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Volume 2 Issue 3 CoVerIng monterey and surroundIng CommunItIes marCh 1, 2015

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By Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditor

The State declared it an emergency. And it

was. The after effects of the horrendous ice storm left every stretch of Highways 62 and 84 looked like a tornado of ice and terror swept through the Monterey area leaving in its wake only certain destruction. The forceful ice storm hit the Cumberland Plateau on Feb. 20 and continued hard through the next morning. This storm came after an ice and snow maker that laid three to six inches across the area earlier in the week. Although the entire pla-

teau was severely af-fected, Monterey and its outer lying communities were described as “war zones” and “disaster areas” because of the extensive wreckage and devastation. The domino effect of downed trees, limbs on power lines and the subsequent strong winds with gusts up to 40 mph caused light and telephone poles to falter. Entire trees were up-rooted. Rampant power outages, homes without heat, freezing tempera-tures, no water, and im-passable roads wreaked havoc and required im-mediate action. The initial warning was three to seven days with-out electricity, but upon further inspection of the

intensive repairs that ensued, crews gave ex-tended estimation dates for some areas. The en-tire community sprang into action on day one. There was simply too many who helped to list. Monterey’s VEC crews, EMS crews, Monterey Volunteer Fire Dept., Monterey Police De-partment, and so many more able bodied volun-teers began their tireless work in true commu-nity fashion. VEC crews from across Tennessee and Georgia came up to assist our crews with the huge task of restoring electricity and righting power lines. The Na-

Photos submitted(Above) Photo by Cyndi Sharp shows workers assessing this particular scene after the weight of ice broke this tree down taking strands of power lines with it. (Right) Jenni Clark captured this photo of Hanging Limb Hwy. at Honey Springs Rd., just one of the hundreds of impassable roads as a result of the ice storm that pummeled across the Cumberland Plateau on Feb. 20 and 21.


A beautiful blanket of snow fell on the Mon-terey area in all of its plush, powdery good-ness on Feb. 16. Stu-dents were granted a few snow days to enjoy the fresh winter won-derful-land. Hillsides glistened as if sprinkled

with magical fairy dust. The community was out and about playing find-ing new and rekindling old ways of relishing the snow. In what was consid-ered up to that point a very mild winter, espe-cially for the plateau, it

Snow daysThe calm before the storm

Photos submitted(CW) Sophee Harris dares not make a snow angel without her lipstick. Abbie, Allison and Jerry Clark enjoy the time off from school with fam-ily pup, Annie. Zoie and Zariah Jernigan engage in a little snowball fight.A little snowman is better than no snowman as Layla May Buttram and Buck the dog admire their handiwork.

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Community pulls together after storm ravages plateau

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day to youBy Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditor

Kiss me, I’m Irish. I am. Well, partly, at least. And it shows in every beauti-ful, angel-kissed freckle on my face and definitely in my choice of favorite foods. I am in love with potatoes and cabbage. And don’t get me started on oatmeal, a mainstay in my cupboard. What is even better is that I have found an Irish Oat Cakes recipe that are just as good as biscuits. I even found an Irish Chocolate Cake recipe that actually calls for, you guessed it, potatoes! With the dawning of a beautiful new month, with all of the potential of spring backing it up, there’s no shortage of good things to come. I look forward to the blessings of a new sea-son. The crocuses are blooming even in this snow and ice, and the daffodils are as persis-tent as ever pushing up out of the ground.

With a little luck o’ the Irish, may the spring cleaning, garden plan-ning, outdoors loving, project finishing, and good eating begin. Just thinking about it puts a little “spring” in my step. Irish Oatmeal CakesOats are one of Ireland’s oldest natural crops. These unleavened cakes were originally eaten spread with butter. They were baked on the grid-dle, then dried out on ornamental “harnen” stands. Delicious with cheese or honey.Ingredients1/8 c. plain flourPinch saltPinch baking soda1/2 c. medium oatmeal2 Tbsp. butter, margarine or bacon fat1/4 cup boiling waterMakes 4 cakesSift the flour, salt and baking soda into the oatmeal. Melt the but-ter, margarine or fat in boiling water and add to the dry ingredients. Mix until the mixture is a spongy mass. If needed,

a little extra water can be used. Turn mixture on to a surface covered with plenty of dry oatmeal and scatter more on top. Flatten the dough and roll out until 1/4 in. in thickness. Place a din-ner plate on top and trim into a neat circle. Scat-ter on more oatmeal and rub it in all over the sur-face. Cut into quarters before baking on either a griddle or in the oven. For the Griddle Method place individual oat-cakes on a heated griddle or heavy pan over me-dium heat and bake un-til they dry out and curl. Then place under a grill at medium heat to cook the top of the oatcakes. Oven Method bake at 350°F for 20-30 minutes

or until dried out.Irish Chocolate CakeThe “Irishness” of this lovely chocolate cake is thanks not only to the wonderful liqueur used in the filling, but also to a very Irish ingredient in the cake contributing to its moistness, potatoes.Sponge3/4 c. self-rising flour1/2 tsp. salt2 Tbsp. dark chocolate1 stick butter3/4 c. caster sugar (Fine granulated sugar. Regu-lar granulated can be ground finer or substi-tuted as is.) 1/3 c. cooked mashed potato2 eggs, beaten4 Tbsp. milkFilling1/2 c. dark chocolate

1/2 c. double cream (Heavy cream in US is lighter than British double cream but can be substituted.)1/4 c. confectioner’s sugar3 Tbsp. Irish cream li-queur Preheat oven to 375°F, and grease and line two 8-inch cake tins. Sift flour and salt into a mix-ing bowl. Melt chocolate in a double boiler or bowl placed over a saucepan of hot water. In a sepa-rate bowl, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy, then beat in the chocolate and mashed potato. Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little flour with each ad-dition. Fold in the rest of the flour and stir in

the milk.Divide mixture between cake tins and bake for 25-30 minutes or until top is firm but springy to the touch. Remove from oven and after a few min-utes, turn out on a cool-ing rack. While the cake is cooling, make the fill-ing. Melt the chocolate, stir in the other ingredi-ents and mix well. Use the filling to sandwich the sponge layers to-gether and coat the top and sides of the cake.

An Old Irish BlessingMay the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind always be at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face,

and rains fall soft upon your fields.And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

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Monterey Hilltop ChoraleMake a joyful noise! Monterey Hilltop Chorale is looking for new members. The only requirements for members is a love for music. The chorale meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Monterey Methodist Church fellowship hall. For more in-formation contact Frances Eldridge or Julie Shef-fler or come to a chorale practice meeting.

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Project GraduationProject Graduation movie night that was can-celled has been rescheduled for Friday, March 20 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. We will be showing “Mr Poppers Penguins.” The $5 admission includes pizza, drink and popcorn. Come enjoy a fun movie night with the family and support a safe alternative on graduation night for MHS’s Class of 2015. If you would like to do-nate, visit the Project Gradutation 2015 Go Fund Me page at http://www.gofundme.com/ewm4c0. For more information contact Angel Louden by calling 931-510-8945 or Pam Phillips at 839-2323.

Monterey Senior CenterPHYSICAL FITNESS: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a.m. New Stretch Classes – Tuesdays at 9 a.m.Strength Classes – Thursdays at 9 a.m.BRIDGE: Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. BINGO: Thursdays at 10 a.m.SHUFFLE BOARD: March 17 at NoonMOVIE DAY IN HOUSE: “Princess Diaries” March 17 at 1:30 p.m. MOVIE TRIP TO COOKEVILLE: March 12 We will leave the center shortly after Bingo (approx. 11:30 a.m.). Movie to be announced.WEDNESDAY SOCIALSMarch 4 – Doylene Farley telling us the many options at the Library available to seniors March 11 – Ruth Ann Woolbright talking about the lives of the First LadiesMarch 18 – To be announcedMarch 25 – Trivia games, celebrating March birthdays, and $5 Lunch(Covered dish luncheon will follow the speakers on March 4, 11, and 18)Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday.If Putnam County schools are closed, call the center before coming. If there is no answer please do not come out until you are certain we have been able to open. The Monterey Senior Center is free and open to anyone 60 and over. For more information, call 839-8053 or visit us on our website at www.montereyseniorcenter.vpweb.com

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Monterey Branch LibraryVisit your favorite library in March for the excit-ing events planned and services it provides. Not to mention all the books! Dates to remember: -Story Time Wednesdays 11 a.m.March eventsMarch 13 Home School Hang Out photography lesson with Mrs. Tammy Melton 11 a.m.March 17 Library Quilting Club 2 p.m.March 20 Home School Science Fair at 11 a.m.March 21 Lego Day at 11 a.m.March 24 Book Club at 2 p.m.March 27 Home School Hang Out Movie Day 11 a.m.


Isaac MullinixMarch 17

Happy 16th, Isaac! We can’t believe you’re growing up so fast! ~Love, Mom, Dad, Gretchin, Cali, Ava, Aidan, Isaiah, Jon, Erica, Hannah, and Samuel

Happy March

Birthdays!Buck BrandMarch 9th

Happy 6th birthday, Buddy! We love you!Love, Mom and Dad

Jennifer Phillips

March 18th

Happy birthday, Aunt Jennifer! We love you! Love, Katelyn, Jason, Jr. and John

John Dillon Phillips

March 5th

Happy 1st birthday, Baby John! We love you so much! ~Moma (Christie Henry Phillips), Dad-dy (Jason Phillips), Sissy, and Bubba!

Hope MurphyMarch 1st

Happy 10th birth-day to my wonderful daughter. Love, Dad

Jordan Kennedy

March 4th

Happy 25th birthday to you!~Mom, David and Nicholas

Monterey City MeetingThe City of Monterey holds the town hall meet-ings every first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at City Hall. It is important for residents to see how the city is being managed and to take advantage of the opportunity use their voices. Everyone who has a vested interest in the town, its direction and prospects, as well as the necessity to understand city processes, programs and issues is encour-aged to attend. The town hall meeting will have a sign-in sheet for those who wish to speak and give time for them to bring up important issues for discussion.

Ellie Nicole March 13th

Happy 2nd birthday, precious girl! Yaya & Pap love you!

Monterey T-BallThe 2015 season is upon us. Monterey T-Ball and Coaches Pitch Sign-ups will be held Mar. 7 and March 14 from 9 a.m. to noon each day at the T-Ball field in front of Save-A-Lot. This league is for 5 to 8 year olds. For more information call Pat at 931-979-4384 after 5 p.m.

Atless Swallows March 14th

Happy birthday, momma. Kris and I love you! ~Vanessa Rochelle Swallows

Burks FootballTime to help our young Panthers gear up for next season. Burks Elementary School Football is needing donations for new football helmets. The team is planning fundraisers to reach its goal of $3,500 for the new helmets to help pro-tect the players during games. A Coke fundraiser has been planned for the end of the month. If you would like to help Burks Panthers football con-tact Coach Hoover or Coach Childress at BES by calling 839-7641 or email [email protected].

Monterey Youth BaseballMonterey Youth Baseball will be having a final sign-up day March 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Youth Baseball includes ages 9 to 12 years old. If any-one has any questions please call or text 931-854-5079.

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Haylie MurphyMarch 26th

Happy 17th birth-day to my wonderful daughter. Love, Dad

Monterey Lions ClubThe Monterey Lions Club is holding a drawing for an Apple Ipad Mini. Tickets are $3 each or 4 for $10. If you would like to support the Lions’ mission to bring the gift of sight to area students, tickets are available at First Volunteer Bank and CE Designers. The drawing will be held April 3.

Audrey Blaylock

March 19th

Happy birthday! May your day be joyful and memorable.~The Fam

Shirley Vaughn &

Sandy Vaughn Samply

March 2ndMarch 12th

A very special hap-py mother-daughter birthday wish to Shir-ley and Sandy. And many more!

Alyssa Phillips

March 26th

Happy 6th birthday, We love you!

~Uncle Jason, Aunt Christie, Katelyn, Jason, Jr., and Baby John

John PhillipsMarch 5th

Happy Birthday to our Uncle John! We love you ! ~Katelyn, Jason, Jr., and Baby John

Mildred HitchcockMarch 8th

Happy birthday, Gran-ny! We hope your day is special! Love, The family

Monterey City Police Monterey Police Dept will be hosting a gun class on March 27 and 28. The cost to attend will be $50. Contact Pam Phillips at the police depart-ment at 839-2323 for more information.

VFWOn April 25, the VFW is sponsoring a car and mo-torcycle run. Preliminary information is that reg-istration will be at the post (pre-registration will be available) and finishing at Whittaker Park. The VFW meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The Post is located at 45 S. Poplar St. in Monterey.

Kyle BradleyMarch 8th

Happy birthday to our wonderful daddy!Love, L.K. and Casto

Standing Stone Historical SocietyThe SSHS was forced to cancel the February meeting due to the ice storms and will reconvene at the March meeting slated for Mar. 24 at the Monterey Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. At this meeting, new officers will be elected to lead the planning of Standing Stone Day 2015. Civic clubs are urged to have their representatives attend.

Monterey Girl Scout Troop 1611The great Girl Scout Cookie sale has been ex-tended due to the extreme weather and will now continue through March 8. So far, thanks to the wonderful support they have recieved from area businesses, there have been 260 boxes bought to donate to our soldiers at Fort Campbell. They will also be handing out cookies for those who have helped especially the VEC workers on Mar. 3.

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Convenient, Quality, Affordable CareNow accepting

New Patients and Most Insurances We would like to thank Dr. Larry Reed for our new

EKG machine! Our LPN students appreciated Dr.

Reed taking the time to discuss the importance

of EKG monitoring with them. Minor Med would

like to voice our appreciation for his continued

support and ongoing advisory position. We feel

very blessed that he shares our same vision and

compassion for the health and well being of this

community and surrounding areas.

Tayes/Farley Reunion set The Tayes/Farley Fam-ily Reunion has been set for Apr. 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Monterey First Baptist Church fel-lowship hall. Family members are encouraged to inform other family members and invite them to at-tend. Planning members also encourage attend-

ees donate to have the main course catered, as well as bring side dishes and desserts. Be sure to bring your Tayes and Farley fam-ily photos to be scanned into the family photo al-bum. Family t-shirts to com-memorate the 2015 re-union are also available

for pre-order. To make a donation, pre-order and pay for your shirt, and to R.S.V.P, contact Lisa Parker at (931) 265-1116. A Face-book Page has also been established for the fami-ly reunion at www.face-book.com/groups/tayes-familymemories.

The Monterey board held its monthly meet-ing on Feb. 2. Aldermen in attendance for the Feb. meeting were Dale Welch, Jeff Murphy, Rebecca Iaquinta, Cla-rice Weist, Mark Farley, Joey Isabell, Amy Clark, and Nathan Walker. Fol-lowing the invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and the approval of the Janu-ary meeting minutes, the board considered current issues on the table. Rebecca Iaquinta re-ported on the Personnel Committee working on the employee manual and waiting to get it

back from MTAS. Joey Isabell reported that the Economic Development Committee had its meet-ing on Jan. 15. There were many in attendance to offer their expertise on the subject economic development staff from the City of Cookev-ille, Cookeville/Putnam County Chamber, Upper Cumberland Develop-ment District, along with representatives from the Monterey Destination Leadership Commit-tee (Monterey Business Expo). The discussion revolved around types of businesses Monterey

would like to attract, what kind of identity did Monterey want. .“We have to get our town in the best position for growth,” said Alderman Joey Isabell. Clarice Weist reported for the Street Commit-tee. The board passed a motion to approve the bid for $16,800 to get a truck ready for salt that the city had sold a piece of equipment for $22,000 or $23,000 to pay for this. For Monterey’s new sign logo, Joey Isabell is in contact with a for-mer classmate, Randall

City meeting notes

The month of March is Colon Cancer Aware-ness Month. According to the CDC, among can-cers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Every year, about 140,000 Americans are diag-nosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 50,000 people die from it. The saddest part of this is that this disease is highly preventable by getting screened begin-ning at age 50. There are preventative measures you can take. Get screened regu-larly starting at age 50, stay active, maintain a healthy weight, don’t drink too much alcohol, and don’t smoke.Facts you need to know:Risks increase with age.

More than 90 percent are diagnosed after age 50. Most of times there are no symptoms. This is why screening is so important. Risks are in-creased with family his-tory of colon cancer.Symptoms may include: blood in stool, stomach pains or cramps that don’t go away and un-explained weight loss.Screenings are so im-portant. People at av-erage risk of colorectal cancer get screened at regular intervals with high-sensitivity fe-cal occult blood tests (FOBT), sigmoidos-copy or colonoscopy beginning at age 50. People at increased risk because of a family his-tory of colorectal can-cer or polyps or because they have inflammatory bowel disease or certain inherited conditions may be advised to start screening before age 50

and may have more fre-quent screenings. FOBT screenings can actually be done from home. It checks for blood in the stool and should be done with your yearly physical. Sigmoidosco-py screening views the rectum and lower part of colon. This may be done every five years, but could vary depend-ing on findings.Colo-noscopy screenings view the rectum and entire colon and may be done every 10 years. But, again, could also vary with findings.

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” ~Jim Rohn

Healthy Thoughts is written by Brenda McIn-tosh, FNP, and Heather Everett, FNP, of Minor Med Walk-In Clinic to educate and alleviate.

Healthy ThoughtsMarch Colon Cancer Awareness Month

McCloud, was consult-ing with Isabell about the city’s new logo that would be on the banners on the light poles along Commercial Ave. Logo ideals have been cir-cling around the Stand-ing Stone among other things. Clarice Weist voiced that the city should keep “Where the Hilltops Kiss the Sky.” Real work on the design will not proceed until Isabell secures a price quote from McCloud for his work and gets the board’s approval. Jeff Murphy informed the board that the Fi-nance Committee would begin meeting in March at 5:30 p.m. before the regular board meeting to start working on the budget. No new reports were made for the other committees.Mayor Wiggins brought up the discussion of tree cutting in Whit-taker Park. Rebecca Iaquinta recommended planting some flower-ing dogwoods and some Christmas tree pine trees around that walkway to decorate and have a Christmas tree tour of lights. Mayor Wiggins stated he would contact aborist, Doug Airhart. Rebecca Iaquinta brought up the notion of installing a water fea-

ture with some toys for the kids to play in be-cause the pool is going to age out. “What we have seen happen in Algood and Cookeville, if it ages out then it gets filled with dirt and we don’t get a pool replaced,” said Ia-quinta. “This pool is so critical to our commu-nity. The kids need that desperately. We need a water feature in place and ready to go and op-erating for these kids.”Iaquinta also encour-aged for the city grant writer to be on the look-out for potential grants for this project. Mayor Wiggins present-ed the priorities list. The Standing Stone Care board wished to inform the city that they have established rapport with Signature Health which presented a $50,000 check on the condition that it be used to benefit the entire community. The health care board has been wrestling with priorities to recommend to the Standing Stone board on how to pro-ceed. What they have decided is for the Cate Gil Building to have new roofing, drying out the basement, repair-ing the vapor barriers, a sump pump, catch basins, rerouting and

removing some unused plumbing, and perhaps putting a concrete pad in that basement floor to help combat the mois-ture. The gutters also need repairs and one public restroom needs to be lightly remodeled and updated but is very functional and works fine for now. Jeff Murphy interjected and asked, “Why are we looking at spending $50,000 on a building that is aging like that one is instead of putting that money back into a new, better building here in town?” Murphy also spoke about his concerns with the town’s doctor, Dr. Smith, at his pres-ent age will be retiring soon, and said, “To get a new doctor to come into this town, we need a good building that [a doctor] is going to want to open an office in. I don’t see any physician that is coming out of medical school, wanting to come in to Monterey, and serve patients in that particular building. We need a good medi-cal arts building here in town.”Board members began discussing selling the building and debat-ing the arguments for

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Great Local Food for a Great Local Cause

Get ready for a culinary treat beginning Mar. 1- 7 at select local restau-rants who are offering special dishes as part of the inaugural “Cookev-ille Regional Restaurant Week.” Partnering restaurants will offer a special Res-

taurant Week menu, along with their normal menu, throughout the week. When a patron selects a dish from the Restaurant Week menu, partnering restaurants will make a $5 donation to help local patient’s in-need. Restaurant Week is sponsored by IWC and supports the charitable

programs and services provided by Cookev-ille Regional Charitable Foundation. “This is a great opportu-nity to enjoy something new at some of the best local restaurants in our area, and help out lo-cal patients at the same time,” said John Bell, Foundation Director. Participating restaurants

include Backroom Bis-tro, Bight of the Bend, Char, Crawdaddy’s, Fa-ther Tom’s Pub, Foglight Foodhouse, Gondola Pizza House, Mauricio’s, Mamma Rosa’s, Nick’s, Seven Senses, Spankies, The Bull & Thistle, The Cooke House, and West-Side Deli. Cookeville Regional Restaurant Week has

been tailed to showcase our region’s best local restaurants and highlight the culinary scene in the Upper Cumberland. Participating restaurants will offer unique entrées, combinations of entrées and desserts or appetiz-ers, and specialty dishes at set prices of $15 for lunch and $25 for dinner. Enjoy one, or both, daily

while giving back to the community. For full menu and de-tails please visit www.CookevilleRestaurant-Week.com.To view a list of Restau-rant Week partners, a full menu with special dishes and details, please visit www.CookevilleRestau-rantWeek.com.

CRMC to hold ‘Restaurant Week’

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A devastating house fire took the home of Shan-non and Sandra Lane Adkins early on the morning of Feb. 4. The house and all its contents were a complete loss. But, by grace, lives were spared. “There are so many things I would love to say but we don’t have all year for how grateful we are for the help we have received,” said Sandra Lane. “First and fore-most, the greatest thank you goes to our Lord and savior. He is the one that is in charge of me and Mariah, our 23 month old, getting out of that house unharmed.” It was the gravest of circumstances. Smoke filled the house, while Sandra Adkins and her baby daughter, Mariah, had fallen back to sleep after Shannon Adkins had gone to work at 4:15 a.m. Sandra Lane Adkins was awakened by the sound of popping and cracking. She then rec-ognized the faint smell of smoke had wafted up to her bedroom located at the opposite end of the house, while the rest of the house was engulfed in flames. As soon as realized something was wrong, her feet hit the floor and she instantly ran to the hallway, see-ing smoke hovering throughout the rest of the house. Acting quickly, Sandra ran back to her room grabbing my cell

and home phones and di-aling 911 on one and her parents on the other. “As I wrapped Mariah in her bed covers, I yelled over the speakers for help at our address and told the [dispatcher] we were going to get out,” Adkins recounted. Af-ter she opened a door across the hall, she ini-tially thought she may have to jump out of the windows but hesitated to risk further injury. The house was filled with gagging smoke and the living room walls were eight feet of a blazing dragon’s fortress. She didn’t have time to put on coats or even socks. Adkins had her shoes by the front door and as she made her way to the door holding Mariah, she kicked her shoes out when she exited. Adkins just wanted her baby out of the house that at this point had become a flaming inferno. She ran out into the yard with her in an attempt to get some distance between the house and her daugh-ter who was terrified. “I did attempt to run back in but [Mariah] came running behind me screaming, so I just decided that was it,” Ad-kins said. Her vehicle had been parked in front of the garage on the end of the house where the fire had started. “Flames were shooting out every-where from it,” Adkins said. Not knowing the car had been affected by the flames she ran with Mariah and jumped in threw the car into re-

verse and drove out to the end of her driveway. Later, she found that the fire had actually melted parts of her car, includ-ing both side mirrors, bumper, the hood around the grill, and the passen-ger side headlight as-sembly. Adkins’ parents arrived and then a county sheriff. “This house con-tained many memories and personal valuables of my parents, too. It’s been very hard on us all. It seemed to take forever for firefighters to arrive and I felt so helpless to just stand and watch my family’s home burn with all my belongings inside,” Adkins said. “I could do nothing but stand there.” The Putnam County Fire Department responded and sent a crew of 13 fire-fighters up from Cookev-ille. “They worked hard once they got there and I thank them very much,” she said. Many family, friends and neighbors immediately called to action for anyone who could to help in a com-munity-wide outpouring of support for Adkins that is still ongoing. “I would love to be able to sit here and list each person that has helped us in any way, but I can’t because, sadly, I don’t know who some are. The amount of God’s love that has been showered down on us is amazing and heartwarming. Our family has literally been clothed by others. And the kindness goes farther than just our little lov-ing town. The amount of

prayers and love stretch-es out into other counties as well. Friends from school that I haven’t seen or talked to in a while have showed us so much love and support. Many churches have prayed and help support us also,” said Adkins. And the giving didn’t stop there, as she further explained, “Facebook

has helped loved ones reach out to us also. A lady in Cookeville that I have never met has been in contact with me through Facebook let-ting us know that she has been posting for do-nations of furniture and other things to help us and that she also started a page on Facebook for those donations. Like I

said, I can’t thank every-one enough.”The Adkinses and their children are all safe, ex-ceedingly grateful and overwhelmed by all of those who answered the call to help. Although, the loss was great, the outpouring of love and support was greater.

Art Gernt of Gernt In-surance Agency offered sound advice to hom-eowners to help navigate the aftermath of the de-structive ice storm. Tips for those with weather damage to their homes and property:1. Please be careful choosing contractors. Many are great, but there are some opportunists and scammers running around. 2. DO NOT PREPAY FOR DEBRIS REMOV-AL. The only exception you know and trust the contractor. 3. Stop the bleeding. Don’t hesitate to make

any immediate repairs to prevent further damage. Insurance companies want you to do this (an adjuster doesn’t have to see it first). 4. Take pictures. Digital is cheap so take as many as possible.5. Be patient. It’s a vir-tue, after all. Waiting for a good contractor with recommendations will prevent aggravation later.6. Ask for Certificates of Insurance. Anf further-more, if they are getting on your roof or cutting a tree down next to your house, call the agent to make sure coverage is in

force. 7. If you have any ques-tions, contact your insur-ance agency first.While Monterey has had wonderful volunteers and countless agencies take great care to ease the burdens the storm left behind, there has been a rather unnerving developement. Because of the vulnerable state in which the entire area now finds itself, there has been an influx of scavengers emerging to take advantage. Out-of-towners are perusing neighborhoods looking to scam residents and price gouge supplies and

services. . Do not make any agree-ments, buy services or pay anyone with whom you are unfamiliar. Please make sure you are well aware of ac-tual volunteers. Don’t be afraid to ask for the name of their organiza-tion, look for identifying insignia, see if they can tell you some recognize-able names, and call the shelter or church to be sure who, if anyone, was sent to assist you. Be extra diligentd and don’t let anyone com-promise your storm re-covery.

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Housefire takes everything but family’s faith

Photo submittedThe ashes of the smouldering home of Shannon and Sandra Lane Adkins after Putnam County Fire Department extinguished what was left of the blaze on Feb. 4. Thankfully, there were no injuries but the Adkins’ home and all their belongings were a complete loss.

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Wilson students love Valentine’s

Photos submitted(Above) Sabrina Lane’s 4th grade class at Wilson Elementary show off their Valentine’s Day boxes. (Below) The winners of the contest are (L to R) 1st place, Shelby Swallows, 2nd place, Kadence Bowman, and 3rd place Mason Bowman.

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Overton County UT Ex-tension is gearing up for its annual Chick Chain. Applications and de-posits are due back on Mar. 13 for county 4-H members to experience raising poultry firsthand and gain agricultural ex-perience.4-H helps kids learn by doing. It creates respon-sible leaders in our com-munities through a wide range of programs inside and outside of school. Livestock projects are one of the many tools used to teach youth re-sponsibility. The poultry project, or Chick-Chain, is one of the easiest way to get our youth involved in agriculture and hands on learning. After paying a deposit, they receive 15 chicks. 4-H’ers learn to care for chicks and raise them as layers or broilers. They

have fun while learning how food moves from the farm to the table. They learn poultry man-agement skills, healthy chick production, and business management skills through cost and income record keeping. Currently, students in grades 4-8th have been receiving information on the 2015 Chick-Chain in Overton Coun-ty classrooms. It is open to students in 4th-12th grades. The Overton County Chick-Chain will give your students pride in knowing they have contributed to their own knowledge and to their families. Students will be receiving their chicks in April. In the fall, all students will bring back three of their chicks. There will be an auction of them to fundraise for future 4-H projects and for the stu-dents. For applications

or more information, stop by the Overton UT Extension office located at 317 E. University St., Suite 131 in Livingston or call 931-823-2735.

For member opportuni-ties for those who live in neighboring coun-ties, contact the UT Extension offices of your county. For Put-nam County UT Exten-sion office call (931) 526-4561. Cumberland County residents may contact their office at (931) 484-6743. White County extension office can be reached at (931) 761-7785. A complete calendar of events and opportunities for these and other services for Master Gardeners and FCE is available per county at the UT Exten-sion website at http://ex-tension.tennessee.edu.

Congratulations to these students from the great-er Monterey area for making TTU’s Dean’s List. Your hard work is evident and we are very proud of you.CumberlandGarrett Douglas BlylyJacquelinie FernandezDanielle Victoria Ge-rardiAmerila Lauren Jack-sonNicholas Charles PotterPutnamJesse Lee BohannonJessica Tyler DentonDylan R. DurhamKristina Ann GarrettAaron Michael HettigerTinisha Dawn Key

Tanner Blake KiblerChastity Beth LandersJerry Dakota LowhornCole Christian McCor-mickDaniel Jay MillerBrandon Michael MoulAbby Laine PierceDylan T. PoteetKaylin Michelle PughBrieanna Whitney QueenTara Danielle RayJames A. SharpChelsea Rae TaborsKenneth Joe WalkerKassandra A. WiseOvertonKasey L. AndersonChristopher Evan Bar-lowTaylor Nicole Bowman

Michael Lee BoydTyler Lee ChosewoodLucas Wayne GunnelsBobby Joe HillJennifer M. IwanyszynNathaniel Shawn Ken-nardKasey Lynn MartinKelsey R. MeadowsCharles Tyler PeekTammy Kay PhillipsWhitney Gabrielle Phil-lipsErica Deloris PresleyKristin Lee RamseyRachel Hannah RamseyDaniel L. SherfeyIsaiah D. WalkerCora A. WilsonJoshua Ray Wilson

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and against that idea and potential buildings that could serve as a medical arts building. Mayor Wiggins insisted he finish the priorities and then said, “You all do what you want with them and I have not put a money figure to them yet. This is just coming out of a committee and you all authorize. You dispose of it the way you see fit.” The Collins Building repair needs are as fol-lows: repairs on the ramp, light remodeling to take up the carpet and coat the underlying con-crete floor, fixes on the street lights, and eve re-pair. Wiggins stated that the city already had the

building on the pest con-trol list. City hall needs roof and guttering. Regarding the priorities, Wiggins then said, “You heard them. What do you want to do?” Wiggins reported to the board that there was $108,000 in the account and Rebecca Iaquinta said, “We need to lever-age that to our best ad-vantage.”Amy Clark inquired about plans for Whit-taker Park which were as follows: plans to con-struct two basins on the far end to dry it up, pour-ing a concrete tarmac in front of the bandstand so people could dance in the event of live music, putting a back stop on the side of the pavilion to keep the mud from washing in on the stage, guttering the backside

of the pavilion where it slopes and channeling that water to the catch basins, pouring a con-crete tarmac to anchor the playground equip-ment that Burger King gave to the city, land-scaping, filling the lower end with dirt, terracing it and create amphitheater-like seating. Dale Welch said, “We have talked and talked and talked about that in the Building and Grounds, but we never got any estimates or any-thing. We can talk about it for two years.” Rebecca Iaquinta en-couraged that they have had enough talk and now they needed to do something about it. Dale Welch reiterated, “We never got any design on the roof here and we never have got anything

for over there or over there. We just talk about it and talk about it.” Wiggins stated that those are the priorities that came out of your Stand-ing Stone Healthcare Board of Trustees. For Amy Clark, the biggest priorities are the park and the city hall roof and thinks the Cate-Gil Building either needs re-pairing or selling. Wig-gins pointed out that the water plant is going to need a new roof, as well. Wiggins had Mike Con-nor’s estimation about the Cate-Gil Building, but that there was an-other dimension to the Cate-Gil Building say-ing, “You all are veterans to the board and remem-ber Signature Health was talking to you about buying it a few years ago and you said no,”

said Wiggins. Rebecca Iaquinta reminded the board, “We said, ‘No’ at that point because they owed us $100,000 and they wanted us to put that money toward the Cate-Gil Building and let their contracting firm to do the work.” While they were on the subject, Wiggins report-ed that Signature wanted to buy the nursing home. Jeff Murphy decidedly stated, “No.” Wiggins reminded the board that the $50,000 from Signature had been conditioned to benefit the entire community to which Jeff Murphy re-plied, “Everything we talked about here tonight benefits the communi-ty.” The board passed a motion to let the Build-ing and Grounds Com-mittee get together and

get some solid numbers on the park, the building and the roofs and let that committee meet with the trustees from Signature and see which options they like better. In other business, Mayor Wiggins read the note of thanks from Lexi Cantrell to them for the scholarship. He also made the board aware that the city’s attorney, Michael O’Mara was retiring mid-February and he is trying to find a city attorney. Names he mentioned for the job were Nolan Goolsby and Dan Rader, IV. Rebecca Iaquinta suggested Mon-terey native, Jonathan Young, and Joey Isabell suggested Seth Crabtree, also from Monterey. There were no public comments and the Feb. meeting was adjourned.

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The Monterey Police Department (MPD) will host a State Certified Handgun Safety class Mar. 27 and 28. It is imperative for any-one who uses or keeps firearms to have proper training. Training not only certifies carriers, but also encourages con-fidence in safety. All applicants will first have to submit an on-line application at this web address, http://apps.tn.gov/handgun.

It is the responsibility of each individual to com-plete the form. After filling out the re-quired information, please print off your confirmation number and bring it with you at the time of the class. The cost of the class will be $50 which must be paid prior to attending the class at the Monterey Police Department dur-ing business hours from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.At the time of payment,

please pick up a copy of the class schedule and list of equipment needed to attend the class along with proof of payment. Please wear appropriate attire. No T-shirts with obscene jesters will be allowed and those who do not comply will be asked to leave. To graduate and receive certification, applicants must participate and complete the mandatory eight-hours of training. The classes have been

divided between the two instruction days, four hours per day. The first session day will be class-room instruction. The second day will consist of four hours of outdoors range qualification. The rest of the procedure will be explained during the class room portion. The class will be led by FTO Larry Bates, Fire-arms Instructor.Required Items to bring the day of the class: Confirmation number

from online registry (re-quired to attend class); Proof of payment for class; Firearm, which will be inspected prior to firing range safety quali-fication; 50 rounds of ammunition, which will also be inspected prior to qualification. A hol-ster is not required but may prove useful during qualification.The State Certified Handgun Class instruc-tional classroom time will be from 5 p.m. to 9

p.m. on Mar. 27. The fir-ing range portion will be from 8 a.m. to noon on Mar. 28. Participants who com-plete the required train-ing and qualification sessions will be certified for a carry permit. Proper training with firearms is the best step for an added measure of safety. For more information contact Pam Phillips at MPD by calling 839- 2323.

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Place an ad in Standing Stone Scribe and help support Burks football program. The Burks football pro-gram is in dire need of new equipment. Coach-es, parents and Burks student athletes are try-ing to raise funds in the amount of $3,500 to provision players with protective gear and other

team necessities. These football players are being groomed to follow in the paw prints of Team 81 and are the future of MHS Wildcat football. But, they can’t do it unless they have the proper gear to prac-tice and play. That is why Standing Stone Scribe has signed on to help support Burks

football. A portion of the quarter, half and full page ads sold in the March and April Issues of Standing Stone Scribe will be donated to the Burks football program. The Scribe is grateful for the opportunity to help Burks raise funds to attain the equipment to necessary keep its foot-ball players safe on the

field and at practice. For more informa-tion and to purchase a quarter page ad or larger and help the Scribe support Burks football, contact Re-bekah Beeler at (931) 265-9489 or email [email protected] by Mar. 20 to make the April Issue.

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The Monterey Destina-tion Leadership com-mittee, formerly Mon-terey Business Expo, has postponed the Catch the Leprechaun Festival, slated for Mar. 13 and 14, until further notice.“The committee has not officially met. However, we know we will not be having the event as scheduled,” said Tonya Adams, Monterey Des-tination Leadership member. “We will need to regroup to see if we can schedule a different date. The town does not

have the resources for this event at this time.”Initially, the Catch the Leprechaun Festival included a 5K, judged bike and car show, food, and live music. The in-tent was to showcase Monterey and all it has to offer, raise money for local youth sports pro-grams, boost tourism, and ring in the spring on the mountain. Other clubs, such as the VFW, were planning to par-ticipate to help make the event a success. The Monterey Hilltop Cho-rale had scheduled its dinner concert and silent auction as its fundraiser for the year and Project

Graduation planned to set up a booth. All in all, the entire weekend was thwarted by the ice storm. Pri-orities shifted and all the energy that was geared towards the festival has now been redirected to-wards reparations and rescheduling. Originally, the idea was to have proceeds from the festival’s 5K be al-located to go towards lo-cal sports teams. Adams had said, “We hope to be able to sup-port our young people in their endeavors as they will be our future lead-ers.”The event has not been

cancelled indefinitely, however, and the Mon-terey Destination Lead-ership committee is con-fident that it will come to a decision as to when the festival can reason-ably take place and be a benefit to the town. So don’t toss those Blar-ney stones just yet.Keep an eye on the go-ings on in the greater Monterey area at www.facebook.com/scribe-montereynews for up-dates on the festival re-schedule.

Leprechaun Festival postponedWilson Elementary School and community would like to personally thank every-one who donated their time, money, food, and supplies during the disaster. We are so blessed that everyone came together to help each other in this time of need. We greatly appreciate everything!Heather BowmanWilson Elementary SchoolAssistant Principal

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Mace Andrew Parker made his debut to his excited parents on Feb. 3. New parents, Seth and Jessica Parker. The little champ weighed in 7 lbs 10oz. and was 20 in. long. Mace is the first grandson for proud grandpar-ents, Stephen and Lisa Parker, and the first grandbaby for Mary Larrowe. Congratulations to the Parkers on the birth of their beautiful baby boy. May your home be ever blessed with capes and cowboy hats for your new addition.

Mace Andrew Parker Celebrating a very ‘Frozen’ birthday

Happy anniversary Kenny and Dayna Pierce

March 15An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the

memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow.~Unknown

Al and Angel Louden will be celebrating their 20th anniversary on March 13. As much in love now as they ever were, the Loudens have a beautiful, well-lived story. Twenty years is a lot of years in the mind of a young person’s fu-ture. Angel never could have imagined 20 years at the time when she had eyes for Al. They’ve raised three children, have tumbled down and leapt up with the lows and highs as life present-ed them. They took each victory and each chal-lenge and added them unto their marriage mak-ing their union that much stronger. “We have been on top of the world and we have been as low as we can be,” said Angel Louden. “And no matter what life has thrown at us, our love for each oth-

er and our beautiful fam-ily has always brought us out on top.”Al Louden was extreme-ly shy, but caught Angel’s interest, and her heart, all the same. Just after four months of court-ing, Al proposed in the parking lot of a Sobik’s Sub shop. Al and his 18-month-old baby girl married Angel and they became a family. They were married, the first

time, at the court house with just their mothers and Angel’s best friend as witnesses. “We were so broke in the beginning that we knew the true meaning of liv-ing on love,” Louden recalled. “We paid the car payment late so we could pay the Justice of the Peace at the court house in downtown Or-lando.” For the Loudens’ 10-year

anniversary, Al gave An-gel the wedding she’d always dreamed of, com-plete with a white dress and everything. All three of their children were in the wedding party and it was just as she had imagined. The Loudens always considered living in the mountains in Tennessee. There was a quiet long-ing for a place in these hills that was ultimately their fantasy. After the recession hit, the state of the economy greatly af-fected the Loudens; jobs were lost and they were in danger of losing their home. Just like Al and Angel knew they were meant for each other, they knew that Ten-nessee was where they needed to be. The couple then made a command decision that challenged their lives

and their marriage more than any decision they had ever made before. They cashed in all their savings and retirement funds, packed their bags and started a new life in Monterey. They hadn’t wanted to live in the city and ruled out Nashville and Knoxville. Then, a friend told them about Cookeville. When they came to visit, the Loud-ens actually started look-ing for a place in Cross-ville. Upon their return home, they continued to research and found a place in Monterey, trust-ed the word of a poten-tial landlord and made plans to move. As they packed, their daughter’s former youth leader who had moved away emailed Angel and asked where in Tennessee they were moving. In an unexpect-ed twist, when Angel

told her Monterey, the youth leader informed her that she lived here, too. “Monterey was meant for us,” said An-gel Louden. And eight years later, they are here celebrating with all the confidence certainty that 20 years of marriage brings along knowledge that they wouldn’t have changed a thing. All of the mo-ments in their lives to-gether has brought them here and made them into the people and the parents they are today. Angel said it best, “God truly blessed us and our marriage and He have us the tools to succeed. So, as we celebrate 20 years of not always blissful marriage, I thank God every day for us.”Happy anniversary to Al and Angel Louden. Here is to another 20 years!

Loudens celebrate 20th anniversary

When little princess, Jada Duncan, wanted to have a “Frozen” themed party to celebrate her seventh birthday, she got more than she bar-gained for.Jada Duncan, turned seven-years-old on Feb. 21, the day of the storm. A huge fan of Disney’s “Frozen,” her mother, Kayla Grogan, had planned a big party for her daughter at a hotel to have a pool and ho-tel slumber party with her friends. When they woke Saturday morn-ing, they heard what sounded like a milita-rized zone outside of their house. Trees were falling and some even uprooted. Because they had no heat, they went on to Cookeville to stay in the hotel, but out of necessity instead of fun. None of Jada’s friends were able to come to the party. For all intents and purposes, it had been cancelled. Jada was missing her friends and had so

been looking forward to the party, she was a little hurt by the circum-stances. Although Jada was disappointed, and rightfully so, she kept a good attitude. Grogan comforted her grow-ing girl and gently ex-plained it was no one’s fault. There was simply nothing anyone could do about the weather. She further encouraged Jada that the only thing she can control about the weather is how she reacts to it. “We can feel sorry for ourselves or we can make the best of what we got,” said Kay-la Grogan. Jada then did what Queen Elsa would do and let it go, not letting the storm hold her down. Perking up and enjoying the day anyway. When some family members came to stay in the same hotel, they were able to have an impromptu party to celebrate prin-cess Jada’s birthday. They had a mini party, sang “Happy Birthday,”

and enjoyed pizza and a beautiful cake adorned with snowflakes and all the characters of the movie. “It was probably a hard but good life lesson for her. Sitting around feel-ing sorry for ourselves accomplished nothing. We did what we had to do, stuck together and made the best of what we had,” said Grogan. “We actually had a good time.”It was certainly a birth-day to remember, what with the unabashed iro-ny that a “Frozen” party would indeed be liter-ally frozen. But just in case, a family member requested not to have a Wizard of Oz themed party for Jada next year. You just never know.

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tional Guard was also called in to clear debris. Monterey First Baptist (FBC), Wilson Elemen-tary School (WES) and Red Cross set up emer-gency shelters for area residents. Disaster and emergency relief provid-ed by Second Harvest, Samaritan’s Purse and Red Cross offered pro-visions and volunteers for the FBC and WES shelters Local radio sta-tion Kiss 98.5 FM held “Caring for the Cumber-lands” donation drive at local stores to collect much needed supplies. The Monterey Volunteer Fire Department made house calls and welfare checks, visiting residents door-to-door to make sure they had everything they needed and offered rides to nearby shelters. Townsmen volunteered with chainsaws set out to clear the debris. Church-es of Christ Disaster Re-lief came to deliver and distribute provisions. Everyone determinedly came together to work, share, help, and pray. Readers shared their per-sonal accounts of how they managed through the wreckage without heat or power. Algood Walmart donated $200 toward supplies for Monterey that Nicholas Tudor picked up and took to Monterey FBC’s Family Life Center shelter. Bethany Raines started the slogan “Pray for the Rey” as her heart broke for her hometown. Dorice Farley mentioned Trinity Assembly, in Al-good, who chipped in to help her when her family ran out of firewood and allowed them to bor-row a generator. Mindy Hammonds was grateful to her neighbor, Donna Jones, who shared her generator with Ham-monds’ family. Tabatha Phillips gave her account of the morn-ing of the storm when so many began to lose power, “About 4 a.m., early Saturday morn-ing, my three-year-old woke me up and said, ‘Mommy, me scared.’ At first, I didn’t notice what was going on but I looked out my win-dow and saw all kinds of light. It was an electri-cal fire. I didn’t realize until around 8 a.m., just how bad it was. We had no heat, no lights and it was getting colder. I had my kids pack up a few clothes and we stopped and checked on my mom and headed out of town. I was terrified when I saw our small town so broken. No stores, no gas, no lights, it felt like the end of the world. I thank God my family is okay.” Bonnie Dial shared her appreciation to the crews who began work-ing immediately and said, “Thanks to all the workers that worked all hours. We could hear them in the neighbor-hood and knew they were working hard to take care of all of us. We were without power for about 30 hours, but had a fireplace and water

and cooked on our grill on the carport. So we are thankful for all the things we had, plus friends and neighbors who checked on us.”No stores were open. There was nowhere to go for supplies, food, batteries, or anything. This story in particu-lar embodies the very definition of being a Montereyan. Jaclyn and Jenna Wakefield went to the Convenience Mart with owners, Mike and Bekki Todd, to get some things they needed out of Jenna’s car. When they pulled in, people began stopping for food items, supplies and more. The Todds couldn’t turn them away and decided to open their doors, without power, and stayed open making cold sandwiches for everyone. They got power back about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night and Bekki Todd was diligent about staying, even if she was working in her house slippers. “They are a true blessing to this community,” said Jaclyn Wakefield. “Also, the amount of people out there helping clear roads is amazing.” Amanda Phillips ex-plained how her family along with others in the neighborhood cleared their road to keep each other safe. “I live on Dripping Springs Road with my husband and five children. We have a lot of family that live on this road, as well as good friends. My brother-in-law called to ask my husband if he and our two older boys wanted to help cut trees out of the road so maybe it would help some. They cleared Dripping Springs Road from Hwy. 62 up to the county line free of trees. Others came to help pull the big trees out the road until it was passable. A big thank you to my family and all those who helped out.”Larry Wiley said, “Jer-emy Flatt and Bobby

Parrott got the shelter opened at Monterey First Baptist, then crews restoring the electric-ity so fast, the Monterey Police, Monterey Fire, Monterey City, Put-nam County Commis-sioners office, Putnam Emergency Manage-ment, Homeland Secu-rity, Feed America, Red Cross, Cookeville First Baptist, Algood Police, VEC, Congressman Di-ane Black’s office, Put-nam County Police De-partment. It took every one of these agencies’ efforts to pull this off. I witnessed it firsthand.” Lee Johnson said, “My husband and I are still fairly new to town. We have no family here. When we woke up Sat-urday morning we felt like we were in a bad dream. Trees were laid over my husband’s truck, our house was 48 degrees, and a tree was blocking our only way out. A sheriff came that day to check on us and cut the tree down. We safely got to Cookeville and have had so many people offer us a place to stay and food. We have had neighbors call, we have had people come to our house that don’t even know our name, and I am overwhelmed at the love and support this community has shown during this time. I feel so fortunate de-spite these unfortunate circumstances to be in Monterey, Tennessee. God bless you all.” The giving and hard work didn’t stop there. Approaching day three post storm, others were able to help in their own creative ways. Grand Image Salon’s Lindsey Phillips announced she would open and want-ed to help anyway she could. Phillips offered anyone without power, water or heat to come to her salon for a shampoo and the use of her hair-dryers and flat irons, with the added benefit of

a pot of hot coffee and a kettle of chili. Sheila Lane said, “We are still without power. Not for lack of all the hard work by all the employ-ees of VEC, but that there is just so much damage. We may live only two and a half miles from the red light in town, but the damage is so extensive that they say it could be one to five more days, and maybe longer, before we get electricity. But that is okay, as long as they keep electric on at Standing Stone Nurs-ing Home, I can wait. God is watching over us all and for that I praise Him. I’m also glad the Convenience Mart got electricity because their coffee sure was good.”Lorna Matheney said, “We live on Woodcliff Road. Officer James Harris from Cookeville Police Department came by to see if we were okay. Then Johnny Bowman came by later to see if everyone was okay. That was so good of them. I know everyone has fam-ily who are in a mess up here, but they are checking to see if any-one needs anything. My momma and daddy live in Anderson Communi-ty. They have no phone, no heat, no water, and no electricity. We took them a kerosene heater before the storm hit. I could not get to them but oth-ers did. They took water, bread, peanut butter, and lots more kerosene for the heater. That is what is going on in Monterey. People are helping peo-ple.” Vanessa Rochelle Swal-lows’ nephew, Aaron Swallows, works for the Galloway tree trimming crew that contracts with VEC. She was told by her family tells that he had been out until 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. and that the last time they saw him he had been up for over 90

hours, wearing the same rain soaked clothes and boots working as hard as he could. For some, the wide-spread damage wasn’t apparent until it was over or until they were finally able to get out of their homes and see it for themselves. Penny Riddle, a veteran teacher at MHS, realized early on what a massacre the Monterey area had suf-fered and proactively began preparations to do what she could. “My heart is so full that there are no words to say how much love is being shown to the citizens of Monterey at this time,” Riddle said. “My heart was so heavy for family and people I love in the Monterey area.” Within three minutes of posting on Facebook, other teachers in the county and women Rid-dle goes to church with were responding. Within two hours, she had a plan. The next morning, Riddle, her husband, Bruce, and Amy Forrest headed to Monterey with supplies. “I have worked and in-vested a huge part of my life there and never in my wildest imagination was I prepared to see what we saw once we entered into town,” said Riddle. “The destruction is beyond what one can comprehend.”In spite of the destruc-tion, their conversations hovered over how God had protected thousands of people in this storm.

“There is so much de-struction, but trees and houses can be replaced. Human lives cannot,” said Riddle. “To me that tells me that my God is faithful and loving and protects His people.” Paula Hull Walker said, “I am thankful to all in the community that has volunteered their time. We were out of elec-tricity and my sister and brother-in law, Lori Beth and Josh Sparks, came and picked us up to bring us to a warm home. Also, to my broth-er, Stephen Hull, for checking on my home and helping cut trees at my house and many oth-ers. I am blessed to have such great family and friends.” Chuck Cantley said, “Thanks to all the VEC workers out there restor-ing our power and all the other workers com-ing in from other coun-ties and states, and to all our emergency ser-vices, fire, police, and rescue. Prayers to those still without power and to those in the Hanging Limb and Crawford ar-eas.”Monterey made national news headlines as one of the most devastated areas that was affected by this storm. Despite the damage, no one was hurt and the positive re-action of the community only proves how resil-ient residents of this area really are. And further-more, that a community that pulls together, stays together.

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(Above) Jenni Clark captured a photo of VEC crews working so very hard in the frigid temperatures repairing downed lines, fallen poles and cutting away debris on one of the many exhaustive days they would spend trying to make the Monterey area safe again. VEC crews were called up from all over the state and Georgia to help.(Right) Becky Jones Walker’s photo of Old Walton Rd. mangled after the ice storm with poles leaning severely and lines sagging under the weight of a fallen tree. Limbs and debris covered the road. This was a common image on roadways all over the plateau after the ice storm on Feb.21.

The Official

By Paula TudorColumnist

REVIEW10A Entertainment

In January, as you may recall, my column con-sisted of a partial tran-scription of an interview I conducted with actress Julie Ann Emery, in which she talked about her involvement in the AMC series Better Call Saul. A prequel to the highly successful show,

Breaking Bad, ‘Saul’ premiered on Feb. 8 to stellar ratings. While I would love to be able to compare and contrast these two series for you, I was not one of Break-ing Bad’s many viewers. One might be inclined to think that would put me at a bit of disadvantage when trying to review its successor, but as I men-tioned before, ‘Saul’ is a prequel. Therefore, even a working knowledge of Breaking Bad isn’t nec-essarily a requirement. This is good news for those of you who also missed out on the Break-ing Bad phenomenon.As I’m writing this ar-

ticle, AMC has only aired three episodes of Better Call Saul, but I have been pleasantly surprised with what I have seen thus far. Ac-tor Bob Odenkirk plays the lead character and engages his audience as James “Jimmy” Mc-Gill, a struggling pub-lic defender who wants to open his own legal practice. I now fully understand why Emery was singing his praises during our chat. For her part, Emery plays Betsy Kettleman, a recurring character, married to ac-cused embezzler, Craig Kettleman. McGill des-perately wants them as

clients, but runs into a bit of trouble in his pursuit of them. This appears to be the primary catalyst for everything that hap-pens or will happen fol-lowing the pilot episode. This setup makes the ac-tion easy to follow and maintains one’s interest from episode to episode. There, are, however, as-pects of the show that can be difficult to fol-low. I suspect this may be due to its connection to Breaking Bad. For instance, the first five minutes or so of the pilot episode appears to pick up where Breaking Bad left off or years after the fact, but having never

seen it I couldn’t say for sure. I only mention it so that you won’t be confused or discour-aged by those first few minutes. Those scenes are not particularly per-

tinent to ‘Saul’ in terms of being able to follow the show. The show itself is what I would describe as part drama, part dark comedy. This comedic aspect was something I was not expecting, but it is certainly needed in order to balance out the drama, particularly in episode 2, where things take a violent turn. This is definitely not a family program, so I’m sure it won’t appeal to everyone, but I would still recommend giving it a chance. It’s nothing if not entertaining. It has encouraged me want to go back and watch Breaking Bad, not out

of necessity, but because I am now genuinely in-terested in all the charac-ters from the ‘Breaking’ family. With ten episodes sched-uled for its first season, Better Call Saul airs Monday nights at 10/9c on AMC. The show has already been approved for a second season, which is supposed to be-gin in early 2016. To watch my full in-terview with Julie Ann Emery visit my web-site at paulas-soapbox.blogspot.com.

Paula Tudor is a free-lance writer, and a dis-tinguished blogger/on-line correspondent, with more than two thousand followers on twitter. The bulk of her work can be found at http://www.pau-las-soapbox.blogspot.com.


Who are you going to call? Better ‘Call Saul’

Curtain Call reschedules show due to weatherSubmitted

Was it Mother Nature, Old Man Winter, the Big Freeze of 2015, or Glob-al Warming? Whatever it was, it shut down most of Crossville and sur-rounding areas for sev-eral days with snow, ice, fallen tree limbs, power outages and bitterly cold temperatures. The radi-cal weather called for

a priority shift and the widespread cancellations and the rescheduling of many events. One such highly anticipated event that was rescheduled was the special opening of the Curtain Call Din-ner Theatre’s “From Mo-town to Nashville.” The “Motown to Nash-ville” concert has been rescheduled to open on Mar. 19. Those who

purchased tickets for the concert previously sched-ule for Feb. 19 will auto-matically be given prior-ity seating for the March date. The “Motown to Nashville” concert will feature comedian and impressionist, Johnny Counterfit. Crossville’s, Terry Henderson, will bring the Motown and Johnny Counterfit will represent Nashville.

The Motown Sound captured the US in the 60’s with artists such as Smokey Robinson, Mar-vin Gaye, the Tempta-tions, Martha and the Vandells, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Jackson Five, the Supremes, and the Four Tops. The Nashville portion will focus on classic country with fa-vorites from Merle Hag-

gard, George Strait, the Browns, Charlie Rich, George Jones, Patsy Cline and more. This live show will transport the audience back in time, revisiting classic tunes and all the memories that come with them.Johnny Counterfit has had an illustrious per-forming career. He has been seen on national television every year

since 1986, performed at the White House twice, frequents the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, and travels internationally with his band.Tickets are $35 plus tax for dinner and show. Ask for a discount for tables of eight or more. Show only tickets are $20 plus tax if bought in advance and $25 plus tax at the door. Dinner will be Cole slaw, barbeque pork, baked po-tato, veggie, yeast rolls, homemade dessert, plus all the coffee, tea and lemonade you can drink. Soft drinks are $1 which includes tax. Fresh pop-corn during the show is included.Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner to be served at 5:45 p.m. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. Cur-tain Call Dinner Theatre is located in the VF-Crossville Outlet Mall. Use the entrance at park-ing lot A. All major cred-it cards are accepted. If the rescheduled concert date is not feasible for ticketholders, please call 931-337-7469 for other arrangements.

Make plans to attend Monterey Hilltop Chorale Concert April 17By Rebekah K. Bohannon BeelerEditor

The Monterey Hill-top Chorale “Strolling Down Broadway” din-ner concert has been re-scheduled for Apr. 17 at the Monterey Commu-nity Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. A silent auction will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., with dinner to be served at 6:30 p.m. The dinner concert is the chorale’s big fundraiser for the year in an effort to raise money for the group to hold events and travel to performances. The chorale has planned a deliciously hearty din-ner complete with lasa-gna, salad, breadsticks, drinks, and dessert.

“Strolling Down Broad-way” will showcase fa-vorite musical numbers, as well as other arrange-ments, solos, duets, and more. This is a unique opportunity to support local music while get-ting to enjoy it. Nothing brings people together better music and food. Tickets bought for the show previously set for Mar. 13 will be honored at the Apr. 17 concert. If for any reason ticketh-olders cannot make the new concert date, the chorale is prepared to re-fund them. For the “Strolling Down Broadway” dinner con-cert, tickets are only $15 and can be purchased from any chorale mem-ber, or call 839- 2952

or 839-8567. Seating is limited so be sure to get your tickets as soon as possible. The Monterey Hilltop Chorale meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Monterey Meth-odist Church fellow-ship hall to practice. Anyone who has the slightest passion for music is invited to strike a harp and join the chorus. The cho-rale is always ready to welcome new mem-bers at practice and encourages all to join in with their fun lov-ing group. Members are not expected to be able to read music or have prior experience. Live, laugh and sing with the Monterey Hill-

top Chorale. The chorale seeks to bring unique and beau-tiful musical opportuni-

ties and cultural expe-riences to the top of the mountain. Live, laugh and sing with members

of the Monterey Hilltop Chorale. With them, the hills really are alive with the sound of music.

Photo by Amy Callahan MartinMonterey Hilltop Chorale member, Amy Callahan Martin, has her singing neighbors scoot in for a mid-practice chorale selfie. The Monterey Hilltop Chorale is a wonderfully unique concert choir led by Frances Eldridge bring-ing music to where “the hilltops kiss the sky.”

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STATEPOINT CROSS-WORD

THEME: SWEET TOOTH

ACROSS1. Face fringe6. Like a wallflower9. Something that hap-pened too fast?13. One hipbone14. Romanian money15. Sheep’s clothing, e.g.16. Bassos, alternative spelling17. Middle-earth crea-ture18. Balance sheet item19. *Peanut _______21. *Popular pastry cen-ter23. Exclamation of sur-prise24. Duds25. Tapped at parties28. Two-masted vessel30. Orient’s bigwig34. Misfortunes36. Not that38. Australian cockatoo40. Done after shuffling41. Popular garden pe-rennial43. Triathlon ride44. Part of surgeon’s

prep46. Rudolph, e.g.47. Affirm48. Austrian province50. Ogler52. Former name of To-kyo53. Give notice55. Clinton ___ Rod-ham57. *Dessert in honor of a dancer61. Text treatment65. French farewell66. Labour group68. Kind of salami69. House coat70. Little squirt71. In the company of72. Bone-dry73. ___ Khan74. “Dressed to the _____”

DOWN1. Kind of lettuce2. Having wings3. Not final or absolute4. Vigorous enjoyment5. Blacksmith shop6. *____ gin7. Part of H.M.S.8. New Mexico’s state flower9. Portrait sculpture10. Mona ____11. One who uses some-

thing12. Short for “retired”15. Pompous windbag20. Strongly opposed22. Funerary vase24. Shiny from mois-ture25. *Sour Patch ____26. Choose by vote27. Dazzling29. “____ Afraid of Vir-ginia Wolf?”31. *Rum ____32. Martini garnish33. *Alaska’s state35. Hurtful remark37. Dog command39. Parade honoree42. _____ provocateur45. Back down49. Head or john51. 40th President54. *Indian yogurt sta-ple that can be sweet or salty56. Fragrant resin57. Hemmingway nick-name58. Jewish month59. Henry ____60. “____ your hand”61. Tiny bit62. Involved in a secret63. *Sugar, waffle or cake ____64. Droops67. *Yule ___

seemed as though Old Man Winter wasn’t go-ing down without a fight, or two. Perhaps Punxsutawney Phil and his predictions should be taken more serious-ly. An arctic blast swept across the area cover-ing everything in an icy glaze. The glassy sheen on the trees looked like the trees had been deco-rate with twinkle lights when the sun would peek out from behind the clouds. Then several inches of snow show-ered down and the land looked like a scene from inside a snow globe that Old Man Winter had been toying with. Little did we know at the time that there was more where that came from; much more. But for the time being, Monterey, Crawford,

Rickman, Calfkiller, and Mayland were gor-geously adorned with an Afghan made of lacey snowflakes and gables were festooned with oversized spar-kling icicles. Winter is the misunder-stood child of Father Time and Mother Na-ture. What is often over-looked is that winter is a necessity and cleanses the world’s palate after a long, productive year giving the land leave to rest and recharge minerals and nutrients exhausted during the growing seasons. Win-ter also comes with reprieve for residents to find the subtle beauty between each chilling gust and the quiet truths that are overshadowed by the raucous of the other seasons; simple truths like, there is no such thing as too much hot chocolate.

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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb

Photos submitted(CW) Pat Diamond’s great nephew, Zayden, enjoys his first snow in WV, while her granddaughter, Mckenna Hatfield, sinks into a pile of fresh pow-dery snow in KY. Botwin greets Jaclyn Wakefield with snow on his nose. Tim Rankin creates beautiful snow scultpures like these every year. Jona-than E. Reed’s best friend, Sarge, looks like an illustration of “Call of the Wild.” Mason Beard and Nanci Brewer find a wildly gigantic icicle.

By Rebekah K.Bohannon BeelerEditor

Amanda Dyle Hedge-cough is truly an in-spiration. She has been through more than pos-sibly imaginable and the young woman is never short a smile. And what an amazingly beautiful, heartwarming smile she has. “To me, going through what I have with my kids and cancer, my faith in God has been what helps me,” said Amanda Dyle Hedgecough. “I strive to stay optimistic. Faith the size of a mus-tard seed can still move mountains. That is my testimony.”Hedgecough was in the Class of the Millenni-um and graduated from MHS in 2000, and mar-ried her husband, T.J., on June 11, 2005. They had a pair of perfectly precious identical twins, Kadence and Kaitlyn, on Jan. 24, 2006. The twins were diagnosed with Non-Ketotic Hypergly-cinemia (NKH), a rare genetic disorder. Little Kaitlyn passed away in Aug. 2007. Amanda and T.J. then had a baby boy, Nate, on Nov. 15, 2008. He, too, was di-agnosed with NKH and passed away nine days later. Kadence passed on May 9, 2009, at the age of three. Amanda’s father, Richard Dyle, Jr., passed away in Aug. of the same year. One wonders how a per-son can go through this much loss and still con-tinuously be a loving, smiling, tender hearted woman. Amanda ex-plained it best and said, “In my experience, I have always remem-bered that there are oth-ers far worse off. I just have to keep the faith that it will all be better. In a two-year span, from August 2007 to August 2009, I lost my three babies and my precious daddy. I am and always

will be a daddy’s girl. But I want to live my life to make my angels proud. I just want to be able to say that they were everything and no matter how dark the days, I still saw some light in it.”“My life has always been a fight honestly,” said Hedgecough. “Af-ter losing my 3 babies to NKH and my dad to liver disease, I decided to go to nursing school.” She began studying practi-cal nursing at Tennes-see College of Applied Technology (TCAT) and just after being hired at Cumberland Medical Center (CMC) Ally Ni-cole was placed in her home. It was December 2011, and Hedgecough said, “We received an early Christmas present. A happy, healthy 5 month old baby girl.” She quit working to stay home with baby Ally, a little girl who needed her sweet, mothering heart. Then, in February of 2013, her family grew

with the addition of an 8-month-old blonde baby boy named Josh. “We were so happy with our babies, but the good Lord had other plans,” Hedge-cough said. In January of 2014, Joshua’s baby brother, Landon, a tiny, two-month-old boy was brought to them.“I never knew I could love Ally, Josh and Landon like I do. But the Lord blessed us with these babies and they needed us,” said Hedge-cough. “But, I think, honestly I needed them more. They healed my heart. I would fight for-ever for these babies.”On Sept. 11, 2014, a short nine months after receiving the blessing of Landon, Hedgecough was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She had swollen lymph nodes above her right collarbone and had a bi-opsy done that day. She saw an oncologist and had a PET scan done. The diagnosis was stage 2 Hodgkin’s lympho-

ma. She was told she had a mass behind my breast bone and chemo was decidedly the best treatment. Hedgecough elected to have a por-tacath put in for chemo and geared up for four cycles (eight treatments) of chemotherapy with the first set for Oct. 7.“Besides T.J., who had been my rock, my kids, all six, have taught me how to fight and to love and to heal. So that is what I do,” said Hedge-cough. “Cancer may have me down, but I’m not out. I’ll always fight. That’s all I know.”On Feb. 23, Amanda Dyle Hedgecough fin-ished the last of these treatments. She was given a certificate and a celebratory giant cookie upon completion. The next step is a scan to see what her prognosis is. If the scan doesn’t show any cancer, she will then begin radiation for five to seven weeks. If anything shows up on the scan, then two

more rounds of Chemo will be administered followed by another scan to reevaluate. With Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the cancer has proven very responsive to the Chemo. According to Hedgecough, doctors try to give patients enough to kill the cancer. Then once the mass or masses are gone, they radiate them to keep them from regenerating. “I have to believe that everything happens for a reason,” said Hedge-cough. “And if my life in earth is hard then that will make heaven that much sweeter.” Amanda’s hope is to eventually try in some way to bring aware-ness to these illnesses that she has intimately come to know, NKH and Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and said, “That is what my babies had. There are only about 500 kids in the world with it. It’s very rare. I also want to bring awareness to Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

It can strike kids and adults alike.”Last year for NKH day, on May 2, an NKH mom in New York made t shirts with pics of NKH kids in the shape of a bumblebee which is the mascot for the genetic disorder. We sold them to raise funds for research. I sold 30 shirts to mainly my fam-ily. It was awesome. NKH is an inherited condition in which the body is unable to break-down and process some of the building blocks of protein (amino acids). It is considered an amino acid condition because it can lead to high levels of the amino acidglycine in the body. Harmful amounts of certain sub-stances build up in the body when a child has an amino acid condition. There is no cure for non-ketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH). Sodium Ben-zoate and dextrometho-rphan are the prescribed treatments to help the body get rid of excess glycine and reduce sei-zures and symptoms of severe nonketotic hyper-glycinemia (NKH). Amanda Dyle Hedge-cough has planned a con-cert get-a-way with her sisters and niece to see New Kids on the Block with Nelly and TLC in May. She is hopeful that as she said, “We decided that we would use that as a celebration for me being cancer free. My motto is ‘We can beat this’ because my story isn’t just my story. It’s my family’s and friends’ story, as well. They have my back and are fighting and praying with me.”To join in Amanda’s fight against Hodgkin’s lymphoma go to https://www.crowdrise.com/wecanbeatthis to donate to help with her medical bills and needs. Also, learn more about NKH at www.nkh-net-work.org and how you can help fund research to find a cure.

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A mother, a fighter, an inspiration

(StatePoint) Planting a garden from scratch can sound like a daunt-ing task, especially for those who are new to the hobby. But with the right knowledge, you can plan a successful, fruitful green space and expect to have a great harvest.One way to get a head start on your garden is to start your seedlings indoors and then trans-plant them later into an outdoor garden. This time-tested technique can save you hundreds of dollars annually, as young plants at a nurs-ery can be pricey. Here are some tips and tricks to make the most of this method:

• Don’t start your in-door plants too soon. They can grow in about four weeks or less if you

use a high-quality gar-den starter. Check seed packages to learn when to plant outdoors in your area, and then start them indoors one month ear-lier to your transplanting date outdoors.

• Consider using a seed-starting system that takes some of the gar-dening guesswork out of the equation. For ex-ample, the Aerogarden Seed Starting system allows you to start up to 66 seedlings indoors with no dirt or mess, nurturing seeds with op-timal amounts of water and nutrients for reliable germination and healthy growth.

• Add new nutrients to the seedlings every two weeks and keep the wa-ter at full level. Feed-

ing your plants more than the recommended amount will not make them grow faster. In fact, it could hurt the plants.

• Before transplanting, seedlings need to be hardened off. Skipping this step will almost cer-tainly result in some or all of your plants dying. Hardening off seedlings eases their transition to the outdoors, where they will be exposed to the elements. The process involves gradually ex-posing plants to the out-doors, protecting them from full sunlight, tem-perature variations and wind.

• Don’t let sprouts get too big before trans-planting them outdoors. Ideally they should be about 4-6 inches tall. If

possible, wait to plant your seedlings on a cool, cloudy day. If your seed-lings get too large before weather will allow trans-planting outdoors, trans-plant them into small pots with high quality potting soil. Keep fully watered in a sunny space until weather permits transplanting outdoors.

• After transplanting

seedlings outdoors, be sure to water them daily for the first two weeks, especially if the weather is dry and sunny.

• Save and reuse your seed starter tray for the next season. Once the spring plants have been transplanted outdoors, you will be free to get a head start on your sum-mer crop.

More tips to start your own seedlings can be found at www.Aerogar-den.com.

For true green thumb bragging rights, grow your garden from scratch. Just be sure you know the tricks of the trade.

Plant Your Garden from Scratch

Photo submittedAfter dealing with such an incredible amount of adversity for one young woman, Amanda Dyle Hedgecough finds the joy wherever it may be hiding. As she holds her babies as only a loving moth-er can, Amanda admits that Ally, Josh and Landon are responsible for healing her sweet heart and never could have imagined what joy these three bundles would bring to her life.

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