Saturday, October 10, 10:00 a.m.
Johnson’s Deer Processing
520 W. Mountain Road
Corryton, TN
FREE

Grainger County is hosting this year’s Deer Class, and we’re excited to have this hands-on educational opportunity taking place right here in Union County.

This free class will provide practical information and demonstrations to help you safely handle your harvest and make the most of your venison.

Union County 4-H members Jaxson Moore, Luke Groce and Madeleine Groce had the opportunity to represent UC 4-H at the Tennessee Valley Fair last month. The youths spent a couple of hours of their evening putting their baking skills to use by preparing delicious homemade biscuits for fairgoers to enjoy.

The Fall Palooza of the Union County Farmers Market was less of a Palooza than was hoped. Coincidentally, this was also the opening weekend of the Tennessee Valley State Fair, which drew some of the usual Farmers Market customers southwards to that annual event. But lower attendance didn't stop Rustic Ridge Cheesecake and Fire on the Mountain from selling out by the end of the market day.

I used to love summer as a kid. It was a time of playing and having fun. But the summer of 1979 was different for me because it was a time of new adventures.
For one, I saw the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. While that in itself was exciting, it was also my first trip without my parents. I went with my cousin Julie and her mom and aunt. It was kinda freeing in a way. I felt less like a kid and more like a real 14 year old teenager.

It’s good, of course, to keep all your muscles strong and limber. But the strength of the body’s core — the muscles in your belly and mid- and lower back, is one of the keys to long term health and stability as you grow older.

The American Legion Post 212 had a special guest attending this veterans breakfast. Commander Tonya Launsby, a U.S. Navy veteran and department commander of all 154 Posts of the Tennessee American Legion, stopped by to distribute American Legion pins to the veterans. This Navy veteran served for 20 years, with deployments on six ships during Desert Storm and Desert Shield. Throughout her military career, she earned several commendations, including the Navy Commendation Medal and three Navy Achievement Medals, and was awarded the first Kosovo NATO medal while serving overseas.

SPECIAL CALLED MEETING

The Union County Board of Education will meet in Special Session on Monday, September 14, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at the Sharps Chapel Community Center to discuss/approve/disapprove construction of a new EMS building on the Sharps Chapel Elementary School site.

By Rebecca Hughes, Executive Director, ICARE Union County

October is a special month for communities working to prevent substance use. It is a time to recognize that prevention is not simply about telling young people what not to do. True prevention is about creating the conditions that help children, teens, families and adults make healthy choices and thrive.

On October 26 be sure to look to the east at sunset and behold the most famous of all full moons, the Harvest Moon. Its nostalgia goes back to the days before electricity, when it was used as a night light by farmers to work longer in the fields to get the fall crops in, hence the name. But the Harvest Moon stands out for other reasons as well.

The Market on Labor Day had a lot of competition. School is back in session, football games were everywhere and folks were looking forward to Thunder in the Park and fireworks. The market routinely sees over 500 marketgoers and there were not as many as usual today.

Harlynn Zielinski of Zee Farm was busy selling eggs and carefully counting money under the watchful eyes of parents Camden and Mari. Their eggs are very popular and often sell out at the farm before they can even take some to the market. Harlynn was a Best Egg Competition winner at the Corn Festival!