by design | Nov 21, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Five local teams of architects, engineers, construction companies and other organizations will come together to construct huge holiday-themed art sculptures made of canned food items for Knoxville’s first “Holiday Canstruction” to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of...
by design | Nov 21, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Be inspired by the photographic talents of Pellissippi State Community College faculty during the Faculty Photo Gallery exhibit at the Bagwell Center for Media and Art, 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21. “The Faculty Photography Gallery is an annual show of all the...
by design | Nov 20, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett today signed bond documents that will save taxpayers $247,000 annually. The new agreement with BB&T reduces the fees that the County pays in association with outstanding bonds for at least the next five years. “We are always...
by design | Nov 18, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson It’s hard not to write about something on your mind or something that’s in your body. I have a family history of colon and prostate cancer and as a result my doctors have their way with me on a regular basis. I no longer watch NBC because of its...
by Steve Williams | Nov 18, 2013 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams When a punter or placekicker is a team’s most valuable player, that’s usually a tell-tale sign that it hasn’t been a banner season for the team. It could mean there were too many failed third-down conversions, resulting in punting situations instead...
by design | Nov 18, 2013 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore My grandmother would never own a black cat, or, even pet one, I’m sure. She wouldn’t go outside the front door on a Friday with the date 13, and, never would she walk under a ladder. Superstitions date back to early man’s attempt to explain Nature and...
by Mike Steely | Nov 18, 2013 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely A day away drive from Knoxville, granted it’s an 8 or 9 hour drive, gets you to Savannah, Georgia. It’s a trip worth the drive. It’s rare to see a southern city that survived the Civil War, yet there is Savannah in all its glory. Savannah was one of...
by Ralphine Major | Nov 18, 2013 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Only days after little Barron recovered from his abdominal surgery, Carol and Perry had more blessings come their way. Perry graduated first in his dental class with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree on September 21, 1959 from the University...
by Joe Rector | Nov 18, 2013 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector joerector@comcast.net Life offers plenty of signals to individuals to let them know they are getting old. Some come when we try to physically perform at the level we did a few years ago. Of course, some of us see the signs when we notice gray or thinning...
by design | Nov 18, 2013 | Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law The topic of tort reform does not generate the intense, passionate debate that it once did. The medical malpractice crisis of the 1990s that was going to drive all physicians out of business never quite materialized. Babies are...
