Whether your memories of Thanksgiving involve a happy group of family and friends gathered around a table overflowing with food, an afternoon spent snacking while watching your favorite football team, volunteering at a homeless shelter, or something entirely different, HUC wants to hear from you.
The Smoky Mountain Homeschool 4-H Club met at Big Ridge State Park on Tuesday, October 24th. The club started the meeting off with Mr. Bill Morgan giving a demonstration on how to build a bluebird house, how to maintain it, and why bluebirds are beneficial to our environment.
There is still a lack of high-certainty evidence on the effectiveness and safety of commonly used painkillers (analgesics) for short bouts of low back pain, finds an analysis of the evidence published by The BMJ.
If you know my daughter Sara, then you know how much she loves to fish. I can see why since she grew up fishing with her daddy. As for me, I went along on a fishing trip when I was kid. I thought it was going to be a fun adventure. Boy was I wrong.
I came today in my archives across a pamphlet of great historical interest to me. Mr. Clifford Stiner, prominent Union County resident, was the author. The pamphlet reveals Mr. Stiner’s occupations/hobbies/interests as historian, pilot, politician, newspaper editor, and author.
Here is a different coconut bar cookie. You should have all the ingredients in your pantry and fridge. Substitute pecans for the walnuts, if desired. Mix all together until well blended. Press in bottom of lightly greased 9 by 13 inch baking pan. Beat eggs until light with mixer, Add sugars, salt and vanilla.. beat well. Add nuts and coconut. Spread over first mixture in pan. Bake at 350 F. for 15 minutes or until just set. Don't overbake. Cut in bars or small squares while still warm. Makes 3 dozen.
Halloween is almost here.
The frost is on the pumpkin.
Add apple pie and pecan, too.
Do your apple dunking.
By Steve Roark
Volunteer, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Socially, male and female white-tailed deer live separate lives except for a brief mating period in the fall. Bucks tend to hang in small groups amongst themselves, and does hang out with other females, along with their yearlings and fawns.
Do you remember the first thing you ever cooked? For me, it was cornbread. My Mamaw Girdle/Myrtle taught me how to make it. I was so excited since cooking was a rite of passage to me. One I almost failed.
Maynardville Public Librarian Mandi Suddath met some wonderful authors at the Wears Valley Fall Festival! Author Kelley Griffin generously donated a set of her books to the library. She writes romantic suspense novels that are intense and will keep you guessing. Kelley is not only an author but a mother of 5 boys, a wife to a marine, as well as, a school librarian. You may visit her website https://romanticsuspenseauthor.com to learn more about Kelley. We hope you visit our library to check out her books.