by Steve Williams | Aug 6, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Let’s turn back the clock 4½ years. That’s about when Bryson Rosser was announced as Central High’s new head football coach. He had made the decision to leave Hackensack High School in New Jersey, where he was offensive coordinator in 2013 and...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 5, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Tennessee Republicans made a wise decision in choosing Franklin businessman Bill Lee as their gubernatorial nominee last Thursday. Lee wasn’t the candidate who spent the most, bought the most television and radio ads, or started out as the preemptive...
by Ray Hill | Aug 5, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The race for the United States Senate in Tennessee in 1970 was one of the most closely watched races in the country that year. The race between Congressman Bill Brock, the Republican nominee, and incumbent Senator Albert Gore had national implications. ...
by design | Jul 30, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Old shoes, old dogs and an older, but lovely, wife are blessings. I’m glad I don’t need to make a fashion statement and can focus on function more than form in the shoes that I wear. I do appreciate the discomfort that women sometimes endure in...
by Ralphine Major | Jul 30, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was the evening of October 11, 2011. Fountain City residents Mike and Barbara Cruze were traveling on Interstate 640. Their destination—a cabin in the mountains. Focus readers may be familiar with Mike Cruze, Master Gardener, from his...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jul 30, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan So, I have explained previously the difference between an arbitration and a mediation. But today, I want to talk about the specifics of what occurs during a mediation. A mediation is essentially a meeting that takes place between the parties (the...
