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In her 30 years as a newspaper columnist, Ina Hughs has focused on issues involving human rights, children, women's concerns, religion and the environment. She has three grown children: a teacher; a computer programmer; and a speech and language pathologist. Divorced after 30 years of marriage, she now lives in a cabin on a cove off of the Tennessee River and has recently taken up painting. She has received numerous awards over the years, but says her real success comes from making readers think or laugh or to have something to discuss at the dinner table.

Recent stories:

• Hughs: Halloween scares big kids, too
  October 26, 2008
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