by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My maternal grandfather, Jacob Swisher, was born in 1885 in Watseka, Illinois. In 1910, while teaching in Bureau County, IL, he met and married another teacher, Nora Mae Anthony, in her hometown of Providence, IL. Papa...
by design | Dec 12, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
People do not voluntarily give up their freedoms unless they are afraid. –Dan Bongino By Dr. Jim Ferguson Becky and I have done many self-driving tours in our travels. We’ve driven around Spain, Ireland and Scotland to name just a few. Driving in foreign...
by design | Dec 6, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was before the days of iPads, iPods, and smart phones. Christmas 1964 was the Christmas before our dairy farmer father developed a life-changing heart condition. I’m not sure exactly how it came about, but “piano” landed on my Christmas list. ...
by design | Dec 6, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Thanksgiving is finished, and we have run through what little bit of leftovers we had from the feast. Amy planned perfectly so that every meal doesn’t include something made with turkey. Lacey and her family are back in Nashville, and Dallas is...
by design | Dec 6, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly The “Robert R. Neyland Era” at Tennessee, one that began in 1926 and continued through 1952, with two interruptions for military service, almost didn’t happen, based on events occurring shortly after he took the job. It was in the spring that year, as...
by design | Dec 6, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The Knoxville Catholic Boys’ Basketball program won’t be the same come March. Whenever their season ends, that will also mark the completion of the long and successful coaching career of Mike Hutchens. “40 years is a lot of anything,” Hutchens said. “I...
