Christmas tree safety

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Rural Metro Fire torched a dry Christmas tree last week to show just how quickly a tree can catch fire. The answer was less than a minute to be fully …

Proud to help United Way

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Emerson Breeden and I visited the United Way of Greater Knoxville this week to meet the new CEO, Matt Ryerson, and do a ceremonial check presentation of Food City’s $37,000 …

Holiday Open House is Saturday

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All area Food City stores will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.
Open House events will consist of a variety of exciting activities, including …

Thanksgiving: A week of giving

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Food City gave United Way of Greater Knoxville $37,000 last week – the proceeds of the Food City Food Show held earlier this year.
Also, the annual Race Against Hunger closed …

A Thanksgiving Prayer

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Marian Wright Edelman, who founded and still operates the Children’s Defense Fund, has a family tradition. Each Thanksgiving, her family reads “A Litany of Thanksgiving” by the black theologian Howard …

KUB is ‘Tree Line USA Utility’

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Knoxville Utilities Board has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation with the “Tree Line USA award” for the 18th consecutive year.
KUB earned the award by following best practices in …