by design | Dec 14, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore The United States is not the only country that celebrates Christmas as we well know. It is celebrated in almost every country in the world. I can’t list them all in this column, but let’s take a look at a couple of them. One of the most important ways...
by design | Dec 13, 2015 | Andrews, Archives, Columnist
By Dan Andrews andrewsd@knoxfocus.com Over the course of two nights, fifty individuals achieved the honor to wear the badge that allows them to be called a firefighter. On Tuesday, December 8, eighteen members of the Rural Metro firefighter training class took their...
by Ray Hill | Dec 13, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill When 1934 began, Harry S. Truman had been a deeply disappointed man. He faced political oblivion. By all accounts, Truman had been one of the very few honest public servants in Jackson County, Missouri. On occasion, he had been able to buck Boss Tom...
by design | Dec 7, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher The Board of Education Special Call meeting last week to discuss Dr. McIntyre’s contract extension/renewal (the Law Department still isn’t quite sure which term is correct) got off to a rough start almost immediately. Amber Rountree made a motion to...
by design | Dec 7, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore My grandmother was a skilled seamstress who worked for the now defunct department store, Watt & Shand, for twenty years in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She made mine and my sisters’ dresses from the time we were tots till around the third of fourth...
by design | Dec 7, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com The Board of Education took up several potentially controversial topics at last Wednesday’s December Regular Board meeting, including a recommendation regarding inclusion of high school EOC scores in final...
