Sunday, August 24, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Olympic Gold and Cupid Too
We here at the iComical Appeal enjoy a good story, especially one that shows that love is in the air...
We now present the Romeo and Juliet of the Beijing Olympics.
We now present the Romeo and Juliet of the Beijing Olympics.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Grand Opening of iHealth Hospital of iMemphis
All iMemphians will have a new choice for their health care beginning Friday, 22 Aug 08. iHealth Hospital of iMemphis will celebrate their grand opening - all are invited to attend the celebration of this state-of-the art modern facility.
Visit our new site
Political News
Julia Child a spy?
Come on...hard to believe that the most endeared television diva chef had a little secret (and she was not the only one)...
Check it out for yourself.
Come on...hard to believe that the most endeared television diva chef had a little secret (and she was not the only one)...
Check it out for yourself.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Press release from iMayor Pippin's office
A wonderful time was had by all at the iTreasury and iVeteran Affairs pot luck.
What a sense of community we have here in iMemphis.
iMayor Pippin is proud to announce that our iLibrary is open!
Keep checking back for more wonderful things in iMemphis!
What a sense of community we have here in iMemphis.
iMayor Pippin is proud to announce that our iLibrary is open!
Keep checking back for more wonderful things in iMemphis!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Teacher makes a difference!
They get to know Miss Bumpas even before kindergarten starts
By Jane Roberts (Contact), Memphis Commercial AppealMonday, August 11, 2008
For the tens of thousands of Memphis kids who went to bed with night-before jitters, the 20 in Vicki Bumpas' kindergarten class offer a calming counterpoint.
What can be so hard about learning numbers and letters when you've already spent time curled up on your new teacher's lap?
Every single face in Bumpas' Shannon Elementary classroom is familiar this morning. So are all the faces at home, plus the dog, the cat and maybe the next-door neighbor, too.
Shannon kindergarten teacher Vicki Bumpas chats with Alease Simmons and her great-grandmother Bertha Minor. Bumpas says visits to her students' families pays dividends. Matthew Craig The Commercial Appeal:
What about school are you most looking forward to?
Seeing friends
Learning new things
Sports and after-school activities
And so for the 37 years she's taught in Tennessee public schools, she's spent not only the week before school making home visits, but most of the others, too, dropping in sometimes at mealtime, knowing full well the table will soon include a place for her.
"Yes, I eat meals with my families, and they eat at my house, too," she says.
The visits include talk about her goals for the year and what the families want for their children.
With the wisdom of a woman who's received thousands of pucker-lipped kisses and an equal number of neck hugs, Bumpas explains:
"They all want the same thing. I don't care where you are, everyone loves their children equally."
With her listening ears on, she hears hopes and worries, in houses made of clapboard or brick, along streets where men huddle around cars on jacks or where the term "neighborhood school" means neighborhood anchor.
Bertha Minor's children and a good many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren have attended Shannon. Little 5-year-old Alease Simmons is there today for the first day of her school career.
As she snuggled up to Bumpas Friday afternoon on her great-grandmother's cream-upholstered antique settee, there was no reason to think she'd given the pending change in her life any more thought than what socks she would wear.
The reason, she said, in her perfect "Yes, ma'am" voice, is that she already knows Miss Bumpas.
She expects fewer first-day tears in her class than in others "because the parents have been talking about me. They've been saying, 'She came to see you. Remember?' "
It matters, says Tisha White, principal at Shannon, who says Bumpas' students are often among the school's high-achievers.
Bumpas was the school's Teacher of the Year in 2008, partly for her zeal for teaching and partly for the rapport she builds with families.
"Her parents are always happy with her," White said. "A lot of teachers have a great rapport with parents, but Miss Bumpas works hard to make sure she knows the whole family. When the child comes to school, there's no barrier to learning."
Frankly, the hours of volunteer visiting also reduce job stress, Bumpas says.
"I don't have to worry about parents being upset or question what I am doing. I get as much reward from them as they do from me, trust me."
Of course, she is aware of the budget cuts in the district that threaten jobs and resources.
"I don't worry about budgets," Bumpas said. "If they give money, I spend it, if they don't, I spend my own money."
But the economy has affected her own family finances, which means she's taken a second job after school and is doing her visiting now before class.
"I just beat on the door about 15 minutes to seven to get them up. Nobody cares."
-- Jane Roberts: 529-2512
By Jane Roberts (Contact), Memphis Commercial AppealMonday, August 11, 2008
For the tens of thousands of Memphis kids who went to bed with night-before jitters, the 20 in Vicki Bumpas' kindergarten class offer a calming counterpoint.
What can be so hard about learning numbers and letters when you've already spent time curled up on your new teacher's lap?
Every single face in Bumpas' Shannon Elementary classroom is familiar this morning. So are all the faces at home, plus the dog, the cat and maybe the next-door neighbor, too.
Shannon kindergarten teacher Vicki Bumpas chats with Alease Simmons and her great-grandmother Bertha Minor. Bumpas says visits to her students' families pays dividends. Matthew Craig The Commercial Appeal:
What about school are you most looking forward to?
Seeing friends
Learning new things
Sports and after-school activities
And so for the 37 years she's taught in Tennessee public schools, she's spent not only the week before school making home visits, but most of the others, too, dropping in sometimes at mealtime, knowing full well the table will soon include a place for her.
"Yes, I eat meals with my families, and they eat at my house, too," she says.
The visits include talk about her goals for the year and what the families want for their children.
With the wisdom of a woman who's received thousands of pucker-lipped kisses and an equal number of neck hugs, Bumpas explains:
"They all want the same thing. I don't care where you are, everyone loves their children equally."
With her listening ears on, she hears hopes and worries, in houses made of clapboard or brick, along streets where men huddle around cars on jacks or where the term "neighborhood school" means neighborhood anchor.
Bertha Minor's children and a good many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren have attended Shannon. Little 5-year-old Alease Simmons is there today for the first day of her school career.
As she snuggled up to Bumpas Friday afternoon on her great-grandmother's cream-upholstered antique settee, there was no reason to think she'd given the pending change in her life any more thought than what socks she would wear.
The reason, she said, in her perfect "Yes, ma'am" voice, is that she already knows Miss Bumpas.
She expects fewer first-day tears in her class than in others "because the parents have been talking about me. They've been saying, 'She came to see you. Remember?' "
It matters, says Tisha White, principal at Shannon, who says Bumpas' students are often among the school's high-achievers.
Bumpas was the school's Teacher of the Year in 2008, partly for her zeal for teaching and partly for the rapport she builds with families.
"Her parents are always happy with her," White said. "A lot of teachers have a great rapport with parents, but Miss Bumpas works hard to make sure she knows the whole family. When the child comes to school, there's no barrier to learning."
Frankly, the hours of volunteer visiting also reduce job stress, Bumpas says.
"I don't have to worry about parents being upset or question what I am doing. I get as much reward from them as they do from me, trust me."
Of course, she is aware of the budget cuts in the district that threaten jobs and resources.
"I don't worry about budgets," Bumpas said. "If they give money, I spend it, if they don't, I spend my own money."
But the economy has affected her own family finances, which means she's taken a second job after school and is doing her visiting now before class.
"I just beat on the door about 15 minutes to seven to get them up. Nobody cares."
-- Jane Roberts: 529-2512
Sunday, August 10, 2008
New Link...
The iTreasury and iDepartment of Veterans Affairs blog is now open for business...
Here's the link: itreasury-idva.blogspot.com
Here's the link: itreasury-idva.blogspot.com
Friday, August 8, 2008
iMayor Pippin press release
iMayor Pippin has been out of town negotiating with several new businesses to bring prosperity to iMemphis.
She has been meeting with iTrader Joes, iRock and Roll Museum, and an iNFL team.
Hopefully, the iMayor's office will have positive news to report next week when iMayor Pippin returns to the iBluff city. To save our icity's monopoly money, she had me schedule an overnight Saturday itinerary, and is staying at an iMotel 6.
She has been meeting with iTrader Joes, iRock and Roll Museum, and an iNFL team.
Hopefully, the iMayor's office will have positive news to report next week when iMayor Pippin returns to the iBluff city. To save our icity's monopoly money, she had me schedule an overnight Saturday itinerary, and is staying at an iMotel 6.
MIA!
This is an AMBER alert! The Comical Appeal is missing it's iEditor in Chief and iMemphis is missing iMayor Pippin.
UPDATE: iMayor Pippin has been located she has been extremely busy out of town on iMemphis business. She has checked in, is home and resting.
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