🌟 Editor's Note
Welcome to the very first of The Sumner Wonder - a newsletter dedicated to showcasing the amazing family friendly value that Sumner County brings to Middle Tennessee and modern country living.
🗓️ Featured Events
Taste of Hendersonville (Sept 25): 1000+ foodies, families, and local Chamber members will get together for live music, refreshing food and drinks, and brand showcases at The Streets of Indian Lake. LINK
Celebrate Life Night (Sept 26): To celebrate National Alpaca Day, visit the Long Hollow Suri Alpaca Farms and get 30% off your visit and any merch. LINK
National Alpaca Farm Days (Sept 27-28): To celebrate National Alpaca Day, visit the Long Hollow Suri Alpaca Farms and get 30% off your visit and any merch. LINK
🦄 Local Business Spotlight
Keke’s Diner
Keke’s Diner, the latest breakfast and brunch option in Gallatin is the best way to wake up this weekend. Kicking off in April of 2025 they have the breakfast and brunch classics upscaled yada yada
The Backstory: Founded by three former Pixar animators who got tired of traditional design workflows
Key Takeaway: The elevated pricing is 100% worth the elevated taste pallet.
🔥 In Case You Missed It…
Sumner News
New Starbucks: We have yet another two Starbucks kicking off on Main Street. One in front of Hendersonville High School and another set to open later this fall just in time for pumpkin spice season.
Beech, Beech, Beech, Bucs, Bucs, Bucs: The Beech Buccaneers are going to the TN State Championship this year, representing Sumner County for what could hopefully be another amazing winning season.
🏆 Reader of the Week
Jake Lampton: New kidney, new kid, new outlook on life
🌉 Background: Jake is a youth pastor and all around light to the community. Hailing from Hendersonville, TN he is someone you should definitely know.
👑 Achievement: Recently acquired a new kidney and is leading the youth at Olive Grove Church in Mt. Juliet.
🙈 Quirk: He can quote just about any modern comedy you’ve seen word for word. Try him!
I’m Jake!
Here’s some content written by or about Jake after interviewing hime
Here is a block quote directly from Jake that takes up and some space and shares some info.
His colleagues often tease him about the phone, but Alex sees it as a symbol of his unconventional approach to technology. "Just because something is old doesn't mean it's not valuable," he says with a grin. "Same goes for people, algorithms, and apparently, mobile phones."
A graduate of Stanford's computer science program, Alex embodies the innovative spirit of San Francisco's tech ecosystem—proving that breakthrough innovation can come from someone who still uses T9 texting.
Did You Know? This is a fact about Sumner County. . . The first computer bug was literally a bug—in 1947, Grace Hopper found a moth trapped in a Harvard Mark II computer, coining the term "debugging" in the process.
Til next time,