Ben Rodgers meets with down with Putnam County Health Director Lisa Bumbalough. After a quick introduction Lisa talks about how the health department is funded, what services are provided to the public, the amount of people the department sees on a daily basis.

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Sam Brooks sits down with Cookeville High School Athletic Director Adam Kefauver. They discuss his early life growing up in Madisonville, TN, and the various activities and sports he was interested in, the idea that kids don't change, and that there's a different expectation that they grow up with now, as well as how individuals in his life influenced him as he got into coaching and education.

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Bob Bell talks with Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, and Dean of the College of Graduate Studies at Tennessee Tech University, Dr. Mark Stephens. They discuss his background and how he got to TTU, why international students are important to TTU, as well as discussing some of TTU's exchange alliances such as the Magellan Exchange.

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Caroline Moore meets with Emma Crabtree, owner of the indoor plant shop Glass Tangerine in Cookeville. They discuss her background moving around a few times, the different paths she found herself on as she grew up, why she went into the indoor plants business, as well as when the idea of the Glass Tangerine originated, and what went into the timing of opening up the store.

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Ben Rodgers sits down with newly elected City Of Cookeville Council Member, and Vice-Mayor, Luke Eldridge. They discuss his background and what made him decide to run for City Council, the homeless population in Cookeville, and the ways to work with them and help them out, as well as the point in his life where he realized that public service was the right path for him.

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Sam Brooks talks with Dr. Rob Owens, Chief Diversity Officer at Tennessee Tech University. They discuss his background and role as Chief Diversity Officer at TTU, his time growing up in Murfreesboro, his family's background in sports, as well as his experiences playing a sport in high school while also playing in the marching band and making good grades, and just how rare that was at the time.

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Bob Bell meets with Ryan Barnhart, Director of Workforce Development for the Highlands Economic Partnership. They discuss his background and what brought him to Cookeville, workforce development within the Highlands Economic Partnership, challenges within the existing industry and job needs across the Upper Cumberland, as well as the new Highlands Training Center initiative.

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Caroline Moore talks with local educator Luke Anderson. They discuss his background growing up in Edmond, Oklahoma, what made him decide to be a teacher later than some people, as well as what it was like coming to Cookeville High School as a new teacher.

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Ben Rodgers talks with new elected City Of Cookeville Mayor Laurin Wheaton. They discuss how the City of Cookeville elects the next mayor compared to other cities, possible reasons for the low voter turnout during the most recent election cycle, as well as some of the first things that her and the City Council will work on together.

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Sam Brooks sits down with Cookeville High School Girls' Basketball Head Coach and new Assistant Athletic Director Jamie Gillies. They discuss her thoughts on last year's successful season for the Lady Cavaliers, their experiences going through summer camp with this year's team, her new role as CHS's Assistant Athletic Director, as well as what she thinks about smaller schools playing multiple sports for those teams to succeed.

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