Did you ever make up your own imaginary worlds when you were a kid? I did quite often, but then I discovered a way around that and it drove my mom and Mamaw Jo crazy.
It started one cold winter day when I was especially bored. I couldn’t go outside and there was nothing inside that I wanted to do. There wasn’t even anything good to watch on TV. By the way, at that time there were only three TV stations, but we could only get two. Anyway, I was sitting on my parents rocking chair. It was very well padded, so it was thick and comfy. In desperation, I had the idea to sit upside down on it. Immediately I spun myself around and draped my legs over the back of it. Then I leaned back and let my head dangle off of the seat so my hair touched the floor.

By Fred and Jo Gibson

Several times a year I go to cemeteries in Chuck Swan State Forest (Central Peninsula in Union County). I’m there mostly to check the conditions of the cemeteries. While there I read some gravestones. One caught my attention. As Bonnie Heiskell Peters has said, “Cemeteries are museums without walls.”

By Veronica Fox

The Union County Museum is the recipient of a uniform worn by James Elbert Miller during the Spanish-American War. This article dives into the story of one such uniform’s journey from battlefield to museum display, examining its donation, restoration and place in our museum.

A Brief History Review

Still sitting in my bedroom at my small desk looking out at a lowering sky with a squall line approaching from the northwest and strong winds with lots of rain heading our way. As most folks I have developed a case of winter doldrums. We’ve had so far a cold winter and even a two-inch snow the morning of December 11th. A kid on my school bus ask how I liked the snow and I replied,” I love the kind of snow we experienced yesterday; It snowed two-inches early morning and melted by afternoon.” Kind of like being visited by relatives.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Union County TCAT (Tennessee College of Applied Technology) and the Walters State Community College (WSCC) occurred on the Union County High school campus on December 4. The construction fulfills a dream of a multitude of Union County citizens and officials.

Director Greg Clay received the Chancellor's Award for Philanthropy at the groundbreaking ceremony for the combination Tennessee College of Applied Technology and the Walters State Community College on the Union County High School Campus on December 4. The award recognized the Union County Board of Education's agreement to lease the parcel of land for the construction at no fee for 50 years. In return, the state of Tennessee will perform all of the construction, equipment and maintenance for the $7.5M facility.

The Union County Board of Education awarded 46 commendations to Union County teachers for excellence with regards to the state assessments at the December board meeting. Educators were recognized for achievement above the state average, growth scores of 4 or 5, and attainment of Level 5 overall.

At the Plainview Board of Aldermen meeting in December, Mayor Lynn Beeler announced “the Plainview truck has the snow plow attached and is ready to go” to clear the streets when winter weather makes its debut.

What in the world is going on? Sorrow upon sorrow, it seems like everyplace we look in the world something terrible is going on. Hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters are happening worldwide. Terror in many forms is seemingly on every corner of the world. In the last two weeks, individual Terrorist attacks with vehicles have occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana and Magdeburg, Germany. School shootings are happening worldwide at unprecedented rates, especially here in the United States. Various wars of different scales are going on across the globe. According to the Global Peace Index there are currently 56 countries engaged in military conflicts. Those 56 countries in conflict does not include other countries aiding these combatants with financial or other types of military support. Such as, the United States supporting Ukraine.

I have never outgrown my love of a fresh snowfall, which takes a bleak winter scene and transforms it into a wonderland. The quiet that snow brings is both eerie and wonderful, and a walk in the snow on a moonlit night is something you simply must experience. A lot of folks think that snow begins as rain that freezes on its way down and turns into snow. It's usually the other way around, with rain beginning as snow, which melts as it falls.