by design | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson You never know who you’ll meet at a wine tasting bar. Last week, I met a Roller-Derby gal in what you might think an unlikely place. Becky and I were sightseeing in the Columbia River Gorge and decided to stop at the “best winery in Oregon,” at...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major On our recent trip to Greeneville, I bought an Autism Awareness bracelet from a lady who was selling it for her grandson. It was a reminder that I needed to contact Nick Peters. Nick, who is the son of Carolyn Boruff Peters and Kent Peters, grew up...
by Joe Rector | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I listened as Speaker Paul Ryan talked about his tenure as a U.S. representative He regretted that he’d not been able to tackle the problems with “entitlements.” The more politicians talk about entitlements, the more my hackles react. Yes, that means I...
by design | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I am not going to write a lot of thoughts in this article, because the subject is so hard to fathom, so uneasy to think about, and, mostly, a subject that one does not want to think about. But, there it is, facing us as we live from day to day. In the...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan So, the word “subrogation” is probably a word that you have heard at some point in your life, but you may not be exactly sure what it means. What does it mean, anyway? In the legal context, the word subrogation most often comes in to play in...
by Steve Williams | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Longtime basketball official Steve Pyatt suffered a heart attack Jan. 10, 2015. That put him on the sidelines for the remainder of the season, but he wasn’t done. Pyatt still had more miles in his legs, more whistles to blow, more boos to ignore and...