Feb2009 Pulse - McKnight Insurance
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2009 WHAT’S INSIDE 3 5 7 10 12 11 15 17 PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Murfreesboro, TN Permit No. 301 PAID ADVERTISEMENT When you farm you must know the land, the weather and have the desire to labor day-in and day-out to achieve that ideal crop. How does this relate to insur- ance? Edwin McKnight, a Rutherford County native and graduate of Middle Tennessee State University who grew up farming in Milton, TN, applies the lessons of hard work on the farm to his business practices. In the same way he cultivated the land, Edwin McKnight, with a personal touch and prayer, provides his clients with ser- vices to help them produce fruitful results. “We offer financial services, vari- ous insurance products and employee benefits,” says Edwin, “and I cannot provide such excellent service without Chamber News Business at its Best 2009 Celebration Economic Development McKnight Insurance Group Calendar of Events New Members CVB News BEP News 18 Member News “Mankind is Our Business” ﾊCONTINUED ON PAGE 11 Edwin McKnight (LtoR) Jackie Scivicque, Lesa Burgess, Doug Barnes, Edwin McKnight, Vickie Barker
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DV
ER
TIS
EM
EN
T
Wh
en
y
ou
fa
rm
you
m
ust
kn
ow
th
e la
nd
, th
e w
ea
ther
an
d h
av
e t
he d
esir
e to
la
bor
da
y-i
n a
nd
da
y-o
ut
to a
chie
ve
tha
t id
ea
l cr
op
.
Ho
w d
oe
s t
his r
ela
te
to
in
su
r-
an
ce
?
E
dw
in
McK
nig
ht,
a
R
uth
erfo
rd
Cou
nty
na
tiv
e a
nd
gra
du
ate
of
Mid
dle
T
en
nessee S
tate
Un
ivers
ity
wh
o g
rew
u
p f
arm
ing
in
Mil
ton
, T
N,
ap
pli
es t
he
lesson
s of
ha
rd w
ork
on
th
e fa
rm to
h
is
bu
sin
ess
pra
ctic
es.
In
th
e
sa
me
wa
y
he
cult
iva
ted
th
e
lan
d,
Ed
win
M
cKn
igh
t, w
ith
a p
ers
on
al
tou
ch a
nd
p
ray
er,
pro
vid
es h
is c
lien
ts w
ith
ser-
vic
es
to
help
th
em
p
rod
uce
fr
uit
ful
resu
lts.
“W
e
off
er
fin
an
cia
l serv
ices,
va
ri-
ou
s i
nsu
ran
ce p
rod
uct
s a
nd
em
plo
yee
ben
efi
ts,”
sa
ys E
dw
in,
“an
d I
can
not
pro
vid
e s
uch
ex
cell
en
t serv
ice w
ith
ou
t
Cha
mbe
r New
s
Bus
ines
s at
its
Bes
t 20
09 C
eleb
ratio
n
Econ
omic
Dev
elop
men
t
McK
nigh
t Ins
uran
ce G
roup
Cal
enda
r of E
vent
s
New
Mem
bers
CV
B N
ews
BEP
New
s
18
Mem
ber N
ews
“M
an
kin
d is
O
ur B
usin
ess”
CO
NTI
NU
ED O
N P
AG
E 11
Edw
in M
cKni
ght
(Lto
R)
Ja
ck
ie S
civ
icq
ue
, Le
sa B
urg
ess
, D
ou
g B
arn
es,
Ed
win
Mc
Kn
igh
t, V
ick
ie B
ark
er
11
BUSIN
ESSPULSE
Th
e R
uth
erf
ord
Co
un
ty C
ham
ber
of
Co
mm
erc
e
Feature Member
help
fro
m m
y t
ea
m.”
T
he
re
is
a
pa
inti
ng
o
n
the
w
all
n
ea
r E
dw
in’s
off
ice r
efl
ect
ing
a f
arm
er
sit
tin
g o
n
a s
now
y l
an
dsca
pe,
hea
tin
g t
he e
ng
ine o
f a
M
od
el-
A J
oh
n D
eere
wit
h a
kin
dli
ng
fir
e.
“Th
e fi
re w
as u
sed
to
h
ea
t th
e oil
in
th
e en
gin
e
an
d
get
it
run
nin
g
in
the
win
ter
wea
ther,
” sa
id E
dw
in.
“M
y t
ea
m i
s l
ike t
ha
t fi
re…
th
ey
h
elp
g
et
ou
r cl
ien
ts
sta
rted
in
th
eir
tim
e o
f n
eed
. W
ha
t’s s
peci
al
ab
ou
t th
e sta
ff h
ere
is,
on
ce t
he c
lien
t is
sta
rted
, th
ey
con
tin
ue
to
foll
ow
-up
, ra
ther
tha
n
sen
din
g
them
off
wit
hou
t a
ny
gu
ida
nce
.”
Vic
kie
B
ark
er,
In
div
idu
al
Sa
les
Ag
en
t,
is
ex
cell
en
t a
t g
uid
ing
cl
ien
ts
thro
ug
h
the
som
eti
mes d
au
nti
ng
ta
sk
of
secu
rin
g h
ea
lth
co
vera
ge.
“On
e o
f V
ick
ie’s
best
qu
ali
ties i
s h
er
ab
il-
ity
to r
ela
te t
o t
he c
usto
mer
an
d t
ak
e t
ime
to a
nsw
er
qu
esti
on
s.”
sa
ys J
ack
ie S
civ
icq
ue,
McK
nig
ht
Ex
ecu
tiv
e A
ssis
tan
t.
Cli
en
ts
rece
ive
re
gu
lar
com
mu
nic
ati
on
fr
om
M
cKn
igh
t re
ga
rdin
g th
eir
p
oli
cies,
as
well
a
s,
info
rma
tion
on
cu
rren
t is
su
es th
at
ma
y
aff
ect
a
rea
s
of
McK
nig
ht
serv
ice.
In
a
dd
itio
n,
the M
cKn
igh
t sta
ff c
ult
iva
tes r
ela
-ti
on
sh
ips t
hro
ug
h i
nd
ivid
ua
l in
volv
em
en
t in
ch
urc
h,
civ
ic a
nd
pro
fessio
na
l org
an
iza
tion
s a
nd
soci
al
act
ivit
ies w
ith
in t
he c
om
mu
nit
y.
W
ith
a t
ruste
d l
ev
el
of
ex
peri
en
ce a
nd
th
e d
esir
e t
o m
eet
the c
om
mu
nit
y’s
need
s,
Ed
win
a
nd
h
is
tea
m
ha
ve
ma
ny
sa
tisfi
ed
cl
ien
ts.
Ma
ny
cl
ien
ts h
av
e b
een
w
ith
M
cKn
igh
t fo
r
more
th
an
a d
eca
de,
incl
ud
ing
Hoov
er
Pa
int
an
d W
all
cov
eri
ng
. O
wn
ed
b
y W
insto
n a
nd
B
illi
e
Jo
Bow
lin
g
an
d
their
son
s,
Tim
a
nd
R
ay
, H
oov
er
Pa
int
ha
s
serv
ed
R
uth
erf
ord
C
ou
nty
sin
ce 1
96
2.
For
their
em
plo
yee b
en
-efi
ts t
he B
ow
lin
g f
am
ily
tu
rns t
o M
cKn
igh
t.
“E
dw
in
an
d
his
sta
ff
ha
ve
pro
vid
ed
ou
r b
usin
ess
wit
h
ex
cell
en
t serv
ice,”
sa
id
Tim
B
ow
lin
g.
“F
rom
giv
ing
us v
ari
ou
s p
rog
ram
op
tion
s w
hen
it
is t
ime t
o s
ele
ct o
ur
ben
efi
ts,
to
help
ing
w
ith
th
e
rou
tin
e
ad
min
istr
ati
ve
task
s t
hro
ug
hou
t th
e y
ea
r.
Ed
win
is a
ma
n
of
inte
gri
ty t
ha
t I
kn
ow
is t
here
to h
elp
us a
t a
ny
tim
e.”
M
cK
nig
ht
Insu
ra
nc
e
Gr
ou
p,
Inc
. w
ou
ld
lov
e
to
ha
ve
y
ou
a
s o
ne
of
the
ir s
ati
sfi
ed
cli
en
ts!
Th
e
off
ice
is l
oc
ate
d a
t 1
85
0 M
em
oria
l B
ou
lev
ard
in
M
urfr
ee
sb
oro
. C
all
6
15
-89
5-8
57
4 o
r t
oll
fre
e 1
-80
0-2
49
-8
35
8 t
o s
ch
ed
ule
an
ap
po
intm
en
t.
ww
w.m
ck
nig
htb
en
efi
ts.c
om
or
ww
w.m
ck
nig
htf
ina
nc
ial.
ne
t
Usu
all
y,
yo
u
can
h
ea
r D
ou
g
Ba
rn
es
an
sw
er
the p
hon
e a
ll t
he
wa
y i
n t
he f
ron
t off
ice;
wit
h a
n e
nth
usia
sti
c ex
cla
ma
tion
of
“Hey
th
ere
, (f
ill
in
clie
nt’
s n
am
e)!
” Y
ou
wou
ld t
hin
k h
e w
as a
nsw
eri
ng
a c
all
fro
m a
good
fri
en
d h
e h
asn
’t s
een
in
te
n y
ea
rs.
Th
e t
ruth
is…
it’s
a c
lien
t… a
nd
h
e p
rob
ab
ly sa
w th
em
la
st
week
to
re
vie
w
a re
new
al,
set
up
a
n
ew
g
rou
p p
ack
ag
e or
sim
ply
ha
ve l
un
ch.
As a
ma
tter
of
fact
, D
ou
g
trea
ts h
is c
lien
ts a
s i
f th
ey
‘a
re’
old
fri
en
ds,
dev
elo
pin
g t
ha
t co
mfo
rta
ble
rela
tion
sh
ip a
nd
em
bra
cin
g t
heir
need
s a
s i
f h
e w
ere
in
th
eir
p
osit
ion
. D
ou
g h
as m
ore
th
an
2
5 y
ea
rs of
ex
peri
en
ce
in
the
insu
ran
ce
ind
ustr
y.
H
e h
as
been
w
ith
M
cKn
igh
t fo
r six
y
ea
rs
as
Dir
ect
or
of
Gro
up
Sa
les.
“D
ou
g h
as o
ne o
f th
e b
est
work
eth
ics I
’ve
ev
er
en
cou
nte
red
in
a
sa
les
pro
fessio
na
l,”
sa
id E
dw
in.
L
esa
B
urg
ess,
Gro
up
A
ccou
nt
Ex
ecu
tiv
e,
work
s w
ith
Dou
g t
o m
ak
e M
cKn
igh
t E
mp
loy
ee
Ben
efi
ts
a
reli
ab
le
an
d
eff
icie
nt
sou
rce
of
gro
up
ben
efi
t serv
ices.
Lesa
pro
vid
es c
lien
ts
wit
h a
fri
en
dly
att
itu
de a
nd
serv
ice-o
rien
ted
a
bil
itie
s
tha
t co
nti
nu
e
to
ex
ceed
ex
pect
a-
tion
s.
“D
uri
ng
a t
ime w
hen
cu
sto
mer
serv
ice h
as
rea
ched
an
all
-tim
e l
ow
… I
wa
s s
hock
ed
th
at
there
wa
s a
com
pete
nt,
en
d-c
on
su
mer
dri
ven
h
um
an
b
ein
g
sit
tin
g
dow
n
sp
ea
kin
g
wit
h
me a
bou
t h
ea
lth
cov
era
ge…
Qu
ite f
ran
kly
, I
thou
gh
t th
at
on
ce t
he p
resen
tati
on
wa
s m
ad
e a
nd
th
e d
ea
l w
as d
on
e,
I w
ou
ld n
ot
be a
ble
to
rea
ch h
er
ag
ain
. Im
ag
ine m
y s
urp
rise a
nd
d
eli
gh
t w
hen
sh
e p
rov
ed
me w
ron
g.
Th
e s
ecu
-
rity
of
ha
vin
g L
esa
on
ou
r te
am
is i
nv
alu
ab
le
an
d e
na
ble
s m
e t
o f
eel
con
fid
en
t th
at
I w
ill
not
ha
ve t
o j
um
p t
hro
ug
h h
oop
s t
o h
av
e q
ua
l-it
y
med
ica
l,
den
tal
an
d
vis
ion
ca
re
for
my
fam
ily
,”
sa
id
Lea
nn
L
aro
se
of
Bra
nste
tter,
S
tra
nch
a
nd
J
en
nin
gs,
PL
LC
, a
n
ote
d
law
fi
rm i
n N
ash
vil
le.
CO
NTI
NU
ED F
RO
M P
AG
E 1
“Y
ou
Re
ap
, W
e S
ow
”
- M
cKn
igh
t E
mp
loy
ee
Be
ne
fits
Wha
t ca
n w
e do
for
you
?
“Secu
riti
es
an
d
Inv
estm
en
t A
dv
isory
S
erv
ices
off
ere
d
thro
ug
h
Wood
bu
ry
Fin
an
cia
l S
erv
ices,
Inc.
Mem
ber
FIN
RA
, S
IPC
a
nd
R
eg
iste
red
In
vestm
en
t A
dv
iser.
P
O B
ox
64
28
4,
St.
Pa
ul,
MN
55
16
4
80
0-8
00
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38
. M
cKn
igh
t In
su
ran
ce G
rou
p a
nd
Wood
bu
ry F
ina
nci
al
Serv
ices a
re n
ot
aff
ilia
ted
en
titi
es.”
F
ina
nci
al
Ad
vis
ors
B
oa
rd
A
lum
ni
Associ
ati
on
Un
derw
rite
rs
C
om
merc
e
In o
ur s
pare
tim
e
At t
he M
emor
ial D
ay K
ick-
Off
Pic
nic
gett
ing
read
y to
take
bar
becu
e to
Sou
thea
ster
n Ti
re.
(L-R
) V
icki
e B
arke
r, L
esa
Bu
rge
ss,
Jack
ie
Sci
vicq
ue
(L-R
) E
dw
in M
cKn
igh
t an
d T
im B
ow
ling
Feb
ruary
2009
