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Understanding the dangers of heatstroke for your pup

by The Observer Staff | Jun 8, 2012 | Column

It’s a hot summer’s day, and you plan to run a quick errand at a local store. Fido looks at you with his big brown eyes and begs to go along, and you acquiesce. After all, you’ll only be in the store for a minute or two. What could it hurt? The fact is, it could cost...

Sometimes, a situation doesn’t gibe with the reality

by The Observer Staff | Jun 8, 2012 | Column

The phrase, “go figure,” was used frequently in my hometown of Evergreen during the 1940s, to sum up a situation that didn’t seem to gibe with reality. And just the other day, I thought of an old codger from Evergreen who would study a situation that didn’t gibe with...

Kids need roots and wings

by The Observer Staff | Jun 8, 2012 | Column

Before reading this and forming your own opinion of my opinion please note that I have never claimed to be the authority on parenting. There is a style of parenting that has become popular in the last couple of decades that I find very amusing. Some refer to this...

Do you think the drug companies are rich enough?

by The Observer Staff | Jun 8, 2012 | Column

Comparison shopping has become an exercise of necessity where the potential buyer compares prices on everything from bread to gas to insurance — and the results have proven financially beneficial, but for some reason, comparison shopping for drugs is not done as often...

Status of birds and the Piedmont Birding Trail

by The Observer Staff | Jun 8, 2012 | Column

Winston Baker, a resident of Alex City and an outstanding naturalist, recently sent me a photo of a frog with some unusual markings and asked me to confirm his conclusion that it was a Cope’s gray treefrog. I agreed that it was. He also asked me if I was experiencing...

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