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Well, good morning East Tennessee.

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I'm Scott bro camp founder and co-owner of his security and technology.

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Welcome to around the house this morning, man.

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I'll tell you what it is a beautiful morning to sit out on the porch and sip

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your coffee or tea or water or whatever it is that you may like.

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We'll get to it later today, but it may be the official kickoff of

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pumpkin spice latte season.

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Uh, anyway, we will, we're just going to bypass the whole conversation.

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Now as pumpkin spice latte fan, but anyway, one thing that is orange

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that I like is our Tennessee Vols.

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We do have football today and, uh, well, let's just say this.

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I got a feeling our boys are going to be ready to play today.

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The Vols are hosting Texas San Antonio road runners today, four o'clock.

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If you don't have tickets, you can watch the game on the sec network.

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Listen to the fall radio network or our sister station wivk.

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And for the first time ever, the game will be broadcast in Spanish on the

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Tennessee athletics app and on utsports.com.

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If you're a history buff, today is John severe day and historic Marvel Springs.

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The home of governor John severe is having a huge reenactment in

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open house from 10 to four.

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The event is free.

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Don't forget the market square farmers market is open every Saturday.

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This season is winding down in the last market day.

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This year is November 18th.

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Get there while you still can for a complete list of events happening

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around your house today, go to visit Knoxville.com.

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Well, Knoxville is not the only place to have fun.

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Now the fall is here.

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We will soon be in prime leaf peeping season.

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And that brings tourists to East Tennessee and the great smoky mountains.

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One of the quickest ways to get from Knoxville into the park is well, through

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Townsend communications director for the blunt County chamber of commerce.

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Jeff mirror is with us this morning to talk about the Townsend fall

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heritage festival and other great things that are happening in and around blunt

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County.

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Good morning, Jeff.

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How are you?

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Good morning.

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I'm doing well.

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Thank you for having me.

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You are.

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Hey man, I'm glad that you're here.

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I know that we had some, some, uh, previous scheduling conflicts, but I'm

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glad we were able to get it worked out.

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Um, you know, blunt County is just, I mean, it's just a bustling community right

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now.

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You guys have so many things going on over there, which I know we will get to.

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We will get to discuss some of the economic development things, but there's

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there's besides economic development, there is a whole nother path of life

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that happens in that area.

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Uh, you know, towns in you guys, you really are a, uh, man, I, I'm familiar

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with highway three 21 and of course it runs from, well, my, my land of Loudon

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County, but right through blunt County, right into the great smokey mountains.

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And, uh, I know just like us, that's a, uh, it's great to be able to have that highway

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be a part of our culture, you know, in a part of what we do.

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So what's happening this weekend?

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I know there's some special things going on.

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Yeah.

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You know, blunt County is a wonderful place to live a week in work and play.

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And so we build it as the peaceful side of the Smokies.

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It's the calmer side.

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Uh, you can go out and get a cabin in the, in the forest and just enjoy a nice,

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you know, uh, kickoff to fall season like it is right now.

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But there's also, you know, plenty of entertainment options and lots of

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history that be found in the area.

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You know, Cades Cove speaks for itself.

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Uh, the visitors that get drawn, they're a tremendous amount every year.

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And also one of the great, uh, probably hidden treasures that most people don't

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know is they're driving through, uh, highway three 21 through towns and into

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the national park is the great smokey mountains heritage center.

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Uh, it's been around probably about 20, 25 years now, and it's just great spot

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for just learning about the history of this area and, you know, how the

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Appalachian community and heritage, uh, built this area, built the Cades Cove area.

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And one of the things that they've really done over the last few years, uh,

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is really work on their programming.

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Uh, before it was more just kind of a history museum.

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Uh, you could see artifacts, you know, from the, from the ancient Native

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Americans that were here all the way to the people that kind of first settled in

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Cades Cove, made it into a lumbering community, uh, cause that was the, the

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first kind of industry that started in this area.

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This was all, you know, lumber and timberland, uh, in the early 1800s, late 1800s.

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And so, but now, uh, with the heritage center done with Logan hole and, and, and

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their crew, uh, they've really worked on bringing a musical accent.

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And so they've turned it into a kind of an entertainment venue.

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And one of the great, uh, uh, concerts going on tonight actually is, uh, Dean

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Dylan, he's one of the, if you're a country music fan, uh, you might be

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familiar with a lot of his songs he's written for David Allen Co, George

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Jones, Toby Keith, and even Kenny Chesney, who's, you know, a local, uh,

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East Tennessee favorite here as well.

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And he's poor local legend.

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You can say, right?

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He's, he's pretty well known around these parts and, uh, you know, he's

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performing tonight there.

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So they've done a really good job of really working on programming for

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that, uh, that perspective as well.

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And so, uh, you know, Townsend is just a gateway and, you know, as we've kind

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of discovered, uh, throughout the time, a lot of the travel apps, uh, are

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directing traffic on highway three 21.

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And so that's why people say, oh, there's, you know, a lot more traffic

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that's coming through here.

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And it's like, well, the reason is because the travel apps on people's

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phones are directing people on highway three 21.

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And so that's, that's where you see a lot of the locals, you know,

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complaining about traffic, you know, people, a lot of, a lot more traffic

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in this area, but that's one of the main reasons why.

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Well, you know, I mean, we deal with that same thing and that

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that conversation is true.

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I mean, look, when I get in my car, I put, I plug in my GPS, right.

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I want to know where my map program has taken me because it's

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giving me real time live alerts.

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And while I'm working during the days and I'm going from appointment to

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appointment, I need to be able to keep a timeline and, you know, but that's

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exactly what we see.

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We see a lot of those diversions off of the main interstates, taking

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some of those back roads.

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I've got to tell you, we, that can be very pleasant.

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And I know that, especially when folks get the trip down three 21,

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it is very pleasant.

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There are so many things there's, especially once you get to the

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blunt County side of things, there are tons of antique shops.

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And then as you said, once you get to towns and there's so many different

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things to just kind of, as my mama would say, putz around, right there,

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you can just really have an enjoyable time.

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And I, I've got to say, my family and I, we took a short break a few weeks ago

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to end August and that hurricane came through and we had to change our plans.

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I don't even know where we were at, but we found this great place to go for a

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few days and then we went to Savannah.

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Well, from where we were at and how you got to Savannah, you just

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couldn't get on a major highway.

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And so the majority of our trip was back roads to get to Savannah.

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And I'm just going to tell you, I'm normally the guy that gets in the car

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and, and I, I want to get there.

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But it was so calm.

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It was so peaceful and it was so cool because we really were taking in bits

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and pieces of history on that journey.

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We would come to these little towns and the traditional rural

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town square and just the, the, the houses and the architecture.

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And, and as a family, we took that in.

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And I know because a lot of times when we go to the smoking mountains

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from our place, we go 321 and it is, there's so many, uh, so many

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milestones and so many things along the way that if you'll just slow down.

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And look around, you can really have a nice, awesome, beautiful

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place, awesome, enjoyable trip.

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Um, you know, I, I moved up here from the Carolinas and the ironic

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thing is I lived off of highway 321 in the Carolinas.

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And so I got a crazy bug up my rear one day and I decided I'm going to

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take 321 and go all the way.

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See where it goes.

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Now it was a long journey, but I'm going to tell you though, it was so cool.

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It was so cool.

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So many neat little stops along the way.

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Uh, so I just encourage you, if you have not journeyed down 321 through

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Blount County to make your way to the great smoking mountains, national park,

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do it, do it, take your time, uh, enjoy in some of the stops that are along the way.

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Absolutely.

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And what, you know, this is one of the, as we enter, you know, the first day

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of fall, uh, according to the national park service, the peak, uh, leaf

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changing may be a little bit earlier this year.

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So obviously one of the great spots to see the, to view the leafs, leaves

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changing is the foothills parkway.

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And that's, that's a tremendous route route to take, uh, through the

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county into the national park as well.

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But yeah, so, you know, usually it's kind of, you know, late October before

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you kind of see the peak season, but you know, national park is kind of projecting

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this year, maybe a little bit earlier in October.

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So if you're going to make a trip to, to, to view that and enjoy the colors

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changing, you know, maybe, maybe, maybe move up your cabin, cabin rental a

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couple of weeks or something like that.

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And it'd be great to see.

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So, yeah.

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So you guys, you also have some other events happening coming up here

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for fall to Christmas.

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One of the things, another couple of things they've got at the heritage center.

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Uh, they've got a great pottery festival, the end of October.

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Uh, that is a tremendous thing.

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If you like, uh, pottery is great for, uh, finding those one of a kind gifts for

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the upcoming holiday season as well.

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A lot of local hand crafters are there.

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Uh, it's actually, uh, performed, uh, there's a, there's a pottery

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guild in East Tennessee and they, they kind of head that up.

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So it's really a great, you find some great artifacts there.

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I've been to it a couple of times, uh, kind of little pottery fans in our,

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in our household.

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And so got some, got some great items there, but, uh, and also they're doing

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a holiday hand crafters festival in November, uh, as well.

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So if you're looking for those handcrafted items, it's one of a kind things.

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Uh, lots of things going on at the heritage center, uh, as well.

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what they do periodically throughout the years, the smoking mountain storytellers.

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Uh, these are some local people that, uh, really do a great job of telling

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the history of the area.

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And if you really, a history buffer just kind of want to know what's the story

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behind the two sisters cabins and, and, and those type of different things that

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are, that are in Cades Cove, uh, those are some great opportunities to really

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learn about the heritage, uh, in Appalachian heritage in this area.

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So the heritage center's got a lot of good things going on.

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And, and there is, there are definitely a lot of good things going on.

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Well, we are up to our first break here of the hour.

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If you've got questions for Jeff or myself, give us a call.

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865-656-8255.

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That's 865-656-8255.

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Call or text anytime.

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We'll be right back here on around the house with Scott Brokamp on

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news talk, 98, seven W OK.

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I welcome back to around the house.

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Hope you're enjoying this beautiful, beautiful morning outside, low

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humidity, nice temperature.

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I think we need to start thinking about adding a deck on outside the

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studio so we could just, you know, go sit outside on a deck, have coffee.

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Run the show.

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Perfect.

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I mean, I think we, I don't know, Chris, who can we get to pull that off?

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Great answer.

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Great answer.

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That's kind of what I figured the answer was going to be, but you know, still

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look, greater things have happened from crazier ideas.

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I'm just going to say that.

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So, uh, at any rate, if you were listening with us at the beginning of the first,

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uh, segment here, we are speaking with the blunt County chamber of commerce.

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Uh, Mr.

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Jeff Muir, Jeff, thank you so much for being with us this morning.

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Appreciate it.

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You know, I didn't even ask him my butcher in that last name or I got it.

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You've nailed it right on the, all right.

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Nailed it.

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You know, I didn't do very good in English class, so I just want to say,

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uh, listen, if you want to know what's going on in blunt County, other than

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lifting, listening to Jeff this morning, you can go to blunt partnership.com

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that will get you to the chambers website.

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And Manor is just so much happening out in blunt County.

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Well, much like many of the areas here, uh, here in East Tennessee, but I know

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one of the, well, one of the big things that is important to you guys is the

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towns and fall festival.

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Yeah.

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The towns and fall festival, uh, is kind of our tribute to the Appalachian

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heritage that permeates through this area.

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So it's a 32nd year that we've had it.

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You don't find too many long running festivals anymore.

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A lot of them kind of run a life cycle.

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You know, Maryville had the, uh, their fall festival for a number of years,

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around about 25 years and just kind of ran a life cycle.

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But, uh, this is really unique about the towns and, uh, fall festival is

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it's tribute to bluegrass and bluegrass music and kind of the heritage that it,

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that it has in this area with the people that settled in Cades Cove and the music

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traditions they brought with them and, uh, the people, the, the bands that play it,

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they, they don't get paid to play the festival.

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They play it and they play it.

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They play the festival on their own, but what's really unique about it is, is

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they'll have what they call picking parties.

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And so they'll have, there's different tents located around the property and

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even around the porch, uh, on the, at the towns and visitors center.

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And if you're a musician and they'll be out there just playing songs, just a group

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of them will get together.

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It doesn't necessarily mean from the same band or anything.

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They just, just neighborhood people come together and play music.

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And it's, it's really great.

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It's really kind of that throwback to getting together with family members or

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friends and just enjoying an afternoon of playing music.

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And so if you're, if you, if you have, if you play music, play a mandolin or play

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a guitar or, uh, you know, a bass, uh, just come on out and enjoy and step into one

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of these groups.

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I mean, they're happy to have you.

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They're happy to show you little tricks that they've learned over the years.

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And, and they just play songs and you just, you step in, they're playing and

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you just step in and start playing right along with them.

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And, and so even, uh, they'll even do a band of, uh, a segment at the, at the

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show where just ordinary people just step up on the stage and there'll be a group

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of them playing together and they figure out what song they want to play.

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And it goes right into it.

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It's, it's really fun thing to see because you see all generations, you see,

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I've seen kids as young as, you know, nine, 10 out there playing their mandolin

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with, uh, you know, elderly gentlemen in their seventies out there.

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see that connection made.

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So yeah, the Townsend Hallow fall festival is next weekend.

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It's next Friday and Saturday.

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It's a two day event, a very family friendly event.

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Uh, there's no admission fee.

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You can, uh, there's, uh, admission $10 to park on the property.

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Uh, if you want to, those proceeds help benefit the Townsend, uh, fire department.

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And, but there's also, you can park around town.

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We have a shuttle service that runs from different areas all the way from the

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heritage center, uh, up to Apple Valley.

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So you can park on either end of town and jump on the shuttle there and, and

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just take you right to the heritage center.

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But yeah, it's, it's, it's a wonderful event to have, uh, for this community,

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you know, being run so long.

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And, and a lot of people, uh, some of the old timers we call them, uh, they've

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made this an annual tradition for them.

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It has become, it is their annual vacation.

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They come up here, they enjoy it so much.

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Some people have been coming 10, 15, 20 years, uh, to come to this event and

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they just make a great weekend out of it.

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Uh, we did a survey a few years ago when it kind of even went around the parking

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lot a little bit and just looked at the different license plates, uh, from

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people that come here.

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And it is, is definitely more than just an East Tennessee or North Georgia, you

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know, Western Carolina thing.

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There are people from, from Alabama, even all the way from up in the Northeast

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area, Midwest, you see Indiana, Illinois coming down to this festival.

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So, uh, you know, we, it's not a whole lot of advertising we do for it.

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It's just kind of a word of mouth thing that travels throughout the bluegrass

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community.

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And it's really a tight knit community that comes together, uh, to play the

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music.

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That's, you know, when you get to experience one of these picking sessions,

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I'm just, I grew up with musicians and my whole entire family is for the most

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part played something.

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And, you know, just a good old fashioned jam session is just so amazing to see

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to me the raw talent that, that really comes out of these musicians.

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I mean, cause they're just, they're just picking up and they're just feeding

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off each other.

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And it just, you can get, you know, you can get a little bit of a

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sense of what's going on in the world.

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And it just, you can get some of the most beautiful melodies, some of the

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most amazing, uh, just rhythms in, in sounds ever.

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And I, I, my dad used to have a, uh, an event every year at his house and it

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was, and that's what it was.

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It was just a jam session.

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People would come out and we'd cook out and it was just a huge jam session.

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And it was always the best time.

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Uh, definitely, definitely want to check that out.

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Is it starts at 10 AM, but it doesn't stop until the music stops.

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Exactly.

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Yeah.

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The festival starts at 10 AM.

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We kind of kick off the music, uh, about 11, we have different stage acts that

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play about 45 minute sessions throughout the day.

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And even though the festival is supposed to end about six o'clock with the

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credit, when the crafters or we've got about 50 crafters on hand, uh, they've

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been known to play well into the night.

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It, you know, talking well deep into that past, you know, past 10 o'clock or

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so they'll, they'll keep going in and that's fine.

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It's, it's great.

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Cause you know, people bring their lawn chairs out.

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Uh, they've already, uh, a few weeks ago, you know, people actually, uh, stake out

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their lawn chairs around, uh, the towns and visitors center.

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So they have a great spot for, for viewing.

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And it's kind of one of the, one of the neat traditions of the festival is, uh,

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people know it's coming.

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And so about three weeks, two to three weeks out, people will start tying down

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their lawn chairs around the visitor center so they can get a great spot, uh,

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to do that in the, in the back porch area.

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Yeah, it's, it's, you know, you know, there's plenty of food available.

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We've got food trucks there so you can make a good, good day out of it.

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Uh, there's plenty of, uh, as I said, about 50 or so, uh, crafters out there

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offering everything from, from, uh, honey and different, uh, affinity soaps to,

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to handcrafted, uh, belts and, and all kinds of different things.

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You can find most of that information at smoking mountains.org.

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That's where the site is. If you click on the events page, uh, it'll take you

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right there, but, uh, there's a lot of good things going on.

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We've got blacksmithing.

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So if you haven't, if you haven't experienced, uh, guy, uh, blacksmithing

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person, you know, he's got the fire going.

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He's got his little, his hammer out and he's, he's building art right there in

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front of you that you can see.

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And it's not something you see a whole lot.

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You don't see a whole lot of blacksmithing.

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They do some cornmeal, uh, mixing, uh, cornmeal grinding.

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And so they've got an actual cornmeal out, uh, uh, grinding machine out there.

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That's run off of, uh, off a steam engine.

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So these are some really the old heritage type things that you don't see anymore.

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You know, most of it's all processed in some, you know, some plant in Illinois

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that you find your cornmeal done, but you know, here and they, and they sell it in

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five pound bags and they, they mill it for you right there.

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So, you know, it's fresh, uh, you know, it's, it's very organic in the, in that

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way. And so there's a lot of things going on, uh, from that perspective as well.

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Uh, you know, the hand crafters are very, are very, you know, uh, personable and the

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people that come to the festival, uh, if you have questions about how did you make this,

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the conversations you can build.

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And if you, if you find somebody that has a, has a niche craft that you're kind of

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working on and you find somebody there, it's great person to talk to because you know,

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you have that connection, but also they can offer you great tips about how they make this

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or do that. So it's, it's been, it's been a fun event to have, uh, in this area for

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about 30, over 30 years now.

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That, I mean, that's amazing that, that the tradition is carried on for that long.

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Um, but that, that tells you something, right? I mean, when, when you can have a

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festival for that long, that means people really enjoy it. And like you mentioned, this

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is some of the, a lot of them, it's their vacation. They, they plan their trip and

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they plan for this event every year. And that's just amazing. All right, Jeff, I'm

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gonna put you on the spot.

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Okay.

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All right. So what is the one thing in particular that you love about that festival? What is

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the number one thing?

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Uh, for me personally, I love the music. I love the way that, uh, you talk about, talk

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about the musicians, you know, there's professional musicians you hear on the radio, but these

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people that play are just as good as a lot of those people that, that you hear on the

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professionals, professional music scene. Uh, you know, they don't get the accolades and

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a lot of them are, you know, just your neighborhood friends. They're, you know, they're running

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the Napa auto parts store down where you are in, in, in, you know, for their, for their

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afternoon or evening entertainment, you know, they're at home, uh, picking and playing,

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uh, like that. But you know, uh, the clogging, the clogger dancers that come out and play

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and dance in front of the stage, uh, is, is fun to see too. Just the, just the active

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involvement of people getting out and just enjoying, uh, being out in the smoking mountains

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is, is exciting to see.

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Well, we all love being out in the smoking mountains anyway. So, well, you heard it from

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Jeff, the music and the clog dancers, you gotta come check it out. Um, Townsend fall

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festival next weekend, towns and visitor center starts, uh, 10 AM and goes until the music

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stops. So it sounds like it might just be 10 AM starts on, uh, 10 AM on Saturday and

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ends. Well, whenever everybody goes home after the weekend,

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That's probably true in a lot of respects.

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Well, we are going to take a short break, but when we come back, we're going to talk

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a little more in depth about the economic development of blunt County and the blunt

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County chamber of commerce and how they are helping to impact the community as well.

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Stay tuned with us here on around the house with Scott Brokamp on news talk, 98 seven W O K I.

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Welcome back to around the house. I am Scott Brokamp and in studio with me this morning,

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Jeff Muir from blunt County chamber of commerce. Well, we've been talking about some really

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awesome events that are coming up in blunt County area. Um, talked a little bit about

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the great smoking mountains heritage center, which by the way, you can go to GSM heritage

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center.org to find out about all the events that are going on at the heritage center.

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Uh, the towns and fall festivals coming up next weekend. You definitely won't want to

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miss it. It is at the towns and visitor center and, um, well, other than fun and food and music and.

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Leave watching all those great things there. There's a lot happening in the Marival Alcoa

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area, blunt County in general. And well, I mean, most everybody has heard about obviously the

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Amazon fulfillment center. We've heard about Smith and Wesson, but I mean, obviously those

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are two huge, huge milestones for you guys. And, and our whole entire area, you know,

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that's what's beautiful about our East Tennessee areas, that the things that happen in blunt

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County or Loudoun County or Anderson County, all the development, it all continues to help

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our whole entire East Tennessee area because you know, we're a close knit community, even

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though we may be, what do we, I think what seven counties that kind of make up the Metro area.

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We're all a very close knit seven counties. We may be different, but we're really a lot of like,

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you know? Yeah, exactly. And that's, you know, blunt County, we kind of pitch ourselves as one,

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as a regional employer. And so we, you know, we draw people to work in this area. If you,

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if you follow Pellissippi Parkway in the mornings, the traffic moving into the County,

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it's just as much as it is going out of the County. So the blunt County has become kind of

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the blunt County has become kind of a regional hub for, for employment. And obviously adding

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the Amazon fulfillment center and Smith and Wesson, both of them are having their grand openings

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here in a couple of weeks. So we're excited to get them started. So Smith and Wesson was pretty much

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on, on track. I think Amazon was probably delayed maybe about six or eight months getting started.

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Just, just the way the economy ran with some supply chain issues, because when you've got

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a, over 3 million square feet of warehouse space to fill, it takes a lot of, a lot of materials to

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fill in that, in that fulfillment center. And so it'll be great having Amazon here,

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because they're talking about maybe cutting down the time from you order to the time it's actually

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delivered to your door, probably less than a day now, just because of the product that they have

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available there and the proximity of which, you know, this metro area can, can handle it. It's the

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first facility in East Tennessee, and we were proud to, to have them located, located in Alcola.

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So it's, it's been wonderful to have, you know, but the, you know, the, it's the economic engine

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that drives, that drives the car, I guess, for being able to put on the Great Smoking Mountains

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Heritage Festival, put on these festivals. It's these types of things that bring people here and

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want, and want to experience that and want that be part of their life. And so that's why we,

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that's what we try to do. We, you know, people think that, you know, the Chamber of Commerce, we,

448
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we, you know, we are this voice of small business in the area and we do drive some economic

449
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development. But essentially what we do is we facilitate, we facilitate businesses that want

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to come into the area and get them associated, meet the right people in the city and county

451
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governments to make sure that, that, you know, they get the right permits they need at the right time

452
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and try to make sure it's the right fit for the community. We, you know, we actually turn down

453
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a lot of people that, prospects that want to move into the area. We really try to have a diverse set

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of businesses there. So we're not following just one single economic trend because as we know,

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there's a lot of up and down. So if there's a, there's a peak in the construction industry,

456
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it may be a valley in, in automobile manufacturing. And so we try to have a very diverse economy of

457
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businesses in the area to make sure that, you know, if you look at the overall line, it goes

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pretty, pretty much straight up and you avoid a lot of the pitfalls and peaks and valleys that go

459
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along with it. And so you'll find that we're really working to fill the Pellissippi Place,

460
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which is our research and development technology, technology park, trying to get some spots filled

461
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in there. So we're really working towards the, the technology sector. One of the growing sectors in

462
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:06,640
this area is actually an aerospace. You know, Oak Ridge is going to, is put in to get an airport in

463
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Oak Ridge. So there's really a need for people associated with, with aerospace and not only in

464
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pilots, there's this, you know, there actually a shortage for pilots in this country, but also

465
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technicians to work on the planes and the engines and make sure everything's running and airline

466
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schools to help educate these people. They actually, the only really airline aerospace

467
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educational facility is at Northeast Community College up in the Tri-Cities. And so we're trying

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to get one built here because we have Cirrus Aircraft, which is, you know, one of the largest

469
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personal aircraft vendors in this country. And they have their center here where they do a lot

470
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of the training. And so they want to bring up, be able to have people to, you know, work on these

471
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private planes that come in, but also have the ability to have extra pilots on hand. And also

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just to, you know, when you add another airport, you're adding a whole other sector of, of people

473
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that need to work in those areas. And so we're, it's all about creating jobs and opportunities

474
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for people. And one of the great things that we've seen is, you know, people talk about, you know,

475
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the minimum wage. And so we bring in companies like Amazon and Smith and Wesson and they kind

476
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of raised the wage rate a little bit higher. And so that brings, lifts everybody up a little bit

477
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:34,160
higher too, because of competition, people are going to have to pay more for, companies pay more

478
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for people working. So that's, you know, that's one of the benefits of actually, you know,

479
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finding these higher level paying jobs and people that want to come here and work,

480
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is trying to make sure that those needs are fulfilled.

481
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,960
Right. Well, and, and we, I mean, we've, our areas is gone through, in fact, the whole entire

482
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:59,760
country has gone through somewhat of a pay correction, you know, post COVID and, you know,

483
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we've, we've all seen that. And, but as a small business owner myself, I think one of the things

484
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that's helped us to identify and help us to see is that there are lots of ways that we can

485
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make sure our employees are happy. And, and it is embark, it has had us to embark upon a lot of

486
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conversations that we probably should have been having or thought we were having, but we weren't

487
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really having, you know what I mean? And so, you know, yeah, Amazon's going to be here. And so now

488
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instead of me waiting two days, I can get it today or tomorrow, you know, the, the world of instant,

489
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but I feel like it's helped us as a business to kind of step back a little bit and, and go back

490
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to those, well, some of those heritage roots of, of having good communication. And as a small

491
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:59,760
business, we want our employees to know that you do have input on the decisions that we make, that,

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you know, what you do here is a part of who we are as a company. And, and then of course, we all

493
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want to work together for, well, the, the end result or, or the rewards that everybody wants. And,

494
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you know, not everybody's the same, not everybody's motivated and driven by the almighty dollar.

495
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Some are, hey, I want more time off. Some are, I want different hours. There's things in life. And

496
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so, you know, we see some of that. And so when we have other companies come in, such as your, your

497
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Amazon's and your Smith and Wesson's, and, and we see some of the out of the box thinking that they

498
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have done with how they handle employment and some of the things they do, it does, it helps all of us.

499
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It's kind of like any type of correction, right? It's a little rough to begin with, and then usually

500
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,960
sways a little too far to one side. And then it gets leveled out and it mellows out. And then it

501
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:57,920
ends up being a benefit for all. And so, you know, I know a lot of times we think about, we hear all

502
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the time, everybody's moving here. Everybody's moving here. Well, it's beautiful here. But also

503
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at the same time, there's, there's a lot of great reasons to come here.

504
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:14,000
Yeah. And one of those great reasons, as you've seen a lot in some downtown development and, and

505
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:21,120
downtown Maryville, we've got about 12 Blount County developers, local people. We encourage them to

506
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:27,600
really take a part in developing downtown Maryville. Alcoa has started their Springbrook farm,

507
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:34,400
facility, place where they're building out there. Alcoa, you know, was, was a company town started

508
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:39,360
in the early 1900s with the aluminum company of America. They never had a downtown. It was just a

509
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,040
company town. There was the, there was the mill and there were houses around it. And that was,

510
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:47,360
that was all there was. And so they've really taken it upon themselves to build a town town area.

511
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It's going to be filled with green space, lots of walkable greenway areas. And they've really done a

512
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great job of really planning what types of mixed use facilities are going to be in this, in Springbrook

513
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:05,600
farm. And so you're seeing a lot of that. They've already built, you know, a couple of apartment

514
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:10,480
complexes there. Like there's like 600 units in there. There's a new food city out there. There's

515
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:14,560
a couple of hotels are going to build some other mixed use facilities out there where there's, you

516
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:20,240
know, retail underneath and residential on top, just, you know, two, three story buildings, not

517
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,480
really high, but you know, some opportunities like that. And you, I think you're, you're seeing a lot

518
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of, and everything's walkable. And that's what we're really doing. And I think that's the

519
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thing that's really important for our employees. Not only just for, you know, if they live close

520
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:38,800
enough, they could walk in or bike in, but just for, you know, the health factor, people want to

521
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be out and getting healthier. And so people just like walking on the greenway. It gives them, you

522
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:50,000
know, just that 15 minute walk during your break, you know, can, you know, just be able to walk

523
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:55,200
through the greenway. And so that's what we're doing. And so that's what we're doing. And so

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that's part of the downtown development center as well. There's a lot of great buildings in

525
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:04,640
downtown Maryville. There's some good bones there, but some of them have kind of fallen by the wayside

526
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:09,440
a little bit. And so we're really working with these developers and really, these are local

527
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:14,640
people that are investing back into the community. It's not a developer from Charlotte or Atlanta

528
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:18,400
just coming in and saying, Hey, I'm going to build this. Just like, you know, you know,

529
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,320
you're going to build this. You're going to build this. You're going to build this. You're going to

530
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:26,160
build this. You're going to build this. You're going to build this. And so they're really

531
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like, this is a good place to build your business and really build the development.

532
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Right.

533
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,880
And so a lot of people are coming in and saying, Hey, I'm going to build this, just like,

534
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,960
I can get my money in and get out. These are people that actually have an investment in the

535
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:44,800
community. They've been here for a long time. Some of them, you know, really want to make

536
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:49,440
downtown Maryville. One of them big one is James Tomichek. He's really done a good job of

537
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,040
facility they're going to build there and some other things he's got going on

538
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,040
that are great. There's 20 different projects on the books for downtown

539
00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:01,040
development at different stages and so we're excited to see that development

540
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:06,440
coming into downtown Marriville. There's going to be a hotel built as well so you

541
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know that'll bring in some people too especially along the 321 route into

542
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:15,160
towns and Marriville's never really had a you know a hotel. They've all been

543
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:19,600
located by the airport properties and so this would be you know just a different

544
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:24,320
sector thing and one of the really exciting things you know we heard heard

545
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:28,080
from a lot of the young people that you know you know we know about the mountains

546
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:32,720
we like the outdoor activities but we want to do stuff indoors too and so one

547
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:36,520
of the things that is coming on board is the armory there was an old armory on

548
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:41,000
Ella Street in downtown Marriville and they cleared the lot and they're going to

549
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:45,080
rebuild that into an entertainment venue kind of a like a maple hall like you

550
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:49,880
haven't right where there's you know a bar upstairs there's things to do you

551
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:54,240
know some maybe an indoor bowling and some different indoor activities but

552
00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:59,280
it's all about keeping our young people here. We try to make sure that they

553
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:05,120
have ample opportunities to move on and enjoy their careers here. Yeah absolutely

554
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:09,360
I mean let's face it I mean I don't know why anybody would want to leave here but

555
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:14,400
they do but again it's about making sure that we have things in place that we're

556
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:18,720
able to have everything we need for well quite frankly for you to stay here so

557
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hey listen we're gonna take a short break but when we come back we're gonna

558
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talk about the perfectly blunt awareness initiative that Jeff and there his team

559
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has got rolling through for blunt County so stay tuned with us right here on

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Around the House on Newstalk 987 WOKI. Welcome back to Around the House. Hope

561
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you have enjoyed listening this morning I'm speaking with Jeff Muir from the

562
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:49,760
blunt County Chamber of Commerce you can go to bluntpartnership.com and you

563
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:54,480
can learn all about what's happening in blunt County economic development and

564
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:59,320
well just about anything really you want to know there's links on there to get

565
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:03,160
you around everywhere but while you're on there you will probably run across

566
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:10,040
something that says perfectly blunt awareness. What is that?

567
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:15,080
Perfectly blunt is just kind of our our little mantra that we have that talks

568
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about how blunt County is one of the the perfect places to live work and play and

569
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:25,120
we want to make sure that people know that what the blunt partnership is doing

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to help make the community a better place and so that's what's you know one

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00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:33,320
of the great things about perfectly blunt is a great play on words you

572
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:37,480
know especially from the manufacturing side is perfectly made perfectly blunt

573
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,080
in blunt County you know if you want to go to the mountains it's perfectly

574
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,800
peaceful perfectly blunt so we have a great play on words that we can use with

575
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:49,320
that as well but just trying to make sure that people understand that or put

576
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,320
the word out more about the blunt partnership we've always been on kind of

577
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:57,760
sat on the sidelines when it came to these type of things about really

578
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,480
pushing out stuff from behind the scenes and I was just kind of want to make sure

579
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that people understand that you know we do a lot of things we do tourism

580
00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,360
development for the county we do the economic development for the county we

581
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:13,760
also house the Chamber of Commerce which is the voice of small business and small

582
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,800
businesses are the backbone of any community yeah we're happy to have the

583
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,320
Smith and Wessons and the large manufacturers and and the people that

584
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:25,120
do a lot of major employment but is really the small business people and you

585
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,960
know companies like yourself that employ you know maybe it's just two people

586
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,200
maybe it's ten people but those are the people those are the companies that

587
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:36,480
really drive everything we do because without them you know we wouldn't have

588
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:42,440
people to you know install security systems or work on your car or you know

589
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:46,180
change our oil in those type of things and so those that's really what we want

590
00:38:46,180 --> 00:38:50,000
to focus on is really make sure that people understand that we do that when

591
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,720
we do the events we do a number of events throughout the year for the

592
00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:57,480
community we host hops in the hills in the summer on Broadway and during the

593
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:03,040
summer for community events we have a grains and grits spirits festival which

594
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:07,120
is part of the Tennessee Whiskey Guild that we help create across the state

595
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:11,920
that's in November that's that's sold out event but that's another one of the

596
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,960
fun things we do obviously the Townsend Heritage Festival we do a taste of

597
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:20,200
blunt in the spring just had that a couple weeks ago we brought together you

598
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,260
know 30 blunt County restaurants and food trucks and for people just to

599
00:39:24,260 --> 00:39:28,200
experience the different types of food that are in the area and maybe you know

600
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,400
somebody you haven't you've seen but you haven't really wanted to try but hey

601
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,680
they're at the they're at the food festival and you try it and then you go

602
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:39,320
go visit the business and so we try to make sure that you know people

603
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:43,840
understand that there are people behind the scenes that are working to make make

604
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:47,280
this community a better place and working hard with with the government's

605
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and and and the people in general a general public to make sure that what

606
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we're doing is for the betterment of the community because you know if we all

607
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,560
work together to make it a better place then it will be and so we're just trying

608
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:03,440
to make sure that that that that's what's happening well and you know you're

609
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,920
right I mean small business is the heartbeat to really essentially any

610
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:12,720
community and and I'm so grateful to be a part of that in our community and and

611
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again being here even though we're seven different counties around where we're so

612
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:21,980
close-knit that look if you're you're in one you're in them all right and and

613
00:40:21,980 --> 00:40:27,120
it's which is awesome I think that is amazing and and I know just like you

614
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guys and several of the chambers around that you guys all work together because

615
00:40:32,020 --> 00:40:36,080
when we look at things we understand the impact of those economic development and

616
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and the growth strategies of each of the different areas that they impact all of

617
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:46,360
us and so what happens in blunt it affects what happens in West Knoxville

618
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,840
or Knoxville or Oak Ridge and you know I'm sure there are many of people that

619
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:56,720
work in Oak Ridge they live in Blount County and vice versa so you know what

620
00:40:56,720 --> 00:41:03,240
you guys do is a huge part and I think a lot of people may not understand or know

621
00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:07,800
the underlying what kind of the heartbeat that you guys help provide

622
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:13,160
within our communities you give small businesses an opportunity to get

623
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together but also those big businesses right so I know with many of our chamber

624
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:24,000
affiliations we get to go in and we get to talk and meet with people that we

625
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:29,240
probably wouldn't have otherwise so you know that I know you guys do well yeah

626
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:32,400
that's one of the major things we do is we're facilitators we try to bring

627
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,960
people in the community together make sure that the businesses have the

628
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,720
opportunity to work with one another but it's also about me you know it's making

629
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the connections and you know as a chamber of commerce we don't promise

630
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:48,080
we're gonna increase sales to your business but we will help you we can put

631
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:52,640
you in front of more people in one setting that you then you can go visit

632
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,680
in a week and that's and that's what it's about it's about making those

633
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,280
connections that work that work for your business yeah you you are right about

634
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:04,160
that some of the relationships that I know that we have built through our time

635
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:10,200
in in different chambers is has been just I mean it's probably the most

636
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,640
valuable thing that we have in our business so thank you Jeff so much for

637
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:18,960
joining us this morning again you can go to blunt partnership calm you can find

638
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:23,880
out all that the chamber has to offer and what's going on in the blunt County

639
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:30,080
area don't forget the Townsend Fall Festival next weekend starts at 10 a.m.

640
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:34,920
goes until the music stops and it will be at the Townsend visitor center there's

641
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:39,120
plenty of places to park and and if you can't park right there to visitor center

642
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:43,560
there's some shuttle options available as well you don't want to miss it you

643
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:47,480
know in and make your plans make them quick because the leaves are gonna be

644
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:52,760
turning and it's gonna be packed so take a trip right on down 321 right through

645
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:57,880
the heart of blunt County go do some sightseeing go enjoy a beautiful weekend

646
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:02,760
right now we are gonna take a break and Jeff again thank you so much for being

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here and when we come back we're going to be speaking with another Jeff from

648
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:11,040
rural metro and we're gonna make sure that we can keep you safe with your

649
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:16,920
bonfires this fall stay tuned right here on around the house on news talk 987 W

650
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:25,400
okay I there it is welcome back to around the house I hope you're enjoying

651
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:31,880
this beautiful day sons of beaming such a nice just a beautiful morning out this

652
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:37,360
morning I hope it if you're listening it's you're listening outside instead

653
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:42,840
of like we are cooped up inside this studio I'm telling you Chris we gotta

654
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,800
figure we got figured out man we gotta get it we gotta get a porch that's

655
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:50,480
how it is too we gotta get a porch anyway if you were listening in the

656
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:54,240
first hour my first guest was Jeff Muir from the blunt County Chamber of

657
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:59,960
Commerce talking about all the great things happening in blunt County and man

658
00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:04,720
there definitely was a lot don't forget the Townsend Festival down at the

659
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:10,860
Townsend Center next weekend you'll want to go and get in on some picking check

660
00:44:10,860 --> 00:44:17,280
out some crafts and enjoy there's a lot happening around town as always because

661
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:22,200
well we live in beautiful East Tennessee but of course today it's game day

662
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:27,840
Tennessee Vols hosted Texas San Antonio Roadrunners today at 4 o'clock if you

663
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:31,380
don't have tickets you can watch the game on the SEC Network listen to the

664
00:44:31,380 --> 00:44:36,840
Vol radio network on our sister station wivk and for the first time ever the

665
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:41,080
game will be broadcast in Spanish on the Tennessee Athletics app and on the

666
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:47,140
utsports.com if your history buff today is John Severe day and historic marble

667
00:44:47,140 --> 00:44:51,920
Springs the home of Governor John Severe is having a huge reenactment in

668
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:56,680
open house from 10 to 4 the event is free don't forget the market square

669
00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:01,800
farmers market is open every Saturday the season is winding down in the last

670
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:06,360
market day this year is November 18th get there while you still can for a

671
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:11,240
complete list of events happening around your house today go to visit

672
00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:19,360
Knoxville.com that's visit Knoxville.com well my second guest in here this

673
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:27,720
morning is captain Jeff Bagwell from rural metro he is a public information

674
00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:33,160
officer and well we're gonna talk about a lot of cool things but I mean what

675
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:37,240
better way to start off Jeff then let's talk about the topic of the day today

676
00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:42,960
and quite frankly it is a topic that everybody is well aware of and

677
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:50,920
everybody always seems to rush today is officially the autumn equinox okay okay

678
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:57,440
you can now break out this pumpkin spice lattes or whatever it is that you want

679
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:03,440
okay I am a I'm a summer guy I love summer yeah I don't like it when summer

680
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:08,560
ends so you know everybody has been posting for a month that they're ready

681
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:14,520
for pumpkin season and okay fine it's pumpkin time you can have your pumpkins

682
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:19,840
get your jack-o'-lanterns out get your Halloween decorations out of me I got

683
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:26,680
kids so we got to have some Halloween decorations my wife is a a well it's

684
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:33,560
near-death fear of spiders and so our kids and you know you can tell we might

685
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:37,120
joke around a little bit at my house but we all decided that we were gonna put a

686
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:44,640
huge spider web with a huge 23 inch spider on the web outside the house this

687
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:51,760
year so we're sporting the spider looks pretty good or getting ready but anyway

688
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:59,720
so Jeff let me ask you a question okay what's the strangest thing that you have

689
00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:05,800
ever had pumpkin flavored I've not had a whole lot of pumpkin flavored stuff I

690
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:13,160
tried a pumpkin coffee one time and I wasn't a fan so I did I don't even think

691
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:18,400
I finished it at all but I don't eat a lot of pumpkin pie I know that's a big

692
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:23,920
thing it's time of year everybody's got to have pumpkin pie my wife is a huge

693
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:29,760
pumpkin scent person everything has to be pumpkin this time of year and I'm

694
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:34,720
like okay you go do your thing because I don't I don't do that so I don't a lot

695
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:40,600
of pumpkin stuff you know I like I like the little cinnamon spice I'm good with

696
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:46,480
that yeah but let me let's face it I mean the best part about pumpkin pie is

697
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:50,640
that you can literally unload the container of cool whip on it and not be

698
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:56,560
embarrassed so I mean that's how I like my good side I'm not sure about you but

699
00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:04,200
but you know what you know hey Chris so are you are you a pumpkin latte guy are

700
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:10,240
you a pumpkin spice fella I have never been one yeah me neither you know in

701
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:15,280
fact I'm the type of guy like when I go somewhere and I get coffee I order coffee

702
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:22,680
and and then they say well do you want cream and sugar I said no I ordered

703
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:28,240
coffee right right I mean coffee is is coffee right if you start adding things

704
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:35,480
to it it's no longer coffee now it's a latte or a creamy sugary drink coffee is

705
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:41,440
meant to be black you you lost me on that one yeah well sugar on my cough in

706
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:50,800
my coffee go get you some pumpkin spice way through the fall to get the December

707
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:55,520
and then it's peppermint lattes that is my thing when it comes to coffee oh

708
00:48:55,520 --> 00:49:02,720
lord see this is what happens this is what happens with fall everything just

709
00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:07,600
gets rushed okay look let's get through Halloween let's get through

710
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:11,560
Thanksgiving before we get to Christmas yeah I guarantee you this weekend there

711
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:16,120
will be some retailer that has Christmas decorations out on the floor

712
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:22,940
it's already there this crazy this you know everything's got to be hurry you

713
00:49:22,940 --> 00:49:26,480
know we're as I was talking with Jeff earlier we're talking about the Amazon

714
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,360
fulfillment center and you know now we're gonna be able to get our stuff in

715
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:35,600
in the same day or a day yeah okay look I mean there's times that I'm like I

716
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:41,200
really wish I you know I need this today right but do I really well I thought I

717
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:44,680
was listening to that segment and I thought man can they can they deliver

718
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:50,680
firetruck parts because we really need those like today and they take months

719
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:56,920
yeah yeah I'm with you on that we you know we there's still tons of supply

720
00:49:56,920 --> 00:50:01,920
chain issues I mean it's so weird even in our business like we can go and place

721
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:06,280
an order today and everything's great and in two weeks from now the most

722
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:10,840
common product is on backorder and yeah and it's gonna be here we don't know when

723
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:17,280
and I will say this and I don't I don't like getting into political stuff so I

724
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:21,560
won't get into political stuff but one of the things that I think that has

725
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:27,960
occurred a little bit post-covid was that we've all had to stop take a breath

726
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:33,000
and realize everything is not instant because we have been forced to wait for

727
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,360
some things because they're not available yeah they're not made they're

728
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:42,600
not ready you're not getting them you know and so I think is important to slow

729
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:47,200
down so yes as we talk about that okay all right listen I'm not gonna bash

730
00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:53,480
the the pumpkin spice latte group okay but get whatever drink it is that you

731
00:50:53,480 --> 00:51:01,200
want take a step outside the door enjoy it enjoy it take a deep breath slow down

732
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:07,760
because I'm gonna tell you it'll be super busy very quick yes it will anyway

733
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:14,080
so well there we go that's our that's our topic for the day fall is beautiful

734
00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:20,320
I love fall it really is I do love fall but as I tell my wife and in my family

735
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:24,280
the one thing that I really don't like about fall is that I know that winter is

736
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:30,360
right behind it yeah I'm not a winner guy I'm not a fan yeah I don't like it I

737
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:36,120
just soon be able to wear shorts and t-shirt all year round yeah so you know

738
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:42,480
hey I guess I don't you know I don't have the privy of all that so anyway here

739
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:48,320
we are we're in we're in fall finally here it's beautiful out oh yeah and

740
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:54,200
feels good if you've been one of those that it's too hot to go outside listen

741
00:51:54,200 --> 00:52:00,880
now's the time hit the greenway go take a hike in the mountains go find some

742
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:07,280
outdoor activities go enjoy it and man enjoy it now enjoy it now because when

743
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:12,200
you get back in you know you might live somewhere that you might want to go sit

744
00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:17,720
bottle of fire afterwards in the evening time right yeah so we're gonna take a

745
00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:22,360
short break but when we come back Captain Bagwell is gonna help us keep

746
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:27,320
safe I'm gonna make sure that we don't hurt ourselves others or our properties

747
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:32,200
right as we're enjoying that little fire time so tune in with us right here after

748
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:39,680
this short break on around the house on news talk 987 W okay I welcome back to

749
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:48,680
around the house well I guess we are your pumpkin spice today we are yet we

750
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:54,880
are gonna spice you up this morning oh my goodness gracious I am Scott Brokamp

751
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:59,720
founder and co-owner of his security and technology and well I'm talking with

752
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:05,640
Captain Jeff Bagwell from the rural Metro fire department I mean how was

753
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:12,000
that for a start of your your show right there huh I like it I like it so I hear

754
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,840
I'm gonna I'm gonna take us down some rabbit holes I'm sure but one of the

755
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:21,440
things is I really want to talk about is who and what is rural Metro yep and and

756
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:27,040
let's let's get this taken care of subscription service yep so rural Metro

757
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:32,400
came to Knox County in 1977 and a lot of a lot of people want to give us credit

758
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:37,160
for being the the innovators or the first membership private fire

759
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:41,280
department and truthfully for those folks that are that remember that are

760
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:44,480
older Knox County had private fire protection all the way back into the

761
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:50,800
50s Fountain City Fire Department you had West Knoxville Fire Department a lot

762
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:55,640
of the places that are now incorporated by the city and then rural Metro came in

763
00:53:55,640 --> 00:54:01,680
it kind of brought some continuity to the multiple fire departments that we

764
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:06,720
had in the county at the time so rural Metro is a private fire department we

765
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:11,280
don't receive any taxes from Knox County so the only funding source we get is

766
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:15,960
what comes from memberships with or contracts with individual property

767
00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:22,720
owners that's residential and business industrial all of them are the same so

768
00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:27,740
that's based on the square footage of your of your property and it's it's an

769
00:54:27,740 --> 00:54:34,880
annual assessment right so and and I know this is we have this conversation

770
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:39,040
with all of our client in fact every new client that we go to even if they're

771
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:45,280
not in a rural metro area we work with you guys really closely we hand them out

772
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:49,820
a postcard we make sure we have the conversation about signing up for

773
00:54:49,820 --> 00:54:54,120
subscription fire service because from where I came from everywhere I've ever

774
00:54:54,120 --> 00:55:00,120
lived previously it's always been included in my tax dollars even now I

775
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:05,760
live in Loudoun County and we have I'm in a volunteer area so it's funded

776
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:10,480
separately it's not a subscription service and so many people they don't

777
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:15,120
know right they don't know that and I and I'm you know I keep banging my head

778
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:18,640
and I know that you guys do as well and you've got a gentleman out there who's

779
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:23,360
working member services and trying to explain this and get the word out but

780
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:28,520
you know it's like there should almost be a law that when you purchase a

781
00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:33,520
property that you get this huge you know big document it's got to be one of the

782
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:37,000
five thousand pages that you sign that you actually have to read you know what

783
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:42,120
I mean because this is so important yeah and there's and there is in the when you

784
00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:48,560
purchase a house now there is a disclosure law in all those what 150

785
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:53,240
pages that you have to sign every one of them or initial them there is a page in

786
00:55:53,240 --> 00:55:58,160
there that stipulates who your fire department is so that the the mortgage

787
00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:04,000
group has to tell somebody who the fire department is and whether it's a tax

788
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:09,760
based or it's a volunteer donation based or if it's a subscription based and a

789
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:14,440
lot of times unfortunately that's not happening that discussion doesn't happen

790
00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:19,840
my daughter bought a house in Powell and that conversation never happened yeah

791
00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:23,920
now the realtor had already explained it to her but at the closing table that

792
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:27,800
didn't happen and that's something that's got to change because we've had

793
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:32,760
people that have bought homes moved in burnt something on the stove set off a

794
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:38,040
fire alarm from his security the fire department responds and and and then all

795
00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:40,840
of a sudden they get a bill three weeks later and they're like what the world

796
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:44,280
when the world is this right and and we've had people say well you should

797
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:49,360
have known it was a it was a false alarm well do you want us to not come right

798
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:55,280
you should want us to write every time right because if it is a fire time is of

799
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:59,560
the essence we need to get there and we need to be as quick as we can to put out

800
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:03,160
that fire yeah absolutely and you know and then of course the flip side of that

801
00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:07,000
then then they call us and they're like well hey you know it was a false alarm

802
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:10,120
and why you know now they want me to pay the bill right and they want you to pay

803
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:14,560
it and and the and the key is with you guys just like anybody else's is there's

804
00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:18,680
a security code you have to tell me great cause right they wouldn't want you

805
00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:22,320
to kill them off right if they're what right you've got to have checks and

806
00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:29,120
balances you do you do and that's why to me we and we work really hard yep in our

807
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:33,560
company to have conversations with our team to make sure that we're having

808
00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:37,720
conversations with our clients yeah and you know and it almost gets to the point

809
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:44,400
now we've even discussed having the conversation as far as not providing

810
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:49,800
monitored fire protection in a residential house if they are in rural

811
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:54,000
metro area and they do not have subscription service but but now but

812
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,760
then that puts us and now we got to go and you know so listen it's just simple

813
00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:04,560
okay if you have a house if you have a property are you gonna have that

814
00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:07,400
property without having homeowners insurance that's what I was gonna say

815
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:12,000
heck no same thing okay heck no in fact and you may be able to test this I've

816
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:16,120
talked to some insurance folks about it but there are some insurance companies

817
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:20,360
that are denying claims because you didn't sign up for your subscription

818
00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:24,880
fire service I can't speak to that but I can tell you that insurance companies

819
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:29,900
won't pay our bill so and we've got this later on in the in the segment but you

820
00:58:29,900 --> 00:58:34,360
know if you're not a subscriber or a member and we send you a bill after the

821
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:39,360
fact and that bill could be thirty five forty thousand dollars your insurance

822
00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:43,920
company's not going to pay that mine is State Farm and they will pay five

823
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:48,240
hundred dollars yep that's it yeah and so the rest of it's on me so instead of

824
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:52,440
spending two hundred fifty thousand or whatever my policy has to replace my

825
00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:57,000
house and my contents now I have to take part of that money out to pay the fire

826
00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:00,000
department when it was much better to just pay the four or five hundred

827
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:04,840
dollars a year right on the front end right so that's that's the other piece

828
00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:09,560
right is every thinks it's so expensive right but it's really not it's it's

829
00:59:09,560 --> 00:59:13,480
really not I ask I ask a person one time how much they spend a month on cell

830
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:18,000
phones for their family and you're laughing because you've got several mine

831
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:24,340
is probably three hundred and something dollars for five cell phones so you know

832
00:59:24,340 --> 00:59:30,760
my goodness my my membership for my house is not $400 right a year exactly

833
00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:36,360
I'm paying three hundred and something every month exactly yeah it's it I mean

834
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:40,920
is essential let's face it it's not cheap to roll a fire truck right but it

835
00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:46,120
goes it it actually goes beyond the fire truck though doesn't oh yeah there's a

836
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:50,280
lot of other services that we do for our members we've come we'll come out and

837
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:53,860
change your smoke detectors check smoke detectors or smoke detector batteries

838
00:59:53,860 --> 00:59:57,120
you provide the batteries and the detectors because it's your house your

839
00:59:57,120 --> 01:00:00,840
property you need to have what you want but we'll come out and put them up how

840
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:04,960
many people have cathedral ceilings now oh my goodness can't reach them you don't

841
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:09,560
have the ladders we have a few ladders and we have guys that know how to use

842
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:14,520
them and we'll come out and change those we'll put up smoke detectors for people

843
01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:18,880
that may not have them and we get those through the state fire marshal's office

844
01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:23,360
and so we can we can do a lot of things and then also we'll come out and do a

845
01:00:23,360 --> 01:00:26,440
home safety check a lot of insurance companies will give you a discount for

846
01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:29,600
that as well as they'll give you a discount for being a member of the fire

847
01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:35,800
department a supporting member and we'll come out and and help you place fire

848
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:39,800
extinguishers things like that anything fire related that's what we're there for

849
01:00:39,800 --> 01:00:44,120
but if you're not a member I can't come do that because you're not supporting us

850
01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:51,880
now do you guys is ambulatory services as well yes now we we come out with

851
01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:55,640
first responders all of our trucks have EMTs and paramedics on them right and we

852
01:00:55,640 --> 01:01:00,200
can do just about everything that an ambulance can do except transport you

853
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:05,920
got you and so we can do all of that but that and that is included in your

854
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:10,840
membership now the transport portion is sure that's through another party which

855
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:15,520
is AMR in Knox County right so so therefore we can we can do all of those

856
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:20,320
things and I've actually personally been in somebody's living room started an IV

857
01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:25,400
given medication talked to a doctor on a phone transmitted an EKG and got a

858
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:30,320
diagnosis and immediately gone straight to a cath lab when we get to the ER so

859
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:36,640
and and stop that person's heart from from being damaged while I'm sitting in

860
01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:41,480
there living or waiting on that ambulance to get there Wow so those kind

861
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:45,860
of things are priceless you can't you can't put money on that no no I mean you

862
01:01:45,860 --> 01:01:52,640
know a few hundred bucks a year yeah I mean let's face it it literally when you

863
01:01:52,640 --> 01:01:59,280
start talking about what the actual real cost is to subscribe to service you're

864
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:02,840
you're talking what you're you're gonna skip going out to eat a couple of times

865
01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:13,920
you know and that's it I mean let's be real you know it's I cannot and in again

866
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:21,040
like I say we we do we we go out and we try to preach mm-hmm that listen just

867
01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:26,400
sign up for servers yeah you know because when you when you experience a

868
01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:30,880
false alarm not if yeah but when guy yeah good just like we tell our

869
01:02:30,880 --> 01:02:34,720
customers we're here when you need us not if but when because it's gonna

870
01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:37,840
happen something's gonna go wrong something's gonna break something's

871
01:02:37,840 --> 01:02:44,200
gonna need servers something's gonna right so when this happens the bill that

872
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:50,280
comes behind that yeah okay so you guys are rolling you're rolling two trucks on

873
01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:55,520
an alarm on an alarm right so two trucks how much is it gonna cost me for two

874
01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,720
trucks for a false alarm if I don't have service thirty six hundred dollars

875
01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:06,200
thirty six hundred bucks mm-hmm and and and a house fire gets five trucks so and

876
01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:10,840
to think that well it won't ever happen to me we've had people in storms we've

877
01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:15,200
had more lightning storms yeah this year that I can remember you and me bucks

878
01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:19,440
County yeah plus a tornado I mean when was the last time you sat in your living

879
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:24,120
room said I think we'll have a lightning storm tonight and I also get struck you

880
01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:28,800
never think about that and again I've had I know of one particular home that

881
01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:33,600
got struck by lightning and had a fire in the attic and they weren't members

882
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:39,240
and the problem is is that you now they have another problem on top of that

883
01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:44,960
right right and they never planned for that and it's it's it's sad we don't

884
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:51,480
like sending those kind of bills out but it is business yeah yeah I mean it's

885
01:03:51,480 --> 01:03:56,880
there's a lot of cost associated and let's face it those fire trucks are not

886
01:03:56,880 --> 01:04:01,360
cheap no no it's not like you're going and buying a little taco toy okay these

887
01:04:01,360 --> 01:04:10,480
are real operating big fire trucks so it I cannot stress it enough if you're

888
01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:16,920
listening and you live in a rural metro area yep make sure that you subscribe to

889
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:20,920
service you don't know if you live in a rural metro area well go to rural

890
01:04:20,920 --> 01:04:26,360
metro fire calm you can put your address in and they'll let you know it'll let

891
01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:31,520
you know if you are in a subscription area or not yep so very simple and and

892
01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:36,240
I know your team does very well with anytime somebody purchases a property

893
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:41,480
you guys well yeah you really do a good job of chasing them down yeah I mean

894
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:45,840
there's in fact we have those conversations there is there's no way

895
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:50,520
that you can tell me that you didn't know right because I know personally from

896
01:04:50,520 --> 01:04:57,140
working with you guys that there is at least five touches that occur to every

897
01:04:57,140 --> 01:05:01,880
new homeowner whether or not you open the mail and read it that's right that's

898
01:05:01,880 --> 01:05:07,080
another conversation but the attempt has been made and you got to know and I'm

899
01:05:07,080 --> 01:05:12,640
just telling you this is you're talking a few hundred bucks that really not only

900
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:19,800
save your property but save your life oh yeah so any right I'm gonna get off my

901
01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:25,840
soapbox because I know that's really your soapbox but like it you know I'm

902
01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:29,520
dealing with a I'm dealing with a customer right now that same situation

903
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:34,160
so anyway we are gonna take a short break but when we come back as promised

904
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:38,320
we're gonna talk about some bonfires and fire pits and outdoor safety for

905
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:44,360
enjoying this beautiful fall weather as fall is officially here so stay tuned

906
01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:50,680
with us right here on around the house news talk 987 WOKI welcome back to

907
01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:56,340
around the house hope you're enjoying listening this morning I've had a well

908
01:05:56,340 --> 01:06:03,880
it's a day of Jeff's here yes so yeah mr. Jeff from Blount County Chamber of

909
01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:08,600
Commerce and now we've got captain Jeff from rural metro fire department so

910
01:06:08,600 --> 01:06:17,680
listen it's okay if you want to have a pumpkin spice latte yeah we determine

911
01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:24,360
that today today only how's that we're gonna stop after today but but let's

912
01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:28,600
talk about look now's the time of year everybody there they want to go sit in

913
01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:33,440
the backyard they're born enjoyed fire pit yeah obviously you know look it's

914
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:40,160
harvest season okay bonfires upon us yep there's there's a lot of things we

915
01:06:40,160 --> 01:06:45,360
need to be mindful of isn't there there is in Knox County and you mentioned you

916
01:06:45,360 --> 01:06:48,600
lived in over in Loudoun County great place I love to go down there I've got

917
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:54,040
friends in Lenoir City but in Knox County you have to have a burn permit you

918
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:59,080
can get that you can go online to Knox County gov and it's under air quality

919
01:06:59,080 --> 01:07:04,600
management but fire pits and I have one in my backyard that I've created that

920
01:07:04,600 --> 01:07:09,280
I've made the biggest thing is to be smart with what we do obviously you

921
01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:15,560
don't need to be burning household garbage that's a no-no and and you don't

922
01:07:15,560 --> 01:07:19,280
need to burn things that are in construction materials things like that

923
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:26,360
natural wood tree branches things like that logs you know that kind of thing

924
01:07:26,360 --> 01:07:30,800
we have a lot of people this time of year that want to burn leaves hmm those

925
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:36,200
are no-no's yeah and especially it is very dry out there some parts of Knox

926
01:07:36,200 --> 01:07:41,320
County got a little shower last night but it is very dry yeah so we want you

927
01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:45,960
to a have a burn permit there's not a burn ban right now but we want you to

928
01:07:45,960 --> 01:07:51,840
have a burn permit and and then follow those rules ie it's got to be a certain

929
01:07:51,840 --> 01:07:57,560
size it has to be out at dark and people think well you know it's it's contained

930
01:07:57,560 --> 01:08:02,280
it's good or I put it out how well did you put it out what did you do to put it

931
01:08:02,280 --> 01:08:08,760
out we've actually had cases where people have put out a fire they think and

932
01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:14,720
only to find out six hours later that the fire has now rekindled and is burning

933
01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:18,800
toward their house hmm or in one case last year in West Knoxville it burned

934
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:25,200
down their shed their neighbor's shed their wooden fence because they thought

935
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:29,960
the fire was out and they left mm-hmm and you just don't know when a little

936
01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:33,560
bit of wind is going to pick up because we are in fall yeah just like spring so

937
01:08:33,560 --> 01:08:37,400
we have changing of seasons that means you have cold fronts warm fronts whatever

938
01:08:37,400 --> 01:08:41,880
I'm not a meteorologist coming through and they can kick up those embers and

939
01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:46,800
can start and spread a fire so we want you to like in a fire pit you have blocks

940
01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:53,520
around it or it's recessed in the ground and real nice and those are better areas

941
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:58,000
for a little fire than than just having it out in your yard right and burning

942
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:02,600
things and and my grandmother used to for years want to break stuff aside and

943
01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:06,480
then set it on fire yeah my wife likes to do that too and I'm like no no no no

944
01:09:06,480 --> 01:09:11,280
we don't do that anymore stop you know and she's I call her the pyromaniac and

945
01:09:11,280 --> 01:09:15,280
if she's listening she'll get me later but but that's but a lot of people like

946
01:09:15,280 --> 01:09:20,640
to do that and you just have to be smart about it sure have a garden hose out

947
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:23,840
there if you're gonna if you're gonna have a bonfire at night certainly we'll

948
01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:27,960
probably have one tonight be a great night for it after Tennessee whoops and

949
01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:33,320
bud over there in Neyland so it'll be a good night for it but but it'll be in

950
01:09:33,320 --> 01:09:38,440
contained my my pit yeah and we'll sit around it we might roast some marshmallows

951
01:09:38,440 --> 01:09:42,800
with the with the grandkids or the neighbor kids and might even roast a

952
01:09:42,800 --> 01:09:47,800
hot dog or two but those are good times when we can do that in my opinion we

953
01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:51,960
probably don't do enough of those kind of events in our society anymore we're

954
01:09:51,960 --> 01:09:55,320
too hustle bustle we're on the go all the time yeah what sometimes when you

955
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:59,680
slow down and enjoy cuz you said a minute ago fall will be gone before we

956
01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:03,960
can turn around and then it'll be cold and we'll be all mad right all right the

957
01:10:03,960 --> 01:10:07,280
people that are complaining this hotter be complaining it's cold here in just

958
01:10:07,280 --> 01:10:16,760
a couple of months but one of those you know no comment so all right so I'm gonna

959
01:10:16,760 --> 01:10:21,400
I'm just gonna ask this yeah so in general let's say I've got a fire pit

960
01:10:21,400 --> 01:10:29,680
outside I have a fire and I'm gonna go to bed what how long does it really

961
01:10:29,680 --> 01:10:36,560
honestly take for that fire to be distinguished to where that is safe if

962
01:10:36,560 --> 01:10:39,680
there are and I've had this conversation with my son who likes to

963
01:10:39,680 --> 01:10:46,720
stay up late if you've got a log that is red hot yeah it needs a lot of water

964
01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:55,600
several gallons of water to put out even in my 36 by 36 fire pit so a lot of

965
01:10:55,600 --> 01:10:59,080
water and fuel separation a lot of people think well I can just put water

966
01:10:59,080 --> 01:11:03,880
on it or put it out if the fuel which is that wood or paper or whatever you're

967
01:11:03,880 --> 01:11:07,720
burning is still compressed then therefore it can still touch each other

968
01:11:07,720 --> 01:11:12,520
and it can spread so you want to divide that my dad used to used to take a stick

969
01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:16,360
and spread the logs apart yeah at a campfire yeah even though it was

970
01:11:16,360 --> 01:11:20,560
surrounded by rocks yeah you still spread it apart and then put water on it

971
01:11:20,560 --> 01:11:27,120
yeah but it may take may take an hour for it to completely go out yeah and and

972
01:11:27,120 --> 01:11:30,000
you really want it to go out I've got up in the middle of the night and found

973
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:34,000
that my son did not put out the fire like he was supposed to and I go out

974
01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:38,400
there at 2 in the morning and put it out make sure it's outright because I'm

975
01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:42,640
fearful I've seen it I've seen right seen those kind of things happen where

976
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:48,960
it starts from a pile of trash or brush or what yeah well I mean we used to do

977
01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:53,280
when I was a kid we used to do quite a bit of camping mm-hmm and you know same

978
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:57,080
thing we would we would have a contained area yeah fire and well quite frankly

979
01:11:57,080 --> 01:12:00,080
you gotta have a fire that's your heat source because when I say camp and I

980
01:12:00,080 --> 01:12:06,080
mean it was a tent you know and but so many times you you'd go to bed at night

981
01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:11,680
and then you'd wake up the next morning and all you do is restoke the fire to

982
01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:16,480
cook breakfast right so if you think about it right that was the whole entire

983
01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:23,760
night that it was still a very viable and and potentially dangerous fire yeah

984
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:29,720
so I mean people that had wood stoves and fireplaces that heat with that yeah

985
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:34,800
at night we encourage you to shut that damper bring the fire down yeah you

986
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:38,120
don't need to go to bed with the roaring fire in your fireplace and people say

987
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:42,400
well how am I gonna stay warm we'll get another blanket right you know it's okay

988
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:45,680
that fire that's burning two rooms over is not gonna help you in your bedroom

989
01:12:45,680 --> 01:12:49,640
right right snuggle with your spouse it's okay it's okay right come on

990
01:12:49,640 --> 01:12:57,520
so I'm a little huggle snuggle it's good it's good so alright so bonfires what

991
01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:02,800
about grill safety and yeah and you know there's a lot of cooking going on and of

992
01:13:02,800 --> 01:13:07,700
course you know we've got the green egg phenomenon oh yeah and you know

993
01:13:07,700 --> 01:13:11,320
everybody's into smoking and you know which has been going on for a while now

994
01:13:11,320 --> 01:13:18,640
so yeah look let's face it you build a house he went to grill right outside the

995
01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:24,000
door right okay so and I'm not saying that you know you might disagree I'm not

996
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:27,920
saying it's a bad thing but there's things that you need to do to make sure

997
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:33,040
that it's a safe thing that's right I mean and again I've seen where people

998
01:13:33,040 --> 01:13:37,480
they grill right out so the door when we were talking right so the door I'm

999
01:13:37,480 --> 01:13:41,480
telling you he stepped out the door and there was the grill right and and we

1000
01:13:41,480 --> 01:13:45,680
tell people look it needs to be at least four or five feet away well I don't want

1001
01:13:45,680 --> 01:13:50,520
to get wet well take an umbrella I mean if you're far enough out but I have one

1002
01:13:50,520 --> 01:13:55,240
of those eggs that you talked about mines not green mines red which is okay

1003
01:13:55,240 --> 01:14:01,320
but it cooks the same it's a red egg but you know that when you start the fire it

1004
01:14:01,320 --> 01:14:05,280
burns real the flames are up right when you walk away from it

1005
01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:11,000
shut the lid right gas grill same thing shut the lid people don't understand

1006
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:16,000
that that grease from your food drops down in that in that grill and

1007
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:20,560
eventually it could catch on fire so close the lid let whatever is under

1008
01:14:20,560 --> 01:14:24,760
their burn yeah close the lid before you walk away we've had fires underneath

1009
01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:29,520
the covered porches yeah where people walk away from them you have an active

1010
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:35,920
fire I realize it's it's fueled by fuel that you are giving it right if it's a

1011
01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:40,880
natural gas or propane that's still a fire and if I put a piece of paper up

1012
01:14:40,880 --> 01:14:43,920
next to it or piece of wood it doesn't matter it's gonna burn it no matter what

1013
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:49,280
absolutely it's an active fire shut the lid before you walk away and have it a

1014
01:14:49,280 --> 01:14:52,400
safe enough distance away from your house now you mentioned smokers and and

1015
01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:58,880
and hot and what do they call the things you drop a turkey and deep fry them

1016
01:14:58,880 --> 01:15:05,540
deep fryers oh my word I've talked about deep fryers forever but again don't do

1017
01:15:05,540 --> 01:15:10,160
that in your garage right we've had people try and they've usually seen a

1018
01:15:10,160 --> 01:15:14,000
visit from us we would much rather you call us just to invite us for the food

1019
01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:19,440
rather than invite us to put out your fire but we've had that happen do it in

1020
01:15:19,440 --> 01:15:25,280
a garage stop right put it outside put it ten feet away from your house it's

1021
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:30,260
okay it's a little bit of raindrops on it are not gonna hurt it if it's a

1022
01:15:30,260 --> 01:15:35,400
smoker or something like that so and I keep going back to this because it's

1023
01:15:35,400 --> 01:15:40,800
it's true common sense goes a long way and well unfortunately we have a lot of

1024
01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:46,680
people that don't have common sense but that's what a lot of it is yes and the

1025
01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:51,480
and the antics that says well it won't happen to me well it can't happen to you

1026
01:15:51,480 --> 01:15:55,520
you're in the security business it can it and it does and it does and it

1027
01:15:55,520 --> 01:16:03,280
probably will at some point in your life my father is 83 next this month next

1028
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:09,680
month October and he's never had to call the fire department for a fire but he's

1029
01:16:09,680 --> 01:16:13,040
had to call the fire department to help him up out of the floor to help

1030
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:16,480
transport him to the hospital so the likelihood that you're going to have a

1031
01:16:16,480 --> 01:16:22,120
fire in your house the chances may be slim but there's a whole host of other

1032
01:16:22,120 --> 01:16:25,780
things that you may need the fire department for not just because your

1033
01:16:25,780 --> 01:16:33,760
house is on fire yeah well and I experienced in neighborhood that I lived in

1034
01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:41,080
that a house caught on fire mm-hmm okay and then the two houses next to it

1035
01:16:41,080 --> 01:16:48,880
sustained damage yeah okay so again the fire department had to put the fire out

1036
01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:53,880
on those houses too yep okay so when when you move from property A to

1037
01:16:53,880 --> 01:16:59,240
property B okay just because the fire was at property A doesn't mean that

1038
01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:04,320
they're paying your bill on property B that's right okay and so again it's

1039
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:12,920
another one of those I just I can I've never found a logical reason to explain

1040
01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:17,200
why you would not subscribe to fire service the only thing that I know is

1041
01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:21,360
again is we have a lot of people that move here from other areas and and other

1042
01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:27,360
states and and quite frankly again the majority of places that I have lived all

1043
01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:32,000
of those services were covered either through volunteer service or they were

1044
01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:37,240
covered in my taxes yep and so when I learned of subscription service it was

1045
01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:42,320
I'm like wow that's I've never heard of that and so and we do we hear that a lot

1046
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:48,080
yep but that's why it's so important that people are aware that they have to

1047
01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:52,600
be they have to be and like you said earlier we we work very hard to to try

1048
01:17:52,600 --> 01:17:56,600
to get into neighborhoods to go see people to let people have the opportunity

1049
01:17:56,600 --> 01:18:01,720
to ask those questions and of course then obviously answer them but but it's

1050
01:18:01,720 --> 01:18:06,120
very important that they be a subscriber to the fire department it's it's just

1051
01:18:06,120 --> 01:18:10,240
another service it's another thing and people say well you know I'll roll the

1052
01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:17,480
dice yeah okay that's that's scary to me it's it's just it's a service not to not

1053
01:18:17,480 --> 01:18:24,240
to take lightly and to well think that it's just gonna be there because you

1054
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:29,840
know that's that's how it works here so any right if you are new here if you've

1055
01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:33,600
just moved here maybe you've been here a hundred years maybe you know of rural

1056
01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:40,880
metro maybe you don't I just want you to go to rural metro fire comm yep make

1057
01:18:40,880 --> 01:18:45,840
sure check your property may if you're in rural metro area make sure you've got

1058
01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:53,400
a subscription if not sign up today okay in payment plans okay yeah you can do a

1059
01:18:53,400 --> 01:18:58,240
payment plan if if three four five six hundred dollars is too much to cover

1060
01:18:58,240 --> 01:19:01,840
your you know six seven eight hundred thousand dollar house you can do a

1061
01:19:01,840 --> 01:19:09,000
payment plan yep okay I'm monthly so easy don't do not sacrifice all of your

1062
01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:13,640
hard-earned work for the beautiful home that you have and for your family and

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cheap out on a few hundred bucks it's all I'm gonna say with that we are gonna

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take a short break and we're gonna come back and we're gonna figure out how to

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fuel the fire for the rest of this fall season right here all around the house

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with Scott broke him on news talk 98 7 W okay I

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welcome back to around the house we are in the home stretch here our final

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segment and we are talking with captain Jeff Bagwell from the rural metro fire

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department we are talking safety we're talking protection we are talking about

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man make sure that you sign up for service if you don't know about it you

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can go to rural Metro fire calm and you will learn if you were like me who moved

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here from another state and never ever heard of anything about a subscription

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fire department or subscription services let me just tell you it's not covered if

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you're in Knox County right now there are areas Knoxville the city of Knoxville

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city of Knox that is no fire that's included in your tax dollars yep right

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but if you're in the county Knox County it is not included in your tax dollars

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and so if you need a fire truck you don't want to be paying thirty forty

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thousand dollars out of pocket for when you could just simply pay a few hundred

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dollars and it's way less than your homeowners insurance no doubt about it

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so Jeff I'm just gonna have to go there because we are in the fall season yep and

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Christmas is coming okay and every year we hear of a tragedy of a Christmas tree

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catching on fire every year what what are things that we can help to avoid

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those consequences what are things that we need to look for what are things we

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need to do to protect ourselves or family yeah so talking about Christmas

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trees obviously a live tree has to have water and and not just water once a month

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once a week like every day as much as you put water in your dogs or your cat's

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bowl you need to put water in the tree and and people have said well does that

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really matter because the tree doesn't drink water like my Great Dane does okay

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well that may be true but your Great Dane may be drinking the water out of

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the Christmas tree bowl right that's happened hmm you know the dog the dogs

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getting plenty of water because he's drinking his and then he's drinking the

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one out of the Christmas tree and so the tree has no water it takes literally

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seconds you can you can go to YouTube and look at videos upon videos yeah of

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Christmas trees that go up that are dry yeah and you think well it's still green

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so it's not dry oh it's still dry mm-hmm it is still very dry so we'll do

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another segment this year with the news media and we'll burn a Christmas tree

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and we'll show you how quickly it can it can ignite now we've done a lot of

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things globally I guess you could say with with lights used to it was the old

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you and I remember the old incandescent that we got hot oh yeah on a live tree

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or even on an artificial tree our first artificial tree at my parents house was

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plastic yeah and so that would melt the plastic well now we've got LEDs we've

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got all this and that's great that's great for fire prevention of that tree

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but a you got to have it watered and then if you say well I don't have to

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worry about watering it because I've got LED lights true but maybe true but then

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you've also got that space heater that's sitting right there next to the

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Christmas tree or you've got the fireplace or the wood stove there are

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too many other things that can create generate heat near a dry tree so the

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tree has to be has to have water in it at all times and then there's the

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artificial trees got to worry about them too because people put things on the

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trees that may be flammable and then again that that heat source that's close

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to it every year it happens last year we had one on Christmas Eve remember how

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cold it was we were out in the bitter bitter bitter cold working on this fire

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and we were able able to get all of their Christmas presents out and those

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kind of things and and you got to remember all of our guys we still have

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hearts right and we still while we love our jobs and we love what we do and we

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love serving people but we want people and kids particularly to enjoy Christmas

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and have the presents that are under the tree so we were able to get those

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out a few Christmas ago we had to do the same thing on a Christmas day and you

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got also think when you talk about Christmas trees and decorations we think

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about the the decor that requires electricity yeah so we plug that stuff

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in and now what we have is we have overloaded circuits and one's overloaded

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on top of another my wife sent me a picture of her under her office under

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her desk all these cords and plugs and power strips and she said is this a fire

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hazard and I said don't show this to me again okay yes it is but you know so

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those kind of things happen people use outdoor lights inside inside lights

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outside they get wet they cause fuses to trip and and older houses that are not

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don't have the the proper breakers in right that new ones would yeah well now

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we have more of a problem with the circuitry and we can overload it and we

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can cause a fire in an attic I mentioned the house fire a few years ago in on

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Christmas we had literally the homeowner had no idea that the fire was burning in

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their attic no idea yeah so you got to be prepared for those kind of things

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yeah I've yeah I've dealt with a couple of those so all right so look we are

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almost out of time but there's one thing I do not want to pass this up and this

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is listen okay if you hear sirens yeah and you're in your car pull your over to

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the side of the road right and make room for our emergency vehicles I mean look

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my office is on Kingston Pike and Campbell station and every single day I

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see somebody who the fire trucks coming right up and they just drive right

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through the intersection okay get out of the way get out of the way right please

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yeah please pay attention any right all right that's my PSA for today that's

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right listen if you don't know if you are in there in rural metro area rural

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metro fire comm that's rural metro fire comm Jeff Bagwell thank you very much

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for being here with us today hey if you've missed part of today's show and

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you want to listen again there's a link on my website go to his security comm and

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just click on the ATH radio tab to find recordings of past shows I want to thank

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my guests this morning for being here Jeff Muir with the blunt County chamber

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and Jeff Bagwell from rural metro have a topic or guest you'd like to hear on the

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show send us an email to the house at his security comm around the house is

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produced by news talk 98.7 with guest coordination services from be media

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savvy have a great first day of fall and I hope you enjoy some quality time around

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the house today go balls or as they say in Spanish vamos walls