by design | Aug 25, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Last Wednesday, August 20, the Tennessee Department of Education released the preliminary statewide 2015 list of Priority and Focus Schools. Preliminary listings of Reward Schools were released on Thursday, Aug. 21. Be prepared to be underwhelmed. The...
by design | Aug 25, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com Last Monday the Knox County School Board held a special call meeting to discuss Dr. McIntyre’s evaluation. (Yes, we know he was just evaluated 8 months ago, but administration wanted the evaluation done before the new BOE members...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 25, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
PART 2: PRIVACY By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Unmanned aerial aircraft, commonly referred to as drones, are a new and growing industry. Cheaper and easier to maintain than helicopters, drones are being used by both the government and private sectors. ...
by design | Aug 25, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson The tiny spot on the top of my head looked no different than the other brown aging spots from sun damage. In fact, experts maintain that 90% of the appearance of aged skin is due to the sun and called photo-aging. If you don’t believe me go into...
by design | Aug 25, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore There is a host of greeting cards, the most common commemorating birthdays, get-well greetings, sympathy, plus almost any kind that you would want to pass on to others. The custom of sending cards can be traced back to the ancient Chinese who exchanged...
by Mike Steely | Aug 25, 2014 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Last weekend my wife and I took a day trip to Chattanooga in search of two cemetery sites: one of Civil War soldiers who acted as spies in 1861 and the other of an almost forgotten national entertainment star. It took a while finding both as the city...
by Joe Rector | Aug 25, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector How many lives will you touch during your time on earth? Yes, that’s a question without an answer. We all hope that our contact with others will leave positive things, but most of us aren’t really sure of the impact we have. Robin Williams is one of the...
by Ralphine Major | Aug 25, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It must have been special to have a family member on Bob Dagley’s ‘64-65 basketball team. Surely, it was extra-special for the Clay Graves family: they had two! Brothers Ron, a senior starter, and Mike, a junior, were part of the 11-member squad. ...
by Steve Williams | Aug 25, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I’m not going to make any predictions on the University of Tennessee’s upcoming football season. But I happened to come across a homemade UT Wishing Well a few weeks ago, which has put me in the mood to make some wishes. First of all, I wish...
by design | Aug 24, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
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