Local Matters

Bob Bell sits down with Jere Whitson Elementary School's third grade teacher, Audrie Garton. The two discuss the importance of giving kids the exposure to books that are on their reading level, thoughts on the third grade retention law, and Audrie's students showing willingness to learn when they come to school each day.

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Caroline Moore talks with Amy New and Karlyn Reel from the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. They discuss what makes the Putnam Co. Chamber of Commerce different from other chambers around the state, how the chamber puts ads out all over the country for marketing and tourism, and the signature luncheons that are coming up in July.

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Ben Rodgers visits with Fentress County's Road Superintendent Ryan Reed and State Representatives Kelly Keisling and Ed Butler. The group discusses how road cleanup is going from the two recent EF-1 tornados that hit Fentress County, what makes Glenobey Road in Fentress County a state road, and what the 2.9 million dollars in state aid can be used for.

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Tiffany Anton meets with Jamie Lankford, owner of Jamie's Eats and Sweets in Cookeville. The two discuss the driving force behind opening Jamie's Eats and Sweets, why Jamie really pushes a community aspect with her business, and the happy hours they do with half-priced drinks and snack specials.

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Bob Bell talks to Margie Cavendar, a former fifth grade teacher at Prescott South Middle School. They discuss if there's any difference between teaching in a more rural county versus a county that's more on the urban side, discussing her fifth grade students and how she allowed them to express themselves in class, and the opportunities Prescott South offers their students like sports and clubs.

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Caroline Moore visits with Tom Savage, the president of the NAACP for Cookeville/Putnam County. The two talk about growing up in Livingston playing different sports growing up, the diversity Tom saw while serving on the USS Saratoga in the Navy, and how the work experience as a union official prepared him for leadership roles in the NAACP.

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Ben Rodgers sits down with Dekalb County Commissioner Susannah Cripps. They look at there was any kind of public service that Susannah had been apart of before becoming joining the county commission, biggest concern and influencer that was apart of her decision process in 2020, and how the current budgeting process is going.

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Tiffany Anton visits with Cigi & Michael England, a big piece of Cookeville's business landscape. They talk about Michael's transition from an everyday, management job to managing the Exceptional Bean, the motivation to take on CS Candles which is formerly Libby's Candles, and discussing another venture called Roommates, a once-a-month new furniture sale in Smithville.

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Bob Bell talks to Algood Middle School Music teacher Emma Choate. The two discuss Emma highlights her dad who also has an in-depth music background and where she credits her love for music to, helping students through several different performance stages, and the production of Aladdin that Algood Middle School performed in May.

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Caroline Moore visits with Putnam County musician and writer, Andrew Buckner. The two look at when he started to getting into music, the difference between an EP and an album, and his new role as Editor In Chief for Cookeville Lifestyle Magazine.

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