Congratulations to Billy and Mary Jane Hooper. Their names were drawn on WJLE wedding anniversary program for the month for two free meals from Center Hill Restaurant.
Rebecca Ervin visited Jeanette Redmon Saturday.
Get-well wishes are sent to Gladys Curtis. She is a patient in Middle Tennessee Medical Center. She fell and has broken bones.
Visitors of Kim and Mark Violet and Spencer Stanfield were Ashlie Chew, Dan Ploger, Hayden Ervin and Katie and Jason Judkins and Jason Clark Dunaway.
Visitors of Ruth Sutton were Wilma Pedigo, Jean Pedio and Linda, Billy Sutton, Michelle and Ali Patton and Sue McCoig.
Jo Dean Redmon attended the Redmon reunion on June 23 at Bright Hill Church. There was a large crowd attended with plenty to eat and good fellowship.
Sympathy is extended to the family of Margie Smith in her passing.
Recent visitors of Betty Wilson were Ralph and June Vaughn, Phillip and Ann Hawkins, Jo Dean Redmon, Danny and Dianne Emerson, JoAnn Pittman, Brandon Rackley and Rebecca Ervin.
Artie, Regenia and Nicklos Daw and Faye Adkins went to Murfreesboro Saturday night to Middle Tennessee Christian School, where Artie’s boss, Mullican and Watson, had a company party for their employees and family. All had a wonderful time and plenty to eat.
The Prime Timers from The New Life Pentecostal Church had their get-together at the Farmers Family Restaurant in Murfreesboro for lunch. Michelle Walker is a coordinator and drives for the seniors.
Billie Simpson and Michell Walker and Jane visited Henrietta Hale.
Visitors of Lu Autry Malone were Wanda Tramel of Crossville, Ellie Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. Jorden Melton and Peggy Agiee. 
I enjoyed listening to the Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree last week on WJLE Radio.  I miss not being able to attend the Jamboree in person to hear the music, see the dancers and look at the arts and crafts.
While listening to the radio, I could almost see the whole thing in my mind. One memory that came to my mind was the time that I met Adam Turtle, a Native American.  I had heard him on WJLE when my son, Ralph, interviewed Adam at his home in the Cumberland Mountains near Crossville.
Adam made his living by carving beautiful wooden bowls and selling them at craft shows such as the Smithville Jamboree. 
During the interview with Ralph, Adam told stories about living in the woods and having a diet that was from the things found there that were safe to eat.  He claimed to eat termites as a good source of protein; boiled tree bark as a tea; and ate many other things found in the woods.  I guess that he ate animals such as squirrels and rabbits, but I don’t remember because that interview was many years ago.
I had not given much thought to the things Adam talked about until I heard that radio program.  But as I think about it now, many of the Native Americans and early pioneers found ways to survive off the land and make their own medicines.
I think that it is good to stop from time to time and think about our ancestors and the sacrifices they made.