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New clinic joins UC health
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Not just a pickin’ party
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Festivals provide boost
– albeit unknown – to
UC economy
CLAUDIA JOHNSON | Special to the UCBJ
UPPER CUMBERLAND – Improving
destination awareness, increasing civic
pride and solidifying community spirit.
Music-focused festivals and events are
vital to Upper Cumberland tourism.
“Festivals attract new visitors, acting
as an indirect form of marketing for
the region as a whole, while offering an
opportunity to reach previously untapped
markets,” said Ruth Dyal, executive
director of the Upper Cumberland
Tourism Association. “These new tourists
bring with them new money, further
diversifying the market and subsequently
increasing both real and potential revenue
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ever before has the idea of spending the
night in a cave sounded so good. Literally.
McMinnville’s Cumberland Caverns
has long been known as a tourist
destination for caving enthusiasts, but since 2008, the
underground amphitheater has been home to one of
the most unique musical concert series in the country:
Bluegrass Underground.
Don’t let the name fool you, however – this show
is much more than just a pickin’ party. The Emmywinning program has been airing its concerts on PBS
for the past three years and recently finished filming
its fourth season with a run of sold-out shows March
7-10.
More than a dozen artists were on hand to tape
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Emmy-winning concert series
wraps up fourth season with
series of sold-out shows
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Jamestown pharmacy taking pro-life stance
New business born from
Plan B controversy
LIZ ENGEL CLARK | UCBJ Editor
JAMESTOWN – Philip Hall grew
up in Jamestown. His parents did,
too. And his parent’s parents. And a
couple generations before that. So he’s
quite familiar with the town’s historic,
small-town charm. It’s a big reason
why his new business, Hall Family
Pharmacy, is catering specifically to
traditional and conservative values.
You won’t find Plan B
contraceptives, condoms or birth
control on the shelves here. Hall
Family Pharmacy, which opened April
1 near Jamestown Medical Center
in Fentress County, is a bona-fide
Christian, pro-life drug store, he
says. He’s even expecting official
certification to that effect from a
pro-life pharmacy group, a stamp of
approval that could be handed down
as soon as this summer.
While Hall, a PharmD, isn’t exactly
shouting that fact from the rooftops,
it is a large part of his business model
– and his business story. He left
Walgreens, where he worked for six
years, in 2013 after a public dispute
over Plan B. Soon after, he decided to
open his own shop. As he defines its
mission, “things we don’t believe in,
we don’t have to carry in our store.”
“We’ve not done things to try to
build business off it, but if somebody
comes in the store, we want them to
know we’re a Christian pharmacy,”
Hall said. “And we don’t have to tell
them. They can tell by our actions.
“We’re a family business,” he added.
“I wanted to do something that my
kids could be invested in, that they
could be proud of.”
While the stance is likely to turn
heads – the group Pharmacists for
Life International, for example,
approached him about the pro-life
pharmacy certification, only the
ninth such certification nationwide,
according to its website – business
seems to be booming on its own.
In addition to Hall, the pharmacy
was initially staffed with three
pharmacy technicians. It only took
a few weeks to add a fourth tech –
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generation.”
Perhaps the most convincing evidence
of music’s economic impact on a rural
economy was documented in a study
of Bonnaroo released last year by
Knoxville-based AC Entertainment,
which co-produces the festival held each
June in Coffee County, a southern border
county to the UC.
According to the study, the festival
has had a $51 million impact, with $36
million in direct expenditures from
its 80,000 attendees and an additional
$15 million in indirect and induced
economic activity, including increased
sales, income and jobs. Bonnaroo was
responsible for $2.9 million in taxes that
benefited the state in 2012 alone.
Coffee County receives $3 per each
ticket sold, totaling about $275,000
annually, plus about $600,000 in sales
tax because of the festival. The study
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found that festivalgoers spend on average
$86 per day during Bonnaroo with $28
of that spent outside Coffee County
and $35 outside festival grounds but
within Coffee County, with gasoline and
groceries representing the two largest
spending categories.
But there’s never been a specific study
commissioned to gauge the impact
of regional events, like the Smithville
Fiddler’s Jamboree and Crafts Festival.
Considered the Upper Cumberland’s
premier music event since 1971, the
Jamboree is held annually on the Friday
and Saturday nearest July 4.
“Since the beginning of the Smithville
Fiddlers’ Jamboree & Crafts Festival,
there is no easy way to measure the
huge economic impact and amount of
tourism growth for DeKalb County and
the Upper Cumberland region,” said
Suzanne Williams, executive director of
the Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber
of Commerce. “We do know that without
the Jamboree, the story of Smithville
would be very different today.”
For the past 16 years, the Jamboree
has been selected as a Top 20 Tourist
Favorite by the Southern Tourism
Society. It is listed by the American
Business Associates as one of the top 100
tourist events in North America.
In 1992, the Jamboree was rated
fourth-best in the United States for
a summer vacation destination by
Vacation Magazine, which described
the Jamboree as a family event that’s
“among the top-rated bluegrass, folk and
Appalachian music competitions in the
nation drawing 140,000 visitors over two
days from as far as Australia.”
“The Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree
and Crafts Festival is forever grateful
for every family, tourist, musician and
crafter that visits us year after year,” said
Jamboree President Jack Barton. “The
Jamboree has always been my family’s
favorite time of the year, and we are glad
that thousands of others agree.”
Bluegrass music has also drawn
thousands of campers and visitors to the
Defeated Creek Bluegrass Festival over
the years, according to Smith County
Chamber of Commerce Executive
Director Bill Woodard.
“Music is also an integral part of
William Walton Days, Hometown
Christmas and other festivals that take
place in Smith County,” Woodard said.
“Gospel music is a longtime staple here.”
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In Byrdstown, the annual Sierra Hull
Bluegrass Festival has been staged on
the second Saturday of each October for
the past 11 years. The event has grown
to include a 5K walk/run with proceeds
going to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, a
cruise-in to raise funds for the “Homes
for Our Troops” organization and a full
lineup of musical artists culminating
with a performance by Pickett County
native Sierra Hull, a musical prodigy
who has gained international acclaim.
In acknowledgement of music’s
importance, Overton County adopted its
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and geographical diversity that goes
into creating what we know now as the
underground country roots, or ‘Muddy
Roots,’ world,” according to event
organizer Jason Galaz.
“It focuses on niche-based bands
which draws fans from around the world
as opposed to one local spot,” Galaz
said. “More people travel from Europe to
attend than local Cookeville residents.
They stay at hotels, shop at stores,
purchase fuel for their rental cars and
dine in town. We hire local companies
to vend and work the event. I believe the
The Smithville Jamboree has been a UC signature event since 1971.
tourism slogan as “Home of Americana
Music,” due in part to the duo of
Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s events held
annually over Memorial Day weekend
and the last full weekend in September.
These celebrations of Americana feature
bluegrass, blues and folk music on the
rural Overton County farm of Jack
“Hippie Jack” Stoddart. In addition to
attracting a large crowd to the live event,
more than 144 million viewers in 30
states can experience the performances
through the public television series,
Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s.
The Council of Americana Roots
Music is partnering with local officials
in Livingston to present a concert series
in Livingston’s downtown square the
second Friday of June, July and August.
Sierra Hull and the Highway 111 Band
performs June 13. The Steel Drivers
play July 11, and Scott Miller and Band
performs Aug. 8.
Relatively new to the UC’s festival slate
is the Muddy Roots Music Festival set
for Aug. 29-31 at the June Bug Boogie
Ranch between Cookeville and Hilham.
It features three days of music, camping,
vintage cars, vendors and pinups. The
lineup includes more than three dozen
bands that illustrate “the dramatic sonic
Muddy Roots Music Festival benefits the
local community by adding revenue as
well as leaving a small footprint.”
Sparta’s annual event, Lester Flatt
Day, celebrates hometown legend,
Lester Flatt, with entertainment from
some of bluegrass music’s biggest stars,
food, craft and vendor booths, a classic
car show and fireworks display. This
year’s Liberty Square – A Lester Flatt
Celebration is set for Oct. 11.
Clay County Chamber Director Ray
Norris pointed out that live music is
a prominent feature during annual
festivals like Homecoming Days,
Moonshine Daze, the Chili Cook-off and
Fall Fest.
“Many ‘snowbirds’ travel with music in
mind and vacation following the festival
circuit as they make their way down and
back up the southeastern states,” he said.
“Marinas often feature live music like
Mitchell Creek Marina’s Memorial Day
and Labor Day Rock the Dock events
featuring local talent.”
“Musical events and festivals have
drawing and holding power,” Dyal said.
“There’s an economic impact from those
(who) come specifically for the event and
also those that didn’t but stayed longer
because of it.”
An article recently submitted to the Upper Cumberland Business Journal, “Sight restored: First solid organ transplant surgery performed in
Cumberland history,” contained inaccurate claims that the surgery performed at Plateau Surgery Center in Fairfield Glade might have been
the first solid organ transplant in Cumberland County history. The article published in the May edition. The UCBJ regrets the error.
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Music and the Upper Cumberland
Cookeville guitar maker
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Many UC musicians’
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Pritchett named interim CEO at
Jamestown hospital
JAMESTOWN – Jamestown Regional
Medical Center
(JRMC) recently
announced that
Lynette Pritchett has
been appointed
interim chief executive officer after the
retirement of Larry Jeter on April 30.
Pritchett has served as the chief financial officer at JRMC since the fall of
2011 and served as controller/director
of the accounting department since
March of 1999.
“I am excited and honored to be
moving into the interim CEO position
at Jamestown Regional Medical Center,” Pritchett said in a release. “I was
born and raised in Fentress County and
have deep roots here. My heart is in this
community, this hospital and our
employees. I want what’s best for them.
“Health care is certainly a challenge
now more than it has ever been, but we
have a strong, dedicated team at JRMC,
as well as a great group of physicians
and supportive board members,” she
added. “I look forward to leading the
team at JRMC.”
Pritchett graduated from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in 1990
with a B.S. in business with a focus in
accounting.
Crossville owes $24K on defunct
downtown project
CROSSVILLE – It will cost the
city of Crossville nearly $24,000 to
close out contracts on a downtown
revitalization project that, after years
of debate, was scaled back in recent
months.
According to the Crossville
Chronicle, it will cost $9,500 to close
out a contract with Community
Development Partners, which served
as a consultant on grants and funding
for the work, and another $14,425.74
to settle with its engineers, EG&G Inc.
The city council voted in April to
drastically pare down the downtown
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project. Instead of $7.7 million worth
of work to undergo major stormwater,
sewer, sidewalk and aesthetic
improvements, leaders gave the goahead on an almost $2 million version
for water lines and sidewalks.
Batteries Plus Bulbs expands in
Tennessee with first UC store
COOKEVILLE – Batteries Plus Bulbs,
the nation’s fastest-growing franchise
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focusing on the light bulb replacement
market, recently opened its newest
Tennessee store at 560 S. Jefferson
Ave., Cookeville. This marks the
sixth location for Batteries Plus Bulbs
franchise owner Todd Williams
The store will provide access to
more than 45,000 types of batteries,
light bulbs and accessories. Williams,
who opened his first store in 1998,
also operates locations in Cleveland,
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Hixson, Chattanooga, Alcoa and
Knoxville.
“Tennessee has been wonderful
to my business over the years, and
I couldn’t be happier with another
opportunity to bring our breadth
of products, services and helpful
advice to the community that I call
home,” Williams said. “Cookeville is
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Jimmy Turner, 931-397-1130
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Contact: Tina Williams, 931-823-6959 ext. 241
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Important new health care delays and updates
There has been a long
string of announcements by
the Obama administration
delaying implementation of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA). The
administration had previously
delayed the application of the
employer responsibility provisions (the
employer mandate) from January 2014 to
2015. More recently, the administration gave
employers with between 50-99 employees
an additional year, until January 2016, to
comply, subject to certain conditions. The
administration also announced additional
relief for large employers with 100 or more
employees.
Regarding those employers with at least
50 but fewer than 100 full-time employees,
the tax penalty for failing to comply with
the employer mandate generally will not
apply until 2016, if the employer provides an
appropriate certification as described in the
rules.
For those employers of 100 or more
full-time employees, there is an additional
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break dealing with the permanent rule
requiring that these employers must provide
coverage for 95 percent of their employees.
The transition rule for 2015 indicates that
employers must only offer coverage to at
least 70 percent of full-time employees as
one of the conditions for avoiding the
tax penalty, rather than 95 percent,
which will begin now in 2016.
Further, for 2015 only, the
$2,000 penalty for each
full-time employee
will exempt the
first 80 full-time
employees instead of
30.
In addition to the above two
forms of transition relief for 2015,
a package of limited transition rules
that applied to 2014 has now been extended
to 2015 under the Final Regulations.
Employers with plan years that do not start
on Jan. 1 will be able to begin compliance
at the start of their plan years in 2015 rather
than on Jan. 1, 2015, and the conditions for
this relief are expanded to include more plan
sponsors. The requirement that employers
offer coverage to their full-time employees’
dependents will not apply in 2015 to
employers that are taking steps to arrange
for such coverage to begin in 2016.
Note that the proposed regulations
defined “dependents” for purposes
of offering dependent coverage to
eligible employees as children
only, including natural,
adopted, foster and
step-children. In
other words, spouses
were excluded. The
final regulations, issued in
February, continue to exclude
spouses, but revise the definition
of dependent children to mean only
natural and adopted children up to age
26. Thus, to be in compliance, a covered
employer need not offer spousal coverage,
or coverage for foster children, step-children
or children who are not U.S. citizens or
nationals, with limited exceptions. Of
course, an employer may elect to offer such
health insurance coverage.
One final important delay was announced
by the administration in January. Under
the health care law, an employer that has a
fully-insured health plan that discriminates
in favor of high-paid executives faces a
potential penalty of as much as $100 per
day for each individual affected negatively,
similar to the non-discrimination rules
that currently apply to self-insured plans.
Tax officials have indicated that they would
not enforce this provision during 2014
because they have yet to issue regulations for
employers to follow.
Jeffrey G. Jones is a regional managing member for
Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones PLLC. He can be
reached at jjones@wimberlylawson.com.
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COOKEVILLE – A decade ago, Cookeville’s Judah
Akers couldn’t play a guitar, but these days he’s
making a career in music – songwriting, recording
and performing as lead vocalist and guitarist with the
folk band, Judah and the Lion.
A self-described “jock,” Akers’ interest in music
began when he was benched by an injury during
his freshman year at Cookeville High School. His
uncle, Paul Ramsey, pastor at Church on the Hill in
Cookeville, suggested he take advantage of misfortune
and learn to play guitar.
“I was really bad at first,” Akers said with a laugh.
“Almost as soon as my uncle started teaching me the
guitar, I started writing songs.”
Akers soon formed a youth worship band at his
church, and before long the band was performing
during the main service.
“You might as well jump in the deep end or not
swim at all, “Akers said, crediting the support of his
church and community with giving him confidence to
pursue music as a career.
In 2013, Akers earned his degree
in music business from Belmont
University. That’s where he teamed
up with mandolinist Brian
Macdonald and banjo player
Nate Zuercher, with whom he
formed Judah and the Lion in
2011. Akers said he was
looking for someone
to play his songs on
a banjo when an
exploratory session
was arranged
with Zuercher,
who brought
Macdonald
along.
“We met for lunch and started playing the songs,”
Akers recalled. “After the second song we knew we
had something special.”
A few months later, the newly formed trio won
Belmont’s 2012 Christian Showcase competition,
a Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music
Business initiative designed to expose Belmont
students to the operations of full-scale concert
production. By June 2012, the trio had recorded their
first EP, “First Fruits,” written by Akers but expressing
the group’s spirituality. The band gained notoriety
and experienced commercial success with the 2013
EP, “Sweet Tennessee,” which peaked at No. 25 on the
iTunes album charts and appeared briefly in the No. 1
spot on the singer-songwriter iTunes charts.
“A lot of doors opened, and we went fulltime
this January,” Akers said. Their first national tour
began in February playing with Drew Holcomb and
the Neighbors. “We play a lot of college campuses
or college town venues. Playing for big crowds is
amazing.”
Like many young musical artists, Judah and the
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Lead vocalist and guitarist
for Judah and the Lion
Lion is taking a non-traditional route into the music
industry. The band has a manager but has not signed
with a record label.
“We are independent…we believe we can organically
spread the music through social media and selfpromotion,” Akers said. “Our target demographic is
high school age through early 30s, but we’ve found
that we appeal to people of all ages. We think it’s the
banjo and mandolin that gets their attention.”
At an April performance in Nashville, the older
demographic was well represented by Akers’
Cookeville-area supporters and friends of his
parents, Britt and Susannah Akers. The closest Judah
and the Lion will be to the Upper Cumberland in
upcoming months is the Moon River Music Festival in
Memphis June 7, but fans can listen anytime at www.
judahandthelion.com.
Akers noted that although the band’s music began
exclusively as Christian, the group’s newer offerings
are more Americana or folk but “out of that same
heart.” All three band members are dedicated
Christians, and Akers pointed out that the video for
“Sweet Tennessee” illustrated their belief that people
can have a good time in a simple, clean manner.
“Like with our shows,” he said. “We like for them to
be a party, but that does not mean
you have to get drunk to enjoy the
music.”
Judah and the Lion have
recorded 10 new, original songs
for an album set for summer
release.
“We want to keep [the
fans] coming back,”
Akers said. “New
markets. New music.
We want to make an
impact.”
Judah Akers, center, is
lead vocalist and guitarist for
Judah and the Lion. For
more information, visit
www.judahandthelion.com.
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performances for this fall’s episodes,
including Grammy Award-winners
Lucinda Williams and The Steep
Canyon Rangers, singer-songwriter
extraordinaire Jason Isbell, iconic
mandolinist David Grisman and jam
band royalty Widespread Panic.
Rising stars like Shovels & Rope,
Hayes Carll and Davina and The
Vagabonds will also be featured in the
show’s 2014 season, airing in September.
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“Bluegrass Underground has always
been about diversity and quality,
authentic music,” said the show’s creator
and executive producer, Todd Mayo. “It
incorporates two of the greatest things
about Tennessee, which is natural
beauty and musical culture, and those
two things intersect down in the cave.”
In January, Bluegrass Underground
was recognized with four Midsouth
Regional Emmy Awards. Nominated in
six overall categories this year, taking
home honors in the Best Entertainment
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Program, Best Director–Program, Best
Audio and Best Lighting categories.
The show also won an Emmy for Best
Lighting at last year’s awards.
For artists and audiences, the
uniqueness of Cumberland Caverns is
often enough by itself to warrant a trip
to McMinnville. But few are prepared
for the full experience of being 333 feet
below ground in an acoustically pristine
cavern known as The Volcano Room.
“Anytime you can get people out
of the usual concert element, they
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kind of listen differently,” said Steep
Canyon Rangers banjoist/vocalist
Graham Sharp. “The people that come
down here to the cave are here for one
thing, and that’s to enjoy the music.
(The producers) make sure the show is
diverse and high quality, and it’s in this
beautiful, unbelievable space.”
“It’s a little bit overwhelming, but in
a great way. The whole experience is
really kind of surreal and otherworldly,”
added Davina Sowers, whose jazz
and blues-infused quintet Davina
and The Vagabonds traveled all the
way from Minneapolis, Minn., to
play. “It’s definitely at the top of our
list of experiences and a highlight of
our career. Not a lot of musicians can
say they’ve had an opportunity to do
something like this.”
With help from Bluegrass
Underground co-producer Todd Jarrell
and WCTE President Becky Magura,
Mayo shot a pilot episode of the
program and later negotiated a deal in
2011 to start airing the show on the PBS
network.
With the added reach of the television
broadcasts, Mayo said he has seen
visitors attend shows from as far away
as Dubai, Thailand and Australia, plus
nearly every state in the U.S.
The program currently airs in more
than 150 television markets across the
country and can be heard live each
month on the radio on 650AM WSM.
Even for a Monday night
performance, the Widespread Panic
taping on March 10 sold out through
the Bluegrass Underground website in
less than a minute.
“We were getting 50,000 hits a
minute on our site,” said Jarrell,
whose background is in live television
production. “(The Widespread Panic
show) got international attention and
huge buzz for us. We sold 600 tickets in
less than 30 seconds.”
So with the success of Bluegrass
Underground and nearby annual
festivals like Manchester’s Bonnaroo
and the Smithville Jamboree, is the
Cumberland Plateau area quietly
becoming a hotbed for live music in
Tennessee and beyond? Mayo thinks so.
“Absolutely it is,” he said. “In a
state that is known for iconic musical
locations like Memphis and Nashville
and Bristol, I think now you can add the
Cumberland Plateau region in that same
conversation.”
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chose to get more
training in physical medicine so I
could be a little more rounded in rehabbing. I wanted
to fill that gap a little bit more.”
“The jobs (I’ve worked since graduation) have taken
me toward athletics,” he added. “That’s how I landed
here at Tennessee Tech.”
It’s a unique position, too, he says. CRMC Sports
Medicine at Tennessee Tech is a partnership between
the hospital and university, a pairing that allows
Cruz to focus largely on treating student-athletes at
the school as well as youth and high school studentathletes from the community at large.
In addition to day-to-day rehabbing, Cruz assists the
Tennessee Tech sports medicine department, working
with staff to cover various athletic events, while also
providing emergency management, injury evaluation
and treatment.
Another part of his workload, at least recently,
has been drafting injury prevention programs. A
prevention program, for example, was most recently
designed for golf. Cruz said he was in the process of
coming up with another prevention program for track
and field.
“It’s not just treatment,” Cruz said. “We try to do as
much prevention as we can – finding different ways
and different interventions that can help decrease the
amount of injury. That’s what keeps me busy here.”
And it seems those prevention efforts are paying off,
at least to the casual observer. While there hasn’t been
an exact study to measure the impact the programs
have had, Cruz said there’s been at least a noticeable
drop in some of the most common injuries he’s seen
since starting the job last spring.
“When I started, we had a really high volume of
shoulder injuries. We (also) had a really high volume
of hamstring strains or muscle injuries in general,” he
said. “So we put in place some injury prevention and
strengthening strategies. And throughout this year,
we have seen less shoulder injuries and less muscle
injuries.
“I cannot tell you for sure that’s because of what we
did, because there are so many other factors at play,”
Cruz added. “We want to believe it’s a combination
of all the things we’ve done. We hope it will get even
better as we have time to implement more things.”
Outside of work, Cruz is still active in sports –
soccer and the occasional mud run, he says. Most of
his free time is spent with his family, which includes
his wife and two children.
He says he’s enjoying the fast pace of his work so far
and is grateful for the position.
“Positions like this around the country are really
rare,” he said. “This is a great job. It’s the best job I’ve
had. It’s profitable for the hospital, it helps the school,
it provides a community service. I think everybody
wins.”
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athletic trainer and board certified sports medicine specialist at CRMC
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COOKEVILLE – For Mario Cruz, working in a
profession tied directly with athletics was an all but
natural fit.
The Colombian native grew up playing soccer as
a youth. He played collegiately at Brewton-Parker
College in Georgia. And even today, years after
graduation, he still finds time for the sport.
It’s also the biggest means for him to connect with
his patients. Cruz is the newest athletic trainer and
sports medicine specialist at Cookeville Regional
Medical Center Sports Medicine at Tennessee Tech
– at the clinic, he works day in and day out with
student-athletes from both inside and outside the
university’s walls.
“Being an athlete is a big help,” Cruz said. “I
think the biggest benefit is the psychological part…
understanding what the athlete is going through. You
can walk in a lot of different people’s shoes. You relate
to them using the experiences that you’ve had.
“It brings a positive outcome, because athletes do
have problems, they do get down (when injured), but
you can encourage them,” he added. “I think they
value that. It’s definitely helped me.”
It also helps that Cruz is dually credentialed – part
physical therapist and part athletic trainer. And
his education background reflects that. He studied
exercise physiology as an undergrad at BrewtonParker, where he also played soccer for the Barons.
He later graduated from Georgia Southern University
with a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine with
emphasis on athletic training. He finished his
doctorate in physical therapy in 2009 at the Medical
College of Georgia, now known as Georgia Regents
University.
Before joining the staff at CRMC, Cruz worked in
private clinics and also spent a season working for the
Atlanta Silverbacks, a professional soccer team.
“When I did my undergraduate in sports medicine,
I knew the path I wanted to take was athletics,” he
said. “My interest had always been sports medicine. I
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COOKEVILLE – Zebulon Turrentine is
a luthier, a person who makes guitars, and
those handcrafted by Turrentine in his small
shop in Cookeville are coveted by collectors
and musicians throughout the United States.
“When I was about 16, I started playing
guitar,” Turrentine said, admitting, “I did
it mostly to impress high school girls and
probably would have quit had that remained
my key motivation.”
A love for classical music that began in
high school took him to the Shenandoah
Conservatory in Winchester, Va., where
he earned a bachelor’s of music in guitar
performance. During summer breaks, the
Bedford County native worked at Gallagher
Guitar Co. in Wartrace, the company that
makes the guitar Doc Watson used for most
of his career. It was there that Turrentine
began to combine his love of classical guitar
and his lifelong woodworking experience.
“When I was about 12 years old, my aunt
and uncle gave me a book on making bows
and arrows with the same method used by
primitive cultures,” he said. “I became very
passionate about this, and growing up on
a farm gave me the resources I needed to
bring this interest to life. I joke that my first
bows were my first guitars, because a bow
is actually the earliest known forerunner of
most string instruments.”
Turrentine said that the guitar is a
relatively simple structure in concept, but
making a living as a guitar builder means
continually striving to build an instrument
in the upper 5 percent.
“The market is flooded with mediocre
instruments,” Turrentine said. “If you are
going to be successful you have to build
guitars for the best players, and that means
creating a guitar that comes alive with a
light touch, gets louder and louder when a
player digs in and with all this, remains very
playable.”
The wood Turrentine uses in construction
is from a variety of sources, but Cookeville’s
Winell Lee has become a source for African
mahogany, purple heart and tiger maple. He
uses padauk, Indian rosewood and ebony
and has even bought logs of western red
cedar from which he creates the soundboard.
“Craftsmanship – tight fitting joints, clean
cuts, structural alignment, etc. – is essential,”
Turrentine said. “All that wood slowly
compresses under tension until it eventually
loses its elasticity. Thus, a traditional guitar
is very human. It has a lifespan. Each luthier
interprets the balance of strength and
responsiveness differently.”
Turrentine is a classical guitarist himself
who has played numerous private parties
and special events since moving to the Upper
Cumberland in 2009. Though his fulltime
business is Zebulon Turrentine, Luthier, he
teaches guitar lessons one day each week.
“It’s easy to get stuck in your head while
you are working alone in the shop all the
time,” he said. “I notice that teaching brings
me down to earth and keeps me working
on connecting with others. It’s also great to
spend time with kids.”
Connecting with others is the theme of
Turrentine’s career. The 32-year-old served
in the Peace Corps before his recruitment
as executive director of the Alliance for
the Cumberlands. When he decided to act
upon his desire to be a luthier, he called
on contacts made while performing at
competitions and festivals in college.
“One day I was looking at some guitars
that I had just made and thinking, ‘It’s now
or never,’” he said. “So I quit everything
else and took a road trip through North
Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky to meet
some up-and-coming professional guitarists,
and I have been busy with orders ever since.”
The cost of a Zebulon Turrentine,
Luthier classical guitar is $4,500. Photos
of his work are on display on his website,
zebulonturrentine.com.
Among Turrentine’s notable clients are
Stephen Mattingly, professor of guitar
at University of Louisville; Tom Torrisi,
upcoming doctoral student at Eastman
Conservatory of Music in New York;
Rafael Scarfullery, an award winning
Dominican guitarist and composer living
in Charlottesville, Va.; and Erica Cha, a
16-year-old virtuoso that has won many
youth competitions in the eastern United
States.
“The latest guitar was made from padauk
and Englemann spruce and was sold
to a collector that lives near Nashville,”
Turrentine said. “Paul Palycarpou is
president of Nashville Arts Magazine and is
the first owner of one of my guitars who lives
in Tennessee.”
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Musical chairs: UC offers multitude of soundboard hot spots
UPPER CUMBERLAND – Venues in
the Upper Cumberland where music can
be experienced year round draw tourists
and attract locals. They also contribute to
the local economy through employment,
construction projects, tax revenue and
purchases of goods and services.
And from Warren County’s Cumberland
Caverns (see “Not just a pickin’ party:
Bluegrass Underground serves as centerpiece
for live music movement in the UC,” Page 1)
to Cookeville’s renowned Bryan Symphony
Orchestra, these locales are also as different
and unique as the performances they offer to
audiences both big and small:
Though offerings at Crossville’s
Cumberland County Playhouse (CCP)
(tickets.ccplayhouse.com/public) include
major elements of opera, dance and
challenging dramatic works, musicals have
been the cornerstone of the theater’s success.
With an annual budget of more than $1.8
million, the Playhouse is among Tennessee’s
most self-sufficient arts institutions. Since
its opening in 1965, 78-85 percent of all
revenues have been from earned income.
CCP operates on 80 percent earned revenue
from ticket sales compared to 52 percent for
most theaters nationally.
The Playhouse operates on a balanced
budget and has no accumulated deficit.
It is the only non-profit professional
performing arts organization in Tennessee
that wholly owns and operates its own major
performance facility. Construction of a
27,000-square-foot expansion to the original
facility has made the Playhouse a fourtheater complex featuring proscenium, black
box and outdoor arena spaces.
The Cumberland County Playhouse.
Combining a resident professional
company and a staff of 16 with more
than 100 visiting professionals and a large
volunteer corps, the Playhouse draws
professionals from across the country
and volunteers from a dozen Tennessee
counties. More than 50 percent of all
revenues are expended for professional artist
compensation.
The award winning Arts Center
of Cannon County (ACCC) (www.
artscenterofcc.com/events-tickets.html)
in Woodbury is a model for rural arts
organizations. In addition to a regular
theater season that includes several musicals,
the ACCC hosts professional musical
performances, musical training for and
performances by children and youth,
touring performances and holiday special
musical events. Situated in an underserved
rural area in a town of 2,000 and a county of
12,000, the Arts Center annually commands
a worldwide audience of 40,000 through
its facility and more than 100,000 through
websites, publications and recording
projects. Drawing on the blue-collar roots
of its community, the organization focuses
on self-sufficiency, fiscal responsibility and
social entrepreneurship. Since its inception
in 1980, the Arts Center has averaged more
than 85 percent earned income and has
never run an operating deficit.
Cookeville’s distinguished orchestra is a
partnership between the Bryan Symphony
The Bryan Symphony Orchestra.
Orchestra Association (bryansymphony.
org/concerts/this-season) and the
Tennessee Tech Department of Music. It
is comprised of Tennessee Tech University
professors, some of Tech’s finest students,
professionals from the Nashville, Knoxville
and Chattanooga symphonies and other
professionals from Middle and East
Tennessee.
“The Bryan Symphony Orchestra
Association raises more than $150,000
annually in support of the orchestra, which
benefits the community, the Tech music
department and the audience,” said Dan
Allcott, professor of music, Tennessee Tech
University and Bryan Symphony Orchestra
director.
Allcott said that the orchestra draws more
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UPPER CUMBERLAND – Beloved
by music lovers in Upper Cumberland
and respected far beyond its borders are
Frazier Moss, the Cluster Pluckers and the
Ballinger Family Band, whose careers are as
intertwined as the music and tradition of the
bluegrass they play.
Moss, who died in 1998 at age
88, received his first fiddle – just
a toy – for selling Ferry’s garden
seeds when he was 8 years old. By
age 12 he was playing a real fiddle
and had won his first competition,
receiving a $5 gold piece as the
prize. In the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s he
played dances, entered contests and
made regular Saturday morning
appearances on WHUB radio with
his band, the Frazer Moss Band.
For nearly eight decades he played
the fiddle, never making a fulltime
living as a musician. Jackson County born
but a longtime resident of Cookeville, he
supported his seven children by working
as a carpenter and augmenting his income
from musical gigs and with meager prize
money from winning competitions. Moss
went to Detroit in the ’40s and played music
to support his family when he could not earn
enough money at home.
His talent garnered his first place awards
at the National
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Fiddling Championship, the Southeast
Fiddling Championship and the Tennessee
Valley Old Time Fiddlers’ Association
championship. He won the Smithville
Fiddlers’ Jamboree so many times he was
banned from competing there.
“Everyone knew who he was,” said Kris
Ballinger, who played with Moss for eight
years as a member of the Frazier Moss
String Band. “Roy Acuff would get
him to go into the dressing room at the
Grand Ole Opry and play.”
Moss didn’t just entertain stars in the
dressing room. He played on the Opry
stage and at many other prominent
venues.
The Frazier Moss String Band, which
included Ballinger and her husband,
Dale, both of Cookeville, their friend
Margaret Bailey and other musicians,
began in 1980. One among many
notable appearances together was at the
Folklife Festival Exhibition during the 1982
World’s Fair in Knoxville
Ballinger said that when Moss played at
the Smithsonian’s 20th Festival of American
Folklife, she and her husband were there.
“We just tagged along with Frazier to
Washington, D.C.,” she said. “He had other
musicians playing with him there, including
Jack Sallee from Cookeville.”
In the late 1980s, Moss suffered a heart
attack and was forced to wear a pacemaker.
“He was worried that the pacemaker
would interfere with his fiddle playing, so
they put it on the opposite side,” Ballinger
said.
She pointed out that although he was born
blind in one eye and deaf on that same side
because he did not have an ear, Moss was not
defeated by physical challenges.
“Frazier played right up to the last few
weeks before he died,” said Ballinger, who
maintained a lifelong friendship with Moss.
“He never lost his desire to jam, even at the
end of his life. He absolutely loved getting
together with other musicians and playing.”
Meanwhile, the Ballingers and Bailey
developed their musical career. In 1984,
Kris and Dale performed with fiddler Junior
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Daughtery at Carnegie Hall as part of a
special American Folk Roots Concert Series.
Kris Ballinger and Bailey sang on two
of Vassar Clements’ Hillbilly Jazz Band’s
albums, toured the
country and performed
on The Nashville
Network television shows
“Nashville Now” and
“New Country.”
By 1988, the Cluster
Pluckers had been formed
and included Bailey, the
Ballingers, Mark Howard,
Brent Truitt, Blaine
Sprouse and Richard
Bailey. All experienced
musicians, the Cluster Pluckers earned
international exposure though appearances
on several TNN shows, on “The Statler
Brothers Easter Special,” “Rider’s Radio
Theater” National Public Radio show with
Riders in the Sky and “Reno’s Old Time
Music Festival Television” show on the
Americana Television Network.
Highlights have included playing on
the PBS show “Austin City Limits” with
Chet Atkins, performing for the PBS show
“Songs of the Civil War” with Hoyt Axton,
produced by Ken Burns and entertaining at
an inauguration festivity for President Bill
Clinton in Washington, at a fundraiser for
Clinton in Nashville and at Tipper Gore’s
birthday bash.
The Cluster Pluckers have pleased
audiences across the country at bluegrass
and folk festivals, city festivals, concerts
in the parks, conventions, clubs and many
other special occasions. They even toured
Europe, playing in Holland and Norway,
sold out a 10-day, eight-city tour of Japan
and recorded five albums.
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continued to play, but we started slowing
down around 2005 and only play a few gigs
a year.”
The Ballingers, who
now perform with
their son, Ethan, and
other musicians as
the Ballinger Family
Band, speak with
pride about the musical
accomplishments of their son who grew up
accompanying his parents to performances
and sessions.
“We bought Ethan a one-sixteenth size
fiddle, and by the time he was 2 years old he
had played with Roy Acuff, Grandpa Jones,
John Hartford, Chet Atkins and others,”
Kris Ballenger said.
Ethan Ballinger, who is now a professional
musician, producer, composer, session player
and sideman for nationally touring artists,
plays acoustic and electric guitars, keyboard,
drums, bouzouki, mandolin, bass and fiddle.
When Ethan was 15 years old, his parents
bought him his first recording machine,
which he immediately put to use recording
his own instrumental music. Garnering
the attention of local television producers,
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musical compositions for several nationally
aired PBS programs and videos, including
the Emmy Award winning “Crank:
Darkness On The Edge Of Town.”
In 2008, Ethan released his first solo
album, “Wish Upon A Falling Star,” which
featured 16 original acoustic instrumental
songs. He released his first vocal album,
“Don’t Lose It,” in 2012, performing every
instrument on the album except drums.
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Ethan continues to tour and record with
other artists, including Missy Raines and
the New Hip, Megan McCormick, Alison
Brown, Jill Andrews, Michaela Wallace,
The Danberrys, The Blow Jays, Hot Club
Time Machine, The Gypsy Cowboys and, of
course, the Ballinger Family Band.
Ethan played with the Ballinger Family
Band on a 2012 tour of Scotland where his
parents had played on three previous tours.
A year earlier, he joined his parents for a
tour of Japan only two months after the
earthquake and tsunami. Kris and
Dale Ballinger had played there
before and felt compelled to make
the trip, especially wanting to play
for the people in Sendai, who were
left devastated by the disaster.
“After we played, a young girl
came up and hugged me and said
‘this is the first time I have felt happy
since the tsunami hit,’” Kris recalled.
To further confirm their intuition
that the trip was on target, the band
performed at seven places, one of
which was on the eighth floor of
a downtown Tokyo building. The club’s
name? Rocky Top.
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Area artists leave their mark on the UC
UPPER CUMBERLAND – It’s the
land of falling water, winding rivers, regal
forests, mountain foothills, moonshine
and melodies. Music makers across two
centuries have meandered from the Upper
Cumberland’s luscious landscape, leaving a
multi-genre mark on music history. Others
have passed through and stayed, nesting
comfortably along the trails of a region
replete with tradition.
Some are revered – though never
made rich by their craft. Some are wildly
successful.
The popularity of Smith County native
Uncle Jimmy Thompson’s first live radio
performance in 1925 on the WSM Barn
Dance convinced WSM Radio officials to
later launch the Grand Ole Opry. Fellow
Smith Countian DeFord Bailey became the
first solo performer, first harmonica player
and first African-American on the Grand
Ole Opry. Benny Martin of White County
was an Opry member, singer, songwriter and
Bluegrass Hall of Fame fiddle player.
Lester Flatt, also of White County, was a
pioneering bluegrass musician, guitarist and
vocalist who was part of the famous Flatt
and Scruggs duo that sang the iconic theme
song for “The Beverly Hillbillies.” He was
posthumously inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame and the International
Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.
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Born in Warren County, Dottie West’s
successful singing and songwriting career
earned her numerous awards and honors,
including a Grammy, two CMAs for her
duos with Kenny Rogers, four BMIs for
songwriting and membership in the Grand
Ole Opry.
Frazier Moss, born in Jackson County
and a longtime resident of Cookeville,
was an old-time fiddle player who
performed on the Grand Ole Opry, won
many national competitions,
including first place awards
at the National Fiddling
Championship, the Southeast
Fiddling Championship and
the Tennessee Valley Old
Time Fiddlers’ Association
championship.
Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer
Artimus Pyle, who survived
the airplane crash that killed
some of his bandmates, spent
summers and holidays with
family members around Pall
Mall in Fentress County and
occasionally plays venues in the
UC with local musicians.
Bluegrass prodigy Sierra Hull
of Byrdstown is an internationally acclaimed
musician, singer, songwriter and recording
artist. Hull began playing the mandolin
at the age of 8 and at 15 recorded her first
album. Boston’s Berklee College of Music
gave her the school’s most prestigious award,
the Presidential Scholarship, a first for a
bluegrass musician.
Jamie Dailey from
Gainesboro has sung back
up with Dolly Parton, Ricky
Skaggs and others as well
as being lead singer and
guitarist with Doyle Lawson
and Quicksilver. His duo
partnership with Darrin
Jamie Dailey Vincent has earned the pair
numerous International
Bluegrass Music Awards
and several Dove Awards
as well as multiple Grammy
nominations.
Crossville native Mandy
Barnett held the titular role
in the musical “Always…
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on the life of Patsy Cline. Her album, “I’ve
Got a Right to Cry,” was a huge critical
success, named by Rolling Stone magazine
as 1999’s top country album. She appeared
on David Letterman and The Tonight Show
after raving reviews in People, Newsweek,
Interview and other national publications.
Rodney Atkins, who attended Tennessee
Tech and maintains property in Putnam
County, has received six nominations from
the Academy of
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and two from the
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Association,
winning Top
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Vocalist from
the former in
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2006. His album,
“If You’re Going
Through Hell,” produced four number one
singles and was certified platinum, selling
more than one million copies.
Others with UC connections who are
making their careers performing are
Cookeville’s Doug Derryberry, who plays
with Bruce Hornsby; former Crossville/
Cumberland County resident and Tennessee
Tech alumnus Randy Threet performed
with the Southern rock/country rock band
the Outlaws and is now with country music
group Blackhawk; Dweezil Zappa’s tribute
act of his father Frank Zappa’s music Zappa
Plays Zappa includes keyboardist Chris
Norton of Cookeville; and folk/Christian
band Judah and the Lion, whose lead vocalist
and songwriter grew up in Cookeville.
Some musicians have made the UC
their home while they continue to perform
worldwide. Country singers Aaron and
Thea Tippin and John Anderson relocated
to DeKalb County, where each of them
has invested in the community by opening
businesses and participating in philanthropic
efforts.
For several years singer Alan Jackson
owned a home on Center Hill Lake. Award
winning songwriter and multi-instrument
performer Darrell Scott, who has written
some of country’s best known hits and
recently toured with Robert Plant and the
Band of Joy, owns a home and farm in
Overton County.
Music provides a direct economic
component for some former and current
Upper Cumberland individuals and
businesses.
Roy Roberts is a blues musician who grew
up in Livingston. In addition to performing
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on stage and recording, he owns Rock
House Records, which has earned worldwide
recognition for its award-winning music
production and update of the STAX Records
sound. Roberts has received Producer of
the Year, Artist Most Deserving of Wider
Recognition and Best Blues Album awards
from Living Blues Magazine.
Livingston native Nathan Smith founded
Mainframe Recording Studio in Nashville.
Clients have included Little Big Town, Lorrie
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Kathy Mattea, Steve
Wariner and many
others.
Jim Grainger
owns and operates
Custom Fretted
Instruments and
Repair in Sparta,
Nathan Smith
which has been
building and repairing fretted instruments
more than 40 years. Zebulon Turrentine
(see Page 10) builds classical guitars
operating out of a small shop in Cookeville.
Collectors and performers alike buy his
handcrafted guitars. Gene Horner is a
noted maker of violins and mandolins
who operates from his native Cumberland
County. Horner’s fiddles and mandolins
have long been sought out and played by
celebrities’ top-tier professionals in bluegrass,
country and symphony musicians.
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than 450 season subscribers and other guests
from across a seven-county area to five
concert season performances. In addition,
a free concert is held in Dogwood Park that
attracts between 1,500-2,000 people each
Labor Day weekend.
“Each year the symphony partners with
the Putnam County Schools to present
an educational concert for more than 800
fourth graders,” Allcott added. “On two
occasions, more than 400 fourth graders
from Warren County have attended.”
Throughout the academic year, the music
department at Tennessee Tech (tntech.edu/
music/events) draws guests to the region for
faculty and student performances. Large
ensembles include the concert, athletic and
troubadours jazz bands, the choral ensemble
and the Byron and University orchestras.
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and a fifth was expected at time of
publication. Hall says he’s also looking
to hire another pharmacist soon.
“Going on week number seven, we
are at our projections set for like three
years,” he said. “I’m just blown away. It’s
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“The large ensembles have the greatest
economic impact,” said R. Winston Morris,
professor of music and instructor of tuba and
euphonium at TTU. “Many smaller groups,
faculty ensembles and studio ensembles also
contribute to the massive number of public
performances the department presents each
year.”
Public chamber and specialty ensemble
performances feature the Brass Arts
Chamber Quintet, the Cumberland Quintet,
Trombone Choir and Trumpet Ensemble
and Tuba Ensemble. Studio programs
showcase percussion, saxophone, trombone,
trumpet, voice and tuba and euphonium.
“For example, my (tuba) studio alone
presented more than 60 performances this
academic year from our eighth Carnegie
Hall appearance to producing our 28th
recording,” Morris said.
On Saturday nights in Granville in
Jackson County, the Sutton Ole Time
Music Hour (granvilletn.com/granville-oletime-music-hour) features bluegrass and
traditional music, with different performers
appearing each week in the restored T.B.
Sutton General Store. The performances
are taped for syndication and are now being
featured on radio stations throughout the
South.
The Palace Theatre (palacetheatrecrossville.com) opened in November 1938
in Crossville as a movie house. In recent
years through a dedicated community
effort, the arts deco building was fully
restored and is now a multi-use community
auditorium, visitors’ center and venue for live
entertainment in variety of musical styles,
including jazz, blues, country, bluegrass and
rock.
The Good News Theater (dalehollow.
com/events) hosts musical theater at its
playhouse on Highway 111 in Byrdstown.
“They are very inclusive of the children
in the area and offer a lot of cultural
opportunities that they would not otherwise
get in this remote area,” said Lana Rossi,
Byrdstown business owner and local
chamber secretary/treasurer.
Area eateries have recognized that offering
music along with food is good for business.
“Byrdstown and Pickett County are
definitely the music center on Saturday
nights,” said Janice Neal of the ByrdstownPickett County Chamber of Commerce.
“Live music at the Dixie Café has been a
big success, even during the winter months
and the terrible economy. The Country
Kitchen realized that live music is a good
accompaniment to good food. Olds 88
plays regularly there. On Saturday nights
this summer Pier 42 Restaurant at Sunset
Marina will host the E. J. Rider Band.”
been amazing. It’s a blessing.”
Aiming to offer an old-time pharmacy
feel, Hall’s shop sells deli sandwiches
and plans to add a soda fountain this
fall. Gourmet cupcakes are available.
As is home delivery for patients countywide. For customers looking for 24-hour
convenience, Hall offers on-call service
after hours. He says he’ll soon be
selling durable medical equipment, and
quoting a 24-month projection, hopes
to open a home infusion company to
help treat those with acute and chronic
health conditions.
“We knew going in, you cannot own
a business and not be willing to work.
Nobody is going to outwork us,” he said.
“As our pharmacy grows, we’re able to
expand our services.”
As for worries that independent
pharmacies are on the decline, Hall says
he’s not concerned. While there have
been a number of mergers in the UC
over the years – Walgreens bought out
three local drug stores in Cookeville in
2011, and discounter Fred’s acquired
two independent drug stores in
Monterey a year later – Hall said there’s
an upswing with local, small-town
shops.
“If you go out and survey people in
a community, the majority want to
deal with a hometown business. That
applies to more things than just a
pharmacy,” Hall said. “We’re starting to
see more independent pharmacies open
throughout the state. We’re starting
to see a trend upward. People want to
know who they are dealing with. They
want to know their pharmacist. They
want that relationship with you. They
invest a lot of trust in their pharmacist.”
And that’s not a responsibility he
takes lightly, he said. The pharmacy is
working hand-in-hand with the Fentress
County Drug Coalition to battle
prescription drug abuse. He wants even
more community buy-in as the business
grows.
“We are completely starting at zero
and building our way up. I’m really
proud of that,” Hall said. “I think people
admire that a little bit, too. We want
public input. We want the public to feel
vested. Because it’s a family business,
and that’s what I want to stress.”
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a growing economic hub with large
commercial and manufacturing
industries. With this new location,
we’ll be able to provide community
members and local businesses with
access to an unrivaled selection of
batteries, light bulbs, related products
and services along with product
expertise and advice they can trust.”
Batteries Plus Bulbs offers a
comprehensive selection of batteries,
light bulbs and related products for
both consumer and business use.
The Cookeville store also assembles,
tests, conditions and designs custom
battery packs for rechargeable
household and business-to-business
products. Batteries Plus Bulbs offers
battery installation services for many
applications including watches, cars,
trucks, and keyless remotes, among
others. The store also offers an instore recycling program using EPAapproved methods for safely recycling
batteries, light bulbs, and select
portable electronic devices.
Dentist announces new pediatric
and orthodontic office in
Cookeville
COOKEVILLE – Cumberland
Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics
recently announced the opening of
its fourth pediatric dental office in
Middle Tennessee, located at 510 S.
Jefferson Ave., Cookeville.
Cumberland Pediatric Dentistry
and Orthodontics provides pediatric
dental and orthodontic care for
patients from infancy to young
adulthood and special needs
individuals of all ages. The new office
is equipped with the latest technology
and equipment to ensure children
have access to comprehensive and
comfortable dental care.
“Our new location on Jefferson
Avenue allows us to provide the
very best in pediatric dental and
orthodontic care to the children
and families in Middle Tennessee,”
said Dr. Peter Wojtkiewicz, founder
of Cumberland Pediatric Dentistry
and Orthodontics. “Our goal is to
provide every patient with both
the preventative and specialized
care necessary for a healthy adult
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enable us to provide our brand of
pediatric dentistry and orthodontics
conveniently to our current, and
future patients, who live in the
Cookeville area.”
Cumberland Pediatric Dentistry
and Orthodontics has offices
in Clarksville, Cookeville,
Smyrna and White House. For
more information, visit www.
cumberlandpediatricdentistry.com or
call (931) 854-1200.
Rock Island campground
undergoes renovations
ROCK ISLAND – An Upper
Cumberland state park recently
unveiled a million-dollar-plus
renovation that had closed its
campground for a period of weeks.
Officials at Rock Island State Park
recently held a grand re-opening for
their renovated campground after a
total of 48 sites were upgraded with
electrical service, new water hydrants
and Wi-Fi accessibility. The project,
which had a total estimated cost
of $1.27 million, according to state
budget figures, also included leveling
and lengthening of camp sites and
restroom improvements.
Rock Island, an 883-acre park
located on the headwaters of Center
Hill Lake, has 60 campsites along with
10 cabins open year-round. There is
also a 12-site tent camping area.
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half of this fiscal year.
For Sparta, it’s at least the second
retailer to close in recent weeks.
Kroger shuttered its doors in March.
Mental Health Cooperative adds
psychiatrist for Cookeville/
Chattanooga locations
NASHVILLE – Mohsin Ali, M.D.,
recently joined
Mental Health
Cooperative (MHC)
as a psychiatrist
to serve both
Cookeville and
Chattanooga
locations.
Board certified in psychiatry and
child and adolescent psychiatry,
Ali brings more than 12 years of
psychiatric clinical experience
with children and adults in various
settings including private practice,
community mental health, psychiatric
hospital and medical consultations.
“Dr. Ali is exactly the type of
physician we were looking for, one
you would want to bring your own
child or family member to see,” said
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Pam Womack, CEO and founder
of the Nashville-based MHC. “His
warm and engaging style, combined
with his impeccable reputation in the
community, will greatly benefit our
clients.”
Ali and his wife, Umbar Shah, M.D.,
who is a pediatrician, have lived in the
Chattanooga area for eight years.
MHC Cookeville, serving Putnam,
Cumberland, DeKalb, Jackson,
Overton, Smith and White counties,
is located at 418 N. Willow Ave.
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UC gets another good state sales tax report
UPPER CUMBERLAND – The Upper
Cumberland followed a good state sales
tax collection report in March with
another strong showing in April.
The 14-county region saw a gain of
5.1 percent for the latest month, which
topped the state’s gain of 4.0 percent.
Three of the UC’s four largest collectors
had some of the better showings,
including Cumberland (5.7), Putnam (5.9)
and White (8.0).
Increases were also reported in Cannon
(11.3), Smith (10.1), Pickett (6.8), DeKalb
(3.5), Fentress (3.4), Macon (3.2) and
Clay (3.1). Two counties saw big spikes,
including Jackson (39.3) and Van Buren
(37.8). Just two counties showed losses,
including Overton (-4.3) and Warren
(-0.3).
The previous March report, in which
collections were up 5.9 percent for the
region, was the first time the UC had
outgained the state since September.
April’s follow-up puts the UC dead
even with the state in terms of quarterly
collections. Both are up 3.6 percent over
the latest three months. And the region
only trails the state by 0.1 percentage
points in the annual figures. The UC has
seen a 3.3 percentage point increase over
the latest 12 months. The state sits at 3.4.
CountY Cannon
Clay
Cumberland
DeKalb
Fentress
Jackson
Macon
Overton
Pickett
Putnam
Smith
Van Buren
Warren
White
UCDD
TN
APRIL 2014
$343,554
$197,502
$3,759,006
$869,323
$678,140
$215,316
$963,675
$758,000
$142,834
$7,751,213
$812,617
$82,564
$2,093,165
$1,161,126
$19,828,035
$638,403,000
Collections, which are considered just
one measure of economic activity, are
based on state sales taxes; local option
taxes are excluded. Sales data lags by
one month; for example, April numbers
reflect March activity.
Year prior % change
$308,776
$191,622
$3,556,456
$839,774
$655,791
$154,614
$934,053
791,674
$133,771
$7,319,571
$737,842
$59,937
$2,099,799
$1,074,916
$18,858,596
$613,604,000
11.3
3.1
5.7
3.5
3.4
39.3
3.2
-4.3
6.8
5.9
10.1
37.8
-0.3
8.0
5.1
4.0
Upper Cumberland
Unemployment
APRIL 2014
CountY Cannon
4.8
Clay
8.0
Cumberland
6.9
DeKalb
5.7
Fentress
6.7
Jackson
6.7
Macon
4.9
Overton
6.2
Pickett
9.7
Putnam
5.5
Smith
4.9
Van Buren
8.6
Warren
6.4
White
7.6
TN
6.3
US
6.3
Source: Tennessee Department of Labor
& Workforce Development
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Unemployment
Jerry Dwight Cantrell and Judy Dianne/TTU,
demolition, 805 N. Willow Ave., $50
DSA Investment Group/Danny Roberts
Construction, demolition, 416 Buffalo Valley Road, $50
John Short, commercial - structures/warehouses/shops/additions/
alteration, 1024 Shag Rag Road, $12,000
John Short, commercial - structures/warehouses/shops/additions/
alteration, 1024 Shag Rag Road, $12,000
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Department/Arris Inc., remodel commercial, 510 Neal St.,
Mclarty Lane, $24,696
commercial, 4200 Old Bridge Road, $104,617
$82,861
James B. McWilliams ETUX Adelheid/Kevin
Farley, addition commercial, 675 S. Jefferson Ave., Suite C, $2,200
Jeremy W. Robinson ETUX Jill D./Mark A. Smith
Construction, addition commercial, 738 E. Spring St., $80,000
TT of FD Cookeville Property LLC/Rose
Construction, addition commercial, 1600 Interstate Drive, $518,000
William E. Walker Testamentary Trust, remodel
Habitat for Humanity, building-commercial, storage garage, 329
Steve Bolin, building-commercial, business, 1578 West Ave., $252,991
Steve Bolin, plumbing-city, plumbing for business, 1578 West Ave.,
$6,250
Steve Bolin, LDP, building construction, 1578 West Ave., $50
Flynn Signs, building-commercial, three sided sign structure, 12 Dunbar
Road, $0
K & B Construction, LDP, duplex construction, 783 Genesis Road,
commercial, 149 W. Jackson St., $20,400
$50
Kenneth Judd/K & J Enterprises, new multi-family, 1464
James Davis, LDP, storage building, 1872 West Ave., $50
Kenneth Judd/K & J Enterprises, new multi-family, 1464
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S. Jefferson Ave., B 1-3, $243,200
S. Jefferson Ave., A 1-3, $243,200
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submitted by County Clerk James Ralph Howser
Mike’s Munchies, food truck selling cooked food for consumption,
2153 Scottsville Road, Lafayette, TN 37083, Michael Holland
Pebbles Cross, owner, 1129 Carthage Road, Red Boiling Springs, TN
37150, Tabitha Draper
The Country Junction, food and dance facility, 4344 New
Harmony Road, Hartsville, TN 37074, Robert K. Partin
Qualitech Mobile Paint, mobile automotive paint and repair, 211
Chamberlain Ave., Lafayette, TN 37083, Wallace North
C & F Cleaning, clean carpet, janitorial, 308 Main St., Lafayette, TN
37083, Shirley Newberry
Subhan Market Inc., partner, 711 Lafayette Road, Red Boiling
Springs, TN 37150, Ankit Patel
Tennessee Soap Works, manufacture and sales soap and bath
products, 212 Public Square, Lafayette, TN 37083, Matthew E. Starner
Keith Construction, owner, 8849 Hoskins Hollow Road,
Westmoreland, TN 37186, Larry Keith
Technical Construction & Consulting LLC, general
construction, 2717 Topside Road, Suite A, Louisville, TN 37777, R. Mark Frye
Putnam County
submitted by County Clerk Wayne Nabors
A Team Affordable Lawn Care, lawn service, 1694 Apple
KMJ Washout, washout cattle trailers, 1204 WD White Road, Walling,
and liquids, 402 E. 10th St., Suite B, Cookeville, TN 38501, Karen A. Dalton
Doggie Dude Ranch, pet boarding and grooming, 2430 Fisk Road,
Cookeville, TN 38506, Kimberly K. Dailey
Eco, miscellaneous sales/jewelry, e-cigarettes, etc., 860 Clay Ave., Cookeville,
Elite Construction Services, contractor, 170 Southern Woods
Tennessee Pools and Outdoor Oasis, installing
Grand Image, hair salon, 201 N. Elmore St., Suite D, Monterey, TN
38574, Stacie Thompson
Eliza J. Farm Tables and Rentals, furniture and rentals,
8278 Spring Creek Road, Cookeville, TN 38506, William C. Jones
Green Guys Lawn & Chore, lawn and chore service, 2463
Great Wall Builders Inc., carpentry, 446 E. Fork Road, Crawford,
TN 38501, Elizabeth F. Hunter
Middle C Music Instruction, music lessons, 227 Proffitt St.,
Suite C, Cookeville, TN 38501, Cameron K. Wichael
Henry Computer Solutions, computer repair, 225 Curtis Road,
Cookeville, TN 38506, Michael L. Henry Jr.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Mine Lick Creek Farm, land clearing service, 5349 Mine Lick
Reagan Brothers Roofing, roofing, 323 Mohawk Valley Road,
Mongo Distributors, office equipment sales and service, 1615
Brown Ave., Suite 13, Cookeville, TN 38501, Marsha L. McDaniel
S. Church St., Livingston, TN 38570, Shirley Price
Offices-N-More Cleaning Services, cleaning services, 131
N. Womack Ave., Suite 13, Cookeville, TN 38501, Mirelda M. Denney
Spray Foam Masters, foam insulation, 5274 Bradford Hicks Drive,
Livingston, TN 38570, Brad Brunney
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plants. Dr. Your Plants offers design, installation,
weekly maintenance, and for your home, vacation
plant care. Free Consultation. Call Mark at Dr. Your
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Relove by the Blue Heron Studio, antiques and home
decor, 4628 W. Broad St., Cookeville, TN 38501, Howard Khouri/Carla Khouri
Terri’s Guardian Angel Pet Sitting Service, providing
Creek Road, Cookeville, TN 38506, Jackie R. Duncan
Russ Plus, drywall and framework, etc., 3223 White Cemetery Road,
Monroe, TN 38573, Tyler Reagan
South Church Street Event Center, event item rentals, 313
in-home pet sitting services, 1803 Upper Hilham Road, Livingston, TN 38570,
Terri L. Hoag
Cookeville, TN 38506, James R. Smith
WHITE County
Saddle Up & Ride Pool Hall, pool hall/arcade games, 150 S.
submitted by County Clerk Connie Jolley
TN 38501, Sleep Outfitters of TN
and wreaths, 162 Dogwood Lane, Baxter, TN 38544, Misty Meadows/Debbie
Ballard
Swift Inc., construction, 3855 Rodgers Road, Cookeville, TN 38506,
Matthew H. Summers
The Boutique at Grand Image, clothing boutique, 201 N.
Elmore St., Suite D, Monterey, TN 38574, Casey York
The Hair Lodge, hair salon, 3596 Hilham Road, Cookeville, TN
38506, Melisa L. Garrison
The Market 207, convenience store/gas, 1569 W. Broad St.,
Cookeville, TN 38501, Macs Retail LLC
The Original Flipp-N-Burgers, restaurant, 433 W. Main St.,
Creative Countertop Solutions, countertop fabrication and
installation, 914 Fourth Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37210, Creative Countertop
Solutions
consultation, 8 W. Everett St., Sparta, TN 38583, Bobby L. McCulley
Harville’s Auto Repair and Painting, auto repair and
painting, 171 Melton Road, Cookeville, TN 38506, Sylvia Delong
Chastain & King’s Floor Crafters, floor installation, 955
Shannon Lane, Cookeville, TN 38501, James King/Calvin Chastain
38506, Curtis R. Cooper
Volunteer Valley Enterprises, restoration work and
Jorge Arturo Rita-Benitez, tile installation and landscaping,
800 W. Ninth St., Apartment 2, Cookeville, TN 38501, Jorge A. Rita-Benitez
The Market 208, convenience store/gas, 1040 S. Jefferson Ave.,
Curt Cooper, lawn care services, 2600 Pine Valley Road, Algood, TN
fiberglass, vinyl and pools and decking and pool equipment, 309 County Farm
Road, Cookeville, TN 38501, Joe Nash
TN 38554, Jerry D. Clark
Donald L. Hughes II/Kimberly F. Hughes
Cookeville Antique Mall, antique mall, 402 Dubois Road,
Cookeville, TN 38501, Hannah B. Whittaker
Court, Cookeville, TN 38506, Eric W. Cherry
Cane Creek Road, Cookeville, TN 38501, Steven W. Webb/Matthew C. Cotton
Sweetnana’s Gifts & Accessories, jewelry and DIY gifts
Character Attic, costume rental, 113 W. Main St., Algood, TN 38506,
care, 207 Crawford Circle, Sparta, TN 38583, Bobby D. Teeples
Tennessee Classic Sportsman Show, buy and sale gun
and knives, 113 W. Bockman Way, Sparta, TN 38583, Donnie Daniels
Allen’s Roofing & Exteriors Inc., construction, 117 S.
C & C Towing, towing service, 2299 Summerfield Road, Cookeville, TN
38506, Jeffery C. Cotterman
Teeple’s Landscaping and Mowing Service, lawn
submitted by County Clerk Hugh Ogletree Jr.
Highway, Livingston, TN 38570, Steven S. Owens
Drive, Cookeville, TN 38501, Phyllis J. Stinson
Creek Road, Cookeville, TN 38506, Danielle Adkins/Vernon L. Adkins
T & C Pressure Washing, pressure washing and window
cleaning, 17795 Old Kentucky Road, Walling, TN 38587, Tracey Billings
OVERTON County
Elite Collision & Restoration LLC, body shop, 201 Monterey
Road, Cookeville, TN 38501, Aletha Mousouleas
Best Choice Lawn Service, lawn care services, 6030 Spring
TN 38587, Kevin Young
Dwight Herald, construction, 199 Locust Grove Road, Cookeville, TN
38501, Dwight Herald
Stinson Reporting Service, court reporting service, 125-A Raider
reflexology, 380 S. Lowe Ave., Suite E-2, Cookeville, TN 38501, Lora Stephens
38501, Wayne Langford
Doc’s Vape E-Scape LLC, electronic cigarettes and vaping devices
All Pro Maintenance, general maintenance, 515 Buffalo Valley
Back N Touch Spa & Treatment Center, massage and
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Wayne Langford, construction, 398 Grimsley Road, Cookeville, TN
Sleep Outfitters, retail bedding sales, 383 W. Jackson St., Cookeville,
St., Cookeville, TN 38501, DSG Kentucky LLC
2014 JUNE
Dan Kennedy at Veteran’s Barber Shop, barber shop,
Acceptance Now 09532, retail household goods, 620 W.
Ashley Furniture Homestore, furniture sales, 620 W. Jackson
CLASSIFIED
Jongee’s Antiques, sale of antiques, jewelry, clothing, etc., 18 E.
Bockman Way, Sparta, TN 38583, Jongee Jarvis
Willow Ave., Cookeville, TN 38501, Monica Klag
Jefferson Ave., Cookeville, TN 38501, Allen’s Roofing & Exteriors Inc.
//
Venture Construction Company, construction, 5660
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Norcross, GA 30071, Venture Construction Co.
Valley Drive, Cookeville, TN 38501, Bobbi Jo Andrews
Jackson St., Cookeville, TN 38501, RAC Acceptance East LLC
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Dan Desserich dba CMI Group, mold inspection and
accessment service, 220 S Drive, Cookeville, TN 38501, Daniel C. Desserich
241-A E. Veterans St., Cookeville, TN 38501, Dan R. Kennedy
The following businesses have received licenses during
April 2014. The list includes the business name, type of
business, location and owner’s name, if available.
//
Cookeville, TN 38501, Macs Retail LLC
Algood, TN 38506, Larry H. Manier/Laura E. Manier
The Right Choice Catering, catering, 1240 Grider Road,
Cookeville, TN 38501, Melissa D. Robbins
The Wilma Rose Cafe, restaurant, 618 E. Hudgens St., Cookeville,
TN 38501, Penny Pulley/Randy Eldridge
Trevinos Used Tires, used tire sales, brakes and auto repair, 715
Mahler Ave., Cookeville, TN 38501, Noe Trevino
WATSON
METALS
• Wood & Metal Trusses
• Some Panels in Stock
• Trim, Supplies & Tools
• 20 colors / 40 year warranty
931.526.1236
1210 S. Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38506
WatsonMetals.com
LOWEST PRICES IN THE
UPPER CUMBERLAND
All Occasion, florist, 326 N. Spring St., Sparta, TN 38583, Doris Brown
Aqua Pool Sales & Service, pool supply and services, 525
Roosevelt Drive, Sparta, TN 38583, Jerry Manier
CLASSIFIEDs
ESTABLISHED BUSINESS FOR SALE
Established business in financial services industry with
two locations offered for sale. Turn-key opportunity
with existing accounts ideal for those wishing to become
self-employed. Sale includes furniture and fixtures, land
and buildings. Business locations are Jamestown and
Oneida, TN. Serious inquires only. Contact Frank at (931)
261-0974.
Bailey Tire Co LLC, retail sales of tires – no service provided, 7052
careers
Roberts Matthews Highway, Cookeville, TN 38506, Paul Bailey
Bon Air Computers and Electronics, engineering and
electrical design services, 5909 Crossville Highway, Sparta, TN 38583, William
Raper
Creative Lighting LLC, sale of Christmas light bulbs and strings
online, 13 N. Spring St., Sparta, TN 38583, Hannah Smith
E-Z Ford Mart 2 Inc., convenience store/beer, tobacco, etc., 242
N. Spring St., Sparta, TN 38583, Shasvatibenr Patel
Glenn E. Lee Trucking Co., hauling freight and equipment,
sales manager position - Research Electronics
International (www.reiusa.net) is accepting applications for a
Sales Manager position for existing accounts and new business
opportunities. This position includes the following duties:
Homesteaders Supply Inc., retail and wholesale sales of
A. Manage sales order process (quote, payment,
documentation, delivery, etc.).
Fast and Furious Expedite, pick up and delivering freight, 1554
Jericho Road, Quebeck, TN 38579, Keith Adkinson
1234 Eaton Road, Sparta, TN 38583, Glenn E. Lee
products for self sustained living, 1027 Sullivan Knowles Road, Sparta, TN
38583, Jerri Bedell
B. Maintain customer information.
J.R.’s Place, sale of beer on and off premises, chips/bar, 1894
C. Export regulation conformance.
Johnson Electronic Systems, install security systems and
D. Act as customer liaison both for direct and indirect
(reseller) channels.
McMinnville Highway, Sparta, TN 38583, Jimmy R. Cantrell
electronics, 3066 Old Kentucky Road, Sparta, TN 38583, McKinley F. Johnson
III
Jones Roofing and Metal, roofing, 2940 Mounterey Highway,
Sparta, TN 38583, Bailey Jones
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