by design | Oct 28, 2020 | The Daily Focus
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, CAK is presenting musical theatre. This special one-hour performance of Singing in the Rain, Jr is being presented by middle school students. “We have lots of COVID guidelines—that’s for...
by design | Oct 28, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~ from Office of Neighborhoods The final week of early voting is upon us! The last day to early vote is Thursday, Oct. 29. Visit one of the following locations, and cast your ballot: * Downtown West, 1645 Downtown West Blvd., 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 28- 29 * Halls...
by design | Oct 27, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Opera collaborates with PBS to produce a program celebrating opera in its community Knoxville Opera and East Tennessee PBS have collaborated to create “Knox Opera for All: A Celebration of Knoxville Opera” – a concert that will be broadcast on East...
by design | Oct 26, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
“There are only two industries that refer to their customers as “users”: illegal drugs and software.” Edward Tufte, Yale Professor Emeritus By Dr. Jim Ferguson Have you seen it? Though I am no fan of Netflix, their documentary The Social Dilemma must be watched,...
by Mike Steely | Oct 26, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely We’re fortunate in Knox County to have three veteran cemeteries. On Saturday, December 19, all three hallowed burial grounds should be totally decorated with wreaths from the local “Wreaths Across America” but there’s a problem. Donations to purchase...
by Tom Mattingly | Oct 26, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Reporters once asked Southern Cal head coach John McKay why he gave the ball to O. J. Simpson 25-30 times a game. His response: “He doesn’t belong to a union. Anyway, the ball doesn’t weigh that much.” The ball may not be heavy, as McKay noted, but...
by design | Oct 26, 2020 | Columnist, Major
(Part 4 in series on Dwight Kessel) By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t doing something to earn money,” the West Virginia native shared. “Empty pop bottles were worth a penny apiece at the store and five of them would buy an...
by Joe Rector | Oct 26, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As of this writing, more than 40 million Americans have voted in the 2020 presidential election. Even with coronavirus cases hitting nearly 60,000 each day, folks are putting on their masks and heading to the polls. I tried to be safer this year by...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 26, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan At some point you may have gone to work somewhere and one contingency of the employer offering you a job is that you sign a non-compete agreement. A non-compete agreement usually contains language in it that states you are agreeing that if you...
by design | Oct 26, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. I saw Jane Fonda on television saying “COVID was a gift to the Left.” Coronavirus should never have been used in a political, partisan way, but it certainly has been. The Democrats tried for about three years to bring Donald Trump down with the...
