by design | Jun 17, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson No, my title is not a typo, nor am I referring to Google, the internet search engine, or a gargoyle. These days we are bombarded with information and often by staggering numbers. I remember when a millionaire was someone like Thurston Howell III...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 17, 2013 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “He took his role and played it well,” Bob Dagley said. Dagley, head coach of the Gibbs Eagles’ 1964-65 basketball team, was talking about Ron Graves, a senior starter for the Eagles. “I don’t think he realized how important he was to the team. ...
by design | Jun 17, 2013 | Baker, Columnist
By Sarah Baker Friends of Literacy hosted a Readers’ Night Out event at Union Avenue Books on June 16. Local authors including Art Smith, Vince Vawter, Marilyn Kallet, Marcel Browers, Carole Anne Borges, Emily Strout and Pamela Schoenewaldt read excerpts from their...
by Joe Rector | Jun 17, 2013 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’d listened well, so when our anniversary arrived last December, I bought a tent, sleeping bags, tarps, and air mattresses for a new activity. Amy has this burning desire to camp and hike, things quite different from my preferences for sleeping in my...
by design | Jun 17, 2013 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore The pineapple is a member of the bromeliad family. It is extremely rare that bromeliads produce edible fruit. The pineapple is the only available edible bromeliad today. It is a multiple fruit, one pineapple is actually made up of dozens of individual...
by design | Jun 16, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Click here to read this week’s Focus. Flag Day celebrated in Corryton The Knox County Corryton Senior Center and Rural/Metro Fire Station 33, co-located on Davis Drive, hosted a Flag Day ceremony and barbeque luncheon to honor veterans and to ceremonially retire...
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By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com “Bringing the 2013 Checkpoint Tracker Championship to Knoxville is a big win for our area,” said Carol Evans, executive director of Legacy Parks Foundation. “Through this event, we’ll reach some of the world’s premier adventure...
by Ray Hill | Jun 16, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Following the demise of Governor Gordon Browning’s plan to emasculate the Shelby County political machine headed by E. H. Crump, Tennessee Democrats were deeply divided. Governor Browning watched with dismay as his appointee to the United States Senate,...
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By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com “I had to be a full time mom when my children were young. I had to say: ‘It’s okay Troy, your time will come,’ and find a way to be okay with that,” Troy Ball said in an interview last year with CBS This Morning. Troy Ball’s time...
