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Secure your Internet of Things
T                                                                                               Security tips
        he Instant Pot, a pressure cooker,     system gives up a little bit of their internet
        is one of the most popular small       bandwidth to this network. Instead of a
        kitchen appliances of recent years.    smart home, Sidewalk can create a smart          for IoT devices
Naturally, there’s a model capable of          neighborhood.
connecting to the internet via Wi-Fi — an         Amazon released a detailed white paper        • Change the device’s default pass-
example of the Internet of Things, or IoT.     outlining the system’s security features.          word. Consider a different device if
                                                                                                  instructions for changing the pass-
   Smart thermostats, door locks and           And while security experts have been
                                                                                                  word aren’t readily available.
security cameras are just a few devices on     quoted praising the company’s efforts, oth-
the IoT spectrum. Refrigerators, toys and      ers have expressed concern about privacy         • Long passwords — as long as possible
a range of whimsical gadgets are all on the    and the potential for hackers to target the        — work best. Make them unique to
bandwagon. And businesses and industry,        system. Amazon Sidewalk can be turned              each IoT device.
including agriculture, manufacturing and       off in the settings section of the company’s
                                                                                                • Many IoT devices connect to smart-
medicine, take advantage of connected          smartphone app.
                                                                                                  phone apps. Take a few minutes to
devices.                                          As IoT devices proliferate and offer
                                                                                                  understand the permissions granted
   Like the connected Instant Pot, which       new, practical ways to leverage the power          to these apps. An internet search will
lets a cook control it via a smartphone app,   of the internet, knowledge and a few               help here, too.
IoT devices provide convenience, useful        practical security steps can offset possible
data and new ways of using technology.         risks. In the past, the FBI noted the need       • If possible, have a separate network
Cisco, a leader in networking systems,         for IoT caution. “Unsecured devices can            for devices, such as an internet-con-
estimates that more than 75 billion such       allow hackers a path into your router, giv-        nected refrigerator and a laptop
devices will be in use by 2025.                ing the bad guy access to everything else          containing sensitive information.
   The utility of what is sometimes            on your home network that you thought            • Regularly update the devices, and
described as the fourth industrial revolu-     was secure,” Beth Anne Steele wrote for            turn off automatic updates.
tion is balanced by the need for mindful       the Portland FBI office. 
caution. These devices offer people with
bad intent potential doorways into private
homes and businesses that use the inter-
net-dependent gadgets.
   Meanwhile, companies are finding
new ways of leveraging these systems.
One example is Amazon Sidewalk,
which rolled out earlier this year. Here’s
how Amazon described the innovation:
“Amazon Sidewalk is a shared network
that helps devices like Amazon Echo,
Ring security cameras, outdoor lights and
motion sensors work better at home and
beyond the front door.”
   Essentially, Sidewalk links your
Amazon devices to those of your neigh-
bors through a specialized network.
Why? Well, imagine your internet goes
down while you’re out of town, making
your security-focused Ring Doorbell
useless. With Sidewalk, however, your
internet-connected doorbell would keep
right on working, relying on the internet
connections of your neighbors to power
the system. Everyone on the Sidewalk

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FROM THE CEO

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    Working around the clock for you                                                                     MAY/JUNE 2021                        VOL. 8, NO. 3

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                                                                                                         The Foothills Connection is a bimonthly
                                                                                                         newsletter published by Foothills
        ust a few months ago, in this very magazine, I described                                         Communications, ©2021. It is distributed
        looking forward to a bright start to the new year. I imagine                                     without charge to all customers of the
                                                                                                         company.
        that, like me, many of you were hoping for a warmer
    welcome to 2021 than the severe weather that struck our area in
    February.
                                   The trouble started on the 11th with the first of two ice storms.
                                Our employees are no strangers to working in icy conditions, and
                                they set to work making repairs and rebuilding parts of our system
                                where fallen trees brought lines down. But before they could even
                                complete that work, a second ice storm hit on the 15th.                  Foothills is a member-owned cooperative
                                                                                                         that has been serving residents and
                                   That one-two punch left about 80% of our customers without
                                                                                                         businesses in eastern Kentucky since 1951.
                                service. With hundreds of trees down, many people were cut off
                                                                                                         In the early days, we only offered telephone
                                and without power for weeks. Where trees hadn’t taken out service
                                                                                                         service over copper wires. Over the years,
                                lines, they had fallen across roads. Some of our team members cut
                                                                                                         we have expanded our network and now
    RUTH CONLEY                 their way out from their own homes before they could even report         provide broadband internet and cable TV
    Chief Executive Officer to their designated work areas.
                                                                                                         services over fiber optic facilities to much
                                   As if that wasn’t enough,                                             of our service area, which includes Magoffin
                                less than two weeks later our                                            County and portions of Johnson County and
    service area was struck again, this time by a major flood                                            Lawrence County. We love being part of the
    on the 27th. Some of our poles were washed out by the                                                communities we serve. Our customers are
    waters or mudslides. Other areas where repairs had been                                              our families, friends and neighbors.
    ongoing were suddenly inaccessible due to the flooding.
    And with the heavy rainfall saturating the ground, even
    more trees came down, bringing service lines with them
    and making it still harder for crews to get where they                                               Foothills Communications
    were needed.                                                                                         P.O. Box 240
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       Suffice to say, February was a trying month. For parts
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    of our system, repairs even stretched well into April.                                               www.foothills.net
    I really want to stress how proud I am of the way our                                                606-297-3501
    cooperative came through it all. We truly appreciate
    your patience and understanding during this difficult
    period, particularly those of you in the northern part of our system who were hit hardest.           Foothills Mission Statement
       I would also like to take a moment to give a special shoutout to our employees, who worked        “To provide the latest in
    incredibly long hours to restore service for their neighbors. They did so without complaint.
                                                                                                         communications at affordable
    It may not be apparent when you are stuck at home waiting for internet and phone service to
                                                                                                         prices with exceptional service.”
                                              be restored, but these outages take a toll on our entire
                                              team.
                                                 From the day of the first ice storm to the moment
                                              service was fully restored, our employees spent weeks      Produced for Foothills Communications by:
                                              working overtime to get our customers back online.
                                              They put in close to 100-hour workweeks, often get-
                                              ting only enough sleep to wake up and get right back
                                              to making repairs. Even now, after service has been
                                              restored, we continue to make repairs to parts of our      On the Cover:
                                              system that are not back to where they need to be.                              Bekah Rudd and
                                                 So if you know one of our employees or you see                               Patricia Frazier, of the
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                                              each member of our team makes every day to keep us                              See story Page 12.
                                              all connected. 

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TRAVEL

    Marvelous vistas
                                                                                               about the hotel’s glorious heyday. But
                                                                                               people continue to come to see the mag-
                                                                                               nificent gardens tended by Mother Nature.
                                                                                               Sometimes too many people, Kelley adds,
    Rhododendron make summertimes scenic                                                       so he offers a suggestion should you go.
    Story by ANNE P. BRALY
                                                                                                  “South of Carver’s Gap is an area

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                                                                                               known as the Rhododendron Gardens,
              limb to the top of Roan Mountain,   the flora and fauna. In 1794, Andre          which you can drive to, park and hike
              a 5-mile ridgetop along the         Micheaux discovered alpine species rarely    from there,” he says. “There is a small
              Appalachian Trail, in the month     found outside of the New England and         user fee you have to pay to enter the
    of June, and something magical happens.       Canadian latitudes. Five years later, John   area, but it is well worth it. That area is
    The view, normally green with vegetation,     Fraser hiked up the mountain, collecting     accessed by turning south at Carver’s
    turns into a blanket of crimson as the        specimens of rhododendron and noting         Gap.”
    rhododendron opens in full bloom.             the existence of the fir tree we now know       Bauer’s attachment to “The Roan,” as
       “The views are spectacular — and that’s    as the Fraser fir. And yet another early     she calls it, began in college when she
    an understatement,” says Keith Kelley,        explorer was Elisha Mitchell, for whom       was a student at East Tennessee State
    ranger for the Cherokee National Forest,      Mount Mitchell is named.                     University. Her botany professor intro-
    Watauga District.                               But it wasn’t until the magnificent        duced her to The Roan, and the rest, as
       It’s this view that people have been       Cloudland Hotel opened high atop Roan        they say, is history. She’s now been with
    traveling to experience for generations,      Mountain that it became known to the         Tennessee State Parks for 38 years, the
    according to Jennifer Bauer. She is the       general public and word of its rhododen-     first 21 of which were spent working as
    author of three books about Roan Moun-        dron — the largest proliferation of wild     an interpretive ranger at Roan Mountain
    tain. The most recent is “Roan Mountain:      rhododendron in the world — spread           State Park. The position enabled her to
    A Passage of Time.”                           across the South and beyond. Today, little   conduct research in an effort to learn more
       As early as the 1700s, botanists made      remains of the Cloudland other than a for-   about the natural history of The Roan and
    their way up the mountain range to study      est service marker providing information     its people. Bauer is now the park ranger
                                                                                               at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in
                                                                                               Elizabethton, Tennessee.
                                                                                                  Roan’s highlands, which reach up to
           Where does Roan Mountain get its name?                                              6,285 feet at its peak, is where you’ll find
           Some say the name refers to the reddish color of the mountain when                  the Rhododendron Gardens — toward the
           rhododendron comes into bloom in early summer or when the mountain                  west end of the highlands at the end of
           ash berries appear in autumn. But, according to the United States                   a U.S. Forest Service road that turns off
           Department of Agriculture, there’s another theory. Some say it comes                from Carver’s Gap at the North Carolina/
           from Daniel Boone’s roan-colored horse, because the man and his horse               Tennessee state line.
           were frequent visitors to the area.                                                    “When they are in full bloom, you see
                                                                                               a sea of crimson flowers in areas where
                                                                                               there are not many spruce and fir trees
                                                                                               popping up among them,” Bauer says.
                                                                                               “But even with the trees, it’s a beautiful
                                                                                               sight. In other areas of the mountain,
                                                                                               you’ll walk through areas that are in dif-
                                                                                               ferent stages of transition between balds
                                                                                               to forests. In these areas the rhododendron
                                                                                               reaches for the sun and blooms among the
                                                                                               spruce and firs. All of these unique habi-
                                                                                               tats present a feeling of great beauty and a
                                                                                               sense of visiting an enchanted forest.”
                                                                                                  Any time of year is worth visiting,
                                                                                               Kelley notes. “But in June, the rhododen-
                                                                                               dron are in bloom, along with some of the
                                                                                               other vegetation, which offers incredible,
                                                                                               breathtaking scenery.” 

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Grow it yourself                                                 Balding
Rhododendron grows best in cooler climates and acidic
                                                                 The Appalachian Trail travels
soil — definitely not the hard-packed red clay found
                                                                 along the highest ridges of the
throughout the South. There are hybrid varieties, though,
                                                                 Roan Mountain range, which
that have been developed for the southern garden. But
                                                                 separates Tennessee and
that’s no guarantee they will survive. Rhododendrons do
                                                                 North Carolina. A portion of the
not like high heat and wet soil. However, if you’re willing to
                                                                 highlands is a red spruce and
try, here are some tips from Southern Living.
                                                                 Fraser fir forest. Other areas
                                                                 of The Roan are described as
• Start with heat-tolerant plants.
                                                                 “bald” communities. Just as the
• Pay attention to the soil and have it tested for acidity.
                                                                 name implies, balds are areas
  Also, plant your rhododendron in an area that drains
                                                                 on mountaintops where the
  quickly and contains lots of organic matter, such as
                                                                 forest ends and thick vegetation
  chopped dead leaves, cow manure and ground bark.
                                                                 of native grasses and/or
  Again, no clay.
                                                                 shrubs begins. One of the most
• If your ground is flat, plant the rhododendron in a
                                                                 popular areas along the entire
  raised bed.
                                                                 Appalachian Trail from Maine to
• Finally, choose a location that is lightly shaded in the
                                                                 Georgia is the portion that crosses
  afternoon and shielded from strong winds.
                                                                 the balds of Roan Mountain, says
                                                                 Jennifer Bauer, former ranger at
                                                                 Roan Mountain State Park and a
                                                                 board member of Friends of Roan
                                                                 Mountain.

                                                                 How the balds developed is
                                                                 anyone’s guess, but scientists now
                                                                 believe they may have formed
                                                                 during the last ice age when
                                                                 constant winds and freezing
                                                                 temperatures caused trees to
                                                                 make a hasty retreat down the
                                                                 mountaintop. Mammoths and
                                                                 other beasts acted as Mother
                                                                 Nature’s personal weed eaters,
                                                                 keeping the balds grazed. Now
                                                                 that the woolly beasts are gone
                                                                 and temperatures have warmed,
                                                                 balds are beginning to grow
                                                                 some “hair.” But Roan Mountain’s
                                                                 balds still shine. Among the most
                                                                 popular are the balds starting at
                                                                 Carver’s Gap and going north.
                                                                 They are, in order:
                                                                 •   Round Bald
                                                                 •   Jane Bald
                                                                 •   Grassy Ridge
                                                                 •   Yellow Mountain
                                                                 •   Little Hump Mountain
                                                                 •   Hump Mountain

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    Bram Christien Clevinger — JCHS              Kiana Abigail Heuser — JCHS                     Cody Douglas Murphy — JCHS                Nathaniel Bryce Granville Spencer — JCHS
    Joshua Joe Trenton Click — JCHS              Savannah Kay Hines — JCHS                       Courtney Alexis Music — JCHS              Chelsey Raye Spradlin — JCHS
    Emily Brooke Cole — JCHS                     Susanna Renee Hines — JCHS                      Ethan Ray Music — JCHS                    Matthew Shayne Spradlin — JCHS
    Alexus Jade Collins — JCHS                   Eric Dwayne Hitchcock — JCHS                    Payton Micheal Mynhier — JCHS             Toby Lee Spriggs — JCHS
    Jayden Riley Collins — JCHS                  Luke Ryan Hitchcock — JCHS                      Nathaniel Mark Narendrakumar — JCHS       Ashley Nicole Stambaugh — JCHS
    Keara Abigail Collins — JCHS                 Katelyn Brooke Hohenecker — JCHS                Nathaniel Jay Newsome — JCHS              Emma Jane-Ellen Stamper — JCHS
    Bo Devery Lee Collins — Eagle Academy        John Tyler Holbrook — JCHS                      Kylee Reese Newsome — Eagle Academy       Natalie Grace Stapleton — JCHS
    Emma Brooke Collins — Eagle Academy          Savanna Grace Holbrook — JCHS                   Allyson Brooke Obrian — Eagle Academy     Nicholas Alexander Stapleton — JCHS
    Keara Abigail Collins — Eagle Academy        Kevin Michael Hopson — JCHS                     James Paul Osborne — JCHS                 Jordan Ryan Tackett — JCHS
    Clayton Matthew Colvin — JCHS                Ryan Douglas Howard — JCHS                      Lacie Mckae Osborne — JCHS                William Jordan Tackett — JCHS
    Donald Keith Colvin — JCHS                   Alexander William Howard — Eagle Academy        Ivy Rain Parks — JCHS                     Emilee Allison Tackett — Eagle Academy

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    Jordan Kyler Thomas — JCHS                 Abigail Grace Akers            Tiffany Renee Mullett            Jamie Burchett            Austin Nipper
    Charity Nevaeh Thoms — JCHS                Calvin Akers                   Robert Lee Muncy                 Jenny Caldwell            D. Walker Patrick
    Chloe Elizabeth Vanhoose — JCHS            Easton Grant Bevins            Madison Elizabeth Nelson         Presley Caldwell          Mckayla Patrick
    Cory Alexander Vanhoose — JCHS             Dwayne Anthony Bishop          Whitney Elizabeth New            C. Brady Cantrell         Nick Patrick
    Bradley Shane Vanhoose — Eagle Academy     Elijah Wade Blackburn          Kaley Jo Alexis Osborne          Kiley Carty               Laurel Olivia Pelphrey
    Angel Sue Ward — JCHS                      Breanna Nicole Blevins         Mason Anthony Pack               Terry Cobern              Conner Pennington
    Grant Arron Lee Ward — JCHS                Erikka Blevins                 Kiersten Dawn Pannell            Jaden Coleman             Aaron Perkins
    Joseph Dylan Ward — JCHS                   Corrina Sueann Bowen           Aiden Quinn Parker               Trenton Coleman           Justin Perkins
    Rachel Adrianna Ward — JCHS                Jessie Bowen                   Evan Layne Parker                Stephanie Collinsworth    Kathrine Perkins
    Joseph Dylan Ward — Eagle Academy          Jonah Bowen                    Herbie Edward Parks              Hailey Combs              David Landon Poe
    Joseph Blake Webb — Eagle Academy          Lauren Faith Bradley           Bailey Renae Peck                Destiny Compton           Katelin Poe
    Blake Austin Wells — JCHS                  Citori Rose Branham            Allison Perry                    Zachary Conley            Joseph Porter
    Tana Wells — JCHS                          Alyssa Lachae Brewer           Ebb Jacob Andrew Preece          Hadley Craft              Ethan Prewitt
    Zachary Christian Wells — JCHS             Lakyn Leeann Bryant            Logan Hunter Preece              Elijah Cunningham         Ian Prewitt
    Morgan Blair Wiley — Eagle Academy         Whitney Bryant                 Luke Mckinley Preece             Madison Dalton            K. Alex Puckett
    Adam James Williams — JCHS                 Rocky Allen Burchett           Breanna Nicole Preston           Morgan Damron             Haley Ratliff
    Hope Isabella Williams — JCHS              Michael Douglas Burke          Zachary Eli Randall              Sebastian Davis           Kyle Reed
    Alyssa Marie Willis — JCHS                 Emma Katheryn Caldwell         Hannah Sue Ratliff               Alyssa Fletcher           Ragina Reed
    Cameron David Willis — JCHS                Owen Grey Childers             Paul Evan Rawlings               Dalton Francis            Cody Rife
    Harley Cheyenne Witten — JCHS              Seth Cline                     Brody Lee Richmond               Jeffrey Gallion           Jacob Risner
    Logan Chase Woody — JCHS                   Shirley Mikell Coburn          Jayce Junior Rivera              Gabrielle Gambill         Tess Risner
    Cameron Scott Wright — JCHS                Desiree LaRee Cole             Stephen Lynn Robertson           Christian Gamble          Christina Rowe
    Cody Ryan Wright — Eagle Academy           Ethan Blake Coleman            Tristan Matthew Robertson        Natalie Gasparac          Grant Rudd
    Lucas Colby Wyatt — JCHS                   Angelina Grace Collins         Robert Benjamin Roe              Tyrell Gayheart           Levi Rudd
                                               Matthew Brent Collins          Kaylee Ann Runyons               Braxton Gayheart          Breianna Russell
                                               Nicholas Collinsworth          Ethan Cordale Salyer             Tommy Gipson              K. Paige Russell
    Paintsville High School                    Sarah Jo Parker Cook           Rex Alan Sammons                 Joshua Hall               Tarah Russell
    Ashton P. Adams                            Payton Cole Cooper             Jacob Gabriel Savage             Holly Handshoe            Ashley Salyer
    Brycen C. Allen                            Madison Shea Copley            Nicholas Richard Scarberry       Dawson Helton             Breanna Salyer
    Ann C. Baldwin                             Elizabeth Anne Coulter         Abagail Hope Sexton              Ethan Helton              Chloe Salyer
    Hannah A. Belcher                          Thomas Glenn Dalton            Kennedy Grace Sexton             Stephanie Helton          Isaiah Salyer
    Johnathan. Blackburn                       Jakob Christopher Daniels      Christopher Berman Skaggs        Aidan Holbrook            Cheyanne Saylor
    Callie M. Blair                            Brandon Lee Davis              Callie Victoria Paige Sleasman   Jason Holland             Mason Shepherd
    Rebecca M. Blair                           William Kyle Davis             Dustin Paul Spaulding            Austin Howard             Krista Slone
    Braden K. Branham                          Adam Dennison                  Shaunntae Dominique Sweeney      Caleb Howard              Jozlyn Smith
    Jerah K. Castle                            Tori Leeann Ellison            Andrew Ryan Tackett              Destiny Howard            Haley Smithers
    Rexford L. Castle                          Andrew Richard Evans            Trent Alexander Tackett         Gracie Howard             Kayla Sparks
    Trey W. Childers                           Daniel Falls                    Courtney Alexandria Tarring     Harley Howard             Brad Standifer
    Hallie M. Coleman                          Ethan Richard Fields            Haleigh Janea Thompson          Hunter Howard             Karlee Stewart
    Brayden C. Combs                           Allison Catherine Fissler       Kaleigh Diane Vaughn            Issabella Howard          Loegan Swiger
    Peyton M. Cornett                          Logan Paul Fissler              Britney Lynn Vinson             Jacob Howard              Bethany Tate
    Alexandria B. Fannin                       Johnny Allen Fitchpatrick       Jenna Sue Wallin                Jaden Alexis Howard       Travis Trusty
    Valerie J. George                          Autumn Brooke Fletcher          Joseph Carl Easton Warf         Kristian Logan Howard     Kandice Jade Watkins
    Ryan D. Gibson                             Christopher Blake Fletcher      Ellie Klaire Webb               Laken Howard              James Blake Whitaker
    Harrison T. Graden                         Jacob Matthew Fletcher          Emily Jane Webb                 M. Peyton Howard          Caleb Williams
    Devin C. Hall                              Blaize Lee Fowler               Jacob Kyle Webb                 Samuel Howard             Gabrial Williams
    Hadley G. Hardin                           Baden Clay Gillispie            Mark Andrew Webb                Tarren Hunley             Tameka Williams
    Shelby L. Hatfield                         Danny Wade Hall                 Joshua King Wells               Shakira Hunter            Ethan Wireman
    Byron P. Hopson                            Anastacia Jasmine Harczynski    Kirsten Denet Wells             John Hurd                 Autumn Wright
    Jake A. Hyden                              Jordan Blake Harper             Aubrey Victoria West            Billy Ingram
    Joshua L. Hyden                            Madison Michelle Harris         Logan Wade West                 Kenton Isaac              The Piarist School
    Cory M. Jefferson                          Beverly Ash Hayes               Dylan Robert Wheeler            Haley Jenkins             Aryn N. Dotson
    Mason K. Lovely                            James Andrew Hayes              Jamie Dallas Wheeler            Tyler Jenkins             Katie E. Hall
    Nathan D. Marsillett                       Hannah Elizabeth Hazlett        Conner Thomas Michael Whitt     Zachary Jenkins           Aaron Huynh
    Morgan T. McClure                          Tatiana E Higgins               Randall Ethan Whitt             Whitanie Jordan           Caleb B. Mullins
    Alivia B. Mollett                          Matthew Blake Hogan             Caleb Robert Thomas Wilburn     Brianna Joseph            Emma R. Stewart
    Kendra L. Mollette                         Alexis Holbrook                 Preston Elizabeth Williams      Hailey Joseph
    Alissa N. Mullins                          Shawnda Tess Jennings           Tristyn Paige Workman           Ethan Keeton              Morgan County High School
    Seth M. Murray                             Dennis Logan Jewell             Jasmine Paige Young             Christian King            Autumn Brown
    Hunter K. Ousley                           Elizabeth Ruth Jones                                            Erin Kugel
    Zachary S. Pelphrey                        James Tanner Jordan            Magoffin County High School      Michael Lackey
    Karsten R. Poe                             Karissa Landyn Jude            Armina Adams                     Brooklyn Lemaster
    Lauren K. Poe                              Isabella Joy Keeton            Andew Adkins                     Lucas Litteral
    Tess C. Sergent                            Brock Edward Kessinger         James Adkins                     Brooklin Lykins
    Lauren E. Souther                          Natasha Lynn Kirk              Kylee Adney                      Keyonna McCarty
    Brandon R. Spencer                         William Robert Lampert         Cody Allen                       Ethan Meade

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    Dustin A. Spurlock                         Corrina Lemaster               Crystal Arnett                   James Meade
    Gabriel A. Stepp                           Jackson Allen Mathieu          Jacklyn Arnett                   Riley Meadows
    Bethany C. Tackett                         Kaleb Devin Maynard            Rachael Arnett                   Chloe Minix
    Andrew B. Tharp                            Michael Raymond McCauley       Emilee Bailey                    M. Austin Minix

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    Paul Z. Thompson                           Bailey Elizabeth McClanahan    Miranda Collett Bailey           Chloe Mollette
    Jaxon L. Watts                             Shelbie Alora Lynn McDowell    William Hunter Bailey            Ben Montgomery
    Madison A. Webb                            Jakob Blake McKerr             Aaliyah Barnett                  Alexis Moore
    Alexandra D. Witten                        Myca McKinney                  Haley Barnett                    Kaylee Morrison
                                               Dylan Alexander Miller         Kaylee Blanton                   Andrew Mortimer
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Final cut
         How the freedom of the internet
           is transforming filmmaking
                 Story by DREW WOOLLEY

   S
           ome filmmakers learn their craft           “It gives you really specific boundaries
           by making home movies in the             with the content you’re allowed to create,
           backyard. Others go to film school.      which is 59 seconds,” she says. “So the
    Madelaine Turner likes to say she got her       challenge and excitement as a storyteller,
    education on YouTube.                           director and creator is getting your point
       “That’s essentially where I got my film      across and making those 59 seconds really
    degree,” she says. “Movies were my first        enjoyable for your audience.”                   Her growth as a filmmaker hasn’t gone
    love, but filmmaking wasn’t something I           Within those confines, Turner has          unnoticed. As a freelance screenwriter,
    pursued for a long time. Until quarantine       explored her wide-ranging creative inter-    Turner has been able to point to her online
    started.”                                       ests, from short films paying homage to      portfolio and hundreds of thousands of
       At 27 years old, the California native       Jane Austen costume dramas and French        followers to build connections within the
    considers herself a senior by the standard      heist movies to abstract dream sequences     movie industry. And thanks to the algo-
    of apps like TikTok. Of the app’s 500 mil-      and a cyberpunk take on “The Wizard of       rithms of apps like TikTok, Instagram and
    lion active users, nearly half are estimated    Oz.” Each new style gives her a chance to    YouTube, more people are discovering her
    to be in their teens and early 20s.             learn more about the filmmaking process      work every day.
       Originally, Turner’s quick videos were       both during and after filming.                  “It allows you to come across content
    just a way to stay connected with her             “I’d never really used a green screen      from someone with virtually no follow-
    younger siblings. But she began to view         or After Effects before,” she says. “Now,    ing,” Turner says. “And from my per-
    the platform as a way to genuinely flex her     taking on a new genre is really exciting     spective, I was putting my stuff out there
    creative muscle after a positive response       because it allows me to push the boundar-    and very quickly engaging an audience
    to her Wes Anderson tribute video, “The         ies of what I know how to do and chal-       that gave me the permission to go bigger,
    Anderson Guide to Surviving a Global            lenges me to figure out how I can convey     further and more creative.”
    Pandemic,” filmed using only objects she        this effectively without having a whole         That audience is one of the reasons
    had in her apartment.                           production crew.”                            Turner doesn’t expect she’ll ever stop
                                                                                                 making short-form videos online, even as
                                                                                                 she pursues her larger filmmaking dreams.
                                                                                                 The real-time feedback she receives on
                                                                                                 those platforms has already shaped her as
                                                                                                 a filmmaker and may come to shape the
                                                                                                 industry itself.
                                                                                                    “A traditional filmmaker might go years
                                                                                                 in between films, whereas on TikTok you
                                                                                                 get this microenvironment of trying new
                                                                                                 things and getting that quick feedback,”
                                                                                                 she says.
                                                                                                    “So I think I’ve been lucky to hyper-de-
                                                                                                 velop my style as a filmmaker because
                                                                                                 of that feedback loop. Hopefully I can be
                                      Madelaine Turner puts her
                                      spin on genres ranging                                     part of a generation of filmmakers that is
                                      from French heist movies                                   able to bridge that gap between the inter-
                                      to cyberpunk.                                              net and the mainstream.” 

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Long distance
      For every film festival that was able to pivot to digital in 2020, there
    were many more that had to be canceled altogether. With so much
    of the industry on hold, a team of five cinephiles in Brooklyn started
    the entirely online Long Distance Film Festival, harnessing the power
    of broadband to give rural and urban filmmakers around the world an
    outlet for their creativity.
      “There was a certain freedom to starting an all-online festival,”
    says Festival Director Elias ZX. “It was much cheaper than doing it in
    person. We didn’t sell tickets and had unlimited capacity so friends,
    family and fans of the filmmakers were able to join from around the
    globe and watch the festival in its entirety.”
      To pull it off, the team partnered with the independent Spectacle
    Theater and Kinoscope to stream its 15 selected short films to
    hundreds of viewers around the world. Plans for a second edition of
    the festival are already underway, with submissions open for 2021.

Industry standard
  Oxford Film Festival Executive Director Melanie Addington was making last-minute
arrangements for the Mississippi-based event when the state’s governor banned
gatherings of more than 100 people. Using Eventive’s brand-new online festival platform,
she quickly pivoted to take the event virtual.
  “We were one of the first virtual festivals with Eventive and had to learn a lot
very quickly, mostly that a lot of our community doesn’t have good internet
access,” she says. “That was restricting in some ways, but it also expanded who
could see them to a new audience.”
  Moving forward, Addington anticipates OFF will have a hybrid format,
combining the accessibility of a virtual festival with the in-person
experience of a live event.
  “This will be what we do from here on out,” she says. “Not everyone
can travel to Oxford, but they can still take part in the experience. It
makes absolute sense for this to become a standard in our industry.”

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Bekah Rudd’s family forms the backbone of The Seasonal Shoppe.          The Seasonal Shoppe in Salyersville
                                  From left, Leanna Frazier, Rudd’s sister-in-law, and her furry friend,   sells clothing, accessories, home
                                 Carla, Rudd, her son, Jesse “Trey” Rudd III, her mother and business      decor and more — all in a warm

    Unique attitude
                                         co-owner, Patricia Frazier, and Rudd’s daughter, Finley Rudd.     and inviting boutique setting.

                                                                                                           offering gifts and arts-and-crafts supplies.
                                                                                                           As times changed and the shop grew, she
                                                                                                           moved it a couple doors down Church
                                                                                                           Street in 1997.

    The Seasonal Shoppe’s family legacy                                                                    HEADING HOME
                                                                                                              After high school, Rudd attended the

    creates a fun shopping experience                                                                      University of Kentucky. She planned on
                                                                                                           majoring in anything but the obvious fam-
    Story by JEN CALHOUN                                                                                   ily business. “I never knew what I wanted

    T
                                                                                                           to do, but I didn’t want to do that,” she
            o understand Bekah Rudd’s vision            A Radio Shack — yes, the chain elec-               says. “Or so I thought.”
            for her diverse boutique, The            tronics store that populated shopping malls              But the retail gene turned out to be
            Seasonal Shoppe, you first have to       in the 1980s — also held space at one side            stronger than she could have ever known.
    understand her childhood.                        of the vast shop, while at least one arcade           Rudd ended up with a bachelor’s degree in
       Back when Rudd was growing up, her            game lit up the building. “Literally, that            merchandising, apparel and textiles. After
    father’s drugstore, Frazier’s Prater Drug in     store had anything you could imagine,”                an internship at a Macy’s, she wound up
    Salyersville, burst with variety. In addi-       Rudd says with a laugh. “It was a drug-               working in the retail giant’s corporate
    tion to the old-fashioned soda fountain,         store, but you never knew what you would              offices in Atlanta. But life in the corporate
    everyday items mixed with the weird and          find there.”                                          world didn’t fulfill her as much as being
    the wild — tarantulas and records, fish and         If Frazier’s Prater Drug sounds more               inside the store itself.
    Cabbage Patch dolls.                             like a department store than a pharmacy,                 “It was a strange time,” Rudd says. “I
                                                     that’s the way Rudd’s late father, Tom                was 24 and single, but I had just rekindled
                                                     Frazier, liked it. “He loved this town so             a relationship with my high school sweet-
                                                     much, and he loved the people here,” she              heart. My parents told me if I wanted to
                                                     says. “He wanted people to be able to find            come back, they might have something for
                                                     whatever they wanted or needed right                  me.” That something turned out to be The
                                                     here. He wanted them to have nice things              Seasonal Shoppe. Pat Frazier turned over
                                                     — things they had in bigger cities — and              the management part of the business to
                                                     be proud of that.”                                    Rudd around 2005, giving her the chance
                                                        Rudd’s mother, Pat Frazier, felt the               to make it her own.
                                                     same. Years ago, near the Radio Shack                    “It was more of a craft store at the
                                                     space, she opened her own bit of real                 time,” Rudd says. “There were a small
                                                     estate she named The Seasonal Shoppe,                 amount of home decor items and very few

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gift items. In the back of my head, I kind of
                                                     The Seasonal Shoppe got its start in
    always wanted to make it a place like what       Frazier’s Prater Drugs before moving to its
    my dad had done, but a little different.”        own space just down the road in 1997.

    CHANGING WITH THE TIMES
       Back then, Salyersville offered little in
    the way of clothing stores or gift shops. If
    you wanted anything really special, Rudd
    says, you had to leave town. Her friends
    and customers at her shop started making
    requests, telling her they needed a store
    “where you can pick up a shower gift or a
    nice outfit.”
       Rudd made it happen. Now, The Seasonal
    Shoppe offers a boutique clothing store
    with women’s clothing, shoes, jewelry and
    other accessories, as well as gifts and home
    decor items like Kentucky-made candles,
    baby gifts, Willow Tree figurines, the popu-
    lar Simply Southern clothing line and a new
    Kentucky-made T-shirt line geared toward
    men.
       Rudd also started posting her items, sales
    and open houses online on Facebook and
    Instagram. With that decision, she picked
    up customers from other states, including
    West Virginia and Virginia. Some of her
    younger employees even started posting
                                                                                                            The shop gives customers a place to
    TikTok videos, using the app that lets users                                                              relax, browse and enjoy a day out.
    create personalized short videos to share
    with the world.
       “We are like a big family,” Rudd says.
    “I know it sounds cliche, but it’s true. We
    have fun together, and we take care of each
    other.” Her daughter, Finley, 10, loves help-
    ing out at the shop and being around the
    older female employees. Her son, Trey, 14,
    has all the big sisters he can handle.
       “I also wanted to be like my dad, because
    he was always giving kids their first jobs,”
    Rudd says. “So many people will come
    up to me and say, ‘I worked in your dad’s
    drugstore.’ You’ve got to give kids a
    chance.” Carrying on the family shopkeep-
    ing tradition is one of the most important
    things in Rudd’s life. It keeps her connected
    to her roots.
       “This store and the drugstore have always    Year-round finds for everyone
    been important to me,” she says. “It’s a        The Seasonal Shoppe is at 71 S. Church St. in Salyersville. This boutique shopping
    family legacy. I’ve always been really          experience offers gifts, clothing, accessories, a men’s line, home decor and more. For
    proud of what my mom and dad did. Our           more information or to check out the shop’s latest inventory, sales and open houses, visit
    town deserves a place of its own.”             its Facebook and Instagram pages and TikTok site. The shop’s phone is 606-349-3223.

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SOUTHERN KITCHENS

                                                                                                 PEA SALAD WITH
                                                                                                 SMOKED ALMONDS
                                                                                                    2 (16-ounce) packages frozen
                                                                                                 		peas
                                                                                                    6 ounces smoke-flavored
                                                                                                 		 almonds, finely chopped
                                                                                                  1/2 a sweet onion or more, to
                                                                                                 		 taste, finely chopped
                                                                                                  1/2 cup mayonnaise (reduced fat
                                                                                                 		OK)
                                                                                                  1/2 cup sour cream (light OK)

    Perfectly pleasing peas
                                                                                                 		 Ground black pepper, to taste
                                                                                                  1/2 cup shredded cheddar
                                                                                                 		cheese

    Enjoy a surprisingly flexible legume                                                         Place frozen peas in a colander and

    I
                                                                                                 rinse them under cold water until
        f you’re denying yourself the simple      frozen peas to a handful of mint leaves        thawed. Drain and transfer them to
        beauty of peas, it’s time to rethink      and a half cup of Parmesan cheese, blend       a large bowl. Add the almonds and
        your weekly menu. Full of healthy         them together in a food processor and add      onions. Mix well. Fold mayonnaise, sour
    benefits and flavor, they should be a part    olive oil as the machine is running until      cream and black pepper into the pea
    of everyone’s diet.                           you get a smooth, thick consistency.           mixture until evenly coated. Transfer
      Peas’ nutrition profile includes manga-       If you’re lucky enough to have a gar-        to a serving container and top with
    nese, protein, fiber, vitamin A and folate,   den full of the green pods filled with fresh   shredded cheese. Cover and refrig-
    with lots of lesser vitamins to boot. And     peas, you’ve done yourself a favor. Just       erate until serving. Before serving,
    their neutral flavor allows them to go        go outside and grab a handful of taste and     you may want to blend cheese into
    from smoothies at breakfast to salads for     nutrition. If not, grab a bag of frozen peas   the mixture, or leave it on top for a
    lunch and pot pies for dinner. They’re        — they’re just as good for you.                prettier presentation.
    inexpensive and add a lot of texture and
    color to any plate.                                                   FOOD EDITOR
                                                                          ANNE P. BRALY
      Try tossing them with pasta and a                                   IS A NATIVE OF
    creamy Alfredo sauce. Or use peas as a                                CHATTANOOGA,
    topping for a baked potato with cheese                                TENNESSEE.
    and sour cream. You can also make an
    incredible pesto sauce for buttery rounds
    of crusty bread. Simply add a bag of

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CREAMY CHICKEN POT PIE
                                                         Peas add taste, color and texture to this creamy dish.

                                      2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour                 Dump the mixture out onto a clean surface and
                                          1 tablespoon sugar                       use a rolling pin to roll the butter into thin sheets,
                                          1 teaspoon salt                          combining it with the flour. Use a bench scraper
                                          1 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into     to scrape the rolling pin and to bring the mixture
                                      		cubes                                      back into a pile as necessary. Continue until all
                                        1/2 cup cold buttermilk                    of the butter is incorporated into the flour. The
                                      1 or 2 tablespoons cold water                mixture will be very flaky. Return the mixture to
                                          1 large egg, beaten, for the egg         the bowl and place it in the freezer for 15 minutes
                                      		wash                                       to chill the butter.

                                      For the pot pie filling:                     Remove from the freezer and add the buttermilk.
                                        1/4 cup unsalted butter                    Use a spoon, and then your hands, to stir the
                                        1/3 cup diced onion                        mixture until it comes together into a ball. If the
                                          2 medium carrots sliced (about 1         mixture is too dry, add the water a tablespoon at
GREEN PEA                             		cup)                                       a time. Divide the dough into 2 parts and flatten
BANANA SMOOTHIE                           1 stalk celery sliced (about 1/2 cup)    them into disks. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap
                                          2 cloves garlic minced                   and chill in the fridge while you make the filling.
  1/2 cup frozen green peas
                                        1/3 cup all-purpose flour
    1 frozen banana
                                          1 teaspoon salt                          To make the filling, heat the butter over medium-
    1 cup spinach
                                        1/2 teaspoon black pepper                  high heat in a large skillet. Add the onions,
    4 mint leaves or more, to taste
                                      1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme           carrots, celery and garlic and cook until tender,
1 1/2 cups almond milk
                                          1 tablespoon minced fresh Italian        stirring occasionally. Whisk in the flour, salt, black
    1 tablespoon almond butter,
                                      		parsley                                    pepper, thyme, parsley, chicken broth and heavy
		optional
                                      1 3/4 cups chicken broth                     cream. Whisk until there are no flour lumps, then
                                        1/2 cup heavy cream                        simmer over medium-low heat for 10 minutes
Combine all ingredients in a
                                          3 cups shredded chicken or turkey        or until the sauce has thickened. Stir in the
blender. Blend until smooth, about
                                          1 cup frozen peas                        shredded chicken or turkey and frozen peas.
1 minute. Add more almond milk
                                                                                   Remove from heat and set aside.
if needed to achieve your desired
                                      First, make the pie dough. Combine the
consistency.
                                      flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add   Preheat the oven to 400 F. Remove the pie dough
                                      the cubed butter and toss to coat.           from the refrigerator. On a lightly floured surface,
                                                                                   use a rolling pin to roll out the dough into a
                                                                                   12-inch circle. Dough should be about 1/4 inch
                                                                                   thick. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie pan. Pat
                                                                                   with your fingers, making sure it is smooth. Trim
                                                                                   the extra overhang of dough with a knife and
                                                                                   discard.

                                                                                   Pour the filling into the dough-lined pie pan.
                                                                                   Roll out the second disk of dough and carefully
                                                                                   cover the pie. Trim the extra overhang off the
                                                                                   sides. Seal the edges by crimping with a fork or
                                                                                   your fingers. With a sharp knife, slice a few small
                                                                                   slits in the center of the top crust. Using a pastry
                                                                                   brush, brush the crust and edges with a beaten
                                                                                   egg.

                                                                                   Bake for 45 minutes, or until the crust is golden
                                                                                   brown. Cool for 10 minutes, allowing the filling to
                                                                                   settle and thicken a bit. Cut into slices and serve.

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