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Volume 1 • Issue 1
From The
Publisher Fall 2016
PUBLISHER EDITOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Jack McNeely Terri Likens Malarie Brakefield
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ty Kernea
CONTRIBUTORS
Amy Davis Lindsay McReynolds Scott Wilson Ben Craven Megan Trotter Laura Militana Don Foy Bob McMillan Tracy Hackett
ADVERTISING
Roger Wells Karen Knowles Mark Randolph Julie Vaughn Abby Morgan Keitha Pryor
AD COMPOSITION
Jody Webb Jamie Danforth David Carvajal
BUSINESS MANAGER CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION
Sandy Malin Keith McCormick
385 Magazine is a publication of and distributed quarterly by the Herald-Citizen, a division of Cookeville Newspapers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored for retrieval by any means without written consent from the publisher. 385 Magazine is not responsible for unsolicited materials and the publisher accepts no responsibility for the contents or accuracy of claims in any advertisement in any issue. 385 Magazine is not responsible for errors, omissions or changes in information. The opinions of contributing writers do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the magazine and its publisher.
Welcome to 385 Magazine! It is our sincere hope here at the Herald-Citizen and Cookeville Newspapers, Inc., that this new glossy, quarterly magazine finds a warm welcome into your lives. The mission of 385 Magazine is to accentuate the wealth of assets of each community within the 385 zip code area of the Upper Cumberland, specifically Putnam, Overton, White and Jackson counties. We want to spread the word to locals, visitors and prospective employers, alike, that our neck of the woods is a great place in which to live, work and play. We will print and distribute a minimum of 12,000 magazines seasonally, every January, April, July and October. Every home-delivery subscriber of the Herald-Citizen receives a copy of 385 Magazine as added value. Additionally, more than 5,000 magazines are distributed for free pickup from 30 new outdoor and indoor racks strategically located at high foot-traffic locations in Cookeville, Baxter, Algood, Monterey, Livingston, Sparta, Granville and Gainesboro. See page 37 for a complete list of these locations. Digitally, an e-book version of 385 Magazine can be found on the newspaper’s homepage at www.herald-citizen.com, which generates more than 85,000 unique visitors monthly. And don’t forget to click on each ad to explore that business’s respective web site. Copies are also available at each chamber of commerce and at each participating advertiser location. Spend some quality time with this freshman issue and you will notice that our goal is to engage by telling the stories of our unique people, places and things with well-written stories and vivid photography. We can’t fit everything into just one issue, so look for 385 Magazine in 2017. The Friday release dates scheduled next year are: Jan. 20, April 14, July 21 and Oct. 20. Meanwhile, I want to recognize the dedicated and professional staff here at the Herald-Citizen. I applaud their efforts and look forward to leading this endeavor for years to come. In closing, this project would not be possible without the support of the many businesses that realize that 385 Magazine, along with its unique print and digital distribution methods, is a viable marketing tool. For that, I say, “Thank You!” Enjoy.
Our mission is to promote the 385 zip code areas of the Upper Cumberland and to showcase their many attributes. We welcome ideas and suggestion for future editions of the magazine. Just send us a brief note via email. © 2016 Herald-Citizen 385 Magazine P.O. Box 2729 Cookeville, TN 38502 (931) 526-9715 EMAIL: 385Magazine@herald-citizen.com 4 / 385. Our People. Our Stories.
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Jack McNeely, Publisher
on The
cover Photo by Terri Likens
100-year-old Isabel Garrett of Allons in Overton County still lives alone in the old farmhouse on land she and her late husband bought around 60 years ago. On page 50, she tells us about her love for community and the changes she’s seen.
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table of
contents
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Holiday Yum Recipes of your favorite holiday dishes
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Lazy G Ranch Where Bread-Eating Buffalo Roam
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Two For Tech Former rivals were on the field last time Tech took on Vols
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Wofford Revival Player’s momentary “death” pulls two communities together
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A Gallery of Fall Colors Seasonal landscape pictorial
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Brick By Brick Joe Scott’s legacy is built into Cookeville’s very foundation
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Three Squares Courthouse squares of Jackson, Overton and White reflect people, history
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Granville Fall Festival A photo essay
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The Boils Go with the flow at this unusual site
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Events Calendar What’s going on this season
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Community Spotlight Past events in the community
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Why I Love Isabel Garrett
Advertising
INDEX
37 • 41 - 385 Magazine 39 - Anderson-Upper Cumberland Funeral Home 21 - Borden’s Jewelers 52 - Byrd-Amonett Auction Team 13 - Cadcopies 02 - Charles Stone Heating and Cooling 21 - City of Cookeville 15 - Cookeville Chamber 46 - Cookeville Medical Clinic 03 - Cookeville Regional Medical Center 39 - Cumberland Auto Center 39 - Dawn of the Day 45 - Del Monaco Winery
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35 - Farm Bureau Insurance 43 - First Realty Company - Kathy Dunn 41 - First Realty Company - Susan Johnson 05 - First Tennessee Bank 39 - Freddy Duncan and Sons 31 - Good Samaritan Society 35 - Granville Holidays 19 - Home Instead 15 - Johnson Nursery and Garden Center 35 - Judd’s Country Store Antique Mall 51 - NAFFCO Metalworks 39 - NAPA Auto Parts of Cookeville 44 - Physicians Urgent Care
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31 - Reliable Building Service 07 - Remax One - Connie McCormick 39 - Rocky Top Realty - Donnita Hill 13 - Sylvan Learning Center 35 - Tays Realty and Auction 09 - The Bull and Thistle 48 - The Sculpting Spa 09 - The Vault Boutique and Bakery 49 - Upper Cumberland Decorating Center 47 - Vaughn’s Monument Works, Inc. 23 - Wholesale Furniture 42 - Willow Place Conference Center 51 - Wilson Bank and Trust
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Cranberry Walnut Salad
1. Put greens, cranberries, nuts and cheese in a large bowl. 2. Drizzle dressing on top of mixture and toss gently. 3. Serve.
Shrimp, Crab & Artichoke Stuffed Mushrooms INGREDIENTS • ¾ c. melted butter • 1 lb. fresh mushrooms, stemless & fully dry • 1 lb. shrimp, precooked & chopped • 1 can crabmeat, drained • 1 small can artichoke hearts, chopped • ¾ c. Italian breadcrumbs • ¾ tbsp. minced garlic • 1 ¼ c. shredded mozzarella cheese
Recipe | Soup
1. Preheat oven to 350º. 2. Brush large baking sheet with ¼ c. melted butter. 3. Arrange mushroom caps (bowl side up) in a single later on baking sheet. 4. In medium bowl, blend shrimp, crabmeat, artichoke hearts, breadcrumbs, garlic, 1 c. mozzarella cheese and remaining butter. 5. Spoon mixture into mushroom caps and bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. 6. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and serve hot.
INGREDIENTS • 1 tbsp. olive oil • ¼ tsp. nutmeg • ¼ tsp. ground ginger • 2 tbsp. maple syrup • ¼ tsp. cinnamon • ¼ c. heavy cream • 1 baking potato, • 2 medium onions, peeled and diced diced • 2 cans (14 ½ oz. each) chicken broth • 12 oz. fresh or frozen (thawed) cooked winter squash 1. In deep saucepan, sauté onion in oil* for three minutes. 2. Add cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and cook two minutes. 3. Add broth, potato and squash and bring to boil. 4. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are cooked. Approximately15 minutes. 5. Cool and puree in small batches until smooth. 6. Return to pot to reheat. 7. Add syrup and cream just before serving. *Save time and calories by using onion powder instead then adding all spices at step 3.
INGREDIENTS • 2 c. cooked pumpkin (canned or fresh, see directions for cooking) • 2 nine-inch pie crusts (or 1 deep dish) • 1 ¼ c. cream • ½ c. white sugar • ¼ c. brown sugar • ½ tsp. ginger • ¼ tsp. nutmeg • 1 ½ tsp. cinnamon • 2 eggs
Start here to use CANNED pumpkin 1. Using hand mixer, blender or food processor, combine 2 cups of fresh or canned pumpkin with all remaining ingredients except pie crust. 2. Pour mixture into two regular pie crusts or one deep dish. 3. Bake pie(s) on
INGREDIENTS • ½ can root beer • 8 oz. can of pineapple slices • 1 small jar of maraschino cherries • ¼ tsp. nutmeg • 2 c. dark brown sugar • 1 tsp. liquid smoke (optional) • 10 lb. precooked spiral ham
Winter Squash Soup
Pumpkin Pie
Start here to use FRESH pumpkin 1. Cut pumpkins* in half and remove all seeds. 2. Bake open side down on cookie sheet at 325° for 1 hour or until soft. 3. Remove all “meat” from pumpkin rind.
Holiday Ham
1. Preheat oven to 375°. 2. In saucepan, pour root beer, juice from pineapple can, 3/4 juice from cherries, nutmeg and brown sugar. If you want it, add the liquid smoke here. 3. Bring to boil then let simmer, stirring constantly for 10 minutes. Remove from heat. 4. Place ham in foil-lined pan. 5. Using toothpicks, attach pineapple rings to exterior of ham with cherries attached in the center of every ring. 6. Pour heated mixture over ham and bake covered for 2 hours, basting every 30 minutes. 7. Uncover, baste and cook 30 minutes until edges are crisp.
Recipe | Appetizer
Recipe | Dessert
Recipe | Entrée
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INGREDIENTS • 4 c. mixed salad greens • 1½ c. dried cranberries • 1 c. chopped walnuts (pecans can be substituted) • 8 oz. crumbled cheese of choice (feta, bleu or goat) • Balsamic vinaigrette dressing
Recipe | Salad
cookie sheet at 425° for 15 minutes. 4. Reduce heat to 350° and bake for 45 minutes. (Deep dish may take 5-10 minutes longer) 5. When time elapses, insert knife into center of pie. If it comes out clean, it’s done. *Look for a pumpkin a little smaller than a basketball. It will cook faster and yield enough for several pies. Any extra meat can be stored in airtight bags in the freezer.
Recipe | Beverage
Open House Punch INGREDIENTS • 1/5 Southern Comfort (can be omitted for non-alcoholic option) • 6 oz. fresh lemon juice • 1 six-ounce can frozen orange juice • 1 six-ounce can frozen lemonade • 3 quarts Sprite • 2 oranges (cut into ¼” slices) • 2 lemons (cut into ¼” slices) • sherbet (optional) 1. Chill everything several hours in advance. 2. Mix liquid ingredients together in punch bowl, adding Sprite last. 3. Stir gently. 4. Add orange and lemon slices and then sherbet (if desired).
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Lazy
G Ranch
“Yep!”
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calls Frida Gaw. Across the pasture — beneath the shade trees that border the 150-acre ranch she shares with her husband, Eddie, on Dodson Branch Road in Putnam County — 35 massive, horned heads perk up. The frenzy begins. One hundred and forty hooves thunder over the ground, propelling the 2,000-pound beasts at speeds up to 40 mph. Some stand six-feet tall at the peak of their shaggy, dark brown shoulders. A mere wooden fence separates the Gaws from their eager, quickly approaching herd. The prize they offer? Slices of bread. Snorts and heavy breaths grow louder as the stampede closes in. Gigantic wet snouts reveal long, rough tongues that lick greedily for their treat, straight from the hands of Frida and Eddie as they reach through the fence.
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Story By AMY DAVIS | Photos by Ty Kernea
Where bread-eating buffalo roam
“You would think they were pets,” Eddie said. But the Gaws know better. When it comes to Tatanka — as Native Americans call them — these enormous creatures are a far cry from their domesticated, beef-producing counterparts, 30 of which roam elsewhere on Lazy G Ranch, along with eight horses and even a couple of camels. “They are still a wild animal,” Eddie said of the romping bison he and his wife have grown increasingly fond of in the seven years they’ve been married. They refer to them by their common name — buffalo — and they’ve spent many a morning enjoying the view from their large, newly built home, the furnishings of which reflect their adoration of the animal. “They will run and play — especially if it’s snowing — and we’ll sit and drink our coffee by the window and watch them,” Eddie said. “They like the cold weather. On hot days, they lay around more.”
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It’s a vision straight from the history books — and plenty of passersby have taken notice of the unexpected sight. “People just light up when they see them,” Frida said. “They are amazing.” Both she and her husband are welcoming to those lured by the mystique of the buffalo. “If we see somebody stopped down at the road, a lot of times we’ll get some bread and drive down to let them feed them,” Eddie said. “We have people come here from everywhere to see the buffalo.” The Gaws are quick to warn, however, that while bison may seem somewhat tame, they are unpredictable and should be admired with caution. “They’re such a powerful animal,” Eddie mused, noting that they can even jump fences. “Anything they can lay their chin on, they can jump.” Frida added, “They’re so fast. Not even a grizzly bear can take them down in their prime.” She reflected on the history of the majestic beast, noting how Native American tribes once depended on their meat and hides for food, clothing and shelter. Hundreds of years ago, millions of buffalo roamed the grasslands of North America. By the late 1800s, however, their numbers dwindled to less than a thousand due to commercial hunting and slaughter, as well as diseases from
domestic cattle. “The mass slaughter of the buffalo was really to take down the Indians,” Frida added. Conservation efforts by national parks and reserves have taken North America’s bison numbers back up to around 500,000, according to the National Bison Association, of which Eddie is a member. More than 90 percent are on private ranches, while Yellowstone National Park is home to the largest free-roaming bison population in the world, with around 3,500 head. Many bison are bred commercially for their low-fat meat. The Gaws usually take two a year from their own herd for that purpose. They also sell them to others, whether it be for meat or starting another herd. “To me, the most rewarding part is knowing I’m raising a part of history,” Eddie said. Eddie, a Cookeville native, got his first few buffalo around 12 years ago from a local exotic animal sale. Among them was a female he calls “Horn Up Horn Down,” so named for her directionally challenged horns. “She has raised me some really good calves,” he noted. Other favorites include “Custer,” the herd’s dominant male, and “Blizzard,” the only white buffalo of the bunch, a rarity that has been of particular interest to Native Americans who visit the ranch for spiritual reasons.
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“We had an Indian lady who wanted some white buffalo hair,” Frida said. “It’s believed that if you have white buffalo hair in your home, it’s good medicine.” Frida herself — a Roanoke, Va., native and daughter of fiddler Mack Magaha, who played for country singer Porter Wagoner — enjoys knitting with yarn made from buffalo hair. The Gaws plan to add around 10 more buffalo to their herd come November, when they travel to Custer, S.D. It’s there, Eddie said, they can be assured of pure bloodlines, rather than those bred with cattle. The only buffalo of their herd the Gaws suspect may not be purebred is the white one, as a true white buffalo — which would be an albino with pink eyes, Frida said — is extremely rare. “A lot of the white buffalo you see have been bred with a Charolais cow for the color,” she said, adding that “Blizzard” is separated from the rest of the herd come breeding time. Eventually, the Gaws would like to get their herd up to 75 female bison, along with a bull for every 12 to 15 of them. While Frida enjoys life on a ranch, she also keeps busy across the county with operations at Cookeville Boat Dock, which has been in the family of her first husband, the late Reese Nash, for more than 50 years. Eddie has a background in wholesale produce and also manages rental property. Together, they have five grown children and eight grandchildren, all of whom have a hand in ranch affairs, including helping with an annual Christmas event with Santa and Mrs. Claus, live reindeer and a nativity scene that is open to the public the first Saturday in December from 5-8 p.m. “Everybody’s got a little cowboy in them,” Eddie added. “That’s the reason I got into this.”
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Sixty-five years ago, Sonny Allen, left, and Ken Broyles played on the last Golden Eagles team to take on the University of Tennessee Vols.
Former rivals were on field last time Tech took on Vols Story By LINDSAY McREYNOLDS | Photos by Ty Kernea
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You could say
it’s an event that happens once in a lifetime — the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles facing a nationally ranked team like the Tennessee Volunteers. But for two former Tech football players, the November meeting will make twice in their lifetimes. This time, however, they’ll be watching on TV. Tech Hall of Famers Sonny Allen and Ken Broyles were part of the last Tennessee Tech football team who played against the football powerhouse — 65 years ago. On a September afternoon in the Eagles Nest inside the Hooper Eblen Center, across from where the Golden Eagles now play football, Allen and Broyles talked like old friends. They answered each other’s questions and finished each other’s sentences. Before they became teammates at Tech, the two were rivals. Allen played football for Cookeville High, and Broyles for Sparta. “We knew each other,” said Allen, who recalled one meeting when a player on the Sparta team broke the jaw of the Cookeville quarterback. “We hated each other.” When they met again in college, Allen, who was working at Wilson Sporting Goods, had football equipment to spare. “He saw what I had, and the next practice, he brought me new pants,” Broyles said. “I knew at that moment, I’d sized him up wrong in high school. We’ve been friends ever since.” That 1951 team had eight players from Cookeville. “I was the only one from Sparta,” Broyles said. “The greatest thing we had going for us, we enjoyed playing together.” The football field back then was at 7th Street and Cedar Avenue.
“If you threw the ball and missed, it would go to the Shanks Hotel,” Allen remembered. Broyles, a 1954 Tech grad, was an offensive half back and defensive back from 1950 to 1953. A longtime Farm Bureau agent in Sparta, he was inducted into the Tech Hall of Fame in 1982. Allen, a 1955 Tech graduate, played four years of football at TTU. He was a sales manager for Adams Plastics in Cookeville for 45 years. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005. Both were on the Ohio Valley Conference championship teams in 1952 and 1953. In 1952, the team went to the Tangerine Bowl, where they played East Texas. “Did we win?” Allen asked. “Not hardly,” Broyles answered. Tennessee Tech played Tennessee five times between 1947 and 1951, earning significant funding for the fledgling program. “When we played Kentucky (in 1951), the coach told us, ‘We’re here for the money,’” Broyles said. The two recalled that Tennessee Tech’s football program “was about busted” when they played, and coaches were trying to save it. Allen said that 1951 team prepared to play Tennessee just like they would any other team. “We didn’t have a lot of film like the other teams,” Allen said. Broyles said, “It was a hot summer. The boys would pass out (during practice).” What about game day? “You’d think going against the national champs, they’d hit harder,” Broyles said. “They didn’t hit much harder. They hit quicker.”
Tennessee Tech was known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in those days.
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ABOVE: Broyles, left, and Allen pour over old yearbooks and scrapbooks from their playing days. Left: Broyles of Sparta was an offensive half back and a defensive back from 1950 to 1953. RIGHT: Allen of Cookeville played four years at Tech and graduated in 1955.
Allen said, “I remember trying to block an extra point. It was a yard and a half between them on both sides of the center. They closed that. I knew their snap count. I thought, ‘I’m going right through there.’ That was a mistake. I jumped and landed on the center’s back. Broyles recalled the moment from another perspective. “He was using the center as a spring board,” Broyles said. “He leaped up in the air to block the kick, and the center never snapped the ball. They gave us a penalty of course.” Allen said, “It was a great experience to play against the No. 1 team in the nation.” The Putnam County Herald recounted the last meeting between the two on Oct. 27, 1951. “For reasons best known to General Robert Neyland, the Vols played their most vicious, rugged game against the Eagles in the fivegame series. “If Tennessee had played an indifferent game, or if the Eagles had not given their best at all times, the loss would have been humiliating. Tennessee complimented Tech by playing hard, rugged ball. The Vols paid (quarterback Flavious) Smith a tremendous compliment by the way they manhandled him. The Tech Eagles, individually and collectively, showed great courage and stamina by staying in there, taking a brutal physical beating and a bad beating in the score, but giving all they had down to the very end of the game. Not one Eagle gave up, even when he had to be led from the field, dazed, as many were.”
The beating was so bad that the newspaper did not include the score from that game, 68-0, the biggest loss of all five meetings between the teams. “They (coaches) weren’t critical,” Allen said. “They said, ‘Let’s get ready for next week.’” But Broyles recalled one evening after a loss, when one of the Tech players was singing and playing the ukulele on the bus on the way back to Cookeville. “When we got off the bus at the field house, he (coach) said, ‘Everybody be on the field Sunday morning in full dress. Coach had us divided into two teams, with officials. We had a full game scrimmage, and he said, ‘If we ever go and get beat and someone plays the ukulele again, it’s going to be worse.’” What are Tech’s chances of winning this time around against the nationally ranked Vols? “Well, if we get four or five fumbles in our favor,” Allen said. “What about Appalachian State?” in reference to this year’s game in which Appalachian State was leading UT 13-3 at half time, but the Vols came back to win 20-13. “Coach (Marcus) Satterfield has a great attitude,” Allen said. “You don’t go out on that field thinking you’re going to get beat. These kids will fight as hard as they can.” “My advice is to play your heart out,” Broyles said. “You’ll remember it for the rest of your life.” “Here we are 65 years later, talking about it,” Allen added.
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A scene from the last time Tech and UT met 65 years ago.
Allen and Broyles have maintained their friendship on and off the field over the years. In college, when Broyles needed to buy a car, his savings from four years were still short of the $1,500 he needed, so Allen loaned him $600. “I drove that thing ’til the wheels fell off,” Broyles recalled. “I paid him off that December.” Both have enjoyed going to Tech football games over the years. “We both have season tickets,” Broyles said. “We sit together every ball game,” added Allen. They plan to watch the Nov. 5 contest between Tech and UT on the SEC Network. Although their relationship began as a rivalry, playing on the same team built a friendship that’s lasted a lifetime. They’ve also learned some valuable lessons along the way. “In life, you’re going to get knocked down a few times,” Broyles said. “When you play with a team, everyone has to do their share.”
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WOFFORD REVIVAL Player’s momentary ‘death’ pulls two communities together By SCOTT WILSON
Both Wofford and Tennessee Tech players kneel in prayer on the field while medics work to revive Michael Roach.
The defining moments
of Tennessee Tech’s season opener with Wofford College had nothing to do with the score. When the Terrier’s Michael Roach collapsed and then stopped breathing on the sideline, a hush fell over the stands. As medics urgently worked, the silence was so intense that it seemed a stadium full of people collectively held their breath with him. Roach’s teammates knelt on the field in prayer and were quickly joined on their knees by the Tech opposition. For those few moments, there was no mistaking that everyone was on the same team.
Photo by Tony Marable
A defibrillator shocked the junior linebacker back to a life that, unbeknownst to him, had just taken a big turn. At Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Roach was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The condition occurs when enlarged heart muscle cells cause the walls of the heart chambers to thicken and prohibit the proper flow of blood. For 45 seconds, Roach stopped breathing and had no pulse. “I was talking with two of my teammates and all of a sudden I got kind of light-headed and the world kind of zoomed out around me. I felt like I could see more than I could normally see,” Roach recalled later. “It was like if a camera zoomed out. That’s probably the best way I can explain it. I
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Right: Roach leaving the Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Below: Michael Roach grins at a press conference as he talks about nearly dying at the Sept. 1 football game in Cookeville. He said he might not have survived if his heart had given out away from a game.
Shelton said he felt compelled to go by the hospital and visit Roach and his parents, who had driven all night from Kenosha, Wis., to be with their son. He said they thanked Cookeville and Tennesse Tech for their support and prayers, adding they “couldn’t speak enough about how this community has wrapped its arms around us.” “At the end of the day,” Shelton said, “isn’t that what we’re supposed to do as Christians?” Roach has been fitted for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, a device that will control the beats of his heart and serve as a pacemaker, if necessary. He will be able to live a normal life, but his days in football pads are over. The Terriers will let him serve as an unofficial coach and stay with the team. Sept. 1, the night of his “death,” has taken on a new significance — a second birthday Photo by Alex Hicks, Jr. of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal of sorts. don’t remember any of them working on me.” “I got kind of a new life,” Roach said. “It lets me be more Wofford’s head trainer Will Christman said Roach was grateful for life itself.” still breathing when he got to the fallen player. His parents share that sense of gratitude. “I called out his name, and he looked up at me and said, “I know I am blessed that Michael is still here and in my ‘What?’” Roach went into cardiac arrest for 45 seconds, the life,” his mother, Tricia, said. trainer said. “When we were in Cookeville, I heard so many people tell “He was not breathing, and he didn’t have a pulse.” Mike that ‘God has a plan for you and that’s why you’re still They used the defibrillator. here,’” his father, John, said. “I told him he has a purpose and “That registered and shocked him, and then we started I’m thankful to God that he didn’t take our son.” doing CPR,” Christman said. “Then, he came to.” Michael Roach tries not to think of what happened when Roach also beat the odds for people with hypertrophic he was unconscious. cardiomyopathy. According to statistics, 95 percent who go “I’m glad I don’t remember anything and didn’t experiinto cardiac arrest like Roach did, die. ence it the way everybody else around me did,” he said. “I was After the incident, Roach spent two days at Cookeville actually a young, dead athlete on the field.” Regional, where doctors and dignitaries like Cookeville Terri Likens and the Spartanburg, S.C., Herald-Journal also Mayor Ricky Shelton did their best to make him feel at home. contributed to this story. 22 / 385. Our People. Our Stories.
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“I got kind of a new life,” Roach said. Photo by Alex Hicks, Jr. of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal
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A Gallery
of
fall colors
Photos by Ty Kernea
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The twisting silver trunk of this bare-branched tree stands starkly against a rich autumn backdrop.
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Greg Scott, great-grandson of Joe Scott, holds one of his ancestor’s massive bricks against a modern brick wall for comparison.
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Joe Scott’s legacy is built into Cookeville’s very foundation Story and Photos By TERRI LIKENS
Limestone. Granite. Marble. Joseph Francis Scott was well off enough to have the headstone of his choosing when he died in 1934, and he chose appropriately. Brick — it’s the only brick grave marker in the city cemetery. There are substantially larger indirect memorials to Scott, including the Putnam County Courthouse, Depot and many nearby downtown buildings, along with the earliest Tennessee Tech structures. They were all built of his seemingly indestructable brick. In the city’s youth, Scott was recruited here from Manchester, Tenn., to open brickyards in Cookeville and Algood. He was a hard-working, no-nonsense kind of man, and his business enterprises expanded to include a lumberyard, stockyard and commercial construction. His grandson, retired contractor Kenneth “Bud” Scott, now in his 80s, has childhood memories of Joe Scott as “slim, tall, straightforward — an all-business, no-pleasure kind of guy.” Business boomed for Scott, and Bud remembered that the brickyards often had more orders than men to fill them. That’s when Joe made a deal to get prison labor from Pikeville to fill the demand. When the occasional prisoner took flight, Joe was said to get on his horse himself to round up the fugitive. Among family and regular employees, however, Joe Scott’s authority went unquestioned. “He didn’t say nothing twice,” Bud recalled. In his younger days, Bud decided he wanted to work with the four-man crews on his grandfather’s brick presses. Each man would rotate jobs every 30 minutes to ease the fatigue on their bodies and their minds. Bud was strong and fit and confidently oiled the press
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TOP: The headstone of Joseph Scott and his wife, Mary, is the only one in Cookeville City Cemetery made of brick. It faces Scott Street, named in his honor. Inset: A photo of Scott. Left: An old brick press from the Scott foundry sits at the old Cookeville Depot, which is made of bricks Scott produced.
to get down to work. His eyes widen even now as he remembers the effort actually involved in the crew’s jobs. “It took men to do that.” Bud’s own father worked on a two-man wagon crew that hauled brick to Livingston and elsewhere. They’d spend two days on the road each way, and when one was driving, the other would sleep. There didn’t seem to be anything easy in the brick business. Not surprisingly, when Joe Scott died, his sons wanted nothing to do with keeping the brick foundry going. “Them boys was raised in it,” Bud said. “When he died, they said, ‘Shut it down.’” Bud went on to be a contractor in his own right, a hard-working man with a reputation so good that people who hired him didn’t ask about price, said his own son, Greg Scott. Both men noted that in the Scott family, living in anything but a brick house is not an option — even long after the death of Joe Scott. Greg treasures a Scott brick that was pulled out of the post-fire rubble of what would later become Crawdaddy’s restaurant downtown. The bricks are larger and heavier than modern versions, made of his great-grandfather’s special clay. It takes serious muscle to heft one. It’s yet another monument to Joe. 30 / 385. Our People. Our Stories.
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Three Squares Story and Photos By TERRI LIKENS
Courthouse squares of Jackson, Overton and White reflect people, history You can tell what’s really important to a community by its county seat. We visited three of Putnam County’s closest neighbors — Jackson, Overton and White counties — which are each blessed with the kind of courthouse squares for which small-town America is famous. Here’s what we found.
Gainesboro, Jackson County Tucked comfortably in a hilly landscape that was once popular with the long hunters, the Jackson County Courthouse stands like a monolithic, gold beacon. One of the more interesting aspects on the courthouse grounds is a handsome, but quirkily placed bust of Andrew Jackson, the county’s namesake. Old Hickory appears to be intently staring at a nearby phone booth — unusual in its own right these days — as if he’s expecting it to ring at any moment. Jackson’s isn’t the only phone booth on the square. A classic British-style red telephone box stands on Main Street across from the courthouse at The Bull and Thistle Pub. The Bull and Thistle is renowned in the region for its Celtic fare, music and drink and is THE destination for many in Gainesboro. Like most courthouse squares, Jackson County’s focuses on its unique history. One plaque tells of the area’s divided loyalties in the Civil War. Because of its proximity to the Cumberland River, it was of strategic importance and was in the hands of one side, and then the other, during the war. At one point, Confederate Maj. Giles M. Hillyer wrote that every building, house and cabin in Gainesboro was filled with sick and wounded. Union gunboats heading up the river had plans to burn Gainesboro, but the town got a reprieve. Military Governor Andrew Jackson ordered the town be saved so that its buildings could be used for a military post. These days, life is much more peaceful. 32 / 385. Our People. Our Stories.
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Livingston, Overton County People seem friendly in Livingston. A woman carrying a banjo stops me, asks if I know Jesus and sings me a song from her car. She also proudly reads an essay her 17-year-old wrote about the events of 9/11. He wants to go to school to be a nuclear engineer, she says. It’d be a shame to waste his writing skills, though, she reasons. Overton County’s courthouse square reflects the charm of its residents. It boasts two busy barber shops on opposite sides of the square, and a vibrant array of other shops and restaurants surround the courthouse. Window shopping here is a pleasure The Federalist-style architecture of the courthouse is accented by a canon and other military monuments. An eternal flame burns beside the splashing waters of a fountain. Livingston’s place as the county seat wasn’t originally guaranteed. It took a little help. The county seat was once in Monroe, but in 1835, a vote was held to see if people preferred Livingston over Monroe. According to local accounts, a man named Jesse Eldridge favored Livingston and was riding to Monroe with 10 other men who favored keeping Monroe as the seat. The group stopped overnight in the Oakley community, and Eldridge made a point of rising before the others. He released the horses of the other men, then rode on to Monroe, and voted. Livingston it was. Overton is an example of the ebb and flow of county lines over history. It was originally a part of Davidson County and later Jackson County. Moses Fisk surveyed the first village in 1805 in what is now the community of Hilham. In 1806, Overton County was established by the state legislature as a county and picked up Cherokee Indian Territory. Overton County, at one time, included land that eventually became Fentress, Clay, Pickett, and Putnam counties. In what was deemed a senseless act, the original courthouse was burned by a band of Confederate guerillas from Kentucky in 1865. FALL 2016 / 33
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Sparta, White County White County’s courthouse square is a classic in so many ways. The striking white stone building rises up from immaculate grounds. It is flanked by one of the nicest veteran memorial sites for which a small-town community could ask, with an eternal flame burning near a large chrome globe of the Earth. Below these are somber, black granite memorial walls listing the community’s fallen veterans by war. Another corner of the square reflects the exuberant side of the community. There sits the Historic Oldham Theater, built in the 1930s and renovated to show off its Art Deco touches. It is also the city’s visitor center and is the site of movies and special events, like the Lester Flatt Celebration in early October. Flatt, of the famed Bluegrass duo Flatt and Scruggs, was born in Overton County, but made his home in Sparta. An outdoor monument to Flatt rises up from from a masonry and stone guitar (a Martin, of course) constructed near the sidewalk. Speaking of Bluegrass, the Sparta municipal building — also on the square — has its own Bluegrass Hall of Fame inside. Afficienados will recognize the names of the players honored inside. Seeing it how it is now, it is hard to believe all the strife that led to a place like Sparta today. Just as White County was hitting its stride, it got caught up in some of the worst guerrilla action of the Civil War, leaving the community destitute. It was, in fact, at the center of the bloody border warfare between Champ Ferguson, the leader of the Southern followers, and Tinker Dave Beatty, the champion of the Northern cause. 34 / 385. Our People. Our Stories.
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The historical T.B. Sutton General Store is the centerpiece of Granville. Built in the 1800’s, this country store has continuously served the families of Granville area. The building has much of the same interior fixtures it had at the turn of the 20th century, allowing visitors a true general store experience. From its famous corner stage, the nationally syndicated Sutton Ole Time Music Hour is broadcast every Saturday at 7 p.m.
Ruealan Dillehay, 61, of Defeated Creek, weaves the seat of a chair with hickory bark.
Story and Photos by Jack McNeely
Granville Fall Festival
Beverly Mitchell of Cookeville dusts off her "Southern Girl" old-school chopper HarleyDavidson, which was featured on the March 2016 cover of Easy Rider Magazine. Her husband, Ted, built the one-of-a-kind bike, which adorned by the 1955 Chevy colors of Skyline Blue and Linen White.
Every year when the leaves begin to fall and mornings are brisk, thousands of people flock to Granville to enjoy its fun-filled Fall Festival and launch of its month-long Scarecrow Festival. Such was the case on this peninsula pinched between the Cumberland River and its tributaries Saturday, Oct. 1. Granville is a unique historical community. The once bustling riverboat town is now isolated from the busy, everyday world. But an active yearlong festival calendar makes Granville a popular attraction for tourists and locals, alike. 36 / 385. Our People. Our Stories.
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The 4th Annual Granville Scarecrow Festival is held during the month of October. This year it ends Saturday, Oct. 29. The town features more than 300 life-size scarecrows and historical characters. New this year is "The Wizard of Oz" Scarecrow Walk complete with yellow brick road.
Sharing traditional fried apple, peach and cherry pies are (from L-R): Donna Flatt of Lebanon, Joyce Pomeroy of Nashville, and Glenda Gregory of Hartsville.
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Burgess Falls Fall in love with the Falling River
The main falls at Burgess Falls State Park is a spectacular scene.
Story and Photos By TERRI LIKENS
You love the Smokies, but hate the drive. Then when you get there, your favorite spots — Cades Cove, for instance — are often packed like a parking lot. Here’s a travel hack: stay in Middle Tennessee and go to Burgess Falls. It’s just a short drive south of Interstate 40, just over the White County line. This triple waterfall site on the Falling River is popular with many for just that — the water. In the summer, we go to cool our heels and rest our eyes. But there’s more — much more — to this state park. It’s also a protected state natural area that features the kind of forest species you expect to find in the mountains of East Tennessee. The mist-laden breeze sifts through bowers of dark, lacy hemlock and trails are shaded with the large, deep-green leaves of umbrella and cucumber magnolia. All three are Smoky Mountain waterside staples. This time of year, there are many species to show good fall color: red and sugar maple, buckeye, numerous oak and hickory species, ash, poplar and beech. In the springtime, the same kind of showy wildflowers that bring thousands on a pilgrimage to Smokies are concentrated more closely on Burgess’ 200-acre natural area: a rainbow array of trillium, trout lily, Solomon seal, foamflower, bloodroot and dwarf crested iris. It wouldn’t be fair to compare the hills around Burgess to the towering heights in the Smokies, but the place can hold its own when it comes to geology. More serious rock students might appreciate that cherty
A family stops to record the moment.
limestone from the Mississippian Fort Payne Formation sits above Devonian and Mississippian Chattanooga Shale. What’s important to most of us is that a lesser resistant limestone has eroded away to form the gorge and breathtaking escarpment. And soon, there be more reason to head to the Burgess Falls area. A new Window Cliffs State Natural Area is under development on 100 acres adjacent to Burgess Falls. The area is known for several waterfalls and the natural “window cliffs” rock formations of limestone eroded to resemble a window or bridge. There are only a few areas in Tennessee with these natural formations.
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Cooking on the square
Putnam County Habitat for Humanity’s Cooking on the Square is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Putnam Courthouse Square in Cookeville. A $20 donation to Habitat for Humanity provides a bowl, gumbo and a dessert. Call 528-1711.
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The Monterey Fall Festival will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Crawford Avenue from Elm to Poplar streets. Monterey First Baptist will have games, food and prizes available in its family life center. Monterey United Methodist, Church of the Nazarene and Church of Christ will have trunk-or-treat.
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Baxter harvest festival
Baxter Harvest Festival will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Baxter. The Baxter Train Excursion is at 11 a.m. Call 510-6630.
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THE MISTLETOE MARKET
The Mistletoe Market will feature 50 local boutiques and a silent auction at the Leslie Town Centre in Cookeville on Friday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $2. The auction benefits Friends of Cookeville/Putnam County Animals.
Fall-O-Ween will be from noon to 4 p.m. at the Livingston Town Square, BEAUTY AND featuring costume contests for all ages THE BEAST and pets; a 5K run; free face painting; a fall photo booth; ghost stories; trickBeauty and the Beast by Cookeville or-treat booths; free hay and wagon Children’s Theatre at Cookeville Perrides; a gravedigger’s pit with money forming Arts Center, with 7:30 evening and prizes for kids; booth decoration performances and 2 p.m. matinee contest; and a bouncy-house village. showings on select days. Tickets are Call Livingston-Overton County Cham$16 for adults, $14 for seniors and ber of Commerce at (931) 823-6421, college students and $10 for children Ext. 2 or email rita@overtonco.com. under 10 years old. Call CPAC at 528-1313 for tickets.
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Ghostbusters showing
The original Ghostbusters movie will be shown at the Cookeville Depot Museum at 7 p.m. Bring chairs and blankets. Popcorn and drinks will be available for $1 each.
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TTU VS. UT
Tennessee Tech’s football team will play University of Tennessee for the first time in 65 years at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.
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PUTMAN CO. VETERANS PARADE
Putnam County Veterans Parade will begin at 11 a.m. at Freeze Street and North Washington Avenue, continuing on Broad Street and ending at Fleming Avenue. For information, contact Putnam County Veterans Service Officer Mark Harris at 526-2432.
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GRANVILLE CO. CHRISTMAS
Granville Country Christmas will feature antiques and gifts at the Sutton General Store, appetizers and desserts, an antique toy show, Festival of Trees, “A Mayberry Family Christmas” performed by The Sutton Store Players and a Christmas Bluegrass Show through December 31st. Call (931) 653-4151.
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WHITE CO. VETERANS DAY PARADE
The White County Veteran’s Day Parade will begin at 10 a.m. at White County High School and end at the Veteran’s Park on the town square, where a short program will follow the parade. For information, contact American Legion at (931) 836-3595.
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A Community Thanksgiving Service is being sponsored by the Monterey Ministerial Association. Location and speaker will be announced at a later date.
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MONTEREY DINNER THEATRE
The Monterey Dinner Theatre will present “Leading Ladies of Monterey” at the Monterey Community Center. Admission is $25. Contact the Monterey Depot Museum at 839-2111 or visit www.MontereyTN.com.
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Putnam County YMCA’s annual Turkey Trot 5K will begin at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving, following the kids fun run at 7:30. Registration is $25 before Oct. 31, and $30 after that until the day of the race, when it will cost $35. Family rates are available. For information, call 528-1133.
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Christmas in the Country will be at the Livingston Courthouse Square from 5 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 25, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9, featuring carriage and wagon rides, music, popcorn, hot cider, peanuts, hot chocolate and Santa.
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The Cookeville Community Band will perform its Christmas concert at 3 p.m. at CPAC. Call 528-1313 for information.
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BLUE CROSS BOWL
The 2016 Blue Cross Bowl will be held on the campus of Tennessee Tech University.
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The Cookeville Depot will host its annual open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree and Santa Claus.
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The Algood Christmas Parade will be at 5 p.m. at Algood Middle School with a Holly Jolly Christmas theme.
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Cookeville’s 2nd Annual Christmas in the Park will begin at 6 p.m. in Dogwood Park, following the 50th Annual Cookeville Christmas Parade at 3 p.m. The event will include a ceremony where Santa will help flip the switch to light the city’s Christmas tree. A Christmas Celebration Service will include a collaboration of several school and community choirs, choruses, music groups and local churches.
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christmas open house
The Cookeville History Museum will host its Christmas Open House with a Christmas forest holiday exhibit and visits with Santa.
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doyle christmas parade
The town of Doyle will hold a Christmas parade at 10 a.m. Call (931) 8087390. The Sparta Christmas Parade will begin at 4 p.m. at White County High School and proceed downtown to the courthouse. Call the White County Library at (931) 836-3613.
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The 51st Annual Livingston/Overton County Christmas Parade will be held at 1 p.m. at the Livingston Courthouse Square. Contact the chamber of commerce at (931) 823-6421 or email at chamber@twlakes.net. ----------------------------------------To submit major community events for consideration in the next issue, send them to 385Magazine@herald-citizen.com. -----------------------------------------
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Tommy and Kim England are all smiles for the event.
Wings up and go Vols! Jordan Lay and Addy Sexton are all smiles for the event.
Layke Ward, 2, enjoys the day with John Ward. They are dressed to support the Golden Eagles.
Block Party
The Cookeville Chapter of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association held its Block Party at Tennesssee Tech on Aug. 27. The idea was to kick up a fever for the Vol’s football season, while also celebrating the Tech Golden Eagles.
The Golden Eagle cheerleading squad gets cheered on by Stormtroopers.
Don Copp is brought in by Stormtroopers for unknown offenses.
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When you can’t choose between Tech and the Vols, you’re A Heart Divided. From left are Tony Sells, Clint Melton, Rob Richardson and Teraceia Tayse of Family Wellness Pharmacy.
Sara Beth and John Haston mug with a Stormtrooper.
It’s the Golden Eagle team!
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Jesse Bunch and Trey Ralph show their true colors. They work in marketing and promotions for Tennessee Tech.
It’s Team Tech for Scott and Connie Leifheit.
Tech officials are serenaded by the band.
Teddy Ragland appears to be all-Vol.
Awesome Eagle is also part ... ham.
Some members of UT’s cheerleading squad and fans gather. From left are Jacob Cid and Maria Brinias, cheerleaders; fans Joelle and Jocelyn Simmons; and cheerleaders Courtney Pride, Amanda Lowe and Ben Ross.
Members of Tech’s sports information and athletic director teams hang together. From left are Thomas Cohern, sports information coordinator; Mike Lehman, sports information director; Jordan Ratti, video practice coordinator; Matt Pope, associate athletic director of development; and Mark Wilson, director of athletics.
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Anna Schlueter, 5, and Kinsey McClellan,7, cheer for the home team.
The Golden Eagle Marching Band goes through its paces.
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Christian Loya and Jason Lambiase are all smiles on a perfect evening.
Wine on the West Side attendees talk with Red Silo brewers about their process. From left are Mark Vanderbleek, Jason Kesterson, Rob Gale and Robert Craven.
Where better to hold a bachelorette party than here? From left are Kayla Holland, Kelsey Allen, Chelsee Lenning, Marisa Underwood, Alyssa Bugger, Lauren McAdams and Kelsey Jutwilk.
Wine On The Westside
Cookeville’s Wine on the Westside on Aug. 13 is one of the city’s best attended events. The festival provides over 125 wines and craft beers with more than 35 tasting tents. There’s also bands, a DJ, cigars, food samplings and food vendors. It’s a great place to do a little people watching.
Ben Gernt and Beth Davis are all smiles at the new Red Silo Brewing Co.
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Vendor Blue Coast Burrito serves up grub. From left are Allison Owen, Tyler Tinsley and Stephanie Hardin. Herald-Citizen Publisher Jack McNeely, wife, Nora, and business office staffer Kelsey McCarter enjoy the spirits and camaraderie of the evening.
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Tired dancers rest while sampling more wine.
Music, food and spirits were accompanied by dancing.
Members of the community peruse the many different booths at Wine on the West Side.
The entertainment got jazzy.
Participants enjoy music, a beverage and good conversation. From left are Anna Askins-Dunn, Chelsea Fitzgerald, Haley Crook and Ashley Fuqua.
Representatives from the Art Prowl showcase their work. From left are Bob Carlsen, Breanna Kincaid, Bob Coogan, Sandy Miller, Bill Miller and Marilee Hall.
Jason Lambiase and Christian Loya enjoy a game of cornhole.
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Amanda Bond came all the way to Cookeville from Byrdstown to participate.
And they’re off!
Superhero Run
Heroes of all ages converged at Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium for the Superhero Run on a beautiful Aug. 27 morning to raise funds and awareness for congenital heart defects — the No. 1 birth defect in the country.
Superhero Chris Bond is always mighty to his son, 6-yearold Chance.
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Supporting good causes are among the weapons in Erin and Josh Kimberlin’s superhero arsenals.
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Young Roman Evans leads participants in the Pledge of Allegience.
Children were among the many participants of the Superhero Run. Superhero capes were an important accessory for many at the event. From left are Elizabeth Bond, holding baby Harper; Wyatt Bond; and Amber and Clara Park.
Slow and steady is as good as a fast pace for this cause.
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Manna’s Hanna
Caleb Lomax, 18, maneuvers on Black with guidance from his side-walker, Ashleigh Lee.
Manna’s Hanna Riding Center in Cookeville opened in 2011 for children and young adults with special physical, mental or emotional needs. When a student comes to the farm, staff interviews the family to see what they want to achieve and then set a plan into action to get them to where they want to be. Most start on the beginner level with one volunteer leading the horse and one on each side of the horse to keep the student steady. Once this is mastered, they move on to the next level: one horse leader and one side-walker. The next level is one horse leader riding on lead with a biteless bridle. The final level is the student riding off-lead with a leader walking or running beside them. For more information, call 931-349-8106 or visit www.mannahana.com.
Ten-year-old Abby Sweet shows off her first-place ribbon and medal in the Lead In and Obstacle categories in her class.
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Heather Wheeler, 15, gets a loving nuzzle from Lady while Kate Nicewicz looks on.
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Dominick Norrod, 10, gets some riding tips by John Kouma, leader, while sitting on Lady.
Ten-year-old Abby Sweet shows off her first-place ribbon and medal in the Lead In and Obstacle categories in her class.
Meghana Gerhart, 14, shows what she has learned during her time as a riding student, with help from Bill Carter, who leads Black around the pen.
Rachel McCormick, left, leader, and Bobbie Abell, director of Manna’s Hanna Riding Center, prepare for the non-profit organization’s riding show.
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WHY I LOVE with Isabel Garrett
By TERRI LIKENS
On April 24, Isabel Garrett turned 100. She still lives alone in a shining white house down a narrow country lane on a small farm she and her late husband bought 60 years ago. The property abuts Standing Stone State Park. She moved to the community of Allons with her husband from Clay County, where she grew up. She taught school at Allons Elementary for about 30 years before retiring. Along with a daughter and a son, she has five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. At 95, she completed a 5K race in Gainesboro. People — and especially children — love to hear her tell stories.
Why do you love Overton County? I have friends, neighbors here. If I’m sick or anything, or if I need anything, they see to it. I go to St. Allons Church of Christ. They all call me Granny Garrett. Oh, I love it here. The only thing that comes down here (to the farm) is the mail. We’ve got deer and wild hogs and wild turkeys, and they say we’ve got bear. I used to feed the birds, but the squirrels started eating it, so I stopped. What changes have you seen over the years? Oh, law me! When we grew up, we didn’t
have electricity. We had oil lamps. I went to a one-teacher school. I didn’t know what a tractor was. Daddy had mules. Kids went barefoot in the summer and after church, I couldn’t wait to get back to the wagon to get my slippers off. We churned our own milk to make butter and took lunch to school in a bucket. I tell kids today about the games we played — we skipped rope with grapevines. We didn’t have money to buy things. We raised our own apples and pears. We’d never see oranges and bananas until Christmas. We picked strawberries and blackberries and canned them. Oh, that
old washboard for the laundry. And going to the well and carrying your own water. I made many a kettle of hominy and rendered lard. The children today can’t understand how it was back then. What changes bother you most? Schools. They consolidated all these schools. That’s the worst thing I’ve seen happen. And discipline. When I taught school, I never had anyone get on me about disciplining their children. They don’t make children mind like they once did. I thought I had a mean daddy, but now I’m so proud of my raising.
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