By Seth Norris On Wednesday morning, the

news was just sinking in for Robert Conway after he had been named the next head football coach at Union County High School last Tues-day night.

After inter-viewing numerous candidates, athletic director Shane Brown de-cided the Georgetown, Ky., native was the best fi t for the future of the program.

“We need somebody that is go-ing to stay here long term,” said Brown, “We need someone that is going to commit here, move here, and invest here.”

Conway, 33, brings a ton of coaching experience from nu-merous high school and small-college levels on both sides of the ball. Whether it is quarterbacks coach at Greensboro College, or co-defensive coordinator at Henry County (Ky.), the former college linebacker at Thomas Moore is football through-and-through.

Conway is also not brand new to the Union County area; he was hired last July under previous coach Tommy Rewis as a quar-terbacks coach. After last year’s rough 0-10 season, Conway rec-ognizes that it will take some hard work to get the Patriots going in the right direction.

“This is not an overnight fi x,” said Conway, “It starts with retain-ing the kids we’ve got and making them better. It’s going to be a three-

year rebuilding process.”Conway is adamant about get-

ting the kids in the community interested in football. There is a stigma to the program due to the lack of success it has had in previ-ous seasons. Conway believes that is not going to change unless the coaching staff and community get the kids on the fi eld.

“We’ve got to go out there and beat down the bushes of our own homes,” said Conway, “There is talent that shies away from foot-ball, and it’s the job of everybody to reach out to those kids.”

In past years, there have been numerous athletes at Union Coun-ty that either play other sports, or just don’t want to play because the team “isn’t good.”

If those types of kids get inter-ested, the Patriots and the com-

munity could see real change in the tradition and importance of football. With changes to the press box and the relatively brand new fi eld, Conway says these upgrades show that the potential is there.

“It’s this mentality that football has never really been a big deal here,” said Conway, “The admin-istration has now made it a big deal.”

Many coaches have failed to take the job to the next level. After being around the county for about a year now, Conway sees that it’s time for the people of Union Coun-ty to fi nally get the winning foot-ball team they want.

“This is an area that is starved for it,” said Conway, “We’re going to roll our sleeves up and work hard, because I think the people here deserve it.”

Farmers Market booms with season

As the weather heats up the Union County Farmers Market is expanding its offerings and greens rule the day. Strawber-ries are on their way out but incoming offerings include a vast selection of produce from Seven Springs Farm and other vendors.

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Young Jordan Hamlin joins

in the opening prayer for

the Memorial Day service

and procession at the Union

County Courthouse May 30.

For more images from the ceremony, see page 5. Photo by S. Carey

pp

Union Countyremembers

veterans

Conway to head UCHS football

Conway

Texas Valley breaksground on new church

By Jake MabeThey called it a historic day

(May 29) at Texas Valley Baptist Church, and so it was.

After a special service, mem-bers broke ground on a new church building, which will be approxi-mately 6,000 square feet and sit on the site of the former building, which burned nine months ago. Merit Construction is the contrac-tor. It is scheduled to be fi nished within one year.

But that’s all the boilerplate stuff.Guest minister the Rev. Jerry

Copeland read from Acts about An-tioch. Allen Berry led the singing.

Memories ma-terialized – of B.F. Dalton, of Lynn “Chief” Brock, of

Curtis Tindell, all gone home now.Shirley Etherton attended. See-ing her brought memories of herhusband, Charles “Tud” Etherton,who’s also gone now.

Bill Brock, the longest tenuredmember of the church, said thatwhen he looked at the ruins lastyear, he thought about his dad,about the people who worked sohard to build the other churchback in the early 1970s.

Fire is a part of the church’shistory, Leann Dalton Berry said.Founded in 1873, the churchbuilding burned in January 1905.

“But we’ve always rebuilt,” shesaid.

And so they are again. Rebuild-ing. Rejoicing. And holding on, asthe Psalm says, to that precious seed.

Bill Brock, Vonnie Stanifer, Mae Dalton and Tyler Greenlee break ground

on the new Texas Valley Baptist Church building. Photos by Jake Mabe

Leslie Corum is Chamber CEO

Leslie Corum was elected president of the Union County Chamber of Commerce in votes counted Friday, June 3, in the Chamber offi ce. Other candi-dates were Pearl Coffey and Teresa Jarnigan, but Jarnigan withdrew before the vote was fi nalized.

Corum and her husband, Chris, live in Plainview off Ailor Gap Road.

Interim president Mayme Taylor and the Chamber’s board of directors changed the bylaws to enable an election by the business membership. Bal-lots were returned by mail or directly to the Chamber offi ce.

The new president’s fi rst order of business should be to repair relations with County Mayor Mike Williams and the Union County Commission. And that will be a challenge for sure.

– S. Clark

School board to meet June 13

There will be a special called meeting of the Union County Board of Education on Monday, June 13, at 5:30 p.m. at Union County High School Auditorium to discuss and approve/disapprove budget amendments.

The board adopted its budget June 2, and it will be reviewed next by the Union County Commission.

Benefi t sale June 10-11 in Luttrell

A benefi t/garage/yard sale is planned in memory of Union County resident Sarah Howe, 28, who died in a car accident Feb. 3 leaving behind two young boys. Donations from family and friends include personal items, antiques, col-lectibles, glassware, books, jewelry, scrubs, tools, furni-ture, swing set, and clothing – house, shed and carport are full. Cash only, no credit/debit cards. Rain or shine Friday and Saturday June 10 - 11 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Redbud Circle, Luttrell 37779.

2 • JUNE 8, 2016 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news business

By Marilyn Toppins On a warm, balmy Satur-

day afternoon in late May, 20 teams fl ooded Three Ridges Golf Course to raise money for graduating Union County High School seniors at the 24th Union County Business and Professional Association Scholarship Golf Classic.

To date, UCBPA has awarded nearly $90,000 in scholarships. This year’s recipients, Hunter Collins, Rachel Pierce and Zach Pur-sel, volunteered to work the tournament.

Lil Jo’s Bar-B-Que pro-vided lunch with pulled pork, potato salad, slaw and baked beans. Pepsi and Cumberland Gap Distribu-tors donated the drinks, and Subway ended on a sweet note with freshly baked cookies.

Friendly competition developed early on the put-ting green. No one seemed to come close until Nicholas from Scott Bates’ team putt-ed 29 inches from the cup. Vowing to beat Nicholas, Christian Chandler of Plain-view City putted 26 inches. When Nicholas discovered that he had been outdone, he paid for another chance. The fi rst putt was way off target, but his second putt was a hole in one for $50.

By late afternoon, the scores revealed three top teams: fi rst, Andy’s Team ($500); second, Kyle Beel-er’s Team ($300); third, Dyer’s Flooring ($100).

Chris Ayers and Colorado Abella took home antique coolers from Coca Cola complete with can colas for closest to the pin on holes

eight and 13. Porter Brown and Tyler Brown scored closest to the pin on the more challenging holes fi ve and 16 to win four rounds of golf with carts donated by Three Ridges and Dead Horse Lake golf courses to share with their team, U.S. Architectural Millworks. In August, Wolfi e of Dyer’s Flooring will be at Bristol enjoying NASCAR for hav-ing the longest drive of the tournament.

As a major sponsor, Food City Manager Scott Inkle-barger recruited several teams, many composed of Food City employees and vendors including Food City Bakery and Deli, Flowers Baking Company, Cherokee Distributing, Eagle Distrib-uting and Pepsi Company.

Union County Education Association and Okie’s were also major sponsors, along with the Toppins family. American Business Equip-ment printed the brochures.

Golfer goody bags were provided by Willow Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center, Food City, Nabisco, Flowers Bakingand and First Century Bank.

Door prizes and hole sponsors included Gail Co-rum of Brantley Bookkeep-ing Service, Eagle Distribut-ing, Cherokee Distributing, Caring Medical Center of Summit Medical Group, District Attorney General Jared Effl er, JNC Lawn Care, Larry Clark’s Paint-ing, Middle Man Auction Service, Paul’s Dry Wall, Pepsi of Knoxville, Randy Turner, Shafer Insurance, Subway of Maynardville, Tim Fletcher Heating and

UCBPA scholarship golf tourney raises $7,000

Andy’s Team won fi rst place in the Union County Business and Professional Association Scholar-

ship Golf Classic. They are Ryan Henry, Andy Buckner, Chase Buckner and Jack Bailey.

This year’s recipients of

the Union County Busi-

ness and Professional

Association scholarships

volunteered to work

the tournament. They

are Zach Pursel, Rachel

Pierce, and Hunter Col-

lins. Photos submitted

Chris Wolfenbarger of the

Dyer’s Flooring team receives

the Longest Drive award from

Food City manager Scott

Inklebarger.

vid Cox, Flowers Baking Company, ORNL Federal Credit Union, Patterson TN Waste Hauling, Tolliver’s Market, Wanda Byerley, Wyrick Roofi ng, Pete’s Place and Beth’s Buttons and En-graving.

Volunteers included Gina Buckner, Gail Corum, Mar-tin Shafer, Bryce Buckner, Brittany McLain, Doris

Jeffreys, Marvin Jeffreys, Rachel Pierce, Zach Pursel, Hunter Collins, Wayne Top-pins and employees of Food City.

UCBPA thanks all of the players, sponsors and more than a dozen volunteers who helped raise more than $7,000 to use toward schol-arships. Join us next May for our 25th year!

Cooling, U.S. Architectural Mill Works, Willow Creek Auto, Woods Music, Bar-bara Williams, city of Lut-trell, Commercial Bank, Cooper Container Corpora-tion, Country Places Inc., Flowers by Bob, Gina Buck-

ner, Mary Beth Kitts, Mike Williams, Pam Ailor, Tri County Sanitation, Union County Chiropractic, Union Pawn, Carmeuse Lime and Stone, city of Plainview, Clayton Homes, Cumber-land Gap Distributors, Da-

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS

■ Alder Springs Baptist

Church, located at the corner

of Hickory Star Road and Little

Valley, 7-9 p.m. June 13-17.

Classes for all ages.

■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynard-

ville Highway in Halls, 5:30-

8:30 p.m. June 13-17. Ages

preK through fi fth grade.

Theme: “Cave Quest.” Dinner

provided. Info: 368-6115.

■ Church of God of the Union

Assembly, 336 Tazewell Pike,

6:30-9 p.m. through June

10. Ages: 3 through teens.

Theme: “Deep Sea Discovery.”

Supper served each night.

Info/registration: Linda Mer-

ritt, 992-0682.

■ Milan Baptist Church, 1101

Maynardville Highway in

Maynardville, 6:45-9 p.m.

through June 10. Classes

for all ages. Theme: “Egypt:

Joseph’s Journey from Prison

to Palace.” Info: 992-8128 or

milanbc.org.

■ Nave Hill Baptist Church,

1805 Walker Ford Road,

Maynardville, through June

10; 6 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

■ New Beverly Baptist Church,

3320 New Beverly Church

Road, 6-9 p.m. June 13-19.

Theme: “Cave Quest.” Info:

546-0001 or newbeverly.org.

■ Union Missionary Baptist

Church, 940 Ailor Gap Road,

6:30-9 p.m. June 13-17. Fun

Day Kick-off , 3:30 p.m. Sun-

day, June 12.

Email your VBS notice to Shopper News at News@ShopperNewsNow.com

There is no charge.

UNION COUNTY Shopper news • JUNE 8, 2016 • 3 community

By Shannon Carey It’s Tuesday night in

Karns, and six friends span-ning ages and walks of life are hard at work around a conference table.

This is the Tuesday Night Bee, a small group of Smoky Mountain Quilters mem-bers, but their work isn’t just with thread and needle. They are at work building friendships, too.

No one is quite sure when this bee got started, although most agree that it was sometime in the 1990s. Locations have changed, and some members have come and gone, but the bee remains a strong tradition for the quilters involved. And they’re always looking for new members.

Shannon Auge from An-dersonville guides denim and fl annel squares through an antique sewing machine. The denim came from jeans she and her husband wore while renovating their Anderson-ville home, a task they’ve been at for 25 years. She fell in love with quilting in col-lege when she found a book on watercolor quilting. She enjoyed matching the colors.

When she moved to An-dersonville, “I though I was the only quilter in 100 miles,” she says. “There was no Internet then. I joined and thought maybe I’ll meet another quilter, and boy howdy didn’t I!”

Kathy Costello of Powell

is a pro at hand-stitched embroidery, and she’s pretty sure her love of handwork is why her fi rst quilt is still unfi nished. Or it could be that she’s made baby quilts for nieces and nephews for the past eight years in a row. But she loves the work, and she enjoys the fellowship of the Tuesday Night Bee.

“It’s the time that I make for myself to sew,” she says.

All the Tuesday night quilters echo that senti-ment. Lou Watson, a re-tired ESL teacher from Halls, is making quilts for all her grandchildren and says, “(The bee), they’re my sounding board. They give you advice when you don’t know what to do.”

Judee Shuler moved to Oliver Springs from New Jersey in November. Her specialty is working with vintage fabrics and fi nishing or restoring found quilts.

“You fi nd they in the strangest places,” she says. “I pulled one out of a trash can.”

She joined Smoky Mountain Quilters and the Tuesday Night Bee to fi nd friendship and learn new techniques.

Pamela Werner of Corry-ton loves to learn and says she’s “collecting projects for my retirement.”

And Tammie Smith of Powell, whose employer hosts the meetings, quit the bee for a time after the

Judee Shuler of Oliver Springs is working on restoring and fi n-

ishing this antique quilt fi nd. Photos by S. Carey

Shannon Auge of Andersonville works on a memory quilt with

the Tuesday Night Bee. It is made of pieces of denim jeans she

and her husband wore while renovating their home.

The Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee will

hold their annual quilt show 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, June 17, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,

June 18, at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441

Clinton Highway. Quilting bees are open to

newcomers, and several times and locations are

available. Info: www.smokymtnquilters.com

Tuesday night quilters share more than sewing

tragic death of one of the members, her friend Dana Gerhardt. But Smith came back for, you guessed it, the friendship she missed.

“I don’t think we have a meeting that we don’t talk about (Dana),” she says.

Smoky Mountain Quil-ters is a guild which wel-comes all quilters. With meetings, or bees, scattered around the region at various locations, days and times, it’s easy for a quilter to hook in with a group, exchanging ideas and participating in challenges.

They do charity work, too. Smoky Mountain Quil-ters Guild provides quilts for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. They worked on the Medal of Honor quilt when Medal of Honor recipients visited Knoxville last year. Quilts

of Valor is another project.To support their char-

ity work, the guild holds an annual quilt show, and the next one is coming up June 17-18, at the Knoxville Expo Center on Clinton Highway. While the members of the Tuesday Night Bee aren’t entering anything this year, they’ll be there as volun-teers, and they have entered in the past.

“We have all kinds of quilts here,” said Shuler. “At the show, you really see some incredible work. They’re works of art.”

But for the Tuesday Night Bee, they love each other’s company as much as creat-ing artwork and heirlooms.

“Some people drink or do drugs,” said Smith. “We quilt.”

Info: www.smokymtnquilters.com

Veterans soughtUnion County Mayor’s

Offi ce is currently accept-ing applications for plaques to be placed on the veter-ans’ wall. Info: 992-3061.

As the weather heats up the Union County Farmers Market is expanding its of-ferings and greens rule the day. Strawberries are on their way out but incoming offerings include a vast se-lection of produce from Sev-en Springs Farm and other vendors.

Cindy Taylor

‘Greening’ up the season

Seven Springs brings the “farm to table” concept home and is open at their Highway 61 location/winery through the week for those who miss the market on Sat-urdays.

Brigitte Passman is in-terning at the market for the summer. Brigitte is a rising senior at UT studying agri-culture leadership, educa-tion and communication. During her time with the market she will be helping with set-up and clean-up, attending other markets for ideas, acquiring new ven-dors, working on getting more customers to the mar-ket and writing a Farmers Market newsletter.

Tomatoes are ripe and ready. Flowers both cut and live are still available along with trees and shrubs. Cab-bage, beets, onions and broccoli and cucumbers are in. Honey and eggs are still available and blueberries are coming soon.

New to the market is Rocking Chair Farm. Owners David and Christine Rogers raise alpacas. They brought skeins of yarn, softest you’ve ever touched, and other Al-paca products to sell. All yarn is natural with no dye. Their farm is in its second year with eight Alpacas.

“Some people say there is trash fi ber but I don’t be-lieve that,” said Christine. “We don’t throw anything away.”

New Roots Nursery was back with live fl owers, shrubs and trees. A fea-ture shrub was the Purple Smoke Bush. Cheddar Hol-ler owner Chris Schoen-ing is always on-site with

Farmers market summer intern Brigitte Passman assists market

vendor Summer Beeler with strawberries.

Rocking Chair Farm owners David and Christine Rogers

New Roots Nursery owners Vickie and Joe Elkins stand next to

a Purple Smoke bush

scrumptious cheeses and cheese cutting tips.

Also new to the market is Betsy Davis. Davis creates jewelry and hand crafted walking sticks.

“I give these away but there is a $15 transfer of ownership fee,” she said, laughing.

Live entertainment con-tinues weekly at the market. The Union County Farmers

Market runs 9 a.m. to noon each Saturday at Wilson Park.Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.

com

American legion’s fi shing tourney set

American Legion Post 212 will host its annual free fi shing tournament for youth up to age 12 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at Big Ridge State Park. Registra-tion begins at 8 a.m. Free bait will be provided to use with bamboo pole or a rod and reel, which must be returned. Prizes for all participants; food and drinks will be served.

4 • JUNE 8, 2016 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news opinion

Bonnie Peters

Ronnie Mincey

TEACHER TIME

Marvin West

Now that Joshua Dobbs is back from his airplane analysis internship, we can resume the discussion of dual-threat quarterbacks.

Dual-threat quarterbacks change the game

Those who can compre-hend the awesome NFL numbers achieved by Peyton Manning can score debate points on the advantages of a pro-style quarterback.

In theory, the pro stands tall in the pocket, protected by great blocking boulders. He looks to see if receivers went where he told them to go. He identifi es the desig-nated one or the alternate most likely to succeed and delivers a dart.

This formula sounds good and often prevails, game af-ter game, season after sea-son, for half a lifetime in Peyton’s case. When coupled with great defense, it may win Super Bowls and lead to many lucrative endorse-ments of pizzas and Buicks.

The dual-threat quar-

terback changes the game, adds dimensions, the possi-bility of premeditated runs, guaranteed scrambles when the pocket collapses and blockers and rushers are falling over each other.

Immediate relocation improves the temporary chances of remaining up-right and may transform nothing into something. Crowds cheer.

There are potential com-plications. If the dual-threat quarterback is to throw, it is often on the run. In theory, a moving thrower will miss a moving target more often than a pro-style quarter-back might.

There is another problem. Belligerent NFL lineback-ers, pugnacious corners and mean-spirited safeties will occasionally catch the pesky dual-threat quarterback as he zigs and zags. Their goal, at a minimum, is to discour-age him, thus reducing the yards they have to sprint and the sweat to be blotted from their brows.

Down deep, they would like to disable him, punish him for being such a brat. Sometimes, in their exu-berance, they send him to the hospital. Think RG3,

formerly of the Washington Redskins.

College football is differ-ent. The pro-style quarter-back is less certain to domi-nate. Flaws often pop up in the protection plan. What the dual-threat quarter-back adds to the game keeps defensive coordinators up late at night. Think Johnny Football – before he totally ran astray.

Remember Dewey War-ren? He was a classic pro-style quarterback. He stood his ground, defi ed the rush and completed a pleas-ing number of meaningful passes. He became a legend based on how long it took to successfully complete a one-yard run.

Remember Condredge Holloway? He was a terrifi c dual-threat quarterback. Ben Byrd dubbed him “The Artful Dodger.” Even when defenses hemmed him up, they could never be sure Condredge was offi cially hemmed up.

Condredge was more than an escape artist. He was an effi cient passer. He set a school record for low interceptions-per-attempts. Only 12 of his 407 were picked off.

Jimmy Streater came along a little later. John Majors called him one of the best athletes he ever coached. In a dramatic victory over Notre Dame, Jimmy displayed versatility with a 48-yard pass comple-tion, a 51-yard scamper and a fi ve-yard touchdown on an option keeper.

Heath Shuler was hard-nosed. He liked to run into and over opponents. Some-times he pulled the ball down and sped away when he might have been better off staying where he was.

Tee Martin once complet-ed 23 consecutive passes. He threw for 32 Tennessee touchdowns. He ran for 17. Tee, dual threat, was best known for guiding a nation-al championship season.

Peyton is in the Vol record book with 11,201 passing yards and 89 touchdowns. Except for one stunning naked reverse, Peyton runs were usually desperation moves to save his life.

Dobbs can run well and throw some and think deep-ly. That creates numerous exciting possibilities. Get-ting hurt would not be the best one. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com

In medieval times, ear-wax and other substances, like urine, were used to pre-pare pigments for writing and drawing.

I grew up in a rental house on Old Luttrell Road. This two-story, frame building was once the home of Burl and Mary Wadding-ton Warwick. Several acres surrounding the house comprised a large work-ing farm for the Warwick family.

Division with remainder

Even though I knew none of these things when my family moved there, I found the house intriguing from the very start. Of particular interest to me was the sur-rounding property.

Left from Mrs. War-wick’s years of homemaking was rhubarb that thrived behind the woodshed and asparagus in the back yard. I was glad to learn about these plants, though I cared for neither as food.

Behind the house was a hayfi eld that was inter-sected and bordered by a creek and woods on the back. Through that fi eld I roamed with my cap pistols and pop guns as I tamed an imaginary and long gone western civilization just like my television heroes, the Cartwrights. Unlike them, my only enemies were grasshoppers, mos-quitos and one green snake that was more frightened of me than I of it.

I remember during one chase I slipped in the mud and suffered a hard fall.

With nothing wounded but my pride, I lost just enough wind to decide that maybe I should return to the house for less active play. I thought it was just my and God’s little secret until Gerrie Warwick later said, “I saw somebody fall fl at on their rear end the other day!” She had seen me through her kitchen window.

The creek changed with the seasons. It was some-what frightening to see it become a raging torrent during spring fl oods (I particularly remember one such episode in 1977). Even when fl ooded most, I never recall the creek coming any closer to the house than the corner of the wood shed. It seems the builder knew just exactly where to safely build the house.

Sometimes during hottest summer the creek dried to a mere trickle. That’s when I enjoyed it most. I could throw a twig, leaf or small toy boat into the water and watch it fl oat downstream. When it was stopped by a rock, tree root or debris deposited by spring fl oods, I could more easily understand Mark Twain’s explanations of how the course of the Mis-sissippi River constantly changed, how Lincoln’s fl atboat became stuck on the mill dam on the Sangamon River and how the Mississippi River delta was continually fragile and forming.

There was a spring and pump house at a bend on the other side of the creek. There grew one of the biggest oak trees I have ever seen. Jack Warwick

The colorful history of ear wax

For this reason, try not to turn the old pages by lick-ing the pages or your fi ngers for turning those pages! It is said that sometimes people used earwax for lip balm. Maybe if it your own ear wax it might be okay, but I don’t believe I want to use someone else’s ear wax for lip balm. Just as we used to – and sometimes still do – use beeswax on dresser drawers to make them open much more easily, ear wax was used in early times for this same purpose.

I’ve read that earwax was also used on scratches or cuts to help in healing. I can imagine the wax would sooth a small wound or spot of dry skin. I also learned with a little more reading that now days testing of ear wax can diagnose exposure

to pollutants in the body and can be used to diagnose physical conditions. To my surprise, chewing gener-ally clears the ear canals. With more modern technol-ogy, ear wax has been found to contain anti-microbial properties. Our ancestors must have been correct about its healing qualities for wound care.

The thing that got me interested in this subject is – I have little or no ear wax and my ears frequently itch! I also swam at the YWCA downtown for many years. Sometimes the water didn’t drain out of my ears, and I would use a few drops of peroxide or vinegar in my ears. That seemed to solve the problem.

Now, when my ears itch, I grab whatever is nearest – peroxide, vinegar or Tea Tree Oil. Either is a tempo-rary fi x. I have gone with other family members to an ear specialist for ear washes to clean out the wax. They would have been popular people in the early days be-cause they could have sold their ear wax. I remember one of my brothers going to the ear doctor, and he had so much wax buildup the doc-

tor sent him home with ear-drops and told him to come back in about a week so he could wash out his ears. I don’t remember, but the eardrops may gave softened the wax and it may have just fallen out. I haven’t tried it but I’ve read that sterile warm water, soda water or sterile saline solution also works well to free your ears of wax.

Ear candling is another procedure that was once used to remove ear wax; but that can be very dangerous. Candling is performed by lighting the end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal. Sup-posedly the smoke will go down into the ear canal and heat the wax so that the wax attaches to the end of the wick and can be pulled out.

Since I don’t have ear wax I don’t have that problem. For anyone who is troubled with too much ear wax – by all means let the doctor do a preventive cleaning once in a while. From what I’ve read, suction would now be the preferred method of cleaning away ear wax. Tell the doctor you want to take the wax to treat your draw-ers.

once helped me measure the circumference and calculate the diameter of the tree.

So many of these people and things are gone – Jack and Gerrie Warwick, the house and woodshed, the spring and pump houses and the oak. The hayfi eld, creek, woods and my memories, even if altered by time, remain.

Next week I’ll share a tale about a “sweet.”

UNION COUNTY Shopper news • JUNE 8, 2016 • 5 faith

cross currentsLynn Pitts

lpitts48@yahoo.com

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner…. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with fl esh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and fl esh of my fl esh. (Genesis 2:18, 21-23a NRSV)

I am reading a book about the War of the Roses in medieval England, and am about to embark on an-other one. Those were perilous times for everyone in the country: men were subject to conscription by their lords, women were largely subject to their husbands, and children were subject to their parents, but also to diseases and early death.

We tend to think of that period as one of chivalry and honor, a glamorous, romantic period. It was, in some ways, depending on one’s status.

However, as I read, I found myself considering the lack of toothbrushes and toothpaste, antibiotics, and Kleenex, for heaven’s sake! (It spurred me to plan a “goodie box” to send to someone, anyone – near or far – who doesn’t have such amenities.)

I also considered the way we take such things for granted, ignoring the needs of others. I thought about how we categorize people, based solely on where they live, how much money they have (or don’t have) – with-out giving a thought to what they might need.

The truth is, sometimes the best gift we can give someone is recognizing them as a fellow human being, who has feelings, aspirations and dreams!

We need each other

SENIOR NOTES ■ Union County Senior

Citizens Center

298 Main St.Monday-Friday • 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Info for all seniors

groups: Melanie Dykes

992-3292/992-0361

■ Plainview Seniors

Plainview City Hall, 1037 Tazewell Pike

Meets each fi rst Monday

• 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

■ Luttrell Seniors

Luttrell Community Cen-ter, 115 Park Road

Meets each third Mon-

day • 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

■ Sharps Chapel Seniors

Sharps Chapel Commu-nity Bldg.1550 Sharps Chapel Road

Meets each fi rst and

third Wednesday • 10 a.m.-

12:30 p.m.

Back pain can be more than an annoying incon-venience. Both personally and collectively, back pain accounts for hours of time away from work, which translates into decreased productivity and lost earn-ings. Another insidious side effect is the psychological toll it can take in keeping people from functioning and enjoying life as they’d like. Here are some basic sug-gestions for avoiding back injury: Be careful even when heading for bed at the end of the day. Make sure you have a mattress and pillows that are supportive. Sleep-ing on your back increases the pressure on your spine. If you prefer to sleep in that position, put a pillow under your knees. It will ease some of that pressure.

■ When reaching for something above head lev-el, stand on a step ladder. Straining to get to something

that’s just out of reach could result in a hyperextension of the shoulder and could hurt your neck and back.

■ When carrying a heavy object, hold it as close to your body as possible.

■ When lifting, whether it’s a squirming toddler or a heavy package, always bend at the knees rather than at the waist, and let your legs to the lifting. Also, avoid twisting while lifting.

■ If an item is too heavy to lift, you’re better off pushing it than pulling it.

■ When sitting, try to keep your knees at a slightly higher level than your hips.

Talk with your chiro-practor for other practical suggestions on keeping your back safe.

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

Chiropractic OutlookBy Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC

General tips for a healthy spine

UC veterans From page 1

By Shannon Carey Union County offi cehold-

ers, veterans and citizens gathered on the courthouse steps May 30, for the annual Memorial Day ceremony and procession in down-town Maynardville.

Mayor Mike Williams gave the keynote speech.

“If it weren’t for our vet-erans, we would not be here today,” he said. “They made the ultimate sacrifi ce, and I

am proud to say that we live in a county that does not take them for granted.”

Williams added that the Veterans Place memorial wall at Wilson Park now has 130 names listed.

“No veteran should ever go unnoticed,” he said.

Boy Scouts from Troop 401 lead the Memorial Day procession

down Main Street in Maynardville. They are Draven Vermillion,

Draven Vermillion, Jessie Kaizer and Jarrett Cox-Jones.

WORSHIP NOTES ■ Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Catholic Church, 4365 May-

nardville Highway, will host an

open house of appreciation

and farewell for Craig Digmann,

2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at

the church. Everyone in Union

County and the Washburn area

is invited. Info: 992-7222.

■ 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.

Wade Jones and Harold Lett salute during the playing of Taps

at the Memorial Day ceremony. Photos by S. Carey

MAYNARDVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

■ One-on-one classes are

available by appointment for

those wanting to learn how

to use computers and other

devices. For appointment:

992-7106.

The Maynardville Pub-lic Library is located at 296

Sandra Clark

Carl McDaniel

McDaniel was a Lionfor all seasons

I can’t remember when I didn’t know Carl McDaniel. He was just always around,

h e l p i n g folks with vision prob-lems or spearhead-ing some new fund-r a i s i n g scheme for the Halls Lions Club.

When he died on May 24 at age 80, the community lost a fi ne leader.

I connect Carl with George Davey; both were Lions and both lived on Co-chise Drive up by Beaver Brook Country Club.

George was from the north, I think, and was a more aggressive fund-rais-er. When George died, Carl led a delegation of Lions into the Fountain City Unit-ed Methodist Church. They were awesome in their Lion regalia and we appreciated their show of respect.

Carl worked for KUB as a power operations super-visor for 33 years. As an adult, he earned a bach-elor’s degree (1989) and a master’s degree (1993) from UT. He then took a job with the state Emergency Man-

agement Agency where he worked for eight years.

Carl was a charter mem-ber of Halls Community Li-ons Club for over 50 years. He was also the District Governor of the Lions Club International District 12-N Tennessee from 1998-1999.

I wrote a story when he got his master’s and another when he and wife Jennie at-tended an international Li-ons convention in England or Scotland. Memory fails.

With all this involvement, it’s easy to see how Carl must have known half the town.

He grew up in Union County, graduating from Hor-ace Maynard High School in 1953. His parents were Silas and Lucille McDaniel.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Jennie Haney McDaniel; son and daughter Jim McDaniel and Kelly McDaniel; brothers, David and Eddie McDaniel; sisters, Judy McDaniel Paul and Wanda McDaniel Jack-

By Ruth WhiteTennessee Army Na-

tional Guard has opened a recruiting offi ce in front of Halls High School, staffed by four guard members.

The team helps each in-dividual interested in sign-ing up to identify and meet needs. “The main benefi t is to serve their country,” said SFC Fred Mize.

In addition to service, those who sign up for the National Guard receive pay and college benefi ts.

The center is located at 7413 Maynardville High-way in Will’s Village and serves the Halls, Fountain City and Powell areas. In-dividuals 17-35 years old (high school juniors and seniors on track for gradu-ation) are eligible to enlist

Tennessee Army National Guard members Fred Mize, Ciji Dunn, Joshua Butler and Jeremie Lind-

sey work at the new recruiting center, recently opened in Halls.

Army National Guard comes to Halls

Main St. Info: 992-7106, maynardvillepubliclibrary.org or on Facebook.

Frank DiGennaro and Union County Mayor

Mike Williams salute during Taps in memo-

ry of Union County’s fallen veterans.

and will serve one weekend a month and two to three weeks in the summer.

The offi ce is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. on Friday. Info: 806-8774.

son; special brother, Donnie Boles; and a host of friends.

Services were Friday at Sharon Baptist Church and the interment was Saturday

morning at Sharon Baptist’s cemetery.

Arrangements were by Mynatt Funeral Home of Fountain City.

6 • JUNE 8, 2016 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news

By Seth NorrisThe Union County High

School softball team’s sea-son has come to a close, but not before making history.

The team traveled to Murfreesboro, becoming the fi rst team in any sport at Union County High School to make a state tournament (we make no claims about state appearances by Hor-ace Maynard High School.)

After a loss at home to CAK in the region champi-onship May 19, the Patriots were sent on the road the next day to Elizabethton for their first sub-state game since 2013. They bounced back with a 9-2 win over Elizabethton, and, according to senior outfielder Rachel Pierce,

there was no pressure go-ing into the game.

“We had a team meeting before the game and said, win or lose, all glory goes to God,” said Pierce, “We’ve made it this far, stay behind each other.”

It was an exciting time for the community with the players receiving television and online attention.

However, the trip to Murfreesboro did not go as planned, as the team lost to Waverly on Tuesday and to Dyersburg on Wednes-day. But, according to head coach Lance Lay, being there served as a message that Union County is no lon-ger to be taken lightly

“I hope we start a stan-dard for other teams to

shoot for,” said Lay, “And let other schools know that Union County is not going to sit by, and we’re going to push the limits as much as we can.”

Now, the program and the returning players must keep moving forward. The softball team loses seniors Rachel Pierce, Sarah Wilk-erson and Bre Dunsmore. Lay believes their presence will be missed on the fi eld, and it is time for the young-er girls to show what they learned from them.

“We’re going to do our best to minimize the chang-es to our defense because that was our strongest abil-ity,” said Lay, “These girls have got to start making their offense come more

alive and step up.”Lay says he will get

back to work and develop a schedule for the girls in the offseason to help get them back to the state.

With new expectations set for the softball program, Pierce believes that she and the other seniors have helped lay the foundation.

“I hope that we’ve in-spired them, no goal is too big. You set it, you achieve it, and you stay behind each other,” said Pierce, “I think they’ll make it back next year.”

With the historic season at an end, the softball team has a lot to be proud of, and Union County will have its eye on the Patriot softball team next season.

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Union County High School softball senior Rachel Pierce at bat in the state tournament. 

Softball team makes state, preps for 2017 season

By Shannon Carey Union County Little League president

Josh Schwartz says the 2016 season was su-per. See his letter of thanks on page 7.

But he wants to make 2017 even better, and part of that plan is to start Little League softball for girls 6-10. Girls in the 3-5 age range would stay in tee-ball with the boys.

“We have girls in Little League baseball, and they’re great,” Schwartz said. “But past a certain age we’d like to transition them into softball. We want to keep these kids in Union County, and right now we’re losing a lot of girls to Knox County.

“We just need support of parents and players. We’d like you to bring your kids back to Union County.”

According to Schwartz, Little League in general is losing participants, but Union County’s numbers this year showed a slight increase over 2015.

Schwartz coached a coach-pitch team this season. He said his favorite memories of the season are of seeing kids’ faces light up when they make contact with the ball.

“That was great for me,” he said. “I like seeing the kids get out there and mix it up with other kids and not sitting at home play-ing video games constantly.”

Union County Little League player Miley Wilkerson passes the ball infi eld to get an out. Little League president Josh Schwartz hopes to add girls soft-ball for the 2017 season. Photos by Kaitlyn Lampkin

Youth softball coming to UC

Wyatt Lampkin winds up for a home run in Union County Little League tee-ball.

Grayson Schreieck keeps his eye on the ball in Union County Little League play.

Info: littleleagueunioncounty@gmail.com or fi nd Union County Little League on Facebook.

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By Josh Schwartz,Union County

Little League President It’s hard to believe that

we are at the end of May and another Little League season has come and gone in Union County. It seems like just yesterday we were getting our season started but as the old saying goes, “Time fl ies when you’re hav-ing fun!” That’s exactly what we hope the kids in Union County have had these past two months in our league.

This was my second year as president of our league, and we were able to incorpo-rate a few changes into our league this year. We started in late 2015 by participating in the local Christmas pa-rades with board members and kids advertising our sign-ups for the upcoming 2016 season and spreading the word about the league. We were able to put up some new signage at our ball park dealing with sportsmanship and some no smoking signs around where the kids are playing. We were able to put in some very nice benches in our dugouts, along with some new helmet and bat holders that were made by sponsor Richard Phillips and his company, Wonder-ful Wooden Things.

We also brought in some new elements to the draft process, including an evalu-ation day for our players early in the season. This al-lowed us to spread the talent around our league, which I believe has made our league more competitive in the di-visions we have.

This year we had fi ve di-visions of baseball action. We had our 3- to 4-year-olds playing wee ball. We had our 4- to 6-year-olds par-ticipating in some tee-ball action. Our next division was coach pitch which was our 7- and 8-year-old kids, and we had two kid pitch di-visions: 9- and 10-year-olds and 11- and 12-year-olds.

Our league is run by a group of people who volun-teer their time to try and make this league fun and enjoyable for the kids in our county. Our elections for our board take place in Sep-tember or October of each year, and that information will be posted on our Face-book page and our other Union County Little League page. There are a lot of be-hind-the-scenes activities that make this league go, and I want to take a minute

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Another Little League season in the books

to thank the people for mak-ing that happen. Our league plays fi ve days a week, and some people are at the fi eld each and every night, and even some that aren’t at the fi eld are doing things in the name of the league and their time is truly appreciated!

I want to say thank you to Wendy Wood for her contin-ued work as our scorekeeper at the games each and every night. She keeps our score-books and is the voice that all the kids hear announc-ing their names when they come up to bat, and the smile they get when they hear that name called is un-believable. She does a great job up there, and we truly appreciate her time that she puts in for us at the fi eld.

Thank you to our trea-surer, Gwen Schwartz, for keeping all the fi nancial re-cords in check and keeping an eye on our budget as we progress through the sea-son. She takes care of the bills for the league and han-dles getting the concession supplies ordered and keep-ing the concessions stocked throughout the season.

Thank you to Chris Mar-tin for stepping up this sea-son and being our equip-ment manager. He and his wife, Sara, worked with the coaches and myself at the beginning of the year to keep track of who was receiv-ing what equipment. They are also working with those coaches here at the end of the year to get all the equipment turned back in so we can see what equipment needs re-paired, fi xed or replaced for the 2017 season.

You may have noticed an increase in signage this year at our fi eld. That is all due to our sponsorship coordina-tor, Nick Maples. He worked hard at trying to get out and spread the word about us trying to continue to build up our league and keep progressing. We were able to add new sponsorships around our fi eld this year because of Nick’s hard work, and we truly appreciate it.

Thank you once again to our fi eld group. We have a group of guys that have been working on the fi eld for several years now. Kermie Holloway, Scott Johnson

and Dave Patterson con-tinue to work on our fi eld to make sure it’s ready for ball games throughout the week. Whenever we have something come up with the fi eld we try and come up with a solution and those guys work on it and get it ready for us to play, and we appreciate their time and effort. We also had at dif-ferent times throughout the year others step up and help with fi eld maintenance, and I want to make sure those guys get named as well. Da-vid Wood, Scott Eubanks, Brian Henderson, Nick Ma-ples, D.J. Phillips and Chris Wyrick have all stepped and helped with the fi eld. It may have been dragging the fi eld before the games or help-ing put fi eld conditioner on or whatever it needed at the time, but again they volun-teered their time to help when needed.

We also want to say thank you to Chris Wyrick who has been our main umpire the entire 2016 season, working behind the plate for the ma-jority of our coach pitch and kid pitch games. He has also

worked some tee-ball for us as well. We appreciate the time and effort he has put in this season.

Our league of course couldn’t run without the coaches that volunteer their time week in and week out to try and make an honest im-pression on your children’s lives as they try and teach them this wonderful game of baseball. I want to take a minute to recognize each and every one of the man-agers from this year. Karen Peace and Josh Orrick were the managers for our wee ball teams this season. Nick Maples, Roy Kelly, Joseph Finley, Matt Coaker and Benji Harless all stepped up to manage our tee-ball teams. Matt Cooke, Roy Kelly, Kermie Holloway and I were the managers for our coach pitch teams this year. Mike Hodge, Kermie Hollo-way, Donald Cook and Ryan Bailey were the managers for our kid pitch and Little League teams this year. Each one of these men had wonderful assistant coaches helping them, and you can ask them and they would tell you that they couldn’t do it without their assis-tant coaches help. Again, I truly appreciate each and every one of our managers and coaches for taking the time to work with these kids throughout the season. It is truly remarkable to watch some of our teams begin the season with never meeting each other before to see what they have accomplished at the end of the season. This shows the commitment and time that these people put in with the kids of our league.

I want to thank all our sponsors from this year, both new and old. As I men-tioned earlier, Nick Maples was able to bring in some new sponsors this season, but we also have sponsors that have been with the league for years now, and without your sponsorship we can’t continue to try and build on what we already have. This year we offered banner sponsorships and team uniform sponsor-ships. With our banners we do a two for one spe-cial where you pay one fee and we will customize your banner and put it up for two years. We hope to have some new sponsors hanging up at our fi eld next year. We thank you all for your sup-port of our league. We want to thank Union County gov-ernment and Union County Public Schools for their continued support of our league. Some of our teams practiced at Luttrell El-ementary and Paulette Ele-mentary schools this season and we truly appreciate the principals for allowing us time to use their ball fi elds. We also thank the Maynard-ville Elementary School principal for allowing us to do our chili dinner fun-draiser at the school back

in February. I also want to thank Dr. Jimmy Carter for working with me on helping us get our school enrollment forms completed last month as one of our preparations for all-stars.

With our season ending and summer and fall com-ing, we hope to have some projects taking place at the ball fi eld. With the help of our fundraising this year we are going to be getting some quotes for our batting cage and pitching areas this off-season and continue to up-grade and replace some of the older equipment that we have collected throughout the years. One thing we are looking forward to getting implemented for the 2017 season is bringing softball back to Union County for our younger kids.

That’s one thing that I’ve been really looking at since I took over and we are hope-ful that in 2017 that we are able to get Little League softball started back up in our county.

Come out and support our all-stars this season. All-star tournaments start June 18 at various loca-tions, but we are hosting the 9- and 10-year-old all-star tournament here in Union County this year.

Come out and cheer on your favorite little leaguer and enjoy some great base-ball.

It is truly an honor to be representing our league in the capacity that I am and I have enjoyed this thor-oughly. I hope that people can look around and say that we are making a dif-ference with the kids in this county and continuing to try and build up this league. We want to be able to pro-vide a fun and competitive environment all at the same time and hope the kids go home at the end of the season happy. Then, years down the line, they can look back and say “I remember when I played Little League in Union County.”

In closing, I want to thank everyone that has helped with this season, the board members, the coaches, the volunteers for our concession stands, and especially the parents for getting your kids signed up and getting them to prac-tices and supporting them throughout the season. I want all parents to know that any time you see me at the ball fi eld and have a question or concern please let me know.

It has truly been a plea-sure to serve the families and most importantly the children in our community for the 2016 Union County Little League season.

We hope for many great years moving forward!

Info: Josh Schwartz, littleleagueunioncounty@gmail.com, or fi nd Union County Little League on Facebook.

Top Wrench winnersA team of four Union County High School automotive students took fi rst place in the

Top Wrench contest held at the Air National Guard base April 28. The four won the Pit

Crew Wheel Change competition. The team was coached by automotive instructor Eddie

Satterfi eld. Photo submitted

Union County High School Top Wrench competitor team Blake Hensley, Chase Hickman,

James Bailey and Casey Fields

Free GED classes, tests available

Anyone in Union County seeking to earn their High School Equivalency Diploma should sign up now for GED classes provided by Clinch Valley Adult Education. The state of Tennes-see is currently paying all test fees for qualifying students. Free classes and resources are also available. Info/reg-istration: Union County Adult Educa-tion, 992-0805.

Head Start accepting applications

Douglas Cherokee Head Start is ac-cepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year. The child must turn 3 or 4 years old by Aug. 15. Info/applica-tion: Corryton/Luttrell or Paulette/Big Ridge, 992-4155; Maynardville or Rutledge area, 992-8146; Central Point and Bean Station area, 828-6123.

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THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPT. 16Online registration open for the Marine Mud

Run, to be held Saturday, Sept. 17. Individual waves, 8 a.m.; team waves, 11:30 a.m. Course: 3 miles of off-road running, which entails some obstacles, hills and mud pits. Registration deadline: Friday, Sept. 16, or until total registrants reaches 3150. Info/registration: knoxmud.org.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10

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

THURSDAY JUNE 9AAA’s Roadwise: Safe Driving for Mature

Operators, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Eight-hour course approved by the state of Tennessee for insurance premium discounts for eligible drivers. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Halls Book Club: “Pigs in Heaven,” 1 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. All welcome. Info: 922-2552.

The Heiskell Seniors monthly meeting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Community Center, 1708 W. Emory Road in Powell. Speaker, 11 a.m.; lunch, noon; bingo, 1 p.m. Bring a dessert and a friend. Info: Janice White, 548-0326.

“Killer Tomatoes vs Tomato Killers,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardeners Joe Pardue and Marcia Griswold. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Living with Diabetes: Putting the Pieces Together, 2-4:30 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Pizza Ha’s, 8-9:30 p.m., Pizza Hoss, 7215 Clinton Highway. Free stand-up comedy show featuring local comedian Sean Simoneau.

Shakespeare for Kids, 3 p.m., Norwood Branch Library, 1110 Merchants Drive. Presented by the Ten-nessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 688-2454.

Super Hero Storytime and Costume Party with Spider Man, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 10Movie in the Park, Luttrell City Park. Free. Bring

chairs or blanket. Movie starts at dusk. Cancelled if raining. Info: 992-0678.

“Plan to Can and Preserve Food,” 9-10 a.m., Union Farmers Co-op, 3035 Maynardville Highway. Free pressure gauge testing; free food preservation and nutrition information. Bring the canner lid, gauge and seal. Info/appointment: Becca Hughes, 992-8038, rlhughes@utk.edu.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 10-11The McKameys’ annual Hometown Singing,

Second Baptist Church in Clinton. Friday: 7:30 p.m. special guest The Inspirations from Bryson City, N.C.; Saturday, 6 p.m. special guest The Primitive Quartet from Candler, N.C. Reserved seating, $16; general admission, $13. Info/tickets: 457-3678.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11Bark in the Park, 3-8 p.m., World’s Fair Park Festival

Lawn. Fundraiser for the Humane Society of the Tennes-see Valley. $5 donation at the gate includes: Kid’s Korner, Grayson Subaru Misting Tent, pet contests and more. Info: humanesocietytennessee.com/bark-in-the-park/.

Chalk on the Walk, noon, Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

“Killer Tomatoes vs Tomato Killers,” 1:30-2:30 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Present-ed by Master Gardeners Joe Pardue and Marcia Griswold. Free and open to the public. Info: 588-8813 or knoxlib.org.

Mid South Navy Nurse Association meeting, 9:30 a.m. Homewood Suites conference room, Turkey Creek. All nurses who served in the Corps are invited. Info: 938-1996.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Dancing Spider Yoga, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. For children ages 3-9 and parents. Info: 689-2681.

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

Statehood Day celebration, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Marble Springs, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Includes: guided tours, encampments, open hearth cooking demonstrations, 18th century music. Info: 573-5508 or marblesprings.net.

Statehood Day celebration, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Cres-cent Bend House & Gardens, 2728 Kingston Pike. Free admission. Info: 637-3163 or crescentbend.com.

Statehood Day celebration, noon-3 p.m., Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Includes: free tours with a birthday cake celebrating the birthday of the state of Tennessee as well as the birthday of Col. Francis Alexan-der Ramsey. Info: 546-0745 or ramseyhouse.org.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 11-12Antique car show and street fair, Historic

Rugby. Car show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; free to specta-tors. To preregister vehicles: 423-628-2441; day of show registration, $10, space permitting. Street fair, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. both days, featuring: crafts, antiques and gift ven-dors. Info: historicrugby.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 13Coffee, Donuts and a Movie: “Creed,” 10:30

a.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville High-way. Info: 525-5431.

Family Movie Night: “Peanuts,” 5:30 p.m., Bur-lington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 3 p.m., North Knoxville Branch Library, 2901 Ocoee Trail. Info: 525-7036.

Magician Michael Messing, 2 p.m., Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

QED Experimental Comedy Lab, 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Pilot Light, 106 E. Jackson Ave. Free weekly comedy show blending stand-up, improv, sketch and other per-formance styles. Donations accepted.

TUESDAY. JUNE 14Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Paulette Elementary School cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 3 p.m., Halls Branch Li-brary, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15Computer Workshop: Introducing the Computer,

2-4:15 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Preregistration is required. Info/registration: 525-5431.

International Folk Dance Class, 7:30-10 p.m., Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, Clin-ton. Info: Paul Taylor, 898-5724; oakridgefolkdancers.org; on Facebook.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16Family Pajama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Halls

Branch Library, 4518 E. Emory Road. Info: 922-2552.

Memoir Writing, 6-8 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway. Instructor: Kathleen Fearing. A Featured Tennessee Artist workshop. Registration deadline: June 9. Info/registration: appalachianarts.net; 494-9854; in person at the Center.

Magician Michael Messing, 4 p.m., Mascot Branch Library, 1927 Library Road. Info: 933-2620.

Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Plainview Community Center. Info: 992-5212.

Shakespeare for Kids, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Li-brary, 330 W. Emory Road. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Wind-sor” and “King Lear.” Info: 947-6210.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 2 p.m.,

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

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 17-18“Night at the McClung Museum” family

sleepover, 7 p.m.-8 a.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For chil-dren ages 5-11 and their parents. Tickets: $40 per person members; $50 nonmembers. Info/tickets: 974-2144 or mcclungmuseum.utk.edu.

Quilt show, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Hosted by the Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee. Admission, $7; two-day pass, $10. Info: smokymtnquilters.com or on Facebook.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18Lavender Festival and A Taste of Tennessee

Wines, Historic Jackson Square in Oak Ridge. Festival, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; A Taste of Tennessee Wines, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Portion of proceeds go to the Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge. Info: jacksonsquarelavenderfestival.org.

Make Your Own Kite!, noon-1 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Mosaic Stepping Stones, 1-6 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway. Instruc-tor: Jessica Kortz. A Featured Tennessee Artist work-shop. Registration deadline: June 11. Info/registration: appalachianarts.net; 494-9854; in person at the Center.

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

Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Union County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Wilson Park. Info: 992-8038.

Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 20 “If You Build it, They Will Come,” 1-2 p.m., Da-

vis Family YMCA, 12133 S. Northshore Drive. Presented by Master Gardener Amy Haun. Info: 777-9622.

Knoxville Zoomobile, 2 p.m., Carter Branch Li-brary, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

Monday Night Book Club: “What Alice Forgot” by Liane Moriarty, 6-8 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, JUNE 20-24Kids’ Craft Camp, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Norris

Community Building, 20 Chestnut Road, Norris. Instructor: Sheri Burns. Bring a sack lunch each day. Registration deadline: June 10 or until fi lled. Info/registration: appalachianarts.net; 494-9854; in person at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 2 p.m., Pow-

ell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

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