by design | Jun 8, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher More on the Mysterious TCAP Math Last week we reported that the TCAP “Quick Scores” were back (in time to be calculated into students’ grades this year) and they were FANTASTIC! So fantastic that teachers across the state were concerned. We did...
by design | Jun 8, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Apparently, two Board of Education meetings and a Joint Education Committee meeting (comprised of members of the BOE and County Commission) aren’t enough for one week. KCS also scheduled a community engagement meeting last week “to begin to gather...
by design | Jun 8, 2015 | Columnist
The Interstate Earthquake Emergency Compact of 1988 was ratified in Tennessee and the text may be found in the Tennessee Code Annotated in Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 7. The Compact proposed an agreement among ratifying states to “provide mutual aid…in meeting any...
by design | Jun 8, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
Also, Big Turnout for Christina Graham By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com The Board of Education was desperately looking for a way to fix the problems with the Broad Resident Program grant revealed last month, in which a grant award requiring matching funds...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 8, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I first began writing this story three years ago, just before Laura Simpson broke the devastating news at church one Sunday. Hannah Renee Vrandenburgh Julian’s father had been tragically killed on Friday afternoon coming home from work. We followed...
by design | Jun 8, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m a big fan of science fiction. In fact, my novel “Epiphany” was the first of a planned science fiction trilogy. The famous writer Ray Bradbury once said, “Anything you dream is fiction. Anything you accomplish is science. The whole history of...
by design | Jun 8, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore 1. Flies or bees bothering you? Spray them with hair spray and they will take a quick dive. 2. Sealed envelope–Put in the freezer for a few hours then slide a knife under the flap. The envelope can be then resealed. (hmmmmmm…) 3. Use empty...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 8, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Tennessee has long been known as Wide Receiver U. The crop of pass catchers on the 2015 roster hopes to live up to that nickname and make a name for themselves at the same time… We start with perhaps the most dynamic of the bunch, but a player whose...
by Steve Williams | Jun 8, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams You know football season is getting closer when you pass by a magazine rack and see all those slick preseason publications. Like the sweet smell of honeysuckle, they annually arrive around the end of May or the first of June. My favorite grocery...
by Joe Rector | Jun 8, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Philosophical moment—Life is filled with questions. Maybe the meaning of life is to ask those questions and then spend the rest of our time on this planet working to find the answers. Most of us eventually discover the answers to questions, but some of...
