On the journey through dementia, you are not alone
My father died in October 2008, but my family “lost” him starting in 2001, when dementia beset...
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Tag: COVID-19
The case for practicing what you preach
It’s hard to live up to one’s principles sometimes, but perfection is not a natural human quality....
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Knox County teachers at a breaking point
On September 3, the Central High School Bobcats went about their regular Friday Night Lights...
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Be adult. The world needs more ’dults, not dolts
Eat your vegetables. Clean your plate. Exercise. Drink more water. Brush your teeth. Make your...
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Rehab at Fort Sanders Regional helps Covid survivor
Elizabeth White, 48, is recovering from Covid as a “long-hauler,” or someone who carries effects...
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Freedom, masks and COVID-19
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two days later,...
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Larry Click: Business, life impacted by Covid
It’s hard to ruffle Larry Click, but Covid did. “It impacted us a lot, besides actually having...
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Show respect for essential workers: Wear a mask
A couple of months ago, a woman from Powell sat in her car in the Three Rivers Market parking lot...
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Hanging on to that Christmas feeling
Of course Christmas 2020 is a strange one. There has been nothing about this year – especially...
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Porters back home after battle with covid
After 35 years of marriage, Melanie and Gailen Porter have seen it all. However, they didn’t...
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‘Leap of faith’ puts Belcher in Covid trial
The decision was not easy or quick. It was a thoughtful, cautious and prayerful process that Megan...
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Briggs wages war on COVID
Earlier this year, I asked a longtime observer of the Tennessee General Assembly his opinion of...
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