My daughter Anne goes to the Union County Farmer's Market every Saturday morning. Today she brought back some beautiful fresh peaches. Naturally, I had to make a peach pie. This is a pie that can only be made when peaches are in season. Canned ones won't do. I make it with a baked pie shell. It could be done with a vanilla wafer crust, or to go all out, an uncooked pastry lined pie plate with a lattice top crust. In that case, arrange a lattice crust pattern over the cooked and cooled filling. Cover pie edges loosely with foil. Bake at 400 F. for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

In an effort to promote college awareness and access, Union County High School will participate in College Application and Exploration Week, a statewide initiative sponsored by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and CollegeforTN.org, on September 16-21, 2019.

Tennessee Congressman Chuck Fleishmann and Representative Dennis Powers made a visit to Union County on Monday, August 5, 2019 to present an honor to a local family and give an update on projects in Washington, D.C.

Aug. 5, 2019 - Tennessee Housing Development Agency has awarded a $500,000 HOME Program grant to make much-needed repairs to substandard homes for elderly and disabled residents of Union County.

The HOME program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is administered in part in Tennessee by THDA During the most recent funding round, THDA awarded 13 competitive HOME grants statewide totaling $5.5 million. Six of those 13 grants were awarded to local governments and nonprofits in East Tennessee.

Shannon DeWitt, UT Extension Director for Union County, Is One of Three Statewide Winners of the TAAA&S Hicks Award

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture recognized some of its top faculty, staff, researchers and Extension experts at UTIA’s annual Awards and Promotions Luncheon held on the UTIA campus in Knoxville August 2, 2019. Many of the awards are gifts made possible by past faculty, alumni and friends of the Institute.

ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations located in Tennessee as a result of rain and flooding from Aug. 1, 2018 through March 5, 2019.

At the latest Glam and Glo Alternative Beauty Pageant, it is with honor that Union County’s own Courtney Brown was crowned Miss Inked Knoxville 2019. Courtney is a distinguished model, along with being a very talented and creative cosmetologist and proud mom.

Hearing well has never been my strong suit. Over the years, that has led to a few misunderstandings for me. A good example of this is learning the Lord’s Prayer as a child.

One of my first memories of church is being in the small children’s Sunday school class. Our teacher was a dear lady named Agnes, who everybody loved. And she was a very talented singer. She taught us a few children’s hymns and we would all sing one every Sunday morning.

I was reminded again this past week about how the act of making a decision pushes the subsequent decisions in sometimes unexpected directions.

Up until recently, the backyard project I have been working on has been confined to demolition and hauling stuff to the dump. Nasty stuff. Dangerous stuff. Boards with nails and screws protruding, splintered ends, and unwieldy shapes and sizes. Finishing that (well, mostly finishing that) has meant that I could move from destruction to creation.

Mincey’s Musings
Year Two, Week Thirty

Leaving Leaves

Leaf After Leaf Drops Off

Leaf after leaf drops off, flower after flower,
Some in the chill, some in the warmer hour:
Alive they flourish, and alive they fall,
And Earth who nourished them receives them all.
Should we, her wiser sons, be less content
To sink into her lap when life is spent?
--Walter Savage Landor