Coach Christian Chandler announced that Jasper Brown and Aiden Bowman from Union County High School will advance to the regional golf tournament to be played on Monday, September 29. 2025, at Elizabethton Country Club. In the District tournament held at Woodlake Golf Course on Monday, September 22, Jasper defeated his opponent in a thrilling sudden death playoff by making par on hole #1 to be victorious. Aiden's score of 84 and Jasper's score of 85 elevated both to the regional tournament. Mike Johnson is the assistant coach.

A snafu occurred at the Union County School Board meeting on Thursday, September 11, 2025. Board members re-elected Chairperson Jessica Brock in a 3-2 vote with Dr. Jimmy Carter absent and Charlie Hamilton not voting. The attorney advised the Board that the vote was valid. But further research revealed a state requirement of four votes to elect the Chairperson. So the Board will again be electing a chairperson in a special called meeting on September 29. Terry Washam was elected by acclamation as Vice-Chair and will serve as chairperson until the Chair is elected.

SPECIAL CALLED MEETING UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 Union County High School 6:00 p.m.

Agenda ...

In a vote of 10 For and 1 Against, the Union County commission voted to purchase ten acres of the Hubbs property on Prospect Road in Maynardville for $300K. Absent were Commissioners Lynn Beeler, Greg Dyer, Linda Effler, Larry Lay, and Eddie Simpson. Commissioner Gerald Simmons voted against the purchase. The purchase includes an additional two acres donated by the seller to be used to build a drug rehabilitation facility. The rehabilitation facility can be built by using opioid abatement money at no cost to the property taxpayers.

SAVE the DATE

Tuesday, October 21
8:30 - 4:30
Union County Health Department
4335 Maynardville Highway

#FightFlu25
health.tn.gov/fightflu

In the meeting on September 9, 2025, the City of Plainview set its city elections to be at the same time as the Union County General Election beginning with the August 2026 election. Mayor Lynn Beeler stated, “This action will save the city thousands of dollars."

The Cake & Pie Contests are back at the Union County Heritage Festival—Friday, October 3rd! This sweet tradition is serving up $500 in prize money for the best bakers in Union County.

Prizes:

Grand Champion (Cake & Pie): $100 each

1st Place in Each Category: $50 each

Cake Categories: Layered • Sheet • Bundt
Pie Categories: Fruit • Cream • Nut/Other

Entry Drop-Off: Thursday, Oct. 2 | 4–5 PM and Friday, Oct. 3 | 8–11 AM at the Union County Extension Office

Judging begins Friday, Oct. 3 at 12:30 PM.

Contest and Show Entry Dates

Tues, Sept. 30- Deliver art to Snodderly House 1:00-3:00
Register tractor with Carl Chesney

Thurs, Oct 2- Deliver quilts to Museum 1:30 – 6:00
Drop off cakes and pies at UC Extension (4H) 4:00-5:00
Drop off Ag Exhibits at UC Extension (4H) 8:00-5:00
Art Show Reception & Awards at Snodderly House 5:00-7:00

Fri, Oct 3- Drop off cakes and pies at UC Extension (4H) 8:00-11:00
Drop off Ag Exhibits at UC Extension (4H)

Most inanimate objects get no attention after their use has expired, but the object that I am writing about deserves a place in Union County notoriety and history. This object has brought so much pleasure to three decades of Union County natives as well as the many, many visitors to the County. This object was produced from 1935 until 1992 by its founder, born in Canada and moving to the USA. The 600,000 sq. ft. factory was located at 800 North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago IL in 1934. The Chicago factory has since been demolished. The plant eventually was relocated to Torrence, California. The object written about here was built in 1952 and designated Model 1434. It was designed to ...

Union County was well represented at the Region 4-H Grill Masters Challenge Competition on September 16th, 2025. We are so proud of all our youth who competed and showcased their grilling skills!

Junior Individual Placings

Beef – Jaxson Moore – 6th Place
Beef – Asher Firkin – 9th Place
Lamb – Coral Davis – 3rd Place
Pork – Aspen Davis – 2nd Place
Poultry – Caleb Miller – 5th Place
Poultry – Caleb Firkin – 8th Place

Junior Team – 3rd Overall

(Aspen Davis, Coral Davis, Jaxson Moore, Caleb Miller)