by design | Nov 1, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay It was a day for celebration for South Knoxville Elementary School on Monday, Oct. 26 as students, faculty and staff were rewarded for their work by Sam’s Club. The East Knoxville Sam’s Club location awarded the school with a $50 gift card and Sam’s Club...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 26, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Majors Woodrow Luttrell grew up in the Luttrell House on a farm on Washington Pike in Corryton. It seemed fitting that the Gibbs High School graduate study agriculture at The University of Tennessee’s College of Agriculture from 1934-1938. The name was...
by Joe Rector | Oct 26, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I love art. No one would ever call me an expert or critic, but as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said about pornography, “I know it when I see it”—art that is. Jim Gray pieces inspire me; just down the road from my house, Ruby Dayton’s home and...
by design | Oct 26, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Valerie Strauss’ Washington Post column, “The good teachers are starting to leave” (February 27, 2015) started circulating around local social media again last week. Between the end of September and mid-October, at least three veteran teachers resigned...
by design | Oct 26, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Northwest Middle Community School Celebrates Red Ribbon Week Northwest Middle is one of KCS’s newest Community Schools. And they are starting the year off with a bang! Liz Thacker, Site Resource Coordinator for Northwest Middle Community School is...
by design | Oct 26, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore How many people do you know that are phenomenal? Not many, I would guess. But what does phenomenal mean? In the dictionary it is described as a rare occurrence. So, a phenomenal woman would be a “rare” woman, wouldn’t you say? Which comes down to the...
by design | Oct 26, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Dr. Ferguson is on sabbatical after nearly eight years with the Focus. If you like this essay, there are more in his book, “Well…What Did the Doctor Say?” available on line at Amazon as well as Barnes & Noble – a great Christmas gift! ...
by design | Oct 26, 2015 | Public Notice
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on November 17, 2015 on or about 11:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below,...
by design | Oct 25, 2015 | Absher, Archived Editions, Archives, Columnist
Tony Norman Kicks Off School Board Campaign By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Tony Norman kicked off his campaign for the Third District seat on the Knox County Board of Education last week, with a reception Thursday evening at the Cedar Bluff Holiday Inn. In...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 25, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley There’s been a lot written and said about the proposed deal with the government of Iran. Clearly, this particular deal is going to have serious repercussions for decades to come. It is also clear there aren’t enough votes in the U. S. Senate to...
