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Magnet fishers gather in Nashville to clean the Cumberland and raise money for Autism Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A unique YouTube community that aims to clean rivers with their hobby across the world is gathering in Nashville to raise money for Autism Tennessee with its Trash4Cash event.
They are called magnet fishers, and they use strong magnets to clean out all of the metal trash that is harming their local waters.
Saturday and Sunday they are doing double the good, cleaning the Cumberland River while raising money to help those with Autism.
John White is from Lawrence County Tennessee. He has more than 4,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, “Johnny’s Corner,”where he captures himself magnet fishing in his local waterways.
White said there are magnet fishing YouTubers like him from all over the world who have created a tight-knit community. Every year they try to get together like a family reunion to magnet fish and raise money for a good cause.
Last year it was St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and together they raised 65 hundred dollars while cleaning a river in Wisconsin.
This year White thought, why not invite the community to Tennessee?
They will be out on the Cumberland River at Riverfront Park in downtown Nashville from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
People are welcome to come meet them, watch them work, join if you are also a magnet fisher, participate in a raffle for gifts, buy t-shirts, or simply donate and all of the money will go towards Autism Tennessee.
White said choosing the organization as their non-profit of choice this year means a lot to him because his eight-year-old daughter has Autism, and his family has become close friends with other magnet fishers in the community who also have children on the spectrum.
“It feels good to see my daughter know that someone is out there like them, they’re not alone. That’s the biggest, important thing…You got people out there crusading for you.”
He said his daughter helped him decide what they want the money raised to go towards.
“We just want it to go to people who are non-communicative, get them tablets so they can communicate with mom and dad, aunt and uncles, grandpas. Communication with family is key. Get people that are trying to live on their own bus fare so they can go to the grocery store and get food or clothing. Help with legislature to get more sidewalks in an area where Autistic people may need to walk,” said White.
He said so far the community has raised over $3,600 dollars. He said they have received donations from local businesses, the Tennessee Titans, the Nashville Sounds, and some country music artists like Blake Shelton. He hopes Music City will come out this weekend to continue to support.
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Sam Purcell felt good about the game plan for Mississippi State women’s basketball’s matchup with Tennessee.
But the Bulldogs gave up 26 points in the first quarter and trailed by seven points. It was a deficit they never recovered from in a 90-80 loss to the Lady Vols at Humphrey Coliseum on Jan. 8.
“You look at that that first quarter, I thought it was crucial. We had a great scout, a great game plan, but we didn’t talk on ball screens,” Purcell said. “Their largest quarter was that first quarter, and we’re going to watch back and go, dang it, we need to be more vocal. And you got to give them credit – top to bottom, they’re probably as good as anybody in the country with athleticism. So you can’t let those athletic kids turn the corner for wide open layups, and we did.”
Kharyssa Richardson and Madison Francis led the Bulldogs with 22 points each, but MSU didn’t have enough defense to pull off the upset.
Had Mississippi State been able to slow down Tennessee’s drivers in the first quarter, it may have been a different result. But once the Bulldogs started slowing that down, the Lady Vols were “phenomenal hitting some big-time shots,” Purcell said.
Tennessee only had the edge in points in the paint, 42-40, but it also went 10-for-27 on 3-pointers, which was an area Mississippi State couldn’t match. The Bulldogs shot 2-for-13 from deep.
MSU also couldn’t stop Tennessee freshman point guard Mia Pauldo, who scored a game-high 26 points on 8-for-12 shooting. The Bulldogs sent her to the foul line time and time again, and she went 8-for-9 on free throws.
“I thought (Pauldo) was poised, she was clutch,” Purcell said. “Obviously, that’s what you need in games like this that are gonna come down the to the wire. You need players to step up, and I thought she was the X factor for them.”
The Tennessee Volunteers have been one of the main teams when it comes to producing talent and sending talent to the NFL, which is something that has often been discovered as a standard for the football program. This is something that has been going on for quite some time and isn’t anything new to the news cycle, as the Vols have been able to produce plenty of talented prospects.
Tennessee is the home of many stars, including some of the best defensive players in SEC history. Guys like Eric Berry have found their way through the Tennessee program and onto the NFL, where they would have legendary careers. However, the defensive side of the football is the only side that has produced plenty of talent, as Tennessee has produced a lot of offensive talent as well. With the likes of Peyton Manning and company, the Vols have shown a great track record in getting talent drafted.
The Vols have produced someone who could be considered as one of the best players to play the Tide end position, as the Knoxville, Tennessee program is the home to Dallas Cowboys legend, Jason Witten. Witten is someone who made the most of his career and has been viewed as a top player at the Tide in position, and someone who is often referred to as a legend for the Cowboys, along with being a legend in the game of football as a whole.
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