by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly It was early on the second Monday in November 2006. That was more than 15 years ago, but it really seems more recent than that. That’s when a cursory examination of the day’s News Sentinel obits revealed this significant piece of information:...
by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Back when my daughters were little and I used to read to them, one of my personal favorites was “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Seuss. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” This was...
by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The longer I live, the more I see that life is circular: what goes around comes back again at some point. That includes both good things and bad ones. The key is to try to improve on the way we handle those events the second time around. Bill Jones and...
by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com They were alumni from the same high school and siblings from the Mynatt family. They passed away only days apart. Carol Ann Mynatt Fortner and Randall Lee Mynatt’s family have long been a part of the Halls Community. ...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Whoops! Wrong Sheriff Tools in the wrong hands can be dangerous. I see now why my momma always cautioned us against running with sharp objects and Facebook surely can be a sharp object indeed. In a Facebook post since deleted or removed, Scott...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I have always been confused by the abortion debate. The democrats who are abortion’s most ardent supporters are reducing their future voters while republicans are trying to stop them. It seems to me that this is...