Our first year of pandemic isolation is almost a wrap, and the shattered front door at VG’s Bakery is a pretty good symbol of what we’ve endured. (We learned about …
HVA’s Abby Wildi in Rotary contest
The recitation of the Four-Way Test by club members is how every Rotary meeting in the world ends. There are more than 35,000 clubs in Rotary International, and the Four-Way …
What are you doing for Lent?
Conversations this week in my circle of friends have usually included naming what he or she is “giving up for Lent.” The Lent season started last week on Feb. 17, …
Farragut board plans for the future
While some municipalities struggled to make ends meet in 2020, the town of Farragut carried on with planned projects. As a result, the town opened a community center, completed the …
Lament for snow days
I remember the spring of 1977 after graduating from the University of Tennessee the year before. I was a full-fledged member of the Knoxville News-Sentinel Women’s Department, writing wedding, engagement …
Does your repair need a permit?
It’s not news that home improvement projects surged during the pandemic. Many of us watched neighbors add decks or fences, and we’ve seen social media posts from friends who converted …
Prompt surgery gives Barbara Kimmitt continued quality of life
Some hobbies are just for fun or to pass the time. Barbara Kimmitt’s hobby is all that and more. It’s become something of a mission.
Kimmitt, 72, loves fabric, and the …
Caroline Woodring was garden club leader
Caroline Hubbard Woodring brought much beauty to Knoxville and Farragut through her volunteer work with multiple gardening organizations. She passed away in mid-December, another casualty of Covid.
She and husband Dick …