Our Canning Seminar will be held on Saturday, May 26th from 9:00 – 11:00 am and we will cover the following topics:
1. Pressure Canning
2. Water Bath Canning
3. Blanching (for the freezer)
4. Jams and Jellies
5. Pickling
The cost of the seminar is $30 and we will provide handouts and recipes for all covered topics. Please call 615-591-0015, or reply to this e-mail, to register for the event.
Canning classes are held a few times a year, so if you are unable to attend on May 26th, we will have two more sessions during the canning season. The class is an actual two hour demonstration of pressure canning and water bath canning. The processes of preserving jams/jellies and pickles are also included. Five to ten people can attend, but never over 10...so it is personal and interactive. After the class, if you have any questions, you will have access to me by e-mail and phone, as long as you need.
We look forward to seeing you at the Farm!
Leigh Funderburk
Stoney Creek Farm and Community Garden
615-591-0015
- Ben Zobrist - Tampa Bay Rays
- Russell Branyan- Mariners
- Possibly Attending are: Dan Uggla - Alanta Braves, Joe Blanton - Phillies, and Corbin Joseph - Yankees.
- Along with the Players will be Pro Scouts and Agents, High School Coaches, and other celebrities.
We hope that you will join us for this special event! For any further questions or to find out more about Showtime Sports Academy, please contact us at 615-373-1105 or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Also make sure you check us out on the web at www.showtimesportsacademy.com!
Monday, January 16, 2012
6:30 pm
Courtesy www.franklintn.gov
Tickets for the Holly Trolley 2011 event are on sale!
New this year, tickets can be purchased online at www.tmagroup.org; additionally, tickets are available at the Transit Center, which is located at 708 Columbia Avenue.
Event dates begin on Thursday, December 8, and continue December 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22 and 23.
Participants will be treated to holiday refreshments thirty minutes prior to departure from the Transit Center in historic Downtown Franklin. During the event, the beautiful holiday light displays throughout the Franklin and Brentwood areas in Williamson County will be featured.
Pre-payment is required for seat reservations, and are on a first-come, first serve basis. Tickets are $16.00 per person. For more information visit: www.tmagroup.org or call (615) 628-0270 or (615) 628-0254 for more information.
Williamson County, Centennial High School- home of the Cougars - has joined the Healthy Vending Revolution! Christy Sykes, owner of Healthy Vending Tennessee, has been installing Fresh Healthy Vending machines in local schools and businesses in Williamson County and Nashville. Centennial High School is the first Williamson County School to join the revolution. Sykes say "kids are more aware of healthier food options that ever before" and she wants to make those options available in and out of school. Sykes has children in Williamson County Schools and she feels the best place to start change is at home. The machines contain all-natural and organic options of drinks and snacks - and with over 500 items to choose from there is a machine to fit any locations needs.
Thanks to the Centennial High basketball cheerleaders for the photo!
Nucci's is bringing old fashion Italian in a modern setting.
Imagine strolling around a piazza in Rome on a nice day with a scoop of cool, crisp gelato. That’s a nice image, right? Well, that plane ticket is rather expensive but take a trip down Meridian Boulevard in Cool Springs and you can experience the genuine taste of Italy at Nucci’s.
I walk into this shop with a friendly staff and pictures on the wall only to find out that it is family run and the family tree is what you see in those frames. Steve is the owner – he is a man with a broad range of knowledge. We talked for a long while about many things, not just gelato, and he was an absolute pleasure with his clear point of view and passion for what he is doing with Nucci’s.
A man out of “Corporate America”, which is what brought him and his family here from Pennsylvania, Steve sought to create something that would bring a new experience to this area as well as something he would enjoy beyond office life. Having been raised by an Italian mother, he grew up watching her make sauce and enjoyed the love she put into it. That same love now goes into what is done at this shop.
Making this place a reality, however, was more than Steve’s doing but was truly a family effort with wife, Connie, and their kids: Ben, Jay, Erin, and Morgan. Up north they studied under Carmen Esposito, a well-known gelato consultant and instructor, on how to produce authentic Italian gelato or as Steve calls it, water ice – you’ll have to ask him the difference. Gelato was the start to this vision, which then became a full café.
Wanting to separate themselves from the norm, this family took a look at how the food industry is doing business, and they noticed that the typical product being generated is high in fat, low in flavor, and large in portion. Taking note, their mission was to basically do the opposite offering food and dessert that is low in fat, high in flavor, and appropriate in portion. Our bodies crave these types of things – foods that are clean and not riddled with preservatives. People have commented on that the gelato must have something in it for them to crave it the way they do. The fact is that it is clean, homemade, and your body recognizes a good treat.
The family at Nucci’s is dedicated to making you good food, but they are also bringing the Italian culture to Cool Springs. You can learn Italian at the shop, which is brought to you by Italian For Fun, and also be educated on history and events in the area. That’s not the only thing special going on there – they have specials on gelato every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I recommend the Hazelnut, at least that’s my favorite, but the most popular is the Stracciatella. Whatever you decide, it will be fresh and made by the family serving you.
Enjoy.
Check them out on Facebook or online at nuccistn.com.
Winter Workout Camp
Tuesday or Thursday Nights
October 18th-November 17th
5:30-7:30 PM
Boys and Girls Ages 6-14
$245 members $295 non members
Please join us for our five week Winter Workout Camp, which runs from October 18-November 17 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM each night. Campers will learn and improve their baseball fundamentals and learn from current and former major league players! Each night the players will focus on fielding, hitting, sliding, and pitching. Their will also be an emphasis on speed and agilities to help improve baserunning, and footwork. With only 10 days left so don't miss out on the opportunity to become a better all around baseball player.
Call us today to sign up 615-373-1105!!
http://www.showtimesportsacademy.com
Courtesy Williamson County Schools' In Focus
A recent battle between high schools will benefit dozens of local families. Students at Centennial and Franklin high schools recently competed in their annual canned food drive. Centennial High won the competition, collecting nearly 8,000 pounds of food. Together, the two schools accumulated nearly 13,000 pounds of food.
Centennial was presented with a trophy during halftime of the September 2 football game with Franklin. The donated items will be given to Graceworks and distributed to local families in need.
| Centennial High School students Maddie Earp, Taylor Lowe, Sarah Kirk, Claire Collins, Hailey Draiss, Mackenzie Fazenbaker, Taylor Beck, Olivia Gentry, Ashleigh Knoll, Maddy Gregory and Catherine Sowell collect canned goods for the Graceworks Food Drive. |
FRANKLIN THEATRE TO PREMIERE LONG-AWAITED FILM ON FRANKLIN’S UNKNOWN SOLDIER Heading Back Home Chronicles Discovery, Tells the Story of the Battle of Franklin Like Never Before FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Two years after thousands of people lined Franklin’s downtown streets to honor the sacrifice of an unknown Civil War soldier recovered from the battlefield, the long-awaited premiere of the film chronicling the event and its impact has arrived. Heading Back Home: Franklin’s Unknown Soldier and the Civil War’s Five Bloodiest Hours will be shown to the public for the first time at the Franklin Theatre on Friday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $35, with proceeds donated to battlefield preservation efforts in Franklin. Emmy Award-winning film producers Brian Speciale and Jodi Jones-Speciale – a husband and wife team who had recently moved to Franklin when the remains were uncovered from a shallow grave during a construction project in the summer of 2009 – offered to document the process of planning a period funeral befitting of an American soldier whose fate had been unknown for 145 years. But the film became so much more, shedding new light on the historically overlooked Battle of Franklin, considered the bloodiest and most brutal five hours of the entire Civil War. As author and historian Eric Jacobson said after previewing the film, it tells the story of the Battle of Franklin “like it's never been told before.” The detailed maps, recreated battle scenes, expert accounts, original music and narration from legendary actor Lee Majors take Heading Back Home beyond a lesson in history – it’s a lesson in life. “The gravity of the discovery of the remains and the way it captured public interest was a touching moment in time, an overwhelming response from across the nation that brought long-deserved attention to the horrors that this soldier and tens of thousands of others endured here at Franklin,” says Jacobson, who serves as director of operations for the Battle of Franklin Trust. “Brian and Jodi have captured that emotion in the context of history and modern times in a way that I didn’t think possible. The film is spectacular in every way, and not to be missed.” Tickets are available at the Franklin Theatre box office and online at www.franklintheatre.com. Cabaret and classic seats are $25, with balcony seats available for $35.
The Disney Princesses are coming to town! Dust off your tiaras and bring your little girls to Page High School this Saturday, September 24th anytime between 1 and 4. The Drama Department is sponsoring a Disney Princess Tea Party. There will be face painting, karaoke, pictures, carriage rides and nail painting. This is an event your little princess or prince will not want to miss!
