by Steve Williams | Oct 12, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams When I first heard about a kid named Naumoff playing football at Farragut High School a couple of years ago, I wondered if he might be related to Paul Naumoff, the great University of Tennessee linebacker of the 1960s. Sure enough, Jacob Naumoff, the...
by Joe Rector | Oct 12, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector For some reason, I feel as if my writing has been more on rants than lighter topics. I’d like that to change, but too many topics cry out for attention. The most recent topic deals with the latest Holocaust news. It seems that history repeats itself....
by design | Oct 12, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Most of us think of a natural disaster when we encounter the word quake. Actually, the word in our English lexicon can be either a noun or an intransitive verb, as in shake or vibrate. But this week I want to challenge you with an additional...
by design | Oct 11, 2015 | Absher, Archived Editions, Archives, Columnist
October Board of Education Meetings Yield Unexpected Outcomes By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com 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...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 11, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley If anything in this town epitomizes the establishment, it is Leadership Knoxville. Ostensibly an organization to indoctrinate those deemed worthy enough to be invited to participate on government, process and politics. For a few years now, Leadership...
by Ray Hill | Oct 11, 2015 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill The first real media marketing campaign began in December of 1954 when Walt Disney aired Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter. It was the first of three episodes planned by Disney based on the life of the Tennessee frontiersman. The Disney movie...
