Local Matters

Bob Bell meets with Barbara Jared, Director of the School of Nursing at Tennessee Tech and former faculty member Rebecca Tolbert. They discuss the celebration that took place back in the fall honoring the first nursing grads from TTU, the School of Nursing's clinical partners, what they do, and what an experience in clinicals do for a student nurse, and what takes place in some of the simulations students go through and the equipment they use.

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Sam Brooks visits with Adam West, the former basketball coach at Monterey High School. Adam talks about if he's watching as much film and as many basketball games even though he's no longer coaching, how special it was with three former Upper Cumberland athletes playing on the same floor recently, and what the top five teams are for boys basketball around the Upper Cumberland.

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Bob Bell meets with Karen Lykins, the new vice president of Enrollment and Communication. Karen discusses her new role at Tennessee Tech as VP for Enrollment and Communication, what the overall enrollment numbers look like this year with the biggest freshman class in history for TTU, and the things parents need to know as their children get ready for college and what their role is .

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Ben Rodgers reviews his 2022 as he looks back on several interviews with guests. Ben looks back at interviews like Putnam Co. jail updates, educational funding in Tennessee, the four county mayors discuss how they used ARP funding, Cookeville's new visitor's shop in downtown, raises going to and non-public safety workers, what Laurin wanted to work on with the city council first, Luke Eldridge on people without homes in Cookeville, and Peggy Smith's duties as Overton County Trustee, Kelly Keisling on what a state senator actually makes, and Ryan Reed on a road project in Fentress County.

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Sam Brooks sits down with personal trainer Kendra Scribner for a part two. Kendra discusses how much of new year's resolutions is cabin fever or if people are showing a lot more interest, what she calls "non-scale victories" and not focusing on what the scale says but how our body is feeling, and how to help people keep up with the macro-plan and an app that helps you track your meals.

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Bob Bell visits with Leslie Eldridge, Leah Burnett, and Rhonda England-Chaffin from the Putnam Co. School System. Leslie, Leah, and Rhonda discuss their backgrounds working with Putnam County Schools and the programs their involved with, how the grant of $4.5 million dollar Innovative School grant will be used and how the schools will be impacted, and work-based learning programs where students get the opportunity to get out into the work environment. 

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Ben Rodgers meets with Tommy Lee, the deputy director for the Planning and Community Development Department at UCDD. Tommy talks on his family life in Livingston and starting his career selling furniture, is team he works with in the planning and community development department, and the type of grants the UCDD targets. 

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Sam Brooks meets with Kendra Scribner, a local personal trainer and weight loss coach. Kendra discusses her knowledge in fitness after having a general interest, losing 70 lbs. after having her first child and all the behind the scenes work that went into the journey, and getting certified as a personal trainer and making it a goal to share her knowledge with people.

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On today's Local Matters…Bob Bell visits with Melanie Bussell and Jason Stickler, the RTI supervisor and testing and data supervisor from Putnam County Schools. Melanie and Jason discuss their extensive backgrounds in education while both being from Cookeville, what the three tiers mean from what the data shows and how the students are placed, and some of the big challenges, mechanical or within the schools, that this program has seen.

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Ben Rodgers talks to John Sanders, the newly elected Register of Deeds for Putnam County. John talks about the journey through the election and how someone gets into a caucus, some of the biggest notices and surprises he's had in his first two weeks on the job, some of the plans John has in mind when it comes to the staff and software that is used.

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