Blessings on this Mother’s Day!

By Ralphine Major I do not remember the picture, but I can clearly see who is in it.  Our mother is standing outside her father’s house.  I am standing beside her in my matching dress, a brown and yellow floral print.  Our dresses were made by my Aunt Katherine Ward,...

South-Doyle Eyes Big 2019 Season

By Alex Norman Sixteen years ago, long time Powell head football coach Clark Duncan made the move to South-Doyle High School, where he took the athletics director role.   He fully believed that his coaching days were done as he was moving into an administrator’s role....

What the hemp?

By Dr. Jim Ferguson Something is going on. Bank buildings, which dot virtually every street corner in Knoxville, are being challenged by CBD shops, which are springing up everywhere to sell the oil extracted from hemp plants. I have no problem with entrepreneurs who...

Is change always better?

By Joe Rector My how times change. Older folks said this in past years, but I never thought that I’d utter those words. In my observations, the changes that surprise me deal with education. Not so long ago, teachers began to require that students complete summer...

Pearls of Wisdom

By Rosie Moore I recently got a book out of my home library. It is an older book, published in 1979 and written by Victoria Holt. I read it in 1980 and the title intrigued me, made me want to read it again. “The Spring of the Tiger” is the mysterious title. In it I...