Another opportunity for Veterans to gather together for fellowship and food! On Saturday, April 11, all Veterans are invited to the American Legion Post 212 to meet and chat at 8:00 am. The breakfast line will open at 8:30, and there is always plenty of food for seconds. If you know of any Veterans who cannot make the breakfast, please be sure to take them a to-go box! After breakfast, Veteran and VA news and updates will be shared. The event is over by 9:30.

The obvious solution would be to get an eye exam! What? No vision insurance? Well, that can certainly be a limiting factor for many people who simply cannot afford an eye exam and glasses. Solution? Let your Union County Lions Club help! The Vision Clinic is held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Lions Club on Broadway in Fountain City. The exam and glasses are free. You do need to fill out an application so we can enter you into the computer and schedule a date and time for you. And you can get an application simply by contacting Ronnie Mincey or me.

Not long ago I found myself in a conversation with two gentlemen. In the course of the discussion, the men discussed their businesses, houses, and real estate.
The more they talked, the more insignificant I felt. It was obvious that their business acumen had prospered each of them far above my life holdings. Even their utility bills were astronomical compared to mine, due to the large number of square feet of their dwellings. I would be hard pressed to pay either of their electric bills for one month.

Can sneezing cause a herniated disc? For many people with back pain caused by a back pain condition (ie, herniated disc), the problem starts off small and then gradually builds until you start to feel symptoms, such as back pain. For example, let’s say you sneeze and feel a sudden, sharp pain in your back. You may have had an underlying herniated disc, and the sneeze was what triggered it to progress.

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MARCH 17, 2026 | About 25 members of Frank Sharp’s high school class in Maynardville, Tenn., gathered Saturday at a restaurant like they do every six months. Some would learn of the death of their classmate, while all recalled memories of him.

“Is that a tornado?” As a child, I would ask this whenever I saw a whirlwind out on Papaw’s farm. It was fascinating to watch hay spin around up high in the air. For some reason, I had it stuck in my mind that all swirling winds were tornadoes. I even thought this as an adult.

Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, at 2:00 is the perfect time to have the kiddos at Wilson Park to hunt for Easter Eggs! This annual event is free.

The Hunt will be divided into three age groups, each with its own hunting area. The breakdown will be: 1–3 year olds, 4–6 year olds, and 7-10 year olds. A total of 238 plastic eggs will be filled with candy and divided into each age group area. And each group will also have 4 Golden Eggs with REAL money inside! That’s a total of 250 eggs for the Hunt.

For too long, many of our veterans have been overlooked or forgotten. We all benefit from the freedoms protected and preserved by those who served in our armed forces. They gave selflessly of their time, knowledge, and strength, and now it is our turn to honor and support them and their families.

The March American Legion Veterans breakfast was sponsored by the UCHS Navy Junior ROTC. The speaker was Master Chief Jacob Streufert, the Senior Naval Science Instructor (SNSI) at the school. A Senior Naval Science Instructor (SNSI) is a retired Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard commissioned officer certified by the Naval Service Training Command to lead a high school NJROTC unit. The SNSI is vital for building a, "strong foundation of citizenship within America's future leaders," by maintaining high standards of military bearing and teaching cadets personal responsibility.

After a long bleak winter, it is wonderful to see wildflowers in the spring, foretelling of warmer weather and the return of color to the forest. The earliest wildflowers bloom, such as Hepatica, Trout-lily, Bloodroot, Spring-beauty, Toothwort, Mayapple, and Trillium, are called "ephemerals", meaning "lives for a day". They all bloom for a very short period when it's still cool weather. And because they are strictly insect pollinated this could be a problem, since insect activity is minimal in the early spring. Enter our hero: the Bumblebee.