by Ray Hill | Oct 18, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill The relationship between any two people is usually at least somewhat complicated; between two personalities like Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Alben Barkley of Kentucky, it was especially so. Barkley, despite not being one of the more senior members of the...
by Mike Steely | Oct 18, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com It’s hard to imagine what the little settlement of Knoxville looked like before the place became a town. When the territorial governor was looking for a location for a capitol, he considered the Southwest Point Fort in what is now...
by design | Oct 12, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Every language has its own collections of wise sayings. They offer advice about how to live and also transfer some underlying ideas, principles and values of a given culture. These sayings are called “idioms.” I saw a friend a few days ago and she asked...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 12, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was pouring down rain just days after Autumn made her appearance! But, that didn’t bother Piddle Diddle. She was happy because she had found her lost hat! “Piddle Diddle’s Lost Hat” is the first in a series, “Adventures of Piddle Diddle, the...
by design | Oct 12, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher The Board of Education sped through their regular meeting agenda in under an hour last week, thanks in part to deferring two Board Policies and tabling a controversial document defining communication and information requests for the Board. At Monday’s...
by design | Oct 12, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Second Annual Redeeming Red for Dyslexia Day This Thursday, Oct. 15, is World Dyslexia Day. Decoding Dyslexia-TN’s Julya Johnson and County Commissioner Jeff Ownby are celebrating Knoxville’s 1 in 5! Come join in the celebration – meet near...
