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YOUR SUMNER | NOVEMBER 2016 . VOLUME II– ISSUE 11

FEATURES

16 Tinsel & Treasures Sumner Holidays Kick-off With 45th Annual Event

21 Sumner County Veteran’s Service Office Connecting Veterans With Benefits

54 Your Community Partners Sumner County Chambers of Commerce

58 Business in Sumner County County’s Top 5 Employers

ON THE COVER The heartbeat of business in any community begins and ends with a vibrant downtown. The revitilization of the Gallatin Square pays homage to the history, growth and promise of Sumner County’s business community.

Photography by Richard Suter

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 18

Beauty Junkie with Julie Jorgensen

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Your Best Self with Connie Haley

14 Your Social Secretary

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Socially Yours

20 Let’s Get Physical

with Alison Kanaby 24 The Lady Entertains

with Krista Ehret 26 Styling Your Everyday

with Katie Jacobs

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30 Eat, Drink & Be Merry

with Chef’s Market 34 Fashionable You

The Stylish Man with Mike Mahaffey & J.Michaels Clothiers 38 A Southern Gentleman Is

with Rocky McElhaney 40 Your Dining

Holiday Dining Out

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Main Street Festival

13

Pearls & Lace Luncheon

COMMUNITY

Letter from the Publisher

SOCIAL

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Did You Know?

22 Days Gone By

The White House Inn 36 Up the Road

Tennessee: Home to Great Products 42 Your Charitable Self

Thankful for a Meal 60 A Little Something Extra

Being the Election Day Example 61 Your Education

Sumner ACT Scores Rise for 3rd Straight Year 62 Your Kids

Good Apps 44 In Your Backyard

Varallo’s Restaurant

15 Fall Fiesta 19 Rescue Me! 5K 23 Puttin’ On the Ritz Gala 29 Girl’s Day Out 33 Oktoberfest 41

Fall Fashion Crawl

51 Gallatin Chamber’s 95th Anniversary Gala 52 Pumpkin Patch Festival 63 Hendersonville Family FunFest

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26 46 Interior Thinking

Southern Living Idea House Spans the Decades 48 From Our House to Yours

The Kellogg Custom Dream Home 50 Keeping Score Duck Hunting 101 64 Arts & Culture

Holiday Happenings

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MONTHLY | Publisher’s Letter

The More You Are – The More There Is Dear Readers, Welcome to the Holiday Season! It comes on so quickly… like that trip I made to Target on Halloween afternoon, thinking I would grab a few more decorations… and yes, I could have, if I wanted to decorate with red ribbon and Christmas garland!

Sigh… it cannot be said enough right? Please keep a place for Thanksgiving in our retail and seasonal hearts.

I guess the thing about Thanksgiving is, it should be celebrated all year long. Being grateful - well that should be an every day prayer. Not just once a year around the dinner table. It’s that cornerstone emotion that makes all the other celebrations of the holiday really relevant.

No matter what place we are in, in our lives, we can and should always find something to be grateful and thankful for.

I have had a difficult year. Those that know me have seen me struggle and weep. Try hard to keep it going amidst many a tough day. Maybe even those who don’t know me have observed a strained countenance and a weary smile. But there was a smile. I made sure. Because every morning, every day, I awoke to a day full of blessings.

Sure, there was strife and pain, but that sweet voice I heard first thing as my eyes opened - saying Mommy gave me the smile regardless. She was my bright light til I made it through my trials of life this year. And she is still the reason to smile each and every day. I also found myself looking at people, things, places, everything around me - in a wholly different way this year. As if

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“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.”

– Melody Beattie everything I knew, from the mundane to the truly relevant, had new meaning and import. If only to give me yet another reason, to pause and say thank you to my Lord and my many blessings, as opposed to seeing negative or feeling the weight of my world upon my shoulders. Obviously, my faith and a multitude of earthly angels I like to call my friends and family - are what I spend the most time being thankful for and no matter the season - I have a reason.

I guess I am lucky that I have an attitude of gratitude most days. It can be hard sometimes. And surely more so to those who do have more hardship and sorrow than I do. But I believe, even in the darkest hours of whatever grief you may experience or whatever hardships you may endure - the joys of friendship and family, and an enduring faith, can get you through just about anything.

Ok, maybe not always with a smile, but through those gritted teeth and tears, whisper a prayer of thanks and I assure you that every day can and will be Thanksgiving. No sales, décor or commercialism required.

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SOCIAL | 34th Annual Main Street Festival Story & Photography by Kaila Maynard The streets of the historic Gallatin Square were packed for the 34th Annual Main Street Festival this fall. The annual celebration, organized by Greater Gallatin, Inc., featured two stages of local entertainment, food vendors and inflatables for the kids. There were over 200 vendors selling a variety of items, including artwork, jewelry, clothes, custom woodwork and more. The annual festival is held on the first Saturday in October each year. To learn more, visit downtowngallatin.com.

Amber Powell, Kristen Conyer & Madison Schutter

Michael, Kiley, Chelsea & Saylor Bruner with Cash

Christian & Montana Akins with Walt

Kiersten & Kinsley Wix, Meagan & Briana Coats

Desiree Blakemore, Wee Wee Mitchell, Sasha Street & Jasmine Mitchell

Gavin & Dan Peters

Jacob King & Taylor Vaughn

Eric Black & Rebecca Lane

Gracen & Jackie McCormick

Claire Rodgers & Chris Bolinger with Prim

Micah & Adaline Pinaire, Emma & Christy Mason

Lanna & Aislee Green Robert & Joyce Welch, Bruce Rhodes with Sadie

Jasmine, Bertha & Nateese Turner

Shana, Annie, David & Juliet Wirt

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Lauryn is a seeker of fun, student of life and lover of exploring mindful ways to enlist the 5 senses in all her experiences. Her column takes us on a sensory tour of all things arts, culture and dining.

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Ginger is a Speech-Language Pathologist and the owner of Jones Therapy Services, which provides speech-language, occupational, and physical therapy in 7 locations across Middle and East Tennessee.

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Jim and Cheryl are the owners of Chef’s Market in Goodlettsville. They offers catering and take-away options, from formal corporate galas to casual inoffice get-togethers and outdoor affairs.

Connie is a certified life coach that specializes in helping people love the life they have and from there, create the life they always envisioned. She will show readers ways to find peace and calm.

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Julie is our go-to gal for all things beauty - She scouts out the best deals and the best beauty tricks around. She treats readers to some hilarious insight into the world of what it takes to be fabulous!

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Rocky was born and raised in East Tennessee. He is a high-profile injury lawyer, NFL Sports Agent and little league baseball coach. He and his wife Penny live at Birmingham Farm in Gallatin with their three sons and daughter, where they fall into bed eachnight, exhausted.

Jonathan is a Certified Financial Planner™, and passionate about financial planning. His focus is to help clients achieve peace concerning their financial well-being by helping them accomplish their planning goals and objectives.

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SOCIAL | Pearls & Lace Luncheon

Story & Photography by Haley Anthony Sisters in the Name of Christ, Inc. held their 4th Annual Pearls & Lace Luncheon at Gallatin City Hall to celebrate the essence of womanhood. It was an afternoon filled with socializing, vendors, dancing, spoken word, singing and more. The organization was founded by Ambi Smith who joined with its other five board members: April Grubbs, Rosalin Terry, JoAnn Stewart, Kelli Whiteside and Patrice Kelly. Sisters in the Name of Christ, Inc. is a nonprofit organization centered around the empowerment, assistance and spiritual development of disadvantaged women in Middle Tennessee. To learn more about this organization and their work, visit sistersinthenameofchristinc.org.

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MONTHLY | Social Secretary

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Here are just a few events to add to your Social Calendar this month. Visit YourSumner.com for more events.

Tinsel & Treasures

GET CONNECTED We enjoyed the 20th anniversary performance of Rent at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12pm-5pm | Participating Businesses gallatintn.org The Gallatin Christmas Open House, “Tinsel & Treasures”, a Shop Gallatin Weekend, has been a tradition for over 45 years. It is a great opportunity for shoppers to get a jump start on Christmas shopping and sales before Black Friday or Shop Local Saturday!

Appalacian Christmas Dinner

7pm | Historic Rock Castle | holidayfesttn.org An “Appalachian Christmas” dinner at Rock Castle State Historic Site is hosted by HolidayFest. Guests will feast on a traditional Appalachian dinner complete with moonshine, wine and stack cake. An acclaimed storyteller will be telling tales and music will be provided by Bluegrass musicians!

Ollie has been out enjoying the beautiful fall weather.

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Light Up Night

5pm | The Streets of Indian Lake | streetsofindianlake.com Join on The Streets of Indian Lake plaza for music and celebration to light up the season and welcome Santa to the Streets! Special guests will include fairy tale characters. This will be a fun family friendly event to get you in the holiday spirit!

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Volunteer State Community College (Vol State) hosted a Fall Fiesta to welcome and celebrate the Hispanic community. The 10th Annual Fall Fiesta featured numerous activities, including a soccer goal contest, face painting, information booths about Vol State programs, a live band and free lunch. The event is also an opportunity to inform the community about the college and reach out through a fun day of activities. For more information about Vol State, visit volstate.edu.

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FEATURE | The Business of the Holidays

45th Annual

Tinsel and Treasures You know the holidays are right around the corner when retailers in downtown Gallatin start gearing up for their annual Christmas merchant open house and shopping event, Tinsel and Treasures.

For forty-five years, vendors have decorated their stores in preparation for a weekend of sales and specials that give shoppers an opportunity to scratch a few names off of their Christmas list.“People do not need to leave the city limits to do their holiday shopping and to find what they need on their Christmas lists,” says Kim Baker, CEO of the Gallatin Chamber of Commerce.

Baker says people shopping the event can expect to find great sales and specials on fall and Christmas items in stock, as well as getting a first look at many new and special items in store. There is also a raffle and every location will have a drop box where participants will be able to enter in the drawing to win. “The more places you shop, the more entries you get, and this year you have over twenty chances to get your name in for a drawing,” Baker says. There are two opportunities to win, and each prize is a $500

shopping spree at the Tinsel and Treasures participant shops.

“It’s really exciting to see folks out and about,” Baker says. “It creates that energy and really gets everybody in the holiday spirit. It’s an opportunity to shine and bring folks into Gallatin.”

Today, Holly Bieber manages the gift shop at Perkins. “Perkins is loaded in traditions,” Bieber says. “We are the oldest pharmacy in Gallatin.”

DECORATION INSPIRATION And it wouldn’t exactly be as much fun to shop at stores that haven’t decked their halls, so all of the retailers work hard to get things just right before customers come in. “That’s one of my favorite parts,” Baker says. “With all the Christmas decorations up it really gets everybody in the Christmas spirit.”

TINSEL AND TREASURES’ BEGINNING For more than 120 years, Perkins Drugs has been the go-to place for residents in Sumner County. In the early 1970’s, Perkins became more than just a drug store. It was a place where people across Sumner County shopped

Karen Jones with Simply Sumner Gift Shop at Sumner Regional Medical Center even closes up shop for three days in order to transform the space just for Tinsel and Treasures. It takes six people and three days to make the gift shop a winter wonderland, with eight decorated Christmas trees ranging in size from 4’ to 9’, all different themes from each other and different from previous

2016 Gallatin Christmas Ornament Announced In 2011, the Gallatin Chamber of Commerce launched a series of limited edition ornaments that celebrate iconic places in Gallatin’s present and past. The inaugural ornament featured the town’s downtown square, and in 2012, the Sumner Drive-In. The 2013 ornament paid homage to the now-demolished Veterans Memorial Bridge. Randy’s Record Shop was featured in 2014 and Gallatin City Hall in 2015. This year they can add the historic Palace Theater to the collection.

Each ornament is produced by ChemArt, the same company that produces the White House Historical Association and the Baldwin Brass ornaments and available for purchase at the Gallatin Area Chamber of Commerce and Perkins Drug Store.

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LLIE D EESE for that special gift for a number of occasions, and then-owners Sam and Amanda Rickman began hosting a holiday open house. Over the years, more Gallatin businesses coordinated their own holiday open house at the same time as Perkins, decorating their stores, offering refreshments and special deals to encourage people to shop local. Eventually, it became known as the Tinsel and Treasures Holiday Open House.

years. Of course, Jones has planned in advance. Jones previously owned Gallatin Flower Shop where she also participated in Tinsel and Treasures, so managing the gift shop at Christmas gives her the opportunity to put her decorating skills to the test. And, it’s a good way for people to find out about the shop. “A lot of people don’t come unless they are visiting somebody sick or a new baby or something like that, and it just gets us out there for regular, every day street traffic,” Jones says.

NEW BUSINESSES ON BOARD This year, a number of new businesses are participating in Tinsel and Treasures for the first time, including Tiffany Brown of A Daisy a Day Vintage. Taking over the old City Mouse, Country Mouse space in August, Brown intends to throw herself into window decorating and creating a vintage Christmas shopping experience. “Our whole floor will be vintage Christmas, front to back,” Brown says. “We have some great tinsel trees and the ceramic trees that light up and vintage ornaments. Really anything you can think of vintage Christmas.

We are decorating top to bottom.”

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“It’s part of our town,” Brown says of Tinsel and Treasures. “Gallatin has got such a great network of little shops and there’s just such a great old town feel. But yet, everything has been revived lately. It’s just such a fun time for everybody to get out and start getting in the Christmas spirit.”

Tanya Ray, owner of REVAMP Furniture, Décor and More on Prince Street is also excited to be participating in the Tinsels and Treasures for the first time this year. “We will be decorating the store, jamming to some Christmas tunes,” she says. Ray is also putting together some unique Christmas gift ideas that include offerings from local vendors and craftspeople, and furniture will be available for purchase at sale prices special for the event.

“When I first moved here, I remember going with my mom to shop it, but over the years it’s really grown and as we’ve had trendier boutiques come around and join the blended community, it’s just become an event for all ages,” Baker says.

For more information on Tinsel and Treasures and participating shops, visit facebook.com/GallatinTinselandTreasures.

IN MEMORIAM - LADYE BELLE BRALY When Ladye Belle Braly passed away on October 26, 2016, a small part of the history of Gallatin’s Tinsel and Treasures shopping event went with her. The first female president of the Gallatin Chamber of Commerce, Braly owned and operated Ladye Belle’s Flowers for twenty-two years and in 1979 even became president of the Tennessee State Florist Association. After closing Ladye Belle’s in 1987, she went to work at Perkins Drugs where she managed their gift shop and operated the Christmas open house, the beginnings of the annual local shopping event.

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LIFESTYLE | Beauty Junkie

Give Thanks to Beauty Lifesavers

BY JULIE JORGENSEN

That’s right, friends - this month’s thoughts center on offering gratitude for all of our blessings. I must admit that I get a little peeved with the blind rush straight into Christmas without any pause for Thanksgiving. We have so many reasons for which to be thankful and I love the tradition of honoring it. Every year at Thanksgiving dinner, my family members and I take turns around the table giving three things for which we give thanks, and it never fails to take my mind away from the transient to the eternal. That said, I am the self-proclaimed Beauty Junkie, so in keeping with the theme of gratitude, I thought I’d offer my list of beauty products for which I’m always thankful - a “stranded on a desert island” list, if you will.

November in Tennessee translates to dreary weather, which has me reaching for a couple of gold-standard products to brighten up a gray day. I love Beautycounter Glow sugar scrub to buff away dull skin and leave me exfoliated, hydrated, and well - glowing. This luxurious oil-based scrub handles dry, rough skin beautifully without leaving your bathtub a greasy fall hazard (trust me, it’s been a thing with body scrubs). Another all-time favorite is Clarins Radiance Plus Golden Glow Booster to brighten a heading-into-winter complexion. The formula’s changed since I first started using this product ages ago, but the effect is the same: a subtle, gorgeous lit-from-within hint of color that’s natural, not obvious. A few drops mixed into your day or night cream will have you fighting that it’s-almostwinter pallor like a boss.

I’m not going to judge those who thoroughly wash their hair every day, but my life has been made eternally more restful thanks to the invention of dry shampoo. It’s our second-dayhair’s best friend, and even gives volume and “guts” to fresh hair in need of a boost. Beauty Junkie tip: washing one’s hair everyday actually strips those precious highlights. Unless you sweat every day, a good rinse will often suffice. I’ve made use of dry shampoo for most of my grownup life and Pssst and Batiste are my two all-star brands. Though they’re not fancy, and were originally meant for those who physically can’t wash their hair, it’s no matter - the aerosol delivery system and colorless oil-absorbing powder in both products are a sleepy girl’s best friend. If you simply must put something onto your hair in the shower, check out R & Co. Analog Cleansing Foam Conditioner. This stuff is magic. Dispensed in a cushy gel-foam, Analog miraculously rinses away dirt and residue without stripping or drying the hair, leaving your coif stylishly full.

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BUYING GUIDE Beautycounter: beautycounter.com/juliejorgensen Clarins and Lancome: Macy’s Pssst, Batiste, and Cover Girl: Local drugstores R & Co.: Osho Collective Intellishade: Juel Salon (Franklin) and Profiles Laser & Medical Aesthetics (Hendersonville)

Now that our skin is sleek and our hair is killing it, let’s talk about that face. Y’all know that I’m really big (no pun intended) on beautiful eyes, and there are three products without which I would shrivel up and die. Thank you for indulging my dramatic tendencies, by the way. NeoCutis Lumiere Riche eye cream is liquid gold and I get superantsy when I come close to finishing a bottle of it. Caffeine tightens loose skin around the eyes, while a proprietary complex hydrates and plumps without rolling up under your under-eye concealer. Just go get it already. For a full, healthy fringe over those peepers, Cover Girl Lash Blast is quite simply one of the best mascaras I’ve ever used period. I’m never without a tube in my makeup bag and a second one in the “to-go” makeup bag in my car. The volumizing formula in the fat orange tube is my jam, but there are other formulations to be had (lengthening, waterproof, etc.). I always pair Lancome Cils Boost lash primer underneath Lash Blast and have been asked more than once if I have lash extensions. This power pair is that good, y’all. As you prepare to live out your days on the afore-mentioned desert island, the last step is a good sunscreen. Intellishade is the perfect sheer, slightly-tinted formula that works beautifully by itself and blends seamlessly under makeup.

With these all-star products for which I’m always “thankful,” you simply can’t go wrong! Cheers!

Love,

The Beauty Junkie

LIFESTYLE | Your Best Self

SOCIAL | Rescue Me! 5K Story & Photography by Haley Anthony

DOES THANKSGIVING REALLY MATTER? Nordstrom announced that it will not be decorating their stores for the December holidays until after Thanksgiving because they want to celebrate one holiday at a time. I understand retail sales objectives, but every year it feels like Thanksgiving is being overshadowed more and more to create a December shopping frenzy. I was starting to wonder if the Thanksgiving tradition even mattered anymore? Well, traditions do matter and here are three reasons to keep this one sacred: 1. Consistency - In our hectic, fast changing world, the certainty of a tradition keeps us grounded. The traditions and rituals unique to our families provide a sense of comfort and security. Familiar customs give us a sense of control over our unpredictable lives. Just thinking about my mom’s Thanksgiving dinner brings a smile to my face and a flood of good memories. Maybe for you it isn’t the food, but the relatives you only saw this time of year. Regardless of the what you recall, the consistency creates a rhythm of something to look forward to and cherished memories to look back on.

2. Connection - When families come together, there is a shared feeling of connection. We are hard-wired for this connection.

Our technologically driven culture is a poor substitute for face-to-face interaction with people we know and love. A sense of belonging and a forum to connect generations is essential for strengthening family relations. Thanksgiving is a great holiday to pass down family history. Psychologist Marshal Duke has shown that the more children and adults know about their family history, the stronger and more resilient they are. So, let Grandpa Joe tell the same stories this year and know that it helps strengthen the ties that bind the family together.

Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary held their 2nd Annual Rescue Me! 5K on the Hendersonville Greenway Trail. Participants, many with their dogs, gathered on the chilly October morning to run with fellow animal lovers for the generous cause. Participants even received personalized swag bags with treats for both themselves and their pets. All proceeds went to benefit dogs and cats rescued by the organization. Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing abused, abandoned and neglected animals in and around the Middle Tennessee area. To learn more about this organization, their work and animals up for adoption, visit freedomfarm.net.

Angela Dibrito & Kristen Frasca with Winter

Marty & Jeanette Reed

Logan, Stacey & Brian Reinersmann with Hank

Bob Stansell with Maggie

3. Passes on Values - What happens at Thanksgiving sends a message to the children on family values. Do you volunteer at a food bank?

Visit ailing relatives in a nursing home? The adult actions and conversations inform them on what the family values are surrounding religion, money, politics, etc. Take advantage of this holiday to purposely nurture the values you want to instill in your children.

Tabitha Fortenberry with Blue & Christopher Nichols with Lucy

This Thanksgiving, I hope you look at the holiday with more than just grateful hearts. Cherish your traditions and tweak them, if need be, to reflect the meaningful connection, values and memories you want to hand down to the next generation.

Happy, Happy Thanksgiving!

Connie

Kim Appeldoorn & Hailey Keith with Milo

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LIFESTYLE | Let’s Get Physical

By the second lesson, improvements were made. I was able to put my face in the water - holding my breath, swimming freestyle and turning my head to breathe. For two weeks, I swam holding my breath and then learned how to breathe out. That was a major accomplishment for me.

BUILDING CONFIDENCE, FAMILY TIME

SWIMMING Building Self-Confidence

BY ALISON KANABY, D.O.

When I was young I loved the pool. I originally started swimming when I was five and swam until I was about eleven.

Then, I did not take another lesson until age thirty-nine. But, I started swimming again approximately three months ago and have found a new passion for it.

RETURNING TO THE WATER

We didn’t have an indoor pool like I have access to now, but I would take lessons five days a week for three weeks every summer at a community pool that was only open during the summer. During my lessons, I learned different strokes including freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke. I swam with goggles, a nose plug and a t-shirt over my swim suit. If you can imagine, it was quite a sight to see.

I decided that I was going to teach myself how to breathe in the water at the beginning of the summer. As a child I used a nose plug, which didn’t teach me how to breathe out in the water while swimming freestyle. That’s a problem when you want to swim as an adult.

So, I had to start from square one. But when I tried to breathe on my own, I had a hard time even putting my face in the water. That meant that I couldn’t learn on my own. The next step was getting private lessons.

It turns out, I was a pretty good swimmer.

At just eleven-years-old, the local pool wanted me to swim on their team and take lifeguarding courses. But as an eleven-yearold girl, I didn’t want to continue swimming because it was such an awkward stage of life.

I definitely didn’t have the self-confidence needed to swim without a shirt covering my swimsuit.

As a very skinny girl who was extremely shy, I didn’t want people looking at me in a swimsuit, so, that was it for me. I turned in my goggles and never looked back.

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As a runner, I need to cross-train. Since I already run four days a week, I needed an activity that could fit into my crazy schedule.

What better way to cross-train without putting extra pounding on the body than to swim?

For six weeks, I took one-on-one lessons to learn how to breathe with swimming.

The first lesson was very humbling. Since I couldn’t put my face in the water (so embarrassing for me), my coach had to take a cone and pour the water over my head, trying to teach me to breathe out. This was in front of all the other adult swimmers who actually know how to swim!

As an athlete, it was hard to start over at a new sport, but knew the importance of learning how to swim. I was committed.

After six weeks of private lessons, I graduated to the “Masters Program,” that the pool offered. This allowed me to swim up to three days a week. Each week, I found my selfconfidence increasing. I went from not being able to breathe in the water at all, completely lacking confidence, to swimming across the pool, breathing out my nose and feeling great.

Don’t think that it was easy, because it wasn’t. My heart feels like it’s pounding when I’m swimming, because I’m still learning to build my endurance. I have since learned the backstroke and breaststroke as well. I am now swimming twice a week and when I can get in a third time at the pool, I take it.

Swimming has allowed me to not only crosstrain, but find an activity that continues to boost my confidence level. I can picture my eleven-year-old self, how self-conscious I was then, to now having a newfound confidence in the sport and wanting to continue to learn.

I want to do more with swimming, train for triathlons and maybe even more.

Since I started swimming, I have convinced my husband, an ultra-runner, to start swimming and he too has fallen in love and is now going to the pool two or three days a week. My five-year-old daughter has been swimming once a week for three years and has been begging me to increase her lessons to twice a week. She is in a pre-swim team class and knows how to swim freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke – it amazes me to watch her because she swims back and forth across the pool, with minimal rest in between each twenty-five-yard swim.

Both of my boys took lessons from age two until six. They enjoyed swimming, but definitely didn’t fall in love with it like my daughter. Still, it has definitely become more of a family affair. Swimming not only is great exercise, it is a sport that can be humbling and be a huge confidence builder at the same time.

FEATURE | Veteran’s Day

Sumner County Veteran’s Service Office CONNECTING VETERANS WITH BENEFITS

“I was proud of that,” he says. “Sumner County is growing. It’s growing by leaps and bounds. And while it grows, veterans come here.” Eubanks says Sumner County has a very active VFW and American Legion, as well as Student Veterans Association, so there is a chance to connect with other veterans out there too, an aspect he feels is important to life after active duty.

“I worked as a pharmacist in the military and stayed in the military twenty-one years,” he says. “Through that, I had an opportunity to meet veterans and I learned a lot.

The Department of Defense does a transition assistance program, and generally veterans take that right near the end of their time in the military. But there’s so much information they don’t really get it, you miss a lot.”

BY HOLLIE DEESE

When the nearly 13,500 military veterans in Sumner County need help with filing paperwork, accessing resources, connecting with help concerning disability, learning about health benefits, burial benefits, the GI Bill, military record replacement or any number of other concerns, their first stop should be the Sumner County Veteran’s Service office. Veterans Service Officer Darryl Eubanks says: “A lot of people don’t know their benefits. It is imperative to know exactly what is available in part because of scams as people offer to sell services to veterans that are available to them already at no charge.” Many older veterans today are from draftera recruitment, and many need assistance with nursing homes, assisted living in home or outpatient treatment programs. That care typically falls to younger loved ones who themselves might not realize there is help available to them. “You end up taking care of your mother or father, and you can’t properly take care of yourself,” he says. “Well, Darryl Eubank there’s money out there for those people. There are people out there that know that and they charge them for it. They don’t have to pay because we do that for them.”

Eubanks says as of the 2015 fiscal year, they had an increase of eight million dollars over 2014 that came into this county from compensation benefits after his first full year on the job.

Sumner County Tennessee Veteran’s Service Office sumnertn.org/offices/veterans County Administration Building, Room 101 Hours: 8:30am - 3:30pm, Monday through Friday Wednesdays are reserved for walk-ins, except the first Wednesday of the month when Eubanks does outreach activities in Westmoreland and Portland. He is at the VFW the first Tuesday morning of the month, and schedules home visits for any veterans who need it. Email deubanks@sumnertn.org for help.

BE AWARE OF SCAMMERS TARGETING VETERANS Scammers often target veterans, either directly by offering deceptive services or in charity scams that closely mimic the names of legitimate organizations. AARP sent out a warning about the following scams targeting veterans: Bogus sales – A scammer claiming to be a deploying service member posts a large ticket item on a classified ad website that they need to sell right away and at a steep discount. The scammer asks for upfront payment.

Real estate rip-off – A scammer posts a fake rental property on a classified ad website offering military discounts. They ask you to wire transfer a security deposit.

VA phishing – A caller claiming to be from the VA calls to “update” your information.

Fake charities – Fake charities use names that are similar to the names of legitimate charities, often referencing Armed Forces, veterans or military families.

Benefits buyout scam – Scammers will target veterans in need of money by offering cash in exchange for their future disability or pension payments.

HOW TO AVOID FALLING FOR SCAMS: • The VA will never call, text or e-mail you to update your information.

• Check out the charity on give.org or charitynavigator.org before giving any money.

• Only work with VA-accredited representatives.

SOURCE: AARP

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COMMUNITY | Days Gone By

The White House Inn Museum Alexander to celebrate the 200th birthday of the State of Tennessee.

London Plane tree seedlings from Ellis Island were even planted by the Tennessee State Forestry Department, which has since produced a large “Liberty Tree” in the front yard.

CURRENT RENOVATIONS In May 2015, the replica White House Inn Library and Museum was closed in order for it to be renovated into a museum and Chamber of Commerce after the city built a new library says Elizabeth Kozlowski, MIS Director of the White House Library.

The project will be done in three phases, the first possibly complete by the end of the year.

BY HOLLIE DEESE

There wasn’t much on the road between Nashville and Louisville back in 1829, so what there was, inevitably became a landmark for travelers on the L&N Turnpike between the two cities. One such landmark was a newly-built inn, the only building painted white along the route.

Because of the rare paint color, the inn was always referred to as, “The White House” by travelers and coach drivers.

The two-story inn was built by Richard Stone Wilks, a settler from Virginia. A year after he bought the surrounding land, his “white house” bustled with the activity of people - including Andrew Jackson - seeking food, shelter and a place to change out their horse while traveling the turnpike that had originally been created by the Native Americans. In 1928 the trail was renamed US Highway 31W. The town was named White House after the stage coach inn, which was torn down in 1951 to make way for new development.

In 1986, a replica of the original building was constructed and became the White House Inn Library and Museum. Inside was the library, in addition to a museum with artifacts from the area’s earliest years, as well as the city’s Chamber of Commerce. The project was a result of the Tennessee Homecoming ‘86, designated by then-governor Lamar

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“The first phase is just to renovate the building itself,” she says.

“Phase two is designing and bidding out the display cases to fit the museum’s pieces and phase three will be redoing the parking lot and adding a ramp to easily move larger pieces. The entire project should be complete with the museum open to the public in the fall of 2017.”

“There will definitely be more space,” she says. “We already have more items that we’ve acquired through donations and there will be a better layout and a better description with each item as well.”

The renovated museum will also be ADA compliant and incorporate new video technology that will help describe the items on display.

HISTORIC AREA ARTIFACTS The White House Inn Museum’s artifacts are currently in storage, carefully packed away at city hall to preserve the documentation of the life of the pioneers of the 1700’s and 1800’s including historical documents, photographs, farm implements, rare Native American items and Civil War memorabilia. There is even a copy of the North Carolina Resolution dated 1786 creating a new county named Sumner.

Another record in the museum’s possession is of the “old road,” the path made by buffalo and Native Americans that predates statehood

and a donated 1901 buggy that likely traveled the trail. The same road was used during the Civil War by the armies of the Union and Confederacy for moving troops and supplies, including when the railroad was blocked at South Tunnel near Portland.

“We have some bigger pieces and the museum will look so fresh with proper lighting for each area of the displays,” she says. “We’d like to even leave a spot for some rotating displays.”

Kozlowski says there will be a public ribbon cutting once the museum is open, though the chamber may able to begin operations inside ahead of the museum’s opening. It will be a way to connect the community with its roots and show off the many items people kept and donated over the years that showcase the special history of White House.

“We just have such a wonderful community that saves and cares about things like that,” Kozlowski says. “We want to make sure people are aware

of where they come from and the specialty of this town. We were the halfway point between Nashville and Kentucky and so we’ve had a lot of historic people come through the town and a lot happened in this town. We don’t want that to go away. The new generation, how are they going to know the history if someone isn’t telling them or isn’t providing a resource for them to learn?”

From Left: Vice-Mayor Farris Bibb, Mayor Mike Arnold, Historian Evelyn Guill, State Representative Courtney Rogers & Alderman John Decker.

SOCIAL | Puttin’ On The Ritz Gala Photography submitted by Don Clauss More than 140 guests attended the Puttin’ On The Ritz Gala at Historic Rock Castle. Guests were welcomed to the 1920’s themed event with cocktails, a catered dinner, silent auction and live music by jazz band, The Broomstix. The Puttin’ On The Ritz Gala is Rock Castle’s biggest annual fundraiser. Funds from the event help the ongoing efforts to preserve the historic site. Their efforts include creating the public programming that is essential to their mission as a cultural community center and as a major educational tool in the city, county and state and as an attraction to visitors from around the nation and the world. For more information, visit historicrockcastle.com.

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LIFESTYLE | The Lady Entertains

Your Timeline for Hosting Thanksgiving

BY KRISTA EHRET

So you’ve been asked to host Thanksgiving for the first time and you agreed. It sounded like a good idea back in August!

Now that it’s around the corner, the anxieties are setting in.

Even for a seasoned pro, this coveted meal requires some strategy and finesse. Here is a helpful timeline for pulling off the perfect Thanksgiving dinner - sans panic attacks.

IMMEDIATELY (AS IN RIGHT AFTER YOU READ THIS ARTICLE): ✔ Find out how many guests you are expecting. If you already know this, then great! If not, get to texting, calling, tweeting or running and get a solid yes or no from your tentative guests.

THREE WEEKS OUT: ✔ Sit down and plan out your meal. List all of your meats, sides, drinks and desserts to make sure you have a cohesive menu. If it’s a pot-luck, this is especially important. It’s great to have everyone contribute a dish, but it’s not great to end up with seven green bean casseroles. Once you know what you are all responsible for, get your grocery list done.

TWO WEEKS OUT: ✔ Go shopping! Thanksgiving is not exactly known for its fresh produce, so most items can be purchased at least two weeks out. Do yourself a favor and beat the week-of rush at the grocery stores.

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ONE WEEK OUT: ✔ Design your tablescape. Pinterest is alive with great ideas as well as your favorite home décor magazines. Holidays are the perfect time to unleash your inner Martha Stewart meets Emily Post. Bring out your nice china, create a fun centerpiece and set true place settings. It’s a nostalgic touch that you and your guests will enjoy. Unless you use your dining table every day, you can go ahead and have this set ahead of time.

THREE DAYS BEFORE: ✔ Put your turkey in the fridge to start thawing. This is also a great time to make any casseroles or pies that can be put in the freezer and heated up later. ✔ Any prep work that can be done, go ahead and get it out of the way.

Get the house clean and guest-ready.

ONE DAY BEFORE: ✔ Make sure your turkey has thawed completely. If it’s still frozen in the middle, put it in the sink with cold water and rotate every 30 minutes. ✔ Prep stuffing and any pies that weren’t done previously. ✔ Make the mashed potatoes. ✔ Get all of your serving dishes clean, polished and ready to go. Assign which dish will hold which item. ✔ Put the finishing touches (such as flowers) on your dining table.

THANKSGIVING DAY: ✔ Put your turkey in the oven.

It will tell you on the packaging how long to cook, but it will need to go in roughly 4-6 hours before dinner. ✔ Make the gravy. Usually you need your turkey drippings for this, so it will be one of your few last minute items. ✔ Let the turkey sit for about an hour before the meal is served.

This is when you can heat any remaining side dishes. ✔ Put rolls in the oven thirty minutes before dinner.

Thanksgiving Day should be a fun day of creating memories and enjoying precious time with your loved ones. If you’re hosting, plan ahead to keep the day as relaxed as possible. If you are a guest, think of ways you can contribute to help the hostess: bring the wine, stay to help clean up, entertain the children, etc. Let giving and thankfulness be the two main focuses of the day.

Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving!

MONTHLY | Socially Yours

Corporate Gift Giving COURTESY OF EMILYPOST.COM

Gift giving is a time-honored and thoughtful way of building business relationships. Giftgiving has it’s risks as well. This is a time when the use of careful consideration, tact and even some research become important.

When it’s time to show your appreciation to clients, vendors and employees, here are a few things to consider FROM THE COMPANY: • Tokens of Appreciation: Make sure that gifts sporting your company’s logo meet a certain standard - well made, in tasteful colors and with the logo understated enough not to look like an advertisement.

• Charitable Gifts: Many companies show their appreciation by giving a donation in the recipient’s name. This is a win-win solution.

The recipient is glad to be recognized; the company making the donation makes its appreciation known; and both companies contribute to the greater good of society.

FROM INDIVIDUALS TO CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS: • Individuals in the company who give gifts to outsiders are usually at the executive to midmanager level.

• Many companies forbid any corporate gift giving or only allow employees to accept gifts valued less than $25.

• Get together with the others in your department and give a gift from the group.

• Follow your own company rules and check with the HR department at the intended recipient’s company first. Sending a gift to a client who’s unable to keep it is awkward for both parties.

• Never give a gift to an outside business associate who is either currently involved in a bidding process with your firm or receiving a bid from you or your company.

GIFTS FROM OUTSIDE YOUR COMPANY: • Some companies have a ceiling for the cost of a gift received; others require that any gifts valued at more than $25 must be disclosed to management. This is a good way to keep tabs on what’s coming in from outside and seeing to it that everything stays aboveboard.

• Most companies allow employees to receive token gifts from customers and clients because sending them back could insult the giver, especially during the holidays.

GIFTS FOR BOSSES: YES OR NO? • Don’t give a gift to your supervisor that’s just from you. Other employees may resent what they see as an effort to curry favor.

GIFTS FOR ASSISTANTS: YES OR NO? • Managers may want to reward their secretary or assistant personally. The gift choice depends on length of service: If it is less than five years, a gift valued at $25 is sufficient; with longer-term assistants, a more generous gift is appropriate.

• Consider the assistant’s likes and interests in choosing what to give him or her. Books, a gourmet food basket, tickets to the theater or a sporting event, and gift certificates are good possibilities.

Socially Yours is Your Sumner’s monthly column with advice, tips and tricks for staying polite, socially acceptable and always mannerly for the busy community socialite, from the expert on all things mannerly.

“The standards of etiquette that Emily Post established with her seminal book Etiquette in 1922. Though times have changed, the principles of good manners remain constant.

Above all, manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. Being considerate, respectful, and honest is more important than knowing which fork to use. Whether it’s a handshake or a fist bump, it’s the underlying sincerity and good intentions of the action that matter most.”

-The Emily Post Institute

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LIFESTYLE | Styling Your Everyday

BY KATIE JACOBS STYLINGMYEVERYDAY.COM

With the holidays quickly approaching, it’s time to start collecting recipes for upcoming family dinners and winter celebrations. Dessert may be the last thing served, but it’s the first thing people think about when they remember your party. Here are my favorite holiday pies that will soon become yours too!

Perfect Pie Crust 1 Tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon table salt 1/3 cup water 1/2 pound (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter (cut into 1/2-inch dice) 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (plus more for rolling) In a small bowl, dissolve the sugar and salt in the water. Refrigerate until very cold, about 30 minutes. During that time, refrigerate your butter, flour, mixer bowl and paddle, too.

Make sure your butter is cut into 1/2-inch dice. Bigger pieces will make your dough puffy. In the chilled bowl, combine the cold butter and flour. With your hands, toss the butter in the flour until each cube is lightly coated.

Sweet as Pie APPLE, PECAN AND PUMPKIN PIES TO CELEBRATE THE SEASON

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With the chilled paddle, beat the flourbutter mixture on low speed to just break up the butter, about 30 seconds. Add the water mixture all at once and raise the speed to medium-low. Beat just until the dough comes together in big chunks, then immediately turn off the mixer.

Divide the chunks of dough in half and very gently pat each group into a round 1-inch-thick disk. Wrap each tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about one hour, before rolling. You can refrigerate the disks for up to one day or freeze for up to three months.

Salted Caramel Pecan Fudge Pie CHOCOLATE FILLING: 3 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter, melted 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 2/3 cup 100% cacao unsweetened cocoa 2 Tablespoons light corn syrup 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 6 large eggs TOPPINGS: 1 bag pecan halves 1 (13 oz.) bag melting caramels 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream Sea salt for sprinkling Preheat oven to 350°F. To make chocolate filling, whisk together first 6 ingredients in a large bowl. Add eggs, stirring until well blended. Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes. (Filling will be loose but will set as it cools) Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.

Brûlée Topped Pumpkin Pie 1 (16-ounce) can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 2 eggs 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie seasoning 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar Perfect Pie Crust Fine sugar for brûlée top

A Little Slice of Heaven!

Preheat oven to 425°F. Whisk pumpkin puree, condensed milk, eggs, vanilla, sugar and spices together in a large bowl until mixture is very smooth. Pour into blind-baked pie crust.

Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350°F and bake for 40 minutes more.

Lightly cover perimeter of crust with foil if it starts to brown. Remove the pie from the oven when center is set and let cool completely.

Before serving, sprinkle pie evenly with 2 Tablespoons fine sugar. Heat the sugar with a butane torch until caramelized, turning pie for even browning, about 1 minute. Let pie stand until topping hardens. To get a thick caramelized sugar crust, repeat this, with just a light sprinkling each time. Refrigerate pie until topping hardens, about 30 minutes. Serve or keep refrigerated no more than 2 hours longer.

Toast pecan halves on a cookie sheet in heated oven until just fragrant (approx. 5 minutes, do not allow to brown). Remove and allow to cool. Meanwhile, place caramels and cream in a saucepan over a medium heat. Stir consistently until caramel is completely melted. Remove from heat and pour into a measuring cup with a pour spout to allow to cool slightly.

To assemble pies, arrange pecan halves in a spiral design on top of cooled pie. Pour approx. 1 tablespoon of warm caramel over pie. While caramel is still warm, sprinkle each pie with a pinch of sea salt.

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Whiskey Apple Pie 4 pounds Granny Smith apples, peeled, quartered and cored 1 orange, zested 1 Tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice 2 Tablespoons whiskey 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon kosher salt 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice Perfect Pie Crust 1 egg beaten with 1 Tablespoon water, for egg wash 1 teaspoon sugar to sprinkle on top 28 YOURSUMNER.COM |NOVEMBER 2016

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Cut each apple quarter in thirds crosswise and combine in a bowl with the zest, juice, whiskey, 1/2 cup brown sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.

Roll out half the pie dough and drape it over a 9- or 10-inch pie pan to extend about 1/2-inch over the rim. Fill the pie with the apple mixture.

Top with the second crust making a lattice design and trim the edges to about 1-inch over the rim. Tuck the edge of the top crust under the edge of the bottom crust and crimp the 2 together with your fingers or a fork. Brush the entire top crust with the egg wash, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.

Place the pie on a sheet pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until the crust is browned and the juices begin to bubble out. Serve warm.

SOCIAL | Girl’s Day Out Story & Photography by Hollie Deese Dozens of vendors and shoppers came together for the 2nd Annual Girl’s Day Out shopping event in Portland at Sumner Crest Winery. Ladies took advantage of the wide array of shopping, pleasant atmosphere and various samples of wine. Among the thirty booths were clothing boutiques, bakeries, local authors, home décor and more, while tunes from Dean and Jerry kept the energy level up during the all-day affair. For more information on events at Sumner Crest Winery, visit sumnercrestwinery.com.

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LIFESTYLE | Eat, Drink & Be Merry

AT HOME WITH BOB & KAREN GOODALL A private dinner with Chef ’s Market and Etch benefiting JDRF Middle Tennessee

BY JIM AND CHERYL HAGY, OWNERS OF CHEF’S MARKET

Whether it’s a dinner for two in the restaurant or a dinner for 500 at a corporate catered event, we have the privilege of feeding thousands of Middle Tennesseans each month. This past month, we were a part of a fabulous dinner party for ten right here in Sumner County at the home of Bob and Karen Goodall. We find that friends gather around the table for many reasons - birthdays, celebrations and long over-due catch ups. This particular dinner party was put together initially as an auction item for the JDRF Middle Tennessee 15th Annual Promise Gala, the organization’s annual signature event to raise money for funding type 1 diabetes research, a cause near-and-dear to the Goodall’s hearts.

Sumner County resident Karen Goodall first became involved with JDRF a couple of years ago when her daughter, Hillary Bonham, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. As a volunteer and board member of JDRF Middle Tennessee, she signed on to become the 2016 Promise Gala auction chair. Karen is also a longtime friend and customer of Chef ’s Market and we were thrilled to work with her to put together the dinner party package for the auction, along with Etch and Red Spirits & Wine.

At the beginning of the evening, guests enjoyed a cocktail hour of stationary and passed hors d’oeuvres including Belle Meade deviled eggs, mini BLT bites and charcuterie, along with the showstopper edible cranberry infused cracker spoon topped with Brie and our signature cranberry relish that we sell on our holiday take-away menu each year.

The white-and-gold motif of the china and linens paired with the gorgeous organic look of the vases of white hydrangeas that sat on rustic wooden log trunk pedestals, while our five-course meal was paired with wine selected by Mark Kremper, sommelier at Etch.

Vocalist and guitarist Mandy Cook provided musical entertainment during the plated dinner which featured a butternut squash and roasted apple soup topped with nutmeg maple infused crème fraiche, followed by shrimp topped with shaved Brussel sprout Caesar salad with rye croutons, shaved asiago, crispy Brussel petals and Spanish couscous timbale. The main course of pan seared scallops and grilled filet with red 30 YOURSUMNER.COM |NOVEMBER 2016

wine poached shallots and rosemary butter was served on an autumn roasted corn and pancetta relish, accompanied with white truffle whipped Yukon Gold potatoes, roasted vegetables and parmesan rosemary rolls. For the guests that were able to save room for dessert, we served a triple chocolate teardrop genoise mousse cake with homemade chocolate sauce and vanilla bean crème anglaise.

This month, we are sharing with our readers three of the recipes featured on the menu at this over-the-top dinner party. The first is the cranberry relish that is perfect for Thanksgiving dinner, either as a side dish or on top of Brie served with crackers as a festive appetizer. The butternut squash and roasted apple soup recipe is also included, which packs a punch of fall flavor in every bite - a fantastic first course or stand-alone entrée for a weeknight family dinner. Last, but never least, we’re giving away our dessert recipe along with the secret on how to make the triple chocolate teardrop mousse cake with a PVC pipe at home to really wow your guests.

A big thanks to Bob and Karen Goodall for inviting us to this special occasion. For those interested in learning more about the great work of JDRF Middle Tennessee, plan to attend their 2017 Promise Gala in April, chaired by Bob and Karen themselves.

Trust us, you won’t want to miss out, as the Goodalls know how to throw a great party!

CRANBERRY RELISH

2 6-ounce packages strawberry Jello 1 cup sugar 4 medium red delicious apples (do not peel - core and cut in quarters) 2 large oranges (do not peel - cut off ends and quarter) 3 1/2 cups frozen cranberries 1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple 1 cup pecans, chopped Dissolve Jello and sugar in 1 cup of boiling water.

Grind apples, oranges and frozen cranberries in a meat grinder or food processor using a medium cutting head; mix into Jello mixture.

Stir in undrained crushed pineapple and pecans.

Chill and serve. Yield: 3 quarts

BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND ROASTED APPLE SOUP Chef ’s Market Catering & Restaurant is a full service catering company that continues to be celebrated as a leader in culinary skill and presentation, voted as Best Caterer in Nashville for the past five consecutive years. Chef ’s Market offers catering and take-away options for both large and small events, from formal corporate galas to casual in-office get-togethers and outdoor affairs. Its Goodlettsville restaurant serves customer favorites for lunch and dinner Monday - Saturday. Visit chefsmarket.com for more information and menu selections.

1 butternut squash 3 Granny Smith apples 1 large onion 3 Tablespoons olive oil Sea salt and ground pepper 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon allspice 1 bay leaf 3 cups vegetable stock 2/3 cup light cream Preheat the oven to 400°F. Peel and slice the squash length ways and scoop out the seeds. Cut into 1-inch chunks and put them in the mixing bowl.

Peel the apples, then quarter them and remove the core. Peel and roughly chop the onion and add the apples and onion to the mixing bowl. Add olive oil and add a good pinch of salt and pepper. Toss everything together so it is nicely coated, season one more time, then place into the oven and cook for about 35 minutes, or until everything is cooked through, intensely golden and delicious.

While vegetables are roasting, heat vegetable stock in a heavy pan on the stovetop with the bay leaf.

Put some of the roasted vegetables into a blender, adding a cup of stock and blending until smooth, working in batches until the rest of the vegetables have been blended and put into stock pot.

Add the cream, remaining spices and bring to a simmer over a medium to low heat. To serve, divide between warm soup bowls and add a dollop of crème fraiche and sprinkle of nutmeg.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE 6 large eggs, separated 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped 1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons granulated white sugar 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar Preheat oven to 350°F and place the oven rack in the center of the oven. Butter (or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray) a 17x12” sheet pan. Line the pan with parchment paper and butter and flour the paper.

Separate cold eggs, placing the whites in one mixing bowl and yolks in another.

Cover with plastic wrap and bring to room temperature before using.

Melt the chocolate in a stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Let cool to room temperature.

In the bowl of your electric mixer place the egg yolks and ¼ cup sugar and beat on high speed until mixture is thick, light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the melted chocolate and beat only to combine.

In a clean mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat at medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the remaining 2 Tablespoons of sugar until stiff peaks form.

Fold [gently] a small amount of the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture using a rubber spatula or whisk to lighten the batter. Fold in the remaining whites just until incorporated. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bake until cake is puffed, has lost its shine and springs back when pressed (15 -17 minutes).

Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool. Cover the cake with a clean, slightly damp towel.

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE 4 ounces dark chocolate 70% cocoa 1 1/4 cup heavy cream 1 large egg white 1/4 cup caster sugar Break chocolate into small pieces and set aside. In a small saucepan, heat ¾ cup heavy cream until it begins to boil. Turn off the heat, add the chocolate pieces and stir until chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth.

Pour the chocolate mixture into a bowl set over a large bowl of iced water and add remainder of heavy cream. Mix with handheld electric mixer and beat until the mixture forms to soft peaks. Remove the bowl from the iced water.

Whisk the egg white with a handheld electric mixer until stiff peaks. Add sugar slowly and continue whisking to a soft meringue. Carefully fold the meringue through the chocolate mixture.

CHOCOLATE GANACHE 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 1 cup heavy cream 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter, room temperature Place chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl; set aside.

Place cream in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Pour over chocolate and let stand until chocolate has softened, about 5 minutes.

Add butter and stir until smooth. Let cool slightly before using.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE ASSEMBLY Line 3” PVC pipe 2” high with acetate. Cut cake to fit bottom of your PVC pipe. Spoon or pipe mousse filling leaving ¼” of acetate at the top. Gently fill in remainder with chocolate ganache. Chill before serving up to two days.

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SOCIAL | Oktoberfest Sponsored Event

Story & Photography by Haley Anthony The fall season kicked off with an Oktoberfest celebration held by Sumner County’s HolidayFest at Foxland Harbor Golf and Country Club. Guests were entertained by the Nashville-based yodeling polka band, Die Musik Meisters. Traditional Bavarian dishes were provided by Foxland Harbor Club while multiple vendors, hosted by Lipman Brothers, provided beer for tasting. Honorary chairs included State Representative William Lamberth and his wife, Lauren, Michael and Sherry Smith, Beverly and Mike Jones and Cheryl and Joseph Strichik. Funds raised from the event benefit The Literacy Council of Middle Tennessee. HolidayFest is a nonprofit community service organization whose purpose is an annual festival which brings together the entire Hendersonville and adjoining Sumner County community together during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. To learn more about HolidayFest, their work and events, visit holidayfesttn.org.

Denese & Joe Kelley

Lauren Lamberth, Heather & Chad Ross

Jordy Smith & Alex Carr

Musik Meisters

Jasmine Lopez & Kaleen Early

Jason Stewart, Katie & Jeff Coker

Jewell Baggett-Strehlau, Kathy & David Lehman

Claire & Robert Blakey, Jim Grosjean, Liz Stewart

Jessica & Brett Zimmerman, John Davis & Phyllis Jones

Larry Phillips, Ginger & Dean Germain

Kyle & Casey Sansom

David & Lynda Evjen, Richard & Cheryl Sherwood, Tony & Irene Calderon

Karen Schulte & Susan Phillips

JJ Von Kessel & Ingrid Lord

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LIFESTYLE | Fashionable You

THE STYLISH MAN AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE MAHAFFEY, CO-OWNER OF J. MICHAELS CLOTHIERS

BY MORGAN TELLER

In this day and age, professionals are simply dressing more casually for business.

The professional look is no longer just that of the powerful executive. This is not to say that a man should not dress impressively, though.

J. Michaels Clothiers in Nashville is a specialist in men’s custom clothing and has been in the business of delivering highly specialized products and personal service to businessmen and professionals since 1989.

Their highly trained staff’s ability to pull together colors, fabrics and accessories helps to create a personalized professional look for each client. Founder Mike Mahaffey and his business partner, Jim Brandon, operated the business for eleven years without having a store. They called on accomplished men in their

offices to build a clientele and as business dress became more casual, eventually built a retail store to provide the best of both worlds for their clients.

“The whole premise of direct sales custom clothing is that most men do not like to shop and a lot of successful men don’t have the time,” says Mahaffey. “Busy, successful men are not shoppers; they are buyers. By going to them, it is less time consuming and they can pick out what they want.”

In many ways, the economic downturn that began in 2008 made us distrust the look of a “Wall Street CEO,” but a man can still look the part of a business leader without being so formal in dark suits or powerful stripes.

“An accomplished businessman should always look sharp,” says Mahaffey. “For those leading a company or getting big deals done, wearing a suit is the most effective way to make a positive business impression, regardless of anything one hears to the contrary. In conventional business realms, the suit is still the most authoritative item of clothing a man can wear. So business professionals are wearing more approachable mid-blue and mid-gray suits because the person in charge still ought to look like the person in charge.”

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“We [men] should dress ourselves in a way visually – without a word – that says we are honest, authoritative and confident. Our visual reputation is the message we send of our own brand by how we dress.”

Business casual doesn’t have to equate to “business sloppy.” If you want to be viewed as a leader and professional in a business casual world, the most important clothing piece you should have - at the minimum - is some sort of blazer (solid color coat) or sport coat (pattern coat). “The jacket is the emblematic symbol of the position a man holds in life,” says Mahaffey. “If you do business in jeans still wear a jacket.”

J. Michaels is a strong believer in congruity when it comes to men’s style. According to Mahaffey, there should be congruity in fit, styles, fabrics and color. Nowadays, many of the mistakes men make in that regard are from paying too much attention to the trends.

“It is never good for men in conventional businesses to go to extremes when it comes to what ‘fashion’ says a person should do,” says Mahaffey. “Fashion, by nature, is designed for people to spend money and ‘style’ is for putting money in people’s pockets. A man should dress to indicate to the world that he is aware of the world changing around him without looking like he has just gone through an identity crisis.”

For example, an evolution of style at this point is a well tailored look that flatters the silhouette. However, some men go to the extreme and their suits are skin-tight because they see that look featured in men’s magazines or worn by celebrities. This gives the impression that they are trying to show off their physique and wanting to draw attention to themselves. “In the men’s business world, this type of person is just as suspect as the person who is unkempt, and he creates a non-verbal obstacle he has to overcome,” says Mahaffey. Wearing what is “trendy” may not be what is flattering to a man’s physique.

A man who has outgrown his clothes and interacting in the conventional business world with leaders and influencers over fifty will tend to look less mature, and therefore, less authoritative and formidable. What Mahaffey hears from contemporaries of his in other businesses is that they tend to take men who dress to those extremes less seriously.

“Let’s face it, one day the guard will totally change and the baby boomers will be out of the corporate decision making process. But for now, they still hold a lot of the decision making power and investment dollars in their hands. It just doesn’t make sense for a younger person to not dress strategically when dealing with them,” states Mahaffey matter-of-factly.

“Another trend I see far too often is wearing pocket squares to match ties, or ties to match shirt colors, or, even worse, matching all three,” says Mahaffey. “It looks way too contrived and subliminally, it causes others to think that those men lack creativity, authority and individuality. The Italians have a highly regarded term, ‘sprezzatura,’ which refers to the nonchalant elegance of making a difficult endeavor appear unaffectedly and effortlessly perfect. Much of what we see trending today in men’s fashion is the unfortunate opposite of that.”

“From the seasonal aspect of congruity, guys who are wearing pastels or light colored, light weight fabrics in winter make other professionals think: ‘Is he not paying attention?’ Young professionals see that look on TV and, having not learned the nuances of dressing well, follow suit,” says Mahaffey.

“Once again this makes them look less aware and less worldly. Here in the south, we like to believe that there are fabrics that can battle the elements year-round when, in fact, it is going to be cold at some point during the winter. Owning clothing that is congruous with the season shows that he is aware of his surroundings and adaptive to circumstances.”

These style mistakes lead us to the importance of custom made clothing. In a store, there might be ten or so suits to pick from in his size, but a man might already have something similar to five of them, or might not like three of them at all. Or he might not like

the particular style the store has a fabric available in. Or he might not be cookie cutter fit. With custom tailoring, one can pick from hundreds of fabrics, different makers, different price points and styles, then have something made to flatter their body type. Mahaffey believes custom tailoring is not much more expensive than comparably made garments off the rack, especially when it is a private label brand.

The science of it all, is that the nerves from the eye to the brain are thirty-three times stronger than the nerves from the ear to the brain, so people remember what they see way more than what they hear. Psychologists tell us that the people we come in contact with draw conclusions about us in the first forty seconds of a sixty second first impression based solely on what they see, and don’t start making assessments based on verbal cues until the last twenty seconds.

“Our visual reputation is the result of the non-verbal messages we send to others through what we wear and how we comport ourselves,” says Mahaffey. “Therefore, we [men] should dress in a way that lets the world know - without us saying a word that we are competent, confident, humble, accomplished, honest, aware, curious, dependable, pro-active, self-possessed and pleasant to be around. That’s a tall order not to be taken lightly, and those who approach it with intentionality will always have an edge over those who don’t.”

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COMMUNITY | Up the Road

An Ode to the Tennessee Classics

BY CATHERINE ROYKA

We, as Tennesseans, have a lot to be proud of. We are home to so much history and many iconic (and some delicious) classics across the state. These classics are not just familiar to those living in the south, but all around the country. If you haven’t had or experienced any of these iconic items, get to shopping or make a trip to these places! Many of these staples are celebrating over 100 years of business, believe it or not! As the holiday season approaches, consider stocking up to share with friends, family and coworkers. You can never go wrong with a classic.

MOONPIES The perfect combination of graham, marshmallow and chocolate... These delicious treats are a standard in Tennessee and are celebrating 100 years in 2017. Chattanooga Bakery has delighted sweet lovers with their multitude of MoonPie flavors, chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, banana and salted caramel, just to name a few. There may only be four MoonPie General Stores, located in Chattanooga, Lynchburg, Pigeon Forge and Charleston, SC, but this doesn’t mean you can’t find one at your local convenience or grocery store! Eat them the southern way, grab an RC Cola and a MoonPie and you’ll be ready to go.

JACK DANIEL’S Celebrating 150 years this year, Jack Daniel’s is a standard around Tennessee and quite frankly, globally, as one of the “go to” whiskeys. The distillery is located in the charming but quaint town of Lynchburg, nestled about sixty miles outside of Nashville. Ironically located in a dry county, the distillery does offer tasting tours daily for those avid whiskey lovers. The most well-known of the Jack Daniel’s bunch is the Old No. 7. Other Jack Daniel’s classic whiskeys include Gentleman Jack, Sinatra Select, Single Barrel, Tennessee Honey and Tennessee Fire. Plan a visit to the distillery this fall - you’ll enjoy some great whiskey and see the beautiful countryside of Tennessee.

YAZOO BREWERY Yazoo Brewery has become a staple for Tennesseans, “A Southern Original,” since 2003. The brewery is located in the Gulch and offers a tasting room, tours and an outdoor patio for guests to enjoy a beer with friends. Some of their most iconic beers include their Pale Ale, Dos Perros, Hefeweizen, Hop Perfect IPA and various seasonal beers.

Although they do not sell their beers all across the south at the moment, those lucky to call Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama home, can find the beers in grocery and liquor stores. Consider grabbing Yazoo beers for your next tailgate or gathering.

GOO GOO CLUSTERS In 1912, Howell Campbell and Porter Moore took on the challenge to create a delectable chocolate with the ideal ingredients and combinations. Campbell is said to have blended chocolate the same way fine whiskey is blended. They got it just right, as Goo Goo Clusters have been serving up these sweets for over 100 years. The combination of roasted peanuts, nougat and caramel all covered in a milk chocolate will leave you wanting more and more. Don’t worry, Standard Candy in Nashville can produce up to 20,000 Goo Goos in one hour, so you’ll never be without one of these delicious delights. The Goo Goo Cluster shop is located in downtown Nashville just off Broadway and offers variations of the chocolaty goodness and a new dessert bar. You’ll get your chocolate fix for sure!

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THE LOVELESS CAFE Biscuits, jam and fried chicken. That’s what most people probably think of when they hear, The Loveless Café. Located off Highway 100 and near the Natchez Trace Parkway, the café is located in a beautiful section of Tennessee. Loveless is celebrating 65 years of business this year and they have continued to provide the same charm, southern food, hospitality and biscuits for numbers of years, still attracting hundreds of locals and tourists (editor tip: plan to arrive early and get there before the long wait). When Loveless first opened, they had a motel located next to the restaurant. After renovations a couple years ago, the motel was converted to unique-retail shops. Visit the Loveless Hams & Jams County Market shop to stock up on the peach preserves, strawberry or blackberry jams to share with friends from your journey to the café.

GIBSON GUITARS Music City wouldn’t be complete without being home to some type of musical instrument! Although “Gibson USA” didn’t call their Nashville headquarters home until 1984, the Gibson Guitar had been around many years before. In 1935, Gibson enlisted help to develop a prototype with engineers to create, “the best electric guitar the world had ever seen.” Gibson introduced the distinctive hexagonal pickup on a lap steel model that year. Following World War II came the golden age of innovation, with the introduction of guitars with better power and versatility. Since then, Gibson has set the bar high for providing innovative, savvy and design forward guitars for all to enjoy.

CHARLIE VERGOS – RENDEZVOUS BBQ Barbecue in Tennessee is serious business. Memphis is home to one particular BBQ place that is known for their award-winning BBQ sauce and dry rub, Rendezvous BBQ. In 1948, Charlie Vergos is said to have cleaned out his basement below his diner, discovered a coal chute and began the legendary BBQ restaurant.

Since then, Rendezvous BBQ has been a staple for locals and tourists stopping to get some legendary Tennessee BBQ. The secret trick to their famous rib rub? Vergos created a rub based on seasonings from his father’s unique Greek chili recipe.

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LIFESTYLE | A Southern Gentleman Is

My Southern Voice

BY ROCKY MCELHANEY

Southern, to me, is not merely a way of thinking but a way of life. It requires an honest heart and a hard day’s work. It is a generous spirit and a helping hand. Southern is the core values and common ties that bind us as a community like the ones my grandmother taught me at Central Point Baptist Church as a small boy. My Southern roots run deep in that rural, farming community of East Tennessee. For Mamaw McDaniel, life boiled down to faith, family, friends and hard work - in that order.

Sunday mornings there were for church, where Mamaw taught the kids about Jesus and sang in the church choir. Sunday afternoons were for family. Time passed slower then. There was no cable. The cousins played tag in the yard, climbed trees or explored the fields and barns of the tomato farm. The grown-ups sat in folding lawn chairs under the big shade tree, drank too much sweet tea and churned out homemade ice cream. Every car that went by blew the horn to say hello. We all waved back, whether we knew the folks or not. There, I learned the life lessons that define who I am today - pray, put others before yourself and share what you have.

Southern means passing down to the next generation the important things in life, in different forms for different families. Traditions are timeless in the south. For us, baseball filled our summers and connected our souls. Time passes slowly on the ball field. My Papaw McElhaney was a catcher, my dad was a catcher and I was a catcher. Now, my five-year-old Jake plays catcher. When I started playing baseball, my dad coached me and my teammates, teaching us about the game and in a bigger sense, about hard work, dedication, humility and character. He touched the lives of so many kids through baseball.

Baseball brought us closer together, broke us down, built us back up. It healed our family at times when we couldn’t figure out how to do it ourselves. In 1985, baseball took my family to Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the Little League World Series.

Dad coached the all-star team; I played catcher. Fittingly for this article, my team represented the south. Now, I coach my boys here in Hendersonville. I am trying to pay forward to them what my dad gave to me back then. Last season, my eight-year-old Luke made the all-star team; I coached.

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Four hours north of Central Point, my wife Penny was raised near horse country in Kentucky. Though it made more sense for her, I guess, we each grew up with separate, seemingly silly dreams of raising a family on a farm with a tree lined drive, grazing horses in paddocks on either side, leading back to a plantation style farm house that overlooked a small lake (or big pond). Views from the back porch would include green pastures, barns, historic trees, Tennessee hills and the setting sun each night as our kids roamed and romped like we used to.

This year, we realized that lifelong dream when we moved into what we call Birmingham Farm, thirty acres of the old Rainey estate, on Douglas Bend in Gallatin. We hope time passes slowly here. We want our three boys and baby girl to grow up the same innocent, southern way we did - fishing, exploring the fields and barns, shooting BB guns, riding four-wheelers, sitting under a shade tree or on a back porch talking to each other, listening to each other. Here, we chase the black lab, catch lightening bugs in the back fields, catch frogs at the ponds, play with sticks, track groundhogs we need rid of, count turkey and watch deer. Crickets and laughter fill the evening air. Sure, being Southern means you want better for your children than you had, but it also means holding onto those simpler times. Kids need that these days. Heck, we all do.

If folks around here know me, it’s probably because I am a Nashville personal injury trial lawyer with TV commercials. I was sworn in as a lawyer in 1999 and started what is now called Rocky McElhaney Law Firm in 2002 with just two lawyers and two paralegals. RML now has seven lawyers and twenty-one employees. We recently announced plans to build a state-of-the-art 12,500 square feet building in Indian Lake, where I will then work just ten minutes from my home and family. We represent real people, not the powerful. Hard working Tennesseans rely on us when life is at its worst because of some serious injury or tragic death. We stand up to billion dollar insurance companies and big business when families need it most.

Earlier this year, I chased down another lifelong dream when I was certified as an NFL sports agent. Last month, I was named “Best Lawyer in Nashville” by another publication for the second straight year. I have been named one of Tennessee’s best attorneys year after year in various media outlets. I would like to think it is because of my southern heritage and those qualities instilled in me by others in my youth - hard work, dedication, humility and character. It took me seventeen years to become an overnight success. Time sure has flown.

Southern means we share common experiences, help each other when we can, lean on each other when we have to. We are all united in our belief that brighter days lie ahead, that God is great and that we can make a better way. I am you; you are me. We are the same in so many ways. Your hopes and dreams are my hopes and dreams. Your fears are mine. My scars are yours. My dad is in poor health and has been in and out of the nursing home for the last two years. My only uncle died of cancer last year. My brother lives in Cincinnati and I don’t get to see him that often. Just before Halloween, I helped Luke turn a pumpkin into an Angry Bird for a school project. Our three-yearold Tate throws an ungodly fit every time he goes to pre-school.

Penny needs surgery on her foot.

My step-dad got hurt at work and they are treating him unfairly. One of my cousins is applying for disability and another just had a baby after trying for ten years. Penny and I suffered a miscarriage trying to have our last baby but was later blessed with our daughter, Isla Quinn.

Like you, we get through the tough times by leaning on our faith and holding onto each other. At night when its quiet, we watch our children’s peaceful sleeping faces. We celebrate the good, pray about the bad, work hard, try to help somebody if we can. We fall into bed each night - thankful and exhausted - and hope for a better tomorrow.

Look for Rocky’s monthly musings and anecdotes on what it means to be a Southern Gentleman every issue of YOUR Sumner.

OTHER WHEN WE CAN, LEAN ON EACH OTHER WHEN WE HAVE TO.

LIFESTYLE | Holiday Dining

WHERE TO DINE ON THANKSGIVING & ORDER YOUR HOLIDAY MEAL

BY CATHERINE ROYKA

Are you feeling like you’re already behind on prepping your menu for Thanksgiving this year? Don’t fret, we have created a list of restaurants that will be open on Thanksgiving or have your main and side dishes available to order ahead of time so you can stay out of the kitchen this year and spend more time with loved ones.

CHEF’S MARKET If you’re looking to spend Thanksgiving at home but are not in the mood to cook a full Thanksgiving meal, consider heading to Chef ’s Market to choose various main and side dishes from their Thanksgiving takeaway menu.

Choose from items such as shrimp and lobster dip, blueberry and goat cheese flatbread, chicken marsala pot pie, Cajun fried turkey breast, other seasonal favorites and of course, lots and lots of desserts. Visit chefsmarket.com to plan out your Thanksgiving order.

MONELL’S Monell’s will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 10am 6pm serving up the traditional dishes in family style and all you can eat fashion. They will serve roasted turkey and cornbread dressing, glazed baked ham, sliced roast beef, skillet fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, sweet potato casserole and much more. They do not take reservations, so if you plan to eat at Monell’s, show up early! For additional information on the menu and restaurant, visit monellstn.com.

MERCHANT’S RESTAURANT Merchant’s Restaurant on Broadway in Nashville will have both of their floors open on Thanksgiving. On the first floor from 11am 11pm, Merchant’s will offer their signature southern bistro menu in addition to a plated Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and sides. On the second floor from 1pm - 10pm, Merchant’s will serve a three course meal with various main and side dish items to choose from.

For more information on reservations or menu items, visit merchantsrestaurant.com.

BLACK-EYED PEA The Black-Eyed Pea restaurant in Hendersonville will be open on Thanksgiving from 10am - 9pm. They will offer an all you can eat traditional Thanksgiving fare throughout the day. Select a starter such as a soup or salad and a main course meal of roasted turkey, meatloaf or ham. They will also provide two desserts, pumpkin pie or cobbler. Call ahead to make your reservation.

For more information, visit theblackeyedpearestaurant.com.

PUCKETT’S GROCERY & RESTAURANT Stay out of the kitchen and have Puckett’s do the cooking for you. Place your holiday order online or over the phone. Choose from various main dishes such as, turkey smoked, fried or roasted, cherry wood smoked pork, smoked baby back ribs, slow smoked beef brisket or smoked spiral ham. They will also provide a multitude of sides like broccoli casserole, green beans, sweet potato casserole and squash casserole. Oh, and don’t forget the dessert! How will you be able to choose from pecan pie, apple or peach cobbler? For more information, visit puckettsgro.com.

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SOCIAL | Fall Fashion Crawl Story & Photography by Braden Winfree Tennessee Honey Boutique & Gifts, Velvet Antler Boutique and Southern Gypsies Boutique partnered with Greater Gallatin, Inc. to host the Fall Fashion Crawl on the Gallatin Square. This year’s event took up an entire street and was bigger than previous fashion crawls. The Fashion Crawl featured lots of shopping from local boutiques, artisans, a live band and eateries. Jessica’s Cupcake Company was a crowd favorite with their honey whiskey cupcakes which complemented the autumn evening to kick off the season. To learn more about the event and Greater Gallatin, visit downtowngallatin.com.

Kirsten Conyer, Brittany Yates & Breagyn Jenkins

Janet & Morgan Green

Mallory Tant & Reba Farmer

Courtney Coleman & Lindsay Conter

Michelle Pritchett & Michelle Johnson

Kathy & Deryk Ward

Hinda Ball, Hilary Reid & Michelle White

Katie Lumpkins, Amanda Pritchett, Kayla Hendren & Jesi Palmer

Lucie, Maddox & Nola McCloud

Kate Clark & Laura Henderson

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COMMUNITY | Your Charitable Self

Give Someone a Reason to be Thankful

BY CATHERINE ROYKA

During the holidays, it is easy to get wrapped up in planning your Thanksgiving meal, preparing for guests to arrive and dashing off to the mall to start that crazy holiday shopping early for friends and family. Why not take a step back from the craze of the holiday season and focus on truly giving back to others who need your attention the most? Thanksgiving is a time when families and friends spend bountiful time together and proclaim what they are thankful for, but the holidays can prove to be very lonely for others without a home or family.

SUMNER COUNTY FOOD BANK Leading up to Thanksgiving, the Sumner County Food Bank will collect items to create their 100-pound food boxes to deliver to over 400 families in the Sumner County area. They are looking for volunteers on November 12th to assemble food boxes and on November 15th to deliver boxes to families in Sumner County. If you would like to donate items for these boxes, they are in great need of canned tuna, pasta, tomato sauce, peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix and syrup. For more information on volunteering or dropping off donations, visit sumnercountyfoodbank.com.

There are numerous places across Middle Tennessee where you and your family can come together in the community to help serve and prepare a Thanksgiving meal or create food boxes to give to families in the area.

Although, it important to be charitable throughout the whole year, why not send a little extra love on Thanksgiving Day? We have created a list of places in the Sumner and Davidson County areas where you and your family can volunteer your time and donate resources to help those in need.

GALLATIN C.A.R.E.S. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Gallatin C.A.R.E.S. will serve a Thanksgiving dinner for those in need in the Gallatin community. They are seeking volunteers to help with serving dinner on the evening of November 19th. Gallatin C.A.R.E.S. operates a thrift store, multiple donation centers, a food bank and a full-time Christian ministry including worship services, Bible study and a free health care clinic. For more information on volunteering for the organization, visit gallatincares.org.

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA OF SUMNER COUNTY The local Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 240 of Sumner County are continuously looking for volunteers every Saturday to assist with serving meals at their food pantry and donations of food items to serve disadvantaged veterans and their families in Sumner County. Starting in December, the chapter will 42 YOURSUMNER.COM |NOVEMBER 2016

begin to assemble food boxes, wrap presents and seek clothing and gift donations for Operation Santa to provide to children of disadvantaged and deployed Sumner County veterans at Christmas. For more information on the organization, donating food items or volunteering, visit vva240.com.

NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION The Nashville Rescue Mission will serve their Great Thanksgiving Buffet on Thanksgiving Day (November 24th) at 10:30am.

The Thanksgiving Banquet requires 1,000 turkeys, over 800 volunteers and plans to serve over 6,000 meals to those in need in the Nashville area. Consider being one of those 800 volunteers to help serve food and provide support on Thanksgiving. In addition to volunteering at the Great Thanksgiving Buffet, help with donating food items for the meal. Since 1954, the Mission has served those in the area seeking food, clothing and shelter, not just on Thanksgiving, but every day of the year. If you are interested in volunteering, visit nashvillerescuemission.org.

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SECOND HARVEST Leading up to Thanksgiving and throughout the year, Second Harvest Foodbank plans to distribute food to approximately 490 nonprofit partner agencies in forty-six counties in Middle and West Tennessee. Various partners include pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, childcare facilities and senior centers. Although Second Harvest is not open on Thanksgiving Day, many of their partner agencies will distribute food and plan to serve meals. They rely heavily on volunteers to assist with sorting and distributing food, as there is always a need all year round, especially after the holidays to help provide food to others. For more information on volunteering visit, secondharvestmidtn.org.

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COMMUNITY | In Your Backyard

VARALLO’S CHILE PARLOR & RESTAURANT, NASHVILLE’S OLDEST RESTAURANT

BY HOLLIE DEESE

Downtown Nashville is changing faster than anyone can keep up with and that is especially true for people looking to grab a bite to eat. The profile of chefs is getting higher - prices too - but for the people who pay to park and work there all day, having a favorite spot they can always count on is more important than ever.

The recipe comes from Frank Varallo Sr., a traveling violinist from Italy who spoke seven languages, lived on a cruise ship and supposedly played at Teddy Roosevelt’s inauguration. He eventually settled in Nashville by way of South America, where he picked up the recipe for his signature “chile.”

He began selling bowls of the spicy soup out of the Climax Saloon on Fourth Avenue where they said it was so hot you had to be drunk to eat it.

The heat level was taken down by the time Varallo Sr. opened the first Varallo’s at 708 Broadway in 1907.

PHOTO BY DEB VARALLO

Thankfully, there is always Varallo’s. The oldest restaurant in Nashville, the quick-serve chili spot has been a gathering place for Tennessee’s working class and elite for more than 100 years; mayors mingling with construction workers, musicians and moms, all lined up for a bowl of chili unlike any other.

Todd Varallo stirs up a pot of chili.

The business moved to Church Street in 1919, and after Sr. died in 1929 his sons Nick and Frank Jr. - who was just fourteen at the time - ran the restaurant, serving the Varallo chile “three-way” with spaghetti and tamale, while providing inspirational messages on the restaurant’s daily menus that came to be known as, “Thoughts from The Bottom of a Chili Bowl.”

Today it is Todd Varallo stirring the chili pot, a fourth generation family member who once worked alongside his grandfather and founder Frank Varallo Jr. at the original Church Street location. In 1994, Todd and his brother Tony opened the current Fourth Avenue North spot, just a few doors down.

In 1998 Frank Jr. closed the Church Street location, but even at age eighty-five he didn’t retire. For nearly another decade he was helping out his grandsons until he passed away in 2007 at ninety-three.

“We’re one of the few originals still left,” Varallo says.

It takes stamina and strong will to even be in the restaurant industry, but to sustain it for more than a century takes something even more.

It takes loyal fans and a fantastic product and an appreciation for Nashville’s history among its growth.

The type of fans who will return decades later to pass on a memento that had been lost to his family but Varallo now has blown up on a wall at home.

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Varallo’s Restaurant, located at 239 4th Avenue North, is open Monday through Friday from 6am until 2:30pm with a full breakfast selection and lunch menu of selected main dishes, fresh cooked vegetables and desserts. For more information, visit varalloschili.com.

“I’ve got a copy of the old menu from a couple who came in on their honeymoon and my grandfather gave them a menu for a souvenir,” he says. “They came back on their 50th wedding anniversary and gave it back to me.”

Varallo says it takes about five hours to make the chili just right, but that it has to sit overnight and never be served the same day. It is still cooked in the same sixty-gallon double boiler his grandfather used and pulled from an old Navy ship.

“It’s older than you and me put together,” he says.

In recent years, customers have also come to love their breakfast, homemade French toast,

Frank Varallo Jr, (forefront) in the restaurant at 9th & Church (813 Church Street) in 1930. Frank Jr was Todd’s grandfather.

daily sausage gravy and pancakes made from his grandmother’s original recipe. There’s also meat-and-three options like meatloaf, fried chicken and catfish, originally added to offset summer’s slower chili sales when it is more often sold on top of fries, hot dogs, omelets and more.

But slow sales haven’t really been a problem too much lately. In addition to the hundreds of loyal customers who at times have him going through as much as twenty-five gallons of chili a day, Varallo is also seeing more and more new people stop by, with more sure to come when the hotel being built across the street is complete - the third within a few hundred feet of Varallo’s.

“It’s kind of crazy,” he admits of the growth

downtown, a jarring juxtaposition from the old photos the family has of Nashville in the 1900s, back when a T-bone at Varallo’s cost forty-nine cents and a beer was another fifteen. “People Google and they see the oldest restaurant, and we get pretty good ratings for our breakfast,” he says. “We’re right there and we’re close, but we’re a little spot. We only have fifty-four seats so you can only do so much. On Friday it’s almost to a point that’s kind of overwhelming.”

But like his loyal customers, Varallo never gets sick of the chili either, tasting it every day and sitting down with a bowl at least twice a week. Of course, it is his family’s comfort food.

“Like them, I grew up with it,” he says.

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LIFESTYLE | Interior Thinking

Southern Living

BY CATHERINE ROYKA

Tucked away outside booming Birmingham, Alabama, you’ll find the Southern Living Idea House nestled in the Mt. Laurel community, with colorful landscaping and elegant stone steps leading up to the home. Mt. Laurel proves to be the perfect location for the Idea House, with an emphasis on the beautiful outdoors and plentiful green spaces surrounding the homes and community.

Upon walking up the stairs to the 4,130 square-foot cottage style home, you’re welcomed by a wraparound front and side porch - an ideal spot to host a gathering or to enjoy a morning cup of coffee. The house has a foyer, four bedrooms, fourand-a-half bathrooms, roomy front porch, patio, living room, kitchen, dining room and pajama lounge.

DINING ROOM Margaret Kirkland transformed the dining room into an elegant, yet colorful space for guests to dine. Floral drapes line the windows with an orange and white patterned wallpaper highlighting the embroidered chairs. Two matching banquette seats are located separate from the table for guests to enjoy pre-dinner cocktails and conversation.

Kirkland took her inspiration for the dining room from the 1989 March issue with the dramatic drapery and rich orange wall paint. Kirkland wanted to create a dining room that could be elegant and formal, but an inviting dining room to enjoy for every meal.

THE KITCHEN & FAMILY ROOM Say goodbye to the avocado green from the 1970s. Architect Bill Ingram has created a kitchen like no other, with a deep forest green (Evergreens paint by SherwinWilliams), coating the cabinets from wall-towall. Ingram took his inspiration from an edition of Southern Living magazine from 1975 with a kitchen that was covered white with dark green accents, which Ingram brought to light with his fully green kitchen.

The family room also designed by Bill Ingram located off the kitchen offers a very 1970s feel with the drapery ceiling. Just like the kitchen, the deep forest green is repeated in this room, but the neutral drapery and furniture bring a softer look to the room.

LIVING ROOM Designer Mark D. Sikes created a living room space to provide a laidback and comfortable environment for all to enjoy. The neutral tones throughout the room - the furniture, hand painted walls - offer an inviting and clean atmosphere. Sikes used a 1986 issue of a living room for his inspiration with the stacked books, layered rugs and neutrals throughout the room to transform this 2016 living room. The hand painted walls offer a very authentic and unique touch.

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Idea House 2016 For those looking to visit the home, it is sure to impress all visitors, designers and southerners alike. If you are looking for some new design ideas to spruce up your home and are searching for elements from another decade, you will find your design inspiration from the 2016 Southern Living Idea House (if you are dying for wallpaper to make a comeback, you are in luck).

Southern Living chose designers, Ashley Gilbreath, Amy Berry, Mark D. Sikes, Margaret Kirkland and Lauren Liess to take vintage and traditional elements of the time and create a fresh perspective for 2016. Bill Ingram, architect of the home also designed a couple of the rooms and has previously worked with Southern Living for other design projects.

Celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year, the Southern Living magazine team had the task to create an Idea House that was like no other they had designed, constructed or created before. Southern Living asked five southern designers to transform various rooms in the home, but with one caveat. The rooms needed some design inspiration from the past. Their inspiration? Flipping through tear sheets of past Southern Living issues from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.

Each room showcases the unique talent of each designer and is an ode to the classic southern and vibrant designs from the last few decades. Below are short profiles of some of the rooms these designers transformed to offer a new perspective and a twist on the traditional designs from the past and where they received their inspiration.

MASTER BEDROOM & BATHROOM Lauren Liess designed the master bedroom and bathroom located on the first floor of the home.

The bedroom proves to be a tranquil space to retire at the end of the day with soft colors, muted patterns and different textures. The variety of textures such as the Hemp Burlap wallpaper in Palm

by Twenty2 and the patterned canopy covering give a lively touch to the room. Liess brought neutral elements that add warmth and a cozy atmosphere to this master bedroom. The master bathroom provides the perfect solution for couples who might not want to share a closet or sink - as there is a separate vanity for each and separate walk-in closet.

Eighteen vintage botanicals are hung above the tub to produce an earthy and natural atmosphere.

FOYER & BEDROOM 3 Walking into the home, there is a wide entry way and foyer. Ashley Gilbreath created a foyer space that made for the perfect division and balance between the vibrant, green kitchen and neutral toned living room space. An ocean painting is hung over a long and roomy table for two lamps, stacked books and plants. Upstairs, Gilbreath designed the third bedroom and used the space to her advantage, by creating two, separate nooks tucked in the room to offer an isolated space. A January 1976 issue provided inspiration for Gilbreath with the mustard accents and built-in cabinetry and space.

PAJAMA LOUNGE Taking American classic designs and fusing with European elements, Amy Berry used these mixed designs to craft a peaceful space. For those seeking solitude and something a little cozy, you will love this pajama lounge. The animal print patterned wall-covering is perfectly muted to provide a fun, yet comfy atmosphere for you and your guests. The couches are nestled in the back of the room with a central “tête-à-tête” seating area. Berry used inspiration from the October 1974 issue, as she repeated the fabric covering the walls and ceiling.

If you have fallen in love with the house after reading this and wishing you could move in, you are unfortunately too late. An offer was made on the home the second day it was open for tours!

The Southern Living headquarters and Southern Living Idea House are located only about three hours south of Middle Tennessee. The Idea House opened in June for tours and will continue to stay open through December 18th this year. To learn more about the Southern Living Idea House and planning your visit to the home, visit southernliving.com.

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LIFESTYLE | From Our House to Yours

The Kellogg CUSTOM DREAM HOME

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREA DAVIS HOLLIE DEESE

When Gallatin-based physicians Michael and Lisa Kellogg decided to build their dream home, there were a few things they needed in the custom house - starting with room for ten people. With four children and two sets of in-laws, having multi-generational living space that appealed to everyone was a top priority.

“Our goal when we first decided to build was we wanted a big, very kid-friendly house where all the kids come, and we definitely are that,” Lisa says of the 10,000 square-foot home they moved into last December. “We wanted to make it a place the kids would remember when they went off to college.”

They turned to Sumner County-based builder Matt Harris of Brian Harris Homes to help execute their ideas. Used to

translating customer’s dream house visions into a reality, they built the house from concept to completion based solely on how the Kelloggs would be using the space.

“This was the first time we built with a custom builder who kind of walked us through the whole process,” she says. “It was amazing. We had such a good time with him, just going through the process of designing and picking things out. It was what we had always wanted, but for the first time, we were putting it all in one place.”

ALL FOR FAMILY Being a house for extended family, it was essential that everyone had their own space to retreat to. Lisa’s father and right-hand man moved from New York into a separate space downstairs, while Mike’s parents have a space upstairs on the same floor as the children.

“My dad is from the Philippines and that’s a part of my culture to have a lot of family around,” says Lisa. “Mike loves that too and I feel like the kids really benefit from it because it’s fun - we have a good time.”

Having a central living space where everyone could come together was imperative, so Harris created an open kitchen/living room/hobby/ dining space that could be the hub of the family.

“The kids are piled on top of the couches in the living room off the kitchen and that’s what I envisioned,” Kellogg says. “I love to cook, so whenever I’m cooking, the kids are doing homework at the bar or the desk in the kitchen and then we just kind of move everything right over to that dining room that’s connected for dinner. It’s really nice.”

Organizing the school and sports gear of four children – and all of their friends - required a locker room with ten separate lockers where the kids can hang up everything when walking inside.

A master retreat was also important to the Kelloggs. With four kids and two hectic doctor schedules, a place to turn to that was their own haven was key. Almost its own wing, the entrance is through a set of French doors into a foyer with a morning station, complete with a coffee pot and beverage refrigerator.

It also houses the master bathroom, with a 5’ x 11’ shower with multiple heads, and a master closet with its own washer and dryer tucked inside.

There is even a sitting room with a television and couch, so they can watch the news and sip coffee in the morning, or unwind with a movie and popcorn at night - all without ever having to hit the kitchen.

“We made sure that they had a spot, where they can go and recharge and relax and get away from all the craziness,” Harris says.

“At our last house we had school bags and shoes everywhere,” Kellogg says.

But that doesn’t mean the craziness doesn’t manage to find its way to them.

Creating a space that appealed to their children also included adding a custom-made ping pong table, home theater and swimming pool where they have already put in many hours on family games and tournaments.

Plus, each child has their own bedroom.

“Everyone showers in our master bath and they sleep in various places like our couch, in the bedroom,” Lisa says. “They’ll sleep on the floor of my closet. They are never in their bedrooms but it is fun - it’s like an extended sleepover. And it is everything we always wanted.”

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LIFESTYLE | Keeping Score

BY MORGAN TELLER

As most of us start grumbling about the cold weather and opting out of outside adventures this time of year is when the avid duck hunters are longing for freezing cold weather and itching to be outdoors aiming their guns at the sky. Duck hunting season begins after Thanksgiving and comes to an end in late January.

This Duck Hunting 101 guideline is for those of you who may be interested in taking a shot this season or maybe your honey loves to hunt and you just want to be a little in the know about the sport.

order to create ideal landing spots for waterfowl. Hunters will conceal themselves behind reeds or carefully constructed blinds.

The weather plays a huge part in where the ducks will migrate during the winter. Last year, the southern states were unusually warm during the months of December and January, resulting in a less plentiful migratory population of ducks. However, if the weather is cold enough for them to be around, you still want to take the wind direction into consideration to determine where they will land. Ducks prefer to land into the wind.

Now that you know all of this, I bet you think you can grab a gun and head south for the winter? No! There are still a few rules to the game that you need to know: License. You must have a hunting license for the state that you plan to hunt. In order to hunt waterfowl, you must also buy the federal and state waterfowl stamps.

Success of your duck hunt experiences will largely depend on who you are hunting with, time of day, location and weather. The more people who know what they are doing, the more fun it is.

You want to be with someone who can call the ducks and brings a well-trained water dog to do the retrieving. Early morning hunts are normally more bounteous; however, you have to wake up at gosh awful hours to put on your waders, get your gear ready and mentally prepare for the cold. If you are not willing to wake up well before the crack of dawn, the late afternoon is the next best time of day. For the not so serious hunters, this is the time to go because you might enjoy an adult beverage and a more sociable occasion.

The deep south has some of the best hunting land with its agricultural fields, flooded timber, marshes, sloughs and wooded streams and rivers. Many farmers will flood their crop fields in 50 YOURSUMNER.COM |NOVEMBER 2016

Limits. There is a limit of six ducks that you can kill per day. There are very strict rules regarding the type of ducks and volume for each to legally harvest. The most sought after duck is the Drake Mallard, commonly known as the “greenhead.� This species has a limit of four per day. If you shoot your limit, you are done for the day.

Duck Calls and Decoys. During the first half of the season, using duck calls and decoys are more beneficial than in the latter half of the season. The reason is that when the ducks are migrating they are in large groups and want to land where they think there are ducks already. By the end of the season, the ducks are smarter, having seen every decoy from Canada to Mississippi and hearing just about every duck call. Also, ducks start pairing up to mate and do not travel in big groups as much.

To sum up, in order to achieve the ultimate waterfowl hunting experience, you need to look into the best locations in the south to hunt waterfowl, take a friend who knows what to do and hope the weather is in your favor.

SOCIAL | Gallatin Chamber of Commerce 95th Anniversary Member Celebration Story & Photography by Melissa DelRossi The Gallatin Chamber of Commerce celebrated their 95th Anniversary Member Celebration at The Palace Theater in Gallatin. Guests were greeted down a red carpet, kicking off the celebration with cocktails, live music and a variety of gifts displayed for auction. Special guests included the Mayor of Gallatin, Paige Brown and State Representative, William Lamberth. The Palace Theater, a historical landmark, is home to many community events and shows. To learn more about The Palace Theater, visit downtowngallatin. com/palace-theatre. For more information on the Gallatin Chamber of Commerce and their members, visit gallatintn.org.

Zena Parks, Kit Sinyard, Kathryn Kisner, Kim Baker, Debby Haddock, Emily Sample & Jazmin Mercer

Paige Brown & Adam Clark Sean Gonzalez, Austin Hawkins, Mica Williams & Cole Carlson

Eric, Jessica & Jayden Howard

Cason Newton & Paige Brown

Terri Weaver, William Lamberth & Jazmin Mercer

Kelly Hiam & Jillian Garnett

Randall Scott Peterson

Ronnie, Rylan & Michelle Price

Jason Duncon, Kenny Brown & George Phillips

Deb Daugherty & Patricia Brown

T.J. & Brittany Yates

Allen & AliceAnne Parks, Terri Weaver

Lee-Ann Whitaker, David Mueller & Carol Garner

Shannon Jackson, Lindsay McMillan & Jennifer Flanagan

Cathy & H.D. Wheeler

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BUSINESS | Ribbon Cuttings

Ribbon Cuttings Congratulations to these new Sumner County businesses and Chamber members!

Place for Animals 905 Mallard Drive Gallatin, TN

Angie Davenport Counseling 118 Public Square Gallatin, TN

Cumberland Endodontics 1528 Hunt Club Boulevard, Suite 410 Gallatin, TN

Gallatin Smiles Dentistry 923 Nashville Park, Suite A Gallatin, TN

Stewart Chiropractic Center 326 New Shackle Island Road Hendersonville, TN

Freedom Church 1010 Freedom Church Road Gallatin, TN

Southern Lovin Boutique 118 W Main Street Gallatin, TN

SOCIAL | Pumpkin Patch Festival Story & Photography by Erica Brown The Streets of Indian Lake hosted the Pumpkin Patch Festival for the community to get ready for the fall season. The festival featured a dance-off, face painting, games, inflatables, craft vendors and a magic show.

Visitors could also pick pumpkins to carve at home or paint at the event. Local food vendors were also on hand for lunch. To find more information about the event, visit streetsofindianlake.com.

Anne Claire Hartly & Phaedra Xie Meredith Frederick, Tristan & Aiden Williams Lindy, Braydon & Mayleigh Rench Audri Rose &Lillie Mae

Chloe & Ashley Limbaugh

Rachel & Lilly Blackwell

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Mackenzie Parker, Melissa Washington, Anniston Wilson & Nehemiah Kirkham

Natilie, Dawnson & Davin Permada

Sandra, Evelyn & Berkley Graves

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TRISTAR HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER WELCOMES NEW PEDIATRICIAN TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center is pleased to welcome Sarah Mian, MD, pediatrician, to the community. She received her medical degree from Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenview, NC and completed her pediatric residency from the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Dr. Mian plans to craft health outreach initiatives in Sumner County, promoting prevention and education. She is fluent in Spanish and has experience in immigrant health volunteering abroad at rural health clinics in Central and South America. She is now accepting new patients at the Hendersonville Children’s Clinic located at 262 New Shackle Island Rd., Suite 203 in Hendersonville and Portland Children’s Clinic at 103 Redbud Drive, Suite A in Portland. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call TriStar MedLine® at 615-342-1919.

AARON ARMSTRONG NAMED OPERATING PRINCIPAL FOR KELLER WILLIAMS IN MT. JULIET AND HENDERSONVILLE

Aaron Armstrong has been appointed by the board members and approved by Keller Williams Realty International to serve as the operating principal for the Keller Williams Realty market centers in Mt. Juliet and Hendersonville.

Armstrong will set the vision for the brokerage, providing guidance to market centers’ leadership as they execute Keller Williams’ industryunique business format and operating model. Keller Williams Realty is the largest real estate company in the world with more than 139,000 associates in more than 790 market centers across the globe. Locally, Keller Williams Mt. Juliet and Hendersonville combined have more than 225 agents, selling more than $485 million in real estate during the past twelve months. Go to mtjuliet.yourkwoffice.com or hendersonville.yourkwoffice.com for more information.

WHITE HOUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM WINS CONTEST The White House Middle School Gear Heads recently captured first place at the Brentwood Academy VEX Robotics Fall Invitational. Made up of students in grades 5-8, the team is in its first year of competition and the Brentwood invitational served as the team’s first contest. The Gear Heads entered two robots in the competition, but Team A began ranked 30th of 31 teams in the field before moving up to 21st during qualifying rounds. The team impressed the top-ranked team along the way and was selected as the third team in the top alliance. Because of their efforts, the Gear Heads helped the alliance secure first place overall. With the win, the White House Gear Heads move on to the Tennessee state VEX tournament, to be held March 3-4 at Brentwood Academy.

White House Gear Heads also won second in the team costume competition. To learn more about the team, search White House Robotics on Facebook. Anyone interested in supporting the team can visit gofundme.com/WHGearheads.

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SUMNER COUNTY’S

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

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There is tremendous growth and economic development going on in Sumner County. We are fortunate that local businesses have numerous area Chambers of Commerce dedicated to connecting them with their customers and community, creating a synergy that translates into great places to live, work and play. In this issue featuring Business in Sumner County, we introduce you to all of the Chambers working every day to grow business in our amazing community.

GALLATIN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YEAR CHAMBER LAUNCHED: 1921 • DIRECTOR AND CEO: KIM BAKER Kim Baker, has proudly called Gallatin home for sixteen years and loves the community she is a part of. “It’s exciting to help our local community and economy grow as well as celebrating success with both big and small businesses and organizations,” Baker says.

The Chamber assists the local community in countless ways that people may not be aware of. “Annually, we host six of the major Gallatin community events, which provide an opportunity for our members to be showcased, while creating a sense of place and community for our residents and visitors,” she says. “We are determined to be the primary resource for businesses and the catalyst for community development by offering weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly events and programs,” Baker says.

The Chamber works with businesses to help them better display who they are and what they do, with services through Chamber

events, referrals, online directory and annual print City Guide and Business Directory publication.

The Gallatin area has a multitude of assets to offer to residents and businesses.

Gallatin has become a destination for families and businesses alike for the multitude of activities and attractions for all. “We boast a number of amenities that make Gallatin a draw and a destination,” Baker says. “In the 37066 zip code, we serve as the county seat, offer lakeside, countryside and suburban living and have beautiful parks and greenways. The ease and proximity to a metropolitan city is of great appeal as well as our historic downtown and hometown feel.” This year the Chamber held their third annual Gallatin Shamrock Run, a 5K and 10K that allow them to raise funds for the Gallatin Chamber Foundation. They distributed $10,000 in

grants to local educators in Gallatin K-12 public schools. Looking ahead to 2017, Kim believes there is a lot in store to continue to help the area grow. “Be on the lookout for a new, restructured organization for young professionals, GET: Gallatin Emerging Talent,” Baker states. “A place for young talent, entrepreneurs and our emerging workforce to make connections, share ideas, and grow together. In the New Year we will also be addressing bigger issues, adding panels, and more notable names. As always, designed for members but relative and open to the public.”

GOODLETTSVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YEAR CHAMBER LAUNCHED: 1961 • PRESIDENT AND CEO: KIMBERLY LYNN Kimberly Lynn thinks of the Chamber as the “Google” of the community. “When people don’t know who else to call, they call us,” Lynn says. “That is the number one thing that was a surprise to me when I came to the Chamber as a staff member. I had no idea people call us for everything. We might not know the answer but we know who to get the answer from and we are going to help them find a solution.” Not only is the Chamber a powerful resource center, but they are the essential place for businesses and the community 54 YOURSUMNER.COM |NOVEMBER 2016

to connect with one another and grow together.

This convenient location for businesses and the community is ideal – with downtown Nashville only fifteen minutes away by 65 for those that commute to the metropolitan area as well as a variety of great schools in the area. The Goodlettsville Chamber relies on building relationships to continue the growth in the city. “We are all about relationships and it’s not necessarily our relationships with people, but helping others create relationships,” says Lynn.

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HENDERSONVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YEAR CHAMBER LAUNCHED: 1970 PRESIDENT AND CEO: KATHLEEN HAWKINS Kathleen Hawkins has always been passionate about strengthening the community and brings that passion to her daily work by helping businesses in the Hendersonville community reach their full potential.

“It is an exciting time in Tennessee with the amount of businesses relocating here and the businesses expanding,” Hawkins says. “It is no accident that some of the most impressive brands are located in this great state! If I can help a company develop a new business, encourage existing businesses and increase revenue potential, it is my goal to serve them so their industry thrives. I consider it an honor to be a part of this growth.”

Working with the Chamber, there are many “hats” worn by all staff that contribute to its success. They are involved in countless projects to market and showcase to other businesses and families all Hendersonville has to offer. “Our Chamber works tirelessly to plan events that will support businesses and engage the community. Our Chamber Foundation is the non-profit arm of the Chamber whose mission is to provide educational resources to the community.”

“Hendersonville is a great place to live, work and play,” Hawkins says. “Our state and local tax burdens are among the lowest in the country and we have a pro-business regulatory environment. It is an excellent place to open and grow a business because we have top rated schools, fabulous parks and lots of restaurants and shopping.”

Plus, Hendersonville has received national recognition because of the overall happiness and quality of life in the area. Family Circle named Hendersonville one of the Top 10 Towns in America for Families and one of the Top 100 Best Places to live by CNN Money.

The loyalty, commitment and passion from the staff, Board of Directors and members have become a bigger part of Hawkins life.

“The commitment to the mission, goals, values and objectives stay strong,” Hawkins says of her Chamber team. “I am honored to be welcomed, encouraged and invited to be a part of the voyage. I look forward to the many years to come.”

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PORTLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YEAR CHAMBER LAUNCHED: 1962 • PRESIDENT AND CEO: SHERRI FERGUSON Connecting and engaging with people in the community has always been important to Sherri Ferguson.

“I want to be part of building our community,” Ferguson states. “We are involved in education, tourism, workforce development, economic development and community projects.” The Portland Chamber of Commerce has continuously been involved in helping schools in the area grow and prosper, but these activities can’t be done without the help of the businesses, which are the backbone to the Chamber achieving all their goals. Each year, they host the Back to School Bash where they provide Portland students with backpacks and school supplies. “The only reason the

Chamber is able to do the things we do is because of the strong support from the businesses,” Ferguson states.

Portland provides a high quality of life for its residents with a small town feel, wide range of activities and close proximity to downtown Nashville. Portland is also continuing to add a wide range of housing opportunities and amenities to prepare for the growth of the city. “Portland leaders are preparing the community for the future that they want to see,” she says. “The city of Portland is investing now in plans and strategies that will position the city to take full advantage of the growth that is coming their way. This progressive approach will ensure that Portland sees the types of quality growth that the community and Portland leaders want to see and provide the strong foundation for future private and public sector investments.”

The Chamber has accomplished numerous goals this year, but the one they are most satisfied with is providing adequate and essential training to their members. “We have offered five different topics with the last topic ‘Active Shooter Training’ to be held this month,” Ferguson says. With the continuously growing community in Portland, Ferguson believes there is a lot in store with a great focus in 2017 to market their city. With all Portland has to offer its Chamber members and the community, she hopes others see it too. “We are such a part of the community and I hope that everyone realizes how much the businesses contribute to make our community a better place to live, work and play.”

WESTMORELAND AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YEAR CHAMBER LAUNCHED: 1993 • PRESIDENT JAMIE THOMPSON ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DAVID HARRISON AND TREASURER JUDY WOODWARD Westmoreland is a place people are proud to call home. Judy Woodward, Treasurer of the Westmoreland Area Chamber of Commerce has lived in the area her entire life. She became involved with the Chamber because she wanted to see Westmoreland grow and be a place that all citizens are proud to call home too. She hopes it will be a destination where people want to live, work and raise families.

“We have a great group of people working in the Chamber and can always use the help of many more. I encourage anyone that is wanting to help Westmoreland grow to get involved with the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce,” Woodward says.

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visitors to Westmoreland in hopes they will shop at some of our local businesses as well as learn something about Westmoreland they didn’t know,” says David Harrison, Administrative Assistant at the Chamber. Some of the events include Freedom Fest, Car and Truck Show, TrunkOr-Treat, the Christmas Parade and the Owen Bradley Music Festival. The Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce prides itself on all the amenities and activities offered to residents. This year, the Board of Directors paid off a personal loan taken to build a concession stand in Ricky Woodard Community Park to better facilitate community events. For 2017, the community can expect to see the Owen Bradley Music Festival at the end of April, instead of the fall and new upcoming events to look forward to.

WHITE HOUSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YEAR CHAMBER LAUNCHED: 1984 • PRESIDENT: MARK REID Creating a strong relationship between businesses, customers and the community is crucial for the area to prosper, believes Mark Reid. One way the White House Chamber strives to do this is through organizing numerous events offered throughout the year to showcase businesses in the community and build a relationship between the two. “We have events throughout the year that allow businesses and the community to come together like, Discover White House, 4th of July Americana, Women of White House and Jingle Mingle,” says Reid.

Since the area is rapidly growing, Reid is always looking for ways to connect and help businesses start in the area. “We are constantly looking for ways to make doing business in the White House area easier

with more options and for the businesses that consider coming here, realize they now have to be here to be a part of the wonderful things we are doing here now,” says Reid.

This year, the Chamber launched a new program called Lunch and Learn. At Lunch and Learn, speakers discuss various topics that affect the community as well as ways to increase business. The Lunch and Learn series will continue into the New Year. This is also the second year Jingle Mingle will be held, an evening event to kick off the holiday shopping season. New to 2017, will be a new Chamber website that will better organize the site and make navigation easier for businesses. “We will launch our new website finditinwhitehouse.com,” says Reid. “It will allow each Chamber member

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FEATURE | The Business of Sumner County

SUMNER’S TOP EMPLOYERS

BY HOLLIE DEESE

Who needs the commute when there are so many great jobs right here in Sumner County? The following businesses are the top five employers of workers within the county, alone employing nearly 8,000 workers locally, based on a recent report from the Nashville Business Journal.

Looking for a job yourself? All of them are currently hiring.

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SUMNER COUNTY GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SCHOOLS 355 N. BELVEDERE DRIVE, GALLATIN 615.442.1160 2015 TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 4,307 From teachers to custodians, coaches to counselors, the local school district and government services make up the largest employer in the county - no surprise considering there are nearly thirty elementary schools alone. Thousands of people spend their workdays in Sumner, boosting the community and supporting restaurants and retailers, all from this employer.

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UNIPRES USA INC. 201 KIRBY DRIVE, PORTLAND 615.325.7311 2015 TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 975

Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Gallatin has been providing quality healthcare to Sumner County and the surrounding areas for more than fifty years. Since opening in 1959 as Sumner County Memorial Hospital, SRMC has grown from a facility with fifty employees and seven physicians, to a comprehensive 155-bed acute care hospital with more than 1,000 employees and 300 physicians.

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GAP INC. 100 GAP BOULEVARD, GALLATIN 615.230.2320 2015 TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 750

With offices and plants in Europe, Asia, Japan and the Americas, UniPres has a presence globally.

Locally, the UniPres North America regional headquarters in Portland contributes to the company’s goal of pushing the limits of press technology - for instance, achieving light car body weight while maintaining safety - handling everything from design and development, to production and distribution as one of the world’s leading stamping companies.

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SUMNER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 555 HARTSVILLE PIKE, GALLATIN 615.328.8888 2015 TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 1,070

Located in Sumner County for nearly twenty years, Gap Inc. operates more than 2.8 million square feet of distribution space in three warehouses in Gallatin, making the local center one of the company’s largest distribution facilities. Earlier this year, Gap Inc. announced it is expanding operations in Gallatin further by creating more than 100 new jobs and investing $3.1 million over the next five years to technology upgrades at the Gallatin campus as the company expands its online fulfillment capabilities.

VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1480 NASHVILLE PIKE, GALLATIN 615.230.3204 2015 TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 712

The public two-year school just began its 45th year this fall, and Volunteer State Community College has experienced significant growth in enrollment, curricula, staff, programs, public service and facilities since its 1971 inception. The main campus in Gallatin now comprises seventeen buildings and many off-campus operations extend the school’s reach and public service role throughout the area.

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BUSINESS | We’re In the Money

WORKING IN GALLATIN, TN This month, I decided to deviate from the normal financial talk in my column, and simply talk about Gallatin, and what it’s like to work and live in Sumner County.

When Paul Winkler Inc. decided to expand in 2014, we looked at several areas, but one stood out from the rest.

It became clear to us that Gallatin was a perfect choice and we decided to open our office right off the Square on North Water Avenue in the spring of 2015. It’s been a wonderful choice. If you live in Sumner County and haven’t walked the Gallatin Square recently, you are really missing out.

It’s vibrant! The Square has a lot to offer - professional businesses, boutique stores and restaurants to name a few. Not to mention all of the events that take place - the Street Festival, live music venues, community movie nights, fun run fundraisers and much more. In fact, on Halloween, the Square was crawling with miniature sized ghosts and goblins from around 10am -2pm. I think the business owners enjoyed it more than the kiddos!

I grew up in Smyrna, TN, so the small town feel is nothing new for me. I actually prefer it to the everyday “hustle and bustle” of the big city and working in Gallatin has been great for my family and me. In the day of big box stores, the city of Gallatin has been able to maintain its small town feel with an emphasis on local business. Just in the year and a half, our office has been on the Square, we have seen a lot of commerce come in to revitalize the environment and I am really proud that we are part of that. We invite you to come check us out on the Square and see what we have to offer.

If you have any financial questions at all, feel free to give our Gallatin office a call at 615-461-8653, or check us out at paulwinkler.net. We can set up a free initial consultation to determine if our office can help you with your current situation.

You can also tune into our radio show on WTN 99.7 FM every Saturday from 3pm - 6pm.

Until next month, Jonathan

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LIFESTYLE | A Little Something Extra

BEING THE ELECTION DAY EXAMPLE

BY ANNIE OSTEEN

People are talking about it; it’s on the news; it’s on social media and one certainly can’t go anywhere without coming face-to-face with it - the Presidential Election.

involved and by the time you get to your fifth sentence about how it all transpires in Washington, they’ve lost interest and are asking to turn on Disney Jr instead.

Every four years, the citizens of the United States are challenged to a decision. It’s a right that each one of us has once we celebrate our 18th birthday. Some people take the privilege seriously, while others allow Election Day to come and go just as any other day.

Regardless of where we stand with our own thoughts about the election and who we may feel inclined to vote for, how are we educating our children about the election in general? Are we becoming a culture of skipping this valuable lesson with our kids to move on to more “important” topics like The Voice or Dancing with the Stars?

So what should we teach our children about the election that won’t necessarily be covered in the textbooks? For starters, we, as parents, can lead by example. What does that mean?

It implies that regardless of how we may feel about a particular candidate(s), we can keep ourselves in check when someone openly disagrees with our opinions, beliefs or worse yet… our candidate.

As a parent, one of our fundamental roles is to educate our children in the areas that schools may or may not thoroughly cover. And while there may be some time spent in the classroom on how the election process works, it’s always going to circle back to the parent(s) to retrieve the questions left unanswered.

The process to become the President of the most powerful country on Earth requires only the following credentials­- one needs to be a “natural born” citizen, at least 35-yearsold and have been a resident for 14 years.

Most often, the men and women that generally run for president have a mile-long resume of political accomplishments and aspirations. Those seeking the Oval Office commonly have professions of Governor, Senator or Military General. Many candidates regard these titles as an appropriate foundation to seek the highest office in our country. What comes after that is the tricky part. Explaining all of this to a child, based on their age and attention span, can be rather 60 YOURSUMNER.COM |NOVEMBER 2016

Showing our children that you can still be friends with somebody even if their views and opinions are different, is a powerful, influential approach to education.

I’ll be the first to admit that when it’s come to this upcoming election, I’ve gotten into a few, heated debates. Many of us have friends (and family) that share the same feelings and preferences as we do, and then we have some that simply don’t. And that’s okay. Showing our children that you can still be friends with somebody even if their views and opinions are different is a powerful, influential approach to education. If I remember correctly, that’s what makes America such an extraordinary country - having the ability to exhibit separate ideologies and still be considered an American.

Talking about the election is another way we can teach our children. It’s the similar premise of talking to your children about

the “hard topics” before they hear about them from their friends at school. If conversations are had about the election or the individual candidates at the dinner table or in the car on the way to soccer practice, it’s still communication that children will eventually value as they get older and begin to formulate their own thoughts and beliefs.

Of course, as parents, we would love for our children to never disagree with us on anything but that’ll never come to pass. As they mature, so will their minds, thus leading them to find themselves on one side of the ballot or the other. And that, too, is okay.

Finally, getting children involved in the election is a hands-on way to educating them with the election process. Since the presidential election is at the finish line, it’s not necessarily feasible to significantly explore that endeavor with your children but getting them involved with local elections can be a proactive way to expose kids of all ages to how elections work, how opinions may vary (even when they may not be agreed with) and how talking about the progression in which things occur is important.

Even though many children will get sleepy when it comes to the description and nature of certain practices of the election such as the Electoral College, they’ll be wide-eyed when it comes to surveying a parent’s response to the differing viewpoint of someone else.

Leading by example is essential not only in the election process in general, but also as a parent. The original significance behind what an election is, is revealing to our children that this country was founded on the basic premise that it’s okay to have different views, different opinions and still not being seen as anything other than American.

COMMUNITY | Your Education

SUMNER ACT SCORES RISE FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR

BY HOLLIE DEESE

It’s officially a trend - for the third year in a row, Sumner County students have posted an improvement on their composite ACT scores over the previous year, continuing to stay ahead of the state average.

In 2015-2016 the average ACT composite score of Sumner County high school students increased from 20.4 to 20.8, the highest ACT composite score posted in the county since 2009. That was the year when Tennessee began requiring all students to take the ACT assessment regardless of their plans after high school. That year, Sumner County students scored a 21.1 composite score.

Tennessee is one of only thirteen states to require all high school students to take the ACT. Sumner County’s composite score tops the state’s composite score of 19.4. The highest ACT score possible is 36.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS In addition to the ACT gains, Sumner County students also improved in all four college-ready benchmarks, boosting their overall readiness average by two percent.

According to ACT.org, the benchmark score is the minimum score needed on an ACT subjectarea test to indicate a fifty percent chance of a student earning a B or higher or a seventy-five percent chance of obtaining a C or higher in the corresponding college course.

“I am extremely proud of the hard work our teachers and students have put in to make this improvement happen,” said Jennifer Brown, Deputy Director of Schools, in a press release. “A student’s ACT score is a reflection of the impact of all of our teachers, kindergarten through high school. It is also a reflection of our students, their desire to work hard and the influence of their parents.”

The school with the county’s highest ACT composite was Merrol Hyde Magnet with 28.5, while Beech High School had the biggest gain, earning a composite 21.6 over last year’s 20.4. Other high scores came from Middle College High School at Vol State with 24.6 and Hendersonville High School’s highest score in five years, 22.2.

“I’m extremely proud of all of our results this year,” said Sumner County Director of Schools Del Phillips in a release. “We have several schools that have posted unbelievable gains. I think this is a testament to the extremely hard work of our teachers, principals and students to meet the high bar that was set for them.”

“Performance on the ACT Assessment is a game changer for our students. It determines whether or not students get into college, if they have to take remedial classes, whether or not they get scholarships, and how much those scholarships are,” said Brown. “Those are the reasons we have maintained an intentional focus on ACT preparation the last four years. We now have ACT preparation courses in all of our high schools, and the district has made available to all students an online ACT preparation course that students can access from anywhere 24 hours, seven days a week.”

Brown also attributed the boost in ACT scores to the increased number of students taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses and honor courses.

Compared to the 2013-2014 school year, 315 more students took an AP course in school year 20152016. And currently students in Sumner County are taking 1,204 more AP courses than were taken in 2013-2014.

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COMMUNITY | Your Kids

BY GINGER JONES

We can’t escape technology. Children are picking up our phones and iPads at incredibly young ages and we should take advantage of their interest in them to get them to learn! Apps can be an amazing tool for learning and when they’re fun, your kids won’t mind using their screen time to play and learn! Here are a handful that I personally love.

GOOD APPS FOR CHILDREN

STACK THE STATES This one is great for geography.

As your child learns state shapes, capitals and abbreviations, they will build a stack of cartoonish states to reach the finish line and pass to the next level, eventually creating a full map of the United States. Children can tap the location of selected states to complete the whole country, slide states around to put them together like a puzzle, or match states with their capitals in five fast-paced bonus games. (ages 9 to 11 $1.99; iTunes App Store, PlayStore).

HEADS UP KIDS From animals to actions to items around the house, give clues to help your teammate guess the picture that’s on your head before the time runs out. This game is great for expanding vocabulary and describing skills and deductive reasoning. ($.99, iTunes App Store).

HABITAT THE GAME Your little one will learn to love and care for the environment with Habitat the Game. Players adopt a virtual polar bear and must complete real-world actions — such as turning lights off and conserving water — to keep the creature healthy.

Little ones will take pride in making an actual difference in the world with these exciting games.

(4 years+, free; iTunes App Store, PlayStore).

MY PLAY HOME Imagine a dollhouse where your child can use everything - even the closets, TV and shower.

Children love this one because it is so interactive.

You can really up the learning factor on this one by telling your child what to do with the characters and have them follow directions. ($3.99, iTunes App Store).

DEXTERIA DOTS 2 Your child will have a blast practicing math and improving his fine motor skills with Dexteria Dots 2. Each dot represents a number and players must combine and divide them to solve each problem. The simple-to-use app features bright colors and goofy animations that adults can enjoy too. (6 years+, $3; iTunes App Store).

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FISH SCHOOL HD This one does everything! Colorful fish teach your preschooler their letters, numbers, shapes and colors in an under-the-sea world. (ages 2 to 5, $1.99; iTunes App Store).

It is important for me to share that apps (and TV shows, toys and DVDs) claim to be educational when really they are not.

I would encourage parents to look at the function and content of apps and ask the question, “is this learning or entertainment?”

Everyone enjoys and needs entertainment, but we also need to challenge and grow our minds and our children’s.

You can be sure that if you are sitting and playing with your child, they are going to learn so much, whether you’re playing a game on an iPad or working on a more classic board game.

SOCIAL | Hendersonville Family Festival Sponsored Event

Story & Photography by Erica Brown The Hendersonville Senior Center hosted a family festival to help raise funds and awareness for their senior center.

The event featured local business booths, food vendors, live entertainment and a yard and book sale. Guests could also view antique cars that were brought by the Hendersonville Cruise In coordinators. For more information, contact the Hendersonville Senior Center in Hendersonville.

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LIFESTYLE | Arts & Culture

Holiday Happenings

BY CATHERINE ROYKA

As the holiday season approaches, the shopping list begins to loom over us and the preparation for family and guests arriving at our home can be daunting.

Hold off on the errands and endless to do list, check your calendar and enjoy quality time with family and friends at some of these delightful holiday performances and events happening around the community.

Sumner County APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS DINNER NOVEMBER 14 & 15 Hosted at Rock Castle Historic Site, forty special guests each night will feast on a traditional Appalachian dinner complete with moonshine, wine and stack cake. An acclaimed storyteller will share tales and live music from bluegrass musicians will complete the evening. For more information on other HolidayFest events, visit holidayfest.org.

FOREVER PLAID: PLAID TIDINGS NOVEMBER 25 – DECEMBER 11 The Hendersonville Performing Arts Center cast and crew are presenting a brand-new show this season, Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, filled with Christmas standards that have all been “Plaid-erized.” At first Francis, Jinx, Smudge and Sparky aren’t sure why they’ve returned to Earth for another holiday performance, but a phone call from Rosemary Clooney informs them that they’re needed to put a little harmony into a discordant world. Sprinkled among the Christmas offerings are audience favorites like a version of The Ed Sullivan Show - this time featuring the Rockettes, the Chipmunks and The Vienna Boys Choir and a Plaid Caribbean Christmas. For more information on tickets and performance times, visit hpactn.com.

TUBA CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 6 For one night only, enjoy the 43rd Annual Tuba Christmas at First Baptist Church in Gallatin. Delight in the holiday sounds of Christmas as professional tuba and euphonium players perform tunes to dive right into the holiday season. It will be a memorable experience for all ages. For more information, visit tubachristmas.com.

BELL RINGERS CONCERT DECEMBER 8 Enjoy an evening of enchantment with the holiday sounds of Nashville’s premier community hand-bell ensemble, Music City Bronze, at The Palace Theater in Gallatin. You’ll also have the unique opportunity to ask questions of the performers during the interactive portion of the show. To learn more about Music City Bronze and their performance, visit musiccitybronze.org.

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HOLIDAY LIGHTS AT CHEEKWOOD GARDENS NOVEMBER 25 – JANUARY 1

CHRISTMAS BOAT PARADE DECEMBER 9 “Decks the Hulls” with Sumner County for their Christmas Boat Parade. This spectacular event is perfect for all ages and attracts thousands of boats and spectators at Old Hickory Lake. Proceeds raised at the event benefit Mary’s Magical Place, a playground to be designed and created where people can gather and play regardless of abilities to enhance the quality of life for those in Hendersonville, Sumner County and Middle Tennessee.

For additional information, visit holidayfest.org.

WINTER WONDERETTES DECEMBER 17-19 Actors Point Theater brings a new family tradition to the Sumner County area with this year’s production of the Winter Wonderettes. The seasonal celebration finds the four Wonderettes entertaining the annual Harper’s Hardware Holiday Party when Santa ends up missing. The girls use their talent and creativity to save the holiday party. Holiday classics will be featured such as, “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Run, Rudolph, Run.” Visit actorspointtheater.com for tickets and performance times.

Davidson County LOOKIN: A CHRISTMAS STORY NOVEMBER 15 Have you ever wanted to see the private world behind rehearsals before the curtain goes up on opening day? Save the date for this behind-the-scenes look at what happens before the cast and crew members take the stage for the audience. A LookIn: A Christmas Story will provide a unique look in to the creative process of the director, set designer and costume designer and how they are shaped in the rehearsal process to gear up for opening day. Oh, did we mention it’s free! Plan to see A Christmas Story November 25th - December 21st as the show returns for an 8th consecutive year. For information on how to RSVP for this event or tickets for A Christmas Story, visit tpac.org.

See over one million twinkling lights spread across Cheekwood Gardens as they brighten the holiday season for another year.

Take a stroll through the mile-long walking path throughout the gardens to see the entire location lit up for the holidays. After viewing the lights visit reindeer, listen to holiday carolers, get warm and cozy by the fire for s’mores and attend a gingerbread house workshop. For tickets and more information, visit cheekwood.org.

COUNTRY CHRISTMAS NOVEMBER 11 – JANUARY 1 The Gaylord will be gleaming and dazzling for visitors starting November 11th for their annual Country Christmas celebration.

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas is back in Nashville to welcome the Christmas season and bring the whimsical world of Whoville alive to the stage. This record-setting Broadway sensation is a holiday performance you and your family won’t want to miss. For ticket information, visit getgaylordtickets.com.

NASHVILLE’S NUTCRACKER DECEMBER 3– 23 The holiday season won’t be in full swing until you’ve seen the Nashville Ballet perform Nashville’s Nutcracker. This ballet offers a twist – it weaves together Nashville’s vibrant history with a beloved tale for the holiday season. Discover this magical performance at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Visit nashvilleballet.com for tickets and more information.

THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER NOVEMBER 25 If you’re looking for an upbeat performance and a twist on a classic, mark your calendars for the one night showing of The Hip Hop Nutcracker at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. This holiday mash-up is back for their second national tour to provide a contemporary re-imagination of Tchaikovsky’s timeless music.

Through the spells cast by the mysterious Drosselmeyer, Maria-Clara and her Nutcracker prince travel back in time to the moment when her parents first meet in a nightclub. Digital scenery transforms this story of a palace of sugarplums into a romance set in 1980s Brooklyn.

For more information, visit tpac.org.

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DID YOU KNOW? LET’S TALK TURKEY! The Guinness Book of Records states that the greatest dressed weight recorded for a turkey is 39.09 kg (86 lbs), at the annual “heaviest turkey” competition held in London, England on December 12, 1989.

Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States, but it was Thomas Jefferson who opposed him. It is believed that Franklin then named the male turkey as ‘tom’ to spite Jefferson.

The wishbone is a tradition of Thanksgiving.

Two people grasp each end of the wishbone and after making a silent wish, they pull it away.

Whoever gets the joint portion, gets their wish.

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TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank. In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving - by 26 TONS! Some industrious soul came up with a brilliant plan: Why not slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side?

Thus, the first TV dinner was born!

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