by Ralphine Major | May 4, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Holidays. They are one of the few events on the calendar that are not canceled these days because of the Coronavirus. It is the way in which we must celebrate them that has changed. Mother’s Day is one of the most popular days...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 27, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It is the only picture of me wearing cap and gown for high school graduation. I had forgotten that then Gibbs High School assistant principal Roy Mullins handed out our diplomas because our principal, Max Clendenen, had suffered...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 20, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was the day before Palm Sunday. I stepped outside to a beautiful Saturday morning. Birds were singing! The sun was coming up! It seemed the entire landscape had turned green overnight. Signs of spring were everywhere! Everything felt...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 12, 2020 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com They said, “Creed tore it up!” I heard that comment referring to Creed Daniel’s piano playing at the Grainger County Tomato Festival last year. The long-time Grainger County attorney’s talents are certainly not limited to...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 6, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Those were the words our mother overheard one morning. We had stopped at a restaurant in Grainger County on our way to the annual Grainger County Tomato Festival. Some locals on the other side of the divider that separated our...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 30, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major 2020 is bringing us a different kind of spring. As if cancellation of basketball’s March Madness was not enough disruption, more events are canceled or postponed due to the Coronavirus. For now, no Smokies games or college baseball games are...
