by Ralphine Major | Nov 10, 2014 | Columnist, Major
It is a very important act of honor and respect. I have seen it shown countless times in the news. Usually, it is the United States President placing a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I was amazed to learn that a young man from Tennessee was chosen to...
by design | Nov 10, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher In a special call meeting during the BOE work session last week, The Board of Education voted to discontinue the highly controversial K-2 standardized assessment, also known as the SAT-10, for the district’s kindergarten, first, and second graders. A...
by design | Nov 10, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives, Columnist, Uncategorized
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Adoption is covered by Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Tennessee Code Annotated as well as by multiple court decisions interpreting the same. The process of adoption is a legal proceeding which permanently transfers the parental...
by design | Nov 10, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Last Wednesday during the regular KCS BOE meeting, Amber Rountree initiated a request for an external forensic audit of the Knox County Schools credit cards. Rountree made the request after seeing media reports detailing the...
by design | Nov 3, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Philosophically, I am a 20th century man who finds himself transported into the 21st century. Mark Twain once wrote a book about time travel and a man who was transported backwards in time to King Arthur’s court. That Connecticut Yankee found...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 3, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “I was a coal miner’s daughter,” she told me, “like Loretta Lynn.” But this coal miner’s daughter is from Tennessee. Maxine Washington celebrated her 90th birthday on Sunday, October 26, 2014, at Wallace Memorial Baptist Church where she has been a...
