by design | Oct 10, 2021 | The Daily Focus
New access to our waterways, new partnerships and new parks were announced Friday to a sold-out crowd of more than 1,000 guests at Legacy Parks Foundation’s Legacy Luncheon for the Parks. The luncheon’s location on the Tennessee River provided the opportunity...
by design | Oct 9, 2021 | The Daily Focus
The second annual event will be held at the Shrader Farm on W. Dumplin Valley Road in Dandridge, TN, and will showcase East Tennessee agriculture, family and community fun, and over 15 hot air balloons. October has arrived in East Tennessee and following close behind...
by design | Oct 8, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Lee proclaims Oct. 10-16 Earth Science Week NASHVILLE – Gov. Bill Lee has proclaimed Oct. 10-Oct. 16 Earth Science Week in Tennessee, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), in partnership with the American Geosciences Institute,...
by design | Oct 7, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Your family can conquer a corn maze, pick the perfect carving pumpkin, or create your own floral bouquet at agritourism farms across Tennessee. There is something enjoyable for family members of all ages to experience this fall while learning about Tennessee...
by design | Oct 6, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Highlighting October’s SIDS Awareness Month October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month. Knox County Health Department’s Cribs for Kids program is working to educate parents and caregivers about how to keep infants safe while sleeping. Along with...
by design | Oct 5, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Maryville, Tenn. – The 9th Annual Mudder’s Day Madness 5K Mud Run at Montvale is set for October 23, 2021. Proceeds will benefit Harmony Family Center’s therapeutic programming at Camp Montvale in Maryville. This year’s event features 18 different obstacle courses,...
by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The day finally arrived when she added “hymns” to the lesson plan. Jewel Harris Atkins, my piano teacher, surely sensed the excitement she had created with the hymns. Scales and classical music pieces may have suffered through my week of...
by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Amy and I were strict parents, I much more so than she because my hateful voice matched my sore disposition. I didn’t say we were abusive; however, our children weren’t strangers to spankings. Our children did not run the household; that was Amy’s job,...
by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan One of the weirdly titled laws in Tennessee is the, “Implied Consent” statute. What in the world is implied consent? Implied consent means that by operating a vehicle on the roadways of Tennessee you have “implied your consent” to have your...
by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Whenever he discussed his time as “Voice of the Vols,” 1952-67, broadcaster George Mooney always remembered the good times. In the spring of 1952, at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Gen. Robert R. Neyland had asked him to broadcast the Tennessee games....
