Tennessee Crossroads
Tennessee Crossroads 2833
Season 28 Episode 5 | 26m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
212 Market Restaurant, Ragtop Picture Cars, K-9 Training, Green Frog Village
This week on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads we visit: 212 Market Restaurant, Green Frog Village, Ragtop Picture Cars, TN Dept of Safety K-9 Training. Join Joe Elmore as he hits the road to Chattanooga, Bells, Lebanon, Nashville.
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Tennessee Crossroads
Tennessee Crossroads 2833
Season 28 Episode 5 | 26m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
This week on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads we visit: 212 Market Restaurant, Green Frog Village, Ragtop Picture Cars, TN Dept of Safety K-9 Training. Join Joe Elmore as he hits the road to Chattanooga, Bells, Lebanon, Nashville.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipHOST >> THIS TIME ON TENNESSEE CROSSROADS, WE TRAVEL TO CHATTANOOGA WITH KEN WILSHIRE TO DISCOVER A UNIQUE FAMILY RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
THEN TO LEBANON WITH ROB WILDS, WHERE A GUY CASTS CARS IN MOVIES.
TO NASHVILLE WITH TAMMI ARENDER, AND WE MEET AN INSTRUCTOR AND HIS CRIME FIGHTING DOGS.
FINALLY TO ALAMO, TENNESSEE, WHERE SUSAN WATSON MET A MAN WHO BUILT HIS OWN TURN OF THE CENTURY VILLAGE.
THAT'S THE TENNESSEE CROSSROADS SHOW WE BUILT FOR YOU.
I'M JOE ELMORE.
WELCOME.
♪ OKAY, WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR A FIVE STAR RESTAURANT?
WELL, I THINK WE'D ALL AGREE, GREAT FOOD, GREAT SERVICE AND COMFORTABLE SURROUNDINGS.
KEN WILSHIRE FOUND A RESTAURANT IN CHATTANOOGA WITH ALL OF THOSE INGREDIENTS AND MORE.
IT'S A FAMILY RECIPE FROM A VERY SPECIAL FAMILY.
>>KEN >> WHEN THE TENNESSEE AQUARIUM WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CHATTANOOGA IN THE LATE 1980S, THERE WERE FEW IF ANY PLACES FOR ENTERTAINMENT ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A NICE PLACE TO DINE.
THAT IS, UNTIL 212 MARKET STREET BECAME 212 MARKET RESTAURANT.
>> DAUGHTER >> IT WAS HARD BEING A FIRST BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.
WE HAD TO FIGHT TO BE ZONED TO BE A RESTAURANT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING.
THEY RIPPED UP THE STREET TWO OR THREE TIMES.
THE MAYOR SAID AVOID THE AREA NONE OF THE HOTELS WERE HERE.
THE STADIUM WASN'T HERE.
THE IMAX WASN'T HERE.
THE PARKING GARAGES WEREN'T HERE, IT WAS A PRETTY DESOLATE PLACE DOWN HERE.
>> KEN >> BUT THIS DIDN'T STOP 212 MARKET OWNERS MAGGIE MOSES AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS, SUSAN AND SALLY.
THEY TOOK AN EXTRAORDINARY RISK OVER 20 YEARS AGO, AND OPENED WHAT'S NOW A DOWNTOWN LANDMARK.
>> DAUGHTER >> EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.
I WAS WORKING PASTRY IN ATLANTA AND WHEN MY SISTER AND MOM ASKED ME TO JOIN THEM IN THIS VENTURE HERE, I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF US REALIZED WHAT WE WERE GETTING OURSELVES INTO.
>> KEN >> AND WHEN MOST PEOPLE WERE ALREADY RETIRED, MAGGIE STILL HAD A FULL TIME CAREER WHEN SALLY AND SUSAN OPENED 212 MARKET BUT SHE WAS SOON DRAWN INTO THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY VENTURE.
>> MAGGIE >> I HAVE BEEN A DIETICIAN ALL MY LIFE, AND I WAS WORKING FULL TIME, AND MY DAUGHTERS WENT AHEAD AND OPENED THE RESTAURANT, AND I HELPED THEM WITH THE BOOKKEEPING AND STUFF AND AFTER ABOUT THREE YEARS I DECIDED I JUST WOULD QUIT AND HELP THEM SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING PRETTY MUCH.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
>> KEN >> WELL, THERE'S MUCH MORE TO MAGGIE'S STORY.
WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT LATER.
BUT YOU'LL FIND SHE'S TRULY MADE 212 A DELIGHTFUL CULINARY EXPERIENCE.
>> DAUGHTER>> WE HAVE A REALLY NICE BAKERY.
WE MAKE THREE KINDS OF BREAD DAILY, SOMETIMES MORE.
WE USE LOCAL FLOURS, LOCAL EGGS.
WE DO A LOT OF SPECIAL DIET ITEMS LIKE GLUTEN FREE, OR IF SOMEBODY CAN'T EAT THIS OR THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.
DESSERT WISE MY MOM IS A FANTASTIC BAKER AND MY SISTER IS EVEN MORE SO, JUST DOES SPECIALTY ITEMS.
SHE ALSO BLOWS SUGAR, WHICH IS KIND OF A COOL ART.
IT'S LIKE GLASS BUT IT'S SUGAR.
>> DAUGHTER>> WE HAVE GREAT SOUPS.
OUR SEA FOOD BISQUE HAS BEEN IN TRAVEL GUIDES FOR 20 YEARS OR SOMETHING.
STEAKS, OUR VEGETABLES, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THOSE.
>> KEN>> WELL, THEIR IS MUCH TO BE PROUD OF AT 212 WITH THE CHEERY COLORFUL WELCOMING INTERIOR.
IT'S THE PERFECT SETTING FOR THIS FAMILY TRIO TO DEMONSTRATE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
>> DAUGHTER >> OUR CUISINE IS PROBABLY MIXED UP AMERICAN.
WE DO EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE RANCH DRESSING.
WE DO USE A LOT OF THE LOCAL INGREDIENTS, MIXED UP WITH SOME OTHER SEAFOOD THAT IS MAYBE SUSTAINABLE BUT ISN'T LOCAL LIKE THE WILD CAUGHT SHRIMP AND FALLS MILL GRITS.
WITH LINK AND ANDOULLE SAUSAGE AND FRIED GREEN TOMATOES.
>> KEN >> SUSAN IS A CHEF WHO BELIEVES IN NOTHING SHORT OF PERFECTION USING EVERY FORM OF FRESH AND LOCAL INGREDIENT SHE CAN FIND FOR HER UNIQUE FARE TO THEIR ARTFUL PRESENTATIONS.
AND TO ORCHESTRATE THE FRONT WITHOUT STANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE, SALLY INSURES GUESTS ARE TREATED TO A WARM, FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE WHEN THEY VISIT.
>> YOU HAD YOUR LUNCH.
HOW WAS IT?
>> OH, IT WAS WONDERFUL.
>> KEN >> AND MAGGIE?
WELL WE FOUND MAGGIE ABOUT EVERYWHERE WE LOOKED.
>> MAGGIE >> I THOUGHT WHEN WE STARTED WHEN WE PAID OFF OUR MORTGAGE THAT I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO THE GIRLS AND THEY COULD DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED WITH IT AND SOMEHOW OR OTHER, THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE A NICHE THAT THAT I NEED TO FILL BUT I KEEP TELLING THEM I DON'T WANT TO GET IN YOUR WAY SO I'M SURE IF I STAYED HOME I WOULD FIND THINGS TO DO.
>> KEN >> MAGGIE IS OVER 90 YEARS OLD AND YES, SHE WORKS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS A DAY.
SHE OPENS EVERY MORNING, BAKING FRESH BREADS FOR THE DAY.
SHE DOES THE BOOKKEEPING, GREETS CUSTOMERS AND WE FOUND HER MAKING A SPECIAL ORDER CAKE.
>> MAGGIE >> THEY LIKED IT SO MUCH THAT EVER SINCE THEY WERE HERE, THEY HAVE BEEN E-MAILING US BACK TO MAKE IT YOU KNOW SO I THOUGHT TODAY I'LL TRY IT AGAIN.
>> WHILE YOU'LL FIND A WONDERFULLY ENJOYABLE DINING EXPERIENCE INSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT IT'S THE OUTSIDE WITH THESE SOLAR PANELS WHERE THE REAL STORY BEGINS.
THE MOSES FAMILY NOT ONLY GENERATES MUCH OF THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY, THEY RECYCLE AND WORK HARD TO MAKE 212 MARKET AS GREEN AS IT CAN BE.
BUT THE BEST PART OF THE 212 MARKET STORY IS MAGGIE.
SHE'S TRULY A REMARKABLE WOMAN AND MOTHER.
>> DAUGHTER >> SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL VERY EARLY, WENT TO UT KNOXVILLE, AND THEN GOT HER MASTERS BEFORE SHE WAS 21 AT COLUMBIA AND THEN SIGNED RIGHT UP.
SHE'S A DIETICIAN, REGISTERED DIETICIAN, WENT RIGHT INTO WORLD WAR II AND WAS ON THE FRONT LINES JUST RIGHT BEHIND PATTON IN FRANCE.
SHE HAS THREE BATTLE STARS, YOU KNOW, HER STORIES ARE PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
>> MAGGIE >> WE WERE BEHIND PATTON AND PATTON MOVED SO FAST THAT HE WOULD TAKE OVER ALL OF THE SUPPLY DEPOTS AND SO I HAD MY MESS SERGEANTS GOING OUT IN THE FARMS AND HAVING THE FARMERS BROUGHT IN PRODUCE AND EGGS AND THINGS SO WE COULD START FINDING SOME FOOD TO EAT YOU KNOW.
IT WAS A STRUGGLE.
>> KEN >> EVEN IN WAR, IT'S BEEN HER LOVE FOR SERVING OTHERS THAT SETS THE EXAMPLE FOR SUSAN AND SALLY AND EVERYONE AT 212 MARKET RESTAURANT.
BUT IT'S MAGGIE'S STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND WORK ETHIC THAT INSPIRES US ALL.
>> MAGGIE >> I JUST TRY TO TELL THEM, JUST TELL ME IF I'M IN THE WAY YOU KNOW.
♪ >>THANKS, KEN.
DO YOU EVER PAY ATTENTION TO THE CARS YOU SEE IN MOVIES?
WELL, SOME ART DIRECTOR TOOK GREAT CARE TO GET THE RIGHT CARS FOR THE RIGHT PLACE AND TIME OF THE FILM.
THAT'S WHERE GUYS LIKE DAVID TINSLEY COME IN.
ROB WILDS WENT TO LEBANON TO MEET THE GUY MOVIE MAKERS CALL WHEN THEY NEED THAT SPECIAL MOVIE VEHICLE.
>> HOPE THIS GUY CAN HELP ME.
>> HOW YOU DOING.
>> I'M DOING GOOD.
LISTEN, I HAVE TO DO A MOVIE AND I NEED A TRUCK OF SOME KIND.
YOU GOT ANYTHING AT ALL?
IT'S HARD TO FIND THEM.
>> YES, IT IS TOUGH BUT I DO HAVE ONE.
>> DO YOU?
>> YES.
>> WELL WHY DON'T YOU BRING IT UP AND I'LL TAKE IT.
>> OKAY, I'LL GO GET IT.
>> THINK IT CAN HAUL STUFF.
>> OH, YES, THIS TRUCK WILL HAUL STUFF.
>> HERE'S YOUR TRUCK.
>> OH, BACK TO 1951.
THAT'S MOVING.
♪ >> ROB >> OUR TOUR GUIDE BACK TO THE 50S IS DAVID TINSLEY, THE GUY THE MOVIE GUYS CALL WHEN THEY NEED JUST THE RIGHT CAR.
CHANCES ARE, DAVID HAS IT RIGHT HERE ON HIS PLACE.
>> DAVID >> I CALL IT A PICTURE CAR FARM.
>> ROB >> A FARM?
>> DAVID >> YES, I RAISE CARS INSTEAD OF CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS.
I RAISE CARS.
>> IT'S A REAL BUMPER CROP.
>> YES IT'S A BUMPER CROP.
>> YEP, BUSINESS IS BOOMING.
>> DAVID >> I HAVE DONE OVER 400 MUSIC VIDEOS.
WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TV COMMERCIALS, 14 FEATURE FILMS.
>> ROB >> WHETHER YOU NEED TO HIRE THE WORKHORSES OF THE FARM.
>> DAVID >> THE WORKHORSES WOULD BE THE POLICE CARS.
THE MODERN DAY POLICE CARS.
THEY GET A LOT OF USE.
OLD PICK UP TRUCKS SEEM TO BE USED A LOT.
>> ROB >> OR MAYBE SOMETHING A LITTLE HARDER TO COME BY >> DAVID >> JUST FINISHED A MOVIE AND WE NEEDED A 1950S, TWO 1950S GREYHOUND BUSES SO I HAD TO FIND THOSE.
>> NOT ONE BUT TWO?
>> TWO.
I DID FIND THEM AND WE GOT THEM DOWN HERE AND USED THEM IN THE MOVIE.
>> WHERE DID YOU FIND THOSE?
>> WELL, ONE OF THEM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
THE OTHER ONE IN ILLINOIS.
>> ROB >> DAVID TRAVELS ALL OVER LOOKING FOR VEHICLES TO ADD TO HIS MOVIE FLEET.
HE HAS 150 OF THEM OR SO RIGHT NOW.
HE OWNS EVERYTHING FROM GREMLINS TO LEMONS, TO TAXI CABS.
>> DAVID >> I BOUGHT THAT FROM AN ESTATE SALE IN COLUMBIA.
>> TENNESSEE?
>> COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, RIGHT.
WE DROVE IT BACK FROM COLUMBIA.
IT HADN'T BEEN STARTED IN 11 YEARS AND WE GOT IT RUNNING DOWN THERE.
DIDN'T TAKE MUCH BUT GOT IT RUNNING AND MADE IT ALMOST BACK HOME.
>> ALMOST.
>> YES, ALMOST BACK HOME.
>> THAT'S A STORY THERE.
>> AND THE POINTS CLOSED UP ON IT SO YES, WE HAD TO GET SOME POINTS AND PUT BACK IN IT.
MADE IT THE REST OF THE WAY HOME.
>> THERE YOU GO.
ROB >> WHICH IS WHY IT'S A VERY GOOD THING THAT DAVID LIKES TO WORK ON CARS.
HE KEEPS ALL OF HIS VEHICLES WORKING, ALTHOUGH WHAT THE CARS LOOK LIKE IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.
>> DAVID >> NO, THE OUTSIDE A LOT OF THEM IS WHAT THEY LIKE TO SEE ON CAMERA, PATINA, RUST, AGE, VERY SELDOM DO I USE REALLY NICE CARS ONSET.
>> ROB >> YES, I GUESS IT'S MORE LIKE A CHARACTER KIND OF THING, RIGHT?
>> DAVID >> THAT'S CORRECT, CHARACTER.
>> SO, RUSTED AND DENTED IS GOOD, BUT SOMETIMES HIS CARS DON'T EXACTLY GET THE PAMPERED STAR TREATMENT ON THE SET.
>> DAVID >> WE DID THE MOVIE DEADLINE AND WE HAD A '67 PONTIAC LEMANS AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WRECK IT.
WE ACTUALLY DID DO SOME RAMMING INTO THE BACK OF IT AND TORE IT UP A LITTLE BIT BUT NOT BAD.
>> ROB >> SO THE SHOT WHERE IT WAS WRECKED, IT WASN'T THE SAME CAR OBVIOUSLY OR DID YOU SEE IT ACTUALLY GET WRECKED.
>> YES, SAW IT ACTUALLY GET WRECKED.
>> OH, SO YOU DID WRECK IT.
>> WE DID WRECK IT BUT I PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND NOW I'M USING IT AGAIN.
DIDN'T WANT TO BREAK A WINDOW.
ONE OF THE PICK UP TRUCKS --.
>> WHICH TRUCK?
LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT 15 TRUCKS SO DID THEY CHOOSE ONE YET?
>> ROB >> I GUESS YOU'D TAKE SPECIAL ORDERS, RIGHT?
PEOPLE CALL AND SAY HEY I NEED A MILK TRUCK FROM 1935 OR SOMETHING.
>> RIGHT.
THEN I HAVE TO FIND IT.
>> COULD YOU?
>> YES.
I CAN GET YOU A MILK TRUCK FROM 1935 IF YOU NEED ONE.
>> ROB >> YOU THINK YOU COULD, HUH?
>> DAVID >> I KNOW I COULD.
>> ROB >> YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.
>> YES.
>> ROB >> GOLLY MOSES YOU'RE GOOD.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY OBSCURE THING.
>> NO.
>> ROB >> IF DAVID DOESN'T HAVE THE VEHICLE YOU NEED RIGHT HERE ON HIS FARM --.
>> DAVID >> THAT WOULD BE A NICE RENT A TRUCK RIGHT THERE.
>> ROB >> HE CAN FIND IT FOR YOU.
>> DAVID >> THE INTERNET IS A BIG HELP.
WORD OF MOUTH.
I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ON SOME FILM SHOOTS WHERE I HAVE MET THE PEOPLE AND THEY HAD AN OLD TRUCK THAT WAS IN THEIR BACKYARD AND WE WORKED OUT A DEAL ON THAT SO I HAVE PICKED THEM UP DIFFERENT PLACES.
>> ROB >> LIKE A LOT OF SHOW BUSINESS DAVID'S WORK IS NOT ALL GLITZ AND GLAMOUR BUT STILL IT'S PERFECT FOR DAVID.
>> DAVID >> I LOVE THE FILM INDUSTRY, YES.
I LOVE THE FILM INDUSTRY AND I KNEW I WASN'T NEVER GOING TO BE AN ACTOR SO I WOUND UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA.
>> ROB >> WELL, YOU PROBABLY ARE WORKING MORE THAN MOST OF THE ACTORS I KNOW SO --.
>> DAVID >> VERY TRUE.
>> ROB >> SO THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT YOU MUST LIKE CARS A LOT, TOO.
>> DAVID >> I DO, YES I DO.
I HAVE LIKED CARS SINCE CHILDHOOD.
ALWAYS HAD A NICE CAR THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN I WENT UM, STARTED RACING NASCAR, RACE CARS.
>> OH, DID YOU?
>> DAVID >> IN THE 80S.
GOT OUT OF THAT AND RESTORED SOME CARS.
THAT LED INTO THE BUSINESS OF PICTURE CARS.
>> ROB >> YES, AND HOW OFTEN THESE DAYS ARE THE CLASSIC CARS THE BEST PART OF A MOVIE?
THE PART PROVIDED BY DAVID TINSLEY, AND THE BUMPER CROP HE PRODUCES AT HIS RAGTOP PICTURE CAR FARM IN LEBANON.
♪ >> THANKS A BUNCH, ROB.
IN MOST OF OUR CROSSROADS STORIES, WE INTRODUCE YOU TO PEOPLE, PLACES AND SUCH THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ENCOUNTER PERSONALLY.
WELL, MAYBE NOT THIS TIME ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE ON THE JOB.
YOU SEE, THEY'RE CRIME FIGHTING DOGS ACTUALLY AND TAMMI ARENDER WENT TO A NASHVILLE SCHOOL WHERE THEY LEARN TO USE THEIR SUPER SENSE OF SMELL.
>> DAVID >> OKAY, DOING WHEEL WELL TO WHEEL WELL.
♪ GOOD GIRL.
>> IF I COULD BOTTLE THAT.
THE REWARD IS WHAT DRIVES THE BEHAVIOR.
>> TAMMIE >> DAVID FROST HAS BEEN TRAINING DOGS SINCE 1966.
>> COME TO THE OTHER SIDE.
LET HIM WORK.
THERE YOU GO.
>> TAMMIE >> HE STARTED IN THE AIR FORCE IN GERMANY.
>> WATCH YOUR DOG, WATCH YOUR DOG.
>> TAMMIE >> HE'S BEEN TRAINING FOR THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY SINCE 1996.
>> GOOD BOY.
MAKE ME SMILE.
>> FROST IS STARTING A NEW CLASS OF K-9 HANDLERS AND THEIR TWO AND A HALF MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM.
>> DAVID >> THE CLASS THAT WE'RE IN NOW IS A DRUG DETECTOR CLASS.
THAT'S 10 WEEKS.
THE HANDLER AND THE DOG GO THROUGH FIVE DAYS A WEEK, EIGHT HOURS A DAY WE GO THROUGH THE CLASS.
WHEN THE DOG IS CERTIFIED, ONCE IT'S COMPLETED AND MET THE REQUIREMENTS, THEN IT HAS TO HAVE IN SERVICE TRAINING OF 16 HOURS PER MONTH.
THIS DOG HAS TO GO THROUGH IN SERVICE WITH THE HANDLER.
TWO OR MORE HANDLERS WILL GET TOGETHER AND I HIDE DRUGS FOR YOU AND YOU HIDE DRUGS FOR ME TYPE OF THING AND THEN ONCE A YEAR MINIMUM THEY'LL COME TO ME.
>> TAMMIE >> FROST SAYS SEVERAL BREEDS WORK WELL AS DRUG OR BOMB SNIFFING ANIMALS.
OCCASIONALLY A SHELTER RESCUE DOG WILL BE UP TO THE TASK BECAUSE ALL DOGS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SMELL AND ANALYZE DIFFERENT ODORS.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1000 AND 10, 000 TIMES BETTER THAN HUMANS BUT IT COMES DOWN TO THE DOG'S DISPOSITION.
>> DAVID >> WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS A SPECIFIC SET OF BEHAVIORS.
WHAT WE CALL DRIVE.
OFFICIALLY THEY CALL IT PREY DRIVE.
IT'S P-R-E-Y, WHERE THEY ARE CHASING AFTER PREY WE LOOK FOR THAT INNATE BEHAVIOR.
WE DO THAT BY CHASING A BALL, SEEING HOW THE DOG CHASES THE BALL AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW INTENSE THE DOG IS WHEN HE'S CHASING THE BALL.
>> TAMMIE >> FROM OUTDOORS TO INDOORS, DRUGS ARE HIDDEN IN A VARIETY OF SPACES.
FROM WHEEL WELLS TO WAREHOUSES LIKE IN REAL LIFE, DRUGS CAN BE HIDDEN ANYWHERE.
>> DAVID >> THE DOGS HAVE LEARNED TO SEARCH COMPLETE VEHICLES, NUMEROUS COMPLETE VEHICLES AND ALSO LEARNED WHAT WE CALL THE BIG FOUR.
THEY'LL NOW HUNT FOR, LOCATE AND RESPOND TO MARIJUANA, COCAIN HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINE.
>> TAMMIE >> AFTER JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS THE K-9'S REMEMBER WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THAT REWARD.
>> GOOD GIRL.
>> THE ANIMALS HAVE NO CLUE THEY'RE HELPING TO GET DRUGS OFF THE STREET.
THEY JUST KNOW THEY GET THEIR TOY WHEN THEY FIND THE DRUGS AND GIVE THE PROPER RESPONSE.
AND, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO LET GO.
>> COMMAND NATS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BREEDS USED IN TENNESSEE IS THE BELGIUM MALINOIS.
THAT'S WHAT TROOPER SEAN BOYD OF THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL HAS.
THIS EXCITABLE GIRL IS NAMED ONYA.
SHE'S CONSIDERED A MEMBER OF BOYD'S FAMILY AND SHE LOVES HER JOB.
>> SEAN >> SHE KNOWS WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING SHE CAN HEAR ME MOVING IN THE HOUSE.
SHE'LL START BARKING.
SHE GETS EXCITED AND WHEN I GET READY TO GO TO WORK AND START THE TRUCK SHE'LL THEN KNOW IT'S TIME TO GO.
SHE FIGURED OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY WORK VEHICLE AND MY PERSONAL VEHICLE AND WHAT THE SOUND IS AND SHE KNOWS WHEN MY TRUCK, THE WORK VEHICLE STARTS UP, THAT SHE'S GOING TO WORK WITH ME.
DAVID >> I WANT TO YOU CALM DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR SEARCH.
>> TAMMIE >> SINCE DAY ONE, ONYA'S TRAINING IS DOCUMENTED, HOW WELL SHE LEARNED, HOW ACCURATE AT DETECTING DRUGS SHE IS.
THAT DOCUMENTATION WILL BE IMPORTANT DOWN THE ROAD.
>> DAVID >> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ONE TRYING TO SHOW WE TOOK DUE CARE IN MAKING THIS THE MOST PRECISE ANIMAL THAT'S POSSIBLE, UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE ANIMALS AND THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS PERFECTION.
WE STILL WANT THEM TO MAINTAIN A PROFICIENCY RATE OF 90% OR BETTER.
>> TAMMIE >> BESIDES DRUG DETECTION FROST ALSO TRAINS THE ATTACK DOGS AND BOMB SNIFFERS.
THEY MAY NOT BE CALLED UPON TO USE THOSE SKILLS ON A REGULAR BASIS BUT WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED THEY BETTER BE READY.
>> DAVID >> YOU KNOW I WAS ASKED ONE TIME, HOW MANY BOMB DOGS DO WE NEED AND I SAID YOU KNOW I REALLY DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT TODAY WE MIGHT HAVE FIVE OF THEM SITTING AROUND DOING NOTHING BUT IN FIVE MINUTES YOUR TELEPHONE COULD RING AND FIVE TIMES THAT MANY WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH SO YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.
>> TAMMIE >> FROST HELPS TRAIN THE K-9 CRIME FIGHTERS FOR ALL DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WITH EACH ONE, HE KNOWS HE'S MAKING AN INVESTMENT, NOT ONLY IN THE DOG BUT THE OFFICER.
GIVING HIM AND HIS TAIL WAGGING GRADUATES A FEELING OF PRIDE AND GIVING US A BETTER NIGHTS SLEEP, KNOWING THESE GUYS ARE ON THE STREETS.
>> GOOD GIRL!
GOOD GIRL!
>> WELL FINALLY IT'S ONE THING TO PRESERVE YOUR COMMUNITY'S HISTORY THROUGH WORDS AND PICTURES.
QUITE ANOTHER TO LITERALLY BRING THAT HISTORY BACK TO LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT SOME AMBITIOUS PEOPLE IN A WEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY ARE UP TO AND SUSAN WATSON IS GOING TO TAKE US BACK MANY DECADES TO A PLACE CALLED GREEN FROG VILLAGE.
♪ >> SUSAN >> IT SEEMS THAT THE WORLD IS CHANGING FASTER THAN WE CAN KEEP UP WITH SOMETIMES THESE DAYS, AND PIECES OF OUR PAST JUST SLIP AWAY.
BUT JOHN FREEMAN IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF TURN OF THE CENTURY WEST TENNESSEE.
>> JOHN >> GREEN FROG CAME TO BE BECAUSE OF MY INTEREST IN HISTORY, AND THEN HERE IN WEST TENNESSEE I WAS, I BUILT THE HOUSE OUT OF OLD LOGS WHERE WE LIVE.
AND THAT GOT TO BE KIND OF AN OBSESSION, THE MORE LOGS YOU HAD THE MORE YOU FIND AND SO I WOULD BUILD ANOTHER LOG BARN AND FINALLY I HAD A LOG BARN THAT I COULDN'T PUT IN MY YARD SO I PUT IT OVER HERE.
THEN THAT GREW INTO A VILLAGE SO THEN AFTER WE GOT STARTED, THE VISION OF A RURAL SOUTHERN TOWN, ANTIQUE TOWN, CAME INTO BEING, SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW.
>> SUSAN >> THE NAME GREEN FROG IS BORROWED FROM A LOCAL COUNTRY STORE BUILT BACK IN THE 1920S.
JOHN FREEMAN'S GREEN FROG VILLAGE SPREADS OUT ACROSS A FORMER COTTON FIELD AND IS OFTEN SO SERENE THAT IT'S EASY TO IMAGINE YOU HAVE JUST BEEN TRANSPORTED 100 YEARS BACK IN TIME.
TO A QUIET, SUNDAY MORNING, BEFORE ANYONE IN TOWN HAS STIRRED.
AT OTHER TIMES, THE VILLAGE IS ALIVE WITH THE SHRIEKS AND LAUGHTER OF DOZENS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AS HISTORY COMES TO LIFE BEFORE THEIR EYES.
AFTER SHELLING CORN IN THE BLACKSMITH SHOP, THIS FIRST GRADE CLASS FROM SAINT MARY'S LEARNS WHAT SCHOOL WAS LIKE WHEN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL FIT INTO ONE ROOM.
VISITORS ARE FREE TO WALK THE GROUNDS, EXPLORE THE BUILDINGS AND LEARN WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE HERE A CENTURY AGO.
THEN, TAKE A BREAK IN JA-JA'S CAFE FOR LUNCH OR SOME HOMEMADE ICE CREAM AND SOUTHERN FRIED PIES, MADE WITH BLACKBERRIES AND BLUEBERRIES GROWN ON JOHN'S FAMILY FARM.
NOW, NOT COUNTING THE FRIED PIES OF COURSE, JOHN IS PARTIAL TO A THING OR TWO HERE IN GREEN FROG.
>> JOHN >> TWO OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MY FAVORITE, ONE IS THE COUNTRY CHURCH AND THAT WAS A LITTLE METHODIST CHURCH, ONE OF THE EARLIEST CHURCHES IN WEST TENNESSEE.
AMAZING GRACE >> VERY ACTIVE CHURCH AT ONE TIME BUT THEN DUE TO DEMOGRAPHICS THEY CLOSED AND SO THEY DONATED THE CHURCH TO GREEN FROG AND WE RESTORED IT AND USE IT FOR A WEDDING CHAPEL AND THERE'S A LITTLE CHURCH THAT MEETS THERE ACTUALLY EVER SINCE WE MOVED IT.
ANOTHER ONE IS THE COTTON GIN.
OF COURSE THE COTTON GIN WAS THE CENTER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COTTON GROWING AREA OF WEST TENNESSEE.
CAME FROM AMWAY, ALABAMA, 250 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF US.
A MAN DOWN THERE HEARD WE WERE LOOKING FOR A GIN FOR A MUSEUM AND HE DONATED, URBAN EKMAN DONATED IT.
HIS GRANDFATHER BUILT IT AND IT WAS SITTING IN HIS BACKYARD SO IT'S ALMOST PERFECTLY PRESERVED, 1915 MODEL COTTON GIN.
>> SUSAN >> JOHN'S GOOD FRIEND, JERRY WILSON, HELPED FIND AND RELOCATE THE GIN.
ARE YOU HOPING GET THIS RUNNING?
>> WELL, WE HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET IT TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE YESTERDAY ANYHOW.
>> SUSAN >> JERRY GREW UP AROUND A SIMILAR GIN THAT HIS FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED.
HE SAID WHILE MODERN GINS PROCESS 50 TO 100 BALES OF COTTON AN HOUR, THIS MAMMOTH MACHINE, A MARVEL IN ITS DAY, TURNED OUT TWO OR THREE BALES AN HOUR.
THESE TONS OF WOOD AND STEEL BRING BACK MANY MEMORIES FOR JERRY.
>> JERRY >> BITTERSWEET.
HARD WORK.
LITTLE REWARD BUT I'M PROUD TO SEE IT PRESERVED.
>> SUSAN >> WHILE THE COTTON GIN SITS IN MAJESTIC SILENCE, A SHORT WALK AWAY, A ROOM IS FILLED WITH THE RHYTHMIC SOUNDS OF A PRINTING PRESS AND THE CLICKING KEYS OF A LINOTYPE IN GREEN FROG'S PRINT SHOP.
>> JOHN >> EVERY LITTLE TOWN IN EARLY AMERICA, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY DID WAS TO SET UP A PRINT SHOP BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO PRINT NOTICES AND WANTED PICTURES FOR THE POST OFFICE OR WHATEVER, AND SO A PRINT SHOP WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST THINGS, EVERY LITTLE TOWN HAD A PRINT SHOP.
WE HAVE GOT A WORKING LINOTYPE MACHINE, A 100 YEAR OLD MACHINE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY REVOLUTIONIZED PRINTING AS SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE GUTTENBERG PRESS DID.
THEN ON A RECENT TRIP TO SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE I WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL, I WENT TO A LITTLE TOWN WHERE I DID MY FIRST YEAR OF PRACTICE AND FOUND THERE AN ANTIQUE PRINT SHOP THAT WAS STILL LOCKED UP IN A BUILDING, ALL IN PERFECT SHAPE, AND THE MAN GAVE IT TO US SO WE MOVED IT HERE AND THAT'S WHERE THE LINOTYPE MACHINE CAME FROM.
LIKE JESSIE JAMES ROBERTS, THE LINOTYPE OPERATOR CAME BY ONE DAY AND HEARD WE HAD A LINOTYPE MACHINE AND WANTED TO LOOK AT IT AND NOW HE'S GOT IT RUNNING.
THAT'S HOW THINGS WORK IN GREEN FROG.
IF YOU'RE PATIENT SOMETIMES YOUR DREAM COMES TO PASS.
>> SUSAN >> JOHN FREEMAN IS PATIENT, BUT ALSO ACTIVELY DETERMINED TO BRING TO FRUITION HIS DREAM OF SAVING WEST TENNESSEE'S PAST FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, TO ENJOY.
>> JOHN >> THIS WILL BE A PLACE WHERE MUCH HISTORY IS SAVED.
MUCH OF THE HISTORY WE HAVE OUT HERE, IF WE HADN'T CAPTURED THAT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE SCRAP HEAP.
THE PERSON GETS A GREAT DEAL OF SATISFACTION OUT OF SEEING HOW THINGS LOOK AND THE BEAUTY OF THE VILLAGE AND THEN TO REMEMBER THE STRUGGLE THAT IT TOOK TO BRING THAT ABOUT.
♪ >> WELL, WITH THAT WE PUT THE LID ON ANOTHER EDITION OF TENNESSEE CROSSROADS.
OF COURSE YOU'RE ALWAYS INVITED TO VISIT TENNESSEECROSSROADS.ORG AND REVISIT SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE OLD STORIES.
NOW, FOR SOMETHING NEW, NEXT WEEK, GRETCHEN BATES IS IN CUMBERLAND GAP TO VISIT THE OLD MILL B&B.
TAMMI ARENDER HEADS TO WATERTOWN HOME OF WALKER CREEK TOFFEE.
WE GO TO JACKSON WITH KEN WILSHIRE TO DISCOVER A MOVING STORY ABOUT PRESERVATION.
FINALLY WE GO TO LASCASSAS WHERE ROB WILDS MEETS A TALENTED PINSTRIPE ARTIST.
ITS GONNA TO BE A GOOD ONE, OUR NEXT TENNESSEE CROSSROADS.
AND AS ALWAYS YOU'RE INVITED.
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