by design | Jun 2, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com The Knox County School Board met for a Work Session on May 27 to discuss the Draft Strategic Plan. Board members Gloria Deathridge, Tom Deakins, Kim Severance, and Mike McMillan were absent. In his Superintendent’s Report, Dr....
by design | Jun 2, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com Social Media blew up a little last month when a 20 year veteran Knox County teacher and former Teacher of the Year posted her resignation letter on her Facebook page. I contacted the author of the letter to ask if I could print...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 2, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I looked at the still black and white photo and marveled that it even existed. It was made during a time when pictures were important and rare. A single picture captured the most special moments in our lives. It was long before the arrival of...
by design | Jun 2, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m getting tired of writing, “Here we go again.” However, another scandal has surfaced in the Obama Administration, this time in the Veterans Administration (VA). I know something about medical care in the VA system, because I once worked as a...
by Steve Williams | Jun 2, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Off-season bad news has stung the University of Tennessee football program once again. Riley Ferguson, red-shirt freshman quarterback who many thought might become the starter in 2014, took his football and went home. Maybe he had a good reason....
