Photos by Kohl Threlkeld

  • Trinity Johnson, 9, foreground, waits with her family and friends as her parents sign them up for the 'Smart Start' tee ball program at Inskip Ballpark on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. From left, Joshua Howell, 9, shows Jeremiah Johnson, 1, his glasses as Gavin Johnson, 8, plays with his brother Aaron Johnson, 5, while their cousin Isaiah Johnson waits on top of the truck.Teira Johnson, mother of Trinity, Isaiah and Jeremiah watches the children as they play.
  • Parents wait with their children at Inskip Ballpark Tuesday, March 22, 2011 to sign up for a new program called 'Smart Start' which focuses on teaching toddlers the basics of tee ball.
  • Mike Johnson listens to Eric P'Simer, <cq> President over Inskip Norwood Youth Sports, as he explains a few guidelines about being a coach Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The Smart Start programs hopes to get parents involved in coaching.
  • J.P. Byrd and his father, John Byrd, carefully take measurments of a snapping turtle at Solway Bend as part of aquatic research for the Clinch River Environmental Studies Organization.
  • J.P. Byrd examines the underside of a slider turtle that was caught in a net placed by student members of the Clinch River Environmental Studies Organization at Solway Bend in Anderson County.
  • JoAnn Thompson holds a young Brown Thrasher that she is raising at her Oak Ridge home. Thompson has been taking in abandoned and injured songbirds for 12 years and rehabilitating them back to the wild. With the cost of raising the birds coming from her own money, Thompson says 'It's more of a spiritual journey than anything else.'
  • Mary Kathryn Cockrill, RN and Clinical Educator for Blount Memorial Hospital, demonstrates how to position your hands when performing chest compressions.
  • A kit produced by the American Heart Association teaches families how to correctly perform CPR on an infant using a CPR Manikin and instructional DVD. The kit also includes a practice phone for dialing 911.
  • Mary Kathryn Cockrill, RN and Clinical Educator for Blount Memorial Hospital, demonstrates how to correctly perform CPR. The first step is to check the person and dial 911.
  • Mary Kathryn Cockrill, RN and Clinical Educator for Blount Memorial Hospital, demonstrates how to correctly perform CPR. The second step is to give chest compressions to the unconscious person.
  • A kit produced by the American Heart Association teaches families how to correctly perform CPR using a CPR Manikin and instructional DVD.

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