May 2026

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign. [00:00:17] Speaker B: Good morning and welcome to the Cannon County Chamber Connection. And of course, this is our May edition. And we want to thank DTC for sponsoring this. And it's a great benefit to our activities in Cannon county. As well as many of our businesses, our schools and everything. And we do appreciate it. We are getting a little bit of that rain that we need. And we do need it, because my grass was dying. I am Carolyn Motley, and this is Keith Reddy. And we will be your host today, as usual, for this show. And before I go on with anything else, I would like to give some special attention to one of our businesses who has been in business. And it's a family owned business in Cannon County. Paul Reed Furniture. He's been in business for 76 years. And I gotta say, that's a record for most businesses. It is. So we want to congratulate them and wish them well. And I hope they're here for another 76 years. We do have some guests with us today. And we always welcome new Chamber members. And we have with us today two ladies that are running a new flower shop. We have Tina and Kim, and Tina Graves and Kim Fan. And they're going to talk a little bit about their business, where it's located. And we only have one other flower shop in Woodbury. So there's certainly room for them. And we just want people to go in and see what they have to offer. How's it been going, Kim? [00:02:07] Speaker C: It's actually gone better than we expected for the sun. So we are very pleased. We've gotten a lot more people that we didn't know than we expected. [00:02:21] Speaker B: Right. [00:02:21] Speaker C: So that part's gone really well, too. [00:02:24] Speaker B: Finding out where you are is a lot of it. Because you're not right on the square. You're around the corner from it. [00:02:32] Speaker D: We are. [00:02:32] Speaker C: We're in an old house that has been totally remodeled. [00:02:35] Speaker B: And boy, I mean, it really has. [00:02:38] Speaker C: We're at 109 North Dillon. [00:02:41] Speaker B: Right. And that's just a block off the square. [00:02:43] Speaker C: It's just one street off the square. [00:02:45] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:02:46] Speaker C: Most people probably know where Rodney Young is at. We're right behind him. [00:02:49] Speaker B: Okay, Tina, whose idea was this to start a business? I mean, your family has always been in business. Has several different businesses. [00:03:03] Speaker F: Yeah. So I had a conversation with dad and told him that, you know, I'd really like to open a flower shop. And he said, we'll talk to your sister and see if she wants to do it, too. And so I said, okay. So I called Kim and she was like, yeah, sure. It wasn't very long until we had a house and it was being remodeled, and dad said, there you go. Get started. So that is how we got into the flower shop. It's something that we've always really enjoyed doing. Kim and I both have always loved flowers and arrangements and done all of them. [00:03:37] Speaker B: So you're really very good at it. [00:03:38] Speaker F: Well, thank you. So it was kind of one of those dreams come true. [00:03:41] Speaker G: Yeah. [00:03:42] Speaker B: All right. Okay. Mother's Day is coming up, and that's usually a big flower event for most mothers. Not all mothers, but do you have any specials or anything special? You do, or they can just request what they want? [00:04:02] Speaker F: We have ordered some really unusual vases and things that folks can come in and see just to be a little different, not, you know, something off the. Or out of the ordinary. We've got a. That. That would really be. I guess the main thing. [00:04:21] Speaker G: Would. [00:04:21] Speaker F: Kim, would you think? [00:04:24] Speaker C: Yeah, the. We have a vase that looks like a purse, a glass vase that looks like a purse. It's very unique. All right, so. And some other things, too. We'd really like for people to come in and see what we have. [00:04:39] Speaker B: And you do bows. [00:04:41] Speaker C: We do. [00:04:41] Speaker B: We do those. Because I just had you do a bow for one of our grand openings here in town. And it was great. It was exactly what we needed. And we're proud that you've become a member of the chamber. Thank you. Because our focus is on tourism and on local businesses. And we do ask that everybody shop at home because it benefits everybody in our county when you do that. And we're glad you've opened this up. Is it really what you expected? You didn't know what to expect, did you? [00:05:21] Speaker C: Well, I mean, we've owned businesses before. [00:05:23] Speaker B: Right. [00:05:24] Speaker C: So it. Unfortunately, it kind of worked. [00:05:30] Speaker B: Tell them some of the businesses that your families have been and your family has been involved in. They own several businesses in Ken. [00:05:40] Speaker C: Yes. The flea market, the car wash, the [00:05:44] Speaker F: storage buildings, the drive in livestock. Yeah. [00:05:50] Speaker B: So you're not new to new business, are you? No, ma'. Am. [00:05:54] Speaker F: No old business, as I said. You know, all you had to do was give dad an idea, and he loved it. He liked for you to be busy. [00:06:01] Speaker B: Well, all right. [00:06:03] Speaker G: I'll be contacting you guys or somebody about that drive in movie theater because I got a little idea concept that we're gonna start maybe some second week of July is what I'm looking for as far as the target date is concerned. So, guys, here's our opportunity. We're gonna ask the professionals. Okay. Cause if you're like me, we fail at flowers. We really do. How do you keep flowers going? After you buy a set of roses or carnations or whatever, how do you keep them alive? [00:06:32] Speaker B: Well, they're not gonna last forever, hon. [00:06:35] Speaker G: Well, they better last more than three days. [00:06:38] Speaker A: There are tricks. [00:06:39] Speaker G: Guys have problems with this. [00:06:40] Speaker F: I promise you there are tricks to keeping flowers alive. And when we have customers come in, we always make sure that we share that with them because we want them to enjoy the flowers as long as they possibly can. [00:06:52] Speaker G: So what are some of the tips or is this secret? This is a Kentucky Fried Chicken secret recipe or something. [00:06:59] Speaker B: Put an Alka Seltzer in them. [00:07:04] Speaker G: I am not gonna follow that. Not gonna follow. That does not sound like it's legit. [00:07:10] Speaker B: Well, they're not gonna tell you their secrets. [00:07:12] Speaker F: Okay, but we tell all of our customers. [00:07:14] Speaker E: Exactly. [00:07:14] Speaker C: Soon as you buy some flowers, we'll be glued roses. [00:07:17] Speaker B: Absolutely. [00:07:18] Speaker G: Do you give them a card or do you just tell em. You give em like a little. [00:07:23] Speaker B: Do you need to write it down? [00:07:24] Speaker F: We can. [00:07:24] Speaker G: Okay. Okay. [00:07:26] Speaker B: Is it that detailed, Kim? [00:07:28] Speaker C: No, it really isn't. [00:07:30] Speaker G: It probably has to do with water, but, you know, I've heard that there's. Not that I buy a bu flowers or anything for anything, but I've heard there's like different, you know, plant food that you can give these flowers to, kind of keep them alive. Is that true? [00:07:45] Speaker F: There is some, yes. We actually had a customer that bought his wife flowers for Valentine's Day. And he sent me a picture a month later and said, a lot of these flowers, a lot of these flowers look just as good as the day we bought them. [00:08:00] Speaker G: So do you get a lot of people asking questions like this when you come through? Okay, so I'm not alone. [00:08:05] Speaker H: That's true. [00:08:06] Speaker G: I didn't think I was because I've heard other guys, you know, we're kind of like men group together. [00:08:10] Speaker F: They're not alone. [00:08:11] Speaker G: And. [00:08:11] Speaker F: And it is something that we, like I said, share with our customers because we do want them to enjoy them. Happy customers are repeat customers. [00:08:18] Speaker G: Oh, yeah, of course, of course. [00:08:20] Speaker B: That's a good slogan. You ought to put that on something. You're winding. Well, I've known these girls since they were in. Now I'm going to tell something about my age, but I've known them since they were in grammar school, both of them. In fact, I was probably their substitute teacher on occasion. [00:08:39] Speaker F: Yes, ma'. [00:08:40] Speaker C: Am. [00:08:42] Speaker B: So it's really something that they. I still think of them when I see these young people or these people that were in school when mine were in school. I don't think of mine as being as old as they are. And I've got three retired, so what does that tell you? [00:09:01] Speaker G: Next month, we're going to have a guess how old Carolyn is party. [00:09:05] Speaker B: Don't do that. Some may guess older than what I am, and then I have my feelings hurt, so. But anyway, we want to wish these girls the best. And is there anything else you want to share with us about your shop? [00:09:20] Speaker C: We are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 to 5, Wednesday and Saturday from 9 to 12. [00:09:29] Speaker B: Okay. [00:09:30] Speaker F: And we always have a lot of different arrangements and things made up already already that we love for people to come in and browse. And we are adding more and more as far as gifts are concerned. So, yeah, hopefully we'll. [00:09:45] Speaker B: Yeah, that goes with it. Absolutely goes along with it. [00:09:48] Speaker F: Yes, it definitely does. And we. We want to try to get some things in for, like, birthdays and baby showers and that kind of thing. A lot of people think of FL only for Valentine's Day or for funerals. And it can be for anything. [00:10:02] Speaker B: Well, it can. I love flowers. [00:10:04] Speaker C: There's nothing prettier than a just because bouquet. [00:10:07] Speaker F: Absolutely. [00:10:07] Speaker B: Well, there you are. That's another. Put that on the window, too. [00:10:14] Speaker G: She got a lot of slogans to [00:10:15] Speaker B: put on the window. You need to write these down. Well, ladies, I'm glad. I know that you have left your shop unattended to be at the show today. [00:10:26] Speaker F: Yes, ma'. [00:10:27] Speaker B: Am. But we do wish you luck later on the year. We'll have you back and see how things are going. [00:10:33] Speaker C: Thank you. [00:10:34] Speaker B: All right, well, thank you for being here. Remember, petals and stems, and they are at 109 N Dillon St in Woodbury. Give them your phone number. They probably won't remember it, but you can always call the chamber, and I'll be glad to give it to you. [00:10:52] Speaker C: 615563, stem. [00:10:56] Speaker G: That's easy enough. You need to put that on your window, too. [00:11:00] Speaker B: They may have. [00:11:01] Speaker G: They may have it already. [00:11:02] Speaker B: Yeah, they may already have that. All right, ladies. Well, like I say, thank. [00:11:06] Speaker E: Good luck. [00:11:07] Speaker B: Okay, now our next guest. We have been working with the high school. They have so many programs out there that people are not aware of that I think are so good. And when people talk about the schools, many of them don't know all these different programs that the students can get into and the teachers teach. And we have with us today the health science program, and their leader is Denise Hinkle. And we have two young ladies from the school Chloe Bishop and Tinsel Farrell. And they're going to tell us something about their program at Cannon County High School. Denise, you want to start it off with what exactly do you teach? [00:11:57] Speaker D: Okay, so I teach health science, which basically is the first class you would take to go into anything in the health science field. It's predominantly ninth graders, but if you change your career path, you can take it as a 10th grader or older. And then after health science students move next to medical therapeutics. And Mrs. Hicks, who is a registered nurse, she teaches medical therapeutics. So basically that's for 10th graders. And then after that class they would come back to me for anatomy and physiology, basically for 11th graders. So each class gets to have more information, a little bit more in depth and a little bit harder as you move along. And then as you're senior year, you can take something called certified. Nursing, Nursing assistant, cna. And Kelly teaches that because she is a registered nurse. And so for these classes, we do try to tell the students that you actually do have to participate. You have to study, you have to learn to write notes. We try to learn to communicate with people. Because if you're going to be a doctor or a nurse or physical therapist, a dentist or a hygienist, you have to be able to, you know, talk with patients and talk with your family members and your bosses. And so we just kind of take them step by step as we go through. Chloe's gonna talk first. She's more about what anatomy and physiology is. And it really, it's a pretty tough class. It's teaching you everything about the human body, everything on the inside, what every organ is, what its job is. Now Chloe's probably gonna tell you that it's not that hard, but Chloe is quite brilliant. So I will tell you. It is a class you do have to study for. But she'll tell you about a. And then Tinsley is in the ninth grade and she'll talk to you about the first class you would take, which is health science. [00:14:23] Speaker B: Okay, well, Chloe, you got the floor. [00:14:26] Speaker A: In amp. We learn a lot about AP Anatomy is what the organ is, what it's made out of. And then we learn about the physiology, what the organ does. We go really in depth in amp. It is a lot of hard work. I make it. I don't have to study as much. Personally, I am really hardcore on myself about notes. But we do a lot of hands on activities. For example, our Hobbs boards. This is a very hands on thing. Everybody can take a look. It's made out of clay we like to build out our organs just to understand it better. We build out artwork, all our organs. You can see toward the top. We have our brain move down. Most importantly, my favorite part was the liver because it's huge. You can see it the best. But we definitely do a lot of hands on work with the board. And then my favorite activity of all, we did our shrinky dinks. This is before. This is after we were learning about the cranial nerves and the lobes of the brain. [00:15:33] Speaker G: These are pretty cool. [00:15:35] Speaker A: And then we have one of our tissue projects. This is from earlier on in the year. This is by Haley DeLong. She did an extremely good job on this. We started with having to learn the classifications and then we went through and picked, I believe it was five tissues to do our projects on. So she did compact bone tissue. She wrote out all her information, the key for the drawing. And then we got a fun fact, of course, but AP is definitely a lot of hands on work. We did a dissection of the heart and the lungs, showing those pictures holding up the heart. And then we have. [00:16:20] Speaker D: And just to clarify, these are pig hearts and pig lungs, not humans. [00:16:28] Speaker A: This is our assistant principal, Ms. Garrett, holding the lungs. This is actually me with the dissecting the lungs. Just having a little bit of fun there. And then we go back to our heart. But amp is definitely a lot of studying, but it will prepare you if you want to take a future in the medical pathway. I myself took health science freshman year. It's more medical history. I like to think of it as. We definitely learned the history of medicine. Where it came from, who was important, like who. [00:17:02] Speaker D: Who developed the microscope, who invented antibodies. [00:17:06] Speaker A: It's a lot of the history. It definitely sets you up for our harder classes. I would consider A and P to be an extremely hard course, but you need that to build yourself up for the CNA course. It's just necessary. [00:17:18] Speaker G: So what do you want to do in the future? [00:17:20] Speaker A: I'm looking into CRNA work. [00:17:22] Speaker G: Okay, [00:17:25] Speaker B: wait a minute now. When you give initials there or letters, a lot of people don't know what that is. What does that stand for? [00:17:33] Speaker A: CRNA work is an anesthesiology assistant. [00:17:37] Speaker B: Okay. [00:17:38] Speaker A: It's definitely a lot of school, but I feel this course will set me up. It will boost me up to be ready for that. [00:17:48] Speaker B: Well, you gotta understand what you're working on before you get there. [00:17:53] Speaker A: You can't just go in there. Not a clue in the world. I've definitely considered a lot of different medical pathways throughout high school and all that but my mom works in the medical field. She's the house supervisor at St. Thomas Rutherford. So she's definitely put me up there into what I want to do. She's definitely inspired me for that. [00:18:10] Speaker B: Just give you some inspiration? [00:18:13] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:18:13] Speaker G: So are you a junior? [00:18:15] Speaker A: I'm a sophomore. [00:18:16] Speaker G: Sophomore, okay. Wow. [00:18:17] Speaker A: I'm doubling up next year because I didn't take medical therapeutics this year, but I will be taking the CNA course and medical therapeutics next year. [00:18:29] Speaker D: Show them your spiral. I'm kind of like an old school teacher. I don't really love all the. [00:18:36] Speaker B: There's nothing wrong with that. [00:18:37] Speaker D: I don't think so either. All the Chromebook and technology I learned. Paper, notebook, write notes. And I think kids kind of need to get back to that. So my students do a spiral. And really and truly, when they finish, it'll be a book. So, I mean, it has images, things we've colored in, things that we have labeled highlights of important things. Let's show y' all this one in particular, regional terms. [00:19:07] Speaker A: That's a ton of work. [00:19:08] Speaker D: Oh, it's a ton of. It is a lot of work. But I think if you ask Chloe, she would tell you she enjoyed doing this. Like, these are regional terms. So we mark them and then we put over there where they are, and then they learn where they are on the human body, which eventually helps you with the names of the bones, the names of the arteries, and just different things in the body. So I do. Mr. Nichols said I was okay to do runoff on paper. And so, you know, pretty much everything I teach them, we have images and things we colored in and we draw, and from that, they learn the material. So really, for them, this is an A and P book they can have with them for reference. [00:19:53] Speaker G: Yeah. You know, one thing that I teach them. [00:19:56] Speaker B: I'm sorry, do you teach them how to pronounce these? [00:19:59] Speaker A: I do, 100%. [00:20:01] Speaker G: How hard is it to pronounce some of those? [00:20:03] Speaker A: Sometimes it's a little questionable, but she definitely helps us get through it. [00:20:07] Speaker G: Yeah, we're getting sports broadcasting. You'll see names that you cannot pronounce. So this probably is that type of concept. [00:20:15] Speaker A: As long as you can spell it. You can. You will not. [00:20:18] Speaker D: You can say it. Here's her little brain. One she did here. A lot of kids did it on a clip, the Shrinky Dinks. And they'll put them on their backpack or their keychain. She put hers on her spiral. They loved doing that. [00:20:33] Speaker G: You could probably sell some of those keychains, right? [00:20:36] Speaker A: Yeah, perfect. [00:20:37] Speaker B: I Don't know what I drink, but I. [00:20:39] Speaker G: One of the things that I picked up on when you were talking earlier is you instruct the students on how to study. [00:20:46] Speaker E: Really? [00:20:47] Speaker G: I mean, those are tips that you should know and to come in to prepare for high school period. [00:20:53] Speaker D: Absolutely. [00:20:54] Speaker A: So while we're learning the material, we definitely learn how to study it. We'll highlight important parts. She'll go over it with us. It's not like we're just being thrown out there. She definitely makes sure we understand. Like, for example, when we were learning our regional terms, we were getting up, we were pointing to the parts. It's just very hands on. We get to learn it in many different ways. Like when we were learning the cranial nerves, we had a poem for it. It's just we have all the tools to be able to know it. [00:21:24] Speaker D: I try to teach them some mnemonics to help them to remember the material. [00:21:29] Speaker B: So, you know, this is fairly new to the high school, is it not? This class and everything. [00:21:38] Speaker D: Now I will tell you, this is my first year at Cannon County High School. I just moved here from Texas. [00:21:44] Speaker B: Okay. [00:21:44] Speaker D: So I could not answer that, to be honest with you. [00:21:48] Speaker G: Classes been going on, do you know? [00:21:50] Speaker A: I'm not sure. I know Ms. Hicks has been there quite a long time. [00:21:57] Speaker D: I think it actually has been here for quite some time. [00:21:59] Speaker G: It's been. [00:22:00] Speaker A: It was miss in the past. [00:22:02] Speaker G: I'm trying to think of her name. Ms. Cook? [00:22:04] Speaker D: Yes. [00:22:05] Speaker G: Linda Cook. [00:22:05] Speaker D: Yes. [00:22:06] Speaker G: Yeah, she. And you guys do. Later on. You guys do the blood drives and stuff at the school, right? [00:22:12] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:22:12] Speaker G: So it's been a while they've had that program installed. We just didn't know how in depth this thing was. You know, this is. [00:22:21] Speaker A: I feel like the health science pathway has definitely grown in the past few years. We still don't have as many people in our CNA course because it is [00:22:30] Speaker G: a lot of work now. The CNA stuff I think is kind of new. I think a couple of years they've had that. But that was something that Ms. Cook got started. [00:22:39] Speaker A: And I believe it's a good program. I really do. I think even if you don't use your CNA license, keep it up. It looks really good on college applications. And I think it's just something useful to know. [00:22:53] Speaker D: It's wonderful to have that as a student, like if you're wanting to go to college, because then if you're working while you go through college, usually with that education will make more than minimum wage to help you while you're attending college. So it's wonderful to have that education behind yourself. [00:23:12] Speaker B: I have a granddaughter who is an RN and she does traveling nursing and she's now in Seattle, but she's been in Chicago. Then she signed a contract with Seattle. But if you don't want to do that, I mean, she's not married and has no children. I think she did adopt a dog. I'm not sure how that's going to work. But you. She did not have all of this training before she went in to get. Because she went to Maryville for two years, I think, and then she decided to go into the nursing and it's done well with her because I will tell you this, Even for the CNAs, there's always a need somewhere, you know, [00:24:05] Speaker A: there always is anything in the medical program, anything in the medical pathway, like just getting your cna, you will never be without a job. Nurses, doctors, always needed. CNA is always needed. It's just. It's something that's really gonna set you forward in life, I believe. [00:24:22] Speaker B: So, you know, if things get rough [00:24:24] Speaker A: and you'll always have something to fall back. [00:24:26] Speaker B: I don't know if AI's gonna be able to take over all those positions [00:24:30] Speaker A: or not, but it can try. [00:24:32] Speaker B: But it's gonna be a while, huh? [00:24:35] Speaker D: Tinsley, you want to tell them a little bit about. [00:24:37] Speaker B: Yeah, we haven't talked to Tinsley. She's been very nice over here. Very quiet. [00:24:41] Speaker H: Well, like Chloe said, health science is a lot on. Like we started out doing the history, like who discovered penicillin and who made the microscope a lot. And recently, a few weeks ago, we started working on warning labels and patient and healthcare workers safety. That's what this is on. And we do a lot of hands on activities. We make tons of projects. So this shows a bunch of warning labels that we have done. [00:25:12] Speaker G: Yeah. Don't ignore warning labels. [00:25:15] Speaker A: Never. [00:25:15] Speaker H: Yeah, definitely not. [00:25:16] Speaker G: Especially Pensacle. Could put these on actual bottles of medicine and stuff like that. They pass, I'm sure. [00:25:22] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:25:22] Speaker G: So let's see what some of these warning labels are. We got hand hygiene, personal protective equipment. Yep. PPE injection safety. Be sure make sure to clean your needles. Making sure to clean your needles will keep patients and you from getting sick. Yep. [00:25:42] Speaker B: This one helps people from being electrocuted. That's a lightning strike. So. [00:25:49] Speaker G: Yeah, that's a good one. Fall risk. I like the fall risk. That, that's good art there. Fall risk, by the way up there. So if you fall like me, you know, that's what I look like when I fall. For sure. Why do you fall just because I'm clumsy. No running. Stops people from running and bumping into people. I like that. Bumping into people. So safety first. No running, no smoking. That's important. Emergency evacuation. X ray radiation. [00:26:16] Speaker B: Well, I see that one a lot. [00:26:20] Speaker G: Fire shows. What to do during a fire run. Do not lift and do not use the lift and do not. And use the stairs. This looked like a shark at first, but it's biohazard. But now I can see it's bio. I don't mean to make fun of your art. You can draw better than I can. I can't even draw a circle straight. Helps people. Helps keep people from harmful chemicals. So it's a chemical. [00:26:45] Speaker A: All very important. [00:26:46] Speaker G: Oh, yeah. [00:26:47] Speaker D: So to go back to the very first one on the top left where it's talking about hand hygiene. Mrs. Hicks teaches the CNA class, and that is stuff that has to be accounted for by the state. And they are very strict. The number one reason not to spread germs and that would be hand washing. So in ninth grade, for health science and Tinsley will tell you this, we watched videos, we took quizzes on hand hygiene. I took them into a restroom, I made them wash their hands. They have to follow a certain procedure on it. So Mrs. Hicks and I worked together on what is mandated by the state, and I started teaching them that in the ninth grade. So by the time they get to that point, they have heard it and done it several times. But Tinsley, you can tell them about that. It was quite easy, but it was a little bit more involved than what most people think when it comes to just hand washing. [00:27:49] Speaker H: Yeah, I mean, I'm sure most people. [00:27:52] Speaker D: It's a technique [00:27:55] Speaker H: where you just kind of learn about it and how to wash your hands. But Ms. Hinkle, she's always the type of person, like, she wants you to. Like, she wants to be able to know that you can do it for. For like A and P and the CNA classes. So she did take us into her bathroom and we had to wash our hands, like, very precisely and do it, like, perfectly. She had, like, a standard sheet, and she would check us off of everything that we would have to do for it. But I thought it was pretty easy. I mean, it's just washing your hands. But then again, a lot of people. [00:28:32] Speaker G: Well, it's kind of like you're saying there's a time limit on it. [00:28:35] Speaker D: Time limit and a technique. [00:28:37] Speaker G: And when we grew up, we didn't have to worry about washing our hands like this or anything like that until all of a sudden, the development of MRSA came along. And when MRSA came along, now you're getting the CDC and all these organizations saying, all right, now we've got a technique on how to wash your hands. So you didn't grow up in that era, so you were. [00:28:57] Speaker A: I think it also had a lot to do with the pandemic. [00:28:59] Speaker G: Yeah, a lot of COVID came around. That's when they really concentrated on. Yeah, but when MRSA came up, the staph infections and stuff, I mean, people were sitting out there and they would get staph infections just by somebody touching them. And you're like, how in the world do you. I've seen it, you know, And I'm like, how in the world. I had dirt on my hands. You know, I'd go to bed with dirt on my hands, so to speak, by playing in the dirt all day long. And there's. You can't do that anymore. Can't do it anymore. So. But yeah, there is a technique on washing hands and the time limit and kind of like brushing your teeth, you [00:29:36] Speaker D: know, Tinsley's also learned how to do take temperature, and there are many different ways you can do that. And blood pressure, using a blood pressure cuff and a stethoscope. And, you know, they're just things they. That are by the state standard that they have to be taught and learned. And I'm pretty precise about doing what I'm supposed to do, so they've learned a good bit. [00:30:03] Speaker B: All this leads up to a great occupation in the health healthcare department. Doesn't matter what you go into in health care, you're gonna have to take all of this into account. [00:30:17] Speaker G: So what do you like about this course? [00:30:20] Speaker H: I like how she's good at teaching. She shows us exactly what we need to know and how we can study it, like Chloe said. And I've always. My stepmom and my mom were both in the healthcare field, so I've always looked up to them. And like, my stepmom, she's a rn, so she's a registered nurse. My mom, she worked with, like, a bunch of elderly people, nursing homes, and she took care of elders. And I've always. I would go and help her, so that kind of is what got me started into. [00:30:55] Speaker G: So you were kind of like a cna, so to speak? Pretty much, yeah. There you go. Yep. Yep. Well, good deal. [00:31:00] Speaker A: I definitely also. I just have to say I do really enjoy how structured this class is. If she says, we're gonna have a test, we're gonna have A test. It's very. You have to know your information. You have to keep up with it. I've always enjoyed more structured classes. I grew up going to Catholic school. Very structured, very. You get it done or you don't. And if you don't, it's your problem. I really enjoy the structure of it. I really enjoy the amount of information, the way we learn it. And I feel Ms. Hinkle knows. I think she's an excellent teacher. She's one of the best teachers I've had throughout high school. [00:31:34] Speaker D: Oh, thank you. [00:31:36] Speaker G: All right. [00:31:37] Speaker B: Give you a badge, they'll shrink it and give you one. [00:31:41] Speaker G: Well, we appreciate y' all coming on the show. This has got a lot of good information. [00:31:46] Speaker B: This is one of those other things that the high school school that most people are not aware that they offer. And I think it is so good. I'm so impressed with everybody that we've had on here. All the different students we've had on here in the different areas that they're learning things, some of it outside of the box. But if you're going to go into the work field and when you get out of high school, you go into college, they're not going to stand behind you and say, do your homework and do. It's going to be up to you. So you've got to take it into your own hands as far as for what you want to do in this life and not wait for somebody to tell you to do it. Am I wrong, girls? [00:32:36] Speaker A: You're completely correct. [00:32:37] Speaker H: You're absolutely correct. [00:32:39] Speaker B: We are glad that y' all came on. And you, too. [00:32:42] Speaker D: Thank you. [00:32:44] Speaker B: We will have you all back. I would like to get. And I don't know if this is possible. This school year is about up, but I would like to get a picture of all the different students and teachers that we've had on this show this year. And I'll talk to Crystal about that and see if we can't arrange that and we could put it in the paper. [00:33:09] Speaker G: We can. We can. [00:33:12] Speaker B: All right, ladies. [00:33:13] Speaker D: Well, thank you so much for having us. Thank you. [00:33:17] Speaker B: And we wish you both good luck. [00:33:19] Speaker D: Thank you. [00:33:20] Speaker B: And I think you guys are on the right track. You don't seem to have a problem with any of this. [00:33:25] Speaker G: She'll be putting people to sleep in the next, what, six years? Pretty easily. [00:33:32] Speaker B: You want to know where all those things go, right? [00:33:35] Speaker G: Yeah. I'm not going to hold this thing up and let it spill. I've learned something now, but puts a little strawberry looking stuff on top of. So we're good there. All right. Don't want to. [00:33:45] Speaker B: Very good. [00:33:46] Speaker G: There you are. [00:33:46] Speaker B: And thank you for coming on. [00:33:49] Speaker A: Of course. [00:33:49] Speaker H: Yeah, thank you for having us. [00:33:52] Speaker B: Okay. And we have two more guests. We just have a whole show full of guests today. And this is good. And we have Mr. Robert Bush, and he is with the Cannon County Historical Society. And of course, everybody's always interested in the history of Cannon County. A lot of people that have moved off will call the chamber and want to know about an uncle that lives somewhere in 18 something. And I thought, oh, my, this is something. You need to go further than me to find this out. But. And then we have another lady who was a business owner at one time in Cannon County, Trish Frost. And she is. She does, I guess she is a coordinator for the town wide yard sale which started how many years ago? Nine. [00:34:48] Speaker I: Nine years ago. [00:34:49] Speaker B: Now, it doesn't seem like nine years, but she also. And of course, if you sit up around the square, there is a charge. But all of the money raised for this goes to benefit the Cannon County Community for animals. We don't have a rescue area here where you can bring your animals and they stay. So this is the next best thing. And you've worked for this for years, haven't you? [00:35:20] Speaker I: Yes. We've known Miranda probably. Well, actually, our first dog just turned 19. Oh, well, yeah, so we've known her. [00:35:28] Speaker B: I remember at one time you had a pig. [00:35:30] Speaker I: Oh, I've got nine of them now. [00:35:32] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. [00:35:33] Speaker G: Not just one. It's now nine. So she's grown over the years. [00:35:38] Speaker B: Well, I remember she was in business at that time and we had an event around the square and I was holding that pig. [00:35:48] Speaker I: I remember. Oh, yeah, I remember you and Sandy called. Yeah, that was Woody. Woody the Woodberry pig. [00:35:54] Speaker B: Yeah, it was. But I think that's. That's great that we have somebody to see because people are always dumping animals. I used to think there was a sign on my road that said, dump your animals here, because I had three or four dogs that just showed up. And of course, we took care of them until they died, but they were just dogs that somebody had dumped. Cats, they do that too. But usually the cats move on. They don't always stay, you know, if [00:36:30] Speaker I: you feed the dogs, they stay. [00:36:32] Speaker B: That's right. But, you know, we need somebody that kind of oversees this. You want to talk more about it? [00:36:40] Speaker I: Yes. We just volunteer and help Miranda. That's the driving force behind this. She's been doing it probably 20 plus years. It's no paid job or anything. It's just that at her home and she does all this on her own time. And she works two jobs as a child, a husband, and still takes care of all this. I don't know how she does it, but she gets multiple dogs spayed and neutered at low or no cost. So if you have a dog or cat out there that needs that so we can cut down on the. The problem, that, that would be great. Get a hold of her and it's. You can go on Facebook under Cannon County Community for Animals. And she's got links on there that you can get in touch with her. She'll be at the town yard sale. That's going to be May 30th this year. It's always the last Saturday in May. We rent spots around the inner circle of the courthouse for $25 a spot. And all that money goes directly to Miranda to pay for all these vet bills and all this stuff. [00:38:00] Speaker B: She's got to pay for food too, Feed these animals. [00:38:03] Speaker I: Yes. And she. And on top of that, on top of the supporting the food there, she takes it to the food bank where people can pick it up and she takes it to two or three churches throughout town when they have their food banks. So it's more than, you know, it's a lot more out there going on than people realize it is. Every other week we pick up from Second Harvest Food bank in Nashville, hopefully a big truckload of food. And we take biggest part of it to Miranda and then she distributes it to these other churches and organizations and some, you know, people that are fostering or whatever, and then we take it to the food bank. And so it looks like a lot, but it's a little in the drop of all the, you know, what's needed. [00:38:55] Speaker B: Yeah, but we're a small community and we have a lot of organizations that pitch in, a lot of churches that pitch in to help people in our community. And I'm always proud of that. Today we are doing our taping at the Lions Club. And of course the Lions Club does a food drive every year starting in November through December. And the thing I've learned from this, and people are so giving for that, but one of the things that I've learned from that is that people have, if they're down and out and they're needing food from the food bank, which is where that food goes, they need it more than at Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's usually a year round thing. So that's what you got to remember. And we got to keep Our food bank stocked and all of these different food trucks and all these different organizations and churches that have food drives. That's only a good thing. I can't think of a bad thing about that. But now if I wanted to set up this town wide yard sale and I've had calls about this, if you want to have a yard sale in your yard, you can go ahead and do that. You don't have to pay, but it would be nice if you would donate something to it. But if you're around the square, then that's when you rent your space. And Trish is the one that you need to contact about that. How many have you got this year already? [00:40:41] Speaker I: Trish got about 95 already out of 120 booze. So that's good. And one good thing I love about this is three fourths of those people are repeat customers. You know, they just kind. They just holler at me, text me is the best way and say, can you give me my spot for next year or same spot as last year. And I'm like, sure, you know, and we know each other. They know where to go. And it just makes it a lot easier and everything. [00:41:13] Speaker B: Now you don't just have yard sale people. You. [00:41:15] Speaker I: Oh no, there's crafts, there's food. Food. And the. Our local Lolotuza food truck will be there Friday and Saturday. So you can get supper if you're up there sitting up and everything. [00:41:33] Speaker B: She makes great taco salads. [00:41:35] Speaker I: Oh yes. And then puckered shrimp will be there all day Saturday. And then we have a lady that's gonna be doing hot dogs and stuff. So there'll be plenty food, different kinds of food to grab. And there's everything from jewelry to, you know, Christmas decorations. [00:41:53] Speaker F: Yes. [00:41:53] Speaker B: I know you don't believe that I would buy Christmas decorations, but I do. And last year they had a group there that had some great items. I could have bought a lot more than what I did, but I have no place to put them. [00:42:07] Speaker I: And then a lot of the businesses around the outer square, they'll set up. It's set up out on their sidewalk. So there's a lot to do just right downtown. Not, I mean counting the shops to go into. But last year lots of people set up out in the city, in the county, and that really boosted it up a whole lot. [00:42:27] Speaker B: Cause people come from all over and [00:42:29] Speaker I: we have go to this. Yeah. Advertisement. From Channel 5 News to, you know, all the local stations, the paper. Sharon's so good about getting it all out in the paper for us. You know, signs, flyers and everything. [00:42:46] Speaker B: Facebook. [00:42:46] Speaker I: Facebook. Oh, man, I wear Facebook out. So it's. It's pretty well known and it's. And it's growing every year. [00:42:53] Speaker B: And again, this is going to be on the 30th. [00:42:56] Speaker I: 30th. May 30th, Saturday, May 30th. [00:42:59] Speaker B: And what time does it start? [00:43:01] Speaker I: Well, I say eight, but usually there's people there earlier. [00:43:05] Speaker B: It's like when you're having a yard sale, they show up at 6 o'. [00:43:09] Speaker I: Clock. If they're real yard sellers, we'll be there by seven. I would say we try to be there by six to finalize everything. [00:43:17] Speaker G: If I wanted to come out, and I don't necessarily am very crafty or anything and I don't have a bunch of yard sale items for sale, but I do have a popcorn machine say I wanted to come out and sell popcorn. Is that allowed? [00:43:31] Speaker I: Yeah, as long as you let me know and stick you somewhere. [00:43:34] Speaker G: I don't want to invade on these other food vendors. [00:43:38] Speaker I: Yes. No, that's one thing we're kind of strict on. We just have a couple food. Actual food trucks. And then we have this smaller and a lot of the ladies will say, well, I bake cookies or I make the breads. That's fine for them to have in their booth. [00:43:54] Speaker G: Be popcorn. [00:43:55] Speaker I: Yeah. [00:43:56] Speaker G: I do have a hot dog warmer, but I don't know if I'd be [00:43:59] Speaker B: interested or she's got a hot dog person coming out. [00:44:02] Speaker I: Yeah. Actually it's the lady that Teresa Moss that does it. The restaurant in Willow now, she'll be doing it and she does wonderful. [00:44:10] Speaker B: I didn't know she did that in the Willow. [00:44:13] Speaker I: She just started about two, three weeks ago. [00:44:15] Speaker B: Okay. [00:44:15] Speaker I: Yeah. [00:44:16] Speaker G: Could I sell drinks like water and culture? [00:44:18] Speaker I: Yeah, I didn't know how that worked because anything. Some sell drinks and there's two or three lemonade vendors. [00:44:26] Speaker B: What is your charge for a vendor? Do they. It. Does it depend on whether they're a food vendor or a craft vendor? [00:44:33] Speaker I: No, that's one thing that we haven't. It's just how many boosts you take up. And it's 1225 a booth. [00:44:42] Speaker B: Okay. [00:44:42] Speaker G: And when is the deadline to get your vendor spot? [00:44:46] Speaker I: I'd like to have it by the first of that week, the first of before the 30th, probably about the 25th or something that Monday, Tuesday to get you in the lineup. But you know, I'll have people calling or even coming up that morning saying, hey, you got somewhere to stick me? You know, and that's you know, you know, I'll find somewhere to stick them. [00:45:08] Speaker G: We can bring a tent, obviously. [00:45:10] Speaker B: Yes, tent somewhere. [00:45:12] Speaker I: Yeah, yeah, we can go back on the grass if we have to. So. Yeah, so we'll, we'll feel you in some worse. [00:45:21] Speaker G: All right, well, I'll think about that because I got to find out who on my little admin team is available and help with it, but. Because I'm not going to do it by myself. But yeah, I'll think about it and see what I can come up with. [00:45:35] Speaker B: The popcorn machine will pop the corn. All you. [00:45:37] Speaker G: Yeah, in the bag. Well, I may not, Yeah, I may not be. I may not be available to be at the popcorn machine 247 is what I'm trying to tell you. [00:45:47] Speaker B: Yeah, well, Trish, I wish you well on that. I think that's a good program. The money goes to a good cause and it sounds like you've got, you just need a crowd. [00:45:59] Speaker I: Don't you need a bunch of folks to come out? And it is a rain or shine event. So unfortunately, if it rains it out. [00:46:06] Speaker B: Been there and done that. [00:46:07] Speaker I: I know it. We won't have another one till next year, but. [00:46:12] Speaker B: Okay. [00:46:13] Speaker I: Hopefully that won't happen. [00:46:14] Speaker B: Well, I hope not either. Now Robert Bush is over our Cannon County Historical Society. And this year you are celebrating 50 years. [00:46:28] Speaker E: That's correct. The society was formed in 1979 and this year marks its 50th. 50th year. And actually the society sprang from the Lions Club. [00:46:41] Speaker C: Right. [00:46:41] Speaker E: So the members, many of the members there organized a first society. It is a non profit society. It's registered with the state of Tennessee and we, we have had numerous publications over the years and our, our thrust has really been in the last few years is just doing programs at the Adams Memorial Library in their new media room there. We have had, I did bring one of the brochures. I did bring one of the, probably one of the first books that the society dealt with. And in 1976 they republished the Brown Book, which was Originally published in 1936 due to the centennial that was, you know, that year. And they republished it in 1976. And then this particular edition here was done in 2012 and an index and so forth was added to the book. And this is a copy of it and we do have a few of these left. However, we really view the Brown Book as the, is the root of the Canning county historical perspective because it's, it's a, it was a hands on book. You know, the courthouse burned in 1936 or 1934, I should say, or should I say 1934. I'll get it right in a minute. In 1934 and but the celebration was coming up and you know, the next few years. So the members that were on that first committee that organized this book actually was the, really was the precursor for the later Canning County Historical Society. So we really, even though the book's not really not footnoted, it's really a great read because it's really, it's just a hands on book book telling us about things that we probably would have forgotten or never would have known if it hadn't been recorded in this particular book. So we just kind of, we just kind of spotlight this one. Over the years we did develop a little brochure also which we are celebrating our 50 year anniversary over at the Adams Memorial Library. It'll be on Tuesday of May, May 19th. And it started about 6:30. So we're going to have some various speakers that were associated with the Historical Society over the years that will be at that meeting. But we look forward to really, to having that because we really want to, we want to really appreciate what the Historical Society has really done over the years. And in fact it has preserved a great deal of our history through photographs and written material that otherwise would have been lost if they hadn't done that. So that's some of the things we wanted to stress and bring forth. [00:49:56] Speaker B: There are several books that the Historical Society has at the art center in the chamber office and they are for sale, but that money goes to the Historical Society. There's, I'm trying to think of the name of one of them right now. There's one that we're kind of short on that they haven't published anymore. Which one is that? Robert? [00:50:28] Speaker E: Well, the, the Mason book, which was published in 1984. We still have a few copies of it left. We consider it a very classic study of the county. And the one that was done in 1996 was the pictorial History. [00:50:45] Speaker B: That's a popular one. [00:50:46] Speaker E: It is really a nice, nice work that was done by, it was really spearheaded by the late Austin Jennings. Really. He really pushed this work book and it's a really big. I could have brought a copy of it, but it was kind of a big heavy book. Lots of pictures, lots of pictures of it. Matter of fact, they had so many pictures that they weren't able to get them all in that book. So there were like maybe a hundred pictures that were left over that was not published in that particular piece. And we still have those original Photographs. And it's probably enough there to another book. [00:51:22] Speaker B: If I remember right, a family bought pages in that. If you wanted your family in it, you purchased a page or two pages, however many. If you had a real big family, there may be several pages in there. But that is the most popular one right now to sell because of the pictures. And a lot of the people that were have aged out of it. You know, they've either passed away or something in a lot of the older books. But this one still has people that are alive today. [00:52:03] Speaker E: That's true. It's just a remarkable book in many ways. Actually, the company that did that book actually just a few years later, I think, actually actually went under the Turner. I think it was Turner Publications that actually did that book. And they put so much time into that book that and a lot of it that actually strained the company to actually produce it. But anyway, it no longer is around. [00:52:34] Speaker B: Right. [00:52:35] Speaker G: So your Historical society, when does it meet? How often? [00:52:40] Speaker E: Well, we try to do at least four or five meetings a year. We used to do monthly meetings. However, we kind of felt like that people just didn't really have the time to come maybe to every month to a meeting. So in the years follow, then we wound up doing about four or five meetings a year. And that's, that's. We always. The traditional meeting is on Tuesday night, the second Tuesday of the month. And that's been the traditional meeting time for the society since its very beginning. [00:53:16] Speaker G: Who are some of the speakers that are going to be at this next meeting? [00:53:19] Speaker E: Well, we have several that are slated, I think, you know, men like Bill Smith and Austin Jennings, you know, probably with two more, more conspicuous players in society over the years. So we've asked probably Steve, Steve Smith to come over and actually do a program for us. And Dr. Bill Jennings, who was the first president of the Society, he's going to do a program and we have a few others. I think Ms. Luann Curley is going to say a few words. And we do have Ms. Faye Northcutt Knox that wants to talk about her dad, Mr. Northcutt. I noticed on the wall over there that I have a plaque of him when he was. [00:54:13] Speaker B: That was all of his awards from the Lions Club up there. [00:54:17] Speaker E: He originally sponsored me in the Lions Club when I was really young. So I have a special association with. With him. Dolan was a really fine man and she's going to feature some of him in some of his life also. [00:54:29] Speaker B: He was a fine man. [00:54:30] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:54:31] Speaker B: You know, you always want to keep the history of Your community alive. And Cannon County's had a lot of history in the past and this may not be a historical thing but I did want to mention that the dome of on the courthouse has been painted gold again. It used to be gold. Well, it has been painted gold again and I think we have Greg Mitchell to thank for that. County executive and a grant. Right. But I mean you got to apply for them and do them in order to get them so. Okay. Is there anything else you want to tell us? Robert, you told me you didn't to want. [00:55:17] Speaker E: Want to stay a long time, but that's about it. We just wanted to just know I get the word out a little bit that what the society is about and really its function in the community over the years and that was just really the purpose I guess my visit here today. [00:55:34] Speaker G: Okay, good deal. [00:55:37] Speaker B: Well we's glad to have you and we hope you have a big turnout for that because I know it takes some work to keep this going. And do you archive all of these historical things that you have like pictures and. [00:55:51] Speaker E: Oh, we do. The county really has an archive program now and actually I'm kind of over that. And we also serve as the county historian also. So it keeps me a little busy. I do get a lot of contacts from people especially out of the state. We really do get people that are inquiring about people that their relatives that may have lived a long time ago. And they are. They live in Arizona and Texas, California and all over the United States. And it's just amazing to me every time I look at my emails I see someone or an inquiry about someone, a name that I never heard of before that says that they have roots here or a business that was once in business. [00:56:42] Speaker B: This is good. A lot of people are interested in history. Well we thank you Robert for being on today. Okay then I'm just going to real quick tell you about. The Historical Society will meet May 19 at the Adams Memorial Library starting at 6:30 the next cruise in. We got rained out this year, this month, this last month. But we'll try again and that's going to be May 23rd from 4 to 7 town wide yard sale May 30th and then June 7th will be Gazaway Homecoming in Gasway, Tennessee. And that you'll enjoy food, entertainment, parade, door prizes and also one other thing we have the Farmers market is open now opened up last week. 7:30 till 11 every Saturday the Cannon County Walking Horse association will hold their horse ride on the 20th. [00:57:53] Speaker G: It's Labor Day through the 21st, 25th should be, because I was looking at that, and I'm thinking, okay, 23rd. [00:58:00] Speaker B: Yeah, it starts the 23rd, 24th and 25th. And the ride through town will be on the 23rd. Okay, so we're out of time, and we want to wish all the mothers out there a happy Mother's Day. And we hope to see you next month. [00:58:25] Speaker G: Sa.