THE WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 2016 Guitar As Art opens Sunday The 3rd annual Guitar As Art exhibition opens Sunday with a reception beginning at 2 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building Gallery located on the UT-Martin campus. Awards will be presented at 3 p.m. The guitars will be on display throughout the Soybean Festival until Sep- tember 17. Gallery hours 'Antiquated lvorY' are 1-5 p.m. daily and is free Last year's winning entry' by fason Taylor and open to the public. First in Tennessee UT Martin receives Top 20 rcnking The onthly 2016 Col* in this Iege R the 0niversitY of ernolled Te}nes lTth in the "Best it a pri- pay educational loans, Servlce to country lvlartrn tjlnce oI Unlversr[y Ke tatl()trs aL anh contributions to research. 731-881-7615. The city of Martin, UTM, Park. "fickets: $15 online, $20 and many local businesses and box office. Three Dog Night, Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.. Festival P will follow the shorv. Tickets: $i5 online, $20 box The Brothers (lsborne, Tues- oflice. day. Sept. 6, 8:30 p.m". F-estivai The t-estival will also feature Park. Tickets: $? online" gt0 box ofhce, Spnsored lry Center Point Business Solutions. T[avis Cottrell and the tr.ocal on University Street in front of : I tion Building. The c ival mid- cr Area Mirristerial Alliance. -fhurs- ti Morrls Day and the Tinre, The Flnin White T's- For- infonnation on additional tlay, Sept. 8-,9 p.m,, downrown events or to purchase tickets, Mattin. Tickets: $ l-5 onlinc. S2t') ce" box oflice. i Thc School of Rock Nash- terested. For more in ation, contect t'estival coordinators at ,Sweat, and "feurs, Sat- or info@tnsoy- Canyon: A Tilbutr to John urday. Sept" 10. ? p;n., Fesrival @Ue frkfr.uiry [,ount? fretrs Thursdan September 1, 2016 Local residents attend UT Martin Legacy Luncheon Ben Chrestman (center), of Adamsville, attended the University of fenntJJ::T:l Martln's 2O16 Legacy Luncheon on Aug. 19 in the Paul Meek Library. This event is held during move-in weekend each fall to welcome new freshmen who are the chil- dren and grandchildren of UT Martin alumni. Chrestman is pictured with his parents, Craig ('96) and Tammy Chrestman. For more information about UT Martin, visit utm. edu/advantage. @be frltfr-utty @ount? fr-etrg rhurcdav'scptemter t'2ot6 Local residents ate in move-lllao manla Allie Ray (center), of Selmer, participated in Movein Mania at ,n" U"*tJr'riI Jl Tennessee on Aug. 19. Move-in Mania is the first event in First-Year Initiative, a required program for new freshmen which helps ease their transition to college life. UT Martin students offlcially began, the fal! semester Aug. 22. Ray, a secondary -major, educatlbn iC pittured with her parents, Stephanie and limrny Ray. Fiir more information about UT Martin, visit utm.edu/advantage. Lots of perfonners at Soybean Festival THE JACKsON SUN The city of Martin, the University of Tennessee at Martin and many local businesses and organizations partner to host the annual Tennessee Soybean Fes- tival each year, and according to a press release, this year's concert lineup is one to remember. The 23rd annual festival, going on now through Sept. 9, features a variety of family-friendly entertainment options, including concert appearances by the Plain White T's, Vince Gill and Three Dog Night. The festival will also feature the tra- ditional Tennessee Soybean Festival Pa- rade beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tbesday on University Street in front of UT Martin's Hall-Moody Administration Building. The carnival midway and craft fair will also be open each night in downtown The UT Martin Skyhawk Marching Band participates in the annualTennessee Soybean;::ilfft parade in 2015. See Festival, Page 28 main stage. The concert is sponsored by F'es the Martin Area Ministerial Alliance, and there is no charge to attend. Continued from Page 1B UT Martin Student Night will feature a performance by the Plain White T's be- ginnrng at 9 p.m. Thursday in downtown Martin. Martin. Advance tickets are $15 online, Children in the fourth and fifth and remaining tickets will be available The Jackson Sun Saturday, September 3,2016 grades are invited to an interactive for $20 at the box office prior to the show. workshop titled "The Bare Necessi- Friday night's concert headliner is ties of Making Music" from 2-3:30 Vince Gill, who will perform at 9 p.m. p.m, Saturday in room 206 of the UT Friday in Festival Park. Advance tickets Martin B oling University Center. Par- are $15 online, and remaining tickets will ticipahts will build their own musical be available for $20 at the box office pri- instruments and later play alongside or to the show. This concert is sponsored the Martin Community Band at 6 p.m. by Republic Services. in Virginia Weldon Park. The Tennessee Soybean Festival West The School of Rock Nashville will Tennessee Dairy Show will begin at 10 perform at 8 p.m. Saturday in Festival a.m. Sept. 10 in the Ned McWherter Agri- Park. There is no charge for this con- cultural Complex on the UT Martin cam- cert, which is sponsored by Hamilton- pus. Animals may arrive Friday. Addi Ryker. tional information and registration are The third annual "Guitar as Art" available at tnsoybeanf estival. org/west- contest and exhibition will begin at 2 tennessee-dairy-shoW. p.m. Sunday in the UT Martin Fine Blood Sweat and Tears will perform Arts Building Gallery. The awards beginning at7 p.m. Sept. 10 in Festival ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. More in- Park. Three Dog Night will end the eve- formation and entry details are avail- ning with the festival's headline perfor- able at tnsoybeanfestival.org/guitar- mance at 9 p.m. as-arV. Advance perfor- Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon: mance are maining A Tlibute to John Denver will per- tickets will b t the box form at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Martin office prior to the show Recreation Complex. The concert is UT Martin will wrap up festival week sponsored by Savant Learning Sys- with the annual Sunday brunch from tems and will be followed by a fire- 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11in the Sky- works show. hawk Dining Hall,located inside the Bol- The Brothers Osborne will per- ing The charge is form at 8:30 p.m. Thesday on the Festi- $10. childrenages 10 val Park main stag tickets and are $7 online, and tickets This is not a comprehensive list of fes- will be available fo box of- tival events. For information on addi- fice prior to the show This concert is tional events or to purchase tickets, visit sponsored by Center Point Business tnsoybeanf estival.org/f estival-s ched- Solutions. ule/. Tickets for all events are available. Thavis Cottrell and the Local Com- For more information, visit tnsoy- munity Choir will perform for Faith beanfestival.org or contact festival coor- and Community Night beginning at 6 dinators at (731) 588-1263 or email in- p.m. Wednesday on the Festival Park f o@tnsoybeanf e stival. or g. Thursdav. September 1 . 20 16 Cheer... (Continued from Page 1) ing a doctor." Hardy's first shadow was - *It-h a-veryhumbhng Dr. Robert Michael Cobb of job, from what I've seen," West Tennessee Bone and she said. "For some, their Joint who, ironically, was health stops their life. For her doctor when she suf- others. it's a bump in a fered a broken hand while road. Dr. (Walter) Fletcher trying out for cheerleading said what he loves is that her freshman year at UTM. it's raw. It's life. You're At Greenfield Family people are CHEERED UP South Fulton native where she has job-shadowed over the last somebody that - Medical Center the fol- that Mikaela Hardy, a senior at the University several years in her efforts to prepare for coming to for a service lowing summer, Hardy got price- of Tennessee at Martin, will begin her the medical field. She is the daughter of is priceless. Life is hands-on experience in the less. Shadowing has con- final year of cheering for the football team Ben and Barbie Hardy of South Fulton. practical side of the medi- when the Skyhawks travel to Cincinnati Saturday's game, which kicks off at 6 firmed it for me." cal industry. from taking at Saturday. A pre-med scholar at UTM, she p.m., may be viewed on ESPN3. Hardy's many labs patients'vital signs to call- huge has been a fixture at area doctors' offices, UTM have been a rng rn prescnptlons. help, too. She's had labs On her own, Hardy con- in microbiology, cells and When not cheering on her Skyhawks, tacted Skipper Bondurant, chemistry and then has administrator and chief applied that knowledge SF native pursuing medical dream executive ollicer at Baptist during her shadowing. Memorial Hospital-Union "l have to commend By KEVIN WEAKS MEDICALJOURNEY City, about an internship. UTM because it has done Messenger Sports Hardy has taken at least 16 hours since Although no formal pro- an amazing job prepar- you know Mikaela Hardy the the Martin campus and If as arriving on UT gram was available, she was ing me for that," she said. small-town girl who was taking gymnas- had 20 her last semester. She has done a able to work out a shadow job "I haven't had one day tics class by the age of 3, cheering for her lot of shadowing as well - some set schedule and learned that of medical school and I beloved R.ed Devils as early as the third up forher by the university, some shehas the hospital wants to work already know some of these grade and is loving life as a-University set up on her own.