by design | Oct 24, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
There’s no ‘I’ in team, but there are two in Kim and Tim. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is changing the name of his Komen Race for the Cure team from “Team Burchett” to “Team Kim & Tim” in honor of his friend and Star 102.1 radio personality Kim Hansard. ...
by design | Oct 24, 2013 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
On Saturday, October 26, 7 a.m.-noon, Knox County teachers, teaching assistants and administrators will have the opportunity to receive free classroom supplies when the Knox County Schools/PTA Teacher Supply Depot opens for the second time in the 2013-2014 school...
by design | Oct 23, 2013 | Knox County, News, The Daily Focus
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty along with Leisure Pools officials today announced the company will open a new facility in Knoxville. This facility, which will become the corporate headquarters for Leisure...
by design | Oct 23, 2013 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
Members of the East Tennessee Regional Medication Collection Coalition will be on hand to collect and properly dispose of unwanted medicines Saturday, Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Krutch Park Extension across from the downtown movie theater on Gay Street....
by design | Oct 23, 2013 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
Celebrate America Recycles Day is this Saturday, October 26th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Krutch Park on Gay Street, near Market Square. Not only will the event feature kids activities, a medication drop off and mercury thermometer exchange, but also resources about...
by design | Oct 22, 2013 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
It’s National Chemistry Week, and at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, that means it’s time for Al Hazari’s annual Magic of Chemistry show. Al Hazari, a chemistry lecturer, has used chemistry to perform “magic tricks” in his show...
by design | Oct 22, 2013 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
Everyone invited to this free, family-oriented event On Saturday, Oct. 26, the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society will present the annual Owl Prowl at the UT Arboretum. The free family event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the arboretum’s program shelter....
by Mark Nagi | Oct 21, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Back in March, Tennessee football coach Butch Jones was the Grand Marshal for the Food City 500 Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He was impressed with what he saw at the track that some like to call “The Last Great Colosseum.” “The magnitude...
by design | Oct 21, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson A liberal friend of mine recently asked me if I’ve gone soft. Perhaps he was surprised by my Travel Trilogy published in September. I don’t go out of my way to pick a fight, but I learned long ago on the school yard that a bully cannot be...
