by Ray Hill | Mar 5, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By 1939 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was fast approaching perhaps the biggest crisis of his presidency, aside from the Great Depression, with war looming in Europe. Roosevelt turned to his Secretary of State, Cordell Hull of Tennessee. Tall, stately, dignified and...
by Mike Steely | Feb 27, 2017 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely It sits by itself in a lonely spot in Oak Ridge, a symbol of peace between Japan and the United States and a reminder of Pearl Harbor and the dropping of atomic bombs that ended World War II. The Friendship Bell seems like a contradiction between the...
by Joe Rector | Feb 27, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The holiday season took a toll on me. I’ve never been good at refusing sweets and other items that appear on kitchen the table. Holiday meals are times when I overeat, and not doing so is hard when everything smells and tastes so much better than at...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 27, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Perhaps in the early 1900s it was a common sight. Today, it is historical. I marvel not only at the scene, but more so that anyone even had a camera and would have the presence of mind to capture on film the threshing machine event. The late...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 27, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan What is child support? Child support is money paid from one parent of a child to the other parent of a child. This money is supposed to be used to care for and help raise the child. It goes without saying, child support only comes in to play...
by design | Feb 27, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Perhaps the most influential science fiction novel of the 20th century was “Dune,” written by Frank Herbert. Too often people discount the science-fiction genre as Flash Gordon-esk with cheesy plots and ray guns. If this is what you think, I can...
