by design | Sep 8, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher One of the features of BOE meetings is public forum – when any citizen can come and speak for up to 5 minutes about issues that concern them. Every once in a while, a speaker is so articulate, so concise, and so timely, that everyone in the audience is...
by design | Sep 8, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher At the end of last Wednesday’s Regular Meeting, the BOE took up the reorganization of the Board. Eight of nine members were present. (Member-elect Patti Lou Bounds is on an extended trip overseas, and does not return until September 8). John Fugate...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 7, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley I can’t help myself, but I have been thoroughly amused by the uproar about the “side” agreement between the superintendent of schools and the Knox County Board of Education. The Focus was writing about this two and a half years ago. Mike McMillan was...
by design | Sep 7, 2014 | Absher, Archives, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com The Knox County School Board of Education had two back to back meetings last week, with the Sept. 2 Work Session meeting followed by the Sept. 3 Regular monthly meeting. Two new board members and two returning board members were...
by Ray Hill | Sep 7, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Woodrow Wilson was the first Democrat to be reelected to a second consecutive term since Andrew Jackson. He had campaigned on the slogan, “He Kept Us Out of War” in 1916 and the President faced a serious opponent in the person of Charles Evans Hughes. ...
by design | Sep 2, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
“Poor Richard’s Almanac” will give you a versatile idea on the subject of weather. Started by Benjamin Franklin in 1732, it appeared continuously until 1758. It offered a mixture of seasonal weather forecasts, practical household hints, puzzles and other amusements....
