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Church Circle Advent open houses offer great opportunity

The open houses are free and there will be music and light refreshments at each location.

Dec 6, 2019 at 1:30 PM

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Here's all you need to know to make the best cookie bars ever

They’re simple to make and you only use one pan. And they make great gifts this time of year.

Dec 2, 2019 at 7:30 PM

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Honee-swah-kee-molly-pins. Not a native flower. Not one word.

Honisoitquimalypense. I’m writing this on my 57th birthday and I’ve heard that since I was a very young boy. Probably before I knew one lick of spelling. When I say I heard it, it sounded like “honee-swah-kee-molly-pins.”

Nov 30, 2019 at 7:30 PM

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Gail Preslar's mom's Honey Bun Cake recipe (that came from a newspaper clipping)

Just in time for holiday gatherings (or, in my case, road trips): a friend’s family’s beloved recipe.

Nov 24, 2019 at 7:30 PM

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I woke up Tuesday and I'd lost more than a year

I didn’t heed the warning to “back it up” and now I’ve lost everything.

Nov 15, 2019 at 6:30 PM

This group of ladies, friends since high school (all are Class of 1980, Dobyns-Bennett High School), make time for each other - no boys or kids allowed - twice a year. This is their fall 2019 outing to Gatlinburg. The group includes: Angelette Lambert Richardson; Kathy Clark Houser; Leigh Sobel; Susan Olterman; Teresa Bledsoe; Cathy and Laura Morrisette; Caroline Stevens; Michelle Pleasant; Vanessa Still; Carla Vest; Susan Golden; Angela Fish; and Kathy Babb.

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Girls just wanna have fun — at least twice a year

One fateful trip someone suggested bringing their high school yearbooks. And some did. And then someone thought it would be fun to take turns reading aloud from their classmates’ inscriptions.

Nov 10, 2019 at 3:30 PM

Layers of baked Kentucky country ham and sliced roasted turkey breast on toast points, smothered with our golden brown, and topped with shredded cheddar cheese, tomatoes and bacon.

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But have you been to MRS. Sanders for chicken?

Last year on a trip across Kentucky we stopped at Colonel Sanders’ wife’s restaurant — and were delighted (especially to discover tomato “pudding” on the menu).

Nov 8, 2019 at 5:30 PM

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Murder unsolved nearly 70 years later, but Greene incident left statewide legacy

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation got its start thanks to a 1949 murder in Greene County and the determination of Greeneville journalist John Jones

Nov 3, 2019 at 7:30 PM

The colonel just cracks her up. My mother, Wanda Wallen Osborne, shares a laugh with a statue of Col. Harland Sanders inside the Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum in Corbin, Kentucky.

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A visit to the birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken

On our trip to Kentucky last week, Mom and I finally took the time to visit a historic site we’ve passed many times and often commented we should stop and experience. We’d done a drive-by before, and once stretched our legs and took pictures with the historic marker out front.

Nov 1, 2019 at 1:54 PM

After several months of talking about it, Wanda Osborne makes it to Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky. The ark is the touted as the largest wooden timber structure in the world. In this photo, Wanda is still a long way from the ark, which includes three levels inside.

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Ark Encounter: a long time wish comes true

My mother has been talking about wanting to visit the life-sized Noah’s Ark in Kentucky for quite some time. Last week we finally made the journey.

Oct 27, 2019 at 10:39 AM

L-R: Curtis Powell, and Jenni Dobson holding her daughter Astrid. Powell works at Pixie Salon on Main Street, has just provided mother/daughter haircuts for the visiting friend.

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Part of getting old is feeling proud of much younger friends as they excel

We first met Jenni when she was a high school junior who’d taunt us “old folks” by saying things like “The Partridge Family? Oh, yes. I think I heard about them on The History Channel.”

Oct 20, 2019 at 12:30 PM

This group photo was taken on the second day of the 167th Annual Eastern District Association of Primitive Baptists meeting held Oct. 3-6, 2019 at the old Blackwater School in Lee County, Va. These are most of the preachers who were present during services and business portions of the event on Friday.

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Trip to the Association takes us by Mom's homeplace

Mom and I were blessed to be able to join in the worship and fellowship at this year’s session of the Eastern District Association of Primitive Baptist, held in Blackwater in Lee County, Virginia. Next year the event will be held in Scott County, Virginia at Copper Creek Church. Copper Creek and Willow Chapel, in Kingsport, are co-hosts for next year’s gathering, which will be the 168th session.

Oct 13, 2019 at 1:30 PM

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Basil jelly: a tasty way to preserve a favorite flavor

This time of year fresh basil can often be found at a bargain, or free from a friend’s abundant harvest.

Oct 11, 2019 at 6:30 PM

L-R: John H. Osborne Jr, Wanda Wallen Osborne, John H. Osborne III. The framed print on the wall is a memento of one of adventures John III (Times News writer J.H. Osborne) had with his dad, John Jr.

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To D.C. and back in 24 hours: playing it by ear with Dad

On a hot summer day back in early August 1993, I was itching to make a quick trip to Washington, D.C, to see an exhibit at the National Gallery. It wasn't just any exhibit. It was "Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation."

Oct 6, 2019 at 5:00 PM