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One of the things that attracts tax-paying families and businesses to a townis the state of the local school system.Wilson County has recently approved orcompleted expansion projects throughoutthe county school system. But the jewelin the crown is the new Lebanon HighSchool, which has welcomed the firststudents through the doors.

This the fourth incarnation of LHSsince the school began in 1918. The newbuilding and surrounding campus are setapartquite impressive to passersby, onHartmann Drive. The school is large

368,000 square feet, can hold upwards of2,000 students and represents a $50 mil-lion investment in the future.

For that price the school has morethan 100 classrooms, six science labsand eight workshops for vocationalcourses - each room fitted with up to datetechnology. The school is also wireless -a feature much appreciated by PrincipalMyra Sloan.

Deputy Director of Wilson CountySchools Mickey Hall said that the newLHS is everything it was cracked up to be.

All the computers are brand new,theres new cabling, a new phone systemand its completely wireless, he saidnoting just a few of the high tech options

the new building offers. They will beable to use laptops, but were still debat-ing whether or not to allow them since

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Lebanon High School

Seniors were allowed to

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they can be a distraction.Hall also mentioned the new athletic

fields and the field house. For the first time,LHS athletes wont have to leave campusto compete, regardless of their sport.

Theyre not the 1952 version, he said.Hall explained that the fields were con-

structed so that fans can access the fieldhouse, the concession stand and the

restrooms no matter which sport they arethere to see.

He also noted that the location itselfmade the convenient lay out of the athleticfields possible.

The lay-out of the property is more of asquare, Hall said, adding that the samedesign is being used at the soon to be builtWatertown High School.

As with the athletic teams, vocational stu-dents at the new LHS will have a lot to cheerabout as well. Most of the shop classes willnow be on campus

It has eight shops - culinary arts, auto

shop, cabinet making, two agriculture shops,ROTC are among the Career Technical Edu-cation courses offered, Hall noted.

The new LHS will also boast a top flightlibrary.

Its set up to be wireless, he said,adding it would accommodate a lot of stu-dents. It has a media center and an Internetcafe.

Overall, everyone is ready to stop talkingabout the new school, and get the doors opento start using the new school. The countyschools begin the 2012 school year Aug. 1.

The wait is almost over.The community is excited, Hall con-cluded, adding that the 5,000 plus thatshowed up to the recent open house is evi-dence of that. Were excited too.

Visitors explore the commons area during the Lebanon High School Opening Celebration held July 15.

Jan Hall (LHS Class of 68) photographs her and her sisters bricks displayed in the walls of AlumniHall of the new Lebanon High School.

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Most every team dreams of winningchampionships.

For Friendship Christian School,that dream was realized in triplicate during the 2011-12 school year.

The school, with one TSSAA cham-pionship since the doors first opened in1973, won three during the most recentyear in volleyball, football and boysbasketball.

Volleyball leads off

Volleyball had never even been in aState Tournament since its late 70sinception. But under first-year coachRandy Alley and behind All-State per-formers Kaitlyn Teeter and AliBurroughs, the Lady Commanders did-nt lose a match to a Class A team allseason and didnt even drop a gameagainst that class since an early-seasonsetback to Summertown.

But in the State, Friendship beatSummertown twice, including in thefinal, to finish a 47-11 season and take

Wilson Countys first state title in thesport.

Teeter, a junior outside hitter whowas one of the nations most covetedcollege recruits, was named State Tour-nament Most Valuable Player. Shecommitted to Lipscomb University thefollowing March.

Its just a great accomplishment, notonly for the school but for Wilson Coun-

ty, said Burroughs, whose father anduncle played for the schools earliestteams in the 70s. To make history andbe the first is just a great feeling. Weregoing to be remembered to be the peoplewho brought home the first state champi-onship and worked our butts for it.

Football follows

Watching the Lady Commandersmake history was Friendships footballteam, which stopped by Middle Ten-nessee State University on its way tofinish its regular season at Monterey.

It hadnt been a spectacular seasonto that point by FCS standards. The

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Commanders beat Monterey to finish a7-3 regular season and followed with afirst-round playoff win over JacksonCounty.

A second-round trip to TrousdaleCounty followed, a place where Friend-ship had never won in the playoffs andnot at all in four years. The Comman-ders were shut out by the Yellow Jacketsthere during the regular season.

But Friendship turned the tables onthe Jackets with a 24-14 win, setting upa trip to Chattanooga to take on Boyd-Buchanan. The Buccaneers andTrousdale County had sat atop the Asso-ciated Press Class 1A poll all seasonand like the Yellow Jackets, had ownedFCS during the playoffs.

But the teams first meeting in sevenseasons didnt go like the three straight

matchups in the early 2000s as Friend-ship led throughout the first half.

Boyd-Buchanan tied the game andforced overtime at 14-14.

If every champion team needs abreak on its way to gold, the Comman-ders got theirs in overtime as, on fourthand goal and trailing by six, quarterbackBrennan Swindoll rolled out from the 6-yard line and dove to the goal line.Whether he landed on the line orbounced across [which would haveended the game with FCS the loser]may be debated forever. Boyd-Buchanans coach claimed months laterthe runner landed short of the goal.

But Friendship coach John McNealsaid his guy was over the line.

Our film shows he didnt[bounce], the longtime Commander

coach said the following week. Some-body took a picture and hes right therewith him on the line. Brennans layingon the ground with the ball over the linelooking at the official. He may havebounced, but he bounced up and down,not forward.

Picture shows he was over and filmshows he was over.

And it was on to the semifinals andfinals where Friendships momentumwas as hard to stop as the bowling-balloffense and rock-hard defense.

Oliver Springs [a 39-6 loser in thesemis] and Dresden [a 34-0 loser in theBlueCross Bowl] may as well have beenlooking at five Sherman tanks blockingfor a Mack truck as the Commanderscrushed their remaining two obstacles inanticlimactic fashion.

A win over Dresden brought a football championship to Friendship Christian.

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In his two-plus decadesat Friendship, McNeal hasrun just about every offenseimaginable, including thepass-happy spread. Butwith a stiff southerly breezewhipping across TennesseeTechs Tucker Stadium,McNeal passed up on the

passing game and relied onthe old-school virtues of astrong running game anddefense to let Dresdenquickly know this wouldnot be the Lions day.

Scatback DekolasReeves scored early and ranfor 98 yards to earn Offen-sive Most Valuable Playerhonors. Safety Dalton Pat-terson posted 12 tacklesand an interception to earnDefensive MVP honors.

But it was senior middle linebacker/running back KyleWood who personified this blue-collar team with his punishingplay on a team devoid of stars.

We dont have a lot of guys with big numbers, McNealsaid after Friendships first state football championship. Thatsnot what we try to do where we have one guy you got to try tostop.

We rely on three [facets] our kicking game, our defenseand our offensive line. Were not going to be pretty, but cham-pionships are won with defense.

Its basketballs turn

While the football team was flattening its final playoffopponents, the few basketball players not playing football andCoach Cleve Harris was chomping at the bit to begin their sea-son.

The second-year coach was hearing rumblings fromobservers who felt this could be the year for his Commanders,who lost for the eighth time in as many sectional appearancesthe previous March.

With the football gold ball in hand, basketball got off to abelated start. But the wait proved to be worth it as the Com-manders won 24 of 27 games to get a sectional rematchagainst Chattanooga Arts & Sciences.

CA&S had graduated most of its players from the previ-ous season and the Patriots were easy pickings for theCommanders, who finally reached the State Tournamentafter nearly 30 seasons of winning.

Friendship found another nemesis waiting in the firstgame at MTSUs Murphy Center. Grace Baptist had beatenthe Commanders two years earlier in the sectional. But theCommanders got payback with a 52-46 win.

Friendship was the underdog in the semifinal, but handedMcEwen just its second loss of the season, 54-51.

The Commanders were also not expected to beat PerryCountys legendary program in the final. But Harris, whovowed to stick with his trademark fullcourt, uptempo styleafter an upset loss to Watertown in the District 8-A final,

went back on his word with the Class A championship on theline. Friendships deliberate pace worked in a 38-34 victory.Senior forward Mark Sandoval overcame foul trouble whichcost him a possible third double-double [double figures inpoints and rebounds] to earn tournament MVP honors. He

joined Patterson and junior forward Allen Heaston on theAll-Tournament team.

Though the Commanders were favorites most of the sea-son, Harris said they thrived as underdogs, in both basketballand football.

This team has to be the most dangerous team I evercoached when theyre the underdog, Harris said. When yousay they cant, they want to prove you wrong. Thats whatmakes these group of guys, not just in basketball, but in foot-

ball with Trousdale County, getting over the edge. Theseseniors, any challenge, theyre going to accept. Theyre notgoing to back down.


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Because of the rapid-fire growth inthe west end of the county, students havespilled out of the school classrooms andinto dozens of portable buildings. How-ever, county and school leaders havetackled the boom in student populationwith an aggressive expansion plan thatcovers not only western Wilson County,but all across the district.

Last school year there were 16,000students enrolled in the Wilson CountySchool system with 21 schools, plus theadult high school.

Our building and additions plans

will be a great boost to our school sys-tem, said Director of Schools MikeDavis. We grow by about 250 to 300

students each year. The expansions willhelp alleviate overcrowding and providea better learning environment.

Davis said the Wilson County Com-mission has already agreed to fund up to$60 million for the expansions, whichincludes the proposed new WatertownHigh School in the east. The new LebanonHigh School opens this school year.

West Wilson Middle School, WestElementary School and Rutland Elemen-tary are all over capacity with WWMS at148 percent of building utilization andRutland at 113 percent utilization.

However, there are plans to fix over-crowding at these schools with anextensive building plan. Bids for their

STORY BY LAURIE EVERETT

above:

West Elementary School principal

Becky Siever and Assistant Principal

Chris Plummer are excited about the

plans to expand their school to

add more classroom space, and a

new gym, library and cafeteria.

Photo by Laurie Everett

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construction came in the last part ofJuly and full approval by the countycommission soon after.

Principals at these schools said theyare excited about the expansion plans,and in addition to the pain of the pinchof overcrowded classrooms, the pres-ence of over 500 students in portableclassrooms is a safety concern.

There are plans to add onto bothWest Elementary and WWMS as wellas build a brand new Kindergarten-sec-ond grade building at the RutlandElementary School campus.

West Elementary School has a newprincipal in Becky Siever, however,Adam Bannach was at the helm whenthe addition was planned last year. Hewas at the school for 2.5 years.

In this time we have grown from400 to 520 students, he said. Thats alot, about 25 percent.

And, the school population therewill grown even more quickly with theSpence Creek subdivision that feedsinto the school. That development iszoned for up to 700 new homes. Ban-nachs entire second grade, about 200students, is housed in eight portableclassrooms. These portables will be athing of the past with the plannedaddition that will be 46,000 square

feet. It will contain 12 new class-rooms, a new cafeteria and gym.

Over at Rutland outgoing principal

Yvonne Kittrell opened the school in1999 and said she was thrilled aboutthe proposed new K-2 buildingplanned for the campus. When theschool opened it had 581 students.And even while they took out the sixthgrade in 2001, there were still over500 students. Kittrell said the popula-tion has grown exponentially since

then and last year they had 791 stu-dents and four portable classrooms.However, school officials predict anexplosion of growth. A look at studentrecords reveals 87 percent of the cur-rent students there are the oldest childin the family, with siblings at homeready to enter school There are awhopping seven kindergarten andseven first grade classes at the school.The building addition will bring anadded 75,000 square feet of space atthe school.

We had an addition there in 2007,

said Davis. What we are going to buildis similar to the size already there, itwill double space. That area is growingbecause it is in the Providence area.

West Wilson Middle School princi-pal Wendell Marlowe noted that bothWest and Rutland elementary schoolsfeed into his.

He said while his school has experi-

enced steady growth, the RutlandElementary area is thriving with stu-dents.

If they have them there, Im gettingthem, he said.

Marlowe said he had been told bysome that the building expansion

planned for his school was also to bal-ance the student capacity between Mt.Juliet Middle and West Wilson Mid-dle. He reminded school boardmembers about the upgrades to MJMSand said coupled with the plannedaddition for his campus, he wanted thecommission to consider upgrades tohis school as well.

...it would be the most reason-able, legitimate and justifiable time tomake the necessary upgrades toWWMS, he said.

He currently has 1,025 students andhis school was built for 680 students.He has eight portable classrooms.

Our addition will get everyone outof the portables, he said. They will betotally gone, thank goodness.

His addition will bring 19 regularclassrooms, six science classrooms andtwo science labs.

This entire building program is

necessary and Im extremely excited,he said. If we have no hitches, theadditions should be done for the 2013-2014 school year.

Davis said all the money and plan-ning that will go into school expansions,not only in West Wilson but the entirecounty, will make those thinking tomove to the area even more confident.

He said the system scores are on theexemplary level all around.

This past year we did extremelywell, he noted. ....with achievement

scores overall are better than they everhave been district-wide. Our value addedscores were better as well. We still havesome areas of improvement, but this is agreat school system. With the new andimproved facilities we are embarking onunparalleled excellence.

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The James E. WardAgricultural Centeroffers many events for the public to enjoythroughout the year. No matter what you areinto cars, livestock, rodeo events or oldfashioned fair fun - there is something for everyone happeningat the Ag Center. Here are 25 events the fairgrounds staffrecommend visitors take in:

Flat Track races

Farm Days

Whip Crackin Rodeo

H Bar M Championship Rodeo

Hot Rod Truck and Tractor Pull MTPA

Tennessee High School Rodeo

Tennessee Association of Utility Districts

Fairgrounds Softball Association Master Gardeners Tour

Gun and Knife shows

Various 4-H events

Woodcarvers

Boer, Pygmy and Mytonic goat shows

Dove and Pigeon Show Winter Swap Meet

Tennessee Beef Agribition

Tennessee Saddle Club Association

City of Lebanon July 4 fireworks

Wilson County Beekeepers

Wilson County Fair

Country Music Cutting Horse Show

Redneck Rumble

Mopar Car Club Show

Tennessee Cowboy Mounted Shooters

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Local businesses along the route ofthe protracted three-plus year Phase 2North Mt. Juliet Road widening projectsaid theyve already seen an uptick inbusiness since the five lane road wasfinally opened.

Our customer count has improvedsignificantly since the road opened upand the orange cones went away, saidan upbeat Tommy Waldroup, a partnerin Ace Hardware in Mt. Juliet.

Finally the route from Interstate 40in south Mt. Juliet all the way toLebanon Road is open and five lanes.

Phase 1 of the project started in 2002and took two years and reached from I-40 to West Division Street. Phase 2

started three years ago with an entireproject cost of $9 million, according toMt. Juliet Interim City Manager Ken-neth Martin.

I remember when there was noturning lane the entire route, notedMartin. Now we are reaping therewards of a long fought constructionproject.

He noted that about six businessesdidnt make the long construction pro-cess and closed down for variousreasons.

When the road was being con-

structed it was almost like there weretwo cities in Mt. Juliet, noted Martin.One in the south with the big boxes at

STORY BY LAURIE EVERETTPHOTOS BY DALLUS WHITFIELD

above:

It took three years,

but now North Mt. Juliet Road

is a five lane thoroughfare.

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Providence and one in thenorth with the main-staymom and pops. Now thatthe road is complete we arereunited.

Waldroup took over theAce Hardware store lastJune 28 in the midst of theconstruction and has dealt

with pains ever since.However, Waldroup, who isinvolved in six Ace Hard-ware stores, said since hetook over hes tried to bepositive about the impactof the road construction,with the end result firmlyin his mind.

I think the City of Mt.Juliet and the constructioncompany that supervisedthe job kept up the trafficflow as well as expected

and now the result is abeautiful five lane state-of-the art highway that allowsus to move forward.

And since last week,Waldroup said hes seen alot of new faces in thestore and more traffic onhis Facebook page.

He does say that get-ting in and out of thebusinesses along the construction route was difficult anda lot of people were affected by it.

Ace Hardwares have been around since 1924 and Wal-droup wants locals to know the Mt. Juliet stores 12employees are taught that the store is the most helpfulhardware store on the planet.

There was an official Tennessee Department of Trans-portation ribbon cutting for the new road June 4 near thetrain station.

We want to celebrate the roads completion and thenice improvement in infrastructure for this side of town,said Waldroup. It is a gift to us.

Renee Childress, a long time employee of First Free-dom in North Mt. Juliet and along the construction route,said already their bank has seen more foot traffic, withthe opening of the road.

Honestly, when the road construction started, busi-ness dropped, she said. Sometimes both of ourentrances were blocked.

Some customers moved their accounts or let them godormant, said Childress.

However, she said. We were forced to rethink theway we do business. We had to get out to the customers.Things are already picking up though.

Jimbos, Edward Jones, YMCA, TDS, the UPS Store,Little Fox Therapy, Moss, The School Box and Dot NStells are some of the businesses affected by the construc-tion. Tom Courtney, owner of Courtneys Restaurant, wasexuberant about the five lane thoroughfare opened upfinally.

Since just last week I have seen a major difference,he said.

He noted that last Wednesday was the biggest day

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Ive ever had.We were slammed

for lunch past 3 p.m.,he said.

Dot-N-Stell Bou-tique took a huge hit andmanaged to survive theprocess and now is reap-ing the rewards of the

new thoroughfare.We probably saw a

decrease of 15 to 20 per-cent over the three yearconstruction process,she said.

She said they drasti-cally cut purchasing ofproducts and had lesshome decor productsand more gift items thatwould move off theshelves.

We were so innova-

tive to stay alive, saidowner Sheila Nipper.From cutting every-thing from garbageservice to advertising.

She said things areimproving now.

Well, we expectedan immediate change

when the cones came down, she said. But we are seeingour old customers come back and new faces.

Nipper would never move from North Mt. Juliet.We have a small town feel and I think my mantra is

location, location, location and Im in the right spot, saidNipper.

The Corner Pub in North Mt. Juliet is also experi-encing an uptick in customers said General ManagerJason Gregory.

We had an unbelievable July 4, he said. We hopeto add onto our parking lot and add a party room. We feelthis is now the place to be.

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Watertown Office

237-3302www.wilsonbank.com

Member FDIC

Sept 29 Fall Mile Long Yard Sale / Excursion Train

*Oct 13 Train Robbery (benefits Sue Talley Memorial

Scholarship Fund) / Excursion Train

Oct 26 Chili Cook-Off Benefit (NOTE- NEW DATE!)

Oct 31 Trick or Treat on the Square*Nov 10 Murder Mystery Train / Excursion Train

*Nov 24 Christmas in the Country & Polar Express Train

*Dec 01 Local Shops have Christmas Open House

Dec 08 Santa on the Square 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Dec 08-09 Christmas Open House

Dec 08-09 Christmas Tour of Homes

Dec 15 Santa on the Square 4:00 - 6:00pm

Events marked with a * are tenatively scheduled for these dates.

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Building Dreams, Saving MemoriesConstruction Remodeling Restoration

103 West Main Street

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For More INFORMATION Contact:

Historic Watertown 615-237-9999

Watertown East Wilson County

Chamber of Commerce 615-237-0270

Watertown City Hall 615-237-3326

Mile Long Yard Sale 615-237-1777

For TRAIN TICKETS Call or click:

Tennessee Central Railway Museum 615-244-9001

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When someone mentions Watertown

a lot of people think of the famousWatertown Yard Sale that happens acouple times a year. But theres a lotmore going on in this hip, historic burg,and we went to a Watertown legend toget the inside story on life in Watertown.

Besides the semi-annual yard salethat covers the town and attracts peoplefor miles, and states, around, Watertownis also famous as a big stop on theExcursion Trains, for trips with theEaster Bunny or to solve a murder mys-tery. The town also boasts the Big Hill

Climb bike rides and the Polar ExpressTrain at Christmas time.Then theres the annual Music and

Art Fest done in conjunction with theWatertown artist guild that attracts topmusical talent and serves as a showcasefor Watertowns resident artists.

If the long list of fun activities does-nt get you, few can resist the townsquare surrounded by historic buildingsthat still house thriving shops and ishome to the Watertown Branch of theWilson County Library. The square andthe surrounding blocks are filled with

Victorians that range from totallyremodeled to still coming along.

Watertown High School recently

What makesWatertown soSPECIAL?For more information about Watertown

go to www.watertowntn.com

STORY BY MARY E. HINDSPHOTOS BY DALLUS WHITFIELD

above:

Duane Dursma performs with the BluesBrokers during last years Music & Art Festival

left:

Bargain hunters descend on Watertown for thesemi-annual Mile Long Yard Sale

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Better Call

Bentleys

109 HARTMANN DR.

LEBANON

Full Service On All Makes Of Equipment

COMMERCIAL INSTALLATION

RESIDENTIAL MAINTENANCE

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444-1452

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celebrated 100 years of educating genera-tions of children from the town andsurrounding farms. Keeping up with thetimes, Watertown is getting ready to breakground on a new, state-of-the-art WHS,which will include the cornerstone that wasused in both previous incarnations of theschool. New building or old, Watertown isunited in one message - Go Purple Tigers!

A visitor to Watertown cant help butnotice the prevailing atmosphere whereeverybody knows everybody and, chancesare, your grandparents knew each other too.All this a visitor can see from the outside,but it takes a native to give you the insidescoop on why Watertown is the coolest partof Wilson County.

Jim Amero of Jims Antiques on theWatertown Square, has been the coordinator ofthe yard sale for its last few incarnations. But,when asked what Watertown residents thinkmakes their town so great, he made a list:

Its people Friday night live music at LuLus Jamming Sunday night at Nona Lisas New businesses like the East End Flea

Market The drive-in movie theater. How many videos and photo shoots

are shot here How many folks come from other

The Lebanon Senior Citizens Center along with Collette

Vacations invite you to join us for travel in 2013. Weare offering Irish Splendors, Colors of New England and

we will also be touring the Vistas of Italy.

We are also a part of Collette Connect letting you

choose your destination! Choose from Classic Touring

adventures such as Classic Wonders of Iceland or per-

haps an Explorations Journey as extravagant as Patago-

nia: the Marvels of Argentina & Chile. We can also help

with family vacations like the Wild West & Yellowstone

or the Galapagos Family Adventures!!

For more information contact Patti Watts

Lebanon Senior Citizens Center

670 Coles Ferry Pike Lebanon, TN 37087 615-449-4600

W h e r e d o y o u w a n t t o g o ?

Lora Stutts returns fire during the watergun fun of the July 4th Parade.

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Experience the difference

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Gift Certificatesnow available online.

Facials

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Full Service Salon

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Watertowns around the country Theres a cat we all adopted - she lives in the Visionary Design

Building, sleeps on the copy machine. So Miss Copy Cat makesher rounds during the day, crossing the street, of course, in thecrosswalk.

That the Wilson Waters Home still stands Watertown is a great place for buying antiques Firemans Fish Fry on the beginning of each month Historic Watertown just purchased new benches around town

The ladies of Wilson Bank So many residents with sports backgrounds The merchants work together All the semi-retired musicians, songwriters and artists who live

here, many of whom have worked with famous folks It was a training ground during World War I and World War II,

for both men and pack mules Gentleman that makes guitars During the May Flood of 2010, Watertown was an island for

eight hours We have airline pilots and stewardesses living here in town Longest running/sitting mayor in Tennessee Has an Explorer program through the Watertown Police

Department. Garth Brooks started the videos with a Dr. Pepper commercial Lindsay Wagner (the Bionic Woman) once spent a week at the

Watertown B&B Theres a General Lee Automobile here in town Restaurant chains buy decorations for their restaurants from our

local shops Jims Antiques has a one-horse, open sleigh, slightly used by

Santa

Amy Potter crafts clay on the Watertown Square during last years Musicand Arts Festival.

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Phone 615-758-5142

Fax 615-754-5142

Family Owned Business since 1962

8594 Central Pike Mt. Juliet, TN 37122

51 Years

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Office: 615-449-5019 Fax: 615-453-0173

www.stevemullplumbing.com

For All Your Plumbing Needs

31 Years

Margaret Dixon

615-754-8999

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35 Years

101 Jennings @ 231 S.

444-0440www.nutterequipment.com

AB RENTAL, SALES & SERVICE

28 Year

(615) 444-8120www.rosetire.com

1928 Leeville Pike

Lebanon, TN 37090

On the corner ofLeeville Pike and South Hartmann

Complete brake work

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Automotive

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1103 Baddour ParkwayLebanon, TN

51 Years

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Come see Tommy and Debra Edwards or Jimmy Griffin.

Tommy & Debra Edwards, Owners

Check us out at Autotrader.com!

LEBANON MOTORSPre-owned Imports

615/449-CARS (2277)1003 West Main Street Lebanon, TN 37087

www.lebanonmotortn.com

17 Years

25 Years

754-6397

1010 West Main Lebanon

(615) 453-3000Hours: Monday - Friday, 8-5, Saturday, 8-12

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1079 Weston Dr. Mt. Juliet 758-7745201 Signature Pl. Lebanon 444-7999

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Treating you like family!

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CUMBERLAND

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Joe Clere, Owner

(615) 444-9981

627 N. Cumberland St.

Lebanon, TN 37087

NAPA AUTO CARE CENTER

10 Years

(615) 513-4502

Auto DetailingJosh McKinney

15 Years

Mt. Juliets Only Locally Owned Funeral Home

BONDMEMORIAL CHAPEL

1098 Weston Drive Mt. Juliet, TN 37122(615) 773-2663

24 hour obituary line-641-2663www.bondmemorial.com

FUNERAL HOME

ANDY & TRACEY BOND

Funeral Directors & Embalmers

15 Years

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8 Years

Sandra Locklear

Owner

663 S. Mt. Juliet Rd. Mt. Juliet, TN 37122

Phone (615) 758-8887 Fax (615) 758-8819www.partyzonemtjuliet.com

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2 Years

A business built on the principles of quality, honesty

and understanding the customers expectations.

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