Local Matters

George Halford sits down with Rick Larsen, the founder of Flexial Corporation in Cookeville. They begin with Rick's path from Connecticut to Ocala, Florida and eventually Cookeville, the beginnings of Flexial and working on different grants throughout the years, and opportunities and other passions he has like photography since retiring in 2011.

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Ben Rodgers is joined by CFO Chris Cassetty of Highlands Residential Services & Jeff Jones, the attorney for Highlands  Residential Services. They talk about what was the deciding factor to make a career move from working as a state auditor to the Housing Authority at the time, the different questions that are asked and answered to see if a project will work, and some of the stories from Chris's 27-year career.

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Sam Brooks is joined by Girls' Track and Field Coach at Upperman High School Bruce Heady. They talk about a story about one of Coach Heady's former players from his time at Hillsboro, who made the difference in Bruce's life that led him down the path of coaching, and how his experience as a student helper at Tennessee Tech in college opened career doors elsewhere.

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Tiffany Anton is joined by Cydney Langford, the owner of Wink in McMinnville. They touch on what was behind expanding Wink out of its initial location, how she manages to run a spa in the thick of the Christmas season, the ways Wink has changed the small business, downtown landscape over the last 12 years. 

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Buddy Pearson meets with Tina Francis-Hodge, the principal of Jere Whitson Elementary and the 2022-23 Principal of the Year for the state of Tennessee. They talk about the process it took beginning a year ago with her winning Principal of the Year for Putnam County, where her 36 year teaching career began, & the neighborhood and specific culture that Jere Whitson has. 

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George Halford sits down with Amy New, the current President & CEO for the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Amy discusses her journey from growing up in Monterey to working in state government in Nashville then coming back to Cookeville, getting her interests in city & county government from her mother, and one of the focuses today for Cookeville & Putnam County with sports tourism.

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Ben Rodgers meets with John Sanders, the Putnam County Register of Deeds and Rhiannon Allison, his Chief Deputy. John talks about his first year in office working with an experienced staff, some of the changes that have been made to the office, and how busy the Register of Deeds office has been in 2023. 

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Sam Brooks sits down with member of the Upperman Girls' Track & Volleyball teams Meiah Moss and Girls' Track Coach Bruce Heady. Meiah discusses the turning point in Upperman's volleyball season, leading up to a pentathlon meet the week before competing in a state championship, & how she handles both volleyball and track essentially year round. 

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Tiffany Anton talks with Kerri Painton, the owner of Sparta's Sweetzies Freeze Dried Candy. They discuss if Kerri was looking to ever own a business when she bought her freeze dryer, he products they offer from freeze dried skittles to gummy worms, and locations that people can find Sweetzies from Cookeville to Spencer.

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Buddy Pearson is joined by Eric Brown, Associate Director for Workforce Development CEROC & senior lecturer at Tennessee Tech. They talk about what Eric specifically concentrates on in his role,  some of the issues he is getting into schools starting with the kids in elementary school, and different opportunities he was able to come across from being on the school board to working for the State Department of Education.

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