by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
The Better Parts of School By Joe Rector I am lucky to have grown up when I did. A member of the Baby Boomer generation, I spent my youth worry-free. The most important things involved having fun and just being a boy in the country community of Ball Camp. Even school,...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
And the Lord God formed a man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and he became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 By Dr. Jim Ferguson It finally looks like winter is done, March Madness is over, the eclipse hoopla has subsided and...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Happy Tax Day By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I have long advocated for no mandatory withholding. Withholding should be optional. If people opted to pay all their federal income taxes on April 15 there would be a lot more pressure...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
A Beautiful Wedding And A Wonderful Concert By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Weekend before last, Vickie and I had the privilege to attend a beautiful wedding on Friday night and a wonderful Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday night. I have had...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
TSSAA honors McCarter, Wright McCarter earned his stripes and now helps train others By Steve Williams Jerry McCarter, who was inducted into the TSSAA Hall of Fame last week in Murfreesboro, began his career in sports officiating in 1968. He spent the first 32 years...
