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By Shannon CareyUnion County Chamber of Commerce kicks

off its Shop Local campaign this week. Twenty-four local businesses are offer-ing great specials through Dec. 23, when you present a coupon from the Shop Local fl yer, found in participating busi-nesses and on page 4 of this week’s Shopper News.

Though the campaign comes just in time for the holidays, Chamber president Patrick Hurley says he hopes

Union County residents will keep in the habit of shopping local throughout the year.

“This is not a charitable action,” he said. “There are good benefi ts to the customer to shopping local.

“I hope this will resonate with people all year

round. I just think this is a terrifi c opportunity.”Those benefi ts include reduced travel and

better quality of service and products.“When you shop local, you’re usually

much closer with that shop owner,” Hurley said. “People are going to be knowledgeable about their products and stand behind their products.”

Hurley said Union County has a wider va-riety of products and services available than most people think. And it’s not just about Shop Local participants. He hopes Shop Local will raise awareness for every Union County business.

“Get out, go to these stores and learn more about what’s right here in our neighborhood,” he said.

This year’s participants include Midway IGA, Shabby Chic 33 Boutique and Tea Room, American Business Equipment, Flowers by

Bob, Jaxx Drive-Thru and Jaxx Gold and Sil-ver Exchange, Teresa’s Bakery, Maynardville Subway, Mary’s Home Furnishings, Hickory Star Event Center, Okie’s Pharmacy, Bull Run Creek Apartments, Li’l Jo’s Bar-B-Que, Wil-low Ridge Care and Rehabilitation, Union County Arts, Union County Animal Hospital, Southern Class Boutique, Union County Hu-mane Society, Maynardville Food City, Jay’s Striper Guide Service, Booker’s One Stop Markets, the Winery at Seven Springs Farm, Union County Chiropractic and Beach Island Resort and Marina.

Participation was free for Chamber mem-bers and $50 for non-members.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Lee album premierCarly Sabrina Lee will debut

her new album, “As Small as I Am,” in a free concert 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14, at Moun-tain View Church of God of the Union Assembly in Luttrell. Carly, age 12, recently won fi rst place in the Tennes-

see Valley Fair Young Talent Search Division. Her parents are Brad Lee and Brooke Kelly-Everhart. Info: 548-1709

Pecans are herePecans are here for holiday

baking.The Union County Lions

Club’s annual pecan sale is underway. One pound pack-ages of pecan halves and 12-ounce packages of pecans covered in white and dark chocolate are available. The cost for all bags is $10.

You may purchase your pecans at Commercial Bank (Maynardville Branch), First Century Bank (Maynard-ville Branch) or the Trustee’s Office in the Union County Courthouse. Info: Ronnie Mincey, 865-278-6430.

Budding newsiesThe journalism skinny

block class at Union County High School is tackling some tough issues. Among them are school lunches and kissing in the hallways.

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BBQ for Hog ClubUnion County 4-H Hog

Club will hold a hog roast and barbecue with live bluegrass music 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the Union County Se-nior Center in Maynardville. Cost is $8 per plate with a barbecue sandwich, sides, dessert and a drink. Tickets are while supplies last and may be purchased in advance. Info: Tammie Hill, 256-3805

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BUZZ

By Shannon CareyWhen the Rev. Burney Hutchi-

son was drafted into the U.S. Navy in November 1943, he was just 19 years old. The farthest he’d ever been from home was Kentucky. Before his term of service in World War II ended, that Union County boy had traveled the world with the Navy amphibious forces in both the Pacifi c and European theaters, even taking part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy.

Looking back, Hutchison re-mains humble about his role in these historic events. He just feels honored to have served his country.

“I wasn’t the only one,” he said. “The real heroes are the ones still over there or buried at sea. A lot of boys never did get to shore.”

Hutchison said Union County alone lost three young men in the invasion of Normandy.

Hutchison’s ship was LST #522, assigned to shuttle tanks, trucks and troops between England and France.

While Hutchison’s job wasn’t the most dangerous in the war ef-fort, it did have its share of risks. Frigid seas with waves sometimes 40 feet high and enemy subma-rines and bombers were always a threat. Once, he saw a German torpedo hit the ship ahead of his, killing fi ve sailors.

“If anyone told you it didn’t scare them, I don’t know whether I’d believe them or not. But we were assigned to do a job. We just had a job to do,” he said.

His happiest memory from the war was having the good luck to meet up with his brother, Willard, in England. Willard was serving in the Air Force, and U2 bombs fell on London during their three days of leave there.

In 1945, Hutchison got two weeks of leave at home, then his ship sailed for the Pacifi c via the Panama Canal with a load of large and small ammunition. His ship stopped in Hawaii, the Soloman Islands, Okinawa, the Marshall Is-lands, Corregidor, the Philippines and Korea. While they were in the Philippines, the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.

Hutchison returned home after an honorable discharge in April 1946 and went to work for the Southern Railroad. He married “the prettiest girl in the neigh-

The Rev. Burney Hutchison,

World War II Navy veteran,

stands in front of his home on

Hickory Valley Road. He served

in both the European and Pacifi c

theaters during the war, and he

was part of the D-Day invasion

of Normandy. Photo by S. Carey

‘We had a job to do’ Hutchison remembers Normandy

Patrick Hurley

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Chamber kicks off Shop Local campaign

borhood,” Evelyn Cupp, in June 1949. The two were together until she passed away almost two years ago. They had two sons and many grandchildren and great-grand-children.

Hutchison went into the minis-try in 1966, serving at Zion Hill in Anderson County, Cedar Grove in Knox County, and Unity in Knox County. He was called to Valley

Grove Baptist, his home church, in 1977, where he served as pastor for 33 years. He was also a school board member for eight years and a Union County Commissioner for 22 years.

He has also found purpose in his volunteer work with the Tri-County Veterans Honor Guard. He served as their chaplain full time until he went to part time due to

health concerns. The Honor Guard conducts military honors at veter-ans’ funerals in Union, Grainger and Claiborne counties.

But this service, too, he ap-proaches with humility.

“All we’re really doing is pay-ing our respects to our veterans and their families,” he said. “I just volunteer to serve because it helps somebody.”Henry Clear?

Recently, as I understand it, someone gifted the Diaries of Henry Clear to John Rice Irwin. There are many inter-esting and enlightening refer-ences to Union County people in these diaries. At some point I may write a few excerpts about those people; but, fi rst, just who is Henry Clear?

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2 • NOVEMBER 11, 2015 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news business

By Shannon CareyIt’s time to take your

Christmas decorating to the next level, and Flowers by Bob in Maynardville can help you get there.

Flowers by Bob owner Bob Sharp hosts a Christ-mas Open House each year to help customers get a jump on holiday décor and gifts. This year’s event runs through Nov. 14, with re-freshments, prize drawings and great discounts. From one ornament to the whole tree, Flowers by Bob has got you covered.

You can also fi nd a spe-cial gift for a loved one or treat yourself with Harry London candles, Carson wind chimes, and new this year the full line of Wil-

low Tree fi gurines. Gour-met chocolates and Rocky Mountain Wassail mix are also available.

Union County Heritage ornaments, hand-painted by local artists, would make a delightful gift or addi-tion to your own tree. The ornaments depict historic places in Union County like Highway 33 Bridge and the old bank building on Main Street. You can even bring a photo of your church or home place for a custom-painted ornament.

Flowers by Bob is locat-ed at 215 Highway 61 East, Maynardville. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Info: 992-8148

Hand-painted Union County Heritage ornaments, including

this one of Thunder Road, are available at Flowers by Bob. Cus-

tomers can even bring a photo of their own church or home-

place for a custom ornament.

Flowers by Bob now carries the acclaimed brand of Willow Tree

fi gurines, including this stunning tree topper. Photos by S. Carey

This year’s Thomas Kincade centerpiece is available at Flowers

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Tuition equality bill heads back to LegislatureBy Betty Bean

Last session, the Ten-nessee General Assembly

came with-in a hair’s b r e a d t h of passing a bill that would make the undocu-m e n t e d children of immigrant parents eli-

gible for in-state college tu-ition. The Senate approved the bill 21-12, and House members voted 49-47 in fa-vor – one vote short of the 50 required for the bill to pass – which sent it back to the Cal-endar and Rules Committee.

Two members thought to be sympathetic to the bill

were absent, so it should be an easy lift to get over that 50-vote threshold, right?

Maybe not, says retired UT law professor Fran An-sley, one of the state’s most eloquent tuition equality supporters. Ansley and her allies are ready to give it an-other go when the Legisla-ture reconvenes in January, but the anti-immigrant tone of much the talk generated by the Republican primary has her concerned.

“Despite how close we came last year, there’s been a lot of hateful rhetoric com-ing out of the primary sea-son so far and I worry about the effect it’s going to have on this issue.”

As the law stands now, students who aren’t citizens

have to pay out-of-state tu-ition (about three times as much as in-state tuition) at Tennessee’s colleges and universities, even if that student’s parents have lived and paid taxes in the state for years. High school guid-ance counselors and college administrators went to Nash-ville to tell legislators about the stifl ing effects this has on ambitious young people who fi nd educational oppor-tunities foreclosed to them through no fault of their own.

“It’s crazy to have these young people growing up here, getting an education in Tennessee public schools and facing this insurmount-able barrier. I think there is in fact broad public support for the idea that Tennessee

Fran Ansley

should be educating all its young people,” Ansley said, emphasizing that the bill does not include any kind of fi nancial aid.

Obviously, Democrats alone cannot pass bills in a legislature where Republi-cans hold a supermajority in both houses, and some of the state’s most conservative Republican legislators sup-ported the tuition equality bill last year. Its Senate spon-sor was Todd Gardenhire of Chattanooga, and Knoxville’s Eddie Smith cited his moth-er’s admonition to the right thing when he signed on as a co-sponsor in the House.

Ansley, who was a law professor at UT for 20 years

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“Then taking the seven loaves he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to distribute.” – (Mark 8:6)

Jesus gave thanks. Do we?

There is so much com-plaining and blaming … and so little thanking. Yes,

the world is a mess. Yes, there is war, poverty and racism. Yes, there is injustice and corruption. I know all that. But so does our Lord.

Complaining won’t change any of it. Yet giving thanks for what we have might.

I am thankful that Jesus, God’s only Son, has saved me and ev-eryone. I am grateful that Jesus shows mercy to me and every sinner. I am grateful for eyes which can see the natural beauty of East Tennessee. I grateful to my fellow ministers who share the Word of God with others. I am grateful for fi ngers that can type this column. I am grate-ful for friends and family. I am thankful for my parishioners. As I start this small list, so many more things come to mind, and I fi nd a great peace and warmth in my heart.

What is your list? Complaining saps our energy and can make us angry or depressed. Yet giving thanks brings hope and life. It

can bring us out of the depths and into loving action.

Remember the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves. People were hungry. The dis-ciples said, ‘we cannot feed them, send them home.’ Jesus said, ‘bring me what we have.’ He gave thanks for that. Then he broke it, making it even smaller. However, in the sharing came the multiplying. It was an act of true faith awarded by satisfi ed people – with an abundance left over.

This is how God works. He sends no one away. He takes the little that we have and multiplies it. Then He invites us to share this blessing with others. This formula of bringing light into the darkness and hope to the hopeless needs only a little from us. It needs us to give thanks for whatever we have and offer it to God. God will do the rest.

Next time you feel like com-plaining or think the world is a mess, just pause and begin your list of thanks. Then offer your list to God. Let him break it open and share the results with others. You and others will discover abundance.

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(and ranked fi rst in her class when she graduated in 1979), said her interest in this bill grew out of her study of the effects of plant closings in Tennessee, which led her to travel south of the border to look at the effects of inter-national trade agreements on poor and working people. She argues that slamming the door on educational op-portunities for ambitious students because of where they were born is having a detrimental effect on Ameri-can democracy.

“This migration wasn’t the result of individual decisions by migrants to come here and break our law, but were decisions made on very high levels, to cut these trade agreements, causing out-migrations from those places to begin to spill out over here,” she said.

“What happens to our own economy and our own labor standards if we allow the fact that our immigration system has gotten broken to create a new underclass of people

among us? What happens to our democracy if we allow a broken system to produce a group of 11 million people who are not allowed to vote or benefi t from the sales taxes and income taxes they pay? It’s very dangerous.”

If the bill passes, Ten-nessee will join 25 other states with tuition equal-ity bills in place. It has been amended to cover students who have already applied for “Deferred Action for Child-hood Arrivals” (DACA) sta-tus, which allows students a temporary but renewable status that carries a two-year deferral from the threat of deportation, a work permit and a social security number, making it one of the country’s most restrictive. It is sup-ported by Republicans who believe it will grow the tax base, increase tuition paid to the state, supply skilled labor to business and align with the governor’s “Drive to 55” initiative, which aspires to see 55 percent of Tennesse-ans equipped with college de-grees or certifi cates by 2025.

Tuition equality From page 2By Shannon Carey

This reporter had the honor to meet the Union County High School skinny block journalism class Nov. 5, and the passion the stu-dents showed for writing blew me away.

And kids, remember how I told you to write a lead sentence for stories? Well, that’s how.

But I digress. The jour-n a l i s m s k i n n y block is an enrichment a u x i l i a r y to the full n e w s p a -per class at UCHS. Teacher Ni-cole Bowl-

ing assigns topics to the students, and they submit their writings to the school newspaper staff. To pass the class, each student must have one story published in the school newspaper by the end of the semester.

Journalism students get to take hall passes, interview teachers and fellow students,

and incorporate those fi nd-ings into their stories. Keely

Booth said getting to “go out and mingle with the stu-dents,” is her favorite part of the class.

For the most part, journalism

students have written opin-ion pieces this semester. Bowling said seeing their opinions published boosts their confi dence as writers.

“They’re high school kids,” she said. “They’ve got lots of opinions. They like it more than we thought they would.”

Subjects have included school lunches, inspiring acts of kindness, and even kissing in the hallways.

Zachery Zecchino said the subject of in-school public displays of affec-tion (PDA) was important to him. His story about PDA made it into the school newspaper.

“I’m in a relationship,

and I was wondering what was acceptable for me,” he

said.U n s u r -

p r i s i n g l y, t e a c h e r s t u r n e d out to be s t a u n c h l y a g a i n s t PDA, but “ s t u d e n t s were all

over the place,” he said.Emily Wallace took a

fi rm stance against PDA at school.

“ W e ’ r e at school to learn,” she said. “It’s disrespect-ful to other people who don’t want to see that.”

A r i e l l e Monroe wrote what could be seen as a controver-sial piece about PDA, one that didn’t make it into the school newspaper. She tack-led the issue of homosexual PDA. She looked up facts about LGBT teens and used

them in the article.“Gay PDA is not really

add r e s s e d here,” she said. “If s t r a i g h t PDA is OK, gay PDA should be, too.”

Journal-ism student M a d a y a

Evans has gone in a differ-ent direction for her work in the class. She is researching

why Union C o u n t y High School no longer of-fers Drivers Education.

“I just don’t under-stand why we don’t have that

class,” she said.Like so many media out-

lets these days, the UCHS newspaper is available in digital format only. QR codes posted in the hall-ways give students access to the publication.

Evans

Monroe

Wallace

Booth

Bowling

Zecchino

Students fi nd voice in journalism class

Highly respected local arborist, William James “Jim” Cortese, ISA, recently used his expertise to age the stately white oak tree (Quer-cus alba) which stands a lone sentinel just behind Food City in Lynnhurst Cemetery on West Adair Drive.

There has long been speculation about the age of the tree and whether John Adair’s reinterrment in 1926 was under the shade of that tree for a reason.

Adair’s great-grandson, James Harvey Smith (1840-1932) had assisted his fa-ther in removing the last remnants of historic Fort Adair. Had Smith advised the Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution to choose that site because of its his-toric signifi cance, possibly because it was within in the perimeter of the fort?

After viewing the sole available historic photo-graph of the tree, making current measurements and returning to his offi ce to study the information and consult his reference works, Cortese sent the following email:

“I have run the age of the Adair Oak two different ways:

“1) (The age factor in the 1988 “International Soci-ety of Arboriculture Guide for Tree Appraisal” for white oak, Quercus alba, is 5 times the tree diameter.) The tree’s current diameter at 4.5 feet off of the ground is 52.84 inches multiplied by 5 equals 264 years or

Adair Oak Tree (1926). Unveiling the tombstones of Revolution-

ary War soldiers John Adair and Edward Smith by the Bonny

Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

are: Sarah Smith Sanders, J. Harvey Smith, Mary Boyce Temple,

Sarah Smith McCampbell. Oct. 26, 1926. Lynnhurst Cemetery.(McClung Historical Collection #200-001-278)

Adair Oak Tree (2015). Dr. John D. Tumblin stands under the

Adair Oak recently to provide a means of comparing the cur-

rent size of the tree to its 1926 size. (Photograph submitted)

JimTumblin

HISTORY AND MYSTERIES

The John Adair Oak Tree

circa 1751. “2) Using a millimeter

ruler I measured the diam-eter of the current tree with Dr. John Tumblin in the photo. It is 21 mm in diam-eter. Tumblin’s head is 3 mm wide which is equal to an average approximate head diameter size of 6.5 inches.

“In the 1926 photograph, the tree is 23 mm diameter and the gentleman’s head is 5 mm diameter. Based upon this information and run-ning an algebraic equation, it is my opinion that the tree is approximately 212 years old, circa 1803.

“(Again) based upon my fi gures, it was approxi-mately 120 years old in 1926. Trying to be a good scientist, if we average the two methodologies; then the tree would be 238 years old, circa 1777. The fort and stockade date to 1788. Thus it is conceivable that this tree was standing when the fort was built. It would have been, again in my estima-tion, about 3-5 inches di-ameter and about 15-20 feet tall in 1788.”

Only hours later, Cor-tese would advise that he had run the age of the tree a third way:

“3) Back in the early 1990s, I had my tree crews measure the diameters and count the age via growth rings of trees that we were cutting down. There were six white oaks in that paper work. I ran the numbers on these six trees. Their aver-age diameters were 23.03 inches. Their average age was 88.17 years. Utilizing the algebraic equation that I utilized previously, the large 52.84 inch diameter white oak is 203 years old.

“Thus, we have 264 + 212 + 203 equals 678 divided by 3 equals 226. This would put the tree circa 1789.”

Over the years several research efforts have been made to discover the exact location of Fort Adair, ef-forts that have so far failed to establish that footprint.

The late Katherine Keogh “Kate” White (1853-1938), historian of the Bonny Kate Chapter of the DAR and honorary historian of the Tennessee DAR, who was a charter member of the East Tennessee Historical Soci-ety and its vice president, wrote perhaps the most informative article on the subject.

Her article in the Knox-ville Sentinel (predecessor to the Knoxville News Sen-tinel) on July 22, 1923, is en-titled, “Where Trolleys And Autos Now Run John Adair Built His Stockade While Indians Peered Down From Black Oak.” White inter-viewed John Harvey Smith (probably James Harvey Smith) who was then living

in the historic Smith house on the southeastern section of John Adair’s 640-acre land grant (present location of CiCi’s Pizza). There are several signifi cant quotes in the article:

“What was then far out beyond the extreme fron-tier of this city in 1788 and where now is a part of busy North Knoxville out on the Fountain City road (now Broadway) in beauti-ful Lynnhurst cemetery, in the extreme north, between the deep cut driveway and a large lonely oak tree, sleeps John Adair. This place was always known as Adair Burying Hill, and the Hill graveyard on Adair Creek.

“Recently Lynnhurst was being put in order, some bones of early settlers were found, and reinterred in Lynnhurst and Greenwood cemeteries. It was thought that John Adair and wife were among these, but a great-grandson of John Adair, John H. Smith (sic), who lives on the Adair es-tate in the large brick house between the Fountain City railway tracks and Broad-way pike, remembered where his great-grandfather was buried and the rocks that were used to mark his grave. He helped his father to pull down the old Fort and house of John Adair.

“The Brick House was built by the late John Smith, the second, in the year of 1839. The Fort, stockade, and house of 1788 stood on the west side of the asphalt road to Fountain City, be-

tween it and where Adair Creek runs, just below the graveyard. Mr. Smith said there were two springs one on each side of the stock-ade, which supplied the set-tlers, and that always a suf-fi cient amount of water was brought in during daylight, and someone with a rifl e stood guard while the wom-en and children brought in the supply.”

The cutline for a photo-graph of the Smith House

illustrating the article con-tains this sentence, “Adair fort was located directly between this house and the grove, and is indicated by a large stone marker, though this stone is not shown in the picture.”

Thanks to Jim Cortese and his expertise in ag-ing trees we may be a step closer to locating the exact footprint of John Adair’s 1788 fort.

If only trees could talk.

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Macedonia Methodist Church at Andersonville

Just who is Henry Clear?

Bonnie Peters

Before computers, elec-tronic calendars and “per-sonal assistants,” to say the least it was diffi cult to keep track of appointments, events and meetings. As history becomes more ac-cessible to us, I’m fi nding that it was customary for professional people as well as business people to keep a diary. Some time ago I tran-scribed the diary of James C. “Jim” Hubbard, a former Union County tax assessor.

Recently, as I understand it, someone gifted the Dia-ries of Henry Clear to John Rice Irwin. His assistant, David Campbell, has tran-scribed the diaries, and Mr. Irwin and Mr. Campbell were kind enough to share a copy of the transcription with me. There are many in-

teresting and enlightening references to Union County people in these diaries. At some point I may write a few excerpts about those people; but, fi rst, just who is Henry Clear?

Peter Clear was born in Germany in 1781. He, with his brother Henry, came to the United States in 1798. Peter Clear settled on a farm just north of the vil-lage of Andersonville, Tenn. There, having married Mar-garet Damewood in 1809,

he reared his family. To this union were born nine children. Henry, the author of these diaries, was the oldest, being born May 29, 1810.

Little is known of the ear-ly life of this pioneer family except that Peter Clear lived and died at the homestead, which he cleared out of the wilderness of Anderson County. Henry Clear, the brother who came with Pe-ter from Germany, separat-ed from Peter and went into what is now White County. Nothing was ever defi nitely heard from him.

It is believed that Peter Clear was a pious Christian, a Methodist of the John Wesley type, his home a house of prayer and a home for the itinerant ministers of the frontier. He exemplifi ed the words of Joshua, “As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.”

It was in this humble home that the fi rst Method-ist class north of the Clinch River in what is now known as Anderson County was organized in 1836, and is known as Clear’s Class. It is my understanding that

Truth and consequences

Ronnie Mincey

Many times it’s not what’s said but how it’s said. Two personal experi-ences will illustrate.

When I was in high school, report cards were handed out in homeroom. Students carried their cards to classes throughout the

day for the teacher to hand-write grades on them.

One day in W. A. Hartsell’s economics class, mine was returned with no grade recorded. I was now faced with an opportunity to make either a good choice (e.g., privately and calmly drawing the teacher’s at-tention to his oversight) or bad (e.g., writing in my own grade).

So what did I do? I took the card up to Mr. Hartsell and said, “Hey, W. A., what are you trying to pull? Where’s my grade?” He

promptly took my grade card and wrote the fattest “C” imaginable.

Next choice? I questioned the “C” with much more hu-mility than I had pointed out the latent oversight. Mr. Hartsell explained that my chapter outlines could be more detailed, etc.

Perhaps if I had been more diplomatic (tactful) in pointing out my teacher’s oversight he would have written a fat “B” or even “A” in the blank space. Never-theless, my complaint was registered, situation recti-

fi ed and explanation given. The deed was done, the die was cast.

What did I learn from this experience? Obviously not enough. During my fresh-man year at LMU, I was as-signed to the then director of public r elations as a work study student. My main job was to deliver the daily FYI newsletters to various loca-tions around campus.

My work study supervi-sor was a very attractive, rather personable young woman who was engaged to be married in the not too distant future. Her of-fi ce was located in the Uni-versity Advancement suite then located on the top fl oor

of Duke Hall. Several other women worked in that suite.

One Thursday my super-visor was in an exception-ally great mood. She was al-most giddy as I left to deliver my fl iers. It never occurred to me that on the next day she would present a drasti-cally different mood.

When I reported on Fri-day, my supervisor had fi xed her hair a different way. I walked straight up to her, and in (what I consid-ered, anyway) a joking man-ner, I said, “Your hair looks awful.”

The next thing I heard was a tremendous burst of uncontrollable laughter, not from my supervisor, but

from the other ladies who worked in the offi ce suite. They were no more amused than my supervisor was en-raged. She practically threw the newsletters at me and ordered me out of her sight.

Unfortunately, I was too dumb to realize what I had done. When I followed her into her offi ce to apologize for whatever I had done, she informed me that I had em-barrassed her in front of her coworkers. I spent a long weekend agonizing over this mishap, dreading the fol-lowing Monday.

Next week I’ll share the effect this particular lack of tactfulness had on the next stage of my college career.

these “classes” were to pre-pare persons as pastors and ministers of the Gospel.

The class continued meeting in the home of the Clears until 1844, when

a log house was built and dedicated to the worship of God. The name chosen was Macedonia. The church is the Macedonia Methodist Church at Andersonville.

An article and picture were printed in a local newspaper – probably the Clinton Cou-rier – in the 1950s, but I do

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UNION COUNTY Shopper news • NOVEMBER 11, 2015 • 5

Marvin West

Call it Armistice Day or Veterans Day, Nov. 11 is a day of remembrance, of gratitude, of pride and of grief. It was set aside to honor the sacrifi ce of those Americans who fought in World War I. Still today, those who fought and lived, as well as those who fought and died are remembered and honored at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month.

There have been other wars since, long, agoniz-ing wars, and those vet-erans are also included in the tribute paid to their service.

One would think that by this time, the inhab-itants of Planet Earth would have fi gured out that maybe, just maybe, we should learn to peace-fully share this home we have.

As Rodney King so

They have treated the wound of my people care-lessly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.

(Jeremiah 6: 14 NRSV)God made the World in six days fl at On the seventh He said, “I’ll rest.” So He let the thing into orbit swing To give it a dry run test. A billion years went by, Then He took a look at the whirling blob. His spirits fell as He shrugged, “Oh well, it was only a six-day job!”

(Rhymes for the Irreverent, Chad Mitchell Trio)

No peace

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plaintively asked, after riots and beatings and killings in California, “Why can’t we all just get along?”

Why, indeed?This sweet little blue

planet that we call home is big enough to allow us all to live here, and to get along! Surely we could take care of it and of our fellow humans!

But no, we fi ght over land and water and oil and mineral rights and politics and religion! We kill each other in wars and riots and on our high-ways.

God forgive and help us!

All I intend to say about Tennessee against North Texas in football is that Vol basketball, ready or not, is moving toward the national spotlight.

Big deal coming up for Thanksgiving weekend – fourth annual Barclays Cen-ter Classic in uptown Brook-lyn, presented by Honda. Last year’s show was pre-sented by Continental Tires. Thought you might want to know, just in case you are considering tires or cars.

There are two divisions to this unusual basketball event. In the junior divi-sion, Gardner-Webb will play at UT at noon on Nov. 22. Army will visit on Nov. 24 for a 7 p.m. game. Other games are other places.

The senior division matches Cincinnati against Nebraska and George Wash-ington against Tennessee on Nov. 27 in New York City. Check local listings.

The next day, losers play at noon and winners go for the championship at a more convenient 2:30.

The junior division, which includes the Arkan-sas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions and Southeastern Louisi-ana ordinary Lions, doesn’t get to play in the big house, capacity 17,000 or so. It as-

FAITH NOTES ■ Hansard Chapel Meth-

odist 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 Richard-

son, 776-2668.

■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley

Road NE, will host a special

singing 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov.

15, featuring Rick Alan King.

■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church will have a com-

munity food drive for the

Pantry on Saturday, Nov. 14,

weather permitting. Dona-

tions may be dropped off 11

a.m.-2 p.m. at Heiskell Fire

Department, 9444 Heiskell

Road.

■ Mountain View Church of God in Luttrell is hosting

the following events: 8 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14 – break-

fast of biscuit/gravy, ham

and sausage available for

a small price followed by

an old fashioned cake walk

and bake sale; noon-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 21 – free

community dinner of turkey,

dressing and trimmings,

pick-up at the drive-thru.

■ Oaks Chapel American Christian Church, 934

Raccoon Valley Road, will

begin a revival 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov.13. The revival

continues 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Saturday, and 11 a.m. and 6

p.m. Sunday. Speakers will

be the Revs. Jerry Epperson

and Richard Nicely. Every-

one welcome.

■ Rutledge Pike Mission-ary Baptist Church, 10316

Rutledge Pike, will host a

benefi t singing 7 p.m. Sat-

urday, Nov. 21. All donations

and proceeds will go to

Texas Valley Baptist to help

with rebuilding the church

which burned in August.

Not much about North Texas

sembles at West Point.Barclays Center is the re-

ally big time, home to the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA and New York Islanders of the NHL. Other events horn in. The Ultimate Craft Beer Festival has come and gone. Disney on Ice will have its hundred-year celebration. Rock bands Yes and Toto were there.

Barclays has passed Madison Square Garden as the highest-grossing venue in the United States for con-certs and family shows, not counting sports events.

■ Suggestion: If you are going to New York for Tennessee basketball, stay over a day and enjoy Handel’s Messiah at Carn-egie Hall. Discount tickets available.

■ Whispers: Long-suffering faithful fans are nervous about what they are not hearing about Ten-nessee basketball recruit-ing. Rick Barnes is teach-ing technique and trying to

develop what he has inher-ited. Rob Lanier, ace talent solicitor, is not listed among those in pursuit of four and fi ve-stars that Kentucky doesn’t want. Barnes was even quoted as saying star ratings don’t matter. Fans suffered the shakes.

■ D e v e l o p m e n t s : Young Kyle Alexander came from Canada as a Volunteer of the future, 6-10, athletic but very inexperienced, a project for next year. He is suddenly a now.

■ Translation: A bas-ketball miracle has trans-pired or the other big man, junior college transfer Ray Kasongo, has a potentially serious eligibility problem.

Kasongo, 20, has many transcripts. He has been go-ing to school long enough to have two high school diplo-mas. He got some secondary education in Toronto, one of his hometowns. In 2012 he was “going” to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia but I couldn’t swear he ever at-tended.

His “mentor,” Brandon Bender, a key fi gure in AAU basketball circles in Ken-tucky, showed him the way to East Ridge High in Lick Creek, Ky., and then on to Pikeville, for more and bet-ter basketball exposure. He

supposedly graduated.He was to get more edu-

cation at St. John’s North-western Military Acad-emy in Delafi eld, Wis., but didn’t stay long. He did OK at Phase I Academy in sub-urban Phoenix, committed to University of Oregon, de-committed, recommit-ted, signed and was denied admission in June 2014. Transcript credibility is-sues or maybe the “mentor” made the NCAA nervous? Hmmm.

Kasongo played at Col-lege of Southern Idaho last season. The recruiting world was surprised when he signed with Tennessee. Mississippi State thought he was a Bulldog.

In a long and strange process, others had inter-est, according to Kasongo or Bender or both: UCLA, Arizona, LSU, Southern Cal, N.C. State, California, Memphis, Stanford, Indi-ana, DePaul, Iowa, Texas, UConn, West Virginia, Michigan State, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Florida, Wright State and Kansas.

There are valid reasons. Kasongo looks like an NBA power forward or maybe an NFL tight end.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is [email protected]

Henry Clear From page 4

not have a copy and I do not know the exact site. Peter Clear was the main infl u-ence in building this church house, and being one of its charter members he be-came its fi rst exhorter. He retained this position until his death in 1884.

It was as a loyal Method-ist that he maintained his place, rearing three sons and six daughters. He, like Paul, fought a good fi ght, and had reserved for him a crown of life. When, having spent his life in the interest of his church, and having burned his candle out in service to his fellow man, he came to die, he sent for his pastor inviting him to, “Come and see a Christian die.”

His pastor hastened to his bedside, and was there when he fell asleep in the arms of him who had been his captain of life and his salvation in death.

At Peter Clear’s death, it fell upon the shoulders of his oldest son, Henry Clear, who had through those years been the class leader of this band of Method-ists, to accept the mantle of leadership.

There were two younger brothers of Henry Clear, both of whom were also li-censed as local preachers in the class at Macedonia. The

Rev. Caperton Clear and the Rev. Rowan Clear both served for some years as ca-pable and worthy men.

Henry Clear writes of them regularly in his dia-ries. The six daughters were all public-spirited and did active service in the church until their deaths.

It was Henry Clear, how-ever, who maintained the leadership of the class at Macedonia and the upkeep of the family and the old homestead.

Henry Clear made his home a Christian home and kept the fi res burning night and morning upon the fam-ily altar. As a class leader he could not be excelled. He held his regular class meet-ings every three weeks, and looked after the spiritual welfare of his fl ock. He was noted for his piety and Godly walk. He was a man of few words, but one of spiritual demonstration.

On Monday the 5th of June, 1852, Serena Clear (Henry’s sister) married Henry Snodderly.

This left Henry and Peter Clear to take care of them-selves, but Henry soon re-solved to change that. He says, “After considerations and prayer, I paid my ad-dress to Miss Mary Scruggs and soon concluded a mar-riage contract with her and

we were married by the Rev. G. W. Baker on last Tuesday the 18th to the seeming sat-isfaction of all concerned. May the Lord guide us in ways of Holy living, that nei-ther of us may ever regret our union.” Other records indicate he married Mary Scruggs July 15, 1854. To this union were born three children, Dr. John Clear, Mrs. Margaret Clear Peter-son and Luther Clear.”

Serena Clear, whom Hen-ry mentions frequently in his diaries, was the Serena Clear Snodderly (Snoderly?) who was later murdered in the infamous Snodderly Murder in Union County and which resulted in the only hanging t o take place in Union County.

Luttrell sets Christmas paradeThe city of Luttrell Christmas parade will be held at noon

Saturday, Dec. 5. The registration form for parade entries can be found on the city of Luttrell Facebook page or by calling 992-0870. The city of Luttrell will provide Santa; no other Santa will be allowed in the parade.

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New Beverly Baptist ChurchNew Beverly Baptist Church

Sunday, November 15 • 6pm

New Beverly Baptist Church 3320 New Beverly Church Rd., Knoxville, TN 37918

Rev. Eddie Sawyer, Pastor; [email protected] or www.newbeverly.org

I-640 to exit 8. Go north on Washington Pike to red light @ Greenway Rd. (facing Target), turn left, church is ¼ mile on the right.

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Nov 12 Thur Jacksboro * JVG Away 5:00

Nov 13 Fri Rutledge JVB Away 5:00

Nov 16 Mon Jeff erson* JVG Home 5:00

Nov 30 Mon Lafollette * JVG Home 5:00

Dec 5 Sat Rutledge JVG Home 12:00

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Dec 10 Thur Jacksboro* JVB Home 5:00

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Dec 15 Tues Washburn JVB Away 5:00

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By Shannon CareyLocal musical power-

house Jim Woods got a pleasant surprise recently. A friend said he’d played Woods’ single “Union Coun-ty Dirt” for a program at an elementary school. The kids loved it and shouted how proud they were to be from Union County.

The song, recorded by Woods and the Union Coun-ty Dirt Band, is a fun mani-festo of community pride. Now, Woods is donating CDs of “Union County Dirt” and another single, “Union County DNA,” to Union County’s schools for pos-sible use in music classes.

“Union County DNA” fo-cuses on musical talent that runs strong in Union Coun-

ty with many famous musi-cians like Roy Acuff, ChetAtkins and Kenny Chesneyhailing from here.

“I think it will help pump the kids up a little bit,” saidWoods. “You have to under-stand where you are to seewhere you’re going to go.”

The CDs come with in-structions for teachers toask the kids if they’re proudthey come from UnionCounty dirt. For kids whohave moved to the area,the question can be, “Areyou proud you’re rooted inUnion County dirt?”

“I don’t want anyone to feel left out,” said Woods.“I’m proud of our trans-plants. People ought to feelgood about where they comefrom.”

Horace Maynard Middle School girls basketball team won the Clinch River Tip-Off Classic. Pictured are team members Jaiden

Cox, Jennah Cox, Makenna Nease, Skylar Bates, Ella Johnson, Makayla Cooper and Kaitlyn Woodie. Photo submitted

Jim Woods of Woods Music is donating CDs of his songs “Union

County Dirt” and “Union County DNA” to local schools. Photo byS. Carey

Woods grows pride from ‘Dirt’

Horace Maynard basketball girls win Tip-Off Classic

The Horace Maynard Middle School girls basket-ball team started the 2015-2016 season off with a bang by winning the Clinch River Tip-Off Classic at Norris/Clinton. The Devils won all fi ve games, starting with a win over Grace Christian.

The team went on to win over Norris and Lake City

and advanced to the semi-fi nals as the Number One seed in their pool. They followed this with another win over Lake City and ad-vanced to the fi nals. In the title game, the Devils took on Grace Christian again, and won by 10 points after a tight game throughout.

Tournament MVP Ella

Johnson and all-tourna-ment selections Jaiden and Jennah Cox led the HMMS team. Skylar Bates and Makenna Nease provided important contributions to the winning effort. Makayla Cooper and Kaitlyn Woodie also played key roles.

“I’m very proud of my girls for their efforts,” said

head coach Gary Chandler. “We have a lot of work to do, and our district schedule will be a challenge, but I’m pleased with our start.”

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Big Ridge inventors dream bigBig Ridge Elementary School 5th graders Alexis Litteral, Kendra Cooke, Emma Sexton, Eben Hansen, Ka-

tie Cassel, Amelia Bills and Brayden Henderson display inventions they created in a combination read-

ing and science assignment. The students’ weekly reading story featured child inventors, and students

received extra credit for their inventions, using higher order thinking skills to plan, design, create and

present their innovations. Student inventions included items that could be used for cleaning, child care

and even cheerleading. Not pictured are Krista Cooke and Isaiah Scates. Photo submitted

Big Ridge Elementary School 5th grader Bridgett Maples achieved a perfect score on the TCAP math assessment taken in the spring. Bridgett enjoys math and likes playing mul-tiplication war with fellow students and her teacher, Tomara Groot.

Coloring contest at Big RidgeBig Ridge student Krista Cooke, Shriner Don Jackson and Big Ridge student

Emery Harrison gather for a photo after the students won this year’s Shriners

Coloring Contest. Jackson met with the girls and their families at Commercial

Bank to present their prizes, a $50 savings account, a crisp $5 bill and breakfast

at McDonald’s. Photo submitted

Horace Maynard Middle School recently announced the honor roll for the fi rst nine weeks.

■ 8th GradeAll As: Jaden Ayers,

Skylar Bates, Aubrey Book-er, Chloe Bowman, Jacob Campbell, Jada Cochrane, Suzanna Damewood, Haley Farmer, Brianna Gard-ner, Kailyn Griffey, Ella Johnson, Savannah Jones, Marykate Killingsworth, Katie Lewis, Alyssa Long, Summer Mize, Makenna Nease, Alex Padgett, Eliza-beth Pursel, Connor Rob-erts, Mikalea Skibinski, Haleigh Warwick, Susan-nah Wilson, Katelin Young-Melton.

All As and Bs: Sum-mer Beeler, Kayla Blair, Jonathan Blanton, Tan-ner Brooks, Shea Chesney, Marissa Corum, Alonzo Creech, Gabby De Leon, Angel Edwards, Austin For-sythe, Samantha Cooke, Morgan Fraley, Graham Gibbs, Takinsey Gibson, Tyler Gilbert, Nathan

Grandey, Destiny Graves, Samantha Harrison, Ken-nedy Hill, Leon Hills, Aus-tin Hooks, Shawn Hooper, Josh Inklebarger, McKayla Johnson, Addison Jones, Evan Jones, Peyton Keck, Paris Knighten, Mac Lock-hart, Katie Mahoney, Evan Matthews, Lora Mattingly, Gracie McWilliams, Tan-ner Monroe, Luke Moore, Emma Navarrete, Rosie Navarrete, Mashara No-land, Jacob Norman, Kayla O’Mary, Bradlee Patter-son, Leonor Perez, Kerigan Sands, Dakota Sharp, Aar-on Shoffner, Alexis Shoope, Lucas Smith, Elijah Taylor.

■ 7th GradeAll As: Brooke Black,

Josh Brantley, Cassie Dykes, Katy Effl er, Landon Gray, Tyler Greene, Han-nah Hensley, Caroline Lay, Emma Moyers, Brooklyn Sharp, Bryson Sharp, Nich-olas Sizemore, Raley Toll-iver, Ashlyn Walker, Jordan Walker, Mason Weaver.

All As and Bs: Mitchell Baker, Seth

Bates, Hailey Blevins, Hunt-er Boggs, Aaron Bravo, Zach Bridges, Jackson Bussell, Ty Cooke, Cera Davis, Andrew Edmondson, Eli Foust, An-drea Goforth, Noah Hen-derlight, Tucker Jones, Natalia Leonard, Caitlin Mays, Jaima McCoy, Jus-tin Muncey, Tori Naglitch, Ben Oakes, Kyla Pressnell, Carson Raby, Logan Raw-linson, Andrew Reece, Ethan Ritter, Jayci Roark, Lora Rutherford, Justin Savage, Ronnie Stevens, Paige Strickland, Gabbie Tarnowski, Trevor Tolliver, Christopher Treece, Draven Vermilion, Chasity Wilker-son, Kaitlyn Woodie, Chey-enne Wyrick.

■ 6th GradeAll As: Austin Acuff,

Gracie Brady, Caden Brown, Kimberly Carroll, Jacob Caffi n, Riley Cole, Ashtan Collins, Kadynce Collins, Makayla Cooper, Emma Cox, Mikayla Deloach, Koby Dyer, Makenzie Foust, Savanna Gerber, Elliot Gibbs, Gavin Graves, Nikki Heath, Peyton

Helms, Macey Hutchison, Morgan Johnson, Madison Lowe, Kya Matthews, Lexus Matthews, Mallory Moore, John Perry, Makenna Satter-fi eld, Rachel Sharp, Amanda Tharp, Melanie Tharp, Kai-lyn Tolliver, Joy Turner, Brit-ney Zamarron.

All As and Bs: Patty Anderson, Jordyn Beg-ley, Jaden Blanton, Joshua Brantley, Sarah Branum, Kayla Burgan, Dakota Bur-gess, Tagen Cagel, Zack Caldwell, Kaylee Chisum, Gavette Christian, Faith Cooper, Eli Edds, Tyler Graham, Greyson Griffi n, Blakley Hall, Javan Huit-ing, Kelly Hunter, Ryan Jones, Jacob Keck, Anthony King, Presley Merritt, Sam Meyers, Victoria Mullins, Megan Overbay, Halli Seal, Timothy Simonds, Makenzi Stewart, Tiffany Stratton, Tala Thomas, Kendra Ty-ler, Sebastian Vilar, Danny Walker, Dakota Webb, Aus-tin Western, Jacob White, Keylee Widner, Madison Wood, Sarah Wright, Corey Wynn.

Bridgett Maples

Horace Maynard Middle School honor rollMaples is math whiz

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

fi rst Saturday.

■ One-on-one classes are

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vices. For appointment:

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■ The Maynardville Public

Library is located at 296

Main St. Info: 992-7106,

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THURSDAY, NOV. 12VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,

Maynardville. All veterans are invited. Info: 278-3784.

FRIDAY, NOV. 13“Friday Night Lights” Alzheimer’s Tennessee

5K Glow Run and Walk, 6 p.m., Lakeshore Park. Entry fee: $35. Registration: alzTennessee.org. Info/sponsorships: Kay Watson, [email protected], or 544-6288.

SATURDAY, NOV. 14Fall Arts & Craft Festival, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Christ

UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway. Info/application: [email protected].

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Petsmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Performance Anxiety and the Alexander Technique, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 313 N. Forest Park Blvd. Cost: $80. Preregistration with confi rmation required. Info/registration: Lilly Sutton, 387-7600, or AlexanderTechniqueKnoxville.com.

SUNDAY, NOV. 15The Steeles in concert, 6 p.m., New Beverly Baptist

Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road. Preaching by Dr. Jeff Steele. No admission charge, but Love Offering will be taken. Info: 546-0001, NewBeverly.org.

TUESDAY, NOV. 17Honor Guard meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,


WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 18-19AARP Driver Safety classes, noon-4 p.m.,

O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Info/registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

THURSDAY, NOV. 19Plainview 7th District Neighborhood Watch

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

SATURDAY, NOV. 21Emory Road, Daughters of the American

Revolution (DAR) meeting 10:30 a.m., East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay St. Speaker: Sonja DuBois, a WWII Holocaust survivor. Topic: “Preserving the Legacy.”

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town Petsmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Unity of the Community, Building Community through the Heart of Yoga, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Lindsay Young Downtown Y, 605 W. Clinch. Light refreshments, yoga classes, and more. Info: 622-9025.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, NOV. 21-22Foothills Craft Guild Fine Craft Show, 10 a.m.-6

p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Jacob Building in Chilhowee Park. Featuring booths of woodwork, pottery, jewelry, glass, fi ber arts, metalwork, sculpture, basketry and more along with a free “Kid’s Make It & Take It Booth” sponsored by the Appalachian Arts Craft Center Crafts include: straw weaving, fairy dolls, paper trees, paper stars, handmade books, and fi nger knitting. Admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors; children 13 and younger, no charge.

TUESDAY, NOV. 24 Happy Travelers’ Thanksgiving lunch and

gathering, 10:30 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church fellowship hall, 5803 Millertown Pike. Music by Eternal Vision. No charge; suggested contribution, $7. Deadline to sign up: Friday, Nov. 21. Info/sign-up: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 27-28Open house, Appalachian Arts Craft Center. Info:

494-9854 or appalachianarts.net.

TUESDAY, DEC. 1AARP Driver Safety classes, 8:30 a.m.-4:30

p.m., GFWC Ossoli Circle, 2511 Kingston Pike. Info/

registration: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2International 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, DEC. 3Big Ridge 4th District Neighborhood Watch

meeting, 7 p.m., Big Ridge Elementary School library. Info: 992-5212.

SATURDAY, DEC. 5Market Square Holiday Market, noon-6 p.m., with

farm vendors selling until 3 p.m. near the Market Square stage, and craft vendors and food trucks open until 6 p.m. on Union Avenue adjacent to Market Square and along Market Street. Info: MarketSquareFarmersMarket.org or NourishKnoxville.org.

SUNDAY, DEC. 6“Let’s Build a Santa with Wool,” 1-4 p.m.,

Appalachian Arts Craft Center. Instructors: Nancy Shedden and Karen Bills. Registration deadline: Nov. 29. Info/registration: 494-9854; appalachianarts.net.

MONDAY, DEC. 7American Legion meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,


TUESDAY, DEC. 8Paulette 6th District Neighborhood Watch, 7

p.m., Paulette school cafeteria. Info: 992-5212.

THURSDAY, DEC. 10VFW meeting, 7 p.m., 140 Veteran St.,


SATURDAY, DEC. 12Market Square Holiday Market, noon-6 p.m., with

farm vendors selling until 3 p.m. near the Market Square stage, and craft vendors and food trucks open until 6 p.m. on Union Avenue adjacent to Market Square and along Market Street. Info: MarketSquareFarmersMarket.org or NourishKnoxville.org.

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UNION – 142.9 acres on Co line. 61.57 acres in Knox Co & 81.33 acres in Union Co. Branch runs across both ends of property & has a spring fed pond. Property has a brick bldg near road. $599,000 (874441)

NORRIS LAKE – Almost 1 acre lot. Seasonal lake access

in cove. Lake & mtn views. $64,900 (922155)

MAYNARDVILLE – Like new! This 3BR/2BA brick rancher has hand-scraped hdwd fl rs, open fl r plan, lg BRs. Mstr suite w/walk-in closet & full BA. Wood fenced backyard. 2-car gar. $125,900 (939380)

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HEISKELL – Private 17.50 wooded acres. Less than 5 miles to I-75. Convenient to Clinton & Powell Utilities (water, telephone, cable, & water) are available at road. $156,000 (928303)

MOUNTAIN VIEWS FROM THIS 6+ ACRES. Water has been run to property & ready to build your dream home. Creek at back of property. Convenient to Norris Lake & Big Ridge State Park. No Mobile Homes. $49,900 (932705)

GIBBS AREA this 6+/- acres is level with creek access. This is part of a larger tract of land also available. Call for details. $85,000 (927701)

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POWELL – Approx 4 acre tracts. Pri-vate setting, great location. Start-ing at $44,900 (908693 & 908694)

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NORRIS LAKE FRONT – Water-front access w/2BR home. Home

needs work but in great loca-tion close to Stardust Marina

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146.16 ACRES PRIME TENNESSEE FARM LAND – Ideal for a camp/retreat property, golf course, equestrian facility, development or a multi-million dollar home place. Great for entertaining, this 5BR/5BA, 8,266 SF home w/in-ground pool has a view that will take your breath away. Fenced/cross fenced w/2 ponds, horse training facility, 7 barns & KW60 whole house diesel generator. Additional 725 acres available. $2,900,000 (924475)

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POWELL – Private wooded setting on almost an acre. This well-kept 3BR/2BA home features: Lg eat-in kit, fam rm w/FP, living/formal din-ing, split BR fl oor plan, mstr suite w/tub & shower. 10x12 wkshp/stg out back w/electric. $99,900 (927260)

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