I have had a beautiful beer stein since World War II. My brother, Rodney, sent it back from Germany. He was part of a Navy goodwill tour that started at England then went on to Germany. He sent back two beer steins and a Black Forest coo coo clock from there.

When he returned home, Rod took back the coo coo clock and one beer stein. That left me with one beer stein. I have placed that beautiful beer stein in a prominent place in my home as I moved around the country. It is time to give it a permanent home while I am still here to do so.

A favorite winter pastime of mine is to maintain a bird feeding station, observing the visitors, keeping a list of birds that show up each season. I know a lot of folks do the same, so I thought I would share a partial list of the most common birds that drop by my yard and tell a little about identifying them.

When Maynardville, Tennessee began appearing in national news for a truly special and historic military event, the town was buzzing with robust discussion. This monumental event was the first all-female piloted fly-over in honor of the first female naval pilot to fly a combat mission, Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner. Little did many of us know, we had been living with a legend in our midst.

The corner lot at Highway 33 and Wilson Lane (Main Street) including the high school parking lot was the hot topic at the February 7th School Board Workshop. Marty Gibbs, 1st District Board Member, thanked Keep Union County Beautiful for picking up litter and trash on the high school property. Mr. Gibbs also commented that he had received several texts and phone calls from citizens and even students regarding the appearance and messages received by visitors especially during high school games. Mr.

Within the next two months, Zarian Stephens will join an elite group that includes a number of successful men who chose vastly different professions: from presidents to scientists, astronauts to filmmakers.

Just over 2 million young men have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in one hundred years. It is estimated that only four in every one hundred boys that join scouts accomplish this rank. That is less than one percent of the male population.

On January 10-12, the 2019 Tennessee State Junior Swine Show was hosted in Murfreesboro, TN. The show was held in conjunction with the Tennessee Pork Producers Association annual meeting. Union County was represented well at the state show. In addition to individual hog show classes, youth competed in showmanship, skillathon, and the ultrasound carcass class.

Knoxville TN: Author Darlene Underwood recently released her second book, a devotional titled, Speak, Lord, for your Servant is Listening. Underwood says the book is intended to help readers in their everyday journey. It is a compilation work of encounters with God containing nuggets of gold and precious jewels to help readers throughout their days.

Twas the night before V. Day,
When all through the kitchen,
Daddy Mouse smelled odors of my candy fixin'.

He saw in the paper
The next day was V. Day
Mama Mouse's expecting again, he did say.

Last time, we concluded by pointing out that there was no temple during King David's reign over Israel and that God would not allow David to build God a house or temple to dwell in. God would not allow David to build a house because God knew men would worship a temple built by human hands and not worship God Himself.

Through the years, my spider encounters have given me a few adventures. In case you don't know, I don’t want to see one or be anywhere close to one of those icky things. In fact, when I get to Heaven, I plan on asking Jesus if there was nothing else He could have created that would have eaten mosquitos and other bugs.

But there was one spider that amazed me so much that I had to watch it instead of screaming and running away.