Two inches of rain and other news

The rain gauge at the BrentWord home office shows just shy of two inches of rain in the last few days. Just thought you might care deeply.

Fair prospects next month
And if it's rainy, and then gets really, really hot, it must mean the Williamson County Fair is just around the corner. It is.
The now not-so-new summer extravaganza opens Aug. 7 for a nine-day run and includes something for everyone. There won't be a Brentwood booth this year I'm told but look for several of our commissioners, city and county, and other notables to be driving parking vans, golf carts and helping out in other ways.
Last year's Ms. Senior Williamson County Fair went on to when the national crown. The "singing granny" was from Nolensville. Surely we have a Brentwood contender this year?
Details about all of the events, the pageants, the midway and more can be found at http://www.williamsoncountyfair.org/.
I'm on the prowl for Brentwood-related fair news, stories and pictures. If you have some to share, please email me at brentword@comcast.net.

When a dog types, expect mistakes
Sally the Dog was so kind to mention Samantha, our 11-year-old golden-retriever-who's-not in Wednesday's Brentwood Journal. Sam has a torn ACL, a bad hip and is starting to feel her age.
Sally also sent condolences to Skip and Debbie Heibert of Brentwood, who lost their beloved dog Tinkie recently.
Unfortunately Skip became Steve in the newspaper. But I guess these things happen when a dog starts typing.

City's tourism site woven with intrigue
Speaking of the Brentwood Journal, two stories yesterday are connected but only I know the scoop. I'll let you know as soon as I have to sit down and type up the tale. In the meantime, check them out for yourself. You may remember reading about Nashville Needleworks here last month (http://tinyurl.com/NashNeedle). Great shop, so if you love needlework, check it out!
Here are links to the BJ stories:

*Sisters turn craft hobby into Brentwood business: http://tinyurl.com/BWnneedle
*Brentwood opts for in-house promotion: http://tinyurl.com/BWtourweb

Crime update
Chief Watson emailed this morning that there are no new developments in either the remaining unsolved home burglaries or recent vandalism cases. A $1000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the vandalism, which took place in Brenthaven, Brentwood Pointe and nearby areas earlier this week.
Hopefully the reward will lead to the apprenhension of those responsible -- and serve as a gentle reminder that a few minutes of "fun" can have very serious consequences.

There's always a Brentwood connection...

Don't you love how there is always a Brentwood connection to just about everything? In fact, we may just have to start a "Seven Degrees of Brentwood" column when this blog expands soon to include way more than blogspot can offer. But more on that later.

For the time being, how about these fun connections:

Brentwood Realtors win 'Dream Home'
Last night's winning ticket in the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway couldn't have had two more deserving winners, says my friend Brenda Squires of Franklin.
Steve and Michelle Sadler of Nashville are the proud new owners of the 4-bedroom, 3.5 bath Westhaven home valued at $650,000. According to local Fox news affiliate WZTV-17, $1.6 million was raised this year to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
So what's the Brentwood connection, you ask? Brenda writes:
"Steve and Michelle are both struggling Realtors with Re-Max Elite of Brentwood. They buy a ticket every year." And every year they go tour the house before the drawing. Every year until this year, Brenda continued.

When Steve got the call telling him they held the lucky ticket, he raced down to Franklin around 10 p.m. Michelle, who has a second job to help make ends meet, joined him as soon as she got off work at 10:30. So at about 10:45, they got the first look at their new home together, along with their two young children, Will, 5, and Ellie Grace, 3.
The couple were set to appear on Fox 17's morning show this morning.
Interviewed by Fox's John Dunn, Stephen Sadler spoke about why the couple always by a ticket. "I guess I never expect to win, I mean that's just not what we expect to do, so we look at it more as a just a contribution with the opportunity, if you want to call it that. ... We've been blessed with healthy children but we know there are so many out there, and (St. Jude's does) a good job at taking care of things so that's kind of why we choose to go in this direction," he said.

Most Beautiful Mollie Heibert's in People

Reader Debbie Heibert writes that her daughter, Mollie, a BHS, University of Kentucky and Florida State grad, is in People magazine this week! As one of the mag's "Most Beautiful People ..."

OK, that's not really why but it could be. Here's the real scoop, as shared by her mom:

"Mollie was on People.com and saw they asked ‘ask Brad Paisley a question’ so she did. Her question was 'Why do you wear a white hat?' Soon she got an e-mail saying she had made the cut for her question to be asked. Then last Wednesday she got another e-mail saying her question was going to be in the magazine.

Check her question out on page 68 of the July 6 issue which is on newsstands now. They even spelled her name correctly!"

Another new Town Center business!

Nashville Needleworks event today

The extent of my needlework career is one ill-fated Girl Scout cross-stitch project about 40 years ago. So I am no expert on what makes a good needleworks store.
However, my friend Debbie Heibert does beautiful needlework so when she tells me about something she's excited about, I take it as a full-on endorsement.
And she had lots of great comments about Nashville Needleworks, the latest new business to open in Town Center. It's tucked beside Sweet Pea's at 7020 Church Street.
An open house and ribbon cutting are planned today, with festivities beginning at 4 p.m. So drop by, introduce yourself and check it out. I'm hoping to be there, too, so look for more information on the shop to come.