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Taste of Jackson News

Deborah — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:15:00 GMT

March 4th, 2010: We are honored each year to participate in the March of Dimes "Taste of Jackson & West Tennessee" fundraising event. It is an exciting night as restaurants from all over our area gather at the Carl Perkins Civic Center downtown to offer tastings of some of their favorite dishes. We are happy to announce that tonight we won "The Best of Show" at the event. Our booth featured a Casey Jones train theme and we served our famous hobo stew. Many thanks to our folks from our company who worked at the booth tonight.

We so appreciate the remarkable work that the Jackson chapter of the March of Dimes and director Ginger Carver does all year for our area. Read more below about the Taste of Jackson event....

(JACKSON, TN) Make plans to attend this year’s “A Taste of Jackson and West Tennessee” on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Carl Perkins Civic Center. This year's Taste is presented by Region’s Bank and will feature long-time Taste of Jackson Supporter, Premier Place Catering. Attending A Taste of Jackson, is a tasty way to help support the March of Dimes fight against premature births, birth defects and infant mortality. Approximately 50 area restaurants and sponsors will be showcasing their finest dishes for your sampling pleasure and all to benefit the March of Dimes Foundation.

Mark your calendar for March 4, 2010 beginning at 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., at the Carl Perkins’ Civic Center. This is the 24th Annual “A Taste of Jackson and West Tennessee”.

This year we will again have entertainment in our Café area, where you can sample your favorite food from each booth and then sit and relax in the quaint Café area as a climax to a wonderful evening of dining and entertainment.

Each week in the state of Tennessee, 240 babies are born prematurely. In 2009, the Tennessee Chapter of the March of Dimes invested more than $4,000,000 in Tennessee for program services, including national research grants, community grants, and local public and professional education. Through these grants, the March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies.

Juanita Shaw Cooks Chicken n Dumplings on TV Today!

Deborah — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010: Our own Juanita Shaw is a regular guest on the Jackson 24/7 show that airs on Jackson Energy Authority's Channel 6 here in Jackson. She does a phenomenal job with her cooking segments sharing her passion for Southern food. Today Juanita is cooking a Southern classic...Chicken n Dumplings! It will air at noon, six and ten on www.eplustv6.com too. Here is the recipe she prepared on the show:

Chicken and Dumplings

1 3 to 3 1/2 pound chicken

4 quarts water

1 onion cut in 1/2

1 rib of celery, break in 1/2

1 bay leaf

1 TBS salt

1/2 TBS pepper

1 stick butter

Put chicken in a large stock pot, add water and chicken. Make sure there is enough water to completely cover the chicken, if not add more to cover. Add onion, celery, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium-high and cook until chicken is tender. Remove chicken, onion, celery and bay leaf form broth. Skim any fat from the top of the broth. Discard onion, celery and bay leaf. Let chicken cool and then remove skin and debone, cut into bite size pieces. Set aside. Prepare dumplings.

Dumplings

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1 egg, slightly beaten

1 cup water or chicken broth (cooled)

Mix flour, salt together. Add egg and water or chicken broth. Mix and knead together to form a dough. Dough should not be sticky. Add additional flour if needed. Flour a dough board generously to prevent the dough from sticking. Add more flour as needed. Roll the dough very thin. With a knife (or a pizza wheel works great) cut dough into strips 1 inch wide and 3 inches long. Keep dumplings floured well, the extra flour helps thicken the chicken broth.

Add butter to broth and bring to a boil. Slowly drop dumplings into the broth. Only a couple at a time to keep them separated and to keep them from sticking together. Turn heat back to medium and let dumplings cook for 15 minutes. Add chicken meat and cook additional 10 to 15 minutes. The longer you cook them the thicker it gets.

Enjoy!
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New Model Railroad Club Founded

Deborah — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:09:00 GMT

February 26th, 2010: We're excited to announce the formation of a model train club at Casey Jones Museum! Several friends of ours from our community have been very involved with the Museum and helped set up the model trains in the new Casey Jones Train Store and the Museum exhibit hall with great plans for projects in the year ahead.

Read all the details about the new club below from our press release and feel free to call the Museum with any questions. Our Winter hours are 9 to 5 daily....

New Casey Jones Museum Model Railroad Club Founded

(Jackson, TN) A new model train club has been founded in Jackson called the Casey Jones Museum Model Railroad Club. The group recently met and elected officers and will be meeting at Casey Jones Museum monthly on the third Thursday at 6:30 pm. The first official meeting will be Thursday, March 18th. Officers are John Stepzinski - President, George Googe - Vice President, Corresponding Secretary - Tim Merwin, Recording Secretary - Randy James and Treasurer - Lawrence Taylor . Membership is open to anyone interested in N, HO, O and G gauge model trains. Dues will be $30.00 annually and will include admission to the Museum, workshops, layouts and operating sessions plus a 10% discount on gifts from the Casey Jones Train Store. For more information contact Casey Jones Museum at 731.668.1222. Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum is located in Casey Jones Village at 30 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson. The website is www.caseyjones.com .

Old Country Store Celebrates 45 Years This Year!

Deborah — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:50:00 GMT

Old Country Store Celebrates 45 Years in 2010

Posted February 21st, 2010: A few days of sunshine lately shows the promise of Spring and we are looking forward to Spring and a very exciting year ahead. 2010 marks the 45th Anniversary of the Old Country Store founded by Brooks & Anne Shaw. It's been an honor to serve you since 1965. We're very proud to be a part of the Jackson community and to be a home away from home for our local friends and the millions of people from around the world who have walked through our front doors. We will have a variety of events in celebration of our 45th anniversary throughout the year with a special week the last week of April. Mark your calendars for April 24th through the 30th with Saturday, April 24th, kicking off the festivities for the week through Casey Jones Day April 30th. We'll keep you posted and thank you for 45 years of fun. The best is yet to come!

Be sure to visit our "Events" page for your Hometown Folks coupon!

Good through the end of March!

Culinary Tourism ~ Watch this great TN Video!

Deborah — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:16:00 GMT

Posted January 22nd, 2010:

We love Culinary Tourism! We're so proud to be in this wonderful video done by our friends at the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1TcNF2yHQQ

Christmas Eve Breakfast!

Deborah — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:11:00 GMT

Posted January 1st, 2010: Happy New Year!! We hope 2010 is your best year ever. We wanted to share this wonderful clip from WBBJ TV in Jackson and their coverage of our Christmas Eve Breakfast. It was another incredible year and many thanks to the station and to Lauren Linney for this great story!

http://wbbjtv.com/Christmas%20Eve%20Breakfast.html

Juanita & Gingerbread Cookies on TV!

Deborah — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:39:00 GMT

Posted December 9th, 2009: Juanita Shaw did an excellent job today cooking Gingerbread Cookies on EPlusTV6 here in Jackson, a local cable station operated by the Jackson Energy Authority. She appeared on the "Jackson 24/7 " 30 minute news show produced by Steve Beverly and Union University students and had an interesting and fun segment showing how to make this classic Christmas cookie. Many thanks for having her on the show on a regular basis.

Juanita used Smith Sorghum Farm sorghum in the recipe. Bottles of sorghum are available for purchase at the Old Country Store gift shoppe. Read more about the neat couple who own the farm in Brownsville, Tennessee~ Freddy and Mary Beth Smith ~ in the Brownsville States-Graphic article at this link: http://statesgraphic.com/bookmark/4346501/article-A .

Guest Charity for Christmas Eve Breakfast Announced

Deborah — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:47:00 GMT

December 7th, 2009

We are honored to make the following announcement.
See our press release below....

25th Annual

Christmas Eve Breakfast Announces Guest Charity

(Jackson, TN) Named a Top 20 event by the Southeast Tourism Society in 2008, the 25th annual Old Country Store Christmas Eve Breakfast has announced it's 2009 non-profit guest as the National Meningitis Association. According to Deborah Shaw Laman, Old Country Store marketing director, "Several years ago we began to invite a non-profit organization to set up an information area to highlight their work to our guests at the Christmas Eve Breakfast. We lost a family member, Sarah Beth Whitehead, the niece of Juanita and Clark Shaw, to meningitis at the age of 14. She was a precious and incredible young lady. Her family will be our special guest at the Christmas Eve Breakfast. Her mother, Tresa Whitehead, is now a member of the National Meningitis Association's MOMs on Meningitis program. Sarah Beth's story is on the National Meningitis Association website at: http://www.nmaus.org/awareness/tennessee.htm . "

The National Meningitis Association, Inc. (NMA) is a national non-profit charity. The primary goal of NMA is to educate and increase awareness of meningococcal disease. In particular, NMA is focused on raising awareness and protection among adolescents and young adults, many of whom can be protected through education and vaccination efforts.

Attendance at the Old Country Store Christmas Eve Breakfast each year is around 2,000 people for what has become a favorite holiday tradition among West Tennessee area families. The Old Country Store hours will be 6:30 am to 2 pm for breakfast with the Gift Shoppe closing at 3 pm. The Museum will be open from 9 am to 3 pm.

For more information visit http://www.caseyjones.com/ . Brooks Shaw & Son Old Country Store has been in business since 1965 and is located on the Highway 45 By-pass at Interstate 40 exit 80A in Jackson, Tennessee.

Our December Newsletter! Christmas Merriment & More!

Deborah — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:15:00 GMT

Posted December 2nd, 2009: Merry Christmas! Here's a copy of our December newsletter. Sign up today on our homepage at www.caseyjones.com for future issues!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas in the Village is the most beautiful time of the year! Come visit us soon for one stop stopping at Brooks Shaw & Son Old Country Store, the Casey Jones Train Store & the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village!

Southern gifts of all kinds at the Old Country Store and in the Wellwood store, Thomas the Tank and train themed toys and gifts at the Museum and at the Shoppes ~ Native American jewelry and gifts, Collectibles, Souvenirs, a local art Gallery, a Pottery studio & more.

We're also Jackson's party headquarters for office parties, family gatherings and corporate functions. Call Alison at the Old Country Store today at 731.668.1223 extension 123 to schedule a fun and memorable event at the Old Country Store or Casey Jones Museum.

When you're out shopping, take a break with us!

Breakfast, Lunch or Supper

Remember our fantastic Old Country Store "To Go" too!

Highlights of Upcoming Events

in Casey Jones Village:

Thursday, December 3rd: Gospel Supper Club in the Old Country Store Barnside Room at 6 pm with Renewed Quartet.

Sundays in December: Santa Claus Visits the Village during lunch hour at the Old Country Store.

Sunday, December 6th: Church at the Village hosts Hymns & Carols with Wildwood Express & the Cartwright Family. 6 pm at the Church located in the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village. Music service will be followed by fellowship & refreshments.

Saturday, December 19th: Book Signing of Walking On with Dwana Pusser ~ Casey Jones Museum at 1 pm.

Sunday, December 20th: The Spurlock Family performs live music at 1:30 pm at the Old Country Store Ice Cream Parlor.

Thursday, December 24th: 25th Annual Christmas Eve

Breakfast at the Old Country Store restaurant. 6:30 am to 2 pm. Gift Shoppe and Casey Jones Museum open until 3 pm.

New events and information are added all the time! Check out our "Events" and "In the News" pages at www.caseyjones.com and sign up for our Blogs!

We Twitter! We Facebook! Join us, won't you? www.twitter.com/oldcountrystore and our fan page is on www.facebook.com under "Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store".

Spread the word!

Shaw Family Attends Southern Foodways Alliance

Annual Symposium

(Jackson, TN) Four members of the Shaw Family who operate Brooks Shaw & Son Old Country Store in Casey Jones Village recently attended the 2009 Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium. Deborah Shaw Laman, and her Mother, Anne Shaw, attended the 2009 Delta Divertissement held in Greenwood, Mississippi. It began with a "Boarding House Lunch" at the Viking Range Training Center in downtown Greenwood with Viking chef Elizabeth Heiskell. The evening event was a trip to Indianola, Mississippi to visit the multi-million dollar B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretative Center followed by dinner at Club Ebony, now owned by B.B. King. Accommodations were at the world renowned Alluvian Hotel in downtown Greenwood.

Clark and Juanita Shaw attended the Symposium in Oxford, Mississippi which was entitled "Music & Food: Exploring Interdependent Cultural Expressions". The weekend long event entailed a fascinating schedule of various speakers, food events and networking with the conference attendees. The Southern Foodways Alliance is a member supported non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and preservation of the diverse food cultures of the American South. It is under the directorship of John T. Edge, one of the country's most noted food experts and authors. The SFA is headquartered at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi at Oxford.

Need a Speaker?

Yours truly was recently honored to speak at the Old Hickory Rotary Club and the Jackson Business & Professional Women's Club in Jackson. I really appreciate the invitation and spoke on all the new and exciting things happening in the Village. It was fun and everyone was so gracious!

We have our own mini-speakers bureau and would be delighted to speak to your civic or church group. Norma Taylor, our Casey Jones historian, is an excellent speaker and loves to talk on Casey Jones and the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum. Just contact us at villagepr@gmail.com.

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

www.caseyjones.com

Museum AP Story Goes International!

Deborah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:11:00 GMT

We wanted to share the following wonderful news with you. The opening of the expansion of the Casey Jones Museum has garnered international attention for Jackson, Tennessee. Below are links to some of the following news briefs that went AP recently in regard to Casey Jones and the Casey Jones Museum. We are very proud to share the following with you and many thanks to AP Nashville and the AP organization. If it was in your paper, we'd love to know. Email us at caseyjonestn@yahoo.com .

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-10-22-casey-jones-museum_N.htm

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=8860276

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/19/travel/main5396114.shtml

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20091019/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_casey_jones

Great news!

Deborah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:02:00 GMT

Colleen Coury, our Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau executive director, shared the following wonderful article with us. Thank you Colleen for all your hard work on behalf of Jackson and Southwest Tennessee:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/serendipity/pti_20091112/index.php?startid=Cover1&WidgetId=null&BookId=ed14808a91e8f388f4264b9e82fd7500#/52

Juanita Shaw on TV!

Deborah — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:51:00 GMT

Updated October 30th, 2009: Juanita Shaw with the Old Country Store was cooking up some greens on this week's Jackson 24-7 show shown on JEA Channel 6. Juanita has a gift for making cooking both fun and educational. Here's her recipe for this Southern classic:

"Greens" cooking instructions by Juanita Shaw

4 cups water
1 country ham hock
2 to 2 ½ pounds of greens
salt and pepper to taste

Put water in heavy stock pot. Bring to a boil, add ham hock and continue to boil for 15 to 20 minutes covered. To prepare greens for cooking, fill sink full of cold water, place greens in water. Remove the stems and as you do transfer the greens to other side of the sink. If the leaf is large tear in halves or thirds. When all the stems are removed, drain first rinse water and refill sink with fresh water and rewash greens. Add prepared greens in batches to boiling ham hock water. As greens cook down, continue to add all greens. Reduce heat to low and cook uncovered for 1 ½ hours. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Updated October 9th, 2009: Juanita's cooking segment on Jackson 24-7 will re-air on Saturday, October 10th at 6 pm and Sunday at 7 am and Noon. A free download (to be able to watch Channel 6 online) is available on the Jackson Energy Authority EPlus TV6 website at www.eplustv6.com .

Updated October 3rd, 2009: Juanita Shaw's Bread Pudding segment re-aired today on Jackson Energy Authority local cable Channel 6 and her Fried Okra cooking segment aired Friday. Here's her delicious recipe for Fried Okra. Many thanks to Juanita for her dedication to Southern cooking education and to keeping these awesome recipes passed on from generation to generation. Many thanks also to Steve Beverly and the Jackson 24-7 show for having Juanita on the show on a regular basis again this season.

FRIED OKRA

1 – 1 ½ lbs fresh okra

½ c. White cornmeal

½ c. flour

½ t. salt

¼ t. white pepper

1 c. buttermilk

Pour enough vegetable oil to fill deep fryer or a cast iron skillet to 1 inch depth. Wash okra well. Drain. Remove tips and stems. Cut into ½ inch slices. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. Pour buttermilk into a separate bowl. Place cut okra into buttermilk. Remove okra with a slotted spoon and roll in cornmeal/flour mixture.

Fry okra at 350° turning to brown on all sides. When golden brown, drain on paper towels. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Posted September 21st, 2009: Watch Juanita Shaw with the Old Country Store on the Jackson 24-7 TV show on JEA cable Channel 6 at noon today! She will be cooking today and tomorrow on the show. You will love it! www.eplustv6.com It airs at 7 am, noon, 6 pm and 10 pm.

Jackson 24-7 is a wonderful show in its second season. It is produced by Steve Beverly and Union University students and is a daily 30 minute news show broadcast Monday to Friday. Great job, Juanita!

Juanita Shaw's Recipe from Jackson 24-7 for
Bread Pudding

1 loaf of bread (6 cups)

1 qt whole milk

3 eggs, beaten slightly

1 ½ c sugar

2 t pure vanilla extract

¼ fresh nutmeg

3 T butter, melted

Break bread into small pieces and put in a large mixing bowl. Add milk, set aside and let soak for 20 minutes. Add eggs, sugar, vanilla and nutmeg. Coat bottom of casserole dish with butter. Pour mixture into dish and bake at 350° for 20 minutes until top is brown. Reduce heat to 200° and cook another 40 minutes. Serve with your favorite sauce.

Favorite Bread Pudding Sauce

1 stick butter

1 c sugar

½ c half n half

1 T pure vanilla extract or rum flavoring (whatever your favorite may be)

Put butter, sugar and half n half in a heavy sauce pan and cook on medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to just a slight boil and then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Add favorite flavoring.

Enjoy!

Facebook & Twitter!

Deborah — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:14:00 GMT

Did you know we're on Facebook & Twitter! Sign up on our homepage at www.caseyjones.com. . Be our fan at "Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store" on Facebook and follow up on Twitter under www.twitter.com/oldcountrystore. Join the fun!

We're in Budget Travel Magazine

Deborah — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Posted October 21st, 2009:

We're in Budget Travel Magazine!

We are excited to announce that we are in the November 2009 issue of Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine. As they say on their website www.budgettravel.com their magazine is for the smartest and most passionate travelers. It is an international publication and we are very honored to be included in the article "Blues Travelers" by Lisa Kirchner. Please pick up a copy or read it online at www.budgettravel.com and search "Casey Jones Village". Enjoy!

Juanita Shaw on Radio Show this Month!

Deborah — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:13:00 GMT

Posted October 8th, 2009: Juanita Shaw with Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store will be a guest on WIGH's radio program "Chick Chatter" on Thursdays this month with host Donne Smith. Be listening as these two friends talk about the family table, food and family. You won't want to miss it. Listen at 9 am to 10 am on Thursdays on WIGH 88.7 in Jackson and online also.

Coming Soon to Casey Jones Village!

Deborah — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:32:00 GMT

Posted October 5th, 2009....Exciting News!!!

Two New Businesses To Open in Casey Jones Village

(Jackson, TN) Two new businesses, Art in the Village and the Little Artist Studio, are opening in Casey Jones Village in mid-October. They will be located in the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village.

Art in the Village, operated by Mary Spellings, will showcase local and regional original artwork including painting, pottery and jewelry and offer art lessons for children and adults. For more information contact Mary Spellings at 731.616.8083 and by email at mary.spellings@gmail.com . The Little Artist Studio, operated by Laurie Denbrock, will teach one on one potters wheel lessons and private art lessons. For more information on the the Little Artist Studio contact Laurie Denbrock at 731.394.6592.

Hours of operation for Art In the Village will currently be Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. They will be opening on October 15th in conjunction with the grand opening celebration at the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum to be held October 16th, 17th & 18th, 2009 in the Village.

Deborah Shaw Laman, marketing director for Casey Jones Village, said, "We couldn't be happier to have these talented artists join us. With Wildlife in Wood Studio and Native American Legacy, the Village will truly become an arts community."

Casey Jones Village is located on Casey Jones Lane off the Highway 45 By-pass at I-40 exit 80A in Jackson, Tennessee. The website is www.caseyjones.com.

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The Wellwood Country Store is Open!

Deborah — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:03:00 GMT

The Latest on Wellwood. Come see the phenomenal renovation and Dee Moss's new studio soon:

The Wellwood Country Store is Open!

The Little Store That Could

(Jackson, TN) Sometimes a story comes full circle. So it is with the acquisition, move and restoration of the Wellwood Country Store now open and located next to Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store in Casey Jones Village. Founder Brooks Shaw worked at the historic 1925 building as a teenager and it inspired his love for country stores and Southern antiques. It led to a collection of over 15,000 antiques on display since 1965 at Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store in Jackson today one of Tennessee's legendary attractions.

The Wellwood store was moved in March to Casey Jones Village literally on the back of a large truck. In the past six months it has undergone an extensive renovation and now is connected to the Old Country Store accessible by a breezeway in the gift shoppe.

A ribbon cutting and reception is planned for Friday, October 9th at 11 am. The public is invited and the Wellwood community is encouraged to bring and share any mementos they have of visiting the store when it was in
operation.

The Store has important family ties for the Shaw family. Clark Shaw, 55, son of Old Country Store founder Brooks Shaw, and now company CEO said, "It's a dream come true to bring the store where my Dad worked as a boy to sit next to the Old Country Store it inspired. It really completes the story of the very store that led to his journey to collect antiques in the early 1960's. His doctor told him for health reasons to find a relaxing hobby ~ antiquing as it turned out ~ that led to the Old Country Store we know and love today. Now they are side by side."

Shaw continued, "For 15 to 20 years, it's been my dream to someday own the little store and relocate it to the Village as a tribute to our father, Brooks Clark Shaw. Our cousins, Joy Carr Moss and Linda Carr Czigan, stopped there for years as children on their school bus stop. They helped us lay out the store with their vivid memories of what it looked like at that time."

The Wellwood Store is a classic rural Southern country store. It is a white wood frame shotgun style building that is 52 feet long and 20 feet wide. It has over 700 square feet of space created to look much like it did when Shaw worked there. It is filled with hundreds of original antiques that are a part of the Shaw collection and authentic country store reproductions items as would have been found from the 1930's back to the 1880's. A portion of the building is the new studio of the world class artisan and master wood carver, H. Dee Moss. The building was decorated and set up by Nancy Jane Hall, Juanita Shaw's sister.

The Old Country Store was founded in 1965 as an antique museum dedicated to Pop's Old Country Store and Mom's Home Cookin' by Brooks and Anne Shaw. Mr. Shaw passed away in 1971 at the age of 46 of heart disease.

Shaw explained, "Our goal was to lay out the Wellwood Country Store as close as possible to where everything was at the time my Dad worked there including the checker board, pot bellied stove, candy case, soda box, dry goods and hoop cheese." He concluded, "Dad was fond of saying, "I worked for 50 cents a day and all the hoop cheese I could eat." It is also a tribute to the hardworking people of the Wellwood community where the store was a focal point of the rural West Tennessee community for many years. We are honored to restore and preserve the Wellwood Store for future generations to enjoy."

Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store is located at 56 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson, Tennessee. The Old Country Store serves Southern food in its award winning restaurant and has a Gift Shoppe, authentically recreated 1890's Ice Cream Parlor, "To Go" Market and private meeting rooms.

Exciting News about Native American Legacy's John Lone Eagle

Deborah — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:07:00 GMT

HURRAY!

John Lone Eagle, owner of Native American Legacy here in the Village, and Chris James have been nominated in the Native American Music Awards (the Native American equivalent of the Grammys) as finalists for Songwriter of the Year and Debut Duo or Group of the Year.

You can help! Go to www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com and cast your vote now!
Thank you for your support. Here is a portion of the press release below.
and these are the categories they are nominated in:

F. DEBUT DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
1. Desert West Live At Totah Theater (Navajo)
2. Jimmy Shendo & Moiety Walking The Life Road (Jemez Pueblo)
3. Lietsoiitah Ye’ii Bi Cheii Singers Lietsoiitah Ye’ii Bi Cheii (Navajo)
4. Out of the Blue Out of the Blue (Cree)
5. Red Hand/White Hand Soothing Spirits (Apache)
6. Will & Lil Jess Reservation Nights (Oglala Lakota)

X. SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
1. Chris James & John Lone Eagle Soothing Spirits (Apache)
2.Darryl Tonemah Ink Blots and Random Thoughts (Kiowa/Comanche/Tuscarora)
3. Jace Martin Jace Martin (Mohawk)
4. Gary Small I Don’t Play By The Rules (Northern Cheyenne)
5. Kris DeLorenzi & Jonathan Maracle The Father’s Dance
6. Samantha Crain The Confiscation: A Musical Novella (Choctaw)

NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nominees Announced for the
Eleventh Annual Music Awards
To Be Held On October 3rd, 2009
In Niagara Falls

September 4, 2009 – Niagara Falls, NY. Nominations for the 11th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMA) were announced today by The Native American Music Association & Awards, reflecting the combined votes of the NAMA Advisory Board Nominating Committee.

The 11th Annual Native American Music Awards will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the Seneca Entertainment Center in the Seneca Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, New York. The Awards ceremony will be hosted by Gil Birmingham who has received recent public acclaim for his portrayal as Billy Black in Twilight. Birmingham’s other TV and screen credits include; Dreamkeeper, Skins, Nip/Tuck, 10 Items or Less, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and his powerful portrayal of Dogstar in Steven Spielberg's six-part TV miniseries, Into the West. Birmingham will return as Billy Black in the Twilight sequel, New Moon, scheduled for release in November 2009.

The Native American Music Awards is proud to announce the nominees for this year. A plethora of new up-and-comers were nominated alongside established artists and previous winners throughout a diverse array of 30 music categories spanning all genres.

These nominations throughout all 30 music categories reflect an astounding and diverse range of both new and established talent from our community," said Awards President Ellen Bello. We are extremely honored to be able to pay tribute to a music great as the late Ritchie Valens and give special recognition to international artist, Stevie Salas. We are also honored to have the participation and support of Gil Birmingham as our host and music veteran Tommy Allsup as a special guest presenter. We look forward to a spectacular Awards celebration running the full musical gamut of popular and traditional initiatives.”

Public voting to determine the winner of each category has now commenced and is open to the general public. Anyone interested in voting can visit the Awards websites; www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com. Music from all nominees is currently featured on the audio players on the website.

# # # Read all about it in the Jackson Sun newspaper online written by Ashley Anthony....

http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090908/NEWS01/909080311/1002/Local-musician-up-for-Native-American-Music-Awards

Thank you VIP Magazine!

Deborah — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:41:00 GMT

We are so proud to have our CEO, Clark Shaw, featured in the August 2009 issue of VIP Jackson magazine! This prestigious magazine has a full page article on Clark beautifully written by Lyda Kay Ferree and photographed by Kristina Only. We couldn't be happier! Clark has long been a tireless champion for tourism in Jackson and a wonderful leader for our company. We are so blessed to have founder Brooks Shaw's only son at the head of our business. His passion for our company and impeccable character are a role model for us daily. He truly is a very special person and we so appreciate VIP Magazine choosing Clark for this profile. http://www.vipmag.com/Jackson_eMag/49.html

We also can't thank VIP enough for the two page story on the Ribbon Cutting of the expansion of the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum. It is outstanding! Many thanks to VIP magazine publisher Jeff Watson and writer Leanne King for this great coverage. http://www.vipmag.com/Jackson_eMag/50.html

We're in Edible Memphis Magazine!

Deborah — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:15:00 GMT

Posted July 10th, 2009: We are so happy to announce that the Old Country Store is featured in the summer issue of Edible Memphis magazine! Edible Memphis is a part of Edible Communities Publications that celebrates local foods and foodways all over the country from Cape Cod to California. It is published in Memphis by Rich Ground Media and Melissa Petersen is the editor. The article about the Store was written by the talented Paul Knipple and includes the Old Country Store history, about our restaurant and our local food initatives, the West Tennessee Culinary Map and an interview with Clark and Juanita Shaw who operate our business. Clark is the son of founder Brooks C. Shaw. Paul really captures the essence of our story.

Thank you to Edible Memphis for highlighting the goals we are striving to accomplish daily with our family business. Clark and Juanita are the real deal and their passion about our restaurant is truly palpable. We couldn't be happier to be included in such a quality publication as Edible Memphis. To read more about it and where to pick up a copy in the Memphis area visit www.ediblememphis.com .