by design | Jun 5, 2023 | Columnist, Major
The Class Ring By Ralphine Major Mine was made of a gold setting. On top was a beautiful gold “G” in Old English lettering against a sparkling blue background. The “G” stood for Gibbs, the name of our high school. My initials were engraved inside the ring. The...
by design | May 30, 2023 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The memorial is beautiful and so well deserved. It is a lasting tribute to Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss, the last one of the thirteen American heroes killed in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. Only steps away from where the temporary memorial...
by design | May 22, 2023 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It is one of the state’s greatest natural resources—the beautiful Tennessee River. Formed by the merging of the Holston and French Broad rivers, the Tennessee flows through Knoxville south to Chattanooga before dipping into the northern tip of...
by design | May 15, 2023 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no...
by design | May 8, 2023 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The picture looks like a duplicate of the one used earlier. But this photo is more special. Besides my brother and me, it includes our mother standing between us; and in this picture, King—my brother’s German Shepherd—is distracted by...
by design | May 1, 2023 | Columnist, Major
100 YEARS of McGinnis Bus Lines By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com In a few days the school year will come to an end. But while school is in session, the big, yellow school buses that transport students are a very important part of the school day. McGinnis Bus...
