(c)2009 NPT PHOTO BY NELSON MORAIS

Commissioner Susan Hinchcliff Whitaker of the State of Tennessee's Department of Tourist
Development addressed tourism industry professionals and elected officials at a seminar
sponsored by the Tennessee Recycling Coalition, on Thursday, Oct. 8. Whitaker spoke at
the event held in Cosby at the Creekwalk Inn & Cabin at Whisperwood Farm. Shown are,
left to right: Brenda Shultz, owner of Rafting in the Smokies; Mike Teske, Dollywood's
Director of Maintenance and Construction; the Honorable Larry Potter, Shelby County
Environmental Judge; Whitaker; Kevin Fitzgerald, Deputy Superintendent of Great Smoky
Mountains National Park; Frank McGuffin of Tidi Waste; and Sherry Bracknell, of the City
of Sevierville. Elizabeth Reed, Executive Director of Keep Cocke County Beautiful, with
assistance from Tourism Director Linda Lewanski, coordinated the annual event.
Thursday's event emphasized "Recycling and Tourism".