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Robin & her vendors at

Corner Nest Antique

Mall wishes

everyone a Merry

Christmas and

Happy New Year!

Elizabethton, TN. --- Macy’s window displays and Christmas decorations in New York City have nothing over the Corner Nest Antique Mall. It is simply a winter wonderland mixed with dozens of holiday displays that would surely put a smile on Santa Clause’s face.

Proprietor Robin Blackwell spends weeks and hundreds of hours throughout the year pre-paring for the holiday season. She, along with her 90+ vendors, liter-ally transform the 30,000 square-foot building on Elk Avenue into a “must see” visit during the holi-days.

“Robin has really outdone her-self this year,” one lady shopping for Christmas decorations an-nounced. “It is beautiful and quite amazing to see all the displays and the bargains they have to of-fer here. I could spend the day here just looking at all the beauti-ful displays. And, of course, find-ing some real bargains!”

Indeed. Earlier this month over 3,000 people visited Corner Nest for its annual Christmas Open House. “The holiday season is the most magical and exciting time of the year and one in which I and our vendors look forward to,” Robin says. “Old friends gather throughout the month and new friends are made. The open house is a way for us to thank our cus-tomers and vendors for their sup-port throughout the year. It’s become a family tradition and we would like to think we plan an important part in kicking off the holiday season.”

When you visit Corner Nest Antique Mall you shouldn’t be in a hurry. The huge building on two floors presents something for ev-eryone. “We offer a wide variety of unique furniture, collectables and hundreds of other items [too many to list] that you won’t find anywhere else at such reasonable prices,” she adds. “The support from our customers this past year, who literally visit us from all over the Tri-Cities region, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and beyond is rewarding and heartfelt especially this time of year. Come visit us during the holiday season. I guarantee it will be a rewarding trip!”

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By Mary EllEn MillEr[Editor’s Note: Last month

MarketingMel began this two part series after her friend Carly Johnson found herself scammed on Facebook. MarketingMel then interviewed two IT professionals in order to help you avoid such a problem].

MarketingMel: Marcus, what is your advice as an IT professional and Director of Operations at ITD Inter-active?

Marcus Ledbetter: The key is – while your bank and other important accounts have good security mea-sures in place to stop the brute force intrusions (brute force is where they basically have a program that just guesses as many passwords as it can in hopes that one of them gets in). Twitter does not. Facebook pages get hacked all the time though – and folks that I’ve talked to that have gotten hacked often have simple passwords: names of their kids, pets, whatever. To make matters worse, people often use the same passwords, or variations of the same password, for all their online accounts. This is the big problem – while getting your Facebook page hacked can be annoy-ing, and sometimes embarrassing, the real danger is if the password they used for Facebook also works for your email login. If they can get into your email account they can often get into bank accounts, credit card accounts, etc. They can request password resets and often get around security ques-tions using info they learn sifting through your Facebook information. maiden names, past addresses, etc. It

can snowball very quickly.

Then I sought the advice of my I.T. professional, Andy Mitchell of Holston IT.

MarketingMel: Andy, can you tell me what you tell your clients so they can protect their passwords on Face-book and elsewhere?

Andy Mitchell: The best advice I can give you about passwords would be a few simple rules.

•Your password should be over 12 characters in length.

•It should contain Upper & Lower case Letters, Numbers, and special char-acters such as ! @ # $ % ^ & *

•It should not contain words or phrases.

•NEVER USE THE SAME PASS-WORD TWICE! Each login needs its own password.

•Do not save your passwords when prompted. Always type them in.

•Change your passwords OFTEN. Every 30-90 days depending on how important they are to you.

Another school of thought is to use several common words that have noth-ing to do with each other to create a re-ally long password.

IE: pinkhorsesummersnowfla-ketennessee

MarketingMel: How do you avoid phishing attempts?

Andy Mitchell:•Never click on a link in an email.

If you hover your mouse pointer over the link it will either pop up and show you the hidden URL or it will show in your browser at the bottom left.

•Copy Past the link if you must. This will copy the text you see and not the hidden hyperlink. Only do this if you are sure the link is safe.

•Manually typing it into your browser is another alternative. Again only if you know the link is safe.

Here is an example of what I de-scribe above.

http://www.holstonit.comIf you copy paste it you’ll get my

website. Click on it and well…..•Generally I only click a link in

an email when I requested a pass-word reset, or need to activate a new account. Otherwise I go to the web-site and log in the normal way rather than taking the shortcut presented in the email.

•Keep Adobe Flash and Java up-dated. Check them at least every 30 days even if they are set to update au-tomatically. Java exploits are one of the top sources of computer viruses.

•Finally, Install Firefox and the Adblock-plus Add-On. This will strip most advertisements from webpages and online videos. This goes a long way to help you avoid confusion. Not to mention it is nice browsing without those annoying commercials.

•http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/

•https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

•The above links have not been modified and will take you right to the 2 programs I mentioned.

Thanks to Carly, Marcus and Andy for providing solutions that we hope will help keep all of us a bit safer!

Mary Ellen Miller is founder and President of MarketingMel an inno-vative marketing, public relations and social media strategies firm for business professionals. www.mar-ketingmel.com, 423-335-7267.

Password Protection and How to Prevent Phishing Scams

Mary Ellen Miller

ERWIN, TN. – Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) announced last month that it has been awarded two new contracts from the U.S. Department of Energy, Naval Reactors Laboratory Field Office.

The first contract includes the manufacture and delivery of fuel and support activities for the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. NFS has been the sole manufacturer of nuclear fuel for the U.S. Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines since 1964. The second contract provides for the development of material for future Naval Reac-tors programs.

“NFS is pleased to continue our important work for the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy and the Naval Reactors program,” said Joe Henry, NFS President. “We are pleased that our work supports U.S. national defense programs, and we are excited to use our unique technical capabilities and expertise to develop the next generation of nuclear fuel.”

NFS also down blends off-specification highly enriched uranium mate-rial. By converting

uranium materials into useful fuel to generate electricity, NFS elimi-nates a threat to national security while powering the future of clean en-ergy for American consumers and businesses. NFS employs a full-time work force of around 1,000 people, including long-term contractors and security personnel.

Nuclear Fuel Services announces new contracts worth

over $100 million

FACTOIDIn Erwin, NFS operates a uranium fuel materials production

facility to support America’s fleet of nuclear-powered subma-rines and aircraft carriers. It also converts Cold War-era gov-ernment stockpiles of highly enriched uranium into material suitable for further processing into commercial nuclear reactor fuel.

December 2012

Johnson City, TN. --- It’s happened to all of us.

You’re rushing through the grocery store past the deli when you stop dead in your tracks. A beautifully decorated cake calls out, “Buy me, I’m delicious!”

So, you give into the temptation, fighting the urge to demolish it in the car. Finally home, you grab a fork, and with your mouth salivating, slowly take a bite. Only to experience. . . the true taste of disappointment. Iced cardboard on a plate!

So many times you spend good mon-ey on a beautiful cake, and find it to be dry and tasteless. At Petite Sweets all our cakes are fresh, moist, beautiful, creative and delicious! In March 2011, Rachael Little, at age 19, started Petite Sweets.

“I have a true love and passion for baking and decorating cakes and cup-cakes as well as working with each client to produce a one of a kind cake for their specific occasion,” Rachael says with a smile.

Located inside Java Rush on Browns

Mill Road across from Kroger, Petite Sweets prepares six to eight different flavors of mini cupcakes every day from scratch. And only the highest quality of ingredients are used.

“You’ll find all the deliciousness of a big cupcake but in a smaller pack-age which prevents you for settling with just one flavor!” Rachael explained about her mini-cupcakes. “Around the holidays, we take orders for our luscious three layered cakes for those who want a homemade dessert without the hassle. We also offer an assortment of cookies, chocolate dipped potato chips and pret-zels. We only ask that you give us a 48 hour notice for specialty cupcakes and two weeks for specialty cakes. We pride ourselves on providing beautifully deco-rated and delicious cupcakes and cakes for any occasion with over 70 flavors to choose from! Give us a try the next time you are looking for that special cake for any occasion and visit us anytime you are craving a delicious home-made cup-cake.”

Inside Java Rush:Petite Sweets offers homemade desserts without the hassle or the high cost

Zebra birthday cake

FACTOIDPetite Sweets2306 Browns Mill Road [Inside Java Rush and across from Kroger]Johnson City, TN. 37604 • 423-282-5282Rachael Little, Owner

Puffer Fish birthday cake

A beautiful decorated layered cake ideal for the holidays. 7 delicious flavors available.

A Simply Chic wedding cake.


Don’t let the hustle and bustle of the holiday season fool you into thinking you need all new gear and equipment for your workout. Over the years I have come to rely on the tried and true to get me through. The sport of running has advanced so much in the past decade. Running is imminently measurable. You work with the objective standards of distance and time to truly be the best you can be. It only makes sense you want to look your best while working out. Looking your best doesn’t mean it should cost a fortune.

Running is so personal; it can

easily be tailored for you as an in-dividual. And just like your rou-tine can be unique, so can your clothes, shoes, technology and gadgets. Stick with what works for you and what is affordable for your budget. I run in a Saucony classic – Shadow 6000 and have run in the same style shoe for 25 years. I am well aware of the new styles and fashion, but I’ve never had a reason to switch brands or styles. They are affordable and I can put about 500-700 miles on a pair.

As far as clothes go, I have my favorite shorts, pants, and sweats that fit me like a glove. When I

transform from person to runner and get into my running clothes I become a different person be-

cause I am comfortable in my “stuff”. T-shirts and sweatshirts from past races keep me warm. Inexpensive, yet warm and cozy. Grab a nice fleece headband and some cotton gloves and you have all you need to get you through the winter running season.

Don’t make the mistake of us-ing Christmas as a reason to buy expensive running gear, only to have to return it because it wasn’t right for you or you didn’t feel comfortable while working out. Workout clothes and gear are expensive, so be sure and do the research on what you are buying and make sure if you purchase

through the mail, the vendor has a hassle-free return policy. Most sports mail-order outfitters have great return policies. To avoid delays - they send your new item while waiting for the return.

Proper running attire and equipment are important, but it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to be fit. More importantly, you should be comfortable and enjoy your workout, staying safe and avoiding injury during the winter months.

So gear up for the holidays, but do it in a sensible, fashion-able way that works best for you.

Until next time, Run Along!

Gearing up for the Holidays

Suzy Cloyd

“On the Run Out ‘N About” (Reflections of a Runner)

“Working for all the people

in the 4th District.”

Thank You For Your Support. Happy Holidays!

What do you think of when Wash-ington D.C. comes to mind? Of course there are the textbook answers: our nation’s capital, home of the white house, heart of the presidential elec-tion or seat of the federal government. Or maybe you invision congressional sessions and stuffy politicians? What-ever the preconceptions, I could prob-ably guess that they aren’t completely on target. I recently visited “the District,” as the residents of Washington refer to their city. I expected to see a few bor-ing museums, some monuments, a lot of shopping and of course, the obliga-tory photo on the steps of the capitol building. You know, the candid picture of so many kids in uniform sweaters you can’t tell who’s who, and every-one is looking in a different direction? I think all of you know what I’m talking about. Well read on, because I think you’ll be just as surprised as I was to find that that isn’t quite the case. Even at my young and “naive” age, I was struck by the cultural diversity of the city and its denizens, and how en-

gaging the historic sites could be. The unique people who live in D.C. were the epitome of the term “the melting pot,” and the sights and sounds I ex-perienced were unlike anything I have encountered here in the south. China-town was particularly interesting and if you’re ever there, I recommend you visit the popular restaurant “Wok & Roll,” and you guessed it, there’s a sushi bar. In short, the shops in D.C. are each unique in their own right, and worth a visit if you have the time. For all you history buffs out there, perhaps you’ll be interested to note that some of the most popular attrac-tions in Washington include the most well-known monuments and memori-als: the Washington, the Lincoln, and the Jefferson. Tourists swarm to visit the Pentagon, the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial and many of the famous museums D.C. has to offer. But even if you aren’t a history person, I think you’ll find that visiting these places is an interesting and impacting ex-perience, and museums such as the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum,

the Newseum, and any and all of the Smithsonians are very interactive and engaging. I know, I know, museums are supposed to be where you look at a bunch of boring old stuff behind

bulletproof glass while a recorded tourguide babbles on and on from and uncomfortable earpiece. But I’m happy to say that isn’t actually true! The National Museum of American History was so enjoyable, and many of its exhibits were hands-on and very entertaining. I was extremely moved

by the Holocaust Memorial Museum, and while it was a bit graphic, and included detailed accounts of the hor-ribly real event that is the Holocaust, it was facinating and provided histori-cally accurate information that I think every high school student should un-derstand. The Vietnam Veterans Me-morial also puts into perspective the great loss of life our country has seen, and what dedication her citizens have displayed in the past, the present, and hopefully the future. On the wall, there are 58,272 names engraved, each one in remembrance of a fallen soldier. It is 246 feet and 9 inches long, and 10.1 feet high at its apex. As you walk along the wall, you real-ize how many soldiers laid down their lives for our country in one war alone, and as Americans, we can’t help but feel a sense of patriotism at such a sight. If you’re someone who’s interested in journalistic history, the Newseum is the place for you. I enjoyed this the most, because I am amateur journal-ist myself, and it was so interesting to

see how photographers, writers and other news reporters have played a major role in the making and keep-ing of history. There are also many impressive artifacts and photo-graphs recovered from some of the most traumatic or impacting events our nation has ever seen. And now, a little something for all my fellow shoppers out there. The street shops the District has to offer are fantastic, but if you like it all in one place, the Pentagon City Mall is “where it’s at.” Spanning four floors, this shopping monstrosity is visited by over 1.37 million people per year. It contains 172 stores, and I can guarantee that no matter what you’re looking for, you’ll find it here. I can confidently say that if you stayed in D.C. for a solid month, you wouldn’t be able to fully experi-ence all that it has to offer. Whether you’re interested in history, culture, art, aeronautics, etc. you will find what you’re looking for in the Dis-trict of Columbia.

December 2012

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Asheville, N.C. --- A holiday season would not be complete without a trip across the mountain for a visit to Biltmore House.

Known as one of the Southeast’s most beloved and storied holiday travel destinations, Christmas at Biltmore begin last month and will run through January 1, 2013. Candlelight Christmas Evenings, offering evening candlelight tours of Biltmore House, take place through December 31.

This year’s Christmas displays throughout Biltmore House, the gardens and grounds will follow an art motif, with inspiration coming from various art forms found in and around Biltmore House. Each decorated tree and its complement-ing display pieces will be designed to accent a par-ticular piece of art found in a room, or composed around an expression of art such as the literary arts or music.

On Christmas Eve 1895, Vanderbilt opened

Biltmore House for the first time to his friends and family. In subsequent years, the couple welcomed family, friends and the estate’s employees into the Banquet Hall for the annual Christmas party. Each child who lived on the estate at that time re-ceived a gift from the Vanderbilt family.

Biltmore’s modern-day Christmas celebra-tion is modeled on that first Christmas, with an elaborately decorated, 35-foot tall Fraser fir domi-nating the Banquet Hall. Guests will see 68 trees throughout Biltmore House, each intricately de-signed and decorated by members of Biltmore’s floral team. Miles of fresh garland and wreaths create a yuletide scent throughout the House, with around 1,000 red and white poinsettias in the Winter Garden and other areas.

Guests can pick up Biltmore decorating se-crets during free holiday craft seminars offered at A Gardener’s Place in the lower part of the Con-

servatory, near the Walled Garden. Classes are of-fered four times daily: “Wreath-Making” (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.); and “Tabletop Inspirations” (1 and 3 p.m.).

In Antler Hill Village, Santa will visit with children and families from 1 to 5 p.m. on Satur-days and Sundays, through December 23. Antler Hill Village links to the Winery, where visitors may take guided tours, enjoy free wine tastings and purchase wines from Biltmore’s diverse portfolio, including the limited-edition 2012 Christmas at Biltmore Wine. Special wine seminars are also available.Candlelight Christmas Evenings through

December 31Biltmore House takes on a warm glow during

Candlelight Christmas Evenings, even an air of mystery, creating a unique holiday experience for guests. Local choirs and small musical ensembles stationed in the Winter Garden perform music of the season as guests enter Biltmore House. Soloists perform traditional Christmas music throughout the house as guests wander among the decorated rooms. The front lawn will glow with a 55-foot Norway spruce, lit by around 40,000 tiny white lights.

Candlelight evening tours will not be offered on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Guests may also visit Antler Hill Village when they attend Candlelight Christmas Evenings.

Holiday dining and lodging on the estate

Guests may enjoy a festive meal at Bistro, Deerpark Restaurant, Stable Café, Cedric’s Tavern or The Dining Room at Inn on Biltmore Estate. For guests looking to extend their stay at Biltmore, the four-star Inn offers several packages for holi-days, including special New Year’s Eve packages. Biltmore boasts retail shops, all perfect for holiday gift shopping. Other activities include taking a horse and carriage ride (blankets provided) and exploring acres of landscaped gardens.

FACTOIDLocated in Asheville, N.C., Biltmore was

the vision of George W. Vanderbilt. Designed by Richard Morris Hunt, America’s largest home is a 250-room French Renaissance chateau, exhibiting the Vanderbilt family’s original collection of furnishings, art and antiques. Biltmore encompasses more than 8,000 acres including renowned gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American land-scape architecture. Today, Biltmore has grown to include Antler Hill Village, which features the award-winning Winery and Antler Hill Farm;

the four-star Inn on Biltmore Estate; Equestrian Center; numerous restaurants; event and meeting venues; and Biltmore For Your Home, the com-pany’s licensed products division. To learn more about Biltmore, go to www.biltmore.com or call 877-BILTMORE.

Day Trip: Brighten Your Holidays:Christmas at Biltmore is set through Jan. 1st

Candlelight Christmas Evenings through Dec. 31st

Banquet Tree

Library

Lodge Gate

Banquet Hall Fireplace Table

Christmas Candlelight Evening.

“Imagination” key to Pratt writing style

With seven published novels under his belt and an eighth about to be released, Scott Pratt lives on his imagi-nation.

“I guess I do,” Pratt says with a smile. “It’s ironic, though, because I never could have imagined myself writing books for a living. I have trouble sitting still, and I’m not very patient.”

In Pratt’s case, impatience may be a virtue. His first nov-el, “An Innocent Client,” was published by Penguin in No-vember of 2008. Over the past four years, he’s written and published six more books and is putting the finishing touches on yet another – the fifth novel of his popular Joe Dillard series.

“The tentative title is ‘Finding Lind-say,’” Pratt said. “Joe Dillard becomes involved in the search for a little girl who has been snatched from her bed in the middle of the night. It’s part mystery, part thriller, part suspense. It’s definitely genre fiction, definitely commercial fic-tion. I’ve enjoyed writing it.”

The new novel has taken about six months to complete and marks the be-ginning of what Pratt hopes will be yet another level of his publishing success.

“I’ve done it both ways,” he says. “I’ve been published by one of the big houses (Penguin) and I’ve done some independent publishing. In the future, I plan to stick with independent publish-ing. I don’t think I’d ever go back to a big publishing house, not even if they offered me a million dollars.”

The reason he wants to stay indepen-dent is because of the massive changes going on in the publishing industry.

“Amazon has changed the game for writers,” Pratt said. “It gives us access to national and international markets. It allows us to maintain control over the content of our work. It allows us to con-trol the way the book covers look. It al-lows us to control the price. We can track sales by the hour instead of having to wait a year for a royalty statement from

a publisher. And Amazon pays a much, much higher royalty to writers than the big houses pay. If I publish indepen-dently on Amazon, my royalty is seventy percent of the retail price, which I set. If I choose to publish through one of the big New York houses, the royalty is anywhere from six percent to fifteen percent, and they set the price. It’s a no-brainer.”

There are a few keys to being success-ful, however.

“You can’t just write a book, slap it up on Amazon, and expect to have any success,” he said. “You have to write good books, books that entertain people, books they really want to read. That’s an art in itself. But to be successful as an indie writer, you also have to learn to market them. It takes time and it takes a lot of work.”

Pratt recently regained the rights to his first three novels, which means he now controls all eight of his titles.

“Getting them back was a long, tough battle,” he said, “but we won and now it’s over. It’s time to go forward. I’m excited about the prospects from here on out. I’m excited about being in this busi-ness during this time of monumental change. I’m excited about writing more books.”

How many more?“At least ten,” Pratt said. “That

should take me about five years and put me into my sixties. After that, who knows?”

Gold RushNow is the time to get your Christmas shopping cash!

Paying Top Price for Your Unwanted Gold, Silver, Platinum and Coins


Johnson City, TN. — Conveniently located in North Johnson City across from Kroger and next to Java Rush, Gold Rush is locally owned by Jeremy Clemens.

“We buy gold, silver, platinum and coins of any karat, condition or age,” Clemens said. “We pay top price. Cash on the spot. No Checks!”

Some of the many items that C l e m e n s will pur-chase from you include: watch-es, rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, broaches, pins, and he is also a coin dealer.

“I guess we all have some old jewelry and coins lying around that we don’t wear anymore and really don’t have any use for. Why not turn those items into instant cash?” Clemens said.

Gold Rush is open Monday through Saturday and they even have a drive through win-dow for your con-venience. Clemens will also help coordinate your gold party and pay you for hosting it in the privacy of your home or office.

“You can call and make an ap-pointment and I will come to your house or office and evalu-ate your gold, silver or platinum,” Clemens explained. “And we also buy and deal in coins and coin collections.”

Clemens and his family have over 34 years of experience in the business. Other family members own the Ideal Cards & Coins Company, in Ohio. “I’m a

local businessman that you can deal with face-to-face instead of mailing your gold or jewelry off

to people you don’t know and may not be getting the best deal for what you are selling,” he said matter-of-factly.

Clemens and his family live

in Washington County and he is an active coach of the Junior Top-per football team and he also coaches b a s e b a l l , T-Ball, and soccer. “You might recognize me on the field,” he said with a laugh.

“I enjoy coaching year-round and it gives me time to spend with my kids.”

Jeremy is married to Melissa and they have three children:

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“I really enjoy working with the public every day and

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Tennesseans could wake up to find a lump of coal in their stockings if the fiscal cliff isn’t addressed before the holidays. Ac-cording to a new report from the White House, taxes on middle class families will increase by $2,200 per year, resulting in a loss of $200 billion in consumer spending, if the fiscal cliff is not ad-dressed. Similarly, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development stated that, if not avoided, the fiscal cliff could lead to a global recession.

This very serious situation can and should be avoided. The President is demanding tax increases to solve our debt crisis, but East Tennesseans know that Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. Any potential deal we reach must begin with real spending cuts and meaningful reforms to entitlement programs. According to the Heritage Foundation, 62% of total government spend-ing goes toward entitlements, with about 44% of those dol-lars going to three programs—Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

Likewise, it is our responsibility as members of Con-gress to ensure that hardworking, middle-class families do not see their taxes increased in the New Year when about 40% of their total income already goes toward taxes. Additionally, we must set the table for economic growth and help ensure that small businesses

have the confidence to hire. It would be irresponsible for Congress to further burden tax-

payers if the government’s spending addiction can’t be curbed. For example, President Obama’s budget projects that, even if we were to raise taxes on individuals making over $200,000, we would still add $6.7 trillion to the national debt over the next de-cade.

It is past time for the President to show the American peo-ple his plan to address this crisis. We know that he wants

tax increases – but we also know that the tax increases he is seeking won’t be enough to avoid the fiscal cliff. Only strong leadership that makes hard choices will be able to avoid these catastrophic consequences.

For too many years, the government has written blank checks and now is the time to stop kicking

the can down the road and do what’s best for this country. As negotiations continue, you can rest as-sured I will look closely at any responsible proposal put forth to avert the fiscal cliff and put our country back on the path to a prosperous future.

Please feel free to contact my office if we can be of assis-tance to you or your family. You can contact my office by mail, email or phone. Our contact information can be found on our website, www.roe.house.gov.

December 2012

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey

Tennessee is on the right track for the future

An editor once told me you can’t go wrong by writing about dogs or cats or kids. So here goes.

I have a dog and a cat. And, a kid. Well for the record, at 26, he’s really not a kid any more.

Anyway, my cat Sable has been with me for eight years. While I am a big advo-cate of adopting animals from local shel-ters Sable came into my life under quite unusual circumstances. In fact, I prefer dogs over cats and have been a “daddy” to three shelter collies and three other shel-ter dogs whose breed only God knows.

Don’t get me wrong Sable is the most beautiful cat I’ve ever seen. Her name comes from her coat and her eyes are crystal blue; much like playground mar-bles. She weighs 8 pounds and prefers the outdoors. She’s a hunter and about once a week I’m rewarded with a mole or a small bird left on the stoop at my back door.

One day [eight years ago] in a con-versation over my fence with a neighbor he asked me if I’d “watch” Sable [he was calling her ‘Tess’ which was a name that really didn’t fit her so I changed it] for a few days while he went out of town for a job interview. He left me with the cat, a bowl, and a 5 pound bag of Little Frisk-ies.

As I said, that was eight years ago.His good fortune [as a well-connected

and expert electrician] centers on a job offer he received to install the electrical lines and infrastructure at a new Wal-Mart [in of all places] Hawaii! That six month contract has turned into eight years and counting. A daughter lives in his house and she keeps up the yard and is a good neighbor of which I’m grateful.

Twice a year my neighbor comes home and the conversation over the fence inevitably turns to ‘Tess.’ “How’s my cat?” he asks with a grin. “Fine,” I say without missing a beat. “She’s getting fat,” he ob-serves as ‘Sable’ meanders about my back yard glancing over to a person she thinks she recognizes. “Yep, she eats rather well around here,” I offer. He’s in town for the NASCAR races in Bristol and says goodbye on his third day visiting with the promise of seeing me again at the dawn of a New Year.

The other day I calculated the cost of keeping Sable up for the eight years and everything considered I estimate its cost

at about $12,000. Nevertheless, my neigh-bor’s not getting ‘Tess’ back. Sable’s been worth every penny which includes building her a small apartment in the garage for cold winter nights.

Now for the dog part of my story. My fi-ancée, Lynne Ogle, lived in Farragut [near Knoxville] with her Yorkshire, Bodie. I basically stole her dog and moved him to Johnson City while she prepared to con-clude her employment at a Knoxville law firm and thus, move up here with us.

Bodie is a Yorkie licker. He’d lick the mailman if he got the chance. These days when Lynne comes home from business or shopping to greet him, Bodie always gives her a quick lick on the lips. Then he runs upstairs to find me, jumps on my lap and licks and licks and licks. Outside, Sable can’t wait for me to sit in the swing so she can knead and purr. I’m a lucky man and twice a year I wave at my neighbor as he heads out for Tri-Cities airport with my dog on my lap and my cat at my feet.

Merry Christmas everyone! And you know it seems I’ve already received my presents.

Bits and PiecesFrom All Over

By Ron Scalf

By any standard, this past election was a rousing success in Tennessee. Republicans received a resounding vote of confidence from voters resulting in historically unprecedented supermajorities.

More so than most any state in the union, Tennesseans believe their state is on the right track. These election results will allow our Republican majori- ties to continue to

bring more jobs, less spending and small-er government to the people of Tennessee. But one of the things so satisfying about this election was not just the results, but the process.

This general election marked the third under our new

Voter ID law and the first general election. From the moment this law was introduced, opponents have been screaming that the sky was falling in ways that would shame Chicken Little. The num-bers have shown otherwise.

Tennesseans cast only 674 provisional ballots related to the new photo ID law out of more than 2.45 million cast statewide. Of that number, 178 returned with proper photo iden-tification and had their ballots counted. That is a very minute sliver of our entire electorate.

So after months upon months of wailing and gnashing of teeth, Tennessee’s electorate responded to this new law in an orderly fash-

ion. Disruption was minimal and disenfran-chisement was nonexistent. People simply did at their voting precinct what they do countless times every day when they cash a check, rent a car, fly on an airplane or rent an R-rated movie: they showed a photo ID that to prove they are who they say they are.

What bothered me most about the con-stant carping criticism of common sense engaged in by the left on this issue was the frequent assertion that voter ID was a solu-tion in search of a problem. The opposition implied -- and often outright said -- that voter fraud simply doesn’t exist. The liber-als insisted that by trying to minimize voter fraud we were chasing a phantom.

Mary Mancini, the executive direc-tor of the liberal Tennessee Citizen Action told CBS News that “there’s hardly any documented cases of the kind of voter fraud that they are talking about...it’s a made-up problem.”

Tell that to the citizens of Memphis who stood by and watched as it was dem-onstrated that dead people voted in the spe-cial election between Terry Roland and now Senator Ophelia Ford. That result was prop-erly vacated and a new election called. That election is not ancient history. That was 2005. Seven years ago.

This is to say nothing of the more recent examples in Cleveland and Philadelphia where entire precincts voted unanimously for Presi-dent Obama. While certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural tend to be politically ho-mogeneous, they aren’t that homogeneous. If

the presidential election been tighter, a finely tuned microscope would have been trained on those precincts and some election administra-tors would have had some explaining to do.

And what of the case of the Virginia Dem-ocratic political operative, a congressman’s son, who was caught on tape giving instruc-tions to a volunteer on how to commit voter fraud? Are we just supposed to forget about that? This cavalier attitude towards voter fraud by my friends on the left is something I simply do not understand.

The Chattanooga Times editorialized that “there are, studies show, relatively few cases of voter fraud anywhere, and hardly any of significant scale.”

Even if you granted that, and I certainly do not, exactly how much voter fraud is tol-erable? To me the answer to that question is simple: none.

The franchise in a democratic republic like ours is of paramount importance. It is, for many of our citizens. the one time and only time their leaders will truly hear their voice. If we as Tennesseans simply concede that some voters will have their votes cancelled out by the votes of illegal immigrants or committed fraudsters, then our entire system collapses.

Tennessee citizens must be confident that their vote counts no more and no less than any other citizen. That kind of protection is what this law was designed to provide. I’m proud that our state had the courage to pro-tect the franchise with such vigor and, as long as I am Lieutenant Governor, it will continue to do so.

Bodie

Sable

Tax increases alone won’t avert fiscal cliff

Congressman Phil Roe

December 2012

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December 7th.Kingsport: Al Petteway and Amy White

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Elizabethton: Christmas at the Carter Man-sion 6-9 pm. Also runs on the 8th. A beautiful candlelight evening at the oldest frame house in Tennessee with refreshments, music, and inter-preters dressed in costumes from the 18th century Christmas. Contact: www.sycamoreshoals.com

The City Youth Ballet of Johnson City will per-form The Nutcracker at Gregory Center at Milligan College in Elizabethton, December 7 & 8th at 7:30 pm Dec 8-9 at 2:30 pm. Tickets are available at Bear’ n Friends and Party Central in Johnson City and also at the door.

Johnson City: Candlelight Christmas, Dec. 7th & 8th- 14th & 15th at Rocky Mount Museum. Join the Cobb Family as they celebrate an 18th Cen-tury Christmas. Event includes music and dancing. Contact: www.rockymountmuseum.com

Bristol: The Bristol Ballet presents Bros-selmeyer’s Nutcracker and Cool Christmas at the Paramount Theatre Center for the Arts. Dec. 7th. & 8th. 7:30 pm, and Dec 9th 2:30. Tickets are $15.00 adults, $12.00 seniors and students and $6.00 for children under 6 years of age. Call 423-274-8920 or www.etix.com

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Limestone: A Crockett Christmas will take place at Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park. The living history event takes visitors back to the old days. Contact: 423-257-2167.

Greeneville: The Oak Ridge Boys presents “Christmas Times a Comin’ Tour” at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. Contact www.greenevillen-pac.com

Johnson City: This year The Christmas Pa-rade will begin at 4pm. For more information www.downtownjc.org

Elizabethton: The Johnson City Symphony Orchestra will present “Mirth, Merriment and Mith-ril” at 7:30 pm at the Mary B. Martin Aiditorium,

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Johnson City: The Browders will perform at Clark Street Baptist Church, 200 Clark Street, at 11:00 am. Contact: 423-926-5622.

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those peanut butter cookies with the Hershey Kiss in the middle, and one of my favorite things about the season – holiday movies. Last year I gave you a few recommendations (Elf, A Muppet Christmas Carol and Gremlins to name a few), and this year I return with more good tidings and few more films to get you in the holiday mood.

Love Actually – A colorful tapestry of loosely interconnected stories (some better than others) is weaved admirably by a huge ensemble cast of mostly Brit-ish actors and director Richard Curtis.

The tone of the film alternates between sweet, funny, and sad

and feels genuine each step of the way. Highlights include Liam Neeson playing a newly widowed man who’s learning how to relate to his step-son and Bill Nighy as an aging rocker angling for that one last hit.

Scrooged – Filmed at the height of Bill Murray’s 1980’s popularity, Scrooged is a wonderfully comedic take on the Dickens’ classic. As opposed to a miserly accountant in the 1800’s, Murray plays a ruthless and self-centered television ex-ecutive. In a neat movie-within-a-movie twist, his network is producing a version of A Christmas Carol over the course of the film. It’s easily one the better, and more irreverent, adaptations of the definitive Christmas tale.

Home Alone – I’m usually not a fan of the hugely popular, cultural phenomenon-type of films, but Home Alone is just so fun and so heartfelt that it’s become part of my required December viewing. Macaulay Culkin, in a performance so memorable that over the years he’s been hard to accept in any other role, plays the lad who’s been accidentally left home while his family is travelling out of the country. Mayhem and hijinks en-

sue as Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern play a couple of highly inept burglars who set their sights on his robbing his house. It’s great holiday fun for the whole

family.Die Hard – Lots of people remember Die Hard for

its non-stop action or Bruce Willis’ “Yippie kay yay” line, but I’ll always remember it as a great alternative holiday movie. It takes place at a corporate holiday party, so the windows breaking and gunshots are scored to the beat of Christmas music (most memorably Run DMC’s Christmas in Hollis). Just think of Bruce Willis’ John McClane as something like Santa Claus…but instead of delivering toys to children, he delivers bullets and butt kickings to terrorists.

Jingle All the Way – While this Schwarzenegger-led movie can be a tad mean spirited for a family film, it does a good job with parodying the hysteria that goes along with finding the “must-have gift”. Instead of grandmothers slap box-ing over Cabbage Patch Kids, in Jingle All the Way it’s Arnold and comedian Sinbad (whatever happened to that guy?!?!) vying to see who will go home with the last Turbo Man figure in town. If you can put your brain on hold, it’s highly enjoyable.

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Love Actually

Scrooged

Home Alone

Jingle All The Way

Die Hard


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December events at the Paramount

Down Home Pickin’ Parlor ScheduleSaturday, December 1st

Lou Reed & CarolinaTuesday, December 4th

ETSU BandsWednesday, December 5th

7:00pm • ETSU BandsFriday, December 7th

9:00pm • Scott Miller

Saturday, December 8th9:00pm • Scott Miller

Thursday, December 13th8:00pm • Will Hoge

Friday, December 14th9:00pm • tba

Saturday, December 15th9:00pm • tba

Thursday, December 20th8:00pm • Christmas ShowFriday, December 21st

9:00pm • Black Lillies Friday, December 28th

9:00pm • Josh OliverSaturday, December 29th

9:00pm • This Mountain

Pickin’ Porch scheduleDec. 6 Acoustic Heritage

Blue Stone RiverBandDec. 13th Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome

Slice of Bluegrass

Friday, Dec. 7th & Sat., Dec. 8th at 7:30pm and

Sun., Dec. 9th at 2:30pmBristol Ballet presents DROSSELMEY-

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“Drosselmeyer’s Nutcracker” – See the mysterious Herr Drosselmeyer tell the events leading to Clara’s journey through the Snow Forest to the Land of the Sweets. As a Bonus, “Cool Christmas” will be pre-sented as the final act of this production. An original concept by Michele Plescia, this ballet is a collection of dances to fa-miliar Christmas songs, most of which have a jazzy or more contemporary ar-rangement.

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Chorus has been entertaining audiences with the sounds of four part Barbershop harmony. The men who comprise the Appalachian Express come from all areas of the greater Tri-Cities, and their talents

have allowed the Chorus to become one of the most respected singing organizations in the region.

Tickets: $15 Adult; $12 Senior/Stu-dents; $6 Children 12 and Under.

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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFECome enjoy this classic holiday movie

starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. Rex Ward will also entertain on the Mighty WurliTzer organ. Admission is free with ticket. Tickets available at the Paramount Box Office.

Sunday, Dec. 16th at 7:00pmFirst Christian Church presents

THE GIFT OF CHRISTMASCelebrate the season with the

beautiful sounds of First Christian and Woodlawn Baptist Church Choirs.

Admission is free. Tuesday, Dec. 18th at

7:30pmBristol Senior Show Choir presents

MERRY CHRISTMASThe Bristol Senior Show Choir re-

turns for their Christmas show that is fun for all age groups From Santa and his friends, a snowball fight, and a toy parade, there is something in this show for everyone to enjoy.

Admission is a suggested donation of $5


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Barter Theatre Presents “A Christmas Story”

(Abingdon, Va.) Preparations are well under way on the region’s premier Christmas tradition. “A Christmas Story,” based on the widely celebrated movie by Jean Shepherd, begins on Barter Main Stage on November 23. “’A Christmas Story” really has been one of the most anticipated shows in Barter Theatre’s history. Many people watch the movie every year, but they’ve never seen it like this: live and on stage,” said Lori Hester, director of patron services at Barter Theatre. The most iconic moments in the movie are all here: the leg lamp, the bunny suit, the tongue on the flagpole. There are a few differences in the stage version. In the movie, we never see adult Ralph. In the stage play, he is ever-present as he narrates the story. He is looking back in his memory about what it felt like being a kid and wanting that extra special gift: a carbon action, 500 shot Red Ryder air rifle with a compass and this thing which tells time built right on the stock.

The set is reminiscent of a huge erector set. “I wanted it to be a playground,” said Derek Smith, Barter’s resident set designer. “This is a Christmas

memory palace. There are all the things needed, like the steps that Ralphie stands at the top of in his bunny suit, the slide the kids go down after seeing Santa, the kitchen table where the family eats, the classroom; all that is there, but since it is a memory, I didn’t want to go literal with the design.” Director Katy Brown agrees. “In theatre, you can go very far with representing what some felt like. Shepherd puts the lens of childhood back over our eyes so we can experience what things really felt like when we were little,” said Brown. “Our point is to capture the feel and emotion as opposed to the journalistic approach.” Nicholas Piper stars as adult Ralph who narrates the story and also participates in Ralphie’s day dreams. Justin Tyler Lewis portrays young Ralphie. Erin Parker is the little brother, Randy, while Michael Poisson and Wendy Piper play the parents. The cast of “A Christmas Story” also includes Ashley Campos, Abbey C. Ellliot, Hannah Ingram, Barrett Guyton, Micah Hein and Sam McCalla. “A Christmas Story” begins on November 23. Discount ticket packages are available and include lodging, dining to dessert and coffee.

For reservations and more information call 276.628.3991 or visit BarterTheatre.com.

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It’s been one year since Rachel Hurley completed her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at

Milligan College.

Earning a graduate degree was a big commitment for the busy mother of three children who also serves as senior director of human resources at Mountain States Health Alliance—Washington County Operations.

“It was a lot of work, but I would do it all over again in a heartbeat because it was worth it,” Hurley said. “My jobs have always been in human resources, but as my career has progressed, I’ve become more of a strategic partner. I have to understand other issues and look at the big picture when I meet with our CFO, CNO and others within our organization.

“Looking back over the last year, I feel like I’ve been given a seat at the table and I can really speak the language of those who work in other areas of Mountain States’ management.”

Hurley chose Milligan’s MBA program because its structure allowed her to balance her work, education and personal life.

Milligan’s MBA is a 14-month program that meets in the classroom one Saturday per month, complemented by ongoing Internet-based instruction. This format is designed to accommodate professionals working at every level of management and focuses on business leadership from a Christian perspective.

To Hurley, the structure of the MBA provided the best of both worlds.

“Because we only attended class one Saturday a month, I didn’t miss my daughter’s soccer games or the times I needed to finish important projects at work,” she said.

“However, we were on campus and in class enough so that I got to know my classmates and professors. I knew the professors cared about whether we learned the material well.”

Hurley continues to recommend Milligan’s MBA to her friends and co-workers, and she was excited to learn of a new development in the program. This fall, Milligan announced that it will enhance its MBA program by adding three specialized tracks in leadership, healthcare management and operations management.

Prospective students will choose one of the following tracks:

• The leadership track explores best practices in understanding and maximizing human interaction in global and diverse contexts. The track also examines current issues in leadership and appropriate strategies for implementing change.

• The healthcare management track examines the United States healthcare system, including staff management, government interventions and comparisons with other healthcare delivery systems in developed countries. The track also examines the administration of healthcare finance and the management of regulatory compliance within healthcare organizations.

• The operations management track is designed to further provide students with a broad conceptual framework for the management of operations in today’s competitive, global environment. The track will demonstrate how organizations compete on the elements of quality, cost, time, innovation and flexibility using human, material and informational resources.

“As an employer, I think these specialized tracks will give professionals a distinct advantage because they will still have that broad understanding of business, but they will also learn how it applies directly in their field,” Hurley said.

To learn more about Milligan’s MBA, visit www.milligan.edu/mba.

A PREMIER CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGEMilligan offers traditional undergraduate programs in over 30 majors plus graduate and professional studies. To learn more, visit www.milligan.edu.

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Milligan College Christmas ConcertDecember 2, 7:30 p.m.Mary B. Martin Auditorium, Seeger ChapelThe glorious sights and sounds of the season will be a great start to your Christmas festivities. The performance will feature choirs, orchestra, brass ensemble and the organ in the beautifully decorated Seeger Memorial Chapel. The evening will also include a carol sing-along and will conclude with a moving candle-lighting and singing of “Silent Night.” The concert is free, but an offering with a suggested donation of $5 will be taken to benefit the Southern Appalachian Ronald McDonald House in Johnson City.

Theatre for Young Audiences Performance: Tech-tastic Time TravelersDecember 13, 11 a.m.McGlothlin-Street Theatre, Gregory Center An energetic and enthusiastic group of young people try to unravel the origins of technology. Racing through the decades of the 20th century they touch on technological developments that revolutionized the world. For the last 25 years, the Milligan College Theatre for Young Audiences company, under the leadership of founder and artistic Director, Richard Major, has provided quality entertainment for young people of all ages. The Dec. 13 performance at Milligan is an opportunity for homeschool families to enjoy the same production that more than 2,000 East Tennessee school children have already seen at their respective schools.

FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF EVENTS OR TO BE ADDED TO OUR E-MAIL LIST, VISIT WWW.MILLIGAN.EDU/ARTS.

Rachel HurleyHometown: Johnson City, TN

* All events are FREE and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

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Johnson City, TN. --- It’s Saturday night and Brim Leal is strumming his guitar inside his popular Cuban restaurant, Bodega 105, on South Roan Street and alongside is his frequent band mate, Tony Rominger.

What makes Bodega unique is not only the fact you enjoy award win-ning jazz [voted Best Jazz Club in the Tri-Cities by readers of Out ‘N About Magazine] but the Cuban/Latin cuisine is excellent and the price is very affordable. And, a full-service bar was recently added.

“We welcome you as our friends and hope you will truly enjoy your dining experience and our atmosphere Latin – American style,” Brim says in-between sets. “Our goal is to give you great food at reasonable prices. We thank you and greatly appreciate your patronage.” Recently Brim added Saturday lunch to his already popular Sunday brunch. His Saturday lunch features are as follows:

Bodega BurgerBlack Angus burger, cheddar cheese and caramelized on-ions with French Fries.

Bodega Barbecue SandwichBarbecue Pulled Pork on a bun with French Fries.

Pasta al AjilloPasta with a garlic and sautéed strips of chicken breast.

Cuban SandwichCuban bread with pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickle and mustard on both sides.

Bodega Grill SaladMixed greens, cherry tomatoes, cheese, cucumber and grilled chicken strips.

Soup, Sandwich and SaladSoup of the day, a grilled cheese sandwich and a Bodega salad.

Bodega’s Menu also offers:Appetizers

Guacamole Bodega $8.00Chunky, avocado, tomatoes, chiles, onion, cilantro, in lime juice.Empanadas $6.00Deep-fried Latin meat pies, served with red chile sauce.Manchego Ole $5.00Manchego cheese with a cilantro lime honey dipping sauce.Barcelona Mixta $8.00Spanish olives, manchego cheese, dates, apples, chorizo, jalapeños.

SALADBodega Salad $5. 00 small $6.00 largeIceberg lettuce garnished with shredded cheese, sweet onion, cucumber, and tomatoes.Avocado Salad $8.00Iceberg lettuce, sweet onion, tomatoes, and avocado slic-es.Sandwiches $8.00Bodega CubanCuban bread, mojo marinated pork, sweet cured ham, Swiss cheese, and pickle served with bean salad.Pan Con LechonMojo marinated roasted pork topped with sautéed onions.Chipotle ChickenShredded spicy chicken on mozzarella.

Ropa ViejaShredded spicy beef on mozzarella.

ENTRÉES Palomilla $15.00Marinated steak topped with onions, served with rice, beans, sweet plantains, and avocado salad. Pechugas al Mojo $13.00Sautéed chicken medallions in Cuban mojo onions served with rice, beans, sweet plantains, and avocado salad.Ropa Vieja $14.00Cuban shredded flank steak in a sofrito sauce served with rice, beans, sweet plantains, and avocado salad.Chipotle Chicken Bowties $15.00Chicken in a creamed chipotle sauce on a bed of bowtie pasta with sun dried tomatoes, and mixed vegetables.Bodega Grill Basket $16.00Combination of beef, spicy chicken, mixed with onion, bell pepper, mushroom, on a bed of rice and topped with chipotle cheese in a crunchy basket.Tamales Bodega $14.00Homemade tamales wrapped in corn husk, pork, served with Bodega bean salad, yellow rice, and pico de gallo. Chiles Rellenos $12.00Poblano chile, stuffed with beef, dipped in our special bat-ter, deep fried, and served with rice and beans.Pernil Matanzero $14.00Oven slow roasted marinated pork topped with mojo on-ions, served with rice, beans, and sweet plantains.Camarones Al Ajillo $16.00Sautéed shrimp, in a spicy garlic butter, served with rice, beans, and Bodega salad. Pezcado Bodega $14.00Mild fish filet cooked in a spicy olive oil, bell pepper, on-ions, olives, served with rice, beans, and Bodega salad.Tacos Miramar $14.00Pan seared or beer battered Tilapia, wrapped in flour tor-tillas, with cheese, shredded lettuce, tomato, served with pico de gallo, Bodega sauce, and rice and beans.

Bodega SpecialtiesChimichangas Bodega $12.00Deep fried beef or chicken Chimichangas, topped off with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Quesadilla Bodega $14.00Grilled flour tortilla loaded with beef, spicy chicken, cooked with onion, bell pepper, mushroom, served with bean sal-ad, and Bodega sauce.Enchiladas Bodega $9.00Corn tortillas stuffed one each with spicy; beef, chicken, cheese, topped with red or green chile sauce, shredded lettuce, tomato, onion and sour cream, served with rice and beans.

“At Bodega 105 we started with the concept of quality beyond the ordinary Spanish American food at family prices,” Brim adds. “All our food is fresh, homemade with the finest ingredients and healthy vegetable oils. Your tummy will thank us! Enjoy!”


Bodega 105: Offering authentic Cuban dining with full service bar

Chiles Rellenos 12.

Poblano chile, stuffed with beef, dipped in our special batter, deep fried, and served with rice and beans.

Pernil Matanzero 14.

Oven slow roasted marinated pork topped with mojo onions, served with rice, beans, and sweet plantains.

Camarones Al Ajillo 16.

Sautéed shrimp, in a spicy garlic butter, served with rice, beans, and Bodega salad.

Pezcado Bodega 14.

Mild fish filet cooked in a spicy olive oil, bell pepper, onions, olives, served with rice, beans, and Bodega salad.

Tacos Miramar 14.

Pan seared or beer battered Tilapia, wrapped in flour tortillas, with cheese, shredded lettuce, tomato, served

with pico de gallo, Bodega sauce, and rice and beans.

Bodega Specialties Chimichangas Bodega 12.

Deep fried Beef or chicken Chimichangas, topped off with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato and red onion.

Quesadilla Bodega 14.

Grilled flour tortilla loaded with beef, spicy chicken, cooked with onion, bell pepper, mushroom, served with

bean salad, and Bodega sauce.

Enchiladas Bodega 9. Corn tortillas stuffed one each with spicy; beef, chicken, cheese, topped with red or green chile sauce, shredded lettuce,

tomato, onion and sour cream, served with rice and beans.

“At Bodega 105 we started with the concept of quality beyond the ordinary

Spanish American food at family prices,” Brim adds. “All our food is fresh,

homemade with the finest ingredients and healthy vegetable oils. Your tummy will

thank us! Enjoy!”

1000 South Roan Street, Johnson City, TN. 37601

Phone (423) 232-0058

Fax (423) 232-0011

Web: www.bodega105.com

Wednesday & Thursday 5-9 p.m.

Friday & Saturday 5-10 p.m.

1000 South Roan Street, Johnson City, TN. 37601 Phone (423) 232-0058

Fax (423) 232-0011Web: www.bodega105.com

Wednesday & Thursday 5-9 p.m.Friday & Saturday 5-10 p.m.

You’ll always find a warm welcome at Bodega 105.

Behind the newly installed full-service bar.

Brim performs on stage.

December 2012

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Johnson City, TN. --- About ev-ery three or four months or so Moe Aliabadi, chef owner at Alta Cucina, presents a “reservation only” wine tasting event coupled with some of the most delicious food pairing you’ll find anywhere in his restau-rant’s private dining room.

The following wines were paired with duck, lobster, elk and cheese-cake for dessert. A good time was had by all and the cost at about $69 a person could have easily gar-nered $500 a couple in a big city or

a beach resort.Estancia Cab-

ernet from Paso Robies: Served by Moe and his staff with stuffed duck over baked mash potatoes and sour cream one patron said, “This is actual-ly a favorite of mine. It’s not only medium body but soft. Even though you can

taste a hint of berries (cherries) this is not a sweet and fruity wine. It has more of an oak taste to it and mild tannin to make a smooth finish. With the duck dish it was heavenly!

Franciscan Napa Valley Cabernet: Paired with a lobster claw [cold wa-ter steamed and served over zuc-chini squash], this was a terrific wine that proves you don’t have to spend a fortune for a top-flight Napa Valley Cabernet. It’s a deeply flavored, brooding young wine, filled with exciting blackber-ry, cassis, and mineral flavors. Big

in tannins, yet with a very refined taste. This is classic Napa Cab, with a pleasing nose of currant, plum and cherry fruit dusted with baking spices and a dollop of vanilla.

Mount Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet: Moe outdid himself this time. He had a rack of Elk flow

fresh overnight to Alta Cucina just for this special oc-casion. He mari-nated the meat for hours in a garlic and wine sauce. He then grilled it and served the dish with finger-

length potatoes. The Elk was com-plimented with a Fig glaze sauce and the wine paring couldn’t have been more presentable.

Estancia Menitage from Paso Robies: And then there was dessert. Moe couples this fine wine with an all organic cheese cake with all fresh ingredients including brown sugar topped by fresh pecans. The cheese cake and Estancia Menitage were meant for each other. The paired sweetness and robust bou-quet made for a delightful ending to an impressive meal that will not be soon forgotten.

We await word for the next wine tasting. Or, on the other hand, we might have Moe prepare a private

wine tasking party for us and our friends!

FACTOIDAlta Cucina is available for pri-

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Contact Chef Moe 423-928-2092 or

[email protected] for more information

1200 North Roan StreetJohnson City, TN. 37601

Alta Cucina presents exquisite wine tastings

December 2012

Johnson City, TN. --- Some pro-fessions just run in families. For a few people it’s medicine. For oth-ers it’s the newspaper business. For Bristol’s Jade Thomas, who recently celebrated her one year anniversary back in the region, the family busi-ness means selling cars and creat-ing happy, returning customers.

“Even if they don’t know me they know my dad Chip Thomas or my grandfather Shorty Thomas or my Uncles Reed and Rob Thomas,” laughs Jade. “So you could defi-nitely say I come by it honestly!”

Jade now works at Friendship Hyun-dai in Johnson City selling cars for Mitch and Dustin Walters.

“I’m so thrilled to be back in Tennessee and following in the family footsteps after working in real estate in Myrtle Beach for the past several years, “says Jade. As soon as she moved back, Jade im-mediately started getting active in the community once again. She is a member of the Johnson City noon Rotary Club and she recently sup-ported teachers in a local Educator Appreciation month. “I love East

Tennessee and helping people here in whatever means I can,” says Jade.

Jade is a graduate of Tennes-see High. She attended King Col-lege where she played on the tennis team, and the University of Tennes-see. Jade says her long term rela-tionships with her customers are a big point of differentiation between her and other car salespeople. “I of-fer the best personalized customer ser-vice before, during and especially after the sale for years to come. Ideally they will think of me when it is time for

them or their valued friends or family members to make their next car trade, purchase or lease. I want my custom-ers to think of me anytime they have an automotive question or need.”

Jade is married to Roger Terreberry and they have one son, Brayden, age 5. They live in Piney Flats and attend New Bethel Presbyterian Church in Piney Flats.

Jade can be found on Facebook.com/Buyfromjade (she loves to “friend” her customers), via email at [email protected] or by phone at 843-222-5233.

Women In Business:Jade Thomas Celebrates One Year Anniversary at Friendship Hyundai

Johnson City, TN. --- Just opened in Johnson City on West Walnut Street: Welcome to CrossFit Stacked! CrossFit is a core strength & condi-tioning program that delivers a fitness that is by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Elements of track & field, gymnastics, weightlifting, and strongman are combined in short intense daily workouts to maximize re-sults for any individual. CrossFit teaches functional movement patterns, or, movements that you find in real life -pushing, pulling, squatting, jumping, throwing, carrying, and sprinting.

What Is CrossFit? CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many

police academies and tactical operations teams, military special opera-tions units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.

Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.

The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of expe-rience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs.

The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree not kind. Our terrorist hunters, skiers, mountain bike riders and house-wives have found their best fitness from the same regimen.

So no mirrors. No iPods. Just a stopwatch and that unholy white-board. However truculent your relationship with these two things may be at the outset, you’ll come to love, appreciate and insist upon having them close for every single workout.

“There’s a competitive element to CrossFit,” Ryan Petranek says. “People are constantly motivated to outdo themselves or outdo the person next to them. There’s always room to improve and get better. You see your old time or your buddy’s time on the board and you want to beat it. You can’t really get that on a daily basis with typical workouts.”

The benefits of exercise cannot be overstated. Exercise strengthens bones and may be the best treatment for osteoporosis. Exercises builds and tones muscles which support joints. It builds confidence and self-

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CrossFit is a program geared to prepare the body for better fitness by not focusing on any one activity. Rather, CrossFit wants the body pre-pared for any and all activities or sports. It focuses on core strengthen-ing and conditioning. It is not the same routine everyday, but a regular mixture of activities designed to activate and strengthen various core and major muscle groups from a variety of tasks. CrossFit has attracted elite athletes, military personnel, police officers and now regular people who are wanting to achieve higher levels of fitness. The CrossFit program seeks to achieve this through balance in ten fitness categories: heart and lung endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance and accuracy [Source: CrossFit].

“Game, Mission and Life” is the guiding principle behind CrossFit™, a unique training approach to building a broad, general, but inclusive definition of fitness. Essentially, it is a form of functional training that utilizes constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement patterns to improve activity of daily living (ADL) efficiency. Or, as CrossFit de-scribes it, these workouts are designed to “prepare the body for any physi-cal contingency—not only the known, but also the unknown.”

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