Amaryl Isenberg; Nancy Bowen; Booth Kammann; CEO of the Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians; Cathy Ackermann; Janice Greer; Andrea White; Linda Davison; and Justice Sharon Lee, from left, at Cookies and Cocktails.

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Wayne Kramer ’74; Sherri Parker Lee, Maryville College board member; Dr. Bill Rukeyser, Maryville College honorary alumnus and UT Medical Center board chair; and Maryville College President Dr. Tom Bogart mingle at a reception in Maryville.

State Museum Commission Chairman Victor Ashe and Museum Executive Director Lois Riggins-Ezzell, right, celebrate new Costume Textile Institute inductee fiber artist Judi Gaston, wearing a scarf made of recycled materials.

From left, Tina Webb, Pat Collins, Susie Stiles and Carolyn Pointer Neill, founder of Elder Advocates.

At Cookies and Cocktails, the recent fundraiser for the Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians, area chefs served up the organization’s iconic cookies with a

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