by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
He never had a childhood By Joe Rector Our dad passed away in 1965. For the last 58 years, Jim and I have been without a father. No, we don’t whine about it, nor have we ever used it as an excuse for misbehavior or bad decisions. Still, that’s a long time ago, and I...
by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Cargo “You have too much cargo.” Aboriginal Chieftain By Dr. Jim Ferguson After more than two decades, the above quote from Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” still intrigues me. While walking along the beach with an aboriginal...
by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
Known then as now as the ‘Swamp Rat’ By Tom Mattingly The immediate future might not have looked bright for the Vol program in the fall of 1963. The last bowl game was in 1957, and the Vols had compiled records of 4-6, 5-4-1, 6-2-2, 6-4, and 4-6 since that...
by design | Nov 13, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Nonprofit reaches milestone of 600,000 lbs. of trash removed as volunteers collected 25,397 lbs. of trash from waterways during Tennessee River Month There’s now nearly 13 tons less trash on the shorelines of local waterways thanks to 107 volunteers who came out to...
by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Public Notice
NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: DAWN FLATFORD AND LYNN FLATFORD IN RE: WILSON & ASSOCIATES, PLLC, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE v. DAWN FLATFORD AND LYNN FLATFORD 206438-1 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this Cause, it appearing from the...
