VOL. 6, NO. 12

MARCH 19, 2011

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They live and work among us in beauty and in spirit, but the ma-

jority of folks are never fortunate enough to hear their story fi rsthand. It is an ancient story of a proud and independent people, though it is long forgotten by many. American Indians were the fi rst people of Ten-nessee, and some historians claim the state derived its name from the Cherokee village of Tanasqui.

Although Native Americans were forced out of Tennessee during the Indian Removals of the 1800s, a few remained and some returned, mostly Cherokee. Union County can boast that One Spirit American Indi-an Nation, with a tribe of around 30

members, resides and meets here. Chief Gray Wolf York, whose full-

blooded Cherokee grandmother gave him his name at birth, leads the monthly meetings where tribal cus-toms, dance and songs are a main-stay. They discuss and demonstrate the old ways: how they believed and what they believed. Since One Spirit is a Christian organization, many of those old ways are no longer fol-lowed. Some members still use tra-ditional herbs for healing, but tra-ditional Native American religion is not a part of the meetings.

“I want to be very clear on this,” said York. “We are a Christian organi-zation. We are happy to adopt mem-bers into our tribe. They don’t have to

By Cindy Taylor

The volunteer spirit is alive and well in Union County. Parents and youths came out March 12 to work on the grounds and buildings at the Little League fi eld, and there was no shortage of work to be done.

The fi rst half of the day was spent gutting the old restrooms, paint-ing inside the buildings and build-ing new seating. There was still a lot to do. The group hopes to have the fi eld house redone and covers placed over the dugouts, among other things on a long list.

Parent and coach Scott Simpson facilitated the work and kept things moving. Simpson and wife Court-ney and their three children – 17-year-old Taylor, a senior at Union County High School; 10-year-old son Jordan, a 4th grader at Big Ridge Elementary; and daughter

Mia, who is in kindergarten at Big Ridge Elementary – have been ac-tive members of their community since they moved here 14 years ago.

There has been a Little League in Union County in the past, but Simp-son hopes to enlarge the program.

“This year, we plan to continue the tee ball program along with the baseball program,” said Simpson. “Next year, we’re introducing girl’s softball at this facility. Eventually we hope to create a Little League football program for Union County and eventually add soccer and bas-ketball. Right now, the kids have to travel outside the county for basket-ball. We will be working with the school board and the mayor’s offi ce to use the facilities at the schools.

“This was originally Union County Little League. We are ex-panding the program and changing

Bluebird Spirit (Jenny Vancel) wearing traditional Seminole dress, husband War Chief Panther (Bill Vancel), Chief Gray Wolf York wearing a mixed regalia of various

tribes and wife Running Deer (Bonnie York) wearing the traditional style of the plains Indians. Photo by C. Taylor

One SpiritUnion County’s American Indian nation

have a drop of Indian blood.”Tribal dress is often mostly dé-

cor, but some items are traditional and authentic. One item that outsid-ers are accustomed to is a medicine bag and is still worn by many tribe members.

“You keep things in the medicine bag that are close to your heart,” said York. “These are things that are personal between you and God.”

According to York, women of the tribe are revered, and he will often appoint a female to a position of power if she is qualifi ed.

“Our tribe has been in Union County for 10 years, and we want people to know that we are valuable members of the community,” said York. “We want to show that we love our state and county and the city we live in.”

Bill Vancel, or War Chief Pan-ther as he is known by the tribe, has Cherokee blood as well.

“I fi nd the Cherokee to be a fasci-nating tribe,” said Panther. “When

they would hunt they had specifi c ar-rows for specifi c game. I like their his-tory, and I enjoy participating in the drumming sessions at our meetings.”

Indian tribes varied their style of dwelling depending on their life-style and climate. Wattle and daub houses, also known by the Cherokee word Asi, took a lot of effort to build and were permanent structures built by that tribe. The Cherokee have a strong history in East Ten-nessee, and part of their traditions and culture are still taught at the meetings held by One Spirit Ameri-can Indian Nation.

The tribe always has an exhibit at the Tennessee Valley Fair and the Union County Heritage Festival. They are available to speak to local organizations at no charge but will accept a love offering. To reach the tribe you can call York at 992-0425 or e-mail gwy3@comcast.net.

And this reporter thanks Chief Gray Wolf for her honorary Ameri-can Indian name, Snow Deer.

Building the futureof youth sports

Helpers Summer Stubblefi eld, Jesse Byrne and Bryan Byrne paint the inside of

a Little League building. Photo by C. Taylor

the name of the program to Union County Youth Sports and Little League. This will enable us to bring in these other sports.”

Simpson and the other volunteers and coaches are hoping to make the new organization stable so kids know they can play year after year.

“The main goal for this project is to give the kids who live in this community a place in their own backyards rather than drive to oth-er counties two and three times a week,” said Simpson.

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Chamber of Commerce president Julie Graham works tirelessly for her com-munity, applying for any and all possible grants.

Although most grants are thought of in monetary terms, one of Graham’s most recent acquisitions was a physical grant, the ARC/NEA Appalachian Commu-nities Initiative Grant.

Graham invited people with a vested interest in the community to attend a planning meeting March 10 for input on how to use the

knowledge of government employees who will be “on loan” to Union County for a workshop in August, which is a result of being awarded this grant. Items on the agenda will be development, historic preservation and asset promotion.

“The objective of the workshop would be to bring together all of the groups who are currently involved in existing tourism, historic and arts efforts to collabo-rate on a fi ve-year strategic vision to create a heritage tourism plan that would

conduct activities that in-vestigate, authenticate and educate the general public to the history, culture and leg-acy of Union County,” said Graham. “Given the depth of musical talent and underuti-lized assets, the goal would be to leverage these assets to benefi t our community economically, socially and in terms of perception.”

Attending the March 10 workshop were: Union County Historian Bonnie Peters, “Union County Barn Book” author Susan Boone, Big Ridge State Park ranger

Katie Allen and Kris Hoellen of the Conservation Fund, Carolyn Brackett with the National Trust

for Historic Preservation and Big Ridge State Park ranger Sarah Nicley gather at the recent com-

munity development workshop. Photo by C. Taylor

Chamber awarded grant

Sarah Nicely, Tim Knight, Beth Wise, James and Ellen Perry of the Union County Cemeteries Association, Ethiel Garlington of the East Tennessee Preserva-tion Alliance, Kris Hoellen, Carolyn Brackett, Katie Al-len, historian Leon Graves, R.B. Ellison of Preserva-tion Union County and J.V. Waller of the Union County Historical Society.

Key issues to be explored in the August workshop in-clude:

Union County has an ■ abundance of natural as-sets, including unspoiled beauty, a rich musical and artistic heritage, and a geo-graphic location that has close proximity to several metropolitan cities includ-ing Knoxville, Tenn.; Cin-cinnati, Ohio; Atlanta, Ga.; and Louisville, Ky.

Norris Lake has been ■ a large draw for individu-als, but most of the tourists are unaware of the other amenities in the area and do not generally venture “off the water.” Thus, the county and other organizations do not see a tourism effect in terms of sales or visits.

Why it has been dif-■ fi cult to build momentum with festivals, music events or other workshops and learning events.

Why there is diffi culty ■ in communicating events to the broader population.

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Owner Liz Chadwell has 20 years under her belt as an RN and now has her Nurse Practitioner license. Chadwell also works for a home health agency in Cleve-land, Tenn. Chadwell was able to tempt FNP Jennifer Savage away from Cherokee Health to join her in opening the practice, and they are doing so well that she is in pro-cess of hiring a second nurse practitioner.

“Patients absolutely love her,” said Chadwell of Savage. “She gives her life for them.”

Savage is working on her doctorate. When completed, her credentials will

change from FNP to DNP. “I am more about treating

the whole person,” said Savage. “I feel that is

the biggest difference between what I do and what a physi-cian does.”

The practice is a fully functional

primary care facility treating acute and chronic diseases. They have the ability to draw blood, do category one testing and EKGs, among other medical procedures. The practice participates with many in-surance plans, including TennCare, and will work with self-pay patients if they pay in full on the day services are rendered.

The business is located at 2945 May-

Abundant Health and Wellness Group staff members are: Jenny Boggs, president and CEO Liz

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Building the future of youth sports From page A-1

The cost for the renova-tion of the field and build-ings is high. The league charges a nominal fee for kids who participate in the sports, but out of that they pay for equipment and uni-forms. Simpson hopes the concessions will bring in some money, but with the utilities alone averaging around $2,100 a year, that may not be enough.

We know that there are a lot of great people who live in this community who would assist us in vari-ous ways,” said Simpson. “Whether it’s in volunteer-ing their help, a donation or anything in between. We are nonprofit, but it takes funds to do what we need to do here. We need to be focused on the kids, and we need to make that

dollar to put back into the park. If we can get the word out, I’m sure there will be more volunteers who want to help us.”

Those who would like to support the Little League or who have children who would like to play can call 332-1947 or e-mail unioncountyll@yahoo.com. A website is planned for the near future as well.

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Mayor plans town hall meetings

Union County Mayor Mike Williams will host a series of town hall meetings in various areas of the coun-ty. The meeting schedule is: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Big Ridge State Park Tea Room; 7:30 p.m. Tues-day, April 12, at the Plain-view Community Center. All are invited to attend.

Gated community issue

postponedBy Cindy Taylor

The Union County Com-mission presented a plaque of appreciation to Gail Byrd at its March 14 meeting. Byrd is a grant specialist with East Tennessee De-velopment and has been instrumental in achieving grants for Union County, most recently $160,000 for the Luttrell Volunteer Fire Department for a fi re truck.

“I wasn’t prepared for this,” said Byrd. “Thank you so much. This means a whole lot. Union County is one of my favorite places.”

The commission ap-proved more than 20 bud-get transfers, most of which were simple and usual. The resolution to award the bid for the Paulette sewer proj-ect to Norris Brothers at a cost of $672,652 was out-side the usual and was ap-proved. This will come as a great relief to the school board since the new school at Paulette cannot open un-til the sewer issue is decided and work completed. Money for the project is available in the contingency fund for Paulette.

The commission voted to designate Sharps Cha-pel Road as a state high-way. This would alleviate the burden of road repair costs for Union County on this one road, but the state must agree to the measure for it to become offi cial. Commissioner Jeff Brantley expressed his gratitude to county attorney David My-ers for putting the resolution together and to the commis-sion for its decision. Mayor Mike Williams echoed his thanks.

“The state has declined to do this in the past,” said Williams. “The state is mak-ing money now out of this area in logging. Of course, they are using large trucks that run on this road. Their profi t-making is having an impact on our roads, and I think if they are going to do that the state should give us additional state aid to take the road back to the condi-tion it was in before they started logging. I think that is only proper.”

Goforth puts off salary discussion

By Cindy Taylor

The Union County school board was once again inun-dated with Paulette change orders at its March 10 meet-ing, with the sewer being a main issue. After much dis-cussion it was decided that a separate meeting would be scheduled to complete the review of the orders and make payment decisions.

At the February board meeting, Director of Schools Wayne Goforth had request-ed that discussion of his con-tract be added to the agenda for this night. When the item came up, Goforth asked that this be put off until May when he would have more time to prepare. The board agreed to postpone the discussion.

April Headrick, owner of Classy Kids Preschool, ap-proached the board regard-ing setting up after-school care. Headrick has been in business for 14 years and said that several parents had asked her to start an after-school care program.

“My main goal is to pro-vide child care to help the parents so their children don’t have to be home unsu-pervised,” said Headrick.

Headrick has provided after-school care in Knox County and gave a proposal to the board for providing this in Union County. Board member Don Morgan was concerned about taking a vote after hearing only one applicant.

“I personally wouldn’t mind seeing this happen,” said Morgan. “I just think we are obligated to offer a memorandum of under-standing for others who may want to offer a proposal.”

The board did agree to withhold a decision in the event there might be other

Commission honors Byrd

Gail Byrd receives a plaque from Commissioners Gary England and R.L. Jones to honor her for

bringing grants to the county. Photos by C. Taylor

Attorney Reid Troutman speaks for Steve Jones on the issue of

closing the gate to Hickory Point.

Still speaking of roads, the commission voted to re-name a portion of Highway 33 Historic Thunder Road. This doesn’t actually affect the name of the road. A his-torical marker will be placed next to the chosen section of road for tourism purposes.

“Since the early 1900s, this road has been a major asset to Union County,” said Williams. “A gentleman was in Oak Ridge today who has written a book about Thun-der Road, and I think people are looking at us more and coming into our county.”

Reid Troutman, attorney for Steve Jones, requested permission to close the gate at the road leading to the Hickory Point development for the protection of the res-idents there.

“Mr. Jones did the devel-opment at Hickory Point and was allowed to put a gate up,” said Troutman. “We have been to court, and the judge told us we needed to approach County Commis-sion about closing the gate.

The law does permit us to do this if it is a Class III road and if the gate does not in-terfere with the public. This road does qualify, and when the gate was open, we did have an attempted break-in. We do respectfully request your consideration for this.”

Myers requested legal documentation regarding the roadway and protection from prosecution for Union County should anyone sue regarding the gate.

Commissioners Dean Hill and Gary England, along with Sunset Bay Ho-meowners Association president David McIntosh, spoke against allowing this since other communities had been denied permission to gate by the commission. The item was moved to the coming month’s meeting to allow time to obtain more information.

Phillip Ruth was ap-pointed to the Solid Waste Board and David Myers was approved as Delinquent Tax Attorney for Union County.

More Paulette change orders

Big Ridge Elementary School

teacher Renee Bills was hon-

ored for winning WBIR Teach-

er of the Week. Photos by C. Taylor

State Rep. Dennis Powers pre-

sented a Tennessee fl ag for

each school in the county as a

thank-you to the school board.

applicants and approved a motion to accept RFPs for after-school care.

Calendar changes to make up for lost instruc-tion days were presented by Jimmy Carter, which the board approved. A complete list of the changes is printed on the “Kids” page of this week’s Union County Shop-per-News.

Principal of the Union County Alternative School Melissa Carter presented a change in the Adult High School Policy per Fast Track. The new policy would read that requirements for a high school diploma change from 26 to 22 credits. This would enable at-risk youth to com-plete a high school diploma with vocational program-ming and would help in-crease the graduation rate.

“This policy is endorsed by the state and would be an asset to our county and school system,” said Carter. “This would help students who might otherwise have no hope of graduating.”

The policy passed on fi rst reading.

Carter also gave acco-lades to Roxanne Patterson, Tammy Dozier, Randy Arn-wine and Trish Gilliam for the help they have given her at the Alternative School. I want to thank my whole staff but especially these four tonight.”

“These people go above and beyond for us,” said Carter.

Big Ridge Elementary School principal Roger Flat-ford presented an award to Spelling Bee winner Van Hughett who will go on to participate in the Knoxville Spelling Bee. Flatford also presented the WBIR Teach-er of the Week award to Re-nee Bills.

“She is probably one of the better teachers in our whole county,” said Flat-ford. “She is always the last one out on Thursdays, and I can always count on her.”

The board voted to ap-prove the sale of school-owned property to TDOT. Three parcels are at Pau-lette and one is at Paulette Community Center. TDOT has made the offer for right-of-way. According to Glen Coppock, if the sale is not agreed to TDOT would most likely take the property over anyway. Much of the prop-erty is unusable, and the board agreed to the sale.

Board member Gerald Smith brought up a concern of students being left by buses when leaving school. Claims were that this was sometimes the fault of the drivers and sometimes the fault of the students. A par-ticular instance was not clearly defi ned, and no ac-tion was taken by the board.

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community A-4 • MARCH 19, 2011 • UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS

Community services

Cedar Ford Baptist Church ■

in Luttrell will host its month-

ly soup kitchen 5-8 p.m.

Friday, March 25. Everyone is

welcome to eat for free. Info:

Jennifer, 274-9538.

Graveston Baptist Church ■ ,

8319 Clapps Chapel Road, is

enrolling children 11 months

through Pre-K for Parent’s Day

Out. The program has small

classroom sizes. Info: 465-9655

or www.graveston.org.

Millers Chapel United Meth- ■

odist Church, across from

McDonald’s on Maynardville

Highway in Maynardville,

sponsors Food for Friends

from 5-7 p.m. on the last

Wednesday of every month.

This is a free meal for anyone

in Union County who could

use “on the house” soup and

sandwiches. All those in need

are invited to come to the

church for food and fellow-

ship. Info: Beth, 857-6281.

Easter servicesCedar Ford Baptist Church ■ ,

located at the intersection of

Tazewell Pike and Highway 61

in Luttrell, will present “We

Need His Love,” a portrayal of

the life, death and resurrec-

tion of Jesus, 7 p.m. Friday

and Saturday, April 15 and 16.

All are welcome. The Rev. A.R.

Baumgardner is pastor. Info:

992-0216.

Fundraisers and sales

Hines Creek Baptist Church ■ ,

located on Hinds Creek Road

in Maynardville, will host a

rummage sale starting at 10

a.m. Saturday, April 2, in the

parking area of the fellowship

hall and pantry. Info: Sandra

Dmitriev, 497-2495.

Union Missionary Baptist ■

Church on Ailor Gap Road

will have a barbecue fundrais-

er dinner 5-8 p.m. Saturday,

March 19, in the fellowship

hall. The price for the dinner is

donation only, and all money

raised will go toward the cost

of this year’s Vacation Bible

School.

Men’s programsRevival Vision ■ Church, 154

Durham Drive, in Maynard-

ville, holds a men’s prayer

breakfast at 7 a.m. each

Wednesday. All are invited

to join in praying and fasting

for Union County. Info: Jim,

684-8916.

Music servicesWMRD 94.5 ■ FM hosts “Tra-

ditional Hymns Hour” with

Kathy Chesney, 8:30 to 9:30

a.m. every Sunday. Call in

your requests or dedications

to 745-1467, and tune in to

listen or sing along.

Free Fellowship Pentecos- ■

tal Church, 1515 Maynard-

ville Highway, will host the

Washam Family musical

group during the worship ser-

vice at 11 a.m., Sunday, March

27. All are welcome.

RevivalsBethany Baptist Church ■ will

begin revival services 7 p.m.

Monday, March 21. Evange-

lists will be the Rev. Mike Viles

and the Rev. Luke Kidwell. The

Rev. Jack Walker is the pastor.

Community Baptist Church ■

will hold revival services

beginning 6 p.m. Sunday,

March 27 and at 7 p.m. Monday

to Wednesday, March 28-30.

Evangelists will be the Rev.

Mike Viles and the Rev. Tim

Inklebarger. Special singers will

be the Bethel Youth Choir, the

Berry Family, Josh Collins, Haley

Brooks and the Community

Baptist Church Youth Choir.

Women’s programs

Fairview Baptist Church ■ ,

7424 Fairview Road in Corry-

ton, will host MOPS (Mothers

of Preschoolers), 6:30 to 8:30

p.m. every third Monday for

devotions, food and fellow-

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Info: Anne, 621-9234.

CHURCH NOTES

The new sidewalk project on Main Street in Maynard-ville is nearing its end. Pav-ing was completed on the fi rst section March 14, and according to Project Inspec-tor Scott Evans, all work should be fi nished within the next two weeks. Mak-

Cindy Taylor

Project Inspector Scott Evans, superintendant for Southern

Constructors Terry Snelling and Maynardville City Manager

Jack Rhyne stand at the end point of the new sidewalk. Photo by C. Taylor

Follow the red, bumpy road

ing this sidewalk special are the truncated domes at each street crossing. These domes have raised bumps that provide a tactile cue for the blind when approaching the edge of a street. A new law requires that all new side-walks must have the domes.

According to Maynard-ville City Manager Jack Rhyne, any additional side-walk continuance from this point would be in the hands of the county. If the county does take over the work, the sidewalk could continue to the DCS offi ce.

Art in the Park upcoming

The Union County Art in the Park Festival planning is moving right along. More than 20 vendor booths have been processed, and appli-cations come in daily.

Performing during the festival will be locals Jar-ed Graves and New Union Grass, and Mean Mary, a well known musician from Nashville. There will be door prizes throughout the day, and winning ribbons will be awarded for student art exhibits. Awards will also be presented to vendors for Best Demonstration, Best Booth Design and Item of Distinction.

There will be surprises throughout the day, dem-onstrations will be given

by vendors and many will have items for sale. Among the vendors so far are oil painters, pencil artists, mu-sicians, photographers and quilters. The new Farm-ers Market will kick off its season, and crafters will be offering items for sale. The Union County Volun-teer Fire departments will be handling the main food sales, and there will be snack vendors as well. The Masons will also have their canned goods for sale.

The event will be held at Wilson Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 16, rain contingency in the high school. Vendors may still sign up for a space until March 25. Info: Julie Gra-ham, 992-2811.

Smoky Mountain Guild announces quilt show winners

Winners of Smoky Moun-tain Quilters Guild 31st an-nual quilt show and compe-tition have been announced. Judging was completed March 11 for the upcom-ing show to be held through March 20 in Cooper Ath-letic Center on the campus of Maryville College.

The guild announced that local quilters Cyndi Herrmann and Gwen John-son were awarded ribbons on their quilts. Johnson won a fi rst place ribbon on her quilt “Squire Square” and Herrmann won fi rst place ribbons on her quilts “Hearts-A-Feather” and “Wedding Bands,” a third place ribbon on “Quilter’s Cup of Tea” and an honor-able mention on “Lucky Star-Bears in the Woods.”

Lion’s Club seeks members

The Union County Lions Club is seeking residents from all sections of the county to join in its efforts to serve the community. At

this point the club has no members from Luttrell, Big Ridge or Sharps Chapel.

Dues are only $70 per year, and meetings are held at noon on the second Mon-day of each month at Hard-ees. For more information, contact Lion Club president Donna Jones at 992-3211.

Grass tetany time in Tennessee

According to UT Exten-sion Agent Shannon Per-rin, “As we approach spring time, lush green pastures have the potential to cause big problems for lactating cows. The underlying prob-lem is a shortage of magne-sium both in the cattle and in their diets. High levels of plant potassium and ni-trogen interfere with mag-nesium absorption by the animals. Therefore, fertil-ization with potash and/or ammonium sulfate can increase plant growth and also increase the risk of grass tetany. The demands of lactation deplete the cow of both magnesium and cal-cium and the clinical signs are caused by the combined shortage of magnesium

and calcium in these cattle. When cattle are found dead due to grass Tetany, there is most often a sign of a strug-gle. Generally, grass and dirt has been disturbed by the animal’s feet and head where it had thrashed about. If located while still alive, the cattle will be seen hav-ing convulsions, weakness and disorientation. They may also become belliger-ent and attack objects or people. Symptoms of grass tetany are often confused with rabies, listeriosis or a number of other conditions that affect the brain or can cause sudden death.

“Prevention of grass teta-ny should be the goal. Feed-ing a mineral supplement with high magnesium can prevent cows from suffering from grass tetany. Feeding salt can also improve magne-sium intake and absorption, and supplementing pasture with corn or hay when grass is “washy” can also help. To-tal mineral supplement cost for the two-month period is estimated to be only $5.” Info: 992-8038.Contact Cindy Taylor at brentcindyt@

gmail.com.

Easter Egg huntsWilson Park■ will

host the annual Union County Easter Egg Hunt for kids 11 a.m. Satur-day, April 16, next to the Union County High School baseball fi eld. There will be hunts for age groups 2 and under, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Rain date is April 23. The event is sponsored by Union County Parks and

Recreation, Union County Business and Professional Association, First Century Bank, Commercial Bank and FSG Bank.

Big Ridge State ■ Park will host the 13th annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 23. Twelve thousand eggs fi lled with toys, candy or extra prizes will be hidden. There are prize eggs and a grand prize for each age group, includ-ing toys, bicycles and food coupons. Bring the whole family and make a day of it. Children ages 2 and under hunt at 10 a.m. with parents’ help. Ages 3-4 hunt at 10:30, followed by ages 5-7 at 1 p.m., and ages 8-10 at 1:30. Info: 992-5523.

One Spirit Indian Nation to meet

One Spirit American In-dian Nation of Union County will have its monthly meet-ing noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 19, at WMRD Stu-dios on Main Street. This is a family-oriented Christian

organization. There will be a business meeting followed by a drumming and singing session, food and fellow-ship. All who have Ameri-can Indian in their blood or in their hearts are invited to attend.

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Johnathon Miles makes honor roll

Maynardville Elemen-tary School 4th grader Johnathon Miles made fi rst honors, all A’s, for the second nine weeks and was named to the school’s honor roll. Johnathon is a student in Tracy Keck’s class.

UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS • MARCH 19, 2011 • A-5

By Cindy Taylor

Big Ridge Elementary School kindergarten teach-ers Angie Raley and Jeanie Bowling encouraged their students to build lepre-chaun traps in order to tempt the tiny creatures to pay a visit. Leprechauns are very sneaky, so it takes a lot of cunning to trap them and steel their pots of gold. Stu-dents came up with some in-triguingly imaginative ways to bait their traps for luring the greedy little fellows in.

Big Ridge Elementary 1st grade teachers Debra Van-noy and Renee Bills, WBIR’s Teacher of the Week, present a book on houses around the world for their students to read each year. The students were given a project to cre-ate a house from the story

Spelling bee winner

Big Ridge Elementary School 3rd grade student Van Hughett won the countywide spelling bee and was honored at the Union County

school board meeting March 10. He went on to compete in the area wide spelling bee.

Big Ridge student Nathan Hall proudly displays his leprechaun

trap. Photos submitted

First grader Corey Wynn poses with his popsicle stick house.

kids

Building houses and leprechaun traps

or something they may have seen locally. Seven-year-old Corey Wynn chose to mimic a local barn with his Pop-

sicle stick house.The projects were dis-

played at the school for par-ents to view.

Balloon release honors Nakisha WilliamsHorace Maynard Middle School 8th grade students, parents and teachers, along with cen-

tral offi ce staff members, held a balloon release in memory of student Nakisha Williams

who recently passed away due to complications from an illness. Students also decorated a

bulletin board in a school hallway in memory of Nakisha. Photo submitted

Van Hughett

The Union County School Board has approved the fol-lowing calendar for the remainder of the school year:

Good Friday, April 22, will ■

be an instructional day for

students.

TCAPS will be April 11- 22. ■

May 26 and 27, will be instruc- ■

tional days for students.

Saturday, May 28, will be an ■

abbreviated instructional day

for students.

Memorial Day, May 30, will be ■

an administrative day with no

students.

May 31 will be the last abbre- ■

viated day.

Kindergarten registration ■

for Union County schools

will be held at each elemen-

tary school 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 5. Registra-

tion for Paulette Elementary

School will be held during the

same time at Milan Baptist

Church. Children who are 5

years old on or before Sept.

30, 2011, should enter kinder-

garten during the 2011-2012

school year. Parents must pro-

vide a copy of the child’s birth

certifi cate, proof of a physical

within the last six months or

date of next scheduled physi-

cal, immunization records,

copy of the child’s Social

Security card and proof of

residency like a utility bill. The

principals of each school will

have bus route information.

Info: Jimmy Carter, 992-5466

ext. 110.

Link your ■ Food City Value Card with the school of your

choice to earn money for that

school. To link, ask your cashier

at check-out. Even though the

school isn’t built yet, you can

already link your Value Card to

Paulette Elementary School.

Pre-KUnion County Pre-K Round- ■

Up will be held 4:30 to 7 p.m.

every Tuesday in April, in the

Union County High School

commons area. This is for

children who will reach 4

years of age by Sept. 1. Space

is limited. Blank registration

forms may be picked up

and dropped off at Luttrell

Elementary, Maynardville

Elementary, Sharps Chapel

Elementary and central offi ce.

Info: Jimmy Carter, 992-5466,

ext. 110.

Horace MaynardSchool dance ■ will be held

Friday, March 25. PTO meet-ing will be 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,

March 29.

UnionCounty High

Union County High School ■

cosmetology students will be

off ering free haircuts March

29 through May 20 to help

train for their board exams.

Call 992-0180 and ask for

cosmetology to set up an ap-

pointment.

BirthdaysZander Kage Martin cel-

ebrated his 2nd birth-day on Feb. 26, with a jungle ani-mal party with family and friends. His parents are Chris

and Sara Martin. Zander has a sister, Brooklyn. Grandparents are Lester and Linda Chrzanowski, Mike and Gail Martin, and Phyllis Martin.

MILESTONESContact Humane Societyfor lost pets

The Union County Humane Society asks that pet owners contact them immediately if a pet becomes lost. Pets without identifi cation and rabies tags are only required to be held for 72 hours by Tennessee state law. The Humane Society makes every effort to place animals in “forever homes” as soon as possible. Timely contact will ensure that your lost pet is not ad-opted by new owners. Remember, identifi cation and rabies tags are your pet’s protection. Info: 992-7969.

Old Harp Shape Note Singings

Franklin Monthly ■Old Harp Singing, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 27, Green-ville Cumberland Presby-terian Church, 201 N. Main St., Greeneville. Info: Jeff Farr, 423-639-8211.

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A-6 • MARCH 19, 2011 • UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS

Four local 4-H students attended the Chat-tahoochee Valley Poultry Show in Newnan, Ga., on Feb. 16 and took top honors.

Greg Coffman of Union County won the Champion Modern Game and several Best of Variety awards. Gage Goddard of Loudon County placed second in showmanship and several fi rst place awards for his Silkies and

Old English Bantams. Noah Elliott of An-derson County won second place for one of his Old English Bantams. Sydnee Brashears won Reserve Breed for her Silkie hen and Best of Breed, Champion Asiatic, Champion Large Fowl for her Standard Black Cochin hen. She was also named Supreme Cham-pion Junior Show for her Cochin.

Meehan goesto Nashville

Jessica Meehan, a cosmetol-ogy student at Union County High School and East Tennessee Vice Presi-dent for Skills USA, traveled

to Nashville last month for leadership training. While there, she spoke with state Rep. Dennis Powers about career and technical organi-zations. The organizations develop student leadership and career skills. Meehan has taken a course and has received her certifi cation as a Registered Parliamentar-ian, as well. She is consider-ing entering politics at some point in her life.

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I may have mentioned at some point that my husband and I are sci-fi geeks. Dan-iel was fascinated early on by the “Star Wars” movies, and who can blame him? All those fl ashing lights, acrobatics and space ships, all that daring-do, it’s just captivating.

My husband has two Force FX lightsabers, one a replica of Luke’s homemade saber from “Return of the Jedi,” and the other a rep-lica of the one Obi Wan gave Luke in “A New Hope.” In lay terms, that’s the green one and the blue one.

These have full-length hard plastic “blades” with re-alistic light effects and sound when you whack things with them. They’re built to with-stand light dueling.

Daniel has always liked to hold and play with these things, until one day last spring we bought him his own smaller, toy store brand lightsaber, the kind with the colored plastic blade that telescopes out.

We quickly realized the

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May the Force be with you

error of our ways. Content at fi rst to turn the thing on and off, Daniel eventually start-ed whacking the furniture, and later us, with his Jedi weapon. Patience started to wear thin.

Then, a few months ago, I hit upon an idea. A new rule went into effect. Daniel could only whack at people who also had lightsabers. We brought the high-end models down from their shelf, and the games began.

Daniel would whack his lightsaber against his op-ponent’s and yell, “Hiyah!” at each thrust. He loves this game, battling his father and me up and down our hallway, switching sides at the drop of a hat. He calls himself “Jedi Daniel Sky-

walker,” and me “Jedi Prin-cess Leia.”

My son, fl attery will get you everywhere.

Lately, Daniel has started developing tactics. Taking advantage of his size, he runs right under our guards and whacks our ankles.

Then, last week, Daniel’s lightsaber had had enough. Subjected to too much hard time, it gave up the ghost and had to be retired. When we had some spending money, Zac took Daniel to Walmart to pick out replacement.

He laid all the choices out in front of Daniel and asked which one he wanted.

To Zac’s chagrin, Daniel picked the red one, Darth Vader’s lightsaber.

“Are you sure you don’t want the green one? It’s Luke Skywalker’s,” Zac rea-soned.

“No. Want red one,” Dan-iel replied.

Today, lightsabers. To-morrow, intergalactic domi-nation.Contact Shannon Carey at shannon@

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GED test dates setThe Union County Adult

Education Center will be giving the GED exam April 25 and 26, May 23 and 24, and June 20 and 21. The test will begin each day at 4 p.m. and will be paid

Meehan

Four local students attended the Chattahoochee Valley Poultry Show in Newnan, Ga., on Feb.

16. They are: (front) Noah Elliott of Anderson County, Sydnee Brashears of Loudon County;

(back) Greg Coff man of Union County and Gage Goddard of Loudon County. Photo submitted

4-H’ers winat poultry show

Luttrell seeks

scholarship

applicantsThe city of Luttrell is

accepting scholarship ap-plications for a graduating senior living inside Luttrell city limits. Applications are available at Luttrell City Hall during regular busi-ness hours, and applica-tions will be accepted until April 15. Info: 992-0870.

Cancer support

group to meetThe Union County

Cancer Support Group will

meet at 7 p.m. every third Thursday at Fellowship Christian Church. Info: Debbie, 659-1052.

rate of children receiv-ing health care services every year. Call today to set up a TENNderCare visit with your doctor or go to the Union County Health Department. Your health plan will help. Info: 1-866-311-4287 or www.tennessee.gov/tenncare/tenndercare.

for by the center. The state requires each individual be given a pretest before the offi cial GED. The pretest takes approximately two hours and should be taken two weeks prior to taking the GED. Appointments can be made for the pretest by calling Melissa Carter at 992-0805.

The offi ce also has a representative, Vickie Thal from UT, who will help fi ll out the fi nancial aid forms and offer career advice. Thal is at the center on Tuesdays and is available by appointment by calling the number above.

AMSE calendarThe American Museum

of Science and Energy, located at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge, is open Monday through Sat-urday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Info: www.amse.org.

“Take Flight” ■ travel-ing exhibition, through

Sunday, April 24. Hands-on activities on the principles and forces that make fl ight possible. AMSE second level.

“Scarboro: The ■Early Days, 1942-1960,” through Monday, April 25. The story of the African-American community. AMSE lobby.

“Cold War Crisis: ■The U-2 Incident,” through Thursday, Sept. 1. Details the story of Gary Francis Powers, a former U.S. Air Force fi ghter pilot who completed 27 U-2 photographic reconnais-sance missions for the CIA until shot down by a Soviet missile in 1960. Includes photos, newsreels and per-sonal items. AMSE lobby.

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TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

Now we wait. And wonder. And speculate.

Is the Bruce Pearl en-tanglement the end of Tennessee basketball as we now know it? What is the world record for nega-tive publicity? How many times can you say unethical conduct and eight-game suspension? How much polish and how long does it take to restore the bright, shiny image?

Would NCAA punishment be less if Pearl conveniently resigned in the best interest of all con-cerned?

Would Pearl’s departure, with appropriate thank-you compen-sation for past success, be in the best interest of all concerned? The dearly beloved, deeply offended and sadly scarred Southeastern Conference? A university without fault? The coach and his assistants and their families? Players who chose Tennessee totally because of Pearl?

Paying customers seem divided. Some remain enthralled by Pearl’s enthusiasm and promotional skills. Some see the dilemma as a mere bump in the road. Some argue that everybody cheats, at least a little bit. Some are simply disappointed. Some are sincerely embarrassed. Some do not want to win at any cost.

If Pearl went away and athletic director Mike Hamilton remained, where would he go for a coaching patch? Is Rick Byrd at Belmont en-tirely too logical?

Byrd is not so hip-hop colorful

but he has integrity and roots, re-ally good South Knoxville parents, UT degree plus priceless experi-ence of monitoring the Ray Mears years.

Byrd can coach. He does more with less. Could he do more with more? Could he get more? He will be 58 next month. He may be too smart.

Which Volunteers will be Vol-unteers next season? Does the NBA really want Scotty Hopson and Tobias Harris? If millions are available, load up the truck, and blessings on you and thanks for the good times.

Will a goofy freshman trans-fer? Will signees show up under uncertain circumstances? Is there a point guard somewhere on the horizon?

How does probation affect re-cruiting? How many scholarships and offi cial visits will be lost in the penalty? Strangely enough, some schools bounce back promptly. Tennessee has no experience over-coming major transgressions but there are close neighbors to ask.

No matter how or when the Bruce Pearl era ends, soon or in old age, when it is only a memory, what will it be? Will your choice be how close his Vols once came to the Final Four? Tyler Smith de-bacle? Sunday victory over Kan-sas? Upset in Memphis? The 31-5 season and the Rupp Cup as 2008 national coach of the year?

Will you remember when Bruce painted his face and chest and sat

in the student section for a wom-en’s game? Hokey or frat funny, it was an ESPN delight.

Will you remember the coach who took his team to Eastern Eu-rope, back to an awful chapter in history, to the remains of a con-centration camp in the Czech Re-public? Bruce transformed a bas-ketball trip into a priceless lesson about life and freedom.

Will you remember his leap onto the stage with Kenny Chesney or how he was almost tossed from a high school gym for offering too much help to offi cials?

Will you recall Mike Hamilton’s early description: “The thing about Bruce is that he has the combina-tion of an incredible work ethic to go along with a healthy fear of failure, and you add to it that he’s a very bright guy.”

Or what Pat Summitt said: “He’s just so dynamic, so engaged. It’s fun being around him, fun to be around someone who always sees the good in everything.”

Or maybe you will remember the infamous press conference and the tears in his eyes when he said he was sorry. And he was. No-body likes getting caught in a lie.

It has been said that Bruce Pearl brought winning, an up-tempo style, winning, a powerful personality, winning, excitement and fun, winning, PR genius plus winning to Tennessee basketball.

Do remember that.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is

westwest6@netzero.com.

I almost missed it.Had it not been for a phone

call that came as I was putting on my coat to leave the offi ce, I would have missed it all. But my Jordan called to tell me she is coming for the weekend, and we chatted for a few minutes. While we talked, the sun disappeared, and the heavens opened.

Drenching rain for the drive home. Fine, I thought, with dis-gust. Still, I was glad that my daughter had called. I pulled my hood over my head and ran for the car.

It is March in East Tennessee, so, as we like to say, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a few min-utes.”

By the time I turned off Broad-way, the sun was coming out, and when I turned onto Tazewell Pike, there it was.

Now, I have seen rainbows. I have pictures of a triple rainbow I took one day when I was a stay-at-home mom in New Jersey. I have seen rainbows that were full circles when we had a private plane. (It is the ground that cuts the rainbow into an arc; from a loftier perspective one can see the arc continue all the way around into a perfect circle.)

But this was a rainbow such as I had never seen. It was almost perfect. I could see clearly fi ve distinct bands of color of the sev-en that are present in the spec-trum. And what is more astound-ing, I could see both ends of the bow, coming down, down, down,

all the way to the ground. There is a sycamore tree not far

from that turning that I just love: its white bark and spectacular branches are beautiful any time of year, but on that afternoon, the white skin of the tree was bathed in rainbow colors. On the other side of the road, I could see the other end of the bow, setting the woods aglow. If I believed in pots of gold, I would have known ex-actly where to fi nd them.

Equally astonishing was the insistence of this sign of God’s promise. I kept watching it (with one eye on the road, at least most of the time). I was drinking in this miracle that seemed reluc-tant to go away. With the twists and turns in the road, my view of it changed, but the steady vibrant colors never wavered, and the feet of the bow were planted fi rmly on the earth.

I didn’t care if other drivers thought I was crazy. I was of the opinion that they were pretty oblivious! Don’t you see it? I want-ed to yell at them. Look! Here is a miracle of love and grace! A gift of joy fl ung across the sky by your Maker! A promise of a covenant that will last as long as the earth and sun and rain.

But part of me – quite selfi shly – wondered if it were a singular miracle, just for me. I wondered if the other drivers couldn’t see it at all because it was a sign for my eyes only: a covenant, a talis-man, a gift, a promissory note of joy to come.

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God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all fu-ture generations. I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will re-member. … (Genesis 9:12-15a)

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Scholarship dinner and auction upcoming

Leadership Union County will host a fundrais-ing chicken and dumplings dinner and auction to sup-port the Youth Leadership Union County college schol-arships. Dolly June Merritt will make her famous chicken and dumplings. Tickets are $20 per person and cover a heaping helping of chicken and dumplings with all the fi xings and ad-mission to the auction. The dinner will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Horace Maynard Middle School. All proceeds go to

college scholarships for Union County High School students. Tickets are avail-able from any Leadership Union County class mem-ber. Info: Brandi Williams Davis, 992-7375.

Car show to boost Toys for Tots

Food City in Maynard-ville will host the second annual Toys for Tots Car Show Saturday, March 26. Registration is 8-11 a.m., judging begins at noon, and trophies will be awarded at 1:30 p.m. There will be fi rst, second and third place trophies for classic car, antique car, antique

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Weaver family seeks Smith

The Weaver family of 1130 Raccoon Valley Road, Lot 18, is trying to get in touch with Scott Smith, an old friend. They ask that he stop by their home or call 745-1081.

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A-8 • MARCH 19, 2011 • UNION COUNTY SHOPPER-NEWS

The offi cial fi rst day of spring is tomorrow (Sunday, March 20). Of course we’ve

been known to have some really bad weather in March (remember the Blizzard of ’93!), but the mild and showery last few weeks seem to have us all in a ready-for-spring mode.

A few weeks ago, the forsythia bushes along Neyland Drive were in bright yellow bloom, with am-ple time to view them, sitting in basketball traffi c. My jonquils are working on buds, and we have had crocuses blooming in a fl ower bed at church.

I suppose the two main things that people mention as most im-portant to them as spring ap-proaches, besides longer days and warmer weather, are the birds singing and the fl owers blooming. Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day (May 8 this year), are the two big-gest fresh fl ower-buying occasions in the United States. Both are big springtime fl ower celebrations.

We enjoy fl owers all year long, of course, but they seem so much more fun to see after the barren months of winter. But, like straw-berries and tomatoes, in these days of global commerce we can get fresh-cut fl owers all year long as well.

Along those lines, the cover story of the February Smithso-nian magazine last month was titled “Growth Industry: Where Your Flowers Really Come From.” The article unfolds the story of a Colorado State University gradu-ate student named David Cheever,

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Flower time

who wrote a paper in 1967 about what an ideal place the vicinity of Bogota, Columbia, would be for a large cut-fl ower industry. He and three partners started such a busi-ness in 1969. The concept was later supported by the U.S. government as an alternative means for the lo-cals to support themselves instead of producing cocaine.

The climate was perfect, there was plenty of labor and Bogota was three air hours from Miami –

way closer to the East Coast fl ower customers than our main fl ower-producing areas in California. Bogota is now the second-largest fl ower-producing area in the world after Holland and commands 70 percent of the U.S. cut-fl ower market. In fact, the author com-ments that if you buy a bouquet in a supermarket or a big box store, it probably came from Bogota.

With huge success have come issues as well, such as decent

housing for employees, child labor problems and human exposure to toxic chemicals like fungicides used to dip each bouquet. But, I imagine these will be addressed, and certainly the production of fl owers is preferable to the pro-duction of cocaine.

Few of our East Tennessee spring wildfl owers would do for the cut-fl ower bouquet business. In fact, they are called spring ephemerals, a word that means “here and gone in a day.” They are tiny, delicate and they wilt away to nothing in minutes of being picked. Part of their magic is in seeing them where they grow; that is really the only way you can see them as they are meant to be.

Opportunities abound, though, to see and enjoy our local early spring wildfl owers. Seeing the earliest ones is sort of like look-ing for that fi rst purple martin or chimney swift – how soon will they show up? Where will they be fi rst?

Of the many good spots, one of our top favorites is the Norris River Bluff Trail, along the west bank of the river below Norris Dam. Only about 20 minutes from Halls and Powell, on a good spring morn-ing one can do a pleasant mile or so along the river and be amongst as many as 20 or more species of fl owers. And all this accompanied by ducks and geese (and trout fi sh-ermen) on the river and the birds singing in the trees.

The fl owers bloom surprisingly early there, so Spouse and I decid-ed to check it out Feb. 27 in hopes of maybe seeing the fi rst spring fl ower popping out. The day was nice, mid-50s, with a chilly breeze and warm sun. The moss covering the rocks and logs was fresh, bright green. But, nary a blossom to be seen. The closest we came to fl ow-ers were several little toothwort plants with lots of buds and a neat group of orange-red cup fungi.

We know, though, that within a few days to a week or two the place will be a garden, a carpet of thou-sands of trout lilies, along with dozens of Dutchmen’s breeches, trilliums, yellow wood-poppies and all their other friends. And, if you feel the need for help with identifi cations, friendly folks

from the Friends of Norris Dam State Park and others offer guided walks of the fl ower trails, both the River Bluff Trail and the Clear Creek Trail.

This year, the walks will be avail-able at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and Saturday, April 2. The Clear Creek walks, meeting at the grist mill parking lot, will be on the same days at 2 p.m. For more details, call Norris Dam State Park at 426-7461. And, of course, both areas are free and open every day to go on your own, whenever the good spring weather beckons.

Another really big wildfl ower deal in these parts is the annual Smoky Mountain Spring Wild-fl ower Pilgrimage in Gatlinburg. This will be its 61st year, and it is attended by people from all over the country. It features exhibits, lectures, hikes and fi eld trips, more than 150 in all. This year’s events will be from April 26 to May 1. Lots of information is available at www.springwildflowerpilgrimage.org. And, if you’re not into crowds, pick a likely spot or two from the lists of activities and go back by your-self or with a friend, when the dust settles, so to speak.

They’ll be coming up soon. Keep an eye out for those fi rst spring blooms. And, when you fi nd a favorite spot, return often. You’ll be surprised at how fast the cast of characters changes this time of the year. Enjoy!

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Pet overpopulation is a serious problem in Union County. Cost is one of the primary barriers to spay/neuter programs in many communities. Fortunately for Union County citizens there is a low-cost spay/neuter program available here. We ask you to take advantage of this program and urge your county offi cials to support it.

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