Local Matters

Sam Brooks meets with the Matt Manzaro from the Golden Eagle Golf Club here in Cookeville. The two talk about Matt being the manager of the Golden Eagle Golf Club and teaching some physical education classes there as well, thoughts on the golf industry's worth and the opportunities that have come with that, the size of the golf course market skyrocketing by over $2 billion dollars over from 2019-2021.

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Bob Bell meets with Future Ready Supervisor Sam Brooks from Putnam County Schools. Together they remember Ottis Phillips and how Sam came to know him, some of the work Ottis did and how it impacted the city of Cookeville, and all things Future Ready like a new program called "Ready Graduate" that better helps kids understand what career path they want to take.

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Caroline Moore talks with Jim and Kelly Stockton of Walnut Street Market. They discuss why Jim and Kelly founded the Walnut Street Market and the challenges that come with it, the transition moving from Michigan and farming encompassing their daily life, and how many vendors they have. 

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Ben Rodgers talks with Steve Pierce, the Putnam County Property Assessor  Ben and Steve look at if we are in a ratio year and what is done in a ratio year, how a ratio works for the property assessor's office, and with the growth of Putnam County, when we should know what the ratio is for this current year.

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Sam Brooks sits down with Taylor Hennigan, the head football coach at Cookeville High School. Together they looks at what his experience was in his first full season as head coach, giving the players the best experience they can have and the "it takes a village" mentality

that has been seen with the program at Cookeville High School, and the inaugral Cookeville Football golf tournament and everything that revolves around that.

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Bob Bell meets with Dr. Catherine Jones, the principal of Prescott South Middle School. Catherine talks about the growth that is being seen at Prescott South, what the special focus area is with STEM this year, and how STEM and reading go together, and why reading is important. 

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On today's Local Matters...Caroline Moore visits with Tiffany Anton, Vice President of The Biz Foundry. Tiffany gives a review of what the Biz Foundry is, what the "Power By Her" initiative is and the podcast with local, women business owners and their stories, and Tiffany's recent trip to Kenya with Flint Global helping them open an entrepreneurship center.

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Ben Rodgers talks with one of the city council members of Cookeville,  Eric Walker. The two talk about why he chose to go to UT-Knoxville for college, other things Eric did before city council that has ties to public service, and the decision that made Eric run in 2018 and what fueled that.

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Sam Brooks visits with Shane Qualls, a former coach at Livingston Academy and Jackson County High School. The two look at Shane growing up in Livingston and what life was like as a kid living on a 230 acre farm, the Outlaws football program that has developed into a good feeder system for schools, and how Shane would react to being told he couldn't do something in terms of sports as he grew up.

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Bob Bell meets with Darron Smith, Dean of the College of Agriculture & Human Ecology at Tennessee Tech University. Darron highlights the two schools within the college and some of the majors they offer, more about the Community Health & Nutrition Masters degree in the College Of Human Ecology, and what "Design" means in the college and the two faculty members that are associated with that.

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