by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 21, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“We came here for a better life for our kids. The situation in Iraq was very bad. It took 2-3 years for us to get here. We moved to Jordan and applied to the U.N. and the U.S. accepted our case. We are now citizens and we love Alabama. We lived in Basra, in...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 20, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I was a baseball scout for 43 years and I got to do something I loved for that long. I also taught and coached during that time. I scouted Bo Jackson, Frank Thomas, Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Bonds, and Mark McGuire. I worked for the Arizona...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 20, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“We have a lot of interests in common. Ricky is from a family of musicians playing country and early rock ‘n’ roll. Mine was more gospel. Music drew me to him and his earthiness and East Tennesseeness.” “Sometimes a line gets crossed on...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 19, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“I just got broken up with so I came out here to spend the day and take a break. We had been dating for three months. I really liked her, but she didn’t feel the same way I did.”
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 19, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“We have known each other since we were 15 and have been playing music together for four or five years. We were watching a lot of television and switched to music to do something more constructive. We didn’t cut the chord and then immediately figure out...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 18, 2016 | A Southern Soul
“We are here for the Martin Luther King march and rally. We are all people with feelings and beliefs and we need to make sure everyone is treated equally. We are an elementary school and we are showing our students why we need to be here. We are passing it on to...
