by Mark Nagi | Jun 1, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Let me start this article by saying that there are a lot of great things about youth sports. It gives kids an opportunity to get some exercise. It teaches them to work with others. And playing sports is all sorts of fun. The only thing wrong with...
by Steve Williams | Jun 1, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The season before Mitch Turner got the head baseball coach’s position at Grace Christian Academy, he made a key observation at the TSSAA Class A state tournament as the Rams’ assistant. “I noticed two years ago we were a little shell shocked when we...
by design | Jun 1, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson “Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the most basic expression of Americanism. Without God, there could be no American form of government, nor American way of life.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1955 America has changed dramatically...
by design | Jun 1, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore In 1915 a poem written by Moina Michael commemorates the day that everyone remembers as Memorial Day. We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies that blood of heroes never dies. The...
by Ray Hill | May 31, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill James Beriah Frazier, Jr. came from one of Tennessee’s most distinguished families; young Jim was the son and namesake of a former governor and United States senator. Born June 23, 1890 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, J. B. Frazier, Jr. went through the...
by Ralphine Major | May 26, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I thought by not opening my e-mail, it would in some way discard the news I did not want to hear. But, I opened the message and read its contents: “Tommy passed away.” My mind began flashing back to the times I had seen Tommy Everette through the...
