Posted on March 17th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
Tuesday was a big day for the University of Tennessee’s public radio station, WUOT-FM. In celebration of its 60th anniversary, the station brought in one of National Public Radio’s most beloved personalities, Carl Kasell, and was feted at a cocktail reception hosted by another beloved personality, Howard H. Baker Jr.
Kasell, who will turn 76 next month, [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
We were a little nervous when former Sheriff Tim Hutchison and state Sen. Tim Burchett arrived at the Moxley Carmichael party at about the same time last Friday. The two men are locked in a not-all-that-friendly race to be the next Knox County mayor. But all was well. Soon the room filled with many other [...]
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Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Someone who wakes up every day thinking about how to get more retail businesses to locate in downtown Knoxville. That’s what some folks think we need.
The other school of thought, though, is more like, “If we build it, they will come.” Don’t spend money on a dedicated recruiter, but rather spend money making downtown even [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
More than150 folks donned “Rosy’s Diner” baseball caps and filed into the ballroom of the Crowne Plaza hotel Friday night for a laugh-filled celebration of News Sentinel editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel’s 80th birthday.
Rosy’s Diner is a staple location for much of the action that takes place in Daniel’s cartoons. Good sport Donna Colburn of the News Sentinel put [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
First Ladies Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush had adventurous culinary tastes when they were in the White House. Their husbands, not so much! This is according to the man in charge of preparing for them everything from simple family meals to elaborate State dinners.
Walter Scheib was the executive chef at the White House from 1994 [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
If, as the saying goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the folks at the Market Square District Association are feeling pretty darn flattered.
That is the group that came up with the idea and launched the “First Friday” program six years ago. It’s a simple concept. On the first Friday of each month, many shops [...]
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Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
“In writing about ordinary people, you’ll find the extraordinary.”
So says Rheta Grimsley Johnson, a syndicated columnist whose work has been running in the Knoxville News Sentinel for 27 years. Her column is in about 50 other papers as well.
Johnson was in town last week speaking at the Friends of Literacy Writers Hall of Fame at [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
At 6:45 on Tuesday night, I was cooking dinner (if you can believe it) when the phone rang. Against my better judgment, I picked it up. Sure enough. A political call.
“I’m sorry to call at dinner time,” the friendly woman said. “But I wanted to remind you to vote in the city election November third.” [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
When is pumping gasoline fun? When it’s for charity and you have a bunch of high-spirited local celebrities doing it!
That was the case the first three days of this week during Pilot Pumpers, the annual United Way fundraiser when more than 70 media folks and politicians pumped gas for customers at Knoxville area Pilots. Pilot [...]
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Posted on October 19th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
“I’m going to play a song from my very first album back in 1982,” announced crooner Jeffrey Osborne who played to a sold-out benefit for the Knoxville Area Urban League at the Knoxville Convention Center Thursday night. “I’ve sung this song about a million times. And it always puts a smile on my face - [...]
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