by design | Aug 12, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore A friend of mine sent me this many years ago. Every once in a while, I like to read the contents and also remember his friendliness. Some time ago I was asked by a young person how I felt about being old. I was a little shocked, for I don’t think of...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 11, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
ROAD BLOCKED Parking reduced at New Harvest early voting location By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com It is a shame how few people vote in City of Knoxville elections. That trend has been spiraling steadily downward in recent years. Considering that,...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 11, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley I was trying to remember which presidential candidate promised “a chicken in every pot” and checked with our residential historian and my memory was correct, it was Herbert Hoover. Hoover, enjoying the “Republican prosperity” of the 1920s, won a huge...
by Mike Steely | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely My wife and I camped on our way to Canada recently to see the whales that come into the St. Lawrence River in the province of Quebec. While we found Quebec to be much more “French” than we expected, it was a surprise to find what we discovered. Passing...
by design | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Ticks are disgusting creatures, especially the large “fat” ones on your dog. I have the same visceral opinion of maggots and blood worms, the latter we recently found in our pasture. There is a principal in physics which holds that nature abhors a...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Aug 5, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan In TV shows and movies involving lawyers, the main character may get involved in a case in which someone needs a lawyer and they are currently represented by a public defender. The main character may meet up with the public defender to discuss the...
