by design | Jul 5, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Sounds like fun! On July 30, 2022, a multi-class reunion is scheduled for all the Gibbs High School classes that have been graduated 50 years or more! The event will take place from 4:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Corryton Church, 7615 Foster Road,...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major They are called Spirit Lifters. The widows’ ministry of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church is made up of active widows who gather monthly to participate in various activities to love, care, and serve one another. The group also branches out as...
by design | Jun 20, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Flags, fireworks, and parades. Cookouts, concerts, and celebrations. These words are often reminders of America’s all-important summer holiday—the Fourth of July. In 2022, many holiday plans may depend on the financial impact of America’s...
by design | Jun 13, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Summer was his season. Before heart disease ended his days of dairy farming, our father depended on the summer months to fill the barn with hay to feed livestock for the winter; and in late summer, he would harvest sileage to fill the silo which...
by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Just in time for the 2022 Synchronous Fireflies Event in the Great Smoky Mountains set for June 3-10 is the release of “Piddle Diddle, the Widdle Penguin, and the Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains,” a fun and...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The details are horrible; the images, heart-wrenching. How could this senseless tragedy happen again in our great land? It is difficult to understand the evil that snuffed out 19 young lives and two teachers in an elementary school. This despicable...
