county championship. Results

were: Anna Hansard, third grade, Sharps Chapel, winner;

Brayden Williams, fourth grade, Paulette, second place;

Savannah Paul, fi fth grade, Maynardville Elementary, third

place; Emma Moyers, seventh grade, Horace Maynard

Middle School, fourth place; Travyn Farmer, third grade,

Luttrell Elementary, fi fth place; Scarlett Gwaltney, third

grade, Big Ridge, sixth place.

2 • FEBRUARY 10, 2016 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news

It can take weeks to fully recover from the damage done by a twisted ankle. A twisted ankle, whether you’ve rolled it in or out, is a painful in-jury. Ligaments that tear in the initial injury rarely repair satisfactorily; they often generate scar tis-sue, which is not fl exible. Therefore, the likelihood of future instability and injury is increased.

Repeated injury to an ankle will eventually cause problems in the joints above, namely the knees, hips and spine. When a person is com-pensating for the pain of a twisted ankle, he or she walks differently. This forces other joints to act unnaturally. That can lead to misalignment. This is where chiroprac-tic treatment can be helpful. A chiropractor

will study your case his-tory and can recommend and implement a regimen of treatment to prevent whatever problems you’ve developed from becom-ing chronic conditions.

A chiropractor also can help you minimize the likelihood of twist-ing an ankle in the fi rst place. If you have a common foot condition like pronation (the foot rolls too far inward) or supination (the foot rolls too far outward), your chiropractor can help you address this. If the condition is caused by a mechanical or muscle imbalance, the chiroprac-tor is also trained to deal with that.

Presented as a community service by Union County Chiropractic; 110 Skyline Drive, Maynardville, Tenn.992-7000.

Chiropractic OutlookBy Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC

Chiropractic for feet and ankles

kids

By Sandra ClarkIf you’re in search of

the next big idea that will change the world, look no further than the sixth grade science students at Horace Maynard Middle School.

Twelve students took part in the annual Clinch-Powell Education Cooperative Sci-ence Fair Feb. 4, and four advanced to the regional competition at Lincoln Me-morial University. Winners Devin Spielman, Jamie My-ers, Joy Turner and Jacob Chaffi n were awarded new iPad Minis.

Judges did not rank the winners by fi rst through fourth place. They told par-ticipating students that the projects were all amazing.

Devin tackled wind power for his project, test-ing whether six blades on a windmill will produce more power than three blades. He

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Devin Spielman’s science fair project explored whether six

blades instead of three on a windmill could produce more en-

ergy.

HMMS science whizzes wow judges

built and tested his own tur-bines and discovered that the two models produced almost equal power.

He chose wind power to test because he hoped his discovery could make a dif-ference in the fi eld of green power.

“It was for the environ-ment and for our future,” he said. “The future depends on alternative energy.”

Jamie was fascinated by her cousin’s Christmas present, an electric train, so she decided to explore what makes toy trains work. She also tested what types of wire and batteries work best, and even demon-strated a built-from-scratch model, which she called “The World’s Simplest Elec-tric Train.”

Joy titled her project “The Problem With Plas-tics.” Concerned over plastic waste, she set about fi nding a solution to the problem. She tested a homemade cul-ture of yeast, dirt and water and saw results on samples of plastic garbage bags, es-timating that the culture would make signifi cant progress on the plastics within a month at the right temperature.

“I wanted to fi gure out if there is anything in nature that could biodegrade plas-tics,” she said. “I wanted to make something that would help change the world.”

Jacob literally built a bet-ter, more energy-effi cient mousetrap. Modeling the contraption after Wile E. Coyote’s attempts to catch the Roadrunner on “Looney Tunes,” Jacob demonstrated that compressed air could lift the same load as electricity.

For her science fair project, Joy Turner looked at plastic waste

and whether in-home methods can make it biodegrade faster.

Inspired by her cousin’s Christmas present, Jamie Myers

learned what makes toy trains work. For her project, Jamie ex-

plored what types of wires and batteries work best.

Jacob Chaffi n built a

rodent trap in the style

of Wile E. Coyote to see

if compressed air could

pull the same load as

electricity.

be healthier for the envi-ronment,” he said.

The students’ science teachers are Stacie Greene and Susan Coffey.

TennCare Kids provides services

TennCare Kids is Ten-nessee’s commitment to see that children and teens have the best start to a healthy life. TennCare Kids is a free program of check-ups and health care services for children from birth to age 21 who are TennCare eligible, includ-ing health history, complete physical exam, lab tests as appropriate, immuniza-tions, vision and hearing screening, developmental and behavior screenings as appropriate, and advice on healthy living. Union Countians interested in the program should contact the Union County Health Department’s community outreach representative, Pam Williams. Info: 992-3867, ext. 131.

“I found out a lot of re-newable resources that will

4-H Electric Camp set for summer at UT4-H Electric Camp will

be held at UT Knoxville June 28-July 1.

Registration will be from 1-3 p.m., Tuesday, June 28. Adjournment will be at 8 a.m. Friday, July 1. All del-egates will be housed in a residence hall on the UT campus.

There is no quota as to the number of delegates a county can send. This camp is for 4-H’ers in 6th and 7th grade as of Jan. 1, 2016.

Seventh graders who at-tended as a 6th grader are eligible to attend, but those in the 8th grade are not eligible.

Each region may nomi-nate senior 4-H members to serve as camp assistants. At least 12 camp assistants will be selected from across the state regardless of regional boundaries. Camp assis-tants will also attend on a

full scholarship. Two adult leaders will be selected to attend from our region, said 4-H leader Ashley Mike. The adult leaders should have an interest in the elec-tric project.

The cost of 4-H Elec-tric Camp is $265. County checks should be mailed to the satellite offi ce by April 27. Delegates who do not show up or fail to cancel their registration at least one week prior to the event will not receive a refund.

Transportation for del-egates and leaders is being provided by the Tennessee Electric Cooperative As-sociation (except for those counties close to Knoxville – their transportation is on their own).

Delegates should be se-lected and registered by May 1.

UNION COUNTY Shopper news • FEBRUARY 10, 2016 • 3 communitySummer Beeler, 14, took

two hogs to the state 4-H competition. She sold one hog and brought one back along with several ribbons and the title prize.

Cindy Taylor

Summer Beeler works preps her

hog “Boss” at the 2015 regional

show. Photo submitted

Beeler takes top honors at state

The Horace Maynard Middle School eighth grade student has been part of raising animals (bottle calves) with her family since a toddler. She bought her fi rst ewes when she was in the fourth grade.

“I think of my sheep and pigs as my personal pets,” she said.

Summer says what really got her started in competi-

tions was Union County 4-H and her dad, Greg. He had participated in 4-H when he was young and Summer wanted to follow in his steps.

“I’ve always been compet-itive in everything. I joined 4-H in fourth grade and started competing with my sheep. My friends talked me into getting pigs last year.”

Summer has competed in the county fair circuit, re-gional shows and at state. She says there is a lot involved in raising the animals.

“Most people think you can just throw them some food and water and they will be fi ne. That’s not true with

show animals.”She says sheep must be

sheared in the summer, have their hooves trimmed and be fed properly. She says show hogs are simpler but you still have to make sure you feed them the right thing so they grow properly. Raising show animals takes a lot of her spare time, but she says she loves every-thing about it.

Summer credits Union County Extension Agent Shannon DeWitt with giv-ing her a lot of assistance. And Greg Beeler is her strongest supporter.

“Summer is very special to me,” he said. “I have had three strokes now. After the fi rst one Summer just took over the farm for me.”

Beeler says Summer put up more than 300 bales of hay last summer with very

little help. She cuts wood which she sells to buy feed for the animals and plans to start raising strawber-ries and vegetables to sell at farmers markets this year. Beeler says his daughter’s fu-ture plans include obtaining a retail farm meat license so she can cure her hams and bacon to sell. She attends school full-time as well.

With all of this she still plans to continue compet-ing. She says showing has taught her responsibility and hard work along with helping her develop several friendships and a “show family” who have had a big impact on her life.

“Showing is like an ad-diction, but a good one,” she said. “I’m afraid to say it but I’m an addict and I plan to keep participating in shows for as long as I can.

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Beckett Jackson, 6, and

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bike trail. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Penelope Smith, 5, receives fi rst aid from dad Fred after a little

spill. Once doctored up she was back on her bike for the ride.

Appalachian Mountain Bike Club president Matthew

Kellogg and TVA representative Chris Cooper cut the

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Loyston Point trail opening.

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Marvin West

Different world, different game, interesting numbers from now and then.

With Jalen Hurd, Alvin Kamara and Joshua Dobbs carrying the ball most of the time, Tennessee rushed for 2,908 yards and won nine of 13 games this past sea-son. The improved ground attack produced 32 touch-downs and generated con-siderable excitement.

We complained, more than once, that dual-threat Dobbs simply wasn’t good enough as a passer to rescue the defense in games that were lost. Overall, he com-pleted 59.2 percent, many dumps and dinks, for 2,291 yards and 15 scores. He might have had a few more if his receivers had per-formed at a higher level.

Total rushing yardage was close enough to the school record for valid com-parison. Right about now, please fasten your seat belts to discourage jumping up and interrupting me.

The undefeated 1951 Tennessee team rushed for

Vols rushing: Diff erent world, interesting numbers

3,068 yards in 11 games and won the national champion-ship. Tailbacks Hank Lauri-cella and Herky Payne and fullbacks Andy Kozar and Dick Ernsberger got most of the yardage and 40 rushing touchdowns.

Now and then, tailbacks threw a pass. They complet-ed some, 41 of 96 to be pre-cise, for a grand total of 617 yards and 11 touchdowns. They hit 42.7 percent and “inaccuracy” was never mentioned.

Lauricella got the ball more than Payne, made longer runs, had better passing numbers and won all-America recognition. He was runner-up in Heisman trophy balloting and should have won. He is in the col-lege hall of fame.

Herky scored more touchdowns than Hank. He was one tough guy.

I report this as an eye-witness. I was a UT fresh-man in the fall of ’51. I thought the Volunteers were interesting. I recognized the single-wing as an effi cient formation. Blockers often double-teamed opposing tackles or ends and cre-ated large openings. They knocked some people down and stepped on them.

Most Saturdays, that team made winning look relatively easy. Being only 17, inexperienced and from Powell, I assumed Tennes-see would probably win game after game and year after year.

Center Bob Davis, older and wiser, even though from Bluefi eld, W. Va., gra-ciously explained in a hap-penstance meeting that I had watched a “once in a lifetime” performance by an unusual group of men, led by a legendary general and taught and tuned by a per-fectionist backfi eld coach

One of the simpler joys of childhood was infrequent trips to Aunt Etta “Et” Rosen-balm’s house in fall or winter. A trip to her house was like traveling back in time. My last actual visit was about 40 years ago, but I travel there often in memory.

The outside of Aunt Et’s house was covered with black tarpaper, and I did not know until I was an adult that the house was actually built of logs. Probably originally the

Winter wonderland

house was one room, with lean-tos for the back porch, kitchen, dining room and bedroom added later.

The house was entered

via the back porch into the kitchen, a long, narrow room with a low-sloping ceiling, dominated by a huge wood cookstove. Aunt Et never cooked on weekends – she vowed to the Lord during World War II that if her son returned home safely she would fast, meditate and pray all day long every Sat-urday. The Lord’s Day was the day of rest.

Straight back from the kitchen was the dining room, containing a long oilcloth covered table with benches on either side to ac-commodate Aunt Et’s large family when they visited.

Upon entering the kitch-en, a door to the right led to the huge main room. To the

right was a monstrous fi re-place, the only heat (other than the cookstove) for the entire home. A tall, old-fashioned bed with a head-board that reached almost to the ceiling sat in the far right corner. Two other beds occupied the corners on the opposite end of the room. The middle of the room con-tained a couch and straight-back chairs for seating.

The room was always dark as there were only two windows on either side of the fi replace; these windows were small, approximately one by three feet, and in the winter daytime provided the only light other than the fi replace. There was an outside door in the middle

of the wall opposite the kitchen that gave more light when open during warm weather.

I have rarely felt more secure than in that wonder-ful room. Though I was a child, there was such com-fort watching the pattern of fl ames fl ickering on the faces of loved ones, know-ing that for a short time the cares of the outside world were far away.

Aunt Et and Uncle Clay-ton shunned modern conve- niences. As long as possible they raised gardens, butch-ered hogs, churned butter and remained practically self-suffi cient. They lived the kind of life that their de-scendants attempt with fu-

tility to capture the essence of at places like the Museum of Appalachia.

When age made it dif-fi cult or impossible to re-trieve food and water from the spring, electricity was installed, but only for an essential refrigerator. Sad-dest to me was when the magnifi cent fi replace was sacrifi ced for a wood burn-ing stove with a jacket. Though the house was warmer, no longer could I watch fl ames play against the people and walls of the cozy main room.

A hot beginning with a cold ending is forthcoming. Dr. Ronnie Mincey is supervisor for fed-

eral programs for Union County Public

Schools.

Insurance signups exceed department’s goals

Tennessee 1951 scored 373 points in 11 games. Ten-nessee 2015 scored 457 in 13. Aaron Medley and excit-ing kick returners skewed those numbers.

Here is a significant distinction: The most re-cent Vols walloped North-western in a secondary bowl game. The older Vols were upset by N o. 3 Mary-land in the Sugar Bowl,

the main event.Final polls followed

the regular season. Bowls didn’t count. Bowl victories now trigger great expecta-tions. Romps are like rocket launches.

I expect the 2016 Vols to break the school rushing re-cord – but need more than 11 games to do it.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com

whose favorite saying in practice was “Run it again.”

At the time, I believed Davis was exaggerating. I later learned he was spot-on correct, that I had seen one of the greatest teams in Ten-nessee history, comparable to 1938, just a little better than 1956.

Some of the Doug Dickey teams became personal fa-vorites. The Sugar Vols had a terrifi c fi nish. I fully ap-preciate the 1998 champs. I remain hopeful that such an achievement might, some-time, happen again.

Comparing then and now is apples and oranges but there are similarities. The 2015 Vols scored 59 against Bowling Green and 55 on Western Carolina. They killed Kentucky and should have scored a hun-dred against North Texas. Vanderbilt absorbed a seri-ous whipping.

The 1951 Vols beat up Chattanooga, Tennessee Tech, Washington and Lee, Ole Miss and Kentucky. They were favored by 14 over Ala-bama and won by 14.

As open enrollment for 2016 ended, 268,867 people in Tennessee had signed up for coverage through HealthCare.gov

According to a press statement, this exceeded the goals of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser-vices.

HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell said overall 12.7 million plan selections were made through the health in-surance marketplaces.

“The Health Insurance

Marketplace is changing people’s lives for the better,” Burwell said.

“Across the country, about 12.7 million Ameri-cans selected affordable,quality health plans for 2016 coverage. That includes over 4 million new consumers in the HealthCare.gov states who signed-up for coverage this year. The Marketplace is growing and getting stron-ger and the ACA has become a crucial part of healthcare in America.”

UNION COUNTY Shopper news • FEBRUARY10, 2016 • 5

CrossCurrents

LynnPitts

faith

Our culture has turned so many of our holy days into holidays that it is rare that we approach a true holy day. Today is one, however. Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance and contempla-tion, and in some commu-nions, a day of fasting.

The origins of repentance go back to the beginning. When Adam and Eve dis-obeyed the commandment not to eat of the tree in the middle of the Garden, they were punished by being banished from the Garden and all its ease and security. Suddenly they were out in the world, on their own to provide for themselves by the sweat of their brows, and subject to hunger and pain and death.

It is a humbling thing to have ashes imposed on one’s forehead, and to be reminded of one’s disobe-dience and sinfulness. It is also humbling (and itchy!) to wear that mark all day, confessing one’s sinfulness to the whole world.

By Cindy Taylor Halls resident the Rev.

Ashley Helton will soon hit the one year mark as a pas-tor at Christ United Meth-odist Church. She felt called into ministry at the young age of 15 but says stepping into the calling of pastor wasn’t so simple. She says it wasn’t until seminary, seven years after her initial calling, that she realized she was called to be a pastor.

“I am skeptical of people who say they have always wanted to be a full-out pas-tor,” she said. “Initially I thought I would go into youth or college ministry so I considered Young Life and various camp positions.”

Helton said that when she told her grandmother of her calling the matriarch’s eyes fi lled with tears. Helton ex-pected to hear the worst.

Instead, she heard the story of how her grand-mother had always felt called into ministry. As a Southern Baptist woman in the early 1900s she was not allowed to pursue such a calling.

“My grandmother said she prayed every day since 1943 that a family member would be called into minis-try.

“Fifty-three years later that call landed on me.”

Helton’s past ministry history included work with the homeless and non-prof-its. She says she thought that she might be able to ap-

The Rev. Ashley Helton at the

newest entrance to Christ

UMC in Halls. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Ashley Helton accepts ‘full-out’ callingpease her ministerial call by lobbying or being on staff for a non-profi t. But that was not to be.

“That full-out pastor gig kept creeping back into my mind’s eye and my heart’s center.”

Helton majored in reli-gious studies at Maryville College before applying to seminary. She holds a Mas-ter of Divinity from The School of Theology at The University of The South, Sewanee. She was placed at Christ UMC in June 2015. She still says that she didn’t really choose ministry.

“I believe ministry of-ten chooses you,” she said. “Anne McKee, the chaplain at Maryville College, told me that if I could do any-thing else I should do it. I am in ministry and an or-dained elder at Christ UMC

because I have yet to fi nd anything else that I can do.”

Helton says what she most loves about her calling is that she gets to spend time with people as a part of her job. She says it doesn’t seem fair that she gets paid to do that; but she’s not complaining.

“Being a pastor is more than being involved in wor-ship services and visiting people. I don’t love the desk work but I am lucky to work with a brilliant team at Christ Church who make my desk time as minimal as possible.

“The congregation is one of the best I have encoun-tered. The church has a heart and it did not take my hus-band and me long to feel its warmth.”

Christ UMC is at 7535 Maynardville Pike. Info: 865-922-2890 or christumcknox.com

Dust and ashes

It is some consolation that we are all in the same boat: that we have all fallen short, sinned, messed up, failed. We have disappoint-ed our Lord, ourselves, and others by our shortcomings.

The only remedy for this situation is forgiveness – forgiveness all the way around. We need to ask God for forgiveness, our family and friends for forgiveness, and – God help us – our enemies for forgiveness, as well.

Then comes the hard part: we have to forgive. If we can admit we have failed, that we are not perfect, we have to realize that others will fail, too. So, we have to forgive them. It’s right there in the Lord’s Prayer: “… for-give us as we forgive.”

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FAITH NOTES

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■ Hansard Chapel Methodist

Church, Highway 33 across

from Tolliver’s Market, hosts

a food pantry 6-7 p.m. each

third Saturday. Gently used

clothing available. Info: the

Rev. Jay Richardson, 776-2668.

■ Women In Action of Mountain

View Church of God will host

its annual “Sweetheart Sup-

per,” 4:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday,

Feb. 20, at Union County High

School. Cost: $20/couple; $12/

single. Carryout available.

Each couple will receive a

picture and heart-shaped red

velvet cake. Proceeds go to

family life center.

■ Herb class, 11 a.m. each fi rst

Saturday.

■ One-on-one classes by ap-

pointment for those wanting

to learn computers and other

devices. Info: 992-7106.

By Ruth WhitePhysicians Regional

Medical Center hosted the offi cial kick-off to “Go Red” day last week, encourag-ing everyone to wear red to stand up against heart dis-ease in women.

The main lobby of the hospital was fi lled with in-formational booths that provided fi tness informa-tion, facts about smoking and sugar consumption and ways to live healthier lives and help beat heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett read a proclama-tion for National Wear Red Day and Gov. Bill Haslam was also on hand to encour-age the community to “go red.”

Area goes red for women’s health

Gov. Bill Haslam helps kick

off the Go Red for Women

movement.

Evelyn Heatherly (held by mom Katie) is decked out in a red

cape as she watches her dad, Neil Heatherly, CEO of Physicians

Regional Medical Center, encourage everyone to “Go Red” for

women’s heart health. Neil and Katie Heatherly are the co-

chairs of the movement, which is geared to help raise aware-

ness of heart disease and empower women. Photos by Ruth White

Offi cials, public invited to roundtable on rural opportunitiesThe Tennessee depart-

ments of Agriculture, Eco-nomic and Community Development (ECD) and Financial Institutions are hosting a Rural Opportuni-ties Roundtable for farm-ers, landowners, extension agents, local economic de-velopment offi cials, county leaders and citizens in West Tennessee.

The meeting will take place Thursday, Feb. 18, at

10 a.m. CST at the Park The-atre in McKenzie.

State agencies will up-date on programs and op-portunities, and give at-tendees a chance for input on concerns about agricul-ture and forestry issues.

Offi cials include Ag Com-missioner Julius Johnson, ECD assistant commission-er Amy New, and Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales.

Then I turned to the Lord God, to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sack-cloth and ashes. (Daniel 9: 3 NRSV)

6 • FEBRUARY 10, 2016 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news

MONDAYS THROUGH FEB. 29QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30

p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other performance styles. Donations accepted.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10“Congestive Heart Failure,” 1 p.m., Humana

Guidance Center, 640 Plaza, 4438 Western Ave. Speak-er: Dr. Glenn Meyers. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892, TTY: 711.

THURSDAY, FEB. 11Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces To-

gether, 2-4:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

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

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, FEB. 12-14Singing Valentines available from K-Town

Sound Show Chorus, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Cost: $25. Info: Janet, 888-6587; Valentines@ktownsound.org;ktownsound.org.

SATURDAY, FEB. 13Saturday Stories and Songs: David Blivens,

11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Robin Bennett, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

MONDAY, FEB. 15Luttrell Seniors meeting, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,

Luttrell Community Center. Bring a dish to go with the main course: soup. One-penny auction, planned by Wil-low Ridge for Presidents Day. All seniors invited.

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

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

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m.,

Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, FEB. 18Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

SATURDAY, FEB. 20Rummage sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Lighthouse Christian

Church, 8015 Facade Lane. Name your price (limited exceptions). Sale will be rescheduled if school cancelled Feb. 19 for weather.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen,

11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Sweetheart supper, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Union County High School. Cost: $20/couple; $12/single. Carryout available. Each couple will receive a picture and heart-shaped Red Velvet cake. Hosted by Women In Action of Mountain View Church of God. Proceeds go to family life center.

TUESDAY, FEB. 23Homeschoolers at the Library Part 1: “Fossils in

your Backyard” with paleontologist, Stephanie Drum-heller, 2 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Registration required. Info/registration: 922-2552.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24“Spring Fever Basket” class, 6-9 p.m., Appala-

chian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway, Norris. Instructor: Sheri Burns. Registration deadline: Feb. 17. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

THURSDAY, FEB. 25Big Read book discussion: “A Lesson Before

Dying,” 5 p.m., Beaumont Elementary, 1211 Beaumont Ave. Dinner followed by discussion. Facilitated by Indya Kincannon. Info: knoxlib.org.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEB. 25-26AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Halls

Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

SATURDAY, FEB. 27Ballroom dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center,

4405 Crippen Road. Live music by the David Correll Band. Admission: $5. Info: 922-0416.

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