by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfoctus.com One morning I decided to count the “now hiring” signs to/fro an errand. There were 12 and two job fair signs. I can’t remember when it seemed like every business was hiring. My son who runs several popular 24/7 restaurants...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
It is not good for man to be alone. Genesis 2:18 By Dr. Jim Ferguson And just when you thought it was safe to go out, Fauci and his minions scream No! I remember the Charles Schultz Peanuts column where Lucy would promise Charlie Brown that she would hold the football...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan A man went to see a lawyer seeking an answer to a legal problem he was facing. After listening to the man’s problem, the lawyer, sitting in his office, surrounded by bookshelves filled with row after row of legal books, said, “I will tell you the...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly Speaking of Thursday night University of Tennessee football games, Oct. 3, 1996, was a Thursday. No 9 Tennessee was in Memphis to play Ole Miss at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. It was a “home game” for Ole Miss and was beamed nationwide on ESPN. It’s...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major Shorter days. Leaves turning. Cool mornings. Start of schools. Bounty of fall fruits. Countdown to football. Afternoon’s casting of long shadows. Looks like signs of fall are upon us. With the warm days of summer beginning to wind down, I stop to...