Sandra Vincent and Lora Graves posing for the kindergarten registration picture at Luttrell Elementary. All five Union County Elementary Schools enrolled children for the 2023-2024 school year in May. If you missed the registration, call 865-992-5466 or your local school to register.
Vice Mayor Richard Phillips reported to the Plainview Board of Alderman that he awarded a $500 scholarship to Delaney Weaver at the senior awards for having the highest GPA for a graduating senior who resides within the City of Plainview.
In the same meeting last month, the board learned that Margie Presley was hired as the building inspector as recommended.
The Police Report included 37 calls with three vehicle accidents, one pursuit, one runaway and 11 citations.
Your feet are the foundation on which your body stands and functions. Chiropractors recognize that one of the keys to spinal health, and therefore the maintenance of overall health, is taking good care of the feet. A foot injury can lead, for instance, to limping. And when the body starts compensating for a limp or for any joint that can’t pull its weight, the over-stressed parts will start to ache. Most likely the other leg or hip will start to ache. Next may come lower back pain.
by Beth Bergeron
Our 4H Outdoor Adventure project group is open to students in grades 4 through 12—all 4H members.
Our goal is to provide fun experiences in the outdoors while inspiring awe, and learning to love and care for this beautiful world with which we have been blessed. This group kicked off their fun adventures at Big Ridge State Park last November. They rotated between archery, hiking with Ranger Josh and environmental games.
Murder hornets scared the whole United States a few years ago with their first appearance in Washington State. Do you remember news reports from just a few years ago?
The good news is these hornets are still a long way from East Tennessee.
Union County 4-H had a strong showing at this year’s Big 9 Sub-Regional Achievement Day, which was held at the First Baptist Church in Dandridge in May.
This competition included participants from the surrounding counties of Blount, Claiborne, Cock, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox and Sevier. Well over 100 elementary- and middle-school-aged students turned out for the all-day event, many with their parents, siblings and Extension Agents accompanying them. It was a full day and a packed house!
Nashville, TN– Presley Lay has been named the 2023 National Dairy Month Chairman for Union County.
Lay will be honored June 8 at the Tennessee June Dairy Month Kickoff Event at Ellington Agricultural Center in Nashville. The event includes recognition from Brian Flowers, president of the American Dairy Association of Tennessee. The official kickoff celebration recognizes Tennessee 4-H members’ efforts to promote National Dairy Month in Tennessee.
In-Person Event Returns to UTIA Campus
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Green Industry Field Day will be hosted in person this year by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. The event takes place on June 27, 2023, and participants will enjoy a variety of sessions that will take place beginning at the UT Gardens Plaza and ending in the Brehm Animal Science Building Lecture Hall.
It has been my privilege to write for Historic Union County for over five years. This month, I am reprinting my first article to remind myself and any readers I may have of the purpose of our teaching. I also want to sincerely say thanks for reading, and I hope my teaching has been a benefit.
In 2 Timothy 2:15 the Apostle Paul charged Timothy to … “rightly divide the word of truth.”
Country Connections By James and Ellen Perry
It’s an early morning in June 2023 and Norris Lake is quiet. No jet skis and fast boats with raucous passengers. No houseboats and pontoon boats bouncing over waves created by jet skis or fast boats this early June morning. All the barbeque grill fires are out with most
grills put up ’til the 4th of July.