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May, June
& July 2017
Volume 21, Issue 2
different outings to the public
library, picnics to various parks in the area, swimming at the
YMCA and trips to Bays Moun-tain.
Our folks continue to participate in the Meals on Wheels pro-
gram. Nathan, Jason, Amy, Rusty
and Rhonda have been keeping busy going to their job sites.
All individuals have been work-ing on their job skills by cleaning
tables, making tea, vacuuming, learning new job opportunities,
washing dishes, folding towels, counting and spelling skills.
Lots of folks have participated in group activities, games, sensory
input/output and improving com-munication with others.
Day Program
Several individuals chose to at-tend a variety of activities at the
Roby, including listening to the Roby Band, Bingo, Passport 55,
health seminars, and Bible Study. Several individuals chose to also
go to various local parks for nature walks, picnics, and green
therapy. Carolyn tried something new and
chose to attend a quilting class
held at Roby.
Several individuals chose to take
trips to Erwin Fish Hatchery and
Bays Mountain to learn about the
animal habitats and various jobs at
these locations. Individuals enjoy
going into their community to
learn about various community
jobs and continue to participate in
volunteer activities to explore
their interest. They currently vol-
unteer at Roby for Meals on
Wheels deliveries, Roby for calling
Bingo, and Appalachian Helping
Hands.
Individuals have made a broad
range of choices for locations of
snack and lunch outings including
various local restaurants. Individu-
als make choices on the location
of their outing, items they will
purchase, and learn to be a part of
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the payment process.
Several individuals chose to participate
in various education experiences this
quarter, including a seminar on Pro-
tection From Harm training presented
by Carmel Beatty from DIDD and a
training on safe eating habits present-
ed by Kim Snelson, SLP.
Everyone was very excited to see
Gizmo visit from the Greeneville As-
tros organization.
Several individuals chose to attend the
Cocke County Fair in July. Some
chose to ride and others enjoyed
visiting with beauty pageant winners
and listen to the music. Everyone
enjoyed the food provided by the
Newport Food City.
Green Terrace Marcus had a great time going out
for one of his favorite meals of piz-za. He spent some time at Bay’s
Mountain looking at the animals and having a great time.
Richard went on visits with his family and had wonderful times
relaxing and napping in his swing. Mark M., who loves pizza, went
out to Little Caesars after going to the animal shelter. He enjoyed
celebrating his birthday with friends. Mark went to see a movie and then
out to eat. The Green Terrace gents like to go
to the river to watch the fish jump out of the water. They went to
Bay’s Mountain Park, on walks at local parks, picnics, out for favorite
meals and helping around their house. They really enjoy relaxing
on the carport at home or watching a movie in their favorite chairs in
their living room.
Hart House Dustin purchased a new dresser and he did a great job of folding and
arranging his clothing in the dresser. He celebrated his birthday and had
a wonderful time. Dustin collected and recycled 170 pounds of alumi-
num cans, some of which he got when he visited his friend Rick.
Travis R had a wonderful adven-ture going to Dixie Stampede with
his friend Hayes. They had pictures taken and enjoyed their wonderful
Burkey
After a great cup of coffee from McDonalds, Paul went on a ride
through a local park. He had fun watching one of the Chipmunks
movies. Paul thinks going to Wal-Mart to “people watch” is a
great past-time. Mike S. recently enjoyed a
Mango Smoothie before taking a cruise through Hardin’s Park.
He has a new radio and is really enjoying listing to his favorite
tunes. After a Frosty, Hobert had a
great time taking a van ride through his community to see
the sights. He enjoys going to the park to relax.
Alvin helps out with household chores and is awesome at taking
his dirty clothes to the laundry. He enjoyed a trip to the dam to
watch the water and see the birds that hang around. Alvin
had fun going out for a delicious smoothie.
The Burkey guys enjoy sitting on their porch in the fresh air while
watching the birds visiting their well stocked bird feeder. Every-
one enjoys cooking out to cele-brate the 4th of July.
Creekside
Betty had fun picnicking at Har-dins and Kinser Parks. She also
had a great time visiting The Life Care Center. Betty likes to
watch the Lifetime Movie Chan-nel and of course Wrestling. Debbie L. went to the Rec
Center and had a great time. She also went on several picnics.
She is doing a great job assisting with household chores. Debbie
had an awesome time celebrat-ing her birthday.
Margie is enjoying the company of her housemates. She enjoys
watching movies at home during the extreme heat of summer.
CVTC
Individuals have been on many
meal. He had an outing to
Horse Creek Park and had fun throwing rocks into the creek.
Travis and Hayes had a great time at Fun Fest in Kingsport.
Hayes enjoyed the show and dinner at Dixie Stampede which
he attended with Travis. They had fun getting their pictures
taken. He had fun going to the movies recently. He recently
went on vacation to Gatlinburg. Everyone had a great time going
to the gym and pool at the YMCA. Hayes and Travis had
fun going to Dollywood Splash County.
Johnson Place
Travis P. went out with his girlfriend Heather for a nice
dinner at Fatz. He had a blast when he went to visit his family
to celebrate his birthday and also the 4th of July.
Billy Bl. had the opportunity to go to Bay’s Mountain to see the
animals and have a picnic. He really enjoyed his outing.
Kenny has been watching the Bell Choir practice and he really
enjoys the music.
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Summer days nice and long, makes me want to sing a song.
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Comcare Honors
Retiring Board Member
Chuck Bowlin for his
Many Years of
Dedicated Service
several community rides. They
enjoyed a picnic at Mosheim Park on Memorial Day and had many
more outings to local parks for picnics. Everyone likes to go to
church on Sunday afternoon.
Marshall Karen enjoyed a refreshing treat
during a recent outing to Pelican Snowballs.
Nancy F. ran into an old friend while she was at a local park and
enjoyed a short visit with them. Sherry had a nice meal at
Ryan’s while on a community outing.
The ladies of Marshall have been in and around their community
on numerous occasions. They have been out for ice cold Peli-
can Snowballs, great meals and visits to local parks. They enjoy
socializing in their hometown community.
Meadowbrook
Mark B. has had a fun filled spring and early summer going to
some of his favorite parks for picnics. He spent his Thursday evenings enjoying Lyrics on the
Lawn during the month of July. He liked visiting Erwin’s Fish
Hatchery. Jon M. enjoys going to local car
lots looking at the latest models and meeting interesting salespeo-
ple. Jon likes to go to the rec center. He had fun visiting Pan-
ther Creek State Park. Michael L. went on nature
walks, picnics and outing to sev-eral local area parks. Michael
had a nice time going out for coffee with his Coffee Club.
Everyone enjoyed a trip to Bay’s Mountain Park. Mark and Mi-
chael had fun going to a movie. The guys like to go the YMCA
on weekends to swim or partici-pate in activities in the gym.
They also like to attend church services on Sunday afternoons.
Mountain Terrace
Darla had some really awesome visits from her family and en-
joyed going out to eat with them.
Summer days, nice and long make me want to sing a song...
The Johnson Place gentlemen have been out for several mov-
ies including Superman. They also like to picnic and have
been to some of their local parks. Billy and Travis really
enjoy participating in the Bell Choir.
King Springs
Danette has been picking out and purchasing items to deco-
rate her room. She has a very good sense of style and loves
to shop for many different items. Danette received a new
radio and head phones from her Aunt Sondra.
Jesi got some snazzy new blouses on a recent shopping
trip. She loves watching mov-ies and listening to music.
Joseph loves visiting with his parents on weekends. He uses
his calendar to count down the days until they come to pick
him up. Joseph likes to shop for bargains at the Dollar
Store. Amy went shopping and bought some new clothes. She
likes to go the accessory de-partment and try on sunglasses.
Maplewood
Melissa celebrated her birth-day and enjoyed receiving gifts
and a very nice card from her aunt. She purchased a new bed
and dressed it up with a new comforter that she picked out.
Tammy enjoyed a trip to Bay’s Mountain to see the ani-
mals and the sights. She went to several parks and had lots of
fun while on picnics. She is very proud of herself for
achieving better health. Ben’s mother took him out
for a very special birthday lunch. She also brought all of
Ben’s housemates a Frosty in celebration. He enjoyed visit-
ing the Andrew Johnson Muse-um. He has been doing a fan-
tastic job helping to do his laundry.
The Maplewood gang went on
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She likes to help prepare meals at
home and is a fantastic help. Darla likes to participate in Bell
Choir. Shirley is a great help in the
kitchen. She is learning to help cook meals and has a fun time
participating. Shirley is a tremen-dous help when it comes to doing
her laundry. Participating in Bell Choir is one of Shirley’s favorite
activities. Carolyn assisted with the wash-
ing of her hair and did a fantastic job. She had a wonderful birth-
day celebration with her friends who sang Happy Birthday to her
while she danced. Everyone enjoyed outings to the
park and around their communi-ty.
Oakhaven
Clark was very happy when his family came and brought him lots
of homemade treats. His mom is a fantastic pie maker and he al-
ways looks forward to her pies. Clark enjoyed eating at “Cook-
Out”. Burney has a favorite restaurant that he loves to visit for really
great food so he goes to Ryan’s just as often as possible.
MT likes to attend church on Sunday afternoons. He also likes
to go the gym to play basketball. He had a wonderful time socializ-
ing at the Kingsport Fun Fest.
O’Brien DJ always looks forward to his
visits from his Aunt Til. One of his favorite outings is to go for ice
cream. The farmer comes out in Steven
S. whenever he visits Tractor Supply. It seems to be one of his
favorite places to visit. Mikie went on several family
visits one of which he celebrated his birthday. He is having a great
time at summer school. One of Mikie’s favorite things to do is to
utilize his swing in his backyard where he spends most of his free
time. Erik loves summer time and gets
to do one of his favorite past times, lay on the fragrant grass
and soak up some rays of relaxing
sunshine.
Rockhaven
Allen really enjoys his independ-ence in making day to day choices.
He likes to relax outside whenever possible.
One of Robert’s favorite things to do is to head out to Hardin’s Park
and have a picnic. Family is very important to Russell
and he loves visiting with them and he likes sending cards to his sister.
He is working on being more inde-pendent in his daily living.
The Rockhaven gentlemen really enjoy hanging out together on their
back porch relaxing in their rocking chairs or going to the park to do
some “people watching”.
Shadybrook Joey S’s favorite recording artists
are Reba and Shania Twain and he loves to listen to their music. Going
to Dollar General and Walmart to shop is a favorite past time for Joey.
When making salads, Daniel picks out items that he really likes to add
to his tasty creation. Taking walks around his neighborhood and around the VA facility grounds
makes Daniel feel healthy. Michael M. enjoys visiting with his
dad whenever possible. Going out for a snack and a walk around the
VA facility is one way Michael stays fit and healthy.
Tennyson’s family came for a visit and to celebrate his birthday. He
had a wonderful time and really enjoyed the time they spent togeth-
er. Going for snacks or meals is a fun outing for Tennyson.
Sparmill
Nathan had a wonderful time when he went to Gatlinburg with his fami-
ly. He was on “Cloud 9” when he got to go on stage and sing with Bill
Gaither during a performance. Jason is working on his farming
skills and has planted more vegeta-
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Staff News Best Wishes to Keyonna Hamilton, who was married on June 6th.
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bles in his garden. He hopes to have a great harvest. Jason en-
joyed going to the Erwin Festival with one of his friends.
David’s Mom, Aunt and Cousin came to visit for David’s birth-
day. They had a wonderful time and brought him gifts and bal-
loons which he thought were great.
Warm weather is Steve’s favor-ite kind of weather. He likes to
be outside taking evening walks and going to local parks. He
recently went out for some yum-my chicken and fixin’s at KFC.
Spruce Pine
John Pe., as always, had a fan-tastic time with his family while
visiting at his sister Caroline’s home. On a recent visit he tried
his hand at mowing the lawn and Caroline reported that he quick-
ly became a pro. He has had fun compiling items for his church
scrapbook and thanks everyone that provides items.
Chris M. continues to have fun working at his janitorial job at the rest area meeting lots of
wonderful people. He is a terrif-ic helper with the household
grocery shopping. He had a blast visiting with his family to
celebrate his birthday. Barry always looks forward to
weekend swimming or gym at the YMCA. He had a wonderful
visit with his family and went swimming. Barry is a tremen-
dous help putting away groceries after the shopping is done.
The Spruce Pine guys enjoyed going on several van rides
around their community. They find lounging outside their home
during the evening hours is a perfect way to relax at the end
of a long day. On weekends they like to attend church ser-
vices, go to the YMCA and out to various parks for picnics and
relaxation. Everyone helped Chris celebrate his birthday.
Tusculum
Melinda T. is very helpful when she brings her laundry to the
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taking out the household trash. She enjoyed receiving a card
from her mother whom she had sent a card.
When shopping for household supplies, Deborah does a fan-
tastic job locating the laundry detergent. She can measure
the detergent and softener when she does her laundry.
One of Brenda’s favorite eat outs is to go to Taco Bell were
she loves the Cinnabons. She always enjoys chatting with the
cashier and fellow patrons while eating.
Diane has enjoyed meeting new people and is making new
friends. After a trip to Johnson City Diane had a hard decision
as to which flavor milkshake she wanted and she made a great
choice when she picked straw-berry.
Everyone has fun going to the park and spending time in the
shade during these warm days. The ladies take advantage of the
nice weather to grill out in their own backyard.
Wexler
Scottie really likes to go for walks at the park. He enjoyed
seeing the streams flowing though Davey Crockett State
Park. He also liked going to the Railroad Museum.
James W. did some shopping for some new summer sunglass-es and picked out a great pair.
He liked purchasing his own drink and filling his cup from the
“Machine of Many Choices” at McDonald’s.
Thomas E. was surprised and very excited when his new re-
cliner arrived. He is learning about healthy snacks he can
make or get while on outings. He likes to pick out books from
the library and movies from Popcorn Video.
Edwin did some shopping for items of his choice and really did
great. He absolutely enjoyed a delicious triple chocolate chip
chocolate cookie on a recent outing.
Everyone enjoyed a delicious
meal from Cracker Barrel that they took to Newport City
Park to eat. Going for ice treats at Pelican Snow Balls is a
favorite for the guys. The guys have had several outings to the
park for cookouts, picnics and snack-outs where they enjoyed
the sunshine and fresh air.
Whirlwind John Pa. is a wonderful help
around the house and helping with grocery shopping. He
really enjoys visiting with his mother for overnight stays. He
enjoyed running across an old friend while shopping at Wal-
Mart. Chris C. helps with the mak-
ing of meals by pouring ingredi-ents and stirring them togeth-
er. He has been out on several outings especially for his favor-
ite apple pies. Michael B. likes to frequent
Dunkin’ Donuts whenever possible and he always enjoys
socializing with their staff. He is doing a great job learning to
do his laundry. Billy Ba. is a tremendous help
when it comes to doing house-hold chores. He likes to go to
Pelican Snowball for a cold treat.
The guys like to relax at home while watching movies.
Willow On Memorial Day, Nancy R.
went to Veteran’s Park and Monument Hill where she
learned about the veterans that fought for us to have freedom.
She has been a great help when it comes to preparing meals at
home. Nancy enjoyed visiting with her brother while attend-
ing church. Lori Ann is very excited to be
working during the summer at the 4-H Camp. She is also
wonderful at helping to wash and fold clean laundry at home.
She had fun going to the flea market.
Melinda S. has started an exercise program to help build
her strength. Since their birthdays were so
close together, Nancy and Lori
Ann decided to celebrate their
birthdays with one large party. They had great fun and enjoyed
having their friends attend.
Woodlawn Clyde does a fantastic job cleaning
the kitchen table after meals and is very proud of his accomplishments.
While in the community several folks have recognized his famous
smile that can be seen on the huge Comcare Billboards.
Charles is awesome at helping to keep his home tidy. He had an
awesome visit from his brother and sister. They all enjoyed their visit
and look forward to getting togeth-er again.
Joey H. celebrated his birthday and really enjoyed visiting with his sister
and family members. Everyone had a good time visiting
local parks where they had a pizza picnic and topped it off with ice
cream from the Ice Cream Truck that passes through the park. They
enjoy having meals out and going to church services. The Woodlawn
gents met the Maplewood folks at Burger King and had a great time
eating together.
Wykle Andrea recently chose to go out
to Pizza Inn for a great meal. Linda went out for pizza and en-
joyed her meal. Kathy had a ball going to Dolly-
wood to watch lots of entertaining shows and rides. She recently went to see Clint Black in concert.
The ladies of Wykle had many fun outings and picnics at local parks.
Summer days, nice and long make me want to sing a song...
Charles recently had a surprise
visit from his brother Bobby and his sister Betty. They had a wonderful time reminiscing.
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Summer days, nice and long make me want to sing a song...
November 2017 11/10 Robert 11/13 Deborah 11/17 Nancy F. Russell 11/24 Ben 11/28 Allen
October 2017 10/2 Daniel 10/3 Kathy 10/4 Nathan 10/5 Diane 10/15 Joseph 10/16 Linda 10/18 Erik 10/20 Darla 10/22 Scottie 10/26 Danette Clyde 10/27 James 10/30 Paul
10/31 Thomas
September 2017
9/7 DJ 9/16 Kenny 9/18 Michael L. 9/24 Melinda S.
Those Celebrating Birthdays
Nancy R., Debbie L.,
Billy Bl., Allen, and Rob-
ert attended Bible Study
at the Roby Center.
Gizmo vis-
ited Com-
care on
July 19, our
individuals
thought he
was pretty
cool.
Hayes, Lori Ann, Shirley and John Pe. attended Bible School at First Presbyterian Church. Each night they started their
evening with a great meal, proceeded on to Bible Study,
crafts and ended the night with music and dancing.
Hayes and his buddy
Matt Wallin enjoyed
participating in Bible
School.
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Thomas has been doing a
fantastic job cleaning the
mirrors in the office re-
strooms.
Nathan and Jason
scored when they
went to the mall to
get cologne samples.
Debbie and Mary
Phillips look over
and discuss some of
the pictures from
the sales ads in the
newspaper.
Lori Ann and Arlene
ready to go to work at
the 4-H Camp. Nice
shirts gals!
Erik likes lounging on the grass
during a recent sunny day.
Amy modeling a
pair of “Bug Eyed”
sunglasses she spot-
ted on a recent
shopping trip. She
thought they were
pretty funny.
Nancy R. and Tammy
proudly display their
Roby membership
identification cards.
Mikie cooking
teriyaki stir fry
f o r d i n ne r .
Looks Yummy!
Jason doing a
fantastic job
helping to cook
dinner.
Mark M. had a wonderful
outing for frozen yogurt. It
hit the spot on a hot sum-
mer day.
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Comcare Happenings
Several individu-
als had a great
time attending
the 2017 Fun
Fest where they
danced, had
great snacks
and wonderful
fellowship.
Community Network Services sponsored a cook out which in-
cluded hamburgers with all the trimmings, water balloon toss, na-
ture walks and relaxing
on the swings.
Cocke County Fair
Host Comcare
Individuals had a wonderful time playing games,
riding exciting rides and enjoying a fantastic
meal that was provided for them.