by design | Oct 26, 2017 | The Daily Focus
~ from the City of Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhoods The Edgewood Park Neighborhood Association (EPNA) recently held elections for new officers and board members. Officers are President Michael Duerr, Vice President Julie Taylor, Treasurer Paul Schmutzler, and...
by design | Oct 25, 2017 | The Daily Focus
~ from the City of Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhoods The Burlington Residents Association and the East Tennessee Community Design Center are working to envision a welcoming place for Burlington residents and others to shop, play, live, and work in the...
by design | Oct 25, 2017 | The Daily Focus
TDEC to host grant workshops November 28-30 NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) announced the 2018 grant cycle for the Local Parks and Recreation Fund, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the Recreational Trails Program....
by design | Oct 24, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Boys & Girls Club of the Clinch Valley’s Oak Ridge site will host a Lights On Afterschool open house on October 26 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. The club is focusing on safety and members of the local police and fire departments will attend and talk to the students....
by design | Oct 24, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Spraying dependent upon weather conditions The latest lab report has confirmed the presence of West Nile virus (WNV) in Culex mosquitoes in the Fourth Avenue and Tower Drive areas of north...
by design | Oct 24, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Climate change represents one of the major challenges of this century. What does this mean for East Tennessee? This presentation, developed in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the City of Knoxville’s Office of Sustainability, will review the...
by design | Oct 24, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Hunters for the Hungry connects generous hunters in Knox County and across the state with Tennesseans in need Tennessee Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry program is open for the season. Participating deer processors throughout the state are now accepting...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 23, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “May I help you?” I asked. “Hello. I’m Jim Duncan, Mr. Duncan’s son,” he said while extending his hand. I was working that summer as an intern in the late Congressman John J. Duncan’s Knoxville office. After classes ended for this college freshman,...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 23, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan So you would like to make a will, who do you need present to witness your will execution? Tennessee Code Annotated Section 32-1-104 states that you must have two disinterested witnesses to the will’s execution. What does “disinterested” mean?...
by Joe Rector | Oct 23, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector One of my classes read poems by Emily Dickinson. Some were light-hearted while others were much more serious. Students decided that Dickinson was obsessed with death; I didn’t disagree with them. However, her obsession caused these young folks to think...
