Free Range Conversations

RISON'S OWN SPARTAN CATCHES THE FEVER - Rison's Les Walz, pictured here competing in a Spartan Race in 2021, sits down for this week's episode of the Herald's Free Range Conversations podcast. He shares stories of his time as Cleveland County's extension agent, growing up in Germany, and how he caught the competitive exercise fever.

RISON'S OWN SPARTAN CATCHES THE FEVER - Rison's Les Walz, pictured here competing in a Spartan Race in 2021, sits down for this week's episode of the Herald's Free Range Conversations podcast. He shares stories of his time as Cleveland County's extension agent, growing up in Germany, and how he caught the competitive exercise fever.

Free Range Conversations, Episode 4: Walz's 'Mid-Life Crisis' Becomes His New Passion

News Staff
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
RISON - While others may call it a mid-life crisis or simply crazy, Les Walz of the Macedonia community calls it fun and a challenge he is ready to meet head-on.
NASHVILLE CONNECTIONS - Rison in the Fall organizer Douglas Boultinghouse (right) with this year's festival headliner, Charles Esten (left), during a visit to Nashville in 2014.

NASHVILLE CONNECTIONS - Rison in the Fall organizer Douglas Boultinghouse (right) with this year's festival headliner, Charles Esten (left), during a visit to Nashville in 2014.

Free Range Conversations, Episode 2: Boultinghouse Uses Music City Contacts to Revive Rison Festival

News Staff
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
RISON - As the Rison in the Fall Festival was starting to fade and was in badly need of a makeover, Douglas Boultinghouse used his connections with the music scene in Nashville to turn the event into one of the premier festivals of the region.