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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Farmers Market: downtown on Fridays

The Union County Farm-ers Market is making exciting changes.

The board voted unani-mously to move the market to the backyard of Union County Arts in downtown Maynard-ville, and to hold the event on Friday evenings from 4-7 p.m. beginning the first of May.

The Country Store is com-ing back, food trucks will be welcomed and live music will go on all during the market.

Beth Bergeron, coordina-tor, can be reached at the Extension office at 992-8038, or email her at [email protected].

IN THIS ISSUE

What really matters ...

Fans are buzzing about the Tennessee quarterback derby. The race is on to determine who starts the last Saturday in August. Of course that is a big deal but the Vols can line up with any of the four.

There is a lot of talk about the new and multi-talented receivers. The team is almost certain to be better in the pass-ing game.

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Unwritten standards

I met one of my former teachers a few weeks ago and asked her if she hadn’t always loved me. She grinned and replied, “Yes, you cocky little thing!”

I admit, when I graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree, I thought I knew every-thing about education – even more frightening, I thought I could save the world if every-body would just listen.

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Sharps Chapel student Emma Mayers took fi rst place in the county-side spelling bee held last week at Union County High School.

Librarian Sherrie Collins gave the words to five students, one from each of the county’s elementary schools.

Two second graders won their school’s bee and competed: Brayden Williams, who came in second, from Paulette, and Rhea-gan Collins from Big Ridge.

Savannah Paul represented Maynard-ville Elementary and Tyler Greene came from Luttrell.

Union County Education Association representative Marilyn Toppins presented each of the students a copy of Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus.

Emma Mayers, Brayden Williams, Savannah Paul, Rheagan Collins and Tyler Greene repre-

sent the fi ve elementary schools in the county-wide spelling bee. Photo by Libby Morgan

County’s best

The Atkins, Gale

and Amanda Atkins

of Corryton, sing

with David West.

David Franks signs

one of his cook-

books for museum

director Martha

Carter as Wanda

Byerley looks on. Photos by Libby Morgan

Museum honors Franks

By Libby MorganDavid Franks was given a

surprise honor at the Union County Historical Society meet-ing last weekend: The museum group named the day “David Franks Day.”

David West brought his bunch from Ciderville, and they entertained the large crowd.

West says, “I remember being up here and picking with Roy Acuff and Cas Walker on the courthouse steps (when Acuff ran for governor).

“David and I go way back. He cooked for us on the cam-paign trail in all 95 counties in Tennessee.”

Franks was well-known in the entertainment fi eld, especially in Memphis. He sneaked Elvis out of Graceland in the back of his vehicle to get Elvis by the girls at the gate.

“Elvis decided in the middle of the night one night to pour a walkway from his house to the pool. I called some buddies who hauled concrete, and it wasn’t hard to fi nd someone who want-

ed to do that for Elvis, even at 2 a.m.,” Franks remembers.

“Elvis broke up some tiles and stone to press into the concrete. That walkway is still there.”

Franks is famous for his bar-becue skills, and has published cookbooks with his detailed strategy, with methods and tim-ing down to the minute. His books are for sale in the museum.

“We are very thankful to Da-vid for all he has done for the museum. Just look around. He is responsible for installing our porch and our outer door, and he installed the lettering above the entrance,” says museum di-rector Martha Carter.

“He was quite surprised when we named the day after him. He has been wonderful to us. I wish we had a half dozen (David) Franks.”

Old friends told tales of Franks’ life, and said he piloted planes for the Air Force and the Marines during World War II,

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By Libby Morgan“This is the biggest

group ever to appear for one of these meet-ings,” said Keith Poarch, a 40-year employee of the postal service in East Tennessee. About an even hundred peo-ple gathered in the cold

wind outside the Lut-trell Post Offi ce at noon Wednesday.

Since mid-2011, the postal service has held community input meet-ings such as the one at Luttrell to explain what

Shocking loss of Dr. Farkhondeh

The Makzy Pediatrics Clinic, Oak-land Street in Maynardville, will remain open following the sudden, ac-cidental death of its founder, Dr. Mahmoud Farkhondeh.

Funeral services were held March 17. Another doctor will be hired soon, staff said.

Keith Poarch of the USPS speaks to the crowd at

the Luttrell Post Offi ce. Photos by Libby Morgan

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Sonja Hill Warwick, director of Keep Union County Beautiful, says the month of March is “Keep Your Butts Off the Streets” in Union County.

KUCB will take part in a national program to reduce the impact of litter from cigarette butts, the Keep America Beautiful “Cigarette Litter Prevention Program.”

KUCB board and volun-teers will be completing at least two scans to count the number of cigarette butts disposed in two areas of Union County.

In addition, on March 29, KUCB volunteers will

be at the intersection of Hickory Star and Hwy. 33 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to give away pocket and vehicle portable ashtrays.

Scans will be completed again in the same locations in a few years to see the impact the prevention program has on Union County. This pro-gram will be ongoing.

The program’s strategic approach involves all stake-holders in the cigarette litter problem, including businesses, law enforce-ment, local governments, community organizations and, importantly, smokers themselves.

The Keep America Beau-tiful Cigarette Litter Pre-vention Program tackles the issue by integrating four proven approaches: encour-aging enforcement of litter laws, including cigarette lit-ter; raising awareness about the issue using public service messages; placing ash recep-tacles at transition points such as near entrances to public buildings; and distrib-uting pocket and portable ashtrays to adult smokers.

Tobacco products, in-cluding cigarette butts, are the most-littered item in America, represent-ing nearly 38 percent of all

items (4.5 trillion cigarette butts are on our streets, parks, sidewalks and public places), according to “Litter in America,” - Keep Ameri-ca Beautiful study. This re-search also showed that in-dividuals who would never litter items such as bever-age cans or paper packag-ing may not consider toss-ing cigarette butts on the ground “littering.”

To learn more about Keep Union County Beau-tiful, this program or to request a pocket ashtray, visit www.keepunionco beautiful.org or the KUCB Facebook page.

By Libby MorganTom Williams is on the

job fi xing automobiles on Main Street in Maynard-ville. He and Calvin Massen-gile run the local business, Volunteer Sales & Service, and offer full service auto mechanics, tires, batteries, cleanup and detailing.

It’s not a fancy place, but

Williams promises to use his 20-plus years of expe-rience in auto mechanics to give customers a good deal and get them back on the road.

Find them at 504 Main Street behind the quarter of a VW bug that’s on the front of the building.

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Calvin Massengile and Tom Williams are found with the “quar-

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Street in Maynardville. Photo by Libby Morgan

Volunteer Sales & Service cares for autos

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‘Keep Your Butts Off the Streets’

spent time with Elvis, Alex Haley, Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Lee Lewis, and was involved with Sun Records.

“Not many have rubbed elbows with as many fa-mous people as David Franks has,” Carter says.

Stories abounded about his many skills: carpen-try, writing music, cook-ing, piloting fighter planes – more than anyone could remember.

“We were on the road in a

bus, and it quit on us. David fi xed it with a coffee pot wire, and we were back on the road,” says West. “Years later and many miles more on that bus, I looked again, and that wire was still hooked up, making that bus run.”

“I was the fi rst person David Franks met when he moved to East Tennes-see in 1969, and we’ve been friends ever since. I can tell you, his heart is bigger than his body,” says Paris Archer.

Museum honors Franks From page 1

Luttrell postmaster Kristie Lozano with city council members Brad Griff ey and Barry Corum.Earl Stowers asks the hard

questions.

Luttrell PO From page 1

it was doing to small rural post offi ces across the coun-try.

Some have been closed, some are now run by private retail establishments, and most have had their hours of operation reduced.

“We’re not here to close this post offi ce,” said Po-

arch, earning vigorous ap-plause from the crowd. “We’re going to cut back one hour a day of service.”

In January, the post-master at Luttrell retired. Since then, Kristie Lozano has been at the counter 40 hours a week.

“So if the postmaster

Health insurance enrollment eventTrained specialists will provide free assistance to any-

one wishing to apply for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The deadline to enroll for 2014 is March 31. The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Pellissippi State campus, 1610 E. Magnolia Ave.

Big Ridge FCEThe Big Ridge chapter of the Family and Consumer Education club met recently at Li’l Joes and celebrated Brenda Williams’

birthday. They are: Margie Collins, Leslie Sharpe, Judy Loveday, Carol Pratt, Brenda Williams, Kaye Whaley, Laverne Davis, Phyllis

Snapp, Lyndora Lindsay and Pauline White. Photo by Libby Morgan

position is no longer being paid out, dropping an hour a day isn’t even a drop in the bucket,” said Earl Stowers. “How could this make a dif-ference?”

Poarch replied, “The six-hour-a-day scenario is the best offered by the postal service for Luttrell.”

“Is this the fi rst bite of the whole pie?” asked coun-

ty commissioner Wayne Roach.

“Luttrell’s status will not be reviewed again in the next two years.

“The possibility of Lut-trell losing more postal services in the future could change if the workload in-creases here. The proof will be in the pudding,” said Po-arch.

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■ Brasfi eld confi rms for Humane Society dinnerFreddie Brasfi eld, owner

of K9SOS, has confi rmed he will attend the April 26 Union County Humane So-

ciety Din-ner.

B r a s -fi eld’s com-pany, K9 Search On Site, sup-plies canine teams – a trainer and a dog – for

jobs for “protection through detection” at sensitive sites worldwide.

The dinner theme is “Res-cues to the Rescue,” and sev-eral dogs which help people are scheduled to attend.

Dinner sponsors and auction items are needed. Call the shelter at 865-992-7969.

■ Kayak group organizingBeth Bergeron is leading

the effort to form a kayak/ca-noe group in Union County.

A group of local avid paddlers met this week, and discussed mapping out “blueways” for enjoying his-toric sites, birding places and points of interest by water.

Mary Johnson, adven-ture seeker and blogger on “Sharps Chapel Living,” says, “We had a great meet-ing – we identifi ed a lot of action items, we’ve made a Facebook page, and we want to schedule a kayak date as soon as possible.”

Info: Beth Bergeron at [email protected] and Norris Lake Paddlers on Facebook.

■ Big Ridge Park spring eventsThere are lots of spring

activities at Big Ridge State Park.

■ Ridge Runner 5K & 1-Mile Fun Run starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 5. This is the fi rst of what organiz-ers hope will be an annual event.

Runners should arrive one hour before start. The 5K race will be run on park trails, and the Fun Run is on an asphalt surface.

Pre-registration and on-line registration is $20 for the 5K race and $5 for the Fun Run. Go to www.imath-lete.com, or sign up at the North Side YMCA.

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Check Back with your doctor by keeping your follow-up appointment, your next scheduled well-child visit or by contacting your doctor if a problem occurs.

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Spring events heating up

Race director is Jennifer Massengill, health and well-being director at the Bob Temple North Side YMCA.

Info for race and volun-teering: 865-922-9622 or jmassengil [email protected].

■ Easter Egg Hunt will be held the day before Easter, Saturday, April 19, rain or shine. This is the 16th annual event.

Twelve thousand eggs fi lled with candy or toys will be ready for four age groups to fi nd: 2-year-olds and younger will hunt at 10 a.m.; 3- to 4-year-olds at 10:30 a.m.; 5- to 7-year-olds at 1 p.m.; and 8- to 10-year-olds at 1:30 p.m.

Ranger Derek Wilson promises an appearance by the Easter Bunny, and says there will be some big prize eggs and a bicycle or riding toy for each age group.

■ Mother’s Day Wild-fl ower Hike will be Sun-day, May 11. Meet the rang-ers at the old stone CCC building at the park en-trance on Mother’s Day at 2 p.m. to join in a wildfl ower hike. For anyone who is, has or knows a mother.

■ Father’s Day Camp-ing Trip is set for June 14. It’s a canoeing and camping trip on the weekend of Fa-ther’s Day. Canoes, canoe-ing equipment, Saturday evening dinner and Sunday breakfast are included in the $30 fee.

Participants must bring their own camping accom-modations. The group will canoe to a backcountry campsite for an overnight stay on Norris Lake.

For complete details and to sign up, contact Ranger Derek Wilson by calling 865-206-9459 or email him at [email protected].

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David Brummitt and Nancy Kane celebrate at the Union

County Senior Center on March 18.

Sharps Chapel seniors Joyce Hopkins and Teresa Dreyser cel-

ebrate March birthdays and Wayne Hopkins had a belated

February birthday.

Luttrell seniors celebrat-

ing March birthdays are:

Jearldine Hill, Melba Law-

son, Sallie Ruth, James

Israel and Joyce Turner.

Plainview seniors

Helen McBee, Tom

Keaton and Mildred

Dyer celebrated on

March 10.

March birthdays

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When discussing value of an item we hear, “It’s all about provenance.”

Wormy chestnut jewelry or trinket box made by Den-nis Johnson of Maynardville

What’s in a box?

Provenance we have for this little box. Sometimes it just takes a phone call to arouse enough interest to start digging for that prov-enance – source or origin.

It seems that woodworker Dennis Johnson had ac-quired a few pieces of wormy chestnut barn board when a barn then owned by Riney Shoffner was torn down.

Recently he made some small boxes from the wood he has had lying around for years. He took a box or two over to Susan Boone at the Union County Arts Co-Op and mentioned to her that the wood came from the large farm owned for many years by Herbert Waddington.

Susan proceeded to call me to see what I knew about the Waddington family. I had to tell her that I only knew Harry Waddington

and his late wife, Dorothy Rucker, but that I would do a little digging to see if I could provide that “prov-enance” that people want to go along with their trinkets.

My friend Fern Shumate Smyre got me started with some descendants’ names and phone numbers. Then I ran into J. V. Waller, and he told me that Mary Russell Merritt had some contacts. Here’s what I have learned thus far:

Harry Waddington, of Waddington County, York-shire/Suffolk, England, was the second son of George and Caroline Wad-dington. According to Brit-ish tradition and although assured of a lifetime of great wealth, the second sons inherited nothing.

At the time, a group of second sons decided to come to America to start a new life. Harry and a good friend by the sir name of Wadsworth came to Ameri-ca, learned of a new village being developed down in east Tennessee and invested in property purchased for 25 cents and 50 cents per acre at Rugby.

Harry was an educated writer, but as the others he had no skills to work with his hands and simply could not make it at Rugby. These second sons were expected to follow professions such as doctors, lawyers and writers.

He moved to Sharps Cha-pel in Union County around 1878-79. His wife’s name is believed to be Ivie, who was listed as a widow in the

1900 Census.Their children were Ethel

who married a Warwick, Lonette who married Estel Campbell, and Herbert who married Frennie Booker. Herbert bought a large farm on Walker’s Ford Road. Her-bert and Frennie’s children are the late Feril (Ferrell) Waddington Keys, Mary Ruth Waddington Chesney and Harry Waddington who now lives near his son, Lar-ry. I was able to speak with Mary Ruth’s daughter-in-law Carolyn Chesney, wife of Ronald.

I have not had time yet to gain more knowledge of this interesting family, but be sure to check out the boxes at Union County Arts Co-Op.Bonnie Peters is the Union County Histo-rian. Reach her at [email protected]/.

I met one of my former teachers a few weeks ago and asked her if she hadn’t always loved me. She grinned and replied, “Yes, you cocky little thing!”

Ronnie Mincey

TEACHER TIME

The unwritten standards

a doctorate 25 years later, I had come to realize that I would never know everything and often needed saving myself.

“From where,” you might ask, “came this wisdom?”Poetry coupled with life’s experiences is a great teacher.So often I decided on my own what to do. Only then did I

discuss my plans with others, and many times was told my plans wouldn’t work.

“How do you know?” I asked. They told me they tried the same things and they didn’t work for them. Many times I thought, “That’s because you didn’t know what you were doing, but I’ve thought this out carefully; I know what I’m doing, and it will work for me.”

I would ignore advice and turn out to be like the speaker in this poem found in a book given to me by Mr. Sam Jen-nings:

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done –But he, with a grin, repliedHe’d never be one to say it couldn’t be done –Leastways, not ‘til he’d tried.

So he buckled right in, with a trace of a grin;By golly, he went right to it.He tackled The Thing That Couldn’t Be Done!And he couldn’t do it.

– Anonymous, in A World of Experience, © 1963 American Book Company

Some of life’s most important lessons are lifelong learn-ing not found in textbooks such as humility, work ethic, morality and good citizenship. No standardized test can measure these unwritten standards, but without them all the learning in the world is in vain.

Some of the most important things I have learned in life began in the public school but were not academic. Next week I will share some of those who throughout the years taught the most important poetry of all – God’s Word, most notably Proverbs 3:5 – “ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

When I discuss courses of action with Him I am more likely to achieve results like the speaker in this poem:

Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;At least, no one ever has done it;”But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,And the fi rst thing we knew he had begun it.With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,Without any doubting or quiddit,He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it.

– Edgar A. Guest, in The Best Loved Poems of the American People, © 1936 Doubleday & Co., Inc.

Dr. Ronnie Mincey is supervisor of federal programs for Union County Schools.

I admit, when I gradu-ated from college with a bachelor’s degree, I thought I knew everything about ed-ucation – even more fright-ening, I thought I could save the world if everybody would just listen.

When I graduated from college the fourth time with

Union County Board of Education will meet for a workshop at 6 p.m. Thurs-day, March 27, at the Union County High School audi-torium, with the regular meeting to follow.

The board will vote on the school calendar for 2014-15, (printed on page 7) .

Performance pay for teachers will be voted on after Dr. Jimmy Carter out-lined his proposal for con-sideration at last month’s meeting. Carter’s plan has received statewide notice for its sensitivity to teach-ers and kids, while focusing the money directly to extra

work with children on aca-demics.

This issue has caused fi erce debate and charges of unfairness in Knox and other counties. We’ll see how this county’s discus-sion goes on Thursday.

Several school trips will

be considered including four high school FBLA stu-dents to Chattanooga April 13-16; 15 high school stu-dents to SkillsUSA confer-ence in Chattanooga April 13-16; eight FFA students to state horticulture event at Tennessee Tech in Cookev-ille, April 18-19.

■ New candidatesBrian Whitson has

picked up a qualifying peti-tion to run for Union County mayor, joining Jeff Brantley in the race.

Dr. Mary Headrick has fi led to run as a Democrat for Congress from District

3. Repub-lican can-didates in-clude Rep. Chuck Fleis-c h m a n n and Weston Wamp.

H e a d -rick, a re-

tired physician, lives in Union County.

Incumbent school board member Gerald Smith picked up a petition March 13 to seek re-election from District 7.

Marilyn Toppins, a re-tired educator, had earlier qualifi ed for the seat.

Tough decisions face school board

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Fans are buzzing about the Tennessee quarterback derby. The race is on to determine who starts the last Saturday in August. Of course that is a big deal but the Vols can line up with any of the four.

What really matters: Off ensive line

There is a lot of talk about the new and multi-talented receivers. The team is al-most certain to be better in the passing game.

All of this is very excit-ing but what really matters at this stage of reconstruc-tion is the offensive line. So much of what happens this fall will depend on the spring development of the big uglies.

They’ve done all the weight, strength, endur-ance and fl exibility training. Now is the time to put it all together and begin to grow as a unit. I think it is called functionality.

Offensive linemen don’t get much attention unless they are really bad. This group does not appear bad but it is different. Starters look OK. Depth is thin.

There is one baby bull in the bunch. Coleman Thomas, 6-6 and 311, was front row in coach Don Ma-honey’s meeting room, try-ing to grasp the mysteries of tackle techniques, on the day he turned 18 years old. He was an early enrollee at 17 and did well in winter workouts.

If Thomas, No. 3, 4 or 5 high school center in

the country while at Fort Chiswell High in Max Mead-ows, Va., lines up against Utah State, just think what Tennessee faithful have to look forward to when he grows up.

The switch from center to tackle was mostly a matter of need – and personality.

Coleman is a blue-collar player who gets after it. He brings the tough, gritty style necessary for survival in the SEC jungle. And he may have enough athleti-cism to cut off a linebacker. He has been a basketball center and baseball pitcher in spare time past.

The other probable tackle is older and more mature but also learning on the job. Dontavius Blair, 6-8 and 310, came from Garden City (Kansas) Community Col-lege for the explicit purpose of stabilizing Tennessee’s left side.

Blair could have signed almost anywhere. The Vols’ help-wanted sign was con-vincing.

Butch Jones and I are guessing that juniors Mar-cus Jackson (6-2, 305) and Kyler Kerbyson (6-4, 304) will be the guards. They are not strangers.

Jackson played a lot in 2011, not much in 2012 and none last season, red-shirt year to preserve eligibility for this obvious need. Ker-byson has been a second-teamer waiting for this op-

portunity. It is possible both will be more than adequate replacements for those who previously played the posi-tions.

The same could be said of junior center Mack Crowder, 6-2, 290. He has more toughness and smarts than actual experience but had a signifi cant role last year.

On my chart, depth is named Dylan Wiesman, sophomore, 6-3, 305, one of the six best linemen. He has the basic requirements – strength, intelligence and enough nimbleness. Be-cause he is versatile and un-selfi sh, he will likely be the primary reserve guard and tackle and maybe center.

Brett Kendrick, Marques Pair, Austin Sanders and Ray Raulerson are impor-tant components-to-be. Incoming freshmen? Some-body might help.

My most encouraging thoughts regarding the of-fensive line came from Kerbyson. These guys have a little chip on their shoul-ders, something to prove. The goal is to be better than expected, maybe even bet-ter than the 2013 line.

If that happens, Tennes-see might be able to make a fi rst down against Vander-bilt when it really needs one. Wouldn’t that be some-thing! Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

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Not knowing is the worst of all.

The dearth of answers to so many questions is frus-trating. What happened to Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370?

The mystery has been the topic of conversation at home, at work, at church. The loss of so many lives, the apparent intentionality of the cause, and the “how will I ever get on a plane again?” factor are swirling in our minds.

As the days go by, hope becomes thin, fi nally almost nonexistent. The outcome seems inevitable, and yet, there is no closure. There is that tiny fragment of possi-bility, the “But what if….”

When I was a teenager, Shannon – my fi rst Irish setter – disappeared and we never saw him again. For months, Mother and I watched and hoped and

If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night, even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.”

(Psalm 139:9-12 NRSV)

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With the NCAA basketball tournaments underway, Bet-ty Bean writes how Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell has become “The New Geno” in women’s basketball. It’s a col-umn that’s bound to get some squawks.

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dreamed about him. In our dreams, we would turn to each other and say, “This isn’t a dream, is it? You see him, too, don’t you?”

But it was a dream, and we never saw Shannon again.

I understand that the loss of a pet is qualitatively different from the loss of a spouse or a child or a par-ent, but the awful not know-ing and the slowly disap-pearing hope are similar.

Beyond the what? and the how? and the who?, there lies the biggest question of all: why?

Was it terrorism? A single suicidal maniac who wanted

to go down in a sea of pub-licity? Is there any surviving family member on the earth who has an idea? A clue? If so, will they ever admit it to the public?

I fear there are no an-swers. I fear there never will be.

Like I said, not knowing is the worst of all.

All we can do is pray: for the victims, for their sur-vivors, for the searchers, as well as for airline pilots and crews who had to go to work the next day, and the next, and the next. For pas-sengers who had to board a plane that afternoon. And, if our hearts are wide enough, we will fi nd a way to pray for the perpetrator.

When I was in college, one of my professors asked me a question: “What do you consider the most excit-ing word in the English lan-guage?”

I had to think only a moment before answer-ing, “Airport!” He looked startled, and I explained that I loved to travel, and an airport was my passport to new and faraway places.

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Aubrey McGinnis cel-ebrated her fi rst birthday with a party for family and friends. Parents are Don-nie and Kelly McGinnis of Corryton. Grandparents are Don and Diane McGin-nis of Corryton and Charles and Ann Browning of Knox-ville. Great grandmothers are Frances McGinnis and Betty Grissom.

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(on keyboard), Kaleb Huff man, Michael Foust, Nathanael Kadron, Emmaline Jenkins, Nathan Long and Bethany Long. Photos by Libby Morgan

Union County Patriots baseball player Aaron Tip-

ton is UCHS Athlete of the Week. He plays shor t s top, and says he is ready for his fourth season, now underway.

He is ac-tive in ag classes and is a member of the FFA. His parents are Gene and Iylene Tipton.

Athletes of the Week

Jerica LayAaron Tipton

Jerica Lay, a senior, is a member of the girls’ softball

team, where she plays right fi eld. She also played vol-leyball for the Patriots.

Her par-ents are Glenn and Kelly Lay

and she has 15-year-old twin brothers.

She plans to study den-tal hygiene at Walters State next year.

The Miscellaneous Musicians performed at the Smoky Mountain 4-H Cabin Fever Party and Tal-

ent Show. They are Kaily Huff man (on keyboard), Kaleb Huff man, Michael Foust, Nathanael Kad-

ron, Emmaline Jenkins, Nathan Long and Bethany Long. Photos by Libby Morgan

Siblings Bethany and Nathan Long entertained the audience with a duo interpretation about

“Awesome Things.”

Smoky Mountain 4-H shows talent

Members of the LMU chorus sang several pieces for the Union

County High chorus and visited with the group in the audi-

torium. The event is part of a tour by the university chorus to

elevate exposure and reach out to area high school students.

Shown here are LMU students Marcel Barwanietz and Brook-

lyn Harrington (at left) and Abigail Bellamy (far right) with

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UNION COUNTY Shopper news • MARCH 22, 2014 • 7 kids

If you’re experiencing hip pain, particularly toward the center of the buttocks or down the back of the leg, you may be feeling the effects of what’s called piriformis syndrome. The pirifor-mis is a muscle that runs from the sacrum, a tri-angle-shaped bone at the base of the spine, to the outer portion of the hip. The piriformis provides general support to the pelvis and also has a role in hip and leg rotation and in balancing on one leg. Piriformis syndrome is especially common among runners.

If you’re feeling this

discomfort, a visit to a chiropractor is a step in the right direction. The doctor of chiropractic is trained to deal with the human musculoskeletal system. During a piri-formis examination, the chiropractor will ask the patient to bend and fl ex the hip and knee while lying down. The doctor will gently push on the leg to assess hip mobility and the fl exibility of the piriformis muscle.

The goal of chiropractic treatment is to restore full function of the pelvic and spinal joints, which can be at the root of a piriformis problem. A foot

problem–a fallen arch, for example–can also contribute to a piriformis problem. If your gait is off, it can cause an un-natural rotation of the leg, which in turn can strain the muscle. For any sort of persistent pain, visit a chiropractor. Sometimes he or she can recommend something as simple as an exercise program that can strengthen muscles and correct imbalances in your body.

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School set a goal of $4,000 for its third year of par-ticipation in the American Heart Association’s Jump

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The school celebrated with a Duck Dynasty theme on

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Milah Shoffner, who was one of two top individual fundraisers, had heart sur-gery at 18 months of age. Her mother, Nicole Shoffner, is a teacher at the school.

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Relay For Life. Event will take place 5 p.m.-5 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, in Clinton on the streets around the courthouse. To register team: www.relay forlife.org/eastandersontn or Kelly Lenz, 457-1649.

SUNDAYS THROUGH JUNE 8GriefShare grief recovery group, 3-5 p.m.,

room 104, Fountain City UMC, 212 Hotel Road in Fountain City. Cost: $15 for materials. Child care avail-able through 5th grade: $5 per child per session. To register: 689-5175.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center,

4405 Crippen Road. Live music provided by the Nigel Boulton Band. Admission: $5. Info: 922-0416.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

Inaugural Spring Sing, 7 p.m., Hickory Valley Missionary Baptist Church, 2229 Walker’s Ford Road, Maynardville. Featuring several local groups. Every-one welcome.

Open Music Jam, 7-9:30 p.m., Narrow Ridge Mac Smith Resource Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Wash-burn. Guests welcome to participate. Free and open to all ages. Info: Mitzi, 497-3603, or [email protected].

SUNDAY, MARCH 23Free concert featuring pianist and vocalist

Terri Conner, 10:45 a.m., Third Creek Baptist, 4917 Oak Ridge Highway. All welcome.

MONDAY, MARCH 24Phil Young, associational missions leader with the

Tennessee Baptist Convention, will be guest speaker, 6:45 p.m., Sharon Baptist Church, 7916 Pedigo Road. Part of March Gladness series. Info: www.Sharonknoxville.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25 Washington State Wow! cooking class, 6:30-

8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynard-ville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Spaghetti supper fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Tennessee, 6 p.m., The Courtyards, 801 E. Inskip Drive. $10 per person. All proceeds stay in Tennes-see. Advance tickets or “to go” orders: 306-7080 or kathyb@courtyardseniorlivingcom.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26Diabetes Nutrition Education Program at

Jump Start Health & Fitness, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Associated Therapeutics Inc., 2704 Mineral Springs Ave. Presentation by Melissa Prichard, registered di-etitian and certifi ed diabetes educator. Free. Preregis-tration/info: 687-4537 ext. 212.

Bits ‘n Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, 1 p.m., Norris Community Center. Program: member Loretta Painter will discuss her quilts and their stories. Guests, new members welcome. Info: Pat Melcher, 498-0124, or [email protected].

THURSDAY, MARCH 27Parent to Parent support meeting for parents of

children with mental health diagnoses, 6-8 p.m., K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network, 901 E. Summit Hill Drive. Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or [email protected].

National Stuttering Association, Knoxville Chapter, 5:30 p.m., UT Hearing & Speech Center, 1600 Peyton Manning Pass.

FRIDAY, MARCH 28“The Art of Matching Food and Wine” cooking

class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

FRIDAYS-SUNDAYS, 3/28-4/6“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet

Street” in the Judge William H. Inman Humanities Complex on the Walters State Community College Mor-ristown campus. Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Mature audiences only. Reservations: 585-6922.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29The Art of Handmade Books, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Appa-

lachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Instructor: Bob Meadows. One of the “Featured Tennessee Artist” workshop series. Registration deadline: March 22. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Benefi t singing, 4 p.m., Oaks Chapel American Christian Church in Union County. Proceeds to benefi t church. All invited.


Deadline to preregister for Schaad Lumber Memory Lane Car Show, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Clinton Plaza behind Advance Auto Parts. All proceeds benefi t New Hope Baptist Church’s women on Missions. Info: Junior Cope, 637-6370.

Fifth Saturday Singing/Prayer Service, Union Missionary Baptist Church, Ailor Gap. Featuring: The Heavenly Heirs, Highland View, First Baptist of Maynard-ville and Warwick’s Chapel Singers. Everyone invited.

“Spring Benefi t” at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 5-8 p.m., Norris Community Building, 20 Chest-nut Drive, Norris. Tickets: $20. Dinner, silent auction, live music. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

Carnival hosted by the Halls High Student Gov-ernment Association, 3-6 p.m., Halls High School baseball field.

Open jam session bluegrass, country, gospel music; 7 p.m.; old Rush Strong School, Leadmine Bend Road in Sharps Chapel. Free admission. Refreshments. Donations appreciated. All invited.

Gospel Singing, 7 p.m., Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road, Heiskell. Singers include Don Byrge, David Lively & Debbie Wright, Sandy Lowery and others. The pastor is MJichael Parsley. Info: 865-257-8419.

Pancake Breakfast, 7:30-9:30 a.m. at Texas Roadhouse behind Walmart near Knoxville Center Mall. Price is $5, and proceeds will benefi t the Church of God on the Union Assembly at Luttrell for the purchase of choir robes. Linda Merritt is choir director.

SUNDAY, MARCH 30Learn To Sew, Part 1, 2-4:30 p.m., Appalachian

Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Nor-ris. Instructor: Janet Donaldson. Registration deadline: March 23. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

American Cancer Society Relay For Life Cancer Survivor’s Luncheon, 2 p.m., 264 Market St. in Clinton. Catered by Harrison’s Restaurant. Guest speaker: Kim Hansard from the Marc & Kim Morning Show on Star 102.1 FM. RSVP by Monday, March 24: Kelly Lenz, 457-1649 or [email protected].

MONDAY, MARCH 31Learn To Sew, Part 1, 6-8:30 p.m., Appalachian

Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Nor-ris. Instructor: Janet Donaldson. Registration deadline: March 23. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY-TUESDAY, 3/31-4/1Auditions for “Crimes of The Heart” Powell Play-

house production, 5:30-7 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road.

TUESDAY, APRIL 1East Meets Southeast cooking class, 6:30-8:30

p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meet-ing, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice offi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch meet-ing, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School.

THURSDAY, APRIL 3Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents of


FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 4-5Yard Sale in the Park hosted by Luttrell Seniors,

10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-? Saturday. If rain, will reschedule. Info/item pick up: Fran, 992 0678.

Church yard sale, 9 a.m.-?, New Fellowship Church, Maynardville Highway across from Paulette Elementary School.

SATURDAY, APRIL 5Schaad Lumber Memory Lane Car Show, 8

a.m.-2 p.m., Clinton Plaza behind Advance Auto Parts. All proceeds benefi t New Hope Baptist Church’s Women on Missions. Info: Junior Cope, 637-6370.

“Oil Pastels: Landscape Workshop,” 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. In-structor: Paul DeMarrais. Info: 357-2787 or [email protected].

Community clean-up day hosted by the Halls Crossroads Women’s League, 10 a.m. Meet at the Closet, corner of Maynardville Highway and Cunningham Road. Gloves, bags, water and student forms will be provided.

Ridge Runners 5K, 8:30-11 a.m., Big Ridge State Park. Includes 1 mile Kid’s Fun Run; kids supervised area available. Info: 992-2811.


SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 5-6Nuno Felting For Weavers, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Satur-

day and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. In-structor: Geri Forkner. One of the “Featured Tennessee Artist” workshop series. Registration deadline: March 29. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8April in Appalachia cooking class, 6:30-8:30

p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 10Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents of


FRIDAY, APRIL 11The World’s Finest Balsamic Vinegars and

Extra Virgin Olive Oils tasting, two seatings: 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 May-nardville Pike. Cost: $5. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

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