by design | Jun 12, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
Downtown Knoxville will be buzzing this weekend, with some of Knoxville’s most popular family-friendly events. Knoxville’s Largest Kids Party, Relay for Life, Bark in the Park and other festivities will draw large crowds of kids and canines, but the events will...
by design | Jun 11, 2014 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
Knox County’s Corryton Senior Center, 9331 Davis Drive, and Rural/Metro Fire Department will host a flag retirement ceremony on Friday, June 13 at 11 a.m. Flag Day is Saturday, June 14. Members of the American Legion will perform the ceremony. Senior Financial Group,...
by design | Jun 11, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
Mayor Madeline Rogero wants Knoxvillians to remember that the city has a program for Knoxvillians to properly dispose of their American flags. City residents can place their old unusable flags in clear plastic bags or obtain designated plastic bags in which to put...
by design | Jun 9, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson “What kind of dog is that?” asked Mrs. S as I greeted her at my front door. She was seeing me for a concierge medical visit and was obviously puzzled by my dog, Jack. I explained to her that Jack is a Mountain Feist, but he is actually a...
by design | Jun 9, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore My grandchildren and great-grandchildren call me Nana. I called my grandmother Nana. It runs on the family. My Nana had a lot of sayings, some of them made up, I think, and lot that are true today. Here are some of them: This one was her favorite and...
by Joe Rector | Jun 9, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector My daughter Lacey and her family moved this week. After a few years in a wonderful little house in Bellevue, just outside Nashville, they bought a house in Hendersonville. It offers much more space so that they don’t trip over each other or struggle to...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 9, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is a time of hayfields and honeysuckles, birds singing, warm breezes blowing, and sunrays beaming down. It is a time for gathering summer crops like home-grown tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, cantalopes, and watermelons. It is a time of Vacation...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 9, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman If you are a Tennessee football fan that pays attention to recruiting, the odds are you know about Torrance Gibson. According to 247 Sports, Gibson is a “dual–threat quarterback” that is considered to be the 14th best recruit in the nation, and the...
by design | Jun 9, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com The School Board met for their June Work Session and Regular Session meetings last week. It’s too bad that Knox County Schools didn’t get $10 for every time Dr. McIntyre of one of his...
by design | Jun 9, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com Board of Education members and the public in attendance at last Monday’s Work Session meeting expected to breeze through the first eight items of the Board Agenda, with the majority of the meeting devoted to the Emerald Charter...
