Local Matters

Bob Bell visits with Dennis Duncan, a professor of Agriculture Education at TTU.  Dennis touches on his background and how he found his way to Tennessee Tech, the similarities and differences between the FFA and 4-H, and what Dennis is teaching this semester and some his specialty areas as a professor.

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Caroline Moore sits down with Justin Blackmon and Jen Luna from Art Round Tennessee. Justin and Jen talk about their past mediums of work and what they currently do, what it was like to find community here despite all kinds of area artists working in different types of art, the structure of Art Round Tennessee.

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Ben Rodgers meets with new Pickett County Executive Stephen Bilbrey. Stephen talks about being the youngest county executive when he was first elected in 2002, why he decided to run during the 2022 election, and things that Stephen would like to do or see change in the next four years.

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Sam Brooks visits with new UHS Principal Stephen Robbins. Stephen discusses what went into the decision to move from Cookeville to Upperman, looking back on the recent success that Upperman has had in sports and the growing number in students, and the role that athletics play in today's youth growing up. 

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Bob Bell meets with Darron Smith, the dean of the College of Agriculture & Human Ecology at TTU. Darron talks about how large the College of Ag and Human Ecology is,  the new initiatives the college is offering and the different career paths you can take depending on the degree you earn, and some of the new facilities like a new poultry research facility.

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Ben Rodgers visits with Kelly Keisling, State Representative for Tennessee's 38th District. Kelly talks about where the line begins for District 38 and what that covers, what the current salary of a state house or state senate member is, and how long Kelly has been the chairman of the State Government Committee.

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Sam Brooks sits down with  Head Coach Larry Pitts and members of the CHS Boys' Golf Team, senior Joseph Agee and junior Brant Kardatzke. Coach Pitts talks about watching his players grow over the years, the year the team had and how tough it is to make the state tournament, and Joseph Agee talks about his performance at the state tournament. 

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Bob Bell visits with the FutureReady Supervisor Sam Brooks and Jackie Vester, the Early Post Secondary Opportunities (EPSO) Specialist for Putnam County. Sam and Jackie give a look at their backgrounds, both about them in general and what they do with students in Putnam County, the ESports programs and how FutureReady works with them as more and more schools show interest, and some of the credits high school students are earning that can make them career ready for the jobs of the future. 

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Caroline Moore meets with Katie Martin, owner of 40:8 Flower Company. Katie talks about her family farm where the flower company operates out of and how they got started, how they choose what flowers to plant each year, and the different strategies they use to fight the winter season.

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Ben Rodgers visits with the four mayors from White, Smith, Cumberland, and Jackson Counties. The four mayors talk about what they've done as a group to keep emergency service workers in their counties, what the Local Assistance And Tribal Consistency Fund, or LATCF is, and what Smith, White, and Jackson Counties see from it, and the mayors talk property tax in their counties.

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