by design | Nov 20, 2014 | sports, The Daily Focus
By Steve Williams It’s not all that rare, but it is special when two local teams from the same county collide deep in the state high school football playoffs. This Friday night, unbeaten South-Doyle and once-beaten West will square off in such a game. And a...
by design | Nov 19, 2014 | Dan Andrews, News, The Daily Focus
Special thanks to the professionalism and professional courtesy of Chief Paidousis. I sent him an email earlier requesting his professional opinion/guess/prediction and here is his answer. ****response**** “Sir , sorry for delay . It is hard to say with cold...
by design | Nov 17, 2014 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
The clarion bell has rung. I hear, see, and feel that feedback from “Rebel Nation” has merit on many levels. One email will have me looking not just at football games, but life differently. The most persuasive written words come from a student named E....
by design | Nov 17, 2014 | Public Notice
75 FORECLOSURES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX COUNTY WHEREAS, Vicki Marie Maison executed a Deed of Trust to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Citibank, N.A., Lender and First American Title Company, Trustee(s), which...
by design | Nov 17, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I always wonder where my essay of the week will come from. When I had a traditional medical practice, patients frequently prompted a storyline. I see fewer patients now and practice concierge medicine with house calls from my truck. These days my...
by Joe Rector | Nov 17, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Yes, like so many others, I’m going to jump on Fort Lauderdale, as well as other cities, that have passed ordinances that forbid the feeding of homeless folks. The fact that I have to even address such a subject is a sad commentary on the world as it...
by design | Nov 17, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher By Sally Absher Last week, Audit Committee member Commissioner Mike Brown, who has been one of the most vocal critics of the wasteful spending and misuse of our tax dollars by the McIntyre administration, ignored the unanimous request of the school...
by design | Nov 17, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Remember your Mother’s words of wisdom: you can tell a lot about a person by their associations. At the November 3 BOE work session, Dr. McIntyre mentioned one of his associations. McIntyre said, “The former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige was...
by design | Nov 17, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore My grandmother sold Avon Products when I was growing up so I can actually say I grew up with it. Back in her day the only products they sold were talcum powders, soaps and a cologne called “Cotillion”. Nowadays it’s like a department store, selling...
by design | Nov 16, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
‘Where Inspiration Meets Perspiration’ By Joe Rector On Saturday morning, Nov. 8, the parking lot at Bearden United Methodist Church filled with cars from other areas of Tennessee and other states as people arrived to participate in a yoga workshop offered by former...
