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OHS Enjoys Week Off

OPELIKA — Opelika High athletics had no scheduled games during Thanksgiving break. The OHS basketball teams return to the court this week. The OHS girls’ and boys’ basketball schedule for the upcoming week is listed below: - Dec. 1: OHS boys’ junior varsity basketball...

Children Are Lights of Joy

I love being with children as we head into the holidays. Children help us relive our own childhood. Just being around children brings gifts of wonder, laughter and looking forward to each day. Their joy of living life is definitely contagious to adults. All grown-ups...

It’s Going to be OK

By SEAN DIETRICH You’re going to be OK. That’s not an opinion. It’s not a guess. This isn’t some trite little catchphrase from some crappy motivational book that reads like it was written by a greasy televangelist. You’re going to be OK. It’s the plain truth. You...

The Turkey Is Dead, and Santa Is Too Skinny

By WENDY HODGE My grandmother’s coffee table was a polished walnut, smooth to the touch. It was an antique even then, 50 years ago. And on it sat the inevitable coffee table book. Hers was a collection of Norman Rockwell paintings. From time to time, I would enter...
Barking At God

Barking At God

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Years ago, I was up on the roof doing some repair work that needed to be...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Status of Race for Shelby’s Seat By Steve Flowers The field may be set for the race to fill the Seat of our iconic senior U.S. Senator, Richard...

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GOOD

GOOD

By SEAN DIETRICH A retired professor sent me a letter. He told me that some of my stories were “too plain,” and “needed more work.” Then he went on...

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Compassion

Compassion

By BRADLEY ROBERTSON I have always been a feeler, a deep and wrestling feeler. And not just for myself, but for others as well. I’m beginning to...

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WHAT I HEARD

WHAT I HEARD

By WENDY HODGE This morning, before I opened my eyes, I heard thunder. I love that sound, especially when I am safe in bed and so comfortable that I...

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