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Phil Newman is a Farragut High alum and UT-Knoxville journalism graduate. A lifelong lover of the written word and storytelling, he makes his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He enjoys hiking, editing books, playing disc golf, and spending time with his wife, Robin, and their shih-tzu, General Bear.

Sporting Lifestyle

Roping Fever

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Move over Yellowstone. The real cowboys are right here in East Tennessee. Horses whinny and snort in the sunlit meadow of Clover Meadow Farm in Lenoir City on a late Winter afternoon. Carson Farmer, who calls the farm home, readies his…
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Features

Water in the Blood

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Knoxville’s Dale McCurry reached the pinnacle of US Coast Guard service while saving lives and training others Standing waist deep in the gently flowing waters of the Little River in Townsend, Dale McCurry is intent on making a perfect…
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Features

Take Care of Your Troops

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Retired US Army Major Tom Amidon is most proud of the cadets he trained and mentored for battle across the globe On November 11, 2020—Veterans Day—Tom Amidon awakens to a familiar blend of thoughts and emotions, rooted in his…
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Veterans Spotlight

Tip of the Spear

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Service as a U.S. Marine helped Bob Sparks rise from rural Appalachia to a life of business and personal success When Bob Sparks enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1961, the 17-year-old out of southwest Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains…
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Veterans Spotlight

Welcome Home

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Jim Petress shares how service to country led him on a path through medicine Standing in the shadow of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Jim Petress notices another graying man a few steps away and recognizes the…
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