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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

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ines

s at

its

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t 20

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ratio

n

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omic

Dev

elop

men

t

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t Ins

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roup

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enda

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vent

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bers

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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

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e R

uth

erf

ord

Co

un

ty C

ham

ber

of

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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

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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

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int

ha

s

serv

ed

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uth

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ord

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ou

nty

sin

ce 1

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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!

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e

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ea

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g

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rn

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an

sw

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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

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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

?

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riti

es

an

d

Inv

estm

en

t A

dv

isory

S

erv

ices

off

ere

d

thro

ug

h

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ices a

re n

ot

aff

ilia

ted

en

titi

es.”

F

ina

nci

al

Ad

vis

ors

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oa

rd

A

lum

ni

Associ

ati

on

Un

derw

rite

rs

C

om

merc

e

In o

ur s

pare

tim

e

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he M

emor

ial D

ay K

ick-

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Pic

nic

gett

ing

read

y to

take

bar

becu

e to

Sou

thea

ster

n Ti

re.

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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