Public Records & Notices Monitoring local real estate since 1968 View a complete day’s public records Subscribe Presented by and notices today for our at memphisdailynews.com. free report www.chandlerreports.com Tuesday, August 25, 2020 MemphisDailyNews.com Vol. 135 | No. 116 Rack–50¢/Delivery–39¢ Le Bonheur statistics show pandemic’s brute force on children JANE ROBERTS among adults and a 350% increase ACEs are traumatic experi- living in the household at more or mental health issues, which Courtesy of The Daily Memphian in violence in their homes and ences before age 18. They include risk for physical abuse and ne- in turn only increase the risk Early evidence trickling in at neighborhoods. all types of abuse, neglect and pa- glect,” says Dr. Jason Yaun, head of things like abuse and ne- Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital What that constant stress rental mental illness, but also sub- of the outpatient pediatric divi- glect. It really ramps it up into a forms the outer boundaries of means for children, including stance use in the home, divorce, sion at Le Bonheur and medical cycle.”Having four or more ACE just how different life is in many how it affects brain and social incarceration of a caregiver and director of the Family Resilience experiences predisposes a child Memphis homes now, including development, is well documented domestic violence. Initiative. “ to a range of chronic diseases later a 250% increase in self-report- in extensive research of adverse “As parents become more The child may be more likely ed depression or mental illness childhood experiences. stressed, that places children to act out and have behavioral CHILDREN CONTINUED ON P2 Pate received a 1959 Singer sewing machine — the same kind her late mother taught her to sew Th read of love runs through each mask on when Pate was younger. The machine Pate’s mother used had was a newlywed gift from Pate’s dad to her mom, who died four years ago. “I’ve gone down memory lane thinking of my sewn for Binghampton neighbors mother and knowing that she would be pleased that I’m using the skills that she taught me to help someone else,” Pate said. Over the past four months, the Binghampton- based nonprofit, located on Carpenter Street, has distributed over 1,000 free masks for both adults and children. The Art Garden, founded in 2012, was formed to work with Binghampton youths to increase their exposure to art, educational and vocational programming. The nonprofit has a sewing station where volunteers —including Pate — spend time each week creating the masks. Pate’s sewn close to 100 of those masks during the pandemic and delivers about 10 each week to the Art Garden. Beyond the sewing machine, Pate’s family is involved in each mask that is crafted. Her daugh- ter, who lives in California, buys and sends Pate the fabric selected by her 2-year-old grandson. The designs range from dinosaurs to fire trucks. “If you look for the opportunities, they’ll be there,” Pate said. “I’ve been rewarded many times. Who would’ve have imagined that my offering to make masks would take me on this extraordinary journey?” The importance of masks has grown during the pandemic. At first, the Shelby County Health Department only “strongly recommended” mask usage. As of July, the health department mandated wearing masks in public spaces throughout Shel- Suzy Hendrix grabs okra while shopping at the Carpenter Art Garden pop up market event on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Since April, by County due to a spike in COVID-19 cases this the nonprofit has distributed over 1,000 masks in the community. (Mark Weber/Courtesy of The Daily Memphian) summer. Megan Banaszek, Art Garden executive di- OMER YUSUF to sew.The search for a sewing machine would be willing to sell me or loan me,” rector, said the organization realized the serious Courtesy of The Daily Memphian began after Jane Pate decided to create said Pate, a volunteer tutor at the Art need for masks when staff members routinely saw A Carpenter Art Garden volunteer’s masks for Binghampton residents in Garden for three years. “And my neigh- people in the neighborhood not wearing them. journey in search of a sewing machine the fight against COVID-19. bor two doors down, contacted me and “To my knowledge, this is the only spot where turned into one full of memories and a I put out a call on Nextdoor asking said, ‘I have a very old sewing machine special reminder of who taught her how if anyone had a sewing machine they that I will give you.’” BINGHAMPTON CONTINUED ON P3 INSIDE Public Records ................ 4 Public Notices ............... 16 memphisdailynews.com chandlerreports.com Marriage licenses are unavailable ©2020 The Daily News Publishing Company A division of The Daily News Publishing Company while Shelby County Clerk’s O ce Memphis, Tennessee The standard for premium real estate Established 1886 • 135th year information since 1968 reviews internal policies for its digital Call 901.523.1561 to subscribe Call 901.458.6419 for more information platforms. Page 2 MemphisDailyNews.com Tuesday, August 25, 2020 CHILDREN CONTINUED FROM P1 you see their kids come in, you wonder, in life, including cancers, heart disease, ‘How on earth are you taking care of these strokes, COPD, diabetes and Alzheimer’s, kids?’”Tammy Ward has five children, in- plus a host of high-risk behaviors, including cluding a set of twins born prematurely. At drug use.Since the pandemic hit, a sample 4, one of them is nonverbal and clings tightly of the 500-plus families in the Family Resil- to her mother in the presence of strangers. ience project have also reported a 35% in- Ward also has two stepchildren liv- crease in ACEs. What this means in the lives ing with her.In April, her husband died of of these children and for the society they a heart attack after a seizure. She works will live and work in is hard to fathom.“We full-time, Thursday through Monday, as a probably don’t know what this means,” said cashier at a convenience store on Summer Chris Hanson, pediatrician at Laurelwood Avenue.“We are right now dealing with Pediatrics, “because we don’t know what’s the fact that their dad has passed,” she out there that is not being reported.” said. “It’s hard. They ask about him.”Last In 2018, Le Bonheur created the Family week, she enrolled in the resilience pro- Resilience Initiative to help families with gram. Among other things, she will now children — ages 5 months to 5 years — get a series of texts from the staff to make who have experienced three ACE events. sure things are fine at home, including that About 95% of the participants are insured there are groceries and money for utilities. by TennCare.By surrounding them with “If you say you are going to try to get gro- services including food, money for rent and ceries or something else in three days, we utilities, access to hundreds of medical spe- will call on the fourth or fifth day to see Tammy Ward (center) fills out paperwork for her 4-year-old twin daughters Aniya Smith cialists in the Methodist Le Bonheur hospi- how it worked out,” said Cheryl Jackson, (left) and Amiya Smith (right) during their checkup visit Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. tal system, and staying in touch, its leaders outreach counselor.“We want to be proac- (Mark Weber/Courtesy of The Daily Memphian) hope to reduce the severity of ACEs in Mem- tive. We want to get to you before anything being around substance abuse, emotional like in children often depends on how old phis, particularly now.“If they have any ad- happens and be that extra leg or someone abuse or domestic violence. they are, experts say.Jackson has noticed verse childhood experience, we offer them you can call rather than you sitting at home Severity is determined by several fac- an uptick in complaints of children not be- a referral to our psychologist,” Yaun said. trying to figure out how am I going to get tors, including how long and how intense ing able to sleep, including babies waking In May 2018, 15 families accepted psy- the things my family needs. the experience was.“If it’s something like up crying for no apparent reason.“We call chological help. This May, the number near- “You are still going to worry, but at least sexual abuse, that one time is likely to be those night terrors,” she said. ly tripled to 44.“I think the increase has to be you can call someone.”In the pandemic, adverse childhood experience,” Yaun said. There may be a general regression in toi- what’s going on in our nation. I don’t think Ward’s world has contracted to work, her “If it’s some type of physical neglect, it may let training or other benchmarks toddlers it’s anything we are doing, as wonderful as children and the worry that she will bring be something that over time becomes an have achieved. In slightly older children, our outreach coordinators are,” Yaun said. coronavirus home from customers refus- adverse childhood experience.”In the pan- parents may notice grumpiness or sullen- “It’s the stress and reality many of these ing to wear masks.“This one right here gets demic, when schools were shut down and ness and behavioral issues.“By elementary families are facing.”The project enrolls fam- sick with anything,” she said, nodding to doctors’ offices were closed to in-person school age, it may be physical symptoms - ilies who qualify when they come for well- Tiny, the smaller twin.