by design | Feb 28, 2022 | Columnist, Major
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,...
by design | Feb 21, 2022 | Columnist, Major
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...
by design | Feb 14, 2022 | Columnist, Major
There is a reason red was the color of the day on Friday, February 4. People from all walks of life across the country could be seen wearing red dresses, red sweaters, red jackets, and red ties in support of women’s heart health. What a worthy cause to recognize each...
by design | Jan 17, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com My first memory of Lawson McGhee Library was in the sixties. I remember walking up the steps to the entrance with our mother. It was a beautiful old building across from Market Square. As I recall, it occupied the hill...
by design | Jan 9, 2022 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major The Christmas carols have been sung; Christmas presents unwrapped; Christmas tree decorations put away; and Christmas celebrations with family have been captured in digital pictures to enjoy. I pause to process the holiday timeline for 2021 and find...
by design | Jan 3, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I have known only a few people who have lived to reach the century mark. January 12, 2022, marks the 100th for Clayton Sharp, longtime resident of the Gibbs Community in Corryton, Tennessee! Clayton’s impact in the community and beyond has been...
