Six Middle Tennessee volunteers recognized for community service

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More sleep equals fewer accidents
According to the American Sleep Disorders Association,
about a third of Americans are sleep-deprived, which is
causing mistakes and accidents.
About a third of Americans
are sleep-deprived and everyone is paying for it in the form
of mistakes and accidents. So
say officials at the American
Sleep Disorders Association.
A recent visit by Huffington
Post co-founder Arianna
Huffington to Nashville wokeup students and community
members gathered at Belmont
University to this issue.
During this year’s Spring
Leadership Luncheon on the
campus of Belmont University, Huffington spoke to students
and promoted her newest book,
“The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life One Night at
a Time.”
She pointed out a growing
risk between a lack of sleep
and negative health outcomes,
and said it’s important to convince people that sleep is not
negotiable.
“Contrary to the assumption that you need to burn out
in order to succeed, sleep is
essential. At the moment,
we’re living through the golden age of the science of sleep,”
said Huffington.
“I wanted to pull everything
together and also that way we
can change the cultural norm
that makes us think that we can
congratulate people for working 24/7,which is the cognitive
equivalent of coming to work
drunk,” she said.
Alex Beasley, a Belmont ...
How missing court records
created a folk-legend from
Nashvilleʼs wild past
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John Murrell
Great mysteries and stories
of the Wild West grab our attention, especially when such took
place in Nashville and the mystery can’t really be solved.
Yes, Nashville had a Wild
West. Largely, perhaps, because
before Waylon Jennings was
able to secure his own recording rights, transitioning his
sound into outlaw country by
bucking the ‘Nashville Sound,’
Nashville’s legal system very
openly and firmly put away
career criminals of the 1800s,
like John Murrell, while making sound and giving him
names like the “Great Land
Pirate and the Bushwhacker
along the Natchez Trace.”
But, little is known about the
trial of Murrell, who was
raised in Williamson County.
Other than knowing that
Murrell was incarcerated
in the Tennessee State
Penitentiary, his time in and
out of the court system is difficult to trace, which helped create the mystical persona
authors like Mark Twain...
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Metro officials try to keep Nashville free of mosquito-born illness
Mosquito bites can be more
than annoying and itchy; they
can make you really sick. All
mosquitoes need water to
breed; therefore, eradication
and population control efforts
involve removal or treatment
of standing water sources.
The Metro Public Health
Department will continue its
fight against mosquito-born
illnesses. On April 30, health
officials and volunteers will
go door-to-door in Bordeaux
and Woodbine to help residents learn how they can take
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action in reducing Nashville’s
mosquito population.
Pest Management staff will
also be in neighborhoods
across Nashville monitoring
standing water and applying
chemical sprays to standing
water when mosquito larvae
are present.
While the first case of the
mosquito-carrying virus, Zika
was reported in east Tennessee in February, the virus
has not spread to Nashville.
Additionally, while infections
of pregnant women have been
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linked to miscarriage or a congenitally small head in an
infant, no cases of Zika virusrelated birth defects or miscarriages have occurred in
Tennessee to date.
The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash,
joint pain and red eyes. The
illness is usually mild with
symptoms lasting for several
days to a week after being bitten by an infected mosquito.
On Tuesday, the Tennessee
Department of Health rescheduled an information ses-
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Zika and mosquito-bor ne
health threats to help contain
the spread of measles in
Shelby County. Six cases of
measles are now confirmed in
Shelby County, according to
the Shelby County Health
Department.
Monitoring will continue
throughout mosquito season,
which typically ends in October
or November. An updates information session will be announced soon.
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Six Middle Tennessee volunteers recognized for community service
Hands On Nashville’s, annual
Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer
Awards, recognized six volunteers last week for their significant charitable contributions to
the community.
The ceremony kicked off with a
performance by the Tennessee
School for the Blind Choir, which
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Mary Catherine Strobelʼs children. From left to right,
Veronica Strobel-Seigenthaler,
Charles Strobel, Jerry Strobel,
and Alice Eadler.
inees. Charles Strobel, son of Mary
Catherine Strobel and Founding
Director of Room In the Inn, followed the performance with a
remembrance of his mother’s legacy. “The Mary Catherine Strobel
Awards not only highlight the
tremendous impact that individual
volunteers make on our community, but they also showcase this city’s
every-growing volunteer spirit.”
Community members submitted 130 nominations for the 2016
Strobel Volunteer Awards. More
than 600 volunteers and agency
representatives attended the
luncheon and ceremony at the
Music City Center downtown.
“The Mary Catherine Strobel
Volunteer Awards represent the
best our community has to offer,”
said Lori Shinton, Hands On
Nashville’s vice president of oper-
Charity Tour of Homes
Presented by
the Master Custom Builders Council of Tennessee
Friday–Sunday, April 29–May 1 and May 6–8, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM
Nine decorated homes on beautiful homesites throughout middle Tennessee
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Hughes Edwards Builders
1377 Hogan Branch
Hendersonville, TN 37075
David Patton Construction
1074 Equestrian Trrail
Greenbrier, TN 37073
1119 Livingfield Court
Gallatin, TN 37066
McPherson-Shaw, Inc.
4515 Wayland Drive
Nashville, TN 37215
Curd Homes
1594 Foxland Boulevard
Gallatin, TN 37066
1078A Bradley Road
Gallatin, TN 37066
R. Thomas Construction
3821 Mistico Lane
Franklin, TN 37064
(Leipers Fork Area)
104 Earlham Court
Franklin, TN 37064
Shane McFarland Construction
The Grove
8431 Heirloom Boulevard
College Grove, TN 37064
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Tickets are available at each individual homesite for $15 or online
via charitytourofhomes.com or eventbrite.com
Dominique Jordan accepted the Direct Service Volunteer Award (ages
21-49) for her wide-ranging community service to Nashvillians in
need. In total, Dominique has supported 27 organizations through her
“Happy Birthday Dominique Community Service Project.”
ations and interim executive
director. “This event serves not
only as a celebration but also as
a call to action. It is a great
reminder of the opportunities we
have each day to lend a hand to our
neighbors in need.”
Following is a list of award
recipients.
Peggy Napier has been named
the 2016 recipient of the Capacitybuilding Volunteer Award for her
dedicated contributions to making
Thistle Farms a community of
healing for survivors of abuse,
addiction, trafficking and prostitution. Peggy serves 40-plus hours a
week in myriad roles. From working to establish the Thistle Stop
Café to supporting a National
Education and Outreach Center, to
helping Thistle Farms tell its story
through her photography, Peggy’s
service can be seen in all aspects of
Thistle Farms.
I’m incredibly honored to have
even been nominated for the
award,” Capacity-building Volunteer
Award winner Peggy Napier said.
Napier, who works for Thistle
Farms, an organization that helps
with the recovery for women, families, and neighbors suffering from
poverty, addiction, sexual abuse,
trafficking, and prostitution.
“Thistle Farms means so much to
me personally, and getting to be a
part of it is what really brings me
joy every day. I’m overwhelmed at
the number of people in my category and what people are doing in
this community. I just think it’s
wonderful that people in Nashville
give their time to organizations
that need it.”
Vanderbilt Sewing Club has
been named the 2016 recipient of
the Civic Volunteer Group Award
for its service supporting patients
at Vanderbilt University Medical
Center. For more than 80 years,
members of this ever-evolving
group have sewn and donated thousands of surgical linens, infant
caps, lap blankets, and more, saving
the hospital significant time and
resources to comfort its patients.
TechnologyAdvice has been
named the 2016 recipient of the
Corporate Volunteerism Award for
its support of at-risk youth served
by Youth Villages. Over the last four
years, TechnologyAdvice has
donated 3,000 hours, along with professional services and financial
resources, and provided school supplies, books and facility improvements to Youth Villages. As a supporter of Youth Villages’ Holiday
Heroes program, TechnologyAdvice has provided 450 vulnerable
youth with gifts to brighten spirits
during the holidays.
Anna Grace Smith has been
named the 2016 recipient of a Direct
Service Volunteer Award (Youth;
ages 5–20 category) for her efforts to
raise funds and awareness in support of cancer research. For the
past five years, Anna Grace has
served as president of Queens for a
Cure, a pageant event that raises
funds for Susan G. Komen for the
Cure and St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital. Her service has
raised nearly $18,000 in total.
Dominique Jordan has been
named the 2016 recipient of a Direct
Service Volunteer Award (Adult;
ages 21–49 category) for her wideranging community service to
Nashvillians in need. For the past
two years, Dominique has celebrated her birthday by volunteering
one project for each year of her life.
Her efforts have fed hundreds of
impoverished families, organized
holiday parties for hundreds of students, lifted spirits for children
receiving hospital care and more.
In total, Dominique has supported
27 nonprofits in this effort.
Donna Moffitt is the recipient
of a 2016 Direct Service Volunteer
Award (Adult; ages 50-plus category) for her dedicated commitment
to helping young people overcome
life’s challenges. Over nine years,
Donna has served more than 4,500
hours to mentor, support and care
for nearly 100 youths served by
Preston Taylor Ministries. After
mentoring a group of young students through their entire high
school experiences, Donna created a new program at PTM to continue supporting recent high
school graduates so her support
can continue.