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Acorns galore, forever wild and feral house cats

by | Oct 12, 2012 | Column

I’m sitting at my dining room table with my deck door open, listening to the sound of a gentle breeze rustling tree leaves, and the blip, blip and plop, plop sounds of acorns falling on the deck. The blips are from small water oak acorns, the plops from larger white...

Pace yourself for a less hectic quarter

by | Oct 12, 2012 | Column

Most people are entering the busiest, most demanding, most hectic time of their year — the fourth quarter, October, November and December. School has started and families are involved in numerous school activities plus being in the middle of football season, and we...

Dawgs de-horn Rams 35-0

by | Oct 5, 2012 | Sports

By D. Mark Mitchell Sports Editor It was a home game against a former rival, OHS homecoming and the Bulldogs were coming off a big region loss to Carver. Opelika’s football team needed something good to happen, and it did. The Dawgs dominated the Valley Rams...

Choosing the right food for your dog: Part two

by | Oct 5, 2012 | Column

Tootsie was a small terrier I brought home with me from the Philippines. She was my only dog, and I fed her something I bought at the local superstore. Tootsie used to have to regularly visit the vet due to impacted anal glands. The trips were becoming so frequent,...

Gabriel the angel boy

by | Oct 5, 2012 | Column

My sweet little church was feeding and loving on a group of children when my beloved took on the roll of pastor back in the spring. I have heard the quote, “ You have never lived until you have done something for someone who can never pay you back.” These precious...