VOL. 43 | NO. 28 | Friday, July 12, 2019
Emerging brand gives state’s farmers a shot at profits
Jim Massey wants you to care about the corn in his whiskey. Wind him up, and he will wax poetic, and at great length, about the growing habits and yields of Tennessee Red Cob versus Hickory Cane.
Shades of degrees or splitting horses from donkeys?
Jim Massey’s love of Southern literature and his deep family roots led him to choose the name Fugitives for his company.
Corn comes in at No. 3 in terms of acreage planted in the state of Tennessee, trailing hay and soybeans. The state’s corn production ranks 19th in the nation.
UT SPORTS
Most Maryville residents would have been happy for Tee Hodge no matter where he decided to play football in college.
JOE ROGERS: MY TAKE
Dig around in laws much and you turn up some doozies. For example, the book “Planet Cat” asserts that in Natchez, Mississippi, “cats may not drink beer.”
STATE GOVERNMENT
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has said federal courts won’t rule on cases involving political gerrymandering, voters who don’t like the way their legislative districts are drawn will have to turn to state courts or to the gerrymandered legislatures themselves to change things.
NEWSMAKERS
Sadie Hutson, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee, was one of 63 nurse practitioner leaders recently inducted as a fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
BRIEFS
The Tennessee Justice Center has given the University of Tennessee Legal Clinic its Pro Bono Firm of the Year award.
BEHIND THE WHEEL
Get ready to do a lot more talking to your car. Smartphone personal assistants – Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant, for example – can be used for a variety of tasks.
PERSONAL FINANCE
Many families struggle to pay college expenses for one or two children. Certified financial planner Sarah Carlson, mother of two sets of twins, will soon have all four of her children in college at the same time.
CAREER CORNER
I was taught long ago the most-qualified and hardest-working candidate gets the job. Turns out that’s just not so at many companies.