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Contents Spring 2019 | NO. 2

4 Whitwell Tiger’s Undefeated Season - CHAMPS!

10 Learning the Hard Way - Lessons from hiking

14 Moutain Mart - It’s all about the community

16 Recipes - from lovely ladies of Marion County

18 Parkridge - Investing in community health

24 Marion Lifestyle - Premiere Party

28 U.S. Stove - Celebrating 150 Years

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38 Down on the Corner - Stevarino’s

40 Children’s Advocacy Center - A County Need

42 Marion County Chamber - Membership Listing

46 Turkey Time - Hunting Season is Here

52 National Cornbread Festival - 23rd Year

54 Business Directory Support your local business by using the Marion Lifestyle business directory.

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THE Undefeated

CHAMPS STORY BY David Smith

PHOTOS BY Melissa Holder

great-grandson, Thomas Ridge, help bring home the TSSAA Class A State Championship Title to his beloved Whitwell High School.

Paul Richards’ granddaughter Amy Richards Ridge said, “I know that “Papa” would have been so proud of Thomas this year and that he would have loved ever y minute of this 2108 championship season.”

Over the past 88 years of Whitwell football, legions of players and coaches have proudly donned the Red and White that represents the Tigers. Many generations of family members have sustained one football focus and one goal; to win. No matter the length of a coach’s tenure, all have left their lasting mark on this storied program. Some winning seasons, some losing seasons, but ever y season was meaningful.

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n a crisp autumn day in 1930, nineteen young men strapped on their leather headgear to represent their school for the first ever organized football game to be played in Whitwell, Tennessee.

The rules were sometimes a bit ambiguous, the field was rough, the ball was quite crude, and the equipment was extremely basic, but the upstart Tigers defeated the Chattanooga Central “B” team 21-6. The game was definitely different, but the pride of winning for your school and community felt the same back then as it does today.

Clyde and Paul Richards were not only brothers, but they stood together as teammates on the inaugural Whitwell High School Football Team. Paul would tell of the incredible feeling of pride that he felt being able to say that he was a Whitwell football player. He also stated, “I didn’t really understand ever ything that was happening in the game, but I knew that I liked being rough.”

Unfortunately, Mr. Richards did not live to see his

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A couple of coaches with a treasured coaching past are Coach Earl Condra and Coach Vernon Holtcamp who combined to coach 35 years of football at Whitwell High School. The love for their teams, school, and community was always manifested in their passion to develop quality men. Football was used as a vehicle to teach about teamwork, sportsmanship, developing good work habits, and caring about others. The primar y focus has always been to create pride and achieve respect for the Whitwell program.

Their careers took many highs and lows, but their goal never wavered.

“In 1988, we were laser-focused on winning the state and we felt like we had the talent to win it all.

We slipped up and lost two close games that year.

Although our record was 10-2, we didn’t make the playoffs. It was the most devastating feeling that I had ever felt.”

The feeling of disappointment and pain echoed through Big Al Worley’s words as he spoke about his time as a Tiger football player. “We felt as though we had disappointed our coaches, our school, and our whole community. We missed our chance!”

As the discussion turned to Big Al’s son, his face lit up. “My son Aaron redeemed me and has helped ensure that the Worley name will always have a great football legacy in Whitwell.”

A tear y-eyed Worley continued, “His team did what we couldn’t do and I am so proud that it was my son that won that first State Championship trophy for Whitwell…..maybe even more than if I had won it when I was a player.”

Whitwell High School defensive coach Ben Petty knows what it means to be a part of a winning program. His father Pat coached him all the way through the Whitwell pee wee football program, remaining undefeated for many years. In fact, until the 2018 season, Ben’s Whitwell High School team had the best season ever recorded by a Tiger squad.

Petty still remembers his time as a senior football player at Whitwell when his Tiger team lost in the state quarterfinals to Moore County. “It was frustrating knowing you didn’t reach your potential as a team. However, it wasn’t until I got to college and talked with players from legendar y programs such as Hoover, Ala. and Alcoa, Tenn. that I realized it takes a certain culture, coaching the details, and making a commitment to win from the time the kids are 5 or 6 years old. If

you fall short in any of those areas, you’ll fall short of a championship as well. This 2018 team is living proof of that.”

In 2004, Ben and several other fathers came together to create a new little league football program in the City of Powells Crossroads. These Tiger fans had watched the Whitwell pee wee Program play five consecutive seasons without winning a game in any age group; in fact, they did not score a point in those five seasons.

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I told him that I would never leave Whitwell because this is my home, these are my boys, and I would be happy to die having only coached in Whitwell.”

The North Marion Wolfpack was established with one goal in mind; to win Whitwell High School a state football championship.

“When we started the Wolfpack program, I just wanted my sons Dustin, Devin, and Dawson to know what it felt like to win and to understand what it takes to be a winner”, says Wolfpack father and coach Cody Holloway.

Holloway went on to say, “Winning is a mind-set and it is not created overnight.”

Ben Petty coached his son Hudson from the age of 5 all the way through High School. Petty said, “We played anyone in that state that would play us and never came across a team that we didn’t think that we could beat.”

has shattered almost ever y career football record held at Whitwell High School during his four years, most of which were held by his father. Hudson was asked about what it was like to follow in his dad’s footsteps or what it has been like to tr y and live-up to his dad’s football legacy.

Petty proudly boasted, “We knew when these boys were young that this was a special group and we were right!”

When Petty started coaching at Whitwell High School in 2016, I asked him if he was reliving his old glor y days as a Tiger. He told me, “Coaching at Whitwell High School is all about this group of boys.

I had my chances as a player, so this is all about these players getting their chances.”

As Petty reflected on his son, he said, “My son Hudson is my life. To see him be successful at something that he loves is all I ever wanted.”

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“I always knew coming into high school that I had big shoes to fill. I knew that if I wanted the top spot in Whitwell football histor y, I would have to top what my father had accomplished.

He always told me that he knew that I would pass his stats, especially in tackles. I never really thought that I could until he told me that I had broken his records in the last few games of the season. My dad has always been my role model and I am blessed and

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Winning is a mind-set and it is not created overnight. ”

honored to say that I broke the records of the man on top, and he was my dad,” said Hudson.

When you live in a small town, football legend is passed down like a treasured inheritance. Stories of local football lore are retold time and time again down at the Raceway or out at the ball fields. The kindred spirit of sharing in big wins or dreadful losses is sometimes the glue that binds many small town friendships.

Unfortunately, the Whitwell Tigers have suffered their fair share of mediocre, poor, and winless seasons.

Long time Whitwell football coach David Smith recalled, “There have definitely been those years of struggle and apathy. That’s what makes this state championship even sweeter for me. I can remember a year when we finished the season with only 12 players.

We knew for the future of the program that we must keep playing. Those players still had so much pride and finished that season by winning their final two games. Those 12 players commitment to this program makes them a part of this championship season.” Smith goes on to say, “Another coach asked me one time, “why do you continue to stay in Whitwell to coach?”

He said that Whitwell was the school where coaches go to die.” I told him that I would never leave Whitwell because this is my home, these are my boys, and I would be happy to die having only coached in Whitwell.

The 2018 Whitwell Tiger football team set a high bar of achievement for

future generations of players. A perfect season that ends with a State Championship trophy is difficult to accomplish, but this has always been our goal.’

Coach Randall Boldin and the 2018 Tiger football team have helped evoke many memories, heal old wounds, rekindle community pride, and complete unfinished business for a lot of community members.

A focused group of young men have helped unify a community and have shown what can be attained through years of dedication and hard-work. This

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We knew when these boys were young that this was a special group and we were right! ” championship didn’t happen by accident, these boys have worked together for 13 years to make this happen.

Coach Boldin told the boys after film session the night before the championship game, “You are playing for more than yourselves. You are playing for every person that put on a red and white jersey that never had this chance; your dads, your brothers, your grandfathers, and even your coaches. I never got to play for a championship, so go win this one for all of us!”

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The east side of Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium showed how much this game meant to the Whitwell community. People from all over the Sequatchie Valley showed-up in droves to pack the stands for the Class A State Championship matchup between the Whitwell Tigers and the Cornersville Bulldogs. One Tennessee Tech official told me that he believed that this was the largest crowd that any school had brought to a championship game since the championship games have been held in Cookeville.

Whitwell holds a special place in my heart and I have always recognized what good people live in the Sequatchie Valley. I am just proud that a special group of football players has given everyone else the opportunity to see what it means to play football in a small town.

# Player 2 Jacob Roberts 3 Josh Wingo 4 Thundur Roberts 5 Thomas Ridge 6 Brandon Hamill 7 Jaren Thames 8 Ethan Taylor 9 Cole Burns 12 Corey Locklair 15 Warner Ashworth 18 Bryce Hamblen 20 Tanner Stewart 21 John King 23 A.J. George 25 Hayden Cowden 28 Evan Nunley 31 Hudson Petty

# Player 32 Benton Magouirk 42 Jace Kilgore 51 Kody Mattox 53 James Layne 55 Will Carter 59 Brayden Condra 61 Sydney Saddler 62 Zach Scissom 63 Bryant Long 70 Aaron Worley 71 J.J. Headrick 72 Evan Lawson 75 Dylan Cranamore 76 Andrew Brown 77 Gauge Gipson 78 Ricky Perry 88 Javon Long

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Lessons from hiking thousands of miles STORY BY Allan Duggar

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t was around this time of year that I had my most memorable outdoor experience. On February 2, 2012 I hiked up Springer Mountain in Georgia and began to thru-hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail (AT).

I was a month ahead of schedule. Hordes of hikers, usually over a thousand, flock to Springer Mountain every March to begin their 2,000-mile-long journey. Most have the common sense to wait for the warmth and flowers return. I wanted to be ahead of the crowds. I wanted the trail to myself, but there was a price to pay for such selfishness. The first few nights on the AT weren’t filled with sleep; I just seemed to shiver into unconsciousness. Every sound in the night, every twig breaking in the woods had me popping up out of my sleeping bag and scanning the darkness with my headlamp, presumably looking for characters of Wes Craven’s Hills Have Eyes. Eventually I stopped giving into my fears and got some sleep.

After a month on the trail, I had fully adjusted to the new life. I changed out my gear and was used to rigors of walking some twenty miles a day and while mostly staring at the ground. Back then I called the woods the ‘sticks’ because the mountains resembled an endless sea of brown. It was always a gloomy overcast, so the moral was not good. One day the sight of a flower blooming brought me to a halt. Once the warmth kicked in so did my positive trail-mentality.

We too are past dog days of winter here in Marion County.

It’s beginning to warm-up; the days are getting longer. We’ve had yet another wet winter and the Spring is bound to be business as usual rain-wise. Yes, there will be some cold spurts here and there, but for the most part better weather around the corner.

The time to get out and about is here, and it’s this lowly writer’s duty to encourage his fellow Marion Countians to do just that. I think by showing you a few things I learned on some hikes I might stoke your fires. Hopefully, by the end of these words, readers will not see dumb pride but a contagious desire to be outside.

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What I learned from the Appalachian Trail reinforced some cliché about the hard times sticking with you more than the good ones. It’s hard to remember the bright sunny days. But most of the lightning storms and blizzards are ingrained in my mind. I learned that walking up a snowy hill without snow shoes is like an old country line dancing song. With every leaning stride my feet would slide a foot and a half backwards. It was one step forward and two steps back. I also learned that there are in fact bears in the state of New Jersey and that New York is more cow-country than city.

One evening on the AT I stumbled into a shelter around sunset, just as I had done every night. As I laid out my gear and prepared dinner, which most always was the task of boiling two cups of water and adding it to a dehydrated meal, I looked up at the wooden walls. Inside that shelter was a map of the United States. Criss-crossing various states were colored lines, and each one represented a long-distance hiking trail. The Appalachian Trail stretched from Georgia to Maine. The Pacific Crest Trail, which I hiked in 2015, ran up California and through Oregon and Washington. The Continent Divide Trail resembled a lightning bolt spanning from Montana to New Mexico.

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The time to get out and about is here. ” This map sparked an idea that developed as I finished the AT in 2012. I eventually committed myself to a lifetime of longdistance hiking. I planned to finish these three major trails and earn what is known as the Triple Crown of thru-hiking.

After these three there is a world filled with trails although many aren’t fully complete—the Te Araroa of New Zealand, the Caminos in France and Spain, or the E2 in England and France—just to name a few.

Yet another, and perhaps most important, lesson I learned was that home was where the heart is. Being a stranger in strange lands wears down a hiker just as much as the wind and rain. It also didn’t help to have my mother mailing me baked goodies along the way. In the woods without any milk I learned to wash down brownies with creek water. The taste of home put a pep in my step, but it also brought about the traveling blues.

A major appeal to leaving home is knowing it’s there to come back to, which is more than some could say. Hiking and traveling dispelled a myth of my younger years that I needed to move away, that I needed to ‘fly the nest’ and leave my small hometown. The more I travel and the older I get, the more I realize that everything I love and need is right here.

A central idea of this publication is to celebrate Marion County’s own. The landscapes around us, the parks we can go

to right down the road, are of greater importance than those far away. It’s on this idea of home that I ultimately want readers to take away from these words.

Preparing for each thru-hike and saving up the money takes years. Between hikes I’ve continued to sink my claws in our own natural areas and have become particularly fond of South Cumberland State Park. Both the Fiery Gizzard and Savage Gulf are a playground for backpackers, trail-runners, climbers and more.

For several years now, it has become a time-honored tradition for my brother and I to freeze our butts off in Savage Gulf.

Some years back during Thanksgiving we hiked the rim trail out to Hobbs Cabin. Like the Fiery Gizzard, Savage Gulf ’s plateau trails frequently offer an overlook. Each one is usually a rock slab that is perfect for sun-bathing on a frigid winter day.

Perched on these overlooks I’ve often thought my brother and I were the only ones around—that is until a shadow swoops into view. Eagles and buzzards call these cliffs home. Once you’ve focused your eyes any hiker can see dozens of birds circling and searching these canyon rims for signs of life.

In the months I’ve spent outside I’ve learned it exceedingly difficult to spot wildlife. This is probably because of my personal hiking method: fast and light is the name of the game.

I’m usually jumbling through the woods at my own pace and in my own world. But when it comes to wildlife, our own state parks are like those elsewhere. Larger animals are out there, they just don’t want to be found. What few black bears I’ve seen on thru-hikes are usually just a view of their rearend as they crash through the woods to get away from me.

I once saw a black bear in tall grass next to a stream. There was only thirty feet between us, and it was like looking into a mirror. As we walked away in opposite directions we both kept looking back at each other in disbelief.

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Make an outdoors experience your own. ”

While hiking in the desert of southern California, hikers would often chat with locals who were out on the trail. I once told a woman I had yet to see any rattlesnakes. She told me to throw a rock in any direction, and I’m bound to hit one.

The next day my snake-less record was broken. Like clockwork, they slithered out from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day after to soak in the sun. They were green ones and orange ones, but they all looked ornery. The snakes that irritated me the most were the ones that didn’t rattle or move until I noticed I was stepping over them. I may or may not have let out an unmasculine shriek when this happened.

One final lesson I learned from mindlessly hiking every day for months is that we’re all capable of change. You can imagine how long I spent each day in my own head. (No, I didn’t talk to myself, but I may have talked to the birds.) While hiking I’d imagine coming home to South Pittsburg and having a fresh start. I daydreamed about new hobbies—about dusting off an old fishing rod and paddling out to an island on Nickajack. I developed a desire to be a jack-of-all-trades in the outdoors, but I’ve slowly learned I’m a much better hiker than angler.

On this final note, being outside offers moments of contemplation. Our ability to be different, to be versatile, and to adapt to our surroundings in something to be celebrated. So, if there is one thing to take away from these words—that by all accounts seem like they come from voluntary homeless person—it’s to make an outdoors experience your own. Plan a fishing trip, choose a new place to climb or hunt, or just spend more time in a place you know well. You don’t have to go far to get lost, but just always remember your way home.

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Ron and Vicki started building the store in 1979 and each evening after work, Ron would work on it. People told Ron he was crazy for thinking the community could support his business, but they were wrong.

Ron and Vicki opened the store in 1981. They sold feed, corn, hay, hardware, guns, and grocery items. They also began selling breakfast biscuit sandwiches, using a Spam can to cut the biscuits. People on the mountain, down in the valley, and even as far away as Chattanooga came to buy them.

In the 1980s many men on the mountain worked in the foundries in Chattanooga. Some would carpool and park at the Mountain Mart while others would stop for breakfast on the way to work. Sometimes the parking lot would be three cars deep in the morning. Ron would simply tell the commuters to pay him later because he didn’t want them to be late for work.

MOUNTAIN MART It’s all about the community Story by: Melanie Rich When I bought a house on Sequatchie Mountain in 2016, I was disappointed to find the Mountain Mart was closed. Having a convenience store close to home would have been great for necessities, preventing the need for extra trips down the mountain, or all the way to Tracy City.

However, though it was closed, I always referenced the Mountain Mart as a landmark when giving directions to my house.

“Do you know where the Mountain Mart is?”

“Sure!” was the usual response. “They had the best burger. It was called the Mountain Burger.”

A year after moving to the mountain, my wish came true when the Mountain Mart was reopened for business.

Back in 1979, Ron and Vicki Nunley had a vision of opening a store that would serve Sequatchie Mountain. They envisioned neighbors getting to know each other, and the store becoming the hub of the mountain-top community. They realized that if that occurred, they might just be able to sell something too!

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Building on the growing business, Ron and Vicki set up a small deli and started selling sandwiches at lunchtime. Then people requested hamburgers. Ron decided he would make a large burger using quality meat and call it the Mountain Burger. It was a hit.

The people loved the Mountain Mart and it became the place to gather and get great food. They had become such a close community that a doctor who lived on the mountain would stop and ask Ron if anyone was having health issues, and he would make a house call on the way home.

Ron and Vicki’s vision came true, and their store prospered for 14 years. In 1995 they decided to retire and lease the building. It changed hands a few times and finally closed in 2003.

The Mountain Mart became a fond memory until Ron and Vicki’s son, also Ron, and his wife Nellie, decided to reopen the store in 2017. Their vision for the store was the same as it had been previously - to bring the community together.

“When you know your neighbors, you have a better neighborhood.” said Ron. “We’re happy if we can make enough to pay our bills, pay a decent wage, and keep the store open for the community.”

Ron and Nellie are passionate about what they are doing, and the store reflects their community spirit.

“I call it the Three G’s - grocery, grill and guns,” said Ron. “We also have basic items for hunters, hikers, climbers, and tourists.”

Tables and chairs were recently added, and Ron is selling guns, just like his dad once did.

“The day I announced we were selling guns, by that evening, the store was full of fathers with their sons because their fathers had done the same with them,” said Ron. “That was really cool! We keep gun prices reasonable because they’re going to buy a gun, and then buy something else.”

During the week, Ron, who’s also a home health physical therapist, starts his day at 2 a.m. making biscuits. He even uses the same Spam can that his dad used to cut the biscuits many years ago.

By 4 a.m., people arrive for their favorite sandwich. At lunchtime, customers are craving the Mountain Burger, which is still a big favorite. Other items on the menu include a smaller burger

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We don’t have any advertising in the windows. If you’re coming here, you know what you’re coming for. ” - the Valley Burger - along with hand-tossed pizza, chicken fingers, fried pickles, tater tots, fries, salads, and sandwiches.

“We like to keep it simple, like your grandmother’s food, and we strive for consistency,” said Ron. That consistency, along with hard work, a friendly atmosphere, and a clean, well- stocked grocery store, keeps people coming back to the Mountain Mart. Ron and Nellie are appreciative and do their part by supporting local vendors, when possible. They purchase their meat from a Shelbyville, Tennessee-based company, the firewood bundles are purchased from Prologue, located in Whitwell, and the beef jerky is made in Dixon Creek.

Nellie wants to expand the menu and has plans for buying deli meats so customers can create their own sandwiches.

Ice cream will be on the menu, too.

Most days, you can find Nellie at the store which is located at 4351 Highway 150 in Sequatchie, Tennessee.

She also keeps their fans updated on new changes at the store through their Facebook page, “Mountain Mart.”

Nellie loves the neighbors who stop by.

“You’re our neighbors, whether you live ten miles from the store or two miles from the store,” she said. “That’s what makes us really happy. That’s what makes it all worthwhile, all the hours we put in.”

She added, “We love having a sense of community and knowing you all. It fills our soul.

It’s a good thing.”

RECIPES lovely ladies of

Marion County

Teena’s (Hewgley) Amaretto Bundt Cake Topping Ingredients 1 - cups pecan pieces 3/4 - cup brown sugar 1 stick of softened butter or margarine Mix together and place in bottom of bundt cake pan sprayed with baking spray.

Vera’s Triple Treat

Submitted by Vera Storey Basic Filling for Coconut Pie, Chocolate Pie and Banana Pudding

Banana Pudding 1/3 cup flour 2 cups canned milk 1/4 stick butter 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 cup sugar 3 egg yolks Pinch of salt

Cake Ingredients Yellow cake mix -1 box Vanilla Pudding (instant) -1 box Vegetable oil -1/2 cup Amaretto - 1/2 cup Water - 1/2 cup Eggs - 4 Mix all ingredients together except eggs, then add eggs one at a time beating after each addition. Then pour on top of topping mix in bundt cake pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until down.

Chocolate Pie

When cake is ready remove from oven and turn upside down on cake plate.

Coconut Pie

While cake is still hot, mix the following glaze together.

Add 2 - 3 tablespoons cocoa Add 1/2 cup coconut Mix dry ingredients, then add milk and egg yolks. Beat really well, then add butter and vanilla. Cook in a double boiler until thick, and pour into a pre-baked pie shell.

For banana pudding, add layers of bananas and Vanilla wafers, and spoon basic filling on top.

May add meringue if wanted.

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Glaze Ingredients 1/2 - cup sugar 1/4 - cup water 1/4 - cup Amaretto Mix together the sugar and water and bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Add Amaretto.

Poke holes in cake with a toothpick and pour glaze over cake so it soaks into the cake.

Yummy!

To submit your recipes to be featured in future issues, contact us via our Facebook page Marion Lifestyle Magazine or via email: kathie@MarionLifestyle.com.

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PARKRIDGE Investing in Community Health

STORY BY Michael Ferguson

A $3.5 million investment in Marion County to launch Parkridge Valley West at Parkridge West Hospital ensures people don’t have to look far for comprehensive behavioral healthcare.

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hen it comes to behavioral health, the United States has an access problem. A shortage of providers – among other factors – has led to fewer specialty clinics, forcing people in many parts of the country to travel long distances for behavioral healthcare. Tennessee is no exception. Out of 51 states, Tennessee ranks 45th in access to behavioral health services, according to Mental Health America, a non-profit that advocates for people living with behavioral health conditions.

However, people of Marion County need only drive to the end of Highway 28 in Jasper, past the Western Sizzlin’, over Interstate 24 and across from the Mapco, to Parkridge Valley West, which is located on the Parkridge West Hospital campus.

Inpatient behavioral health services have been offered at the Parkridge West location for years – as Mountainview Treatment Center before joining the Parkridge Valley family of four behavioral health locations in Chattanooga, Jasper and Cleveland. In 2018, Parkridge Valley

West moved the Acute Inpatient Unit to the renovated 15,000 squarefoot second floor of Parkridge West and opened an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) on the first floor of the hospital. Locating both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services at Parkridge West creates a safe space in which people from the surrounding area can find the behavioral healthcare they need, said Melissa Arkin, CEO of Parkridge Valley Hospital.

“Such availability to comprehensive behavioral health services is a tremendous benefit to the area,” Arkin said. “This is an investment in the Jasper community, and we look forward to growing our relationship with the people of the region.”

The Outpatient Factor

While the Acute Inpatient Unit provides a safe, secure environment in which providers care for people with severe illness, the IOP offers a convenient option for people who have been diagnosed with a behavioral health condition but who do not need hospitalization.

Providers at the IOP treat a broad range of conditions, including addiction, depression and anxiety. The program offers individually tailored therapeutic regimens in a relaxed, low-key setting that maintains the highest clinical standards. Group therapy forms the basis of IOP treatment, but individual sessions are incorporated as necessary to best address a person’s needs.

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“Group therapy can be an extraordinarily powerful experience,” said Sandon Bull, outpatient coordinator for Parkridge Valley West. “We establish a network of support, in which people learn from the experience of others and encourage each other. I’ve found that people can be more likely to discuss challenges in a group setting than they would be in MARION

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an individual therapy session.”

To promote camaraderie, Bull begins group sessions with an exercise.

“Typically, we start the session by introducing new members to the group and vice versa,” he noted.

“To make people more comfortable with sharing, we may start with a warmup activity, meditation or simply discuss a topic of interest. Then we’ll get into the personal stuff.”

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We help people through periods of crisis.”

The IOP is a highly versatile option.

Because it is a subacute service, which means no hospitalization is necessary, people receive the care they need and return to the comfort of their homes.

The program also allows some to maintain employment while receiving behavioral health treatment.

Navigating Crisis

There are many reasons a person may require IOP services, but for each of them the goal is the same: stabilization.

“We help people through periods of crisis,” Bull said. “We may treat someone in the IOP, and it becomes

clear that this person needs a higher level of care. We can accommodate that, and afterwards, the IOP may help that person transition back to group therapy and back home.”

According to Bull, the IOP achieves remarkable results.

“People often only need a single outpatient treatment,” he said. “But we’re here for them whenever they need us.

If they experience a crisis or need a follow-up appointment in the future, we’re here to help.”

Free Assessment

Although IOP services are highly effective, they may not address particular needs. So, Bull offers free assessments to determine the level of care necessary for each individual. If the IOP would be beneficial, Bull is able to enroll people immediately, and if a higher level of care is necessary, he and his team can arrange a referral.

“The availability of behavioral health resources in the community is a tremendous benefit,” Bull said. “When people reach the point at which they need such services, they’ve already had enough disruption in their life. The IOP option offers a clear and easy path to treatment that improves the chances for stabilization and healing.”

To schedule an assessment for the IOP, call Sandon Bull at 423-837-3300 or 423-260-9837.

Care When and Where You Need It. Approximately one in five adults experience a behavioral health condition in a given year, a staggering number that underscores the importance of increasing accessibility to comprehensive behavioral health services.

Parkridge Valley West offers treatment for the broad spectrum of behavioral health conditions, including: • Alcohol and drug addiction • Anxiety disorders • Bipolar disorder • Depression • Dual diagnosis • Psychosis • Schizophrenia • Trauma Learn about the comprehensive services at Parkridge Valley West at ParkridgeValley.com or call 423-499-2300.

Parkridge West Hospital proudly serves Jasper and its surrounding areas with a 24/7 Emergency Department and outpatient physical therapy, laboratory and imaging services. The innovative telestroke program provides rapid assessment for stroke, enabling providers to administer potentially lifesaving medication.

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STORY BY Blaire Phillips

When some people look at a crackling fire, they see more than a cozy atmosphere. They see freedom.

Freedom from dependence on energy they can’t get, or don’t want. Freedom from modern life’s uncertainties. Freedom to live in the way they choose, in homes that are more truly their own.

U.S. Stove Company has been empowering that spirit of self-reliance for 150 years. As America’s hearths have transformed from bodywarming necessity to proud symbol of independence, U.S. Stove has continued to invent and build heating appliances that make it possible.

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he U.S. Stove story began in Albany, New York in 1869, as Perry Stove Works— manufacturing and selling cast iron ranges, heaters, solid pipe, and kitchen utensils. In 1886, Perry Stove Works relocated to South Pittsburg, Tenn. to access Tennessee’s limestone, iron ore, coal, and easy access to rail and water transportation. By 1889, Perry Stove Works had merged with Wetter Manufacturing, and in 1930, the combined company was reorganized by Steven Leonard Rogers and incorporated under the name United States Stove Company.

From the beginning, the people of Marion County have been the backbone of the United States Stove Company. August Samuel Leonard Jones, President, recently reflected on that relationship.

“As we celebrate 150 years of business, we recognize the most valuable asset contributing to our longevity: our people. We strive to ensure that our people are recognized as being the foundation of our success both now and into the next 150 years.”

Family Values The company that produced the Franklin Fireplace, the Hasty Baker,

and Ashley Stove is still known today as United States Stove Company; and is still under the same family leadership—now with the 3rd and 4th generations at the helm. The grandson and great grandson of S.L. Rogers still lead the company as the Chairman and President, respectively. Richard Rogers and August Jones continue to push the company towards innovation and product development so that America’s families can enjoy another 150 years of memories around a US Stove fire.

Looking to the next 150 years At this pivotal moment in the company history, US Stove is reinventing itself with both a line-up of new business expansions and a massive brand refresh.

“We (US Stove) continue to evolve, grow and adapt as a company. The thing that is most important to us is that we maintain our core business values and preserve the culture that has held together the fabric of our company for these first 150 years,” Jones enthusiastically shared.

For US Stove, this means contributing to causes near and dear to Marion County such as: South Pittsburg Christmas for Kids, Make A Wish

Foundation, Pink Breast Cancer Foundation, Bridgeport Christmas Charities, Ronald McDonald House, YMCA, and others that prefer to remain anonymous. The brand refresh includes a new red legacy-style logo, and a thoughtfully designed new website.

Breckwell’s groundbreaking new product Perhaps the most revolutionary thing going on over at US Stove these days is the product development of a pellet stove that is non-electric, silent, and offers a cozy flame view to facilitate many more family memories around the fire of a US Stove product. Poised to completely change the way the world thinks about pellet heating, the Traverse will be offered under the Breckwell brand, and is expected to break barriers both in places a pellet stove can warm and in demand for product. This will help act as a catalyst for expansion of the current US Stove offerings to the European market.

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friendly and effective heaters that also happen to lead the marketplace in emissions control.

“Wood is the nation’s most renewable resource and a carbon neutral one at that. United States Stove Company offers America’s families affordable wood heating options fueled from entirely renewable resources,” says Brandon Barry, VP of Engineering.

USSC also works with local recyclers to mitigate its industrial waste— including scrap metals and cardboard—and is in the process of setting up a new program for recycling of standard office consumables such as plastics, glass and waste paper. As a company, they continue to reduce paper consumption by engineering it away from the culture and investing in better business technology that eliminates the need for paper use.

Barry also noted, “The staff works with local farmers in a cooperative to cut the open fields on the cooperate campus for hay instead of simply mowing them as needed.”

Most recently, the company has invested in a landscape plan for the corporate office that will both improve the appearance of the campus and contribute towards lowering the overall carbon footprint of the company. The landscape plan was specifically designed around low maintenance trees, plants and shrubs.

Cornbread Festival Every year, US Stove looks forward to hosting the Cornbread Festival carnival in the lot of their historic warehouse.

“Celebrating 150 years, we are looking forward more than ever to the annual festivities with our local Marion County community”. says Jones.

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New Ventures US Stove has recently launched three new brands—exploring new markets and opportunities as the company looks to the next 150 years. Acadia Hearth Products will be providing high-end gas fireplace products to compliment Breckwell’s established

high end solid fuel offerings. Together, Acadia | Breckwell will be taking US Stove products to the hearth-specialty market.

Powerfast Product Group Development

US Stove launched PowerFast Product Group, LLC under the leadership of Anderson Smith in 2018 to explore the portable and construction heating product category (www.powerfastproducts. com). Two sub-brands of that company, Ranger and HeatFast, will allow them to reach an entirely new marketplace with exciting growth potential.

USSC Grills Launch

It only seems appropriate that the company that has dominated the US pellet stove market for 150 years launches a pellet grill, and in 2019 US Stove intends to do just that. USSC Grills (coming soon to www.usscgrils.com). This will be direct to consumers, meaning you will soon be able to order a USSC Grill directly from us via the soon-to-launch USSC Grills website.

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Telling stories of the past, one dress at a time STORY BY Kathie Tierney

Tucked neatly away in the picturesque Sequatchie Valley is a bustling little fashion studio that boasts an international clientele.

Susan Jarrett, owner and lead designer of Maggie May Clothing, designs women and children’s fashions from a bygone era.

“I have always had a strong connection to nature.” says Jarrett as she sits on the front porch of her North Marion farmhouse, just a couple hundred yards away from her studio.

“It’s hard to stay connected in the city. When my husband and I chose to relocate from Chattanooga to Marion county, I was instantly taken with the uninhibited beauty of this valley. I immediately knew this was the place for me.”

But the Jarretts are not strangers to Marion county. The first Jarretts settled near Bridgeport in the 1840s, and by the turn of the century were living in and around South Pittsburg. After WWII, many of the Jarretts moved to Chattanooga to find employment, and the name became lost to the community. But in 2012, in an effort to escape the rapid urban sprawl of Chattanooga, Wes and Susan Jarrett returned to the area to raise their children.

With her, Susan also relocated her historical fashion business. “I view historical fashion as a form of storytelling. It allows both the wearer and the viewer to experience the stories of the past in tangible way. The Sequatchie Valley has such a diverse heritage.

It’s a fantastic fit.”

Maggie May Clothing’s collection of 22 garments spans the years 1780-1920. Clients can either purchase one of Jarrett’s designs “off the rack” or have it custom made. Her business follows the old mail order catalog model. Clients see a sample garment online and either order it as is or customize it.

Off the rack garments are stitched by a team of local home seamstresses while custom- made garments and one-of-a-kind pieces are created by Jarrett in her studio. The customization option allows clients to select from Jarrett’s curated collection of historical fabrics and trims in in specialized sizing. In addition, Jarrett also offers custom design services and teaches a variety of workshops relating to historical clothing and construction techniques.

Unlike other companies, Maggie May Clothing centers its designs on the everyday clothing of the past. “In museums, we see high fashion gowns that were worn for very specific occasions. But I want to know what people were wearing on a daily basis. What did they wear when plowing the back 40 or catching

a train to Chattanooga for the day? How did a woman in the Southeast interpret elaborate fashion plates to fit her every day needs? How did geography and region affect the mode of dress one wore? These are the questions that intrigue me. These are the stories I want to tell.”

There are others who want to tell these stories too. Jarrett boasts a variety of clients including NBC/Sony, The Hallmark Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton, Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and Mule Filmworks, The Sante Fe Opera, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, The American Repertory Theater, Stanford University, a multitude of NYC musicals, and museums across the United States, Australia, and Europe. Jarrett even had the pleasure of designing a dress for the premiere party for Pixar’s Brave.

“It’s amazing I can work with such exceptional clients from the comfort of my studio right here in the Tennessee Valley. I think I am a bit of novelty to the world,” Jarrett says laughingly.

So where does Jarrett plan to go from here? In 2018, she began partnering with local farms and venues as locations for her historical fashion photoshoots. “Sometimes people have a hard time visualizing my garments in a modern setting. Putting my dresses on friends and neighbors and featuring them in locations here around the valley makes my work relatable. This area is a natural backdrop for the style of clothing I design. Why not share the beauty with the entire world?”

Jarrett has also established a community ‘give back’ program that supports and advocates for local history, arts, and culture.

She is working to create partnerships with other local small businesses and artisans working in the same field. “I think the most exciting piece of this process has been getting out of the studio and connecting with the community. It’s difficult being a small business in a big business world. We have to support each other.”

Jarrett has also worked closely with local schools and municipalities, helping to secure valuable grant funding to support education, the arts and the community as a whole. Through her work, as well as actively promoting the arts in schools and throughout Marion County, Jarrett continues to use her talents to support and give back to the community she loves.

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Someday, Jarrett hopes to expand her clothing line to include a ready-to-wear historical collection. This clothing line would bridge the gap between the past and present and allow women to integrate historical clothing into their everyday wardrobes.

“The challenge would be to identify select pieces that translate into the mainstream world. It would be an exciting new adventure.”

In the meantime, Jarrett will just keep doing what she loves besttelling stories of the past, one dress at a time.

If you are interested in highlighting your farm, venue, or other local location in a photoshoot, or if you are interested in modeling historical fashion, email Jarrett at info@maggiemayfashions. com.

To learn more about Maggie May Clothing, visit www.maggiemayfashions.com. Follow the beauty on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram at #maggiemayfashions.

Acknowledgements: Models: Jessica Stevens, Miranda Bourque, Hannah Long, Amie Locations: Buntlington Farms (Whitwell, TN); Amazing Grace Chapel and Venue (2287 Main Street Palmer, Tennessee 37365) Hair and Make-up: Virginia Kilgore (423-298-2619) Photography: Susan Jarrett

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Down on the corner In May of 2006, after traveling extensively searching for real estate, Steve Flynn and Kerry Hoefer first opened their restaurant, Stevarino’s, in downtown South Pittsburg, Tenn.

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hat once housed a bargain store, dentist and doctor offices, and several bars over the decades, the building dating back to the early 1900’s was destined to become the home of Flynn and Hoefer’s small-town family restaurant.

After purchasing the building in 2005, Flynn and Hoefer grabbed their tools and got to work. The rooms were dark, the walls were covered in poplar wood, and the floors were vinyl. Parking a dumpster out back, the two began the transformation.

“We started one day and created as we went,” said Flynn.

The walls were stripped, revealing original brickwork and covered windows. Buried under several layers of floor, old mosaic tile was found, much to the delight of Flynn and Hoefer, and drop ceilings were torn out, exposing the tin that remains today. Some of the tiles were damaged, so replacements were pulled from a third story ceiling and patched in the bar area. The finished result shows slight flaws, but perfectly portrays the history of the building, and in Flynn’s words, “gives it character.”

During the extensive construction, the 2006 National

Cornbread Festival arrived. Not wanting to miss out, Flynn and Hoefer temporarily opened and sold biscuits in the morning, and ham and turkey sandwiches in a brown paper bags throughout the rest of the day. Following the festival, Stevarino’s was closed for a few more weeks until construction was completed.

The final touch was the bar itself which dates back to the 1930’s, and came from an old country western bar in Ft. Myers, Fla. Flynn and Hoefer had the bar transported to Tennessee where it was restored.

The Irish Twist

Flynn and Hoefer are often asked about the Italian and Irish twist that encompasses the Stevarino’s theme. The name stemmed from a nickname Flynn was given while growing up in New York, and the Irish influence comes from both men’s backgrounds. They loved the idea of an Irish Pub, but as Flynn said, “there was no way we could make a living selling corn beef and cabbage. People ask us about it all the time, so it’s kind of a neat marketing point.”

The logo portrays the Italian/Irish blend perfectly with two leprechauns – one holding a pizza, and the other holding a beer.

Expansion

Shortly after opening, Flynn and Hoefer realized that many of their patrons traveled from Scottsboro, longing for more cuisine options. That knowledge led the men to open their second location, in Alabama, on February 6, 2007.

Now, over 12 years later, Flynn and Hoefer are expanding again – this time, into the Chattanooga area.

Menu

The Stevarino’s menu evolved over the years, and many of its most popular items came from brainstorming, and Flynn and Hoefer’s mutual love of cooking.

“The Beach Bread is something I came up with one day when I was dining out down in Florida,” said Flynn.

The Mediterranean Chicken evolved in a similar fashion, as did other menu items over the years. Currently, plans are underway for several new food options at their Chattanooga location.

“We are about to roll out a bunch of new specialty pizzas and adding more pasta dishes,” said Flynn.

About a year ago, that all changed when Flynn and Hoefer found their future home on Cherokee Boulevard. Construction has been ongoing for several months, and a piece of South Pittsburg has made the trip to the city.

South Pittsburg Connection

“We took some of the tin from the 3rd floor and had it brought down there. The whole top of the bar is all tin from here [South Pittsburg]. We merged some of our history from here into the new bar.”

“The town has been great to us, and Stevarino’s is the place where everyone wants to go. We are proud of the crowd that we have,” said Flynn.

To see a menu or for more information about Stevarino’s, find them on Facebook and Instagram, or visit their website at:

From the moment they first opened their doors, Flynn and Hoefer did what they could to join the community, both in and outside their four walls.

Catering For years, Stevarino’s has offered extensive catering services, and in October of last year, after construction began at the site of the future location of “Google” in Bridgeport, Ala., a food truck was purchased. Now, during midday on Monday through Friday, the food truck carries a variety of lunch options including pastas, sandwiches and salads, to hungry workers.

Chattanooga The new Chattanooga Stevarino’s location will open in March of this year. “We wanted to expand, and we have been looking at it for years. We have visited several locations, but it wasn’t the right fit at the time,” said Flynn.

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Children’s Advocacy Center In 2018, there were 309 cases of reported child abuse in Marion County

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very hour of every day, there is an allegation of child abuse in Tennessee.

Unfortunately, child abuse is a problem in every county of every state across the nation. According to the Children’s Advocacy Centers (CAC) of Tennessee, a child is abused or neglected every 47 seconds in the United States, and 90% of the perpetrators are someone the child knows.

The CAC’s website (www.tncac.org) states the goal of the CAC is to be, “the one place that provides a safe, child-friendly environment where law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, medical and mental health professionals may share information and develop effective, coordinated strategies sensitive to the needs of each unique case and child.”

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Citizens are often unaware of the sheer number of both reported and unreported child abuse cases that occur right here in our back yard.

“In 2018, investigators handled 1,767 cases of reported child abuse in the 12th Judicial District (consisting of Marion, Franklin, Grundy, Sequatchie, Bledsoe and Rae Counties). Of those cases, 309 of them were in Marion County,” said Marion County Sheriff Ronnie “Bo” Burnett.

Fortunately, a dedicated team of law enforcement officers, state Child Protective Service workers, juvenile court officials and prosecutors whose number one goal is to protect innocent children are diligently working right here in Marion County. However, despite the valiant efforts of many, limitations exist that are outside the control of those trying to help. For many

years, Marion County law enforcement officers have had to rely on the CAC of Hamilton County to assist them with forensic interviews and medical exams, as well as other services such as court preparation and counseling.

Over the years, the CAC in Hamilton County has been extremely helpful to Marion County investigators, assisting with hundreds of child abuse victims from our area. However, Hamilton County is inundated with its own cases which often results in lengthy delays with investigations. The main problem with this is that oftentimes, young victims can forget or get confused about facts and details following a traumatic event, so time is of the essence. Valuable evidence necessary for successfully prosecuting a case can be lost if too much time passes by.

“There is an urgent need for an Advocacy Center to serve the children of

Marion County,” said Chief Detective Gene Hargis.

Currently, the 12th Judicial is the only Judicial District in the State of Tennessee that does not have a CAC. In an effort to combat this problem, plans are currently underway to attempt to bring CAC services directly to Marion County. Over the last year, detectives with the Marion County Sheriff ’s Department along with a newly implemented District CAC board of directors have been diligently working to establish a CAC in Marion County.

The plan is that Marion County will host the main office of the CAC while Rhea and Franklin Counties will have satellite offices. The need for more than one CAC is due to the large geographical area that the 12th District encompasses. Opening just one center could result in victims and their families having to spend hours traveling from one end of the district to the other in order to reach the local CAC.

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There is an urgent need for an Advocacy Center to serve the children of Marion County.”

So far, the board has taken significant steps towards making the dream of a new CAC a reality in

Marion County. It has been agreed upon that the CAC will be housed in the County Commission building on Highway 41 in Jasper. Additionally, interviews are currently underway for the hiring of an Executive Director of the Marion County Children’s Advocacy Center.

All funding for the CAC will be coming from the pledged support of private sponsors, and applications will be submitted in an effort to secure any possible state and federal grant monies.

The goal is to offer not only forensic interviews and medical exams right

here in Marion County, but also provide the valuable services of counseling and rehabilitation close to the homes of the young victims.

“We still have a lot of work to do but we are heading in the right direction.

With everyone’s help, we soon will be operational and open, ready to serve the 12th District community,” said Hargis.

If you would like to make a corporate or private monetary donation to help fund the new center, or if you have office furniture or supplies that could help with the setup of the office, contact Detective Gene Hargis at (423) 942-2525.

Riverside Chevrolet Buick GMC 305 Battle Creek Road (Kimball) South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-7926 Moss Motor Company 1000 South Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837- 7114 MARION COUNTY CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018 - 2019 Kathie Tierney, President “Marion Lifestyle” P.O. BOX 612 South Pittsburg, TN 37380 423-493-3204 Email: kathietierney@yahoo.com Patrick O’Hagan, Past President (K) Economic & Workforce Development 4501 Amnicola Hwy, CBIH Bldg Suite 240 Chattanooga, TN 37406 (423) 697-3230 Email: patrick.ohagan@chattanoogastate. edu Brett Del Balso, Vice President Farmers Insurance 102 B Betsy Pack Drive Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 939-1222 Email: bdelbalso@farmersagency.com Shelby Potterfield, Secretary/Treasurer SVEC P.O. Box 31 South Pittsburg, TN 423-837-8605 Email: spotterfield@svalleyec.com Joyce Burkhalter First Volunteer Bank 131 South Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 423-668-4505 Email: joyce.burkhalter@firstvolunteer. com Donna Sartin Heart Realty Inc 300 Ketner Mill Lane Whitwell, TN 37397 423-802-0906 Email: dsartin2005@yahoo.com Garret Faugot Covenant Allergy & Asthma 365 Kimball Crossing Kimball, TN 37347 423-465-3267 (201) Email: garretf@covenantallergy.com Walker Henley Lodge Manufacturing 204 E. Fifth Street South Pittsburg, TN 37380 423-837-7181 Email: whenley@lodgemfg.com 42 MARION

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Nick Holcomb (K) BenchMark Physical Therapy 4150 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-8073 Email: nholcomb@benchmarkpt.com

Wagner Truck & Trailer Rentals 200 East 28th Street Chattanooga, TN 34710 (423) 267-2129

Vicki Messer (W) WEPG 105 Ash Avenue North South Pittsburg, TN 37347 423-488-0394 Email: littleriver102356@yahoo.com

Shellmound Campground 2735 TVA Rd Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-9857

ACCOUNTANT

England CPA, PLLC 4279 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-1066

Valley Janitorial 213 South Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-6585

John Moore, CPA, PLLC 18 Courthouse Square Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-3600

Imperial Home Improvements 22790 Highway 41 Chattanooga, TN 37419 (423) 837-4171

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Sequatchie Concrete 406 South Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37347 (423) 837- 7913

Signature HealthCare 201 East 10th Street South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-7981 ATTORNEYS Cameron & Cameron, PC 28 Courthouse Square Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-9975 Chambliss Law Firm 605 Chesnut Street, Suite 1700 Chattanooga, TN 37405 (423) 756-3000 Miller & Martin, PLLC 832 Georgia Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37402 (423) 485-8328 Wooden Law Firm, PC 730 Cherry Street, Suite B Chattanooga, TN 37402 (423) 756-9972

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STH & Associates 200 Betsy Pack Drive Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 837-0451 S&ME 4291 Hwy 58, Suite 101 Chattanooga, TN 37416 (423) 499-0957 CONSULTING Daily Balance, 205 N W Atlantic Street Tullahoma, TN 37388 (931) 273-7394 Emendee Technologies. LLC 136 Commission Street Southington, CT 06489 (423) 939-9889

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Ganis Consulting Service 1845 Jasper Highlands Blvd Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 883-1999

Church’s Tire Center 511 Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-6701

MMD Consulting P.O. Box 815 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-9460

COFFEE SHOP Dragging Canoe Coffee Traders 409 Elm Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423)939-9372 DISTRIBUTORS Coca-Cola Bottling United 26921 John T. Reid Parkway Scottsboro, ALA 35768 (256) 259-0505 H.J. Walker Dist. Exxon Products 103 East Third Street South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-7939

Citizens Tri-County Bank Jasper Branch 4765 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942- 1990 South Pittsburg Branch 402 North Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-8645 Whitwell Branch 14087 Highway 28 Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 658-5880

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Farm Credit Services of Mid-America 7610 Hamilton Park Drive, Suite 1 Chattanooga, TN 37421 (423) 493-2196

Caring, Inc. - A Division of SETHRA 110 Gamble Lane Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-1800

First Jackson Bank (Kimball Branch) 201 Battle Creek Rd South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-8000

Chattanooga State Kimball Site (Marion County Regional Institute for Higher Education) 2100 Main Street Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-1327

First Volunteer Bank Jasper Branch 105 Betsy Pack Drive Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 668-4504

EMPLOYMENT STAFFING Manpower of Chattanooga 6166 Shallowford Rd, Suite 105 Chattanooga, TN 37421 (423) 800-5882 Platinum Recruiting 3505 Adkinson Drive, Suite 205 Cleveland, TN 37312 (423) 301-1940 Resource MFG & Prologistix 104 Third Street South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-9919

South Pittsburg Branch 131 South Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 668-4505 Whitwell Branch 13108 Highway 28 Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 668-4506 Mountain Valley Bank LPO 3365 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 939-0145

FINANCIAL SERVICES

River Valley AgCredit 601 Morrison Springs Rd Chattanooga, TN 37415 (423) 624-4638

Tower Bank, Jasper Branch 4564 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-5151

Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union 405 Dixie Lee Center Road Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 634-3600

Monteagle Branch 205 West College Street Monteagle, TN 37356 (931) 924-7800

FIREWORKS

South Pittsburg Branch 315 South Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-2150 Whitwell Branch 13165 Highway 28 Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 658-3000

L.W. Loyd Company 1500 South Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-7916 Tennessee Alabama Fireworks 139 Highway 72 Kimball, TN 37380 (423) 837-8677

Fireworks Supermarket 1090 Hwy 28 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-5909 FITNESS Maximum Fit, LLC 100 Derby Trail Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 939-3009 FUNERAL HOMES Rogers Funeral Home South Pittsburg Chapel 400 Laurel Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-7176 Jasper Chapel 21 East 5th Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-2682 HAIR SALON Roots Salon 14 Courthouse Square Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 939-0060 HANDYMAN SERVICES Dan’s Handyman Services 229 Kimball Cove Rd Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 503-4724 HEALTH CARE Amedisys Home Health 310 Kimball Crossing, Suite 3 Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-3636 A Plus Care Family Practice 503 Westfield Place Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 939-0525 Covenant Allergy and Asthma Care 365 Kimball Crossing Drive Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 468-3267 ext 201 Erlanger Health System UT Erlanger Primary Care Office 520 12th Street North South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-7144 Home Health Care of East TN & Hospice 13535 TN Hwy 28 Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 658-2111 Hospice of Chattanooga 4926 B Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 892-4289 MARION

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Mountain Valley Mental Health Center 215 Hickman Road Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-3961 Parkridge West Hospital 1000 Highway 28 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 837-9500

Farmers Insurance 102 Betsy Pack Drive, Suite B Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 939-1221

MEDIA WEPG & WSDQ 105 N Ash Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-8151

Physicians Care 625 East 12th Street South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 648-4460

First Volunteer Insurance 105 Betsy Pack Drive Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 668-4888 Russ Hood Insurance 4139 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-5579

Skin, Cancer and Cosmetic Dermatology 400 Dixie Lee Center, Suite C Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 702-6899

State Farm Insurance 3700 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-3411

Trials Training Center 300 Woodland Road Sequatchie, TN 37374 (423) 942-8688

J. Walter Sledge, Cardiologist 11 Courthouse Square, Suite A Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-1844

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Marion County Libraries Jasper Public Library 14 West Second Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-3369

Jasper, Town of 4460 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-3180

INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING Cardin Forest Products 2534 Battle Creek Rd South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-4041 Colonial Chemical 225 Colonial Drive South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-8800 Jasper Materials 150 Hickman Road Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-4090 Lodge Manufacturing 204 East 5th Street South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-7181 Ply Gem Siding Group 1274 Industrial Blvd Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-6033 United States Stove Company 227 Industrial Drive South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-2100 Valmont Industries, Utility Division 1950 Industrial Blvd Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-9888 INSURANCE Farm Bureau 201 Oak Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-3418

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Beene Pearson Library 208 Elm Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-6513 Orena Humphrey Public Library 1130 Main Street Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 658-6134 LODGING America’s Best Value Inn of Kimball 130 Main Street Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-7933 Best Western (Previously Comfort Inn) 205 Kimball Crossing Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-2478 Hampton Inn (Kimball) 100 Hampton Drive South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423)228-4270 Holiday Inn Express 300 Battle Creek Rd Kimball, TN 37380 (423) 837-1500 Monteagle Inn & Retreat Center 204 West Main Street Monteagle, TN 37356 (931) 924-3869

Dusty’s Outdoor Media 688 Wilshire Drive Jackson, TN 38301 (731) 267-3121 MOTORCYCLE RESORTS

Kimball, Town of 675 Main Street Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-7040 South Pittsburg, City of 204 West Third Street South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-5012 Whitwell, City of 13671 Highway 28 Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 658-5151 NEWSPAPERS Marion County Newspapers 307 ½ Elm Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-6312 NON-PROFITS American Cancer Society 6221 Shallowford Rd, Suite 102 Chattanooga, TN 37421 (423) 499-2606 Blood Assurance 705 East 45th Street Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 752-8456

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Chattanooga Goodwill Industries Kimball Office 361 Kimball Crossing Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-8221

Marion Lifestyle P.O. Box 612 South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 493-3204

Jasper Lions Club P.O. Box 655 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-5519

Jasper Regional History Museum 715 Phillips Avenue Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-5519

Heart Realty 1292 Main Street Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-5478

Phillips Furniture 305 Betsy Pack Drive Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-2593

Marion County Sertoma Club P.O. Box 2405 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 837-9640

H&H Management LLC 945 Old Dixie Highway South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 228-0035

Walmart Super Store 525 Kimball Crossing Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-6732

Tennessee River Gorge Trust Inc. 1214 Dartmouth Street Chattanooga, TN 37405 (423) 266-0314

Remax Realty South 3565 Main Street Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-3333

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United Way of Greater Chattanooga 630 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37405 (423) 752-0314

Regency Property Services LLC Retail Real Estate 380 N Cross Pointe Blvd Evansville, IN 47715-4027 (812 424-9200

OPTOMETRISTS Spectacles Family Eye Care 233 S Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-8611 PEST CONTROL Burl’s Termite & Pest Control 1035 Industrial Blvd Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-6464 PHARMACIES Jasper Drugs, LLC 17 Courthouse Square Jasper, TN 37347 (423)942-2535

Thunder Air, Inc /Jasper Highlands 104 Battle Creek Road Kimball, TN 37380 (423) 265-0781 RESTAURANTS Johnny’s Hook ‘n Grill 13060 Hwy 28 Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 815-4014 Lookout Winery/Wood Oven Pizza 11848 Highway 41 Guild, TN 37340 (727) 499-8974

First Choice Storage 300 Industrial Blvd Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-9191 UTILITIES Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative 512 South Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-8605 Tennessee American Water Company 109 Wiehl Street Chattanooga, TN 37403 (423) 771-4723 VETERINARY Kirk Veterinary Clinic 1960 Main Street Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 942-5522 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Shoney’s Restaurant 105 Kimball Crossing Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-7944

American Job Center 5514 Hwy 41 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 837-9103 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS

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SueBob’s Diner 2573 Hwy 283 Powell’s Crossroads, TN 37397 (423 )658-8575

Benchmark Physical Therapy 4150 Main Street, Suite 101 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-8073

Western Sizzlin 1130 Highway 28 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-5777

Southern Rehab & Aquatics 400 Dixie Lee Center, Suite A Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-7536

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The Drug Store 335 Cedar Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-6855

PRINTING

Comfort Gallery Mattress and Furniture 780 Main Street Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-3000

Woodfin Printing 700 Magnolia Avenue South Pittsburg, TN 37380 (423) 837-7294

Farmers Home Furniture 4785 Main Street, Suite 6 Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-3165

REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Lowe’s of Kimball 525 Dixie Lee Junction Kimball, TN 37347 (423) 837-3110

Century 21 Cumberland Realty 13 Courthouse Square Jasper, TN 37347 (423) 942-6000

Sheriff Ronnie “Bo” Burnett Mr. Brad Carter Mr. Daniel Carter Mr. Rick Carter Mrs. Judy Graham Dr. Mark Griffith Ms. Kim Headrick Mr. Barry Fisher Mrs. Bobbi Hubbard Mrs. Teresa Lakey Pastor Erik McDaniel County Clerk Dwight Minter Mrs. Beth Webb

For more information about the Marion County Chamber of Commerce, visit their website at: www.marioncountychamber.com or call (423) 942-5103.

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he morning was cool but expected to warm quickly. The moon, bright and shining through a layer of light, wispy clouds, cast shadows as I walked along the old dirt road. I arrived at the crossroads just as the stars began to fade and a faint orange light began to glow along the eastern horizon.

I leaned against an old oak tree and waited.

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I don’t hunt turkeys because I want to. I hunt them because I have to.”

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from black to deep purple and eventually to a soft shade of gray, he sounded off from the next ridge over, about 300 yards away.

I grabbed my shotgun and hustled through the brush, crossed the small creek at the bottom and eased up the facing ridge as much as I dared to in the creeping light.

Few things in this world get my blood pumping like a gobbling turkey in the spring, and we in Marion County are fortunate enough to have a healthy population of birds and about 25,000 acres of public hunting land at Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area.

According to a 2018 report released by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, hunters harvested 231 turkeys in Marion County last year, including 25 taken at Prentice Cooper State Forest and Wildlife Management Area.

But there are plenty of birds left to go around.

Like most young boys that pursue hunting as a pastime, I began shooting

squirrels and rabbits. As I grew older, I ventured into hunting whitetail deer, and I loved watching with my father as a pair of dogs worked back and forth across a field and suddenly came to point over a covey of bob white quail.

My father was a deadly shot when the covey flushed from the brush, but he wasn’t a turkey hunter. Still, he felt that every young boy should get out into the spring woods to hear turkeys gobble, and I am so thankful he did.

That decision changed my life forever.

I loved hearing the birds sounding off through the timber. Hearing them caused the hairs on the back of my neck to stiffen and my heart to race.

The object in turkey hunting is to imitate the mating calls of a hen turkey in hopes of coaxing a Tom into shotgun range. That is a simplified explanation, of course, and it sounds much easier that it really is. It is almost impossible

away. Just a few minutes later I heard a rustle in the trees and the whoosh of wings beating the air.

I raised my gun and yelped hard in his direction.

He gobbled once … twice … three times just beyond a rise in the ground.

Col. Tom Kelly, author of “Tenth Legion,” one of the most prolific books on turkeys and turkey hunting, explains what so many other turkey hunters already understand. “I don’t hunt turkeys because I want to. I hunt them because I have to.”

Turkey hunting is an incredible rollercoaster of emotions, and a pastime that gives me so much joy year after year.

With a little knowledge and practice, it is available to anyone right here in our back yard.

Suddenly he was standing there looking desperately for the hen.

to comprehend how well a turkey’s eyes detect movement. It’s also difficult to understand a turkey’s wary nature and his ability to disappear when he suspects something is amiss. But armed with these basics, I bought a few calls and practiced my calling for hours. I read everything I could about turkeys and turkey hunting. I then took my calls and my newfound knowledge into the woods where the turkeys quickly showed me just how much I still had to learn.

The adrenaline took hold of me, as it always does.

I could barely breathe. My heart was pounding. I could feel my pulse throbbing in my head. I took a deep breath and tried to steady my shaking hands and trembling legs as I gently squeezed the trigger.

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Few things in this world get my blood pumping like a gobbling turkey in the spring.”

Some 30 years later, I have raised my skill level to average at best. I’ve managed to harvest my share of birds over the years, but I am well acquainted with the humbling feeling of being stood up, walked around and just plain dumbfounded. But that’s turkey hunting. And that is what keeps me coming back.

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n less than two months, over 25,000 festival-goers from throughout the southeast will gather in South Pittsburg, Tenn., to enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of the 22nd Annual National Cornbread Festival (NCF).

Located 30 miles west of Chattanooga, Tenn., this quaint southern town hosts a celebration of cornbread, often considered the cornerstone of southern cuisine.

One of the highlights of the festival is the National Cornbread Cook-off sponsored by Lodge Cast Iron, Dollywood, Cracker Barrel, and Martha White. The contest features 10 finalists from throughout the United States. The cook-off is a main dish or entrée contest, with a package of Martha White Cornmeal and a piece Lodge seasoned cast iron cookware the required tools. The finalists’ recipes are selected by the Cornbread Cook-off committee before the event.

Fans of cornbread will enjoy a wide range of delicious cornmeal creations when they travel through Cornbread Alley. From traditional cornbread recipes to New Year’s Fritters, Hush Puppies and Fluffy Zucchini Cornbread, the

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recipes are lip-smacking good.

Next to Cornbread Alley, there is a food court with vendors selling southern favorites like cotton candy, hotdogs, fried turkey legs, water/soft drinks and much more.

Along Cedar Avenue between 1st Street and 4th Street, five stages, including the historic Princess Theatre, feature over 50 musical acts on Saturday and Sunday. Over the years, top performers like Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Exile, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Keith Anderson have wowed festival goers from the main stage.

Additionally, the streets of the festival are filled with the sounds of country, bluegrass, blues, old-time fiddlers, southern gospel, jazz and rock. Check out www.nationalcornbread.com/music for entertainment updates in late March.

Other activities at the NCF include over 70 arts and crafts vendors and a themed children’s corner with games, inflatables, a photo booth and more!

The NCF also features exhibits like antique tractors, blacksmith and glass blowing demonstrations, plus a huge carnival. Other attractions include a classic car cruise-in, tours of historic South Pittsburg, a 5K road race and a spinthe-giveaway wheel sponsored by Martha White, producer of high-quality flour and cornmeal since 1899.

Sundays during the festival weekend include a schedule of an ecumenical service and pancake breakfast as well as the other events featured on Saturday.

If attendees are courageous, they can compete in cornbread eating contests, buttermilk chugging races or a frozen t-shirt contest.

Be sure to tour the Lodge Cast Iron Cookware foundry; the company is the oldest family-owned cookware company in the United States.

As the festival gets closer to its 25th Anniversary, it’s no wonder the NCF has been selected as one of the ‘Top 100 Events’ in North America by the American Bus Association, as well as Taste of the South Magazine’s ‘List of 9 Things You Must Do’.

Merchandise pre-sale souvenirs will begin in early April.

For more information, visit the festival website at nationalcornbread.com, or via their Facebook page: NationalCornbreadFestival. Official Twitter for the fesitival is twitter. com/cornbread_fest and the official Instagram is instagram.com/nationalcornbreadfestival.

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The First Annual Wheelchair Superbowl On February 1, several of the elders at Signature Health Care of South Pittsburg participated in their First Annual Wheelchair Superbowl. The competition was fierce and after a strong offensive battle between the Rams and the Patriots, the Rams managed to come away with the big win.

Assisted by members of the South Pittsburg High School Pirates football team and special guest, former Tennessee and NFL football player Gerald Riggs, the elders had the time of their lives.

The Ram’s players were Tommy Aaron, Lavonna Robley, John Morris, David Watkins and Arnold Cannon and the Patriot’s players were Mitchell Williams, Bobby Daughtry, Walter Rogers, Tracy Steele and Kenneth Kelso.

Special thanks goes out to Gerald Riggs and the SPHS Football team for helping bring joy to the elders of South Pittsburg!

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