By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It is a day set aside to honor America’s veterans. Veterans Day 2015 will be celebrated with parades, holiday sales, and many restaurants offering free meals for veterans. It is touching to see children hugging parents returning from service and heart wrenching to see families mourning those who sacrificed all. Yet, […]
By Joe Rector Walt Whitman, one of my favorite poets, said, “Do anything, but let it produce joy.” I can only wish following that advice has been easy, but the opposite is true. It’s the way I’m turned. Heredity probably has much to do with it as well. Whatever the cause, too often my view […]
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Dr. Ferguson is on sabbatical after nearly eight years with the Focus. If you like this essay, there are more in his book, “Well…What Did the Doctor Say?” available online at Amazon as well as Barnes & Noble – a great Christmas gift My patient was deathly sick […]
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX COUNTY WHEREAS, Suzanne M. Beeler and Brian K. Beeler executed a Deed of Trust to SunTrust Bank, Lender and Jovetta Woodard and Patricia Robinson, Trustee(s), which was dated August 4, 2006 and recorded on August 25, 2006 in Instrument No. 200608250017776, and subsequently modified by […]
Wright, McMillan Kick Off Campaigns By David Klein Local residents had nothing but high praise for District 8 Knox County Commission Chairman Dave Wright and District 8 School Board Representative Mike McMillan’s efforts in getting a Gibbs Middle School approved during a joint campaign kick off for the duo’s reelections last week. Dale Hall praised […]
By Steve Hunley The passing of former U. S. senator Fred Dalton Thompson last week was a sad day for Tennesseans. Few people have accomplished as much in a single lifetime as Fred Thompson – – – lawyer, actor, and politician. Senator Lamar Alexander referred to Thompson’s “pizzazz,” but the former senator had something far […]
By Ray Hill President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, coming off his greatest reelection campaign, had announced he was submitting legislation to Congress to expand the United State Supreme Court. Roosevelt’s proposal was widely and bitterly attacked in much of the press and despite huge Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress, many Democrats were openly opposed to […]
By Steve Williams It didn’t take Joe Healy long to start thinking about playing Fulton in second-round playoff action. Catholic High’s junior defensive end can hardly wait. “We’re ready and real excited,” said Healy, still on the field at Seymour after the Irishmen posted an impressive 50-7 first-round win over the Eagles in Class 4A. […]
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Navy veteran Boyd Armstrong sat on his front porch Friday morning and watched volunteers and workers assemble in his front yard. It was a special day for Armstrong as the Rebuilding Together Knoxville crew and members of the Fifth Third Bank set about renovating his Mascot home. Seventy-seven-year-old Boyd and his […]
By Ken Lay Farragut High School faced an early deficit Friday night before storming back with a vengeance in a Class 5A playoff game against Cleveland at Bill Clabo Field. The Admirals (10-1) found themselves down 14-7 to the Blue Raiders after Taddarius Brown intercepted a pass from Farragut’s Jacob Naumoff and returned it 50 […]