A Snow Surprise

By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com As if the month of March does not have enough distractions with the unpredictable basketball tournaments, this year Mother Nature decided to add to the drama. After spring-like temperatures teased us for a few days, a huge snow...

Clark and Ollie

By Ralphine Major They were lifelong members of the Gibbs Community.  For many years, Clark and Ollie Drummer were also active members of Clapp’s Chapel United Methodist Church.  When our family moved into the neighborhood many years ago, Ollie and Clark would often...

The Madness that Comes with March

By Ralphine Major It is the month of St. Patrick’s Irish holiday, the month of spring breaks for schools, the month of strong and fierce winds, and the month of long-awaited basketball tournaments! With tournament games canceled during much of the COVID pandemic,...

Rodney Woods: A Vol for Life, Part 2

By Ralphine Major He was the point guard from Kentucky that the late Coach Ray Mears seemed determined to sign to the Tennessee roster.  When I learned that Tennessee’s coaches went to watch him play in 17 consecutive games, I wondered if they wore those popular...

Rodney Woods, a Vol for Life

By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com He wore No. 10 and was a Tennessee Volunteer point guard on the men’s basketball team. From 1972 to 1975 Rodney Woods ran the point for Ray Mears. What was so unusual about Woods was the fact that he came from the Bluegrass State,...

Bridging City, County Governments Together

By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I vaguely remember the site before the structure was built.  For years, the Old Knox County Courthouse at the corner of Gay Street and Main and the Old City Hall atop the hill at Henley Street and Summit Hill Drive had served area...