It’s Christmas Eve and Santa is preparing for his stop in the morning at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to help make Christmas special for the young patients dealing with an …
Hanging on to that Christmas feeling
Of course Christmas 2020 is a strange one. There has been nothing about this year – especially since March – that has any semblance of normal. Even if you don’t …
Purvis was Farragut business leader
Services will be scheduled later for David Chilton Purvis who passed away Dec. 13, 2020. Mr. Purvis, 63, was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Dr. John T. Purvis and Jeane …
2020: The year of the library
Nelda Hill, assistant director for public services at the Knox County Public Library, says that libraries across the country have proven to be lifelines during the pandemic, and the Knox …
Merry Christmas and all that
Wow. What a year it’s been.
This time last year no one had heard of COVID-19, the virus that’s dominated our lives. But for covid, Donald Trump would have been reelected. …
Chris Camp kept living despite pancreatic cancer
It was a rainy, chilly morning. All bundled up, my friend Chris Camp settled into my passenger seat for another ride to a long session of chemotherapy. The question “How …
The power of children at Christmas
Children not only believe all the fantastic, miraculous aspects of Christmas, they have the power to create some magic of their own.
My grandchildren have certainly done that this year.
First, the …
Class of ’21 plans to replace auditorium seats
For the Farragut High School Class of 2021, this year has yielded some disappointments. But a new Senior Board is looking to a brighter day when audiences can once again …