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You You Good evening and welcome to the upper Cumberland camera later tonight We'll take a look at the current art exhibit at the Tennessee Tech Art Gallery And we'll also learn about the Kennel Club, but first Steve boots and highlights of the OVC basketball media day Ohio Valley Conference basketball coaches recently addressed the media on

OVC basketball media day in Nashville The coaches spoke in reverse order of how they were picked to finish the women's head coaches went first followed by the men's head coaches Here are excerpts from media day You'll see a lot of new faces this year at UT Martin We're excited about the young ladies that we have brought in the new Sinies I'm in agreeance with the other Members that are here that this should be a tight race in the OVC there's going to be an exciting games and We're still a young ball club, but excited to be working that we've gotten to move back to October the 15th And this has been a good plus for I know us at UT Martin And I'm sure the other programs just because you have a lot of young kids that have an opportunity To learn a lot of a lot about the game of basketball last year. I kind of started out in the same situation With a new ball club. This is my second year here

second year with Murray State's program now We've got nine new faces We're working awfully hard right now. I wish we could have started a little sooner than an October 15th That's kind of how I'm feeling right now, but I tell you this I've got a good group. That's going to take and play awfully hard They're working to get better every day We're beating up on each other between flu flu virus and Whatever it may be. We're managing to get at least 10 to the court every day I think some of the things I guess we can look for from Murray State this year is that hopefully we can get to that You know a little bit more up -temple, you know, I wanted to last year Wind up not having the athlete athletes as athletic who would like to have been in order to accomplish that I think this year, you know, we'll we'll get better. think we'll be a lot better than we were last year Because I think we'll match up a little bit in the league Everybody kind of just kind of overpowered us inside. I think we've got some kids inside That will help us out. I have changed my whole entire coaching philosophy based on the fact that

I have no players We have nine players eight, which will play this year When you have only eight bodies, you have to change a lot of thinking Every day in practice is a new experience for me. I've been coaching for 12 years and now everything I've ever done and Ever thought was right. I am now changing everything from my offense to my defense to my everything Anything all the drills we do are different every day in practice is a new experience, which I guess is a good thing I think sometimes we as coaches become so strong minded and stubborn that we don't change we expect things You know kids just to do it do the thing this way. This is my philosophy. You fit into it Unfortunately, I had to take a step back and look at my team and say these kids will not fit into the philosophy They have so therefore we are all different coaches throw away all your films from last year. They're not going to help you We are not going to run one of those offenses not one of those fast breaks not one of those defenses So I encourage you to get out there and do

that state tape exchange because even I don't know what's going to be out there It says on our our little book here that we have four starters returning and in my notes I wrote that we had written down that we have five starters returning because as a lot of you know that one spot rotated on a nightly basis We return eight of nine players from our team and Janet I can sympathize with you this year It is very difficult and you do change your plans But we feel very fortunate those young ladies have a lot of playing time under their belt And it's already shown up in our practice time that that that's going to do nothing But help us in addition to that we add seven newcomers We do have a squad of 15 this year and it's been a terrific experience for us as coaches at Austin P What are you going to see out of Austin P this year? I think you're going to see a group of kids who play very very hard They're very very competitive Night in and night out. We hope to put a team on the floor. That's that's going to be prepared to win And You know, I was thinking while ago We were taught everyone was talking up here the thing that I think is most special about this group of young ladies If I

had a child a boy or a girl, I would really be Excited that they were involved with the kinds of people that we have in our program They're very special young ladies and they're very fun to coach and I think that makes our job as coaches so much easier And I appreciate that We entered this conference. I guess four years ago now we started it with four freshmen or five freshmen and a couple of older kids and You know, you live for the day that your kids get to be seniors and you know I think everybody's favorite statement is that you can only be a freshman one year Or you can only be a sophomore one year and and then you get to mature and and you get to reap the benefits of this And and I was really looking forward to this year We do have seven of our top eight players our returners from last year's squad I do it. I'm very fortunate to have five seniors There were years I think that we lacked senior leadership and I've got five personalities this year that that our quality kids There are the kind of kids that LaDonna spoke of

that you might adopt as a daughter and so I'm very proud of that Unfortunately as you go through And they play for three years and they finally get to be seniors sometimes any Injuries that they may have had along the way become compounded and and Like many of the coaches here. We have also had our share of injuries The conference as a whole in the three prior years that I was in it Never seen this kind of balance. There is not a weak sister in a bunch. I think the top Eshalon is as good as we've ever had it I know the bottom echelon is better than we've ever had it in the years that I've been What I look at most right now for our team is is is really we're in a rebuilding process Next year will be in another rebuilding process Because we will finally this year get to sign the kids we need for the next year We're a year behind right now Recruiting to be honest with you with our team because

we lost so many people late and didn't get a chance to replace them But I will tell you this we're gonna lace them up and we're gonna play you hard I don't know what the outcome will be but every night out. We're gonna play you hard. I Really don't know what to tell you a lot of it will be Depend really on our kids and you kids how quick they adjust to our league play and I will tell you that's a big adjustment And just like it to reiterate what he said this conference is very well balanced And it's very Indictive and to me of the caliber of division one basketball you look for great balance probably the best outside shooters in the country playing this conference and Great ones and what I'm sitting right over here, George Yvonne. They don't shoot him any better than that kid shoots them I'm telling you and of course all these other people Have some great shooters and people that play too, but but a great league and great coaches And I look forward to it look forward every year to it the

competition and playing and what have you and except for world We're gonna play a completely different type of basketball game And I've ever played before as a college basketball coach or as a high school coach for 26 years I've had a post player lead men's scoring Last four years. We've had Priscilla Robinson Her two thousand and three points are gone. So we have to look to other avenues this year. So we're gonna be the 4d team drive draw dish and hopefully deliver now that'll be seen I think we get the first three done the delivery will have to see about but the So it's gonna be a real interesting basketball team and as I said the conference race You could lose lock conference games and still finish pretty high used to if you did if you lost two games You probably couldn't win it. know last year the conference champion Was it y 'all lose two or three Teresa and won it and and you know this year It could be even more because that's how good our confidence not how bad some as it wins It's how good the conference is and how hard it is to go through the conference race without losing some basketball games Tennessee Tech was picked second in the league race, but picked up five

first -place votes in the preseason poll They've got six -letter winners and four starters back from the 17 and 12 team a year ago And they have an amazing streak going this year They'll be trying for their 12th straight OVC tournament championship game and they're coached by Bill Warrell This year something I'd mentioned earlier to the coach is something we're very proud of in Tennessee Tech This is the 25th anniversary for women's basketball Tennessee Tech the Golden Eagle that's your celebrating a 25th anniversary You'll say well, that's a small point, you know, that's gonna happen happen some time Well, we're very proud of it. Tennessee Tech was a forerunner and stepped up in women's basketball Mary Nelmetter started a program and those of you know anything about the history of women's basketball and Benny crash You know what it was like 25 years ago when the trips and the button some of you started then You know, there was no budget and there wasn't any travel plans You just had to get up and go and you had to beg bar and steal until we get to this point now the support that we're getting and A lot of us know where we're going but we forget where we've been and so these 25 years of women's basketball

We're gonna have a reunion this January in Cookville for all our players we're inviting all the former graduates and players back and we look for that to be a big evening and Coca -Cola is commemorated having a bottle for us That has a reaches back to our history. It's 25 years of Eagle at basketball and so they're having a bottle. It's gonna be released in the Cookville area Which we're very proud of and we also have a pin is being produced that we're gonna be using to throughout the year The first two weeks of the season this year go back to October 15th, you know, I Think it's been a good addition. I was little, you know, some of my players who never started on October 15th think I'll give you two more weeks of practice But it's going so quickly. I think it's been a real benefit one to teaching to you get a chance to evaluate the players a little more Fairly instead of judging real quickly and three you get a chance to work with more combinations and I think it's been really Benefited us, you know, we start conditioning like the first Monday in August when we get back And we lift weights four days a week at 6 a .m. We run we do all those kind of things

And so starting practice on the 15th was a little bit jumping into it. And so it worked out well for us We benefited from and I think it's made us a at this point in time a little more relaxed and if I could You know, we've had You know several years. I've been in the OVC Larry mentions 15. This is my 14th year I don't think I've ever had as much fun in the first two weeks of practice what I've had this year with this crew The young ladies that I have returning in the new ones. They've really been fun to be around They're very you know, if you tell them to be there at 6 o 'clock They're at 10 to 6 if you tell me they're at 8 o 'clock and they're a quarter day They're really good about you know, just setting a standard and so I really appreciated there what they've gone through this preseason They've really been fun to work with. I mean just very relaxed very intent just doing a great job Tiny and lovelace senior and Terrence Oglesby have been selected captains of our team We did that last night two young ladies very deserving. They made the preseason OVC second team and You know, tiny is a fifth -year senior and Terrence is a junior and they've really have provided special leadership both on and off the court Leadership is not just on the court leaderships off the court I think the players feel really

comfortable these young ladies and what they can do for them You know being a total captain. We got three freshmen this year Sherry Lewis, Andrea Baldwin, Rebecca Clabo They'll all bring something special to our team. biggest thing is that we were not very deep last year We had to play several people in different positions. We lost some people also and We struggled last year. We just really didn't get any continuity And I think we're very fortunate what we accomplished last year to come in second place You know as a coach, you don't ever think about where you're going to finish You keep trying to survive that day by day and that's what we try to do And I think the team really did a great job last year in getting where they got and I think this team this year with the addition Of people they can just keep working hard and we'll see what happens. We also have a transfer in she's from University of Florida Elizabeth Maxwell she's from Livingston, Tennessee and She'll be a welcome addition. She's a great young lady. She's She's somebody that I think is kind of neat. She plays golf

and we're gonna play in a lot of after she gets done this year We're gonna play in a lot of two -person scrambles and she's about a three handicap But we're gonna sandbag a lot Louis. So don't invite me But Liz was a great golfer and so you know, we're gonna play some golf after she gets done this year and she hit that ball a ton Our first exhibition game is November 14th. It's going to be against an AAU team out of Atlanta And that AAU team out of Atlanta features a young lady who has set a scoring record in the OVC Cheryl Taylor Cheryl lives in the Atlanta area. She's also played a lot of professional basketball and Cheryl's coming up with her team to play us on November 14th Which should be a great evening Cheryl, know her coach saw me last night. She's playing better and ever so I'm gonna have to really Probably take her out to dinner and do something to slow her down that night because she was a great player in the OVC And she continued to be even after she graduated But that's our first exhibition game in November 21st We played the Australian team coming in their record in the last couple years playing in the United States is 65 and 7 You know, then after that, you know, we take the hardship tour

I just can't believe we got to do it But we're leaving November 22nd for Hawaii and at 12 'clock. We'll be drawing a list of SID names We have one ticket left. We'll take an SID from the OVC to go with us one extra ticket. So sign up please with Rob Believe that one But we're leaving November 22nd for Hawaii You know, we feel like we always play competitive schedule we're going to go over there and we've got we open up at the University of North Carolina and Then we go on from there and we come home. We got southern and we also have a home game this year I got a call last year Louisiana Tech is coming into our place to play us December 18th, and that's a Sunday afternoon and we're looking forward to that that was a little trip for them to bring Amy Brown back home and we still get to match Amy Brown played at Livingston with Elizabeth So we look forward to entertaining them in Cookville at this time I don't know what about 430 that day whether we'll enjoy it or not, but at this time we do I Agree with everybody else, you know one I think the conference did a great job last year running the championship here in

Nashville It was really fun for the players. It was a great great three days. Our players had fun It's nice to see the players enjoy each other on off the court and a chance to spend some time with them too many times You know, we move into a city and we move around the players Excuse me to players don't get a chance to spend time with each other I think those three days they did it's always good to spend time with the coaches and I thought the tournament ran well here in Nashville. They did a wonderful job I think the conference this year for me even last year was well balanced I just think it went well and that's a credit to all the coaches and I've been saying for years the coaches in this conference do a great job and I think the promotion of women's basketball needs to continue. We don't need to say we're satisfied with it We need to continue doing what we can do. I think it's a game which has progressed I think it's a great game which with a little more time a little more effort a little more money We'll continue to progress and so we look forward to the future of the OVC as well as what we can present this year in the present So we look forward to it. It's gonna be a great year. So good luck to everybody in our preseason and We look forward to seeing y 'all in Cookville and visiting with you in your towns We were really pleased

with our team last year I think that to some extent we overachieve in some areas and I do believe that we do have some very good basketball players on our team Also, I think that everything just had to almost work out very well in order for us us to win And and I think that it is going to be more than a challenge this year for that to be repeated And of course that's everyone's goal up here is to win it all and and to get to the conference Tournament number one and then to try to play for the championship and win it possibly and of course, you know with us We want to try to do that same thing We we heard about a lot of the great quality shooters in our conference and I'm thinking I don't have any of all these Shooters on my team and I don't really don't know, you know what we're gonna do about that but we tried to make up for it with playing a little bit different style of defense when we got to the conference last year and and Adding more full -court pressure work and it worked for us. I'm sure people be very prepared for it But we will continue to do that, you know,

I'm still I'm very optimistic I think that you know being chosen to be the you know the top team in the conference is that's biting off a lot You know, I'm happy that people think that up is because five years ago, you know, that would not have it been a question We would not have you know been sitting in the seat So that's a positive be sitting here and I think that you know, we'll just have to work very hard Like the other programs who are up here and and challenge people every day that we go out to play and I think that we will do that Larry Joe says something I think is is indicative of his team And hopefully it will be a trademark as I continue to coach of my teams that they will come out and play hard And if we do that, I think that we will, you know, have a successful year, you know, whatever the final outcome is We're very excited about the conference race much like we talked about with the women this morning The men's race is extremely balanced with Murray State and Tennessee State pick Todd for the top spot in the race We'll start with the team that was picked ninth the University of Tennessee at Martin The paces returned three starters and five lettermen from last

year's team and they are coached by head coach Cal Luthor coach Luthor I'm genuinely excited about this year's basketball team as you can tell from the sound of my hoarseness of my voice We've been we've been working at it for a couple of weeks This is the the best Group of young men I've had a chance to work with since I've been at Tennessee Martin It's a very enthusiastic bunch. It's a very hard -working bunch for the first time we've got a small nucleus of players back To be able to build around And they've been a big help to us. We do have Ken new players on a squad And I've learned one thing since I've been back in a league. It's been a great lesson in humility I really came back the first year we were in the league the coaches said we'd finished last and I really thought I could take five PE guys and not finish last But we did finish last and so I learned a great deal of respect for them and I was convinced the next year there was no way I'd finished

last they picked me to finish last last year and We have great coaches in this league. They have great ability to be able to analyze personnel and also to judge per coaching ability And we finished last again I think this year we're gonna prove them wrong Next up is Tennessee Tech the Golden Eagles have three starters and six lettermen returning including the 1993 -94 newcomer of the year and Carlos Floyd the Golden Eagles are coached by Frank Carroll coach here You Know I think The additional two weeks all of us coaches like and especially us guys that have a lot of new players We've lost five starters over the last two years in two successive years So we're almost replacing an entire basketball team, but I really feel good about our basketball team I've enjoyed the two weeks. I'm looking forward to the season. I think we're going to be a better basketball team Then a lot of people

might think we are anytime you we've got six new guys in addition to those three starters returning That we think really add a lot to our basketball team now I've been at it long enough to know that when you've got new players, you're going to make mistakes You're going to be inexperienced for a while. You're going to do things But I like the flow of this team. We've got some shooters. We've got some quickness. I think our returning players are improved I think Lorenzo. They're our big seven footer is going to be a much better offensive player I think Carlos Floyd's improved his game. He's got much stronger Greg Bibbs gotten stronger And I think our Eric Mitchell that helped us off the bench as much improved player and again the new guys of The six new guys we brought in if they're all healthy all six of them will play for us Early in the season and I think they'll bring a lot to us I think the league's really balanced I you know, it's hard for me to imagine that Murray or Tennessee State are going to be any better than they were last year I think they'll be close to that

level and I think everyone else will move up Most everyone else has lots of returning players I think the league will be a very exciting basketball league our schedule had a fan come up the other day and say, you know You're not you're not playing any big -time teams this year. You got a dull schedule Well, we only go to Georgia and Vanderbilt in Tennessee, so we might have spoiled everybody last year by playing the world like we did I'm glad the tournament is back in Nashville. think that's good for our league I think as that tournament grows it will be a great opportunity for the fans in Nashville and for the fans in the league And I'm looking forward again to the season and we've got some new and exciting players and I think most of our When you come to our game, you're going to need a program early because we do have so many new players playing for us But I really am I feel I like this basketball team that we've got at Tennessee Tech. We're picked seventh We've got seven new players. I don't think we'll finish there Tim Gaither was not picked on the all -league team I think he'll be in the all -league team when it's over Very nice player David Washington gets eligible December

18th, I think we'll be a little bit better when we get him and overall I think we've got a chance to be a productive team I see a couple of young people in the crowd and I'll make one comment about that Our league has very good players and you grow close to different kids and different programs I see Tim Horton sitting over there He's a great young player. He's a great young guy. I see some other people our league Also is a league that has to raise players and the Savage kid might be the best example of that in our league There's a guy that's raised his work level raised his accountability and now is one of the premier players in the league And we think we've got a couple people that might be able to do that as well We've got six six seniors back probably our kid that Will be an impact for us or for you guys in the media would be Jamal Morgan He's probably one of the most improved basketball players. I've ever coached. I've been around it fellas a long time and He's worked hard. He's he's from

Washington DC And he's played in that league this summer and he came back and seemed like he was really ready to play I Go along with the I don't know whether it's just the kids that we're recruiting or not But I really like my basketball team not that we're gonna win a lot of basketball games But we got a lot of good kids. They're working hard. They're playing hard. They're Doing what I asked them. So, you know, they're a very likable bunch I don't know how good we're gonna be and then we got some freshmen We went out when you know, we start the death penalty this year We only got two years before we can play in the tournament. always tease everybody. This is a death penalty, but We had a freshman this year and he came up to me and he said coach you he wasn't shooting very well And I kept telling I said you're a better shooter and he says you're making me nervous. I Said what he says yeah when you're out here watching me shoot you make me nervous And I says well, I think we got a problem. He says why is that and I said I plan to be at all the games this year so, you know Six that might be a little bit high for us. be honest with you I figured we'd come in and and Cal and

I would probably be the bottom two But I'm like Cal. I hope that our kids will take the challenge and we'll be a little bit better There's gonna be a lot of new faces a lot of new people at Eastern Kentucky University of which, you know I'm kind of glad about that Change is gonna be friendly to us this year and I want to repeat that I thought maybe I was only one whistling in practice a little bit Maybe I shouldn't be but it's been enjoyable enormously enjoyable and a lot of fun with these guys We've only got 11 on scholarship and we're practicing about 12 to 13 and it's working out pretty well right now We do have four guards returning Actually three and and one inside player that there is about two minutes a game So we lost a lot of people and and again, we're looking at that as a challenge a lot of fun We're gonna have a lot of fun with it and as I surveyed the league now and get to talk to a few people Looks like there's gonna be an enormous amount of change Again continuity experience are great words for a basketball team, but we're taking this as a great challenge coach kid The football coach and I we have a combined record about 298 wins

He's about 270 I think but It's It's it's fun and challenge. We've got a lot of experience back It'll really simply come down to their attitude. I thought we were playing really well late in the season We had some real good wins and by good wins. It's simple. I mean we beat some really good teams at near the end of the season and I felt like Murray was obviously always a big problem for us, you know, they've been the class in the league As far as the regular season and the 15 -1 record was phenomenal and Frankie They did a great job in the tournament and near the end of the year But I found out why it's hard to win on the road in this league last year And I think it's a key that's gonna help us this year We're gonna bring along our own shot clocks That's the key this year if anyone wants to know any writer guy That's gonna be the key to the season for us We're gonna bring our own shot clocks on the road because we were at Murray State last year in a tight game And I like the people at Murray everybody's there nice. I like their fans that we talk a lot during the game They talk to me and we really have

a lot of fun at Murray. I think they're in a class place down there or kids play hard Scotty does a great job. I really like everything about it But we walked into the gym and the shot clocks weren't working that night So the announcer tells me that he's going to read off the end of the shot clock if it gets down there for us So I thought okay, no big deal that you know, I mean, I don't like that, but it'll be okay So Murray was we had the ball the one time and he went five four three two one on the shot clock I said, yeah, it was pretty good. It's about five seconds and then Murray they're late in the game with this up by four They're running a shot clock down and I'm looking at the guy and he's going And then it was five Four I Don't think he ever got to one. I think he fell asleep before he got the one So the key to the season is bring your own shot clock And I think we can get some W's on the road a few comments about our league. I

think that Naturally, I think that Murray and TSU have to be considered the favorites And I'll tell you why in my mind not only because They're well -coached and they have good players, but they're proven. I think those are the two teams that have recently They've been there. They've won this league. They've won the tournament So I think that they you can obviously make a case for them without any problem The rest of us are kind of wannabes really but I as I look up and down this table I think that you can make a case for why you better be ready to play every night in this league I and in no particular order. I really feel like That Dave's team could be the sleeper. I've seen Washington play. I know about Tim Gaither I think Mike has a wonderful backcourt and and you really have to be ready to play when you go see them I think Cal's team is steadily improving as as he said and and there's a guy that's coaching them that has won more OVC titles. suspect and then all of the people in this room put together

Frankie I've already spoken about his team. Ron's got six seniors dick dick's team could be the most dangerous team in the league Frank has got something on his team that nobody else has in Lorenzo Coleman and of course Scott's team I've spoken about so I I think that as a coach when you sit back You think well Popeye's gone Warren kids gone now Carlos has gone Maybe life would be a little easier not true in this league and and and I'm encouraged about our team, too as was mentioned we Returned ten players and four starters You know, I think that we have some quality and depth at four positions Let me say say this that it is going to be a very competitive Situation I think a lot of the coaches have alluded to that. I really feel good that from this standpoint I don't put much stock in preseason predictions and all that two years ago On my first year in the league We had this up in Kentucky and

I got to go first and I was late getting there And I just thought everybody's being nice because I was new in the league and that's when I found out they go in Inverse order of where you pick and then the next year I got to go up there pretty high again I think we moved up one slot and we finished first and last year we were picked second and We did win the tournament. So, you know, it's not so much, you know, where you are right now I guess it's good to sell some newspapers and draw some interest to to the basketball season But yeah, I think all these coaches will attest as they said just going right down the line Man, this is a tremendous basketball league You I really I've said this from day one. You can't get any more competitive than the in the teams in this league I think everybody's looking forward to a big season Hopefully by the time the the bell rings in early November We can assemble the old with the new and try to have a deep rotation develop The same style.

I think we've recruited to that style, but the biggest thing I think we need is time They're working very hard. I can say that for them and I Can praise him in one area after two weeks of practice. This is the hardest team that I've had working out and if I could Try to get one thing from my team. It's what always stress is work hard. So I'm very pleased with them and We're going to have a great leg and I want to wish everybody up here best of luck this year and Hopefully all of us can go out of the leg and get some big victories and start to get some respect back that our conference deserves It's it's as good as a lot of legs and it's better than quite a few out there This Saturday the upper Cumberland Kennel Club will hold an American Kennel Club sanctioned B match at the National Guard Armory here in Cookville Sandra Moore tells us about the match and the Kennel Club This Saturday starting at 8 a .m. And run until about 3 p .m. We're going to have an American Kennel Club

sanctioned B match at the National Guard Armory That's off of South Willow on 505 Gold Avenue at the Armory It's kind of like a practice show. No actual points are awarded But most dogs that eventually obtained their championships do start out their show careers at these practice shows Do you have to have a Registered dog to be in this show. Yes Dogs at these shows have to be registered with the American Kennel Club Now they don't have to necessarily be show quality because this is a practice show They don't even have to be trained because that's why we have these shows is to get young dogs ready for the ring But for people who want to just see how their dogs accept they will if they have a registered dog They would just need to bring the number that's on the slip that they have on the registration papers Can we talk a little bit now about the Kennel Club? Yes The Upper Cumberland Kennel Club has been in

existence for a long time, but unfortunately I don't think everybody knows that there is one we cover Cumberland, White, Putnam, DeKalb making counties all of the counties in the Upper Cumberland region and we have members from all these counties We're a non -profit organization. We try to have two or three of these practice shows a year We also give very cost -reasonable obedience classes for people to socialize their dogs three times a year and We don't make any money because we we don't make any money As the trainers who do these classes We also give canine good citizenship tests To the public and that is a test that the American Kennel Club allows mixed breed dogs to participate in along with the purebred dogs We meet once a month at Putnam County Library It's the third Thursday of each month at 7 p .m upstairs in the meeting room And we

try to have a program that's you know interesting to anyone who has a dog We're not just for people who have purebred dogs. We're for anybody who loves their spot or their Snoopy or whoever. So don't really need to own a dog too Yeah, we've had members that don't even own dogs that they they just love dogs and they're interested in dog welfare We we don't have a lot of money to contribute to other organizations But what we do have several times a year we do make other donations such as the flood fund in Georgia when a lot of people in their pets were Washed away Last year there was the flood in Missouri. We also have made donations to such funds as the aids hospices that help to house And find homes for pets that have belonged to AIDS patients that are unable to care for their pets anymore Why do you think it's important to have a kennel club?

Well, what we would really like to do and More than all the other things is to help people understand how they need to treat their their dogs It's really important a lot of people don't have a basic understanding They get a pet and it's real cute and fluffy And then all of a sudden they have a 70 pound monster with teeth Who is doing things that aren't cute anymore when they you know when they bite you or when they shred paper or things like that But if you know if they could come to us maybe and seek a little guidance before they let Theirself get to this really frustrating stage Then between all the years of experience that most of us have with dogs Someone might be able to help them so that they can have a good relationship And continue to enjoy their pet and it doesn't end up uh dumped on the roadside at the dump or it You know humane shelter somewhere or put to sleep just because they can't tolerate the temperament anymore Does the kennel club work closely with humane societies or?

We don't per se a lot of our members do rescue work on their own Like I said, we don't have a huge fund to fund rescue work or humane work We have several members myself. We rescued three four five dogs last year found homes for some of them And a couple three of them are still living at my house That uh, you know You just got to love them all Do you have fundraisers for the uh we Our practice matches that we charge like five dollars for that's one of our fundraisers our obedience classes We charge thirty dollars for six weeks of classes that those are two primary fundraisers For the club. We don't do bake sales or things like that. Of course, you know, we would take We would take all donations So if somebody wants to be in this weekend's show They should come up between eight and ten a .m. To pre -register to the national guard armory bring your dog's registration

number and uh Your dog on a nice leash And we also we have classes for puppies three to six months old six to nine nine to twelve Adult dog classes and we also have something called junior showmanship That's fun for the kids and the judges don't judge the dogs They judge how well the kids walk around and ring with the dog So even the children can have the fun with this and if somebody wants to Maybe get some more information on the kennel club They can call me at five two eight eight three three five And i'll be happy to make sure that they get sent a pamphlet or application if they're interested in joining Since a couple doesn't have a lot of canine related activities We would really like to see a lot of people even if they don't bring the dog just come out To the uh see what it's all about. We're going to have refreshments Hot dogs and cokes people can can uh purchase reasonably and uh just see what it's all about See what we're all about see if they'd like to be a part of everything

You There are some familiar paintings on display this month at the tennessee tech university out gallery in the university center We talked to sally crane jager about the current exhibition and how it came to be The exhibit for the month of november is by g david cambell who is not a new name or new face Or in some cases some of his types of paintings are not new to community visitors The exhibit will be here from november the eighth until december the ninth And the gallery hours are monday through friday ten to four and sunday from one to three I understand that when he retired you said good now you can

have an exhibit. that right? I guess I almost said those very words didn't I know at his retirement dinner I think when I said my words that I wanted to say I ended them by saying and Since you now have so much time to paint in your immediate future We expect you to have an exhibit at tennessee tech and the university art gallery in so sure enough Now you don't paint in watercolor generally do you now i don't Why do you admire his paintings? Because he does and does so well David cambell and I go way back in terms of our Being painting colleagues and sharing different ideas about paintings I guess probably there couldn't be any two painters who paint as differently as David and I do but uh the freshness that he Achieves when he uses watercolors is remarkable and Whether david realizes that or not there are abstract qualities in all of his paintings that I love And there are a couple of them that the montana barns that I want desperately

and I just like that about his watercolors. They're very fresh with watercolors You lay it on the paper and it absorbs into the surface of the paper and that's it You can go back and add darker colors, but you cannot back up and enlighten that in the purest sense of the use of watercolor And uh, he's a real master at it It's very nice To be able to show my things here and they have arranged them very nicely I'm I appreciate the show. It's very nice Well, I'm sure that everyone in cookville and the surrounding region will enjoy coming and looking at your paintings because uh There's a nostalgia in your paintings and some of them are old things, but you make them Not look decrepit. guess Well, some of them were decrepit to start with I guess But uh, what I like to do is make them look good even if they're decrepit or old or Falling down. That's part of the fun of painting is To make old things look bright and interesting You still do a lot of

barns and you still do a lot of churches It seems like I'm attracted to barns for some reason. I'm not sure why I understand that one of your sons now lives in montana and I if people come and see this exhibit They're going to see some montana barns. Yes. There's a few scenes from montana Which is a different kind of country from around here That area is called big sky or of course, there's a town or resort called big sky, but That's because everywhere you look you see sky And that requires a different kind of painting if you do much of that Of course, there are mountains too in the western part of montana, which is where he lives in the bozeman area I think one of the things that peggy mentioned to me that if I look at the pictures of the barns from Montana and the barns from Tennessee that I'm going to see there are no trees That's right. Well, uh, the the trees are quite different. Yes There is uh, what are those uh yellow ones? Uh, Aspins are uh, we don't see them so much around here, but they're very pretty Against the dark greens

of the pines and the mountains and so forth. Those mountains are quite different from ours the rockies Is it hard when you'd go from like Tennessee to montana and paint? you mix your paints differently to try to get the right color? That's right Uh, the colors are different. That's right. Uh, the mountains here are covered with green or uh blue in the distance, but they're they're dark and uh, and Black almost in some areas where the snow in between the snow It's quite a different thing to paint the mountains there and to paint the whole landscape because it's uh The tans and the browns are so predominant in in the western Scenes I noticed you also have another son that lives in georgia and we have a scene over here with georgia pecan trees Yes, I was fascinated with the pecan groves in southern georgia they're planted in rows So that no matter where you go you have a kind of uh, evenness in the pecan fields and they're all

Set in rows and and they harvest them by shaking the tree and picking them up. It's a big business down in south georgia pecan Only they say pecans. I think in south georgia Now I also see the influence of your move to east tennessee and you have some interesting things from east tennessee well pigeon forge and the like Yes, I I painted the mill at pigeon forge Some time ago, but that's near where we live now and uh Are there some others I guess there's one or You have a farmer. think it's a pigeon. I don't know the farmer. he from pigeon forge on the back? No, the farmer's from poplar grove poplar grove. Yes. He I painted that before we left here He's a he was a farmer out on the road to Poplar grove or out in that area. I think he's died now, but uh He he he farmed the old -fashioned way with hastax and

And that old tractor You know, it's rare to see that you do a person in your painting What caught him what was special about him? I had a photograph, uh, of course to work from there a friend of mine joe fields took the picture And we both liked the picture so well that I said I'm going to see if I can't paint him but Trouble with people trouble with people Is that they don't hold still and you have to either photograph them or just add them later and I have I haven't done that very much. I really need to work on that because If you can put people in it It makes the picture a little more lively a little more human in some way I'm going to work on that now that I'm retired. want to work on that But you do seem to have an ability to capture The essence of an old building and I I don't know why but you

do I don't know why either a friend of mine you say David you you make the building sit on the land And I guess I do but I don't know why A lot of people paint buildings and they seem to stick up or not fit or not sit down on the land but Mine seem to I don't know why Another unique I've never seen the small ones before is that something you've done since you're retired? did you always do the real small ones? The small paintings and I'm going to ask you is it a lot more difficult to do that in that size No, it's it's easier to do the small ones. think Well, of course, there's not as much paint and time Surface to cover but you know, what do you have the perception of it or whatever? I found a little packet of postcard size watercolor paper And somebody gave me a little palette so I carry it with me and And some of these were painted On the spot or just easily

held in your hand and and done that way Um, I guess I've always done little ones, but I've never worried about Framing them and but they look nice And there's some medium size ones too that are kind of nice in in the show it concentrates the color and And you can I like the small ones You're going to do a demonstration for some students today And you have a unique on anyone that's familiar knows that you do watercolor Vertically That's true I learned from a man or at least I studied with a man who who specialized in doing it with in this form and uh He I part of the advantage of putting it up like this is people can see it If I wanted to I could do it down below but this way Uh, you can

do a demonstration and folks can see what you're doing and that's nice. Of course with watercolor The water has a tendency to run down Well, if you have to be careful of that or worry about that or not put so much paint on and uh, And the water it depends on the paper and the amount of water you use it works. All right, and uh Just you just have to watch what you're doing Sometimes it's good to put it down a few minutes to get the wash Turned right and then set it back up and I don't have any trouble with doing it like this and I And you can step back from it and look at it and get to get the idea Do you always start with a sketch before you start to put the water? I usually start with a sketch of some sort. Yeah Uh, so, you know what what what's going to be? um I yes, I really need to know I don't know what i'm doing, but it helps to have a sketch What I like to do is kind of give some direction uh to the brush

stroke You see I got a sky and uh more or less This is an old barn I saw on my way to church one day and uh, I stopped to It catches my eye so I Took a photograph of it actually what what's got to be done before you Before you start to paint is to kind of know what you're going to do I took the

photograph of it, but the photograph leaves a lot to be desired and uh, so it's just It just helps me to know where to put the The roof of the barn and and that sort of thing The the thing that has to be done is a value sketch a rough sketch so that I know What some of these what's happening according to these principles so that I'm going to have Light against dark, which is the value thing or I'm going to have a certain color against another color That harmonizes and gives unity and uh, and all of these ideas here Obviously, I'm not being as careful as I would be But we're doing a commission or something that had to be exactly right Okay, need some real darks now to make it to to make it work

and uh Let's uh Work on that part of it just now My darks are not black. There's no black in the palette either and uh To really do dark. I use the ultramarine blue And the burnt umber And those two together Are are the best, uh For the real dark colors One of the problems with watercolor is not knowing when you're done What was that we read what one of the problem with doing nothing is you don't know when you're finished

Okay Okay And my friend mrs. Pran you remember remember her some of you maybe remember she said takes Three people to do a watercolor one to hold the brush one to tell you when to stop One to hitch on the head and make you stop I haven't reached that point yet, but uh, let's Finish up with something here In this part One of the things that's important to do is not put anything important on the edge Put put you should have a star in the painting where Everything sort of points to it And Then fade out the rest sort of like a photograph that's out of focus on the side and uh, yeah nice Okay Don't let down a bit

put some rocks or something here in the front It's a little dark over here And Well, I could fiddle with it some more, but that's the idea and So what are you looking forward to in the exhibit or in what you're going to do in the future paint more And learn how to do it I'm sure everyone in town would say that you certainly know how to do it already. Maybe by the time I'm old I'll learn how to do it Is there anything you'd like to add about the exhibit or anything? No, I'm I just am amazed that uh, that That people like them. I I I Never feel like they're done very well or I wished I had done it

better and uh Everybody says no, that's fine. Well, okay I'm I'm appreciative of of the fact that people uh appreciate them and So I'm glad of that. I hear you have an assistant now That's goes painting with you sometimes assistant daughter So are you passing on the tradition of painting in the camera? Yeah, it's my three -year -old granddaughter in montana and she and I Paint together when we get it together out there We had a funny thing happen. I'd she just day after day. She'd want to paint so we got a little little jars of tempera paint which I'd take the lid off one and she'd put it in put a little of that on that's enough turn at it So she didn't get them mixed up. Finally, we've got a bunch of things done on paper and I set them aside and then later I took a Frame and moved it around

on some of the pictures and said now that's nice I'll just frame that part of the picture. She made so I framed quite a number of hers and put one up in our kitchen finally and Someone said well, that's nice. Why didn't she sign it? So maybe you do have a future generation right yet, but she could paint You Next week on upper cumberland camera one of our stories takes a look at a program that helps parents get their GED While their preschoolers work on basic skills all in the same environment. It's called the even start program Family literacy is

really a concept of putting families together, especially parents and their young children We work with children of ages zero through four in our centers And we also work with parents who have five through seven year olds Which may be in kindergarten or they may be in public schools So we try to cover the range of young children here And the curriculum that we have includes adult basic education Parents can come here who want to get a GED Or they can come here because they want to learn basic skills like learning to read better It has meant a lot to me because I'm working to get my GED Where my kids will respect me in other words and I can respect myself because I quit high school I didn't think it was important and it is very important to finish high school or to get your GED I'm trying to show my kids that they really do need it and they can't come around and say well Mama didn't do it because mama's doing it and their daddy teeny He's already done it and we're trying to show an example for

them And I'm hoping it works. That's great. Not not but I'm hoping Finally tonight we give you a glimpse of the autumnal beauty of Burgess Falls Video taped by Richard Castle on a beautiful november day You

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