April 2009

Air Dates: 2 & 5 | 9 & 12 | 16 & 19 | 23 & 26 | 30 & 5/3
Past Episodes

Episode #2240
Air Dates: April 2nd & 5th, 2009

Sutton General Store

Tressa Bush drops in for dinner and some music at an 1850s general store in Granville.
Phone: (913)653-5141
Location: 169 Clover Street, Granville, TN 38564
Website: www.granvillemuseum.com

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Soysage

Gretchen Bates meets a caterer in Nashville who makes a unique meat subsitute out of beans.
Contact: Primm Springs Soysage
Phone (for catering purposes ONLY) : (615)418-2235
Location: Nashville, TN
Website: www.primmspringssoysage.com
E-mail: primmspringssoysage@comcast.net

Info: For a list of retailers visit Primm Spring's website

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Rippavilla

Sharon Puckett takes us on a charming trip back in time at an elegant antebellum mansion in Spring Hill, TN.
Phone: (931) 486-9037
Location: 5700 Main St. Spring Hill, TN 37174
Website: www.rippavilla.org
E-mail: info@rippavilla.org

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William and Sharon

Rob Wilds meets an artistic couple who have taken the expression "bare necessities" to heart.
Contact: William Kooienga
Phone: (615)536-5567
Location: Smithville, TN

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Episode #2241
Air Dates: April 9th & 12th, 2009

Sudekum Planetarium

Gretchen Bates travels to Nashville to view the stars in the Adventure Science Center's updated Planetarium and Space and Sky wing.
Contact: Adventure Science Center
Phone: (615)862-5160
Location: 800 Fort Negley Blvd., Nashville, TN 37203
Website: sudekumplanetarium.com
E-mail: info@adventuresci.com

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Junkyard Bounty Hunter

Joe Elmore follows a junkyard worker as he retrieves valuable parts for restorating vintage cars.
Contact: Ted Stephens
Phone: (256)247-1332
Location: 9321 Hwy. 207, Anderson, AL 35610
Website: www.stephensperformance.com

E-mail: 4MOPARONLY@att.net

Info: Open Mon. - Fri. 9am - 5pm

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Hatcher Family Dairy

Susan Watson discovers an old-fashioned, family-run dairy outside Franklin.
Contact: Sharon Hatcher
Phone: (615)368-3405
Location: 6561 Arno Road, College Grove, TN 37046
Website: www.hatcherfamilydairy.com
E-mail: info@hatcherfamilydairy.com
Info: In March, the Hatcher Family Dairy installed an onsite milk processing plant

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Silver Ridge Pottery

Sharon Puckett learns the tricks of the trade from a lady who left the corporate world behind to follow her passion - making pottery.
Contact: Lee Marshall
Phone: (615)286-1264
Location: 3712 Chicken Road, Lebanon, TN 37090
Website: www.silverridgepottery.com
E-mail: LMarsh1220@aol.com

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Episode #2242
Air Dates: April 16th & 19th, 2009

Castle Heights

Ken Wilshire discovers an old Military Academy in Lebanon that has been tastefully preserved.

Location: 705 Cadet Court, Lebanon, TN 37087

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Castle Heights Military Academy
Website: www.castleheights.com

Castle Heights Chop House Restaurant
Contact: Ann Willits
Phone: (615)449-9800
Website: www.castleheightschophouse.com

Sherlock's Emporium

Joe Elmore travels to Lebanon to explore Tennessee's largest independent bookstore.
Contact: Steve Guynn
Phone: (615)449-9807
Location: 200 Maddox-Simpson Parkway, Lebanon, TN 37090
Website: www.sherlocksbooks.com

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Boiling Spring Academy

Susan Watson takes us back 150 years to a school in Brentwood, where students learn history by living it.
Contact: Carole Crigger
Location: Intersection of Moores Lane and Wilson Pike, Brentwood, TN
Website: www.brentwood-tn.org/index.aspx?page=251
E-mail: info@brentwood-tn.org

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Bill Powell

Sharon Puckett meets a man whose passion for preservation surrounds him at work and at home.
Contact: Bill Powell
Phone: (615)390-4162
Location: Leipers Fork, TN

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Episode #2243
Air Dates: April 23rd & 26th, 2009

Dutch Maid Bakery

Rob Wilds makes a tasty trip to a bakery in Tracey City.
Contact: Cindy Day
Phone: (931) 592-3171
Location: 109 Main Street, Tracy City, TN 37387

Website: www.thedutchmaid.com/index.php
E-mail: info@thedutchmaid.com

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Info: Another location has recently opened in Jasper, TN
Phone: (423)942-5020
Location: 29 Court House Square, Jasper, TN

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S&G Custom Cycles

Joe Elmore takes us to a combination museum and motorcycle shop.
Contact: Sam Goodman
Phone: (931) 380-0202
Location: 1114 Galloway Street, Columbia, TN 38401
Website: www.sgcustomcycles.com
E-mail: sgcycles@yahoo.com

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Jack & Lynne Stoddart

Tressa Bush meets a couple who fell in love with the people and places of the Cumberland Plateau while looking through a camera lens.
Contact: Jack and Lynne Stoddart
Phone: (931) 445-2072
Location: 642 Shiloh Road, Crawford, TN 38554
Website: www.jackstoddart.com
E-mail: freelifephoto@yahoo.com

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Michael Summers Arts

Sharon Puckett profiles a Watertown artist who has branched out into making beautiful hand-crafted furniture.
Contact: Michael Summers
Location: 410 West Main Street, Watertown, TN 37184
Website: www.summersarts.com
E-mail: mike@summersarts.com

Info: Michael will be at the TACA Crafts Fair in Centennial Park May 1-3, 2009

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Episode #2244
Air Dates: April 30th & May 3rd, 2009

Guitar Maker Mark Piper

Tammi Arender visits a luthier in Spring Hill who makes guitars that are not only musical intstruments but works of art as well.
Contact: Mark Piper
Phone: (931)486-1531

Location: Springhill, TN
Website: www.redentoreguitars.com

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Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Joe Elmore takes us to an out-of-the-way shrine dedicated to Rockabilly music.
Contact: Henry Harrison
Phone: (731)427-6262
Location: 105 North Church St., Jackson, TN 38301
Website: www.rockabillyhall.org
E-Mail: rock@rockabillyhall.org

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Ocoee Adventures

Susan Watson takes us for a ride on the Ocoee River in East Tennessee, then shows us why a "yurt" is helpful at the end of the day.
Contact: Peter Horne, Ocoee Adventure Center
Phone: 1-888-723-8622 (Adv. Cntr.), 352-694-3220 (Yurts)
Location: 4651 Hwy 64, Copperhill, TN 37317
Website: www.ocoeeadventurecenter.com / www.ocoeeyurts.com
E-mail: info@ocoeeadventurecenter.com

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Tennessee Renaissance Festival

Sharon Puckett visits the annual Renaissance Festival in Triune, where you can pretend it's 16th Century England every weekend in May.
Contact: TN Renaissance Festival
Phone: (615)395-9950
Location: 2124 New Castle Road, Arrington, TN 37014
Website: www.tnrenfest.com
E-mail: info@tnrenfest.com
Info: This years festival is May 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24,25
         Hours: 10am-6pm

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