by design | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m not a beach person like the Johnson side of my family. I identify more with the Psalmist who said, “I look unto the mountains, from whence cometh my strength.” Yet, I find myself at the beach again this year with our extended family and count...
by design | Jun 23, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com Until this year, most people had never heard of “Common Core.” Touted as uniform, higher academic standards in English/Language Arts (ELA) and math across all the states, who could be opposed? Yet Common Core State Standards have...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Before you purchase land, it is a good idea to have a land survey done. A survey describes what it is you are buying. It will give you the metes and bounds description or reference to a parcel on a recorded map. A survey shows...
by design | Jun 23, 2014 | Public Notice
WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated November 3, 2009, executed by JOHN CISNEROS AND NORMA MIREYA CISNEROS, conveying certain real property therein described to CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is an annual tradition for the Fourth of July, and it is a much anticipated event. The Color Guard presents the American flag for the Pledge of Allegiance. It is a somber moment that embraces a wide range of emotions. While it makes us proud to...
by Joe Rector | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector During my travels up and down the Interstate highways in Knoxville and surrounding areas, I’ve noticed the electronic signs that the state has erected. Just the other day, the message read, “Don’t text and drive; it’s against the law!” I’m sure doing so...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman You are Janzen Jackson… you have been charged with murder. There was a time when you were one of the nation’s top football recruits for the Class of 2009, out of Barbe High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Rivals.com says you run a 4.43 40. You are a...
by Steve Williams | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams For years we’ve heard many American sports fans say soccer isn’t exciting enough. “Not enough scoring,” they say when the World Cup rolls around every four years. For the fun of it, let’s put the shoe on the other foot, so to speak. Would soccer be...
by design | Jun 22, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
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by design | Jun 22, 2014 | Archives
Korean War military veterans of East Tennessee will hold their annual reunion luncheon Wednesday, June 25th at noon at the Golden Corral restaurant at 6612 Clinton Highway, in the Crowne Point Plaza. This event recognizes the actual day of the 1950 invasion of South...
