The Union County Lions Club held elections for officers for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Kathy Chesney, pastor at both Miller’s Chapel UMC and Irwin’s Chapel UMC, was elected president. Vice-president is Bill Sexton; Treasurer, Dr. Ronnie Mincey; Secretary, Debbie Sylvia-Gardner; and Publicity, Shirlee Grabko.

Union County High School’s Horace Maynard FFA Chapter is diligently active in community service work amongst members. One of their projects is the backpack program or Food for Kids. Members, alongside Advisor John Fugate, provide backpacks to 160 students at all five of the county’s elementary schools, as well as the middle school, on a weekly basis to subside food shortages over the weekend to students who may have the need.

This summer, Tennessee Farm Bureau hosted the Annual Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers Summer Conference in Lebanon at the Farm Bureau Exposition Center. During the conference, there was an array of events including collegiate discussion meets, an awards banquet, educational breakout sessions, and even an ice cream social with cornhole games.

The Annual Union County 4-H Chick Chain Show and Sale was held at Jones Farm and Livestock this year. With a great success at this location, we want to thank owner and 4-H supporter Trevor Jones for offering us this opportunity.
In the spring of each year Union County 4-H orders one-day old baby chicks. The 4-H members choose one of the three breeds that they wish to raise. They make a deposit for the 20 chicks they chose, promising to bring six of the grown hens back to auction off in the fall. With this promise, when they return their six chickens, they are refunded their deposits and get to keep the remainder of the hens.

Union County Heritage Festival Pie Baking Contest
• Grand Prize is $100
• Pies are due on Thursday Oct. 5, 4 to 5 p.m. or Friday Oct. 6, 8 to 11 a.m. at the new Extension office at 2721 Maynardville Hwy.
• Categories are Fruit, Nut and Other.
• First prize in each category is $50 each category and the total prize money is $250.
• The contest is open to all ages and there is no entry fee.
• Pies must be homemade.
• Pie pans will not be returned to contestant.
• The FCE Club will have the final say on acceptability of pies.

Maynardville Public Library
October 4th 11-11:45 a.m. – Babie’s Story and Craft - Ages 0-up
Mrs. Mandi will be reading a few children’s books and the children will be making paintings in baggies
October 7 9:30 a.m.-noon - Teen DND ...

In a recent study, researchers found that patients who have recurrent or ongoing pain after lumbar spine surgery may seek out a therapy called spinal manipulation, which targets the joints of the spine. The study, published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, found that those providing spinal manipulation for these patients typically use gentle techniques.

The motto I live my life by is hard work pays off. Going into college, I knew I wanted to be in the medical field, but I did not know what role that I wanted to be within the field itself.
My cousin Jennifer Manaker was the first person to introduce me to the Physician Assistant (PA) profession. She brought up the profession when she and I were talking about my plans after college.

“Yummy, yummy, yummy, I’ve got love in my tummy” is the first line of the 1968 pop single by the bubble gum band Ohio Express. Time magazine included the song in its 2011 list of songs with “silly lyrics.” I often use various memory devices to aid my recall of scripture concepts. One of the memory devices I use is association. Since silly song lines are easy to remember, one can use something silly to help recall something serious.

I think there’s one thing we all have in common: We’ve all prayed for something that we wanted. Something wasn’t what we needed. Recently, the Lord answered a prayer like that in a way that only He can do. Actually, somebody else also prayed for the same thing too.
A week before my daughter Sara’s wedding, I began to check the weather forecast every day, since the ceremony was to be held outside. At first, that Saturday was predicted to be nice and pleasant. But as it drew closer, the forecast changed to not only rain, but a chance of storms as well.