Is there something that you watch for on a regular basis? For instance, every time we’re on the road, my husband Tim looks for certain cars. “Did you see that Camaro?” I usually respond: “There was a Camaro?” As for me, my cousin and good friend Lynda has gotten me in the habit of looking for what we call “A God Thing.”
Saturday, June 20th. Doors open at 5:00! Come one, come all!!
The Shower Trailer with hygiene kits, clean clothing, and information on resources for anyone struggling today will return on June 18. TVCH folks are here to help.
Believe it or not, post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a very common car accident injury, especially when accompanied by physical injuries.
UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
WORKSHOP
Union County High School
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026
6:00 p.m.
Maynardville, Tenn. – Fresh Wagon is celebrating their five year anniversary of providing locally sourced food to families of Union County and the surrounding areas by hosting an event at 12:00pm on June 16th at First Bank Maynardville.
Fresh Wagon is a mobile food distribution program that works to provide community members with local meat, dairy, eggs, honey, jellies, and produce with an emphasis on local farm partnerships. These partnerships have led to over $20,000 being given back to the local food economy.
Debbie Sylvia-Gardner is the hard-working volunteer Market Manager for the Union County Farmers’ Market. It is her job to organize the weekly markets, assign spots, maintain records of each vendor's sales, and manage the various programs offered by the market. Market attendees may join the Loyalty Program. If you sign in at every visit, you receive a $5 Farmers’ Market Buck each time to spend with any vendor in the Market. Marketgoers may choose to borrow a pedometer at each visit as part of the Walking Program.
The Union County Veterans Wall was the project of former Mayor Mike Williams. It was completed in 2014 and dedicated on Flag Day in 2015.
Updated 6/13/2026
A Meet the Candidates event will be held at 7:00 pm on Thursday June 25th at the Sharps Chapel Community Center at 1520 Sharps Chapel Rd.
The average American diet includes one of three meats, either beef, pork, or chicken. I always thought we ate more beef than anything, but chicken has of late given beef a run for its money. And if you look at it on a global scale, it turns out that beef is often not “what’s for dinner”.
Play a guessing game with me. Take a minute and jot down what you think are the top 10 land animals butchered for food on the planet, based on the number of animals, not pounds of meat. You got it? So, what’s your number one? If you picked chicken, give yourself a drumstick. A staggering 50 billion chickens are consumed annually. Considering how many ways you can eat chicken in a Chinese restaurant, that’s not surprising. How about your number two? The surprising answer is duck, coming in a 2.6 billion. Pigs come in 3rd at 1.3 billion, so take that, McDonalds! 4th place goes to another surprise: rabbits at 1.1 billion. Next is turkeys at 630 million, sheep are 6th at 520 million, and goats are 7th at 400 million. So where’s the beef? Eighth place at 293 million cows, followed by water buffalo, and finally camels.