🌱 What changes as Hendersonville’s Samaritan Association founder steps down?

What's up Hendersonville! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• What changes as Hendersonville’s Samaritan Association founder steps down?
• See which Hendersonville businesses and leaders took home top Chamber honors.
• Sumner County court hands down 25-year terms in two sex cases.

Also on today's calendar: Durham Bulls at Nashville Sounds and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Sun and areas of high clouds, temps: high: 89, low: 72.
• Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Ms. Cheap: Steve Brown retiring as Hendersonville Samaritan Association executive director (mainstreetmediatn.com) — Hendersonville’s longtime Samaritan Association leader Steve Brown is retiring June 30 after 28 years guiding the city’s key food bank, thrift store, and emergency-assistance programs. The article details how the nonprofit’s budget, services, and thrift shop have grown, what new director Kyle Hill plans to continue, and how many Hendersonville families now rely on this vital safety net.
   

2. Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce holds awards ceremony (mainstreetmediatn.com) — Hendersonville’s business community just celebrated its 17th annual Chamber Awards Banquet at Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club, honoring standout small and large businesses and key volunteers. The event also welcomed new President/CEO Ashton Jennings and inducted a slate of local leaders, including city officials and business owners, who will help guide economic growth and community partnerships across Hendersonville.
   

3. DA's office announces sentences in pair of sex crime convictions (mainstreetmediatn.com) — Sumner County prosecutors have secured 25-year prison sentences in two separate sex crime cases, including one involving a maintenance worker who raped a woman at a Hendersonville apartment complex. The other case involved an Alabama man who groomed a Sumner County child online and threatened her family, with both men ordered to serve their terms without parole and register as sex offenders.
   

4. Country Legend Randy Travis Gets Nashville Palace Tribute (cowboysindians.com) — Randy Travis fans just got a new local point of pride: a Tennessee Music Pathways marker in Hendersonville at the former Morningstar Sound Studio site where his breakthrough album “Storms of Life” was recorded. The story centers on Nashville’s CMA-week tribute at the Nashville Palace, but it also highlights the state’s proclamation of June 2 as Randy Travis Day and Hendersonville’s role in honoring his legacy.
   

5. William Earl Hall (sumnercountysource.com) — Hendersonville is mourning longtime resident and insurance professional William “Bill” Hall, who passed away June 1 at age 83 after making the city his home in 2002. Remembered for his integrity, humor, and decades of service in insurance, he leaves behind his wife Diann and extended family, with local arrangements handled by Sumner Funeral and Cremation Lakeside and service details to follow.
   

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📸 Around Hendersonville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hendersonville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• SWEET SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: STACY MITCHHART →
  Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center, 1017 Antebellum Cir, Hendersonville
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday June 14

• Durham Bulls at Nashville Sounds →
  First Horizon Park
  1:05 pm
• Open Mic Night — Puckett's Restaurant →
  Puckett's Restaurant, 1039 Glenbrook Way, Hendersonville
  5:00 pm

Tuesday June 16

• Parks Board Meeting →
  Hendersonville, TN Calendar, 101 Maple Drive North, Hendersonville
  6:00 pm

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📣 Hendersonville Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Trial Court →
  Gallatin, TN Calendar, 132 W Main Street Upstairs Council Chambers, Gallatin
  8:30 am
• Open Gym Basketball →
  City of Goodlettsville Calendar Goodlettsville, TN 37072
  8:45 am
• Touch A Truck →
  City of Goodlettsville Calendar, 745 Caldwell Drive, Goodlettsville
  9:30 am
• Touch of History →
  City of Goodlettsville Calendar, 705 Caldwell Drive, Goodlettsville
  9:30 am
• Kid's Summer Movie Series: Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers →
  The Palace Theatre, 146 N Water Ave, Gallatin
  9:30 am
• Coffee House Haven Ribbon Cutting
  Goodlettsville Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee House Haven 114 N. Main St.
  10:00 am
• Open Swim →
  City of Goodlettsville Calendar, 360 Pleasant Green Drive, Goodlettsville
  10:00 am
• Senior Chair Circuit →
  City of Goodlettsville Calendar, 200 Memorial Drive, Goodlettsville
  10:15 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update!
  We got her back! My mom’s dog Tootsi got out of her yard just now. If you see her please call me at 615-982-5769. They live in the Lawson Pointe… (Nextdoor Walton Ferry)
• Found this sweet girl walking around at the intersection of Bonita and Waterview in Hendersonville (on the Indian Lake peninsula).
  No collar, no microchip. She is very friendly. Dark gray pitbull. Message if you know who she belongs to. https://neighbors.ring.com/n/Vw9gdels1O (Nextdoor The Maples)

• Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate at Walmart in Hendersonville, Tennessee in Hendersonville. Apply here.
• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser PT – Flexible Hours! in Hendersonville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hendersonville here.

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Ok Hendersonville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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