Everyday Chatter
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became an empty nester a while back. I have a great job, but too many “after-hours” on my hands. My older and wiser friends watched me experiment with a number of high-calorie remedies and eventually came to my aid. The answer is apparently an opportunity to fill my time with words.
Isn’t it ironic that the first month I officially become a writer I am challenged to write about August? I am aghast. See, I have never been a fan of August. August was always a confusing month where I promised to cram in all the final promises of summer, while Mother Nature didn’t even hint that autumn was in the air. I was never really able to fall for the pretense of fall. I was smitten with summer. I flipped over fall. Those in-between days left me lacking. Maybe my real angst for August is that I was daydreaming about one last nap in the sun or gaze at the lake. August meant the annual search for school clothes on the hottest day of the year. The sight of corduroy and wool sweaters was sweltering, yet I wouldn’t invest in short-term shorts. Sunscreen on football Friday nights? The gridiron was more appalling than appealing without a blanket and sweatshirt. However, here we are, heading headlong into August. Our county’s calendar is jam-packed with opportunities to live in those once-a-year moments of August. We get to hail Hot Nights and toast Olympic torches. We can move to music on a Mountain, at a Mill or from a Michael. We get one last chance to swing with our own boys of summer. Those with full nests can shop locally to send their little birdies off on big yellow busses. Right after Baby’s Lake Lift, we can have that last long nap in the sun. Forgive me, August? Rutherford County August is loaded with promise, EVERYDAY! Looks like I will be feathering my nest with fun. Won’t you join me???
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SHOPPING, EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Smith’s Drugs…3 Calendar of Events…4
COMMUNITY SAFETY
Understanding Smoke Detectors...6 Never Leave Your Child Alone in a Vehicle...7 Be Tire Smart...8
ECONOMY
Rutherford County EDC...10
EDUCATION
College Alumni Association Looks to Future…11 RCS Education Foundation...12
SPOTLIGHT
Forest City’s 22nd Annual Hot Nights, Cool Rides…14
OUR COMMUNITY
Sister Chicks for Chirst...16 Foundation Shows Season Preview…17
HEALTH & WELLNESS
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CONTENTS
2 •Rutherford Everyday • Volume I, Issue 8 • August 2013
St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation Benefit …18 St. Luke’s New Patient-Centered Wing …19 St. Luke’s Ribbon Cutting…20 Love Your Neighbor As You Love Yourself…21 Hardin’s Drug...22
RUTHERFORD COUNTY CHAMBER It’s A New Day ...23