Monthly Archives: March 2015

Take a regular married couple, a kitchen table with a sizable salad bowl, and the nostalgic sounds of the “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack….and well, you’ll have the Time of Your Life. … Read more »

  Education and potential tax increases are always hot topics around here, and people have plenty of questions.  So let’s field a few: Q: Hamilton County Superintendent Rick Smith will… Read more »

UPDATE Feb. 24, 2019:  Just two days after his 104th birthday, Claude Ogle Sr. has passed away.  As his son Ken told me, “He was determined to make it to… Read more »

Back in 1990, in my early days at Channel 3, I was playing softball for the KZ-106 Foul Tips.  One day my teammate Dewayne “The Big Kahuna” Gass (now widely… Read more »

I just got back from a cherished family tradition: spring training baseball with my sons in Florida.  Chris and Vince are in their twenties now, and it’s a challenge to… Read more »

I’m doing something a little different with this blog: I’m giving you a choice!  If you love to read, please read my thoughts below on “Luther Day.”  If you’d rather… Read more »

I was going through old tapes, and found what I think is the funniest commercial ever.  Tom Snyder played this on his late night CBS show in 1999, and we… Read more »

UPDATE, OCTOBER 15, 2015:  Jacob Gray and Mason Chamberlain were honored this week as Youth Heroes by the American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee! Original story from March 1, 2015:… Read more »