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Thank you, Jimmie Eldridge

Ms. Jimmie Eldridge presid-ed over her last kindergarten graduation at Sharps Chapel Elementary May 18. What a joy and encouragement she has been to hundreds of stu-dents, parents and colleagues throughout her 42-year tenure.

➤ Read Ronnie Mincey on page 4

Preserve UC this week

As Preservation Month wraps up, you are invited to visit Union County’s only winery, The Winery at Seven Springs Farm, 1474 Highway 61-E, Maynardville, Saturday, May 30, from 2-5 p.m.

The Riddle family has put together a marvelous exhibit of Historic Union County Distilleries. You can peruse the photographs and artifacts of legal whiskey making from days gone by, see a moon-shine still, and also see the most modern technology used in today’s wine production.

Thank you Rick, Donna, Nikki and James for your support of Preservation Union County.

The Smoky Mountain 4-H Club members have been busy writing essays about the “The History Around Us.” The contest winners will be an-nounced Friday, May 29, at the banquet at Rutherford United Church.

The contest is sponsored and prizes provided by city of Maynardville, Preserva-tion Union County and Union County Business and Profes-sional Association. Many thanks to Marilyn Toppins for organizing the event.

– Betty Bullen

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Improvements for Little League

Parents of Little League kids in Union County have noticed a renewal of energy lately. Josh Schwartz, who volunteered to head up the organization a few months ago, is enthusiastic and full of great ideas.

➤ Read Libby Morgan on page 6

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All Hamiltons here: Mom Julia, with Betty Hamilton Bullen between her

cousins Charlie and Samantha.

Stan and Betty Bullen “porch

settin’” at the treasure they

have restored, her grand-

mother’s pre-1830 log cabin

on Kettle Hollow Road in May-

nardville. The place, along

with her grandfather’s store,

the smokehouse, a log shed,

the site of the family’s tomato

cannery and the grounds

comprises the Hamilton-Toll-

iver Complex on the National

Register of Historic Places.

The Bullens welcomed visitors

during an open house May 17.

See more photos on page 3. Photos by Libby Morgan

Helen Lynch Nicely

remembers washing

dishes “just like this”

at her childhood

home just across the

ridge. She walked to

the Hamilton Store,

or “hitched up the

wagon” back in the

’40s and ’50s.

Clinch pearlsFor a long time some of our

ancestors made a pretty good living harvesting mussels from the local rivers – the pearls they found were the bonus. There was signifi cant demand for mother of pearl for button-making before all the synthet-ics came into being.

➤ Read Bonnie Peters on page 4 Health insurance to change for county employeesBy Sandra Clark

Union County employees can expect to switch from Humana to a previous carrier, United Health-care River Valley (the former John Deere Co.), July 1 when the cur-rent policy ends.

The Budget Committee unani-mously approved the change, guar-anteeing suffi cient votes to pass the commission and enabling represen-tatives from United to start enroll-ing employees.

United Healthcare matched current benefi ts with a 4.6 percent increase over current costs, while Humana quoted a 30 percent in-crease for the same service.

Tim Helton of the Sequoyah Group, the county’s broker, said bids were “all over the board.”

He and Finance Director Ann Dyer recommended the change, and both said an enrollment boost to 100 or more would make their job much easier.

“Right now, we can’t ‘see’ our plan, with just 97 enrolled,” said Dyer.

With 100 or more in the group, Helton and Dyer could obtain de-mographics and general usage data to make it easier to craft fu-ture bid specifi cations.

Helton also discussed the coun-ty moving to a Health Reimburse-ment Account (HRA) as a step toward self-insurance. He recom-mended against it this year.

The committee adopted a mo-tion by Stanley Dail to split the in-crease 50/50 with enrollees.

Employees will be offered three options, with plans ranging fromroughly $394 to $293 for individ-uals and from roughly $1,200 to$894 for families.

Bottom line: the cost for the same benefi ts will increase about4.6 percent, with that increasesplit 50/50 between the employeeand the county.

By Sandra ClarkSheriff Billy Breeding present-

ed his fi rst budget to Union Coun-ty Commission last week, asking for six new staff members and a $200,000 increase in expendi-tures.

He made a compelling case.On a motion by J.M. Bailey, the

commission’s Budget Committee recommended hiring two patrol deputies and an additional detec-tive. The full commission must ap-prove the fi nal budget.

Breeding said the Sheriff’s Of-fi ce averages 24.3 calls per day – 8,876 in 2014.

A full patrol shift contains three patrol offi cers, but often shifts are not full because of vacations, sick time, etc.

“Many times, calls for service require more than one offi cer and sometimes may require all three offi cers because of safety issues,” he said.

In addition, patrol officers must spend time in court, on random school walk-throughs, writing reports, in training or at

special events.

Need for detectiveUpon taking offi ce, Breeding

created a Drug Enforcement Unit and assigned one of four detec-tives to head it. Already that unit has launched more than 55 in-vestigations that target the illegal traffi cking of drugs, he said.

“We’ve had eight search war-rants issued and six seized vehi-cles. Detective Crider was instru-mental in the latest drug round-up that contained over 75 counts of drug traffi cking charges.”

Drug violations are the fast-est growing crime in the county. Drug-related violations have ris-en from 29 in 2011 to 74 in 2014; while drug-related equipment vio-lations have gone from 17 to 51 in the same period.

But since Crider was reas-signed, the average case load for the remaining detectives has in-creased to 62.3, Breeding said.

Currently, Detective Carden has 21 open cases (23 closed); De-tective Muncey has 25 open (25

closed); and Detective Rouse has 38 open (13 closed). An additional 7 came in on Crider’s call period.

Other needsBreeding made a case for two

female jailers to comply with state and federal requirements. He also asked for a utility deputy to serve as a court offi cer also responsible for animal control.

Animal-related complaints are soaring, he said. In 2014 there were 23 calls on animal abuse, 10 calls on an animal bite; 202 mis-cellaneous complaints and 123 calls on animals in the roadway.

While no one disputed the need, commissioners questioned whether the county could afford the increase. Finance Director Ann Dyer said the county has ap-propriated more expenses than anticipated revenue for the past two years.

Over the past seven years, the taxes levied have grown by $549,454 while expenses have grown $1,464,786. “We have a $900,000 hole in our budget.”

Sheriff asks for increased staff

Sheriff Billy Breeding talks to county

commission.

With no enthusiasm for a taxincrease, Bailey’s motion for a de-tective and two deputies passedwith no votes coming from Sex-ton, Stanley Dail and Jim Greene.

Afterwards, Dyer said therewas a tax rate increase in fi scalyear 2004 from $1.80 to $2 whichlasted until FY 2006. It was thendropped to $1.79 where it is today.

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By Libby MorganThe Joy Club at Rutherford Memorial

United Methodist Church hosted Carlyn Cahill, who gave a fascinating talk about her life with her rescued tropical birds.

Cahill is con-nected with bird orga-n i z a t i o n s and other enthusiasts throughout the U.S. who keep a lookout for the many bird owners who fi nd they can’t care for their anymore. Some of the birds who need a new home have simply outlived their owners.

“Some hookbills (the name for all birds we think of as parrots) can live close to 100 years,” said Cahill, “so someone may fi nd they’ve made a lifetime commitment to care for their bird.

“And it takes a lot of time to care for a bird properly. They need 80 degree tem-peratures, and they are extremely intel-ligent, so they need to keep busy.”

She showed the bird toys that are de-signed to hide treats and provide knots to be unraveled. One is called a piñata, and it’s made from woven palm fronds. The bird can bite through the layers until it can reach whatever food she has hid-den inside.

Cahill just returned from a trip to

Huntsville, Ala., where she spent 10 hours on the road to bring back “Sugar,” who is the newest of her six babies.

“I put the carrier up on phone books in the seat and Sug-

ar watched the world go by with great in-

terest. She’s one who was well cared for, so she doesn’t have social issues like some I’ve had.

“Just like children, a bird

has long-lasting trauma if it is abused when it’s young.”

She says she’ll be at full capacity

when she brings home a Hahn’s macaw soon. The Hahn’s is a small bird, mostly green with a fl uffy red forehead.

Cahill moved to Maynardville in 2012 to be near her daughter. She has retired from a career as a professor of theater and communications at a state college in Ohio.

“I love it here, and my favorite place in Tennessee is Parrot Mountain in Sevier-ville. It’s an incredible experience, espe-cially for children. There are hundreds of birds there, and you can see everything from newborn birds to performing birds and you can interact with huge parrots.

“All birds are precious, precious trea-sures, especially my Rosie. She’s a rose-breasted cockatoo and she’s my baby.”

Her feathered friends

By Shannon CareyLarry Collier is looking

for a banner year on Norris Lake. After the harsh winter of 2015, Collier thinks folks are eager to get outdoors and on the water.

“And what better place to do it than on Norris Lake?” he said.

Collier is management director for Waterfront In-vestments, which repre-sents Norris Investment Partners of Knoxville, which purchased Beach Is-land Marina and Lakeview Marina in Union County back in March. Beach Island includes Bubba Brews Bar and Grill.

The group also owns Stardust Marina in Ander-sonville, Mountain Lake Marina and Campground in Rocky Top, formerly Lake City, and Sequoyah Landing Marina on Tellico Lake.

Collier said the company kept most of the existing staff and welcomed a new general manager for Beach Island and Lakeview, Rob Williams.

“We look forward to be-ing here in Union County and working with the folks to improve both of the facili-ties,” Collier said. “We want to make it as nice a place as possible.”

Right now, that means

Lake season in full swing at Beach Island, Lakeview

Carlyn Cahill and Rosie at the Joy Club

Chris Acuff , general man-

ager of the Beach Island

Marina service shop, stands

with Larry Collier, manage-

ment director for Waterfront

Investments. Waterfront In-

vestments represents Norris

Investment Partners of Knox-

ville, which took ownership

of Beach Island Marina and

Lakeview Marina in March. Photo by S. Carey

recovering from winter. Four docks at each Union County property went down under ice and snow, and they are being replaced.

“We are moving the fa-cilities forward and hoping to continue to grow,” said Collier.

Collier has met with the Union County Chamber of Commerce and plans to schedule a ribbon cutting soon. He said he is looking forward to working with the Chamber and Union County tourism.

Info: Beach Island, www.beachislandmarina.com or 992-3091; Lakeview Ma-rina, 278-3666.

Betty Bullen’s mom, the late Irene Tolliver Hamilton, made fl y

shoo-ers like this from a stick and strips of newspaper.

Mattie Faulkner is leaning on the

porch post by the dinner bell.

Stan Bullen says when the early

residents were out in the fi eld and

heard the bell, they’d bring their

tools in with them because the In-

dians hiding in the woods would

take them.

Betty tells of

her grandfather

allowing a gypsy

camp on his

property and

how they paid

him rent with the

artfully-designed

grapevine table

to her left, and

how she remem-

bers her mother

and grandmother

would lower the

quilt rack above

her head to work

on quilts.

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on the 10th day of November, 2014, by deed of trust recorded in Trust Deed Book 218, page 36, in the Register’s Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee, to which deed of trust specifi c reference is hereby made, KATHERINE D. SWEET, unmarried, conveyed to Mital D. Patel, Trustee, the hereinaft er described real property to secure the payment of the obligation and indebtedness owing by Katherine D. Sweet, unmarried, to the benefi ciary therein named, County Bail Bonding, Inc.;

WHEREAS, Mital D. Patel, the said Trustee is unable to act as Trustee, and the owner and holder of the said deed of trust and the indebtedness therein secured has appointed the undersigned, K. David Myers, as Substitute Trustee, by instrument recorded in Trust Deed Book 224, page 245, in the Register’s Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee, and to which instrument specifi c reference is hereby made; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by said deed of trust , I will on June 1, 2015, off er for sale and sell the following described property, at the front door of the Union County Courthouse, Maynardville, Tennessee, at the hour of 11:30 A.M., prevailing time, at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash and in bar of and free of all equities of redemption, statutory right of redemption, homestead, elective share and all other rights and exemption of every kind expressly waived in the aforesaid deed of trust and to which specifi c reference is hereby made, the following described real property:

SITUATED in the First (1st) Civil District of Union County, Tennessee:

BEGINNING at and on an iron pin the south line of Raccoon Valley Road, with said iron pin being 1.2 miles, more or less, west from the centerline of Highway 61; thence South 36 deg. 00 min. East, 147.0 feet to an iron pin; thence North 67 deg. 06 min. West, 160.5 feet to an iron pin; thence North 31 deg. 48 min. West, 100.0 feet to an iron pin in the south line of Raccoon Valley Road; thence with the line of Raccoon Valley Road, North 49 deg. 42 min. East, 149.0 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 0.4 acres, more or less, according to the 16th day of April, 1979, survey by George M. Phillips, registered land surveyor.

For reference see Deed Book “K”, Series -7-, page 428, in the Register’s Offi ce for Union County, Tennessee.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3721 Hickory Valley Road, Maynardville, Tennessee 37807. CLT Map 75, parcel 80.00.

CURRENT OWNER: Katherine D. Sweet

INTERESTED PARTIES: Midland Funding, LLC

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

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

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

Th is sale is being made upon request of County Bail Bonding, Inc., the owner and holder of the obligations and indebtedness secured by said deed of trust, due to the failure of the maker to comply with all provisions of the said deed of trust. Th e proceeds of the sale will be applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the deed of trust.

Th is 30th day of April, 2015.

_______________________________________

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

865-992-5939

Posted: April 30, 2015;

Published: May 6, 13 & 27, 2015.

K. David Myers, Trustee

Every school year in Union County ends with employees who won’t be re-turning the following year.

No substitutes Grandparents and other relatives were also welcome and encouraged.

Most came, many multi-ple times, and those volun-teers worked! There were no barriers – everyone could do something, and no one was excluded for any rea-son. Volunteers colored, cut, pasted, glued, read to children, walked students to lunch – but don’t think that Ms. Jimmie had her volunteers doing her job for her. The beauty was that she was teaching these adults the joy of working with their children while she simulta-neously taught the students.

Ms. Jimmie never con-sidered herself greater than any fellow teacher. In the 1980s every Tennessee public school teacher began receiving $1,000 per year (before taxes) for attaining Career Level I when granted tenure upon receiving three years of successful class-room evaluations and being

reemployed for the fourth year. Teachers could apply for additional Career Level II or III funds after receiv-ing satisfactory ratings from state evaluators in succeed-ing years.

Ms. Jimmie refused to take her $1,000 because colleagues she esteemed greater than herself were denied Levels II and III. To my knowledge, Ms. Jimmie was the only eligible teacher in Union County who ever turned down the $1,000. When anyone tried to con-

vince her that she could take this money and spend it on her students, she replied, “It’s a matter of principle.”

Not only over the years did Ms. Jimmie voluntarily deny herself Career Ladder funds, it is incalculable the amount of her own money she spent on her students and their classroom.

Ms. Jimmie never wasted time on naps in kindergar-ten, though it was the trend for many years elsewhere. She had spelling bees and taught her kindergarteners

to read even when it was widely believed this should not happen until fi rst grade.

Sharps Chapel has main-tained academic excellence for many years through the passage of many curricula, programs and administra-tors. Could this be because Ms. Jimmie planted good seed in kindergarten that her colleagues nurtured and tended in the upper grades?

Any house is only as good as its foundation. Ms. Jimmie provided a solid educational foundation in

kindergarten, and her most able colleagues built well upon it.

My ideal of the “perfect” teacher met reality with Ms. Jimmie Devine Eldridge. She certainly lived up to her middle name to become an example for all. There is no substitute for such excel-lence. Ms. Jimmie, may your retirement be as blessed as our lives have been by the standard you’ve set.

Next week, a look at some results of Ms. Jimmie’s hard work.

Ms. Jimmie Eldridge presided over her last kin-dergarten graduation at Sharps Chapel Elementary on Monday, May 18, 2015. What a joy and encourage-ment she has been to hun-dreds of students, parents and colleagues throughout her 42-year tenure.

Ms. Jimmie always in-volved parents in their chil-dren’s education. It was her goal for every momma and daddy to volunteer at least one day in her classroom.

For a long time some of our ancestors made a pretty good living harvesting mus-sels from the local rivers – the pearls they found were the bonus. There was signif-icant demand for mother of pearl for button-making be-fore all the synthetics came into being.

Union County Family and Community Education Clubs – Big Ridge, Sharps Chapel and Hubbs Grove – convened May 19 and I spoke about mussel har-

A cup runs over with pearls.

vesting and pearling before the coming of the Tennes-see Valley Authority and the subsequent lakes.

The covered dish lun-cheon was a treat and showed off the great Union County cooks.

For a time between about 1900 and the 1930s there was pearling activity on the Clinch River. Many ac-counts of people fi nding pearls along the banks of the river have been told. Some people had pearls made into jewelry. One of the signs of affl uence was to have your wife or mother a pin made of silver or gold with a Tennessee pearl at-tached. I have also heard of a pearl being attached to a pin for each child. The pins I have seen were much like a safety pin with a knob to hold a pearl.

Most of the pearling I have heard about was along the shoals of a river. Wading – and if the water was clear enough – they could see the mussels and would harvest them.

Clinton was mentioned by Dave Tabler, who main-tains the Appalachian His-tory website, as being the center on the Clinch for buy-ing and selling the pearls.

Eddie Stair told Tabler there has been a shell processing tower on the

Clinchmore Farm where he grew up. It stood on the river bank about 200 yards downstream from the Clin-ton water treatment plant across from Hammer’s store.

In the early years of the industry I am told there was at least one Union County family that constructed a house on a barge and went up and down the Clinch pearling. They would dock the boat near a school for their children to attend school and would plant a garden on the river bank to grow their summer produce and for canning. I was prob-ably told the name of the family but if so it has left me and there’s no one to ask now.

Even though a few people did fi nd success in the pearl business mostly the success was in the shell business. Mussel shells were har-vested, collected at certain river points and shipped

throughout the world to make buttons.

I worked in downtown Knoxville from about 1958 until 1990. In the 1960s Carl Pardon, the founder of Pardon’s Jewelers, had been working at Kimball’s in jew-elry repair. He left to start a Tennessee pearl business in his basement on Chickam-auga Avenue.

As the business grew, he incorporated as Pardon’s Jewelers. At about that same time James Peach had a business on Central Avenue called United States Pearl Company. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and a pearl farmer. It is believed that Pardon purchased many of the pearls he crafted into jewelry from Mr. Peach.

Fresh water mussels are now an endangered species, and are protected by federal legislation. Pearling on the Clinch is now only a faded memory.

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Pumping basketball back up is probably next in line. Rick Barnes brings hope.

There is one highlight and half of another. The new TV studio is superb. Dorm construction is on schedule. Money works wonders.

The boss appears to be above the fray over what to call Tennessee women athletes but others are in a tizzy. Should he choose to engage, this could be time-consuming – and maybe bruising.

As busy as he otherwise is, Hart must have noticed the baseball surge. After a miserable season, those Vols gave us a miracle fi nish, three wins in a row based on fi nding a foe worse that they were, to qualify for the SEC tournament.

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Community services

■ Chapel of the Good Shep-herd, Union County’s only

Lutheran church, is now hold-

ing worship services. The next

service is 4 p.m. Sunday, May

31, at Sharps Chapel Senior

Center, 1542 Sharps Chapel

Road. Info: Paul Kritsch, 279-

1279, or chapelofthegood-

[email protected].

■ Hansard Chapel Methodist Church, located on Highway

33 across from Tolliver’s

Market, hosts a food pantry

6-7 p.m. each third Saturday.

Gently used clothing is also

available. Info: the Rev. Jay

Richardson, 776-2668.

■ Fountain Valley Church will

host a rummage sale, 8 a.m.

Saturday, June 6 at 705 Satter-

fi eld Road, Maynardville.

Singings ■ Church of God at Maynard-

ville will host a singing 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 30, featuring

The New Calvary Echos from

Knoxville. Everyone welcome.

Info: 992-2522.

■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley

Rd NE in Heiskell, will host a

singing 7 p.m. Saturday, May

30. Everyone welcome.

■ Oaks Chapel American Christian Church will host a

benefi t singing 7 p.m. Satur-

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Tennessee has a little cup problem

college sports. The bottom line shows how a school is doing in all-around compe-tition.

Last time we looked, Ten-nessee wasn’t doing very well. Ironic that this evalua-tion is sponsored by the Na-tional Association of Colle-giate Directors of Athletics. Hart is part owner.

Butch Jones’ football team didn’t shake the ground with the 7-6 record but it earned 45 cup points with the bowl victory. Iowa got 25 for losing.

Tennessee’s other fall teams fell somewhere near fl at. The Vols didn’t qualify for the NCAA cross-country run. Women’s soccer went 10-10 and didn’t get to play in the NCAA tournament. Volleyball was a not very pretty 8-24.

UT does not participate in men’s soccer, men’s wa-ter polo and women’s fi eld hockey, three reasons it cannot keep up with Stan-

ford, UCLA and others who do.

Many who care about a well-rounded athletic pro-gram believe Tennessee is still in decline. It fi nished 40th last year, 10th in the SEC, worst in the 20-year history of the cup. I see a glimpse of optimism.

Women’s basketball did well, considering injuries, and should grow stronger. Softball exceeded expecta-tions in what was supposed to be a retooling campaign.

Tennessee men and women fi nished fourth in SEC swimming and diving. Mauricio Robles won two of three diving titles.

Pole-vaulter Jake Blan-kenship cleared 18 feet, 3 inches to win his event at the SEC outdoor track meet. That was only three inches down from his best vault of last season.

Here’s a window into the plight of Tennessee track: Drew Kelley ran the best 1500 of his life in the prelims and failed to ad-vance. Brielyn Rogers came through with her best-ever triple jump and placed 12th.

Twelfth (next to last in this case) is where the Vols fi nished in track team standings. They scored 28.5

points. Florida won with 130.5. Vanderbilt didn’t play.

UT women scored 15 points, just enough to place last. Arkansas won with 127.5.

Measuring stick: Tennes-see, once a national power in track and fi eld, fi nished more than a hundred points behind the SEC winners. In-teresting that Beth Alford-Sullivan accepted the chal-lenge of fi xing the problem – without an indoor facility.

Tennis, anyone? Seniors Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese are nationally ranked in doubles but the tennis team had a 14-13 record. The women were 11-15 over-all and 3-11 against SEC foes.

Top golfer Chad Merz-bacher tied for 40th in the San Diego regional. The women’s team placed third in their regional, eight strokes off the pace.

Tennessee did not make the nationals in rowing but nobody drowned.

Tennessee did better in academics than a thletics. Alas, classroom scores are not a factor in Directors’ Cup standings.Marvin West invites reader comments.

His address is [email protected]

Of all the signs God of-fered His people, the rain-bow is perhaps the loveli-est. Any time a rainbow shows up, people stop and stare, fi lled with awe and wonder.

I have seen double rainbows, and one time – one unforgettable time – I saw a triple rainbow.

What I did not know about rainbows until I did some research in “The New Interpreter’s Bible” is this: the rainbow is so-called because ancient people believed that the bow they saw was God’s bow—as in “bow and ar-row.” In other words, a weapon.

God’s intention, how-ever, was a ring – almost like a wedding ring – a promise, for all of God’s children, for all of c re-ation.

And in fact, I have seen a rainbow that was a ring.

I was a passenger in a small private plane (and when I say small, I mean

God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living crea-ture that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

(Genesis 9:12-13 NRSV)

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a two-seater: one did not get into that plane so much as put it on!) We were fl ying over Knox-ville just as an afternoon shower stopped and there it was – a rainbow that was a complete circle!

When one is standing on the ground, one can see only half of God’s ring – an arc. When one is in the air, however, one can see the whole bow – a wondrous ring of seven colors.

It pleases me im-mensely to know that God’s promise is a perfect circle – a promise without end, a rainbow ring that reminds us of God’s love and protection.

God gives us a ring!

its pastor, the Rev. Cas Lakins,

and his family whose home

burned. Info: Margie Houser,

992-8767.

VBS ■ Church of God of the Union

Assembly, 336 Tazewell Pike

in Luttrell, will host “Bible

Blast To The Past” VBS, 6:30-9

p.m. Sunday-Friday, June 7-12.

For ages 3 through teens.

Supper will be served each

night. Info/registration: Linda

Merritt, 992-0682.

■ Milan Baptist Church, 1101

Maynardville Highway, will

host “Hometown Nazareth:

Where Jesus was a Kid,”

6:45-9 p.m. Sunday-Friday,

May 31-June 5. Classes for all

ages. Info: 992-8128 or www.

milanbc.org.

■ Nave Hill Baptist Church,

1805 Walker Ford Road,

Maynardville, will host “Wild

about Jesus” VBS, 6 p.m.

Sunday and 4 p.m. Monday-

Friday, May 31-June 5. Com-

mencement on Friday. Classes

for all ages.

FAITH NOTES

Memorial Service at Lett’s CemeteryThe annual Memorial Service at Lett’s Cemetery

on Hickory Valley in Union County will be 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 7. Funds will be collected for upkeep. Info: Roy Beeler, 566-3624.

Hamilton Cemetery needs donationsThe mowing fund for Hamilton Cemetery is almost

depleted and funds are needed to help keep the cemetery clean and free of briars and brambles. Relatives of those buried in the cemetery or anyone willing to help may send donations to: the Hamilton Cemetery, % John Cabage, 740 Cabbage Cemetery Road, Washburn TN 37888.

REUNION NOTES ■ Horace Maynard High

School Class of 1965 will

celebrate its 50th reunion 5-9

p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Hor-

ace Maynard Middle School,

435 Main St., Maynardville.

Cost: $20. Info/reservations:

Pearl Loy Coff ey, coff eypl@

yahoo.com.

‘Check-In’ with TENNder Care TENNder Care is Tennessee’s program for well-child

visits for children under age 21 on TennCare. “Check-In” with your child’s doctor or health department to make an appointment for your child’s free check up. The annual “Check Up” will help prevent diseases and chronic medical conditions and provide information and advice on how to keep your child healthy. “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. Info: 1-866-311-4287 or 992-3867, Ext. 131.

MAYNARDVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ■ Herb class, 11 a.m. each fi rst

Saturday.

■ One-on-one classes are

available by appointment for

those wanting to learn how

to use computers and other

devices. For appointment:

992-7106.

■ Summer Reading Kick-Off

during Healthy Kids Day, 9

a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 30,

at the library. Summer Read-

ing theme: “Every Hero Has

a Story.”

■ The Maynardville Public

Library is located at 296 Main

St. Info: 992-7106, http://www.

maynardvillepubliclibrary.

org/ or Maynardville Public

Library on Facebook.

Between each of the vertebrae that make up the human spine are discs that serve essentially as shock absorbers. They are tough but fl exible pads and, like any other part of the body, they can wear down over time or be injured.

The symptoms of a disc injury can vary widely. Symptoms could appear anywhere from the toes to the buttocks. They might include numbness, tin-gling, weakness, pain or a combination of them. So diagnosis is tricky, but chiropractors are trained to do just that.

Depending on where the symptoms appear, the chiropractor will know which part of the spine is the problem area. Nerves to the problem area pass through the spine and the vertebrae at specifi c loca-tions. So the chiropractor may try to replicate the

symptoms by testing specifi c discs. He or she may also test the strength and refl exes in your limbs and extremities. Magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) is another one of the tech-niques the chiropractor might use.

Once the diagnosis is made, the good news is that most disc injuries will get better with conserva-tive treatment that may be as simple as applying ice. Or the chiropractor may give you a spinal adjust-ment, or just advise you on how to improve your pos-ture.

Talk with your chiro-practor about the function of a disc and ways to keep your discs healthy.

Presented as a com-munity service by Union County Chiropractic; 110 Skyline Drive, Maynard-ville, Tenn.; 992-7000.

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Healthy Kids Day is May 30Healthy Kids Day will be

held in and around the May-nardville Public Library on Saturday, May 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with lots of free activities.

The Union County UT Extension Offi ce plans games, Xbox Kinect, story-time, food demonstrations, corn hole, photo opportu-nities, healthy snacks, eye exams, a bubble station,

vertical gardening, a scav-enger hunt and safety infor-mation.

The Union County Sher-iff’s offi ce will bring K-9 of-fi cers and bloodhounds.

The library will sign up kids for their Summer Reading Program.

Everyone is invited and there will be goodie bags for every child and lots of prizes.

Thanks to all!I took over as president in December 2014 after being

a part of the board for the 2014 season and as a coach in 2013, so I’ve been involved with the league for three years now.

This has been a learning experience from the word go, there are so much behind-the-scenes things that go on early in the season with signups, paperwork, Little League chartering, insurance, uniforms, that I had to be a quick learner.

Our board, coaches and everyone involved are strictly volunteers. We currently have 12 members on our Little League board and are always looking to add to that.

This year’s Union County Little League had a total of 18 teams with kids from age 3 to 16. The teams have been playing since early April and will wrap up the season on May 30 with a Cham-pionship Saturday tournament with Coach Pitch and Kid Pitch divisions starting at 10 a.m.

The senior league team will start playing in June. The main Union County Little League fi eld had some water issues last fall and early this spring, but thanks to our fi eld crew and bringing in some sand and several hours of hard work, our fi eld is back and is a great place for the kids in our community to play games for two to three months a year.

We have a nice group of coaches, some so dedicated they coach more than one team. We truly appreciate all their time and effort that they put in with their kids throughout the season to make it a memorable experi-ence.

One thing that I have really tried to emphasize this year is making sure that the people who are putting their time and effort into this are recognized not only on the fi eld but on our league Facebook page.

We play fi ve days a week, and some people are at the fi eld every day. They do it for their love of the kids and our county and they want to see our league succeed.

I think one of the most important things our league needs is the continued support of the community and volunteers. We can always use additional help.

We are extremely thankful to all of our team spon-sors that give donations at the beginning of the season for not only banners along the fence but sponsorship of the teams as well. I want to give a big thank you to all the coaches who have volunteered their time and to our board members. Thank you to our fi eld crew – Kermie Holloway, Scott Johnson and Dave Patterson – for all the work they did at the beginning of the year and the continued work on our grounds including our two new fl ag poles.

Thank you to Wendy Wood for being at the fi eld al-most every day announcing for our teams and keeping track of our score books, and special thanks to Lee Ann Kelly for working the concession stands pretty much ev-ery day of the season.

Thank you to our treasurer, Gwen Schwartz, for tak-ing care of fi nancial needs behind the scenes and getting

our budget intact. I also want to thank Amanda Hollo-way, the league president the last couple years, who asked if I would consider taking it over.

I thank her for all the documentation she had com-piled to help the transition.

I also want to thank Mayor Mike Williams, the Union County government, Union County Schools and the city of Maynardville for their continued support of our league.

And we couldn’t do this without our volunteer coach-es: Benji Harless, Karen Peace, Amanda Holloway, Aar-on Wyrick, DJ Phillips, Matt Cooke, Adam Nicely, Nick Maples, Roy Kelly, Wendy Wood, Josh Schwartz, Becky Bailey, Ryan Bailey, Kermie Holloway, Scott Johnson, Dave Patterson, Aaron Nicely and Mike Hodge.

One of the things I want to see us hopefully do in years to come is be able to establish another Little League fi eld for season use throughout the year. (Editor’s note: ac-cording to Maynardville city manager Jack Rhyne, a grant is in the works for a ball fi eld complex.)

We are hoping to start bringing in a couple travel ball tournaments to play at our fi eld to try and help draw more attention to our league and our area. I hope that we are able to start getting some new equipment at the fi eld as a lot of our league equipment is older and I look to try and get some of that replaced later this year or next year.

We have been talking about working on a long-term goal of getting a batting cage, but we understand that this will be a big expense and may take some time to get it done, but with the right budget planning, we hope to achieve that.

I am hoping to upgrade our uniforms in the next cou-ple years as well.

It is also my goal in the years to come to work closely with the businesses in our county to promote not only the league but their business as well – this doesn’t only include sponsorship but possibly giving companies the opportunity of setting up booths at the fi eld for their products or something to that effect. We want to do ev-erything we can to keep our business local, such as buy-ing uniforms and supplies within our county.

I have truly enjoyed this fi rst year as president of the Union County Little League.

It is a lot of work and I knew it was going to be go-ing in. I hope that this year has run smoothly for all parents, players, coaches and anyone associated with our league. It is my hope that our small county’s Little League program grows with more kids each and every year.

I want all parents to know that any time you see me at the ball fi eld and have a question or concern about anything, please come up and talk to me or send me a message through our Facebook page.

It has been a pleasure to serve the families, and most importantly the children, in our community in this 2015 Little League season.

We hope for many great years to come!Sincerely,Josh Schwartz

By Libby MorganParents of Little League

kids in Union County have noticed a renewal of energy lately. Josh Schwartz, who volunteered to head up the organization a few months ago, is enthusiastic and full of great ideas.

A group of veterans were invited to come to the fi eld on a recent Saturday morn-ing to have a fl ag raising to replace the tattered one.

In addition ongoing prob-lems with water standing on the fi eld have been mitigat-ed, the Facebook page is ac-

tive, with frequent updates, information and posts and the older players’ winning teams will get trophies this year.

Plans for new equipment, a batting cage and even a new fi eld are in Schwartz’s sights. He sees this com-ing to fruition through a partnership with local busi-nesses.

And his greatest com-mitment is to show appre-ciation to the volunteers working with him, as he wrote in a recent letter (at right).

Bill Rollins, leader of the local veterans, during the national an-

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Little League swings for the fence

Josh Schwartz

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THURSDAYS!

Paulette students win poster contestThe Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation recently held a countywide poster contest. The stu-

dents were judged on originality, neatness and the theme of “Where Do We Get Our Food?”.

All contest winners are Paulette Elementary fourth grade students and all received gift cards

from Food City. The winners are: Xanderia Cline, fi rst place; Rileigh Collins, second place; Kattie

Emge, third place; Kenlei Johnson, fourth place; and Makayla Davis, fi fth place. Photo submitted

Little Leagu-

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Schwartz, Caleb

Goins, Anna

Sawyer, Shayley

Hinds and

Colin Eubanks

celebrate their

patriotism.

Greeting the kids are Mayor Mike Williams, Bill Rollins, Dave Johnson, David Effl er, Justin Schreieck and Richard Phillips.

THURSDAY, MAY 28Glass Fusing workshop, 6-8:30 p.m., Appala-

chian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville High-way 61 in Norris. Instructor: Kathy King. Registra-tion deadline: May 21. Info/to register: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 28-29AARP Safe Driving class, noon-4 p.m., Halls

Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road. Info: 382-5822.

FRIDAY, MAY 29Date night: The Perfect Pair (of pizzas that is)

cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $60. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Shakespeare for Kids, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Presented by Tennessee Stage Company. Featuring “Macbeth” and “Taming of the Shrew.” For elementary age kids and older. Info: 689-2681.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MAY 29-30Smoky Mountain Antique Engine and

Tractor Festival, Anderson County Career and Tech Center, 140 Maverick Circle, Clinton. Free admission. Features: Parade of Power, tractor race, arts and crafts, music and more. Info: J.D. Wallace, 776-2888; Carl Chesney, 740-0376; Kathy Day, 323-8653.

Straw Bale Workshop, 7 p.m. Friday through 4 p.m. Sunday, Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Cen-ter, 1936 Liberty Hill Road in Washburn. Hands-on instruction will be supplemented with written material. Info/schedule/fees: Mitzi, 497-3603 or [email protected].

SATURDAY, MAY 30Healthy Kids, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Maynardville

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