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Franklin’s Sandford Duncan Inn hosting live dueling demonstrations

August 2, 2023 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off

The Sandford Duncan Inn is a stagecoach inn known as a spot where men would meet to historically duel on the infamous Linkumpinch Farm. In 1822, husband and wife, Sandford and Dorothy Duncan, opened the […]

Essential areas of financial planning for business owners from Ben Smith Investments

June 4, 2025 0

Owning your own business provides you with many great opportunities, but it also comes with its own unique set of circumstances. Growing up with a father and grandparents who owned businesses, I saw firsthand the [...]
Worship that’s worth it

June 4, 2025 0

If you think “worship” is that time in the church service where you sing some songs, you’d be right, but it’s so much more. Online, worship as a noun is explained as “the feeling or [...]
A parents’ summer survival guide

June 4, 2025 0

HELLO SUMMER! We did it, moms and dads… we made it through another school year, and now it’s time to throw caution to the wind and embrace the chaotic season that is summer. Constant towing [...]
Come visit The Garden Patch in our new location – our farm!

June 4, 2025 0

The Garden Patch has made a change in our ongoing story! After many years in our great ole house in downtown Smiths Grove, we have moved back to our farm. Our roots are dug in [...]

February is Children’s Dental Health Month!

January 29, 2021 Comments Off on February is Children’s Dental Health Month!

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month but the cavity-preventing celebrations will look a little different this year. Our dental team usually spends over ten days each February visiting area schools and daycares getting kids [...]
The Garden Patch welcomes the Christmas season

October 30, 2020 Comments Off on The Garden Patch welcomes the Christmas season

The Garden Patch on Main is welcoming in the Christmas Season! This ole house will be decked out in all its finery the weekend of November 12th-15th, Thursday through Sunday. We hope that you will [...]
Opening the dialogue: The holidays may be the perfect time

November 1, 2020 Comments Off on Opening the dialogue: The holidays may be the perfect time

This is the month. This is the month we traditionally focus on family, togetherness and looking out for each other’s well-being. While we might not be able to be together as much this year, we [...]
The holidays are your care team-building opportunity

October 8, 2020 Comments Off on The holidays are your care team-building opportunity

It’s been quite a year, and we don’t know about you, but we can hardly believe the holidays are almost here. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more – they will be different for everyone this year, [...]