A Legacy of Quality

On the afternoon of August 10, 1983, John Lyle watched his business burn to the ground. The warehouses that housed Dale Insulation’s entire inventory - as well as multiple other businesses - had caught fire. The Knoxville News Sentinel
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Christmas in Rugby

An 1880s-style Christmas dinner in a Victorian village — that’s about as close to a genuine English Christmas as you’re going to get! Earlier this month, the tiny village of Rugby (near Jamestown) hosted their traditional old-fashioned
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Destination: Japan

Nihongo-ga wakarimasen. Prefaced, most likely, by "sumimasen" (a cross between "excuse me" and "sorry"), this is a very important phrase for us foreigners to know when abroad in Japan. It simply means, "I do not understand Japanese." If
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Toys for Tots

There's nothing like bringing a smile to a child's face, and Knoxville's Toys for Tots has been doing that every year for decades. Last year, the program distributed more than 45,000 toys across East Tennessee, supporting thousands of
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