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Still going strong

by | Aug 28, 2015 | Community

Sanders to receive award from Auburn Journalism Advisory Council By Fred Woods Editor Bob Sanders, popular Observer columnist and even more popular long-time local radio personality, is one of five outstanding journalists to be honored at the AU Journalism Advisory...

Bugs, oaks, birds, cats and booze

by | Aug 21, 2015 | Column

The Yellowjacket season has arrived. I saw the first one in mid-July and they have gotten more plentiful ever since. I set out my Yellowjacket trap about three weeks ago and have trapped about 40 of the little stingers so far, along with three bald-faced hornets, a...

The land of the left hand

by | Aug 21, 2015 | Column

  By Norma Kirkpatrick I recently discovered that August 13th was International Left-Handers Day.  Seven to ten percent of the population of the world is left-handed.  As far as I’m concerned, this is not about being ambidextrous, it’s about being incurably left...