McMinn Life - Spring 2014

2014 National

MooFest

A Day Of Fun Honoring Dairy And Agriculture In Historic Downtown Athens

Sharon Reedy-Ramsey: Living Like No One Else The Woman Behind The Dave Ramsey Legacy

A Wedding Destination

Immerse Yourself In The Natural Beauty Of Sunshine Hollow

Delving Into The Dogwood Learn More About This Iconic And Celebrated Tree

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34 Contents features

Sharon Reedy-Ramsey

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LIVING LIFE LIKE NO ONE ELSE

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Delving Into The Dogwood Learn More About This Iconic And Celebrated Tree

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Monroe County’s Third Annual

BRIDAL EXPO

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A “Heart” Land Adventure Drs. Slowey And Snider Have Created A Dog Heaven

A Haven For Golfers Local Family Purchases & Updates Ridgewood Golf Club

Emily Scott Cate Home

A House As Unique As Its Owner

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Sunshine Hollow… the saga continues

A Bunch Of “Hams” McMinn County’s Amateur Radio Club Works Behind The Scenes To Save Lives

departments 4 Letter From The Editor Pat Chester 5 Dancing For A Cure 47 Happenings Schedule of Events

Move Over, Little Black Dress!

How One Red Dress Graced Two Senior Proms

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Granny Ward’s House

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National MooFest

A Day Of Fun Honoring Dairy & Agriculture In Historic Downtown Athens

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McMinn Life PUBLISHER The Bingham Group President Lisa Atkins Bingham Local Editor Pat Chester

Letter from the Editor

Ahh, Spring is definitely in the air and I think we all will be grateful once again to feel some warmth from the sun and enjoy the brighter green colors as new life enters our trees, shrubs and grasses. Oh, the flowers, how I long for their colors and beauty. To be honest, I even have marveled at the lush green of the wild onions poking up in the grass. I must sound desperate.

I truly enjoy the change of seasons and find the quietness, the beauty of the openness, and the slower pace peaceful. We were also blessed with the last beautiful snow that quickly allowed us to continue to motor around safely.

Now I’m ready to enjoy the beauty and activities that McMinn County has to offer.

If you’re like me you will want to glance at each page first and then take a pencil in hand when you come to the Happening’s pages. Mark the events that suit you and your family. You will find much to choose from but we are also offering more detailed events on our web page www.mcminnlifemagazine.com.

There are concerts which include Our Three Tenors and the Spring Fling at TWC. CASSA has a 5K walk and then there will be fun at TWC for the Color Run. Don’t forget the Spring Bazaar at Athen’s Senior Center and the Saturdays of Heritage School at the Living Heritage Museum. You’ll especially want to note the antique appraisal fair. There are many Easter Egg hunts and what about Kite Day and the Fishing Derby? I could go on and on because we are so blessed to live in such a place that where it’s not only beautiful but has so many people that work hard to offer a variety of actives for us to enjoy and support.

Graphic Designers Jacob Amseth Jay Bradford Dustin Hayes Michelle Milam Sam Morris Ben Salter Contributing Writers Pat Chester Gayle Fisher Joe Guy Chris Hari Rob Preston Emily Walls Contributing Photographers JoPhoto - Joe Atkins Bruce Hari Tammy Lee Renee Nicolo David Rhyne Copy Editor Jennifer Porterfield Web Vincent Radford Advertising Sales Mignonne Alman Tel: 865.523.5999 mignonne@binghamgroup.com Chris Hari Tel: 423.435.1650 chari@binghamgroup.com Subscription or Editorial Inquiries Tel: 865.523.5999 Fax: 865.523.0999 www.mcminnlifemagazine.com The Bingham Group, Inc. 11921 Kingston Pike, Suite 201 Knoxville, Tennessee 37934 www.binghamgroup.com www.mcminnlifemagazine.com

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Dancing for a Cure M ove over Hollywood. Athens, Tennessee, has its own awesome Extreme Makeover event. It is called Dancing for a Cure. For the eighth time, professional dancers have taken regular people from all walks of life and turned them into toe-tapping, show-stopping, whirling and twirling works of art. The winners get a trophy, and the American Cancer Society receives thousands of dollars to help find a cure for cancer.

It started in 2007 when the Mouse Creek Community Club’s Relay for Life team wanted a novel way to raise a lot of money and public awareness of cancer at the same time. They decided to do a take-off of the popular “Dancing With The Stars” television show. The annual event is coordinated by Priscilla Brannon with the Community Club and Yvonne Raper and Carlene Kuykendall, American Cancer Society representatives. It has become THE event that everyone looks forward to attending.

Participants are paired with local professional dancers. By the time they brave the dance floor for the first (and probably last) time, dancers have endured long and grueling hours of rehearsal to master the techniques and choreography of the dance they have selected. The dances are choreographed

by Wendy Wheeler with Dance Productions and Lisa Sharp with Lisa’s Dance Studio, with a lot of help from dancers Krista Bain and Bryan Thomas.

Darrell Patterson, well-known television sportscaster, will emcee the gala event, as he has every year.

Mark your calendar for April 12th, and come see firsthand who will go home with the trophy this year. The event will be held at Athens Middle School’s auditorium, and the $10 ticket buys you a night of entertainment that you won’t soon forget!

Written by Chris Hari Photographed by Bruce & Chris Hari

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2014 National MooFest

Downtown Athens

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e are excited to announce the 7th Annual National MooFest will be Saturday, June 7, in Downtown Athens. We are adding some new, exciting things to the festival this year including the first Buttermilk Biscuit Alley. The alley will feature non-profit agencies supplying samples of homemade biscuits. The money raised from the alley will be distributed evenly to benefit the agencies who participate.

The festival has always been about giving back to the community, and this is another fun way to do that.

After the Biscuit Alley in the morning, we’ll switch gears to ice cream and yogurt in the afternoon, with non-profit agencies bringing their homemade ice-cream and yogurt for everyone to sample. Mayfield Dairy Farms will “The mission of MooFest is to celebrate the dairy and agriculture industry and showcase the historic downtown Athens.” also participate with their ice cream and yogurt flavors. The Biscuit Alley is patterned after the Cornbread Alley in South Pittsburg and sponsored by Hardees. Besides Hardees,

our major sponsors include: Mayfield, Athens Chamber of Commerce as well as McMinn County Tourism.

In the summer of 2007, a group of volunteers met to discuss a way to celebrate the rich dairy history for which McMinn County is known. As the group organized and formed an executive committee, MooFest was born. The first festival was held in the summer of 2008.

The mission of MooFest is to celebrate the dairy and agriculture industry and showcase the historic downtown Athens.

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We also want to provide a fun, educational and entertaining day for the wonderful citizens of McMinn County and welcome thousands of visitors to our community.

This year’s festival, which is free admission, will bring a fun-filled day with family activities, games, children’s entertainment, arts/crafts, wonderful food, farm animals and music through

the day. There will also be plenty of cotton candy, candy apples, popcorn and funnel cakes as well as Lemonade Shake Ups. The festival is also known for the wonderful arts and crafts vendors who come from all over the south to participate. This will be a great event and one you will not want to miss!

Written by Rob Preston

MooFest June 7, 2014 Downtown Athens For more event information visit:

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hat a beautiful world we live in, and finally spring is here.

Let’s forget about what a miserable cold winter we have had, freezing and thawing then freezing again. But now we know spring is here since dogwood blossoms have arrived.

In April, we have another type of blizzard, one of thousands of beautiful pastel petals from our dogwood trees, Cornus florida. They supply us with white and pink flowers in the spring and burgundy fall foliage with bright red berries. Birds love the berries, and mine don’t stay around long.

The name dogwood originated in Europe. The bark of one of the European species was boiled in water and used for washing dogs suffering from mange.

Wonder if this would work for fleas?

The dogwood also served in the field of medicine at one time. Dogwood bark was used as a fever medicine before quinine came into general use.

The flowers are rather insignificant, but the bracts surrounding each flower head puts on quite a show. This is a native tree with white blooms that we see growing along our Interstates, planted in our yards, the edge of the woods, and my favorite, along unkempt fencerows.

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Dogwoods growing in the woods are an understory tree and have a more open growth habit with fewer blooms than those grown in the full sun or a cultivar.

If you don’t have this tree, you still have time to plant one this spring. This small tree can grow to a height of 40 feet and just as broad.

Choose a location where the roots can stay evenly moist with slightly acid soil.

To give your tree a good start, make sure you plant them at the same height that they were growing. Don’t let the roots dry out, and put them where water is readily available for the first two years.

The dogwood tree blooms before the leaves unfurl. This gives the appearance of white blooms hanging in mid-air, making them even more dramatic. I have flown into Knoxville when the dogwoods were blooming, and from the sky, the sight is breathtaking. Our world is dotted with pure white, standing out in stark contrast to the early greening of the earth.

The number one killer of Dogwoods is the lawn mower or weed eater. Trees planted with grass growing right up to the trunk usually get a nick from the lawn mower weekly. This leaves the bark cut and provides an opening that can be attacked by borers. Keeping a 2 foot or wider mulched area around the base of the tree quickly solves this problem. The mulch keeps the soil moist and cool as well as adding organic matter. Dogwoods need an inch of water per week when the temperature is 90˚and above. Pine needles or chopped oak leaves make great mulch since they encourage acid conditions that the dogwoods like most.

Mulch makes mowing easier and saves the dogwood from injury.

The disease that is destroying our beautiful dogwoods in the Smoky Mountains is anthracnose. There is no cure for this disease, and we have experienced a large loss in our National forests. Trees affected have deformed leaves with purple edge spots or tan blotches. This disease kills twigs and causes water sprouts (overly vigorous

upright shoots). Trees that have anthracnose start dying from the top down.

The TN Agricultural Experiment Station researched which dogwood trees were most likely to contract anthracnose.

1) Trees growing close to streams. Trees that were within 65 feet caught the disease more quickly.

2) Trees at elevations above 1,590 feet were more susceptible to anthracnose. This is why we see tree loss throughout the Appalachian Mountain range.

3) Trees growing on a north-facing slope or on the north side of the house.

This was because the longer the leaf stays wet, the greater chance of contracting anthracnose.

4) Trees growing in the shade were more likely to contract the disease.

Choosing disease- and mildew-resistant dogwoods gives you a great chance at success. Read the tag of your newly purchased plant.

It was in Tennessee that the famous first red dogwood cultivar, ‘Cherokee Chief’, was developed. We also have the honor of the first commercial propagation of dogwoods from native seeds. Hoskins A. Shadow successfully produced dogwoods on a large scale. The Shadow family still has strong ties to family, kin and friends here in McMinn. The ‘Cherokee Chief’ series also includes ‘Cherokee Sunset’ and ‘Cherokee Daybreak’.

Other good choices not in the Cherokee cultivar are ‘Apple Blossom’ and ‘Cloud Nine’. Chinese dogwood, Cornus Kousa, open later than our native ones, and blooms after the tree has leafed out.

They are rarely ruined by a late freeze, and the bracts can last for up to six weeks. This Chinese cousin is a good choice, but I can’t bear waiting two extra weeks in the spring to have my dogwoods bloom.

Written by Gayle Fisher

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Monroe County’s Third Annual

BRIDAL EXPO April 27, 2014 1 - 4 pm Browder House Sweetwater 2701 Hwy 11, South

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The Third Annual Monroe County Bridal Expo will be held at the beautiful Browder House.

Co-hosts for this extravaganza are Donna's Old Town Cafe, LLC, and Karen Carey's Lemongrass Spa. Featuring over thirty vendors, you'll find everything you need to create that perfect dream of a lifetime experience! You'll be treated to door prizes and giveaways; plus there will be experts on hand to answer any questions you have regarding your big day!

Photos by Joe Photo

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Browder House was built in 1865. It was built on the “County Line” farm, as it was known then, because it sits right on the McMinn and Monroe County lines on Highway 11.

The Browder House is a unique venue. It is decorated in a vintage, antique style with a lovely large front yard and several trees that are over one hundred years old.

It is a working farm with haybales, tractors and barns that provide a backdrop to the feel of the venue.

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Stheunshine H ollow…. saga continues Written by Chris Hari Photography by Bruce Hari and David Rhyne

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eep in the heart of southwestern McMinn County lies 160 acres of the prettiest scenery you’ll see anywhere.

When Dave Rhyne first spotted the tree-covered ridges and hollows, he was captivated by its seclusive natural beauty and envisioned a place where visitors could come to enjoy the beauty of nature. He purchased the property in 1973 and started his initiative by carving out a half-mile driveway through the woods and building a rustic home to blend perfectly with its surroundings. He also built a two-acre spring-fed lake next to his home.

In 1983, he married Vicki Breneman, and that’s when things started to roll. Vicki, a veterinarian by trade, shares Dave’s love of flowers. The couple purchased ten daylilies in 1984, not really knowing if they would grow well or not, and certainly not intending to grow them into a business. But grow they did…and multiplied. Many varieties were added. and when the crop got out of hand, they started selling them. Sunshine Hollow began to bloom. Hostas were added, and soon, a mail-order business evolved. The garden concept expanded as they added many other shrubs and perennials until it resulted in brilliantly beautiful gardens that bloom from Spring ‘til frost and offer the perfect place for a garden wedding or other event.

Dave worked for many years as a forester at Bowater’s and helped build the company’s trail system and Pocket Wilderness Trails. So it was a natural thing for him to create trails on his own land. Visitors can now enjoy the gardens and the wilderness on eight miles of trails created by Dave that meander along the ridges and down through the hollows.

During his bachelor days, Dave made fruitcakes as a hobby. The first year he and Vicki were married, they made 2000 pounds of fruitcakes in their home. Vicki put her foot down after that, and soon, a bakery was added to the growing compound. The bakery evolved into catering services.

Catering services evolved into lunch on the grounds, and a pavilion was erected. With its glorious gardens,

lake, trails, great food and a pavilion in which to enjoy lunch, Sunshine Hollow became popular with church and garden groups and also a desired wedding venue.

From April through October, couples can marry under a lakeside arbor surrounded by thousands of

flowers and up to 200 guests. Chairs (provided in the wedding venue) are set up in a gentle amphitheater fashion for guests to view the wedding vows.

Sunshine Hollow’s latest addition is a major step towards having the perfect wedding venue. The Rhynes have erected a 5,000 square foot Event Center for receptions and parties that easily accommodates 225 people. The Center has the appearance of a fine Kentucky horse barn on the outside and features elegant 20-foot cathedral ceilings, rustic chandeliers, wall sconces and polished wood floors on the inside. Weddings can be performed at one end of the ballroom, and best of all, inclement weather doesn’t have to spoil an event. The

Event Center is surrounded by Sunshine Hollow’s finest shade gardens.

Wedding venues include tables, chairs and fine table linens. Catering is provided by Sunshine Hollow with full buffets prepared in their commercial kitchen with entrees like pulled pork BBQ (smoked with hickory from trees in the Hollow), or apple-stuffed baconwrapped pork chops and homemade sides such as green beans with Vidalia onions and pecans and sweet potato casserole topped with Praline pecans.

Wedding cakes and groom’s cakes are Dave’s specialities.

For further information on weddings, events, daylilies, garden tours and all else Sunshine Hollow has to offer, visit www.sunshinehollow.com.

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Ridgewood

Golf Club Written by Pat Chester Photography by Renee Nicolo

Fifteen years ago, Brian and Tammy Ford took on a new challenge when they bought the established Ridgewood Golf Club.

At the time, they lived in Atlanta with their 2 1/2 year old daughter, Carson.

The opportunity arose to purchase the golf club the same time they were considering moving back home. They knew the joy of living close to family and wanted the same for Carson.

Their decision proved to be the right one for them. Their daughter has not only grown and thrived here, but so has Ridgewood Golf Club. Carson will soon be graduating from McMinn County High School, and the golf club has also grown into an updated clubhouse with a complete renovation of the course with bermuda grass.

Besides being totally updated, the clubhouse is now more accessible for seniors and more convenient for

everyone. The only driving range in the county is just a few steps from the clubhouse and parking lot. Last year, the Fords took on another challenge to take up the grass and sprig with bermuda.

It’s easy to see that you are at the foothills of our area and in golfer’s heaven.

They chose the same company that the well loved Honors Course used with the same grass. Ridgewood is now the only golf course within a 50-mile radius with bermuda greens. They needed to close seven weeks last summer for the work, but now many are enjoying the new greens on the 180 acres.

One happy golfer is Steve Songer. He and his family enjoy living on the second hole, so on most days, he manages to stop on his way from work to “hit a few”. Steve calls Ridgewood “a fantastic upgrade that is bigger and better”. He

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also says, “Brian improved the club so much over the last ten years, and now it’s a showplace for McMinn County.”

Of all the 18 holes, Brian made sure we saw his favorite. When you stand at the sixth hole, you get a glorious view of Starr Mountain and see the gap at the Hiawassee River. It’s easy to see that you are at the foothills of our area and in golfer’s heaven.

One of the advantages for the Fords of having their own business is being more accessible for their daughter, but one of the disadvantages is working 24/7. Thank goodness the Fords’ business is not only their occupation but also a hobby they love. The challenge they took on 15 years ago has not only provided a great place to raise their daughter but a beautiful golf course for many.

Ridgewood Golf Club 387 County Road 603 Athens, TN 37303

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The Bingham Group has been in the creative industry for the last 23 years. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, The Bingham Group is a full-service marketing and Lisa Bingham communications firm.

In addition to agency clients, we also publish magazines and books.

Most notably, the award-winning Monroe Life and McMinn Life Magazines have been very successful ventures for the past five years. We set out to produce the highest quality lifestyle magazine in the area.

We tell the story of the area and focus on

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Emily Scott Cate Makes Her Home Hers Story by Pat Chester Photos by Tammy Lee

[We need to] rethink what we are doing with our art.

Much is going into the landfill.

Emily Scott Cate’s personality shows through in her home, which makes it unique for McMinn County.

Her individuality comes from her creativity and the influence of her trips to Santa Fe. Emily’s home is the farmhouse where her mother grew up, but she has now transformed it to a place that combines family memories with her love of antiques, appreciation of local handmade works of art along with dollar store finds.

At 21, Emily started collecting antiques and hasn’t stopped. She says, “It’s like an illness,” but the “illness” has decorated her home with many amazing antiques. Some of her

favorites are grindstones and mill stones she uses outside and Cherokee Indian baskets and folk pottery inside.

Emily says we need to “rethink what we are doing with our art. Much is going into the landfill.” She prefers vintage clothing over newer pieces and often shops at Coordinated Charities in Athens.

Each room offers such an array of pieces that there is no way you can take it all in. The living room houses a beautiful corner cupboard of local walnut made by a cousin. It is artistically placed with part of her basket and pottery collection. On top is a grouping of dolls made by local artist, Gail Campbell. Emily artfully laid out her collection of vintage purses and cowboy boots on the couch. You also see pictures of her Cate relatives on the wall and wedding pictures of some nieces and nephews on the stairway.

The centerpiece on the dining room table is by local artist Mike Russell, who specializes in metal work. He also made the bottle tree standing next to a cupboard from the Cate home in Niota.

The kitchen houses a jelly cupboard that Emily has cleverly painted, and the table is set in reminiscence of the ‘50s. It’s such a fun and vibrant room.

The den displays some artwork by other talented cousins. There are pillows, a painting and a coffee table made from a 100-year-old diseased maple tree from the property. You will also find a tribute to a 3,000-mile bucket list motorcycle ride on a mannequin decorated with vintage brooches, helmet and black jacket.

The master bedroom has the bed laid with a picture of her mother, Emmagene Cate, and a few of her favorite things. On the wall facing the bed is a large metal piece by artist Don Wilson of Chimayo, New Mexico.

Many of his other pieces are outside in the yard along with many other interesting yard art.

Emily retired in July after serving 40 years as a social worker, and now she and her dog, Sam Bow Wilson, enjoy her home as she transforms it and as each new treasure finds a special place.

Now that she has more time, Emily has not only enjoyed scavenging but has also returned to painting.

She has a passion for the positive energy in our community and will soon open a booth of antiques and her artwork at the antique mall in downtown Athens. What a talent Emily has as she appreciates her heritage and, at the same time, uses her imaginative creativity to make her home hers.

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The Red Dress

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adies, did you ever have a favorite formal dress?

Mothers, did you save your daughter’s prom dresses?

Men, do you remember how special your date looked when you took her to your Senior Prom? Daughters, did you ever dream of wearing one of your mother’s formals? If you answered yes, you know the feelings of Misty and Travis Giles, their daughter, Moriah, and Misty’s parents, Peggy and Charles McKeehan.

The Senior Prom is a highly anticipated event, and so it was for Misty, way back when. Her mother took her to the

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Fashonique in Etowah to choose her special dress not knowing the impact it would have on her loved ones in the years to come. Travis first escorted Misty when the dress made its first debut twenty-six years ago to the McMinn High Senior Prom. Misty liked it so much that she wore it again, with Travis as her date to a sorority ball while they were at MTSU. It became such a favorite of his that he called it “The Red Dress”.

They later married, and the dress was carefully put away by Misty’s mother. As little girls do, their daughter, Moriah, loved the dress and dreamed of wearing it one day.

When it came time for Moriah’s Senior Prom last year, Misty was ready to take her daughter shopping, but she was surprised to hear that she wanted to wear “The Red Dress”. When mother and daughter went to her grandparent’s home to try on the dress, the three generations were in awe. It fit perfectly!

The only change to be made was to shorten the hem. Tea length was no longer in style, so Jane Zortman, seamstress extraordinaire in Englewood, made the dress more current by shortening the hem.

Can you visualize how the once boyfriend, then husband and now father

felt when he saw his beautiful daughter in “The Red Dress”? I can only imagine.

Moriah not only wore the dress to her Senior Prom last year but also donned it again with her father as her date to the Daddy Daughter Dance. How special it must be for a father to escort his future bride and later his daughter while both looked equally beautiful in “The Red Dress”.

Written by Pat Chester Current Prom Picture by Renee Nicolo

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A “Heart” Land Adventure…

Written by Chris Hari Photographed by Bruce Hari The country home of Dr. James Slowey and Dr. Iris Snider is at the dead end of a narrow road with mountain views and mandatory Tennessee twists and curves. A sign on a fence post at the entrance of the property gives a clue of what to expect. Then another preparatory sign, and upon arrival yet another “Dachshunds Crossing” sign on the gate. But the dog on greeting duty is the size of a small pony, probably 125 pounds, smiling from ear to ear, and definitely not a dachshund.

Nor is the red hound dog helping Jim Slowey tend to his yard work.

Following a warm welcome, Jim leads us across the patio and into his home.

There they are, all 20 of them (and five non-dachshunds), their voices chorusing a greeting that crescendos to the ceiling, cascades off the walls and ends abruptly in about 30 seconds!

As we settled in at the breakfast nook to talk, one long-haired blonde nestled in Jim’s arms, and two climbed into Iris’s lap. About a dozen more curled under the table where we sat. The first dog we met, Suli, sprawled asleep on the kitchen floor covering about half the room. Another similar dog,

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Sebastain, claimed much of the living room floor as his bed. This was it… we’d found dog heaven!

Iris Snider grew up with dachshunds and wanted one when she married.

However, Jim Slowey was into more manly breeds like German Shepherds and Labs and didn’t want anything to do with “small, yapping, poop-eating” dogs. She tried gentle nudges and mind massage tactics to acquire a dachshund, but it took something more dramatic (although unintentional) to convince Jim. During a trip to Paris, France, she spotted a long-haired dachshund walking along the banks of the River Seine. She was so enamored that she followed the dog and wound up getting lost. Now, at least 40 dachshunds later, the pair have so many tales to tell!

The Sloweys are long-standing members of the German Kennel Club, and some of their dachshunds have impressive German pedigrees. But over half of their brood are rescues.

People at dachshund rescues across the state know that if they have an unadoptable dog, Jim and Iris have room in their hearts for “just one more.”

Consider the logistics of living with 25 dog companions. For instance, what happens at meal time??? “That’s easy,” says Iris. “There are four big bowls, some inside some outside, and they are always kept full. “ Bedtime?

The big dogs sleep outside and keep coyotes away. They each get a peanut butter sandwich to lure them outside at bedtime.” Most of the dachshunds snuggle up in bed with their masters.

What about entertainment? This is good – Jim and Iris hold an annual “Hot Dog” party and invite 15 to 30 people and their dogs. The menu, besides hot dogs, includes vanilla ice cream in little containers for dog guests and chips, cookies and fixings for everyone else.

Pre-WWI poster advertising a museum exhibit on Bavarian culture.

What can be done to keep 25 active dogs occupied and happy? The Slowey/Snider farm includes an “Earthdog” arena complete with underground tunnels that encourage the dogs to follow and grow their natural burrowing and hunting instincts. The dogs love to go into the dark underground tunnels to pursue their prey (usually a rat in a protective cage) at the other end. The tunnels vary from simple to complex and provide stimulation and exercise for the little dogs. Over the years, the Sloweys have attended several Earthdog competitions throughout the United States. One of their dachshunds, Belle, has won several Earthdog awards, though says Iris,

“She is totally sweet and nice, and you wouldn’t expect her to be so competitive.”

The Sloweys have had countless dachshunds over the years. When asked if he had any regrets, Jim’s immediate response was, “Heck, no.

They never ask for money; they never say, ‘are we there yet’; they have never wrecked a car; and I’ve never had to bail any of them out of jail.”

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”. said Mahatma Gandhi. Thankfully, there are people in our midst who have that figured out.

Above top: Honey Belle is a puppy mill rescue. She is blind because she is the result of breeding two dapples together. Many “double-dapples” are born with vision and hearing issues, some even without eyes or ears. In spite of her disability, she was used over and over to breed puppies.

Above bottom: Yet another rescue.

Left: A puddle of puppies.

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MONROE NATIVE LIVING LIKE NO ONE ELSE:

Sharon ReedyRamsey LEADS A LIFE OF LOVE, FAITH, AND INSPIRATION

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hat is it that makes a person truly exceptional?

Is it their social status, their acquired wealth, fame or education? Perhaps in highly successful individuals, we miss something truly extraordinary – their ability to love others and give sacrificially of themselves. This is certainly true of Sharon Ramsey.

Sharon is the wife of Dave Ramsey, an author, radio personality and speaker focusing on helping people live debt-free.

His syndicated radio program is called “The Dave Ramsey Show” and airs on more than 500 radio stations across the country and has over 6 million listeners every weekday. Sharon has been his greatest supporter and partner in life, and their journey has taken them on paths of great hardship and joy. Through it all, her faith has guided her throughout the different seasons of her life, beginning right here in Monroe County, Tennessee.

Sharon Reedy Ramsey grew up in Monroe County and recounts her sweet days of childhood. On Sunday mornings, she could be found attending church with her family. Sunday afternoons meant hiding in her favorite spot as her cousins chased her down. She loved this time she spent at her grandparents’ home nearby. She also cherishes the memories of traveling to Clintwood, Virginia, to see her other set of grandparents and cousins. As a small girl, her mother would send her off on the Trailway bus in Knoxville with peanuts and crossword puzzles in hand. It was such an exciting time to travel and be able to see her father’s side of the family.

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Summertime meant splashing her cares away at the community pool in Madisonville. Before she could enjoy the day’s activities, she had to get all of her work done at her father’s store, Reedy’s Market, located in Englewood. Sharon’s father and mother, Floyd and Marie Reedy, instilled in her and her siblings the importance of working hard and always striving for their best. So every summer and holiday, Sharon, along with her brothers and sisters, assisted in the family business.

It is here she learned the invaluable lesson that working hard truly does pay off. This lesson still resonates with her today.

Together with her twin sister, Karen, and older siblings, Rebecca, James and Allen, they continue to carry on the Reedy family values of dedication and determination.

In high school, Sharon was a cheerleader and loved the thrill of going to basketball and football games. The cool fall nights, cheering fans and the smell of popcorn at a football game created such excitement for the community. She loved the games. In fact, she carried on that love for football as she and her family had the tradition of going to UT football games in the fall. The University of Tennessee (UT) is still an important university to her family. In fact, all of Dave and Sharon’s children graduated or are graduating from UT. Sharon herself started attending UT, pursuing a degree in business in the fall of 1978. Little did she know that two years down the road, life was about to change drastically.

In the fall of 1980, Sharon took a Marketing class at UT. In her class was another student,

Daniel, Sharon, Rachel, Dave and Denise Ramsey enjoy a family tradition of attending the University of of Tennessee Tennessee football football games. games.

Daniel, Sharon, Daniel, Sharon, Rachel, Dave Rachel, and Dave Denise andRamsey Denise enjoy Ramsey a family enjoy atradition family tradition of attending of attending the University the University of Tennessee of Tennessee football games. football games.

part of who he was as a person, and she was Dave, who made no qualms about how he for perpetrators. She was caught by one of her part he of to who was he person, as a person, and she was she was Dave, who Dave, whono made qualms no qualms about how about hehow he for perpetrators. for perpetrators.

She was She caught washer by caught one byher of herpart of who proud beas byawas his side.

While inand college her felt made about her.

In fact, he was quite sorority sisters, who saw outofat aone restaurant proud to proud be by to his be side. by his While side. in While college in her college felt about felt her. about In fact, her. he In fact, was quite he was quite sorority sorority sisters, who sisters, saw who her saw out at her a restaurant out at a restaurant senior year, Sharon changed majors fromher persistent in asking her to go out with him. with Dave, and was fined fifty dollars. Despite senior Sharon year, Sharon changedchanged majors from majors from persistent persistent in asking asking to goher out toanswer with go out him. with him.with Dave, with and Dave, wasgoing and finedwas fiftyfined dollars. fiftyDespite dollars.

Despite Business to Home Every timeinheher asked, the was “No”… everything against them that night, Davesenior year, Business Business to Home to Home Every time Every heFebruary. time asked, hethe asked, answer the was answer “No”… was “No”… everything goingand against going them against that them night, thatlove Dave night, Economics to until After several months of an everything Ramsey Sharon Reedy fell in andDave were Economics Economics toquicker to until February. until February.

After several After months several months of an of an Ramsey Ramsey and Sharon and Reedy Sharon fell Reedy in love fell and in love were and were finish unsuccessful pursuit, she became very sick engaged in the fall of 1981. finish quicker finish unsuccessful unsuccessful pursuit, pursuit, she became very sickvery sick engagedengaged in the fall in the of 1981. fall of 1981. so shequicker could get with the flu for twobecame orshe three so sheget could with thedays. with flu for the two flureceived for or three twoaorphone three married.

She get She Sharon learned quickly so she could married. married.

She days. She days. received She received a phone a phone Sharon learned Sharon learned quickly quickly switchedShe majors call from Dave saying, “I’ll be that she was interested in switched switched majors majors call fromcall Dave from saying, Dave “I’ll saying, be “I’ll be that she that was she interested was interested in in a couple of times there to pick you up at 7:00.” a man who was an a of couple timesof times there toSo, there pickwith you to much pick up atyou 7:00.” up at 7:00.” a man who a man waswho an wasAtanthe agea couplebut realized she empathy and entrepreneur. but realized but realized she So, withSo, much with empathy much empathy and and entrepreneur. entrepreneur.

At the age At the age did not haveshe the flu in full force, Sharon of 18, Dave already had Sharon and Dave with did havenot have the flu inthe fullfluforce, in on fullSharon force, of 18, Dave of already Dave already had haddid not enough hoursSharon to and went out her firstSharon date his18, real estate license.

Smokey atwith theDave University Sharon Daveand with of enough hours tohours to atTennessee went outwith went on Dave her outfirst on her datefirst date his real his estate real license. estate license.

Smokey Smokey the University at Alumni the University of Breakfast. of before Ramsey.

She knew he was goingenoughgraduate TennesseeTennessee Alumni Breakfast.

Alumni Breakfast. graduate graduate before before with Dave with Ramsey.

Dave Ramsey.

She knew She he knew was he going was going getting married. Her father was unhappy Unfortunately for Sharon, a to do whatever it took to getting married. getting Her not father Her was father unhappy was Unfortunately Unfortunately for Sharon, for Sharon, a a to do whatever to do whatever it took to it took to that shemarried. was graduating, butunhappy despite his UT sorority member, RUSH succeed. His outspoken that she that was she not was graduating, not graduating, but despite but despite his of 1982 his UT sorority UT sorority member, member, RUSH RUSH succeed.succeed.

His outspoken His outspoken opposition, she was married in June week was also going on.

Not nature and his relentless opposition, opposition, she was she married was married in June of in 1982 June of 1982 week was week also was going also on. going Not on.

Not nature and nature his and relentless his relentless and then moved to Nashville. attending RUSH meant a fine drive to succeed were a moved then to moved Nashville. to Nashville. attending attending RUSH meant RUSHameant fine a fine drive todrive succeed to succeed were a were a and thenand SUMMER SPRING2013 2014MONROE McMINN LIFE

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Sharon worked in worked Sharon worked in as Sharon Sharon worked ininNashville Nashville as a bank a bank teller/loan processor Nashville as a as bank Nashville a bank for teller/loan processor a local bank.processor In 1985, Sharon teller/loan teller/loan processor for a local bank. In and aDave for local bank.

Intheir for a welcomed local bank.

In first 1985, Sharon and Dave baby,1985, Denise, into world.

1985, Sharon Sharon and DaveIt andthe Dave welcomed their first baby, Denise, was then Sharon knew she wanted to welcomed theirtheir first first baby, Denise, welcomed baby, Denise, into the world. It was then Sharon stay at home into the world.

Ither was thenthen Sharon into the with world.

Itchildren. was Sharon knew she wanted to stay at home knewknew she she wanted to stay at home wanted to stay at home with her children.

In thewith summer of 1987, with a young child with her children. her children. at home, Sharon made the decision to In the summer of 1987, with a young child come to Knoxville and In theInback summer of 1987, withfinish a young childchild the summer of 1987, with aher young at home, Sharon made the decision to degree.

With only three classes she at home, Sharon made the decision to to at home, Sharon made the left, decision come back to Knoxville and finish her graduated from withand a Bachelor’s come backback to Knoxville finish her her come toUTKnoxville and finish degree. With only three classes left, she Degree in Home That degree.

With onlyEconomics. threethree classes left,same she degree.

With only classes left, she graduated from UT with a Bachelor’s year,graduated her second daughter, Rachel, was graduated fromfrom UT with a Bachelor’s UT with a Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics. That same born, and four years later in 1991, they Degree in Home Economics.

ThatThat samesame Degree in Home Economics. year, her second daughter, Rachel, was would welcome their third child, Daniel, year, her second daughter, Rachel, was was year, her second daughter, Rachel, born, and four years later in 1991, they into born, the Throughout Sharon’s born, andworld. four later later in 1991, theylife,they and years four years in 1991, would welcome their third child, Daniel, hard work and dedication are core values she would welcome theirtheir thirdthird child,child, Daniel, would welcome Daniel, into the world. Throughout Sharon’s life, has carried withworld. her, but moreSharon’s thanSharon’s that,life, shelife, into the world.

Throughout into the Throughout hard work and dedication are core values she credits herwork faithdedication in God forare bringing her values hard work and core values she she hard and dedication are core has carried with her, but more than that, she through the good times and the bad. has carried with her, than than that, she has carried withbut her,more but more that, she credits her faith in God for bringing her Davecredits isher alsofaith proud toinhave her by his credits in God for bringing herside her faith God for bringing her through the good times and the bad. and often quotes Proverbs about through the good timestimes and31:30 the through the good andbad. the bad.

Dave is also proud to have her by his side her, which says, “Charm is deceptive, and DaveDave is alsois proud to have her by also proud to have herhisbyside his side and often quotes Proverbs 31:30 about beauty fleeting; but a Proverbs woman who fears and often quotes Proverbs 31:30 about andis often quotes 31:30 about her, which says, “Charm is deceptive, and the LORD, is tosays, be praised.” is a and her, which says, “Charm is deceptive, and her, which “Charm isSharon deceptive, beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears woman whose faith has guided her beauty is fleeting; but abut woman who who fearsfears beauty is fleeting; a woman the LORD, is to be praised.” Sharon is a throughout her life. the LORD, is to isbetopraised.”

Sharon is a is a the LORD, be praised.”

Sharon woman whose faith has guided her woman whose faithfaith has guided her her woman whose has guided throughout her life.

Faith to her Run throughout life. throughout herthe life. Race Since Sharon was a little girl, she remembers Faith to Run the Race always being in she was little, Faith to Run theWhen Race Faith tochurch.

Run the Race Since Sharon was a little girl, she remembers she attended a local Methodist but Since Sharon was awas little remembers Since Sharon a girl, littleshe girl,church, she remembers always being in church.

When she was little, as shealways got older, she began attending always being in church.

When she was little, being in church.

When sheFirst was little, sheMadisonville. attended a local church, Baptist Her Methodist fatherchurch, worked on but she attended a locala local Methodist but she attended Methodist church, but as she got so older, she began attending First the weekends, her mother took her and as sheasgot she began attending First First sheolder, got older, she began attending Baptist Madisonville.

Her father worked on her brothers and sisters to church.

Baptist Madisonville.

Her father worked on on Baptist Madisonville.

Her father worked the weekends, so her mother took her and the weekends, so her tooktook her and the weekends, somother her mother her and herschool, brothersSharon and sisters toachurch.

In high recalls memorable her brothers and sisters to church. her brothers and sisters to church. mission trip to South Dakota where she In high school, Sharon recallsIta had memorable worked on an Indian reservation. a In high school, Sharon recallsrecalls a memorable In high school, Sharon a memorable 30 MONROE LIFE SUMMER 2013 30 30 MONROE LIFELIFE SUMMER 20132013 MONROE SUMMER

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mission trip to South God used this moment in his life to open his trip totrip South mission to South God God mission tremendous used this moment inlifehistolife tomore. open his usedabout this moment infor hissomething open his He Dakota where she eyes his need Dakota Dakota where whereon she impact hershe eyes was eyesnow about his need for something more.

He about his need for something more.

He aware of his need for a Savior. worked on an was now was now hisDave need a Savior. worked on worked an life, andanon it was aware of hisofneed for has a for Savior.

Since thataware moment, grown in his Indian reservation. It that moment, Dave has grown in his Since thatlifemoment, Dave has grown in his Indianan reservation.

It It Sincespiritual Indian reservation. experience and has been a part of church had a tremendous spiritual life and has been part of church spiritual lifehas and has been a of part of church had ashe tremendous had a tremendous never will life and aa part church with Sharon everbeen since.

It was truly an impact on her life, and it was an experience she spiritual with Sharon ever since.

It was truly an with Sharon ever since.

It was truly anwould impact on heronatlife, and itand wasitan experience she she with answer her life,Baptist was an experience forget.impact It was First Madisonville that Sharon ever since.

It was truly an to prayer and something that never will forget. It was at First Baptist Madisonville toguide prayer and something something that would would answer to prayer and something thatthewould never will forget. never willBiblical forget.

Itatwas First Madisonville answer It wasteaching FirstatBaptist Madisonville she received fromBaptist her Sunday answer to prayer and that help them through some of that she received Biblical teaching from her help guide them through help guide them through some of some of the that she received Biblical teaching from hersheher that she received Biblical teaching from school teachers and youth leaders, and help most guidedifficult them through somelives. of the the days in their Sunday school teachers and youth leaders, and most difficult days days in their lives.lives. most difficult in their Sunday school teachers andfoundation youth leaders, and and Sunday school and youth credits this for layingteachers the ofleaders, her she credits this for laying the foundation of her most difficult days in their lives. she this forthis laying the foundation of herof her sheher credits for laying the foundation faithcredits in early years.

It was in September of 1988 that the faith in her early years.

ItIt was wasItin inwas in September of 1988 that the September of 1988 1988 that the the faith infaith herinearly her years. early years.

September Ramseys wouldofrely onthat their faith to pull Ramseys would rely on faithfaith to pull Ramseys would relytheir on their to pull As she moved on to college, she met Ramseys relysome on their to They pull themwould through darkfaith days.

As she moved on to college, she met Dave them through some dark days.

They them through some dark days.

They As sheAsRamsey. moved onDave toon college, she met Dave she moved tohad college, shegrown met Dave Dave never up themfiled through some darkand days.it They for bankruptcy, was in this Ramsey. Dave had never grown up in church, and filed for bankruptcy, and ititand wasit in in this filed for bankruptcy, wasthis in this Ramsey.

Daveand hadshe Ramsey.

Dave hadspecifically never up in church, never growngrown up inremembers church, and and filedtime in church, for bankruptcy, and was that they had nothing left but could she specifically remembers her grandmother timetime that they had nothing nothing left but but could that had nothing leftcould but could she remembers her grandmother she specifically remembers grandmother herspecifically grandmother quoting toherher 2 thattrust theyinthey had left God. During this time, Sharon quoting to her 2 Corinthians 6:14 that says, “Do timeonly only trust in God. During this time, Sharon only trust in God. During this time, Sharon quoting to herto6:14 that says, “Do quoting 2that Corinthians 6:14not thatbe says, “Do only says, 2her Corinthians 6:14“Do Corinthians says, trust in God. During this time, Sharon “God taught us grace, wisdom and not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what “God“God taught us grace, grace, wisdom and and says, taught us grace, wisdom not benot yoked together with unbelievers. be yoked together with unbelievers.

For what says, yoked together with unbelievers.

For what says,trust.”

“God taught us wisdom and When they had nothing left, they do righteousness and wickedness have in trust.”

When they had nothing left, they trust.”

When they had nothing left, they do righteousness and wickedness have in dodorighteousness and wickedness have in what righteousness and wickedness When to they left,used theythis relyhad onnothing Him. God in common? Or what fellowship can light have with trust.”learned learned to rely on Him. God learned to rely on Him. God used this in used this in common?

Or what fellowship light Or what canhave light with have havecommon? in common?

Orfellowship whatcanfellowship can with learned to rely on Him. God used this in their lives to bring them closer to Him and darkness?” Her grandmother warned her that a lives lives to bring bring themthem closercloser to Him Him and and to bring to Him darkness?” warned her that Her grandmother warned herathat a theirtheir light darkness?” haveHer withgrandmother darkness?”

Her grandmother to closer to teach themthem that “We glory in ourand follower of Christ should not marry someone who theirtolives teach themthem that “We “We in our ourin our to teach that glory “We glory follower ofher Christ should not marry someone who who to follower ofthat Christ should notofmarry someone warned a follower Christ to teach them that in sufferings, because glory we know that suffering was not also a follower. Despite this warning, sufferings, because we know that suffering sufferings, because we know that suffering was not follower.

Despite this warning, wasalso notaalso a follower.

Despite thiswas warning, should not marry someone who not sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, Sharon pursued her relationship with Dave, and perseverance; perseverance, produces perseverance; perseverance, Sharon pursued herDespite relationship Dave, and and produces pursued her relationship with Dave, also Sharon a follower. thiswith warning, produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope they were married. character; and character, character, hope.hope.

And hope character; and character, And hope hope they were married. theypursued were married.

Sharon her relationship with character; and hope.

And does not put us to shame…”

After time, does not put us to shame…”

After time, does not put us to shame…”

After time, Dave, and they were married. doesGod not put us to shame…” time,but delivered them fromAfter this trial, Sharon remembers her first days of marriage God God delivered themthem fromfrom this trial, trial, but but delivered this trial, Sharon remembers her first marriage Sharon remembers herdays firstof days of marriage delivered from this but it,them he helped the Ramseys learn to when she would long for Dave to go to church God through through he helped the Ramseys it, he heit,helped helped the Ramseys Ramseys learnlearn to to when sheremembers would long for Dave to godays togo church when she would long forfirst Dave to to church through Sharon her of through it, the learn to “live like no one else, so you can live like no with her. She wanted to share in “live like no one else, so you can live like no “live like no one else, so you can live like no with her. wanted to share in long withShe her.

She wanted to share in for Dave marriage when she would “live like no one else, so you can live like no one else.” This principle of learning to live that part of her life one else.”

This This principle of learning one else.” principle of learning learning to live liveto live that part heroflifeherwith that life her. She wanted to go toofpart church one else.”

This principle of sacrificially and without debt hastoguided together, but he was sacrificially and without without debt debt has guided guided sacrificially and without has guided together, but hebut was together, he to share in that partwasof her life together, sacrificially and debt has them throughout their lives together and not interested in attending church at all. them throughout their lives together and and them throughout their lives together not in attending church all. at all. notwas interested in attending church butinterested he not interested inatattending them throughout their lives together and has given the Ramseys In January of 1985, Dave has given the Ramseys Ramseys has given the Ramseys In January 1985, Dave In January of Dave church atofall.

In1985, January has given the astounding financial attended a business “Sharon stuck it out and astounding financial astounding financial attended aDave business attended a business of 1985, attended a “Sharon “Sharon stuck it out and stuck it out and astounding financial was patient and loving, even success.

Today, they are conference in Atlanta where was patient and loving, even was patient and loving, even success.

Today, they are are success.

Today, they conference conference in Atlanta in Atlanta where business conference inwhere success.

Today, they when I was misguided and millionaires, andare Dave he heard a speaker say in when when I was misguided and I was misguided and and Dave Dave millionaires, and Dave insisted on learning things millionaires, he heard a speaker insay in he heard a speaker Atlanta where hesay heard a millionaires, and Ramsey speaks order to be insisted on learning things insisted on learning things the hard way.

She’s shared Ramsey speaks Ramsey speaks order to besay order to be speaker in order to Ramsey speaks people across the the hard way.

She’s shared the hard way.

She’s shared successful you have to have all the pain and joy of our to to to people across the successful you have have successful you have to have all the be successful youto have people across thelearning all the pain and joy of our pain and joy of our country about experiences, from financial three things: country about learning country about learning experiences, from financial experiences, from financial three things: three things:things: to have three distress to financial peace, to live debt-free. Sharon distress to financial peace, to livetodebt-free. distress tois financial live debt-free. Sharon and the mostpeace, wonderful states, “GodSharon gave David a 1) A healthy body and the most wonderful andperson is theis most wonderful that I can imagine.” states,states, gave David 1) A healthy 1) A healthy bodybody “God“God gave to David a hisa 2) A healthy mind microphone glorify person imagine.” person thatthat I canI can imagine.”

2) A healthy 2) A healthy mindmind microphone microphone to glorify to glorify his his Dave Ramsey 3) A healthy spiritual life. Dave kingdom.” They truly Dave Ramsey Ramsey 3) A healthy 3) A healthy spiritual spiritual life. life.

TheyThey truly truly kingdom.” kingdom.”

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believedebt debtisis isbondage, bondage, through believe debt bondage, and through their believe andand through their trials, they’ve learned to trust and depend on their trials, they’ve learned to trust and trials, they’ve learned to trust and depend on Godinin both both timesthe andgood the depend on the Godgood in both times God thebad. bad.

Nowthey they helping and the have bad.the Now they ofhave theothers Now privilege helping others all over the world. privilege of helping others all over all over the world.

Somepeople people may imagine that living Some livingwith with wealth is but it requires a great wealth is an easy road, requires a great Some people may imagine that living with deal of and road, sacrifice.

Sharon recalls the deal of work recalls the wealth is an easy butSharon it requires a great days her children were up and days her growing up and deal of work and sacrifice. Sharon recalls the remembers how itwere was growing likeup being remembers often like being days her children andaasingle single parent.

With Dave attending to the parent. Withhow Daveitattending business remembers was oftentolikethebeing a single business andtotraveling to speaking across and traveling speaking engagements parent.

With Dave attending to the business engagements across country, she was the country, was the often left to raising the and travelingshe to speaking engagements across often left to raising the children on her own. children on her own. She would attend all of the country, she was often left to raising the She attendevents all of their sporting events theirwould sporting and extracurricular children on her own.

She would attend all of and extracurricular activities alone, activities alone, because Dave wouldbecause be gone theirwould sporting events andweekend. extracurricular Dave be gone every Thereto every weekend. There were great sacrifices activities alone, because Dave would be gone were great sacrifices to be made, but she be made, but she learned even more the every weekend.

There great sacrifices to learned evenofmore thewere importance importance learning to trust God of through be made,to buttrust she learned even more the learning God through every every season of her life. importance of learning season of her life. to trust God through every season of her life.

The Ramsey Legacy The Ramsey Legacy Today, the Ramseys are excited about Today, the RamseysLegacy are excited about The Ramsey meeting their first grandchild in August. meeting their first grandchild in August.

Today, the Ramseys excited Their oldest daughterareDenise is about now 27, Their oldest daughter Denise is now 27, meeting their first grandchild in August. their daughter Rachel is 25 and their their daughter Rachel is 25 and their Their oldest daughter is now is27, youngest child, Daniel,Denise is 21. Denise youngest child, Daniel, is 21.

Denise is their daughter Rachel is 25 and their employed

by Dave Ramsey’s company, employed by Dave Ramsey’s company, The youngest child, Daniel, 21. Denise The Lampo Group, andiscurrently runsis Lampo Group, and currently runs The employed

by Dave Ramsey’s company, The Ramsey Foundation, a Ramsey Family Family Foundation, a foundation The Lampo Group, and currently runs foundation to give to and local created to givecreated to local non-profits The Ramseyand Family Foundation, a non-profits community community organizations. She also worked foundation created to givefortoMercy local organizations.

She also an worked for Mercy Ministries, organization non-profits and community Ministries, organization serving focused onanserving youngfocused womenon “who organizations.

She also worked for Mercy young women “who face a combination of face a combination of life-controlling issues Ministries, an organization focused serving life-controlling issues suchself-harm, as eatingon disorders, such as eating disorders, drug young women “who facedepression a combination self-harm, drug and alcohol addictions, and alcohol addictions, andof depression and unplanned pregnancy.” life-controlling issues such as eating disorders, unplanned pregnancy.” In June 2011, In June married 2011, marriedaddictions, Bill Whittemore. self-harm, drugDenise and Denise Bill alcohol Whittemore.

Bill is the Bill is the Varsity Head Football Coach for depression and unplanned pregnancy.”

Varsity Head Football Coach for Franklin Franklin RoadDenise Academy.

Road Academy.

In June 2011, married Bill Whittemore.

events fundraising for a variety of local Bill is the Varsity Head Football Coach Rachel Cruze currently traveling with her organizations.

She loves knowing thatof twenty events fororganizations. a variety Rachel Cruze isis currently traveling withfor her She loves knowing that she truly can dad to speak to the younger generation and Franklin Road Academy. she truly can make an impact in lives local organizations.

She loves knowing that dad to speak to the younger generation and make ancan impact lives throughout her their parents parents about about planning throughout her community. she truly makein an impact inFor livesfun, their planning financially financiallyfor for Sharon loves to go to the YMCA and community.

For fun, Sharon loves to go college. thetraveling many Rachel Cruze is currently with hershe throughout her community. For fun, Sharon college.

She discusses many principles principles work out. is YMCA awork runner to theto YMCA and out.

Shehas isout. a She learned through years fromfrom her her dad learned to speak to thethe younger generation and loves goShe to the andand work she through the years completed half-marathons.

She runner and eight has eight eight parents.

Dave joins her and and adds to tofor the their parents about planning financially parents.

Dave joins her adds the is a runner andcompleted has completed also loves being involved in her local half-marathons.

She also loves being discussion from his perspective.

They are also college. She discusses the many principles she discussion perspective.

They are also half-marathons. She also loves being church spending timeand with her involvedand her localchurch church andspending spending working isistargeted working a bookthe together that targeted learned on through yearsthat from her to involved ininher local friends both in her church and in her to parents from child’s perspective. withher herfriends friendsboth bothininher herchurch church parents from thethe child’s perspective. parents.

Dave joins her and addsInto In the time with neighborhood.

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December 2009, Rachel married Winston at the lake.

Daniel a Marketing at the the Daniel Cruze. isisWinston worksmajor for Dave’s University of Tennessee, andis also is University of Tennessee, company managing real and also an investments. entrepreneur likefather. his He is an entrepreneur like his eastate father.

He is actively involved actively involved in Young Lifeinand Young and plans to graduate plans in 2014.

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University of Tennessee, and is also As her children have grown an entrepreneur like his father.older, He is As her children have grown older, Sharon is more involved the actively involved in Young with Life and Sharon is more involved with the community and enjoys being part plans to graduate in 2014. community and enjoys being part of local organizations such as the of local organizations such as the Monroe Carellhave Jr. Children’s As her children grown older, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt where Sharon is more involved with the she Hospital at Vanderbilt where she serves on the Executive Board. community andExecutive enjoys being part ofShe serves on the Board.

She has also volunteered for two localalso organizations suchfor as the has volunteered twoMonroe years years toChildren’s assist with the Friends & Carell Jr. Hospital at Vanderbilt Rachel andand Winston Cruze, FloydFloyd Reedy,Reedy, Daniel , Sharon, Dave, Dave, to assist with the Friends & Fashion Rachel Winston Cruze, Daniel , Sharon, Denise andand Bill Whittemore at TheatLampo GroupGroup Christmas party. party.

Fashion Luncheon and Fashion Show.

She Denise Bill Whittemore The Lampo Christmas where she serves on the Executive Board.

She has Luncheon and Fashion Show. She loves loves serving lunch once a month at the also volunteered for two years toatassist the serving lunch once a month thewith Children’s Every Father’s Day Day weekend, weekend, she she looks looks EveryFather’s Children’s Hospital.

In addition to the work Friends &In Fashion Luncheon Fashion Show.

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Every year, all of her children and Every year, all of her children and state.

Second Harvest Food Bank.

She is a Board hosts fundraising efforts for the library in her thirteen library inofher home where theyand invite nieces and and nephews nephews come come together together thirteennieces member thethey Brentwood Library hosts to home where invite different authors to water ski and hang out on the lake.

Last to water ski and hang out on the lake. Last different authors tothe come the event. come attend the for event.

Sheattend has served for fundraising efforts library in her home year, Sharon surprised her dad with a hot Sharon surprised her dad with a hot year, She has forUTtwo years attoAlliance the UTattend two years at thedifferent Women’s where theyserved invite authors come dog steamer so so he he could could make make his his infamous infamous dogsteamer Women’s Alliance Committee, and she Committee, served onyears the atHonorary the event. Sheand has she served for two the UT “Reedy Dogs,” just just like like the the delicious delicious hot hot “ReedyDogs,” served the Honorary Committee of the Committee of the Mercy Clinic.

Throughout Women’sonAlliance Committee, and she served on dogs he made at Reedy’s Market.

It brought dogs he made at Reedy’s Market. It brought Mercy Clinic.

Throughout year,Clinic. the the year, theCommittee Ramseysofhost about twenty the Honorary thethe Mercy back such wonderful wonderful memories memories of of the the family family backsuch Ramseys host about twenty fundraising fundraising events for a variety of local working Throughout the year, the Ramseys host about the market market together. together. workinginin the SUMMER SPRING2013 2014MONROE McMINN LIFE

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Throughout her life, Sharon Ramsey has held on to the core values of hard work, determination, faith and family. She understands, in the many seasons of life, that peaks and valleys come. But through it all, she believes you should gain as much wisdom as you can, be courageous and hold firm to your faith. She looks forward to the days ahead as she enjoys the many blessings she has received in life: her faith, family and her community. She hopes that she can share those blessings with others as she plants seeds that will continue to grow for many years to come. She truly desires to leave a legacy that produces a harvest of faithfulness, love and courage that carries on for generations. Sharon Ramsey truly lives like no one else, not because there is a lot of money in her bank account, but because she leads a life of love, faith and inspiration to all who know her or are impacted by her generosity and desire to serve others.

Ralph Stanley and Sharon Ramsey at a private party.

“We’ve worked hard and been fortunate to build a high net worth, but Sharon and I have never stopped budgeting. We still sit down together every month and plan out a written budget. Every dollar is spent on paper before the month begins, and we follow it exactly.”

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Dave Ramsey was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Hall of Fame at the NAB Show on April 9 of this year in Las Vegas.

WHO IS DAVE RAMSEY? I have an unusual way of looking at the world. My wife, Sharon, says I'm weird and truthfully—I am weird. But there's a reason. Starting from nothing, by the time I was 26, I had a net worth of a little over a million dollars. I was making $250,000 a year—that's more than $20,000 a month net taxable income. I was really having fun.

But 98% truth is a lie, and that 2% can cause big problems, especially with $4 million in real estate. I had a lot of debt—a lot of short-term debt—and I'm the idiot who signed up for the trip.

The short version of the story is that debt caused us, over the course of two and a half years of fighting it, to lose everything. We didn't tell anyone what was going on, but if we had to do it again, we would learn from the wisdom of others who have been through it. We soon learned that we were not the only ones at the bottom. Barbie and Ken (you know, the couple who appear to be perfect—perfect clothes, perfect car, perfect house) are broke, and I don't take financial advice from broke people anymore.

After losing everything, I went on a quest to find out how money really works, how I could get control of it and how I could have confidence in handling it. I read everything I could get my hands on. I interviewed older rich people, people who made money and kept it. That quest led me to a really, really uncomfortable place: my mirror. I came to realize that my money problems, worries and shortages largely began and ended with the person in my mirror. I also realized that if I could learn to manage the character I shaved with every morning, I would win with money. I went back to my first love, real estate, to eat and to get out of debt. Along the way, I began another path—the path of helping others, literally millions of others, take the same quest to the mirror.

I formed The Lampo Group in 1992 to counsel folks hurting from the results of financial stress. I’ve paid the "stupid tax" (mistakes with dollar signs on the end) so hopefully some of you won't have to. I wrote the book, Financial Peace, based on all that Sharon and I had learned, and I began selling it out of my car. With a friend of mine, I started a local radio call-in show called The Money Game, now nationally syndicated as The Dave Ramsey Show.

Our company history is full of landmarks leading up to the release of our fourth best-selling book in 2011—EntreLeadership—and we're not slowing down. The Lampo Group now has more than 300 team members and a variety of products and services to help you reach your financial goals.

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Joe Guy HISTORIAN

Granny Ward’s House

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he was already old when she moved out of the cabin on Mouse Creek, just north of the Hiwassee River. At perhaps her 80th year, she was considered the oldest person among the Cherokees. Over the course of her life, she had seen her people transform from a tribe of mighty warriors to simple farmers, from allies of the British to a people conquered through treaties by the Americans. She had always done her best to promote peace with the whites, had once been married to a white trader and had born halfCherokee, half-white children who now had children and grandchildren of their own. The world they would grow up in would be very different than the one she had known so many years ago.

Once, she had been very beautiful and had been the object of much talk and admiration among both Indians and whites. She had known great men, both Indian and white, and had sought only peaceful relations between the two. But in her quest for peace, many of her own people had forsaken her, believing her to be a pawn of the whites. Certainly, she had saved many whites from death, once even taking a white woman from the burning post. But she believed she had always done what she thought best for her people. She had known before most of her people that the whites would always be more powerful than her own people. It had been a bitter thing to swallow, but she had accepted this long ago. Still, many of her own

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Nation did not believe it. How sad it is, she thought.

She had moved to her little house on Mouse Creek in 1817. Her relative, Jenny McIntosh, had it built for her to give her a place to live in her old age. The land was just over the ridge from an old hunting camp, known as Pumpkintown.

Now it was 1819. A new county had been formed around her from lands her people had sold to the Americans, called McMinn, named for the Governor. The American government was sending its agents to the Cherokee, trying to convince them to move west, to finally give up all claims to their lands in Tennessee and Georgia. She listened to the impassioned talks of her relatives: some were for moving, others were not. Many times the arguments

grew harsh, but she paid little mind to such things. She knew that her time drew short. Others may leave, but her bones would rest here, near those of her fathers.

Even now, she remained strong. She still worked in her small garden, and she would often sit and watch her grandchildren play around her or take short walks to the McIntosh home nearby. She seemed happy, but she was not.

More and more, her family was embroiled in arguments. We should move away, some would say. No! We must stay and fight the plans of removal, others would argue back.

Argue and argue. There was no peace at home. Peace, the one thing she

cherished. She was too old for such strife in her own family. And lately, the disputes had been between the McIntoshes and their neighbors, the Gardenhires. It had become more than the old woman could take.

Against the wishes of her kinsman, she made her decision. She would move away. Her son lived a little ways southwest, at a crossing place on the Ocoee River called Woman Killer Ford.

She sent for her son, Fivekiller. He himself was an old man now, but he came to his mother’s aid, along with her grandson-in-law, Caleb Starr. They put her few things in a wagon, and she left forever the cabin on Mouse Creek

in newly-formed McMinn County.

Fivekiller had a small house near his own on a hill overlooking the Ocoee.

She was welcome there, he told her. It would be a quiet place to live, he had said. She had laughed within herself.

She only wished for a quiet place to die.

A few years later, in 1822, Granny Ward closed her eyes for the last time.

She had grown old and ill and was at Fivekiller’s home when she passed.

Legends would come later of a bright light that rose from her body and flew off towards the place of her birth. But it was only a tale. Her family buried her on the hill, directly in front of her home, overlooking the river ford.

Years later, descendants and students of history would honor Granny Ward with a monument placed over her grave at Womankiller Ford in Polk County so that future generations would remember her contributions, both socially and politically, to WhiteCherokee relations and to Tennessee’s early settlement and history. Nancy Ward’s 1817-1819 home in McMinn County was largely forgotten, but she is mentioned in “The Cherokee Ghost Dance” by William G. McLoughlin as having “lived one mile below John McIntosh on Mouse Creek” (p. 181).

Much of the information in forgoing narrative regarding her house in McMinn County and her decision to leave it is based on information in “Nancy Ward vs. United States, Claim #36” in “Cherokee Reservees”, edited

by David K. Hampton (p.24-25).

Joe D. Guy is a nationally published author, newspaper columnist and historian residing in McMinn County, TN. He may be reached via email at guyjd@hotmail.com or at PO Box 489, Englewood, TN 37329.

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McMinn County’s

amateur

RADIO club

I am always learning of new activities and places in McMinn County. My latest knowledge came from a group of “hams”! There is a membership of around 35 in the McMinn County Amateur Radio Club, MCARC, that meet every second Monday at Athens City Hall. On the meeting I attended, there were around 25 present with five guests.

I was extremely impressed with how President Phil Prichard KC4JIY ran the meeting but just as impressed by how the willing members volunteered to help on committees and at events.

“They have worked behind the scenes helping and saving lives during the blizzard of 1993, the tornadoes of 2011 and other emergencies.”

The club is made up of amateur radio operators who enjoy their hobby, love to communicate with other “hams” and assist the community. It is easy to see that they not only enjoy their hobby and their fellow “hams” but are eager to help serve the community as they stretch themselves for emergency preparedness. They have worked behind the scenes helping and saving lives during the blizzard of 1993, the tornadoes of 2011 and other emergencies.

They are prepared to spring into action should there be a train wreck, chemical spill and any weather alert.

One of the ways they hone their skills is by a government weather program called SKYWARN, where instruction is offered to not only be a “storm spotter” but also receive information on their radios about weather alerts. Other times they sharpen their skills by giving community support.

Most recently they have partnered with the Living Heritage Museum for their Veterans Expo, but they also help at the Career and Technical Center by setting up amateur radios for the students’ education. They work as spotters for local walks such as CASA and are in the planning stages to help with a new 100 mile trail run called Thunder Rock that will be in the Cherokee National Forest.

They are also valuable volunteers at the local Christmas parades to help direct participants and give communication along the routes.

In an emergency, they can set up within 30 minutes using a battery, radio and wire or an app on their phone. Many of the members keep their equipment

ready to mobilize at a moment’s notice.

Athens City provides the club with a Club Station Room in the middle of City Hall that is “hardened” from storms.

From this operating position, they can communicate from locally to worldwide.

Of course they also have fun as they use their radios. It was easy to tell the excitement from Secretary Tracy Carter KA4JPB as he shared experiences of talking to other “hams” across the world.

I heard Australia and New Zealand mentioned as well as Europe. It amazed me, too, how he talked about setting up connecting relays on the other end of our world. MCARC is not only for hobby enthusiasts but for those with a willingness to help our community.

Written by Pat Chester Photography by Bruce Hari

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April 26

5K “I Am for the Child” walk/run for CASA Location: Market Park in downtown Athens Run: 8:00am Early walk: 9:00am Late walk: 11:00 am Cost: $15 which includes T-shirt and prizes in each of the three age groups (12 and younger, 13-18, and 19 and older) To raise awareness for CASA’s mission to fight for abused children and to help raise funds needed to recruit and train advocates.

For more information call 746-9037 or visit 111 Church Street in Athens

May 3

Appraisal Fair at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Bring your antiques to the Museum for verbal appraisal by John Case Antiques.

Price: $8.00 per item to be appraised.

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May 16 & 17

Relay For Life Sponsored by The American Cancer Society Market Park Pavilion

May 17

Heritage School at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum Time: 11 AM to 3 PM Garden Show with the Kanunista Garden Club Price: Free with Family Membership Contact phone #: 423.745.0329 Website: www.livingheritagemuseum.com

June 7

MooFest Downtown Athens Cost: Free A day for family fun with vendors, contests, petting area of farm animals, entertainment and more centered around our heritage of milk.

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