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AHSAA Fall reclassification for school years 2024 – 26

BY D. MARK MITCHELL BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION —The Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) Central Board of Control held its board meeting to approve the seven-classisification system for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. The seven-class system began in...
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The Giving Tree

BY SEAN DIETRICH Merry Christmas, Layla Grace. I got your name from the church Christmas tree. It’s kind of like Angel Tree, where you buy gifts for kids whose names are on the tree.Your card was hanging on the branch when I was walking through the lobby. I was...
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The vulnerable Lord of the manger

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —While we were enjoying Christmas with our loved ones two years ago, the James Webb telescope was being launched into space. It is effectively a second-generation space telescope (it was initially referred to as the Next Generation Telescope)...
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Christmas Words

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — Grab a cup of tea or hot chocolate and sit with me for a few minutes. We communicate with words. Words can be lethal or loving. They can bless or wound others. It’s Christmastime. So let’s reflect on some choice words of...
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Young Eyes on Easter and Weather

Young Eyes on Easter and Weather

Apr 13, 2022

I wanted to share a Hug of Hope for our young children and their families right before Easter. During this week of celebration right before Easter,...

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Good

Good

Apr 6, 2022

By SEAN DIETRICH With all the important problems going on in the world — the war in Ukraine, political upheavals and Oscar Award winners assaulting...

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Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries

Apr 6, 2022

By WENDY HODGE Technology has opened the universe ... we have robotic surgery and driverless vehicles, digital money and quantum computing. We can...

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Reflecting on the Death of Jesus

Apr 6, 2022

By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika When we touch the cross, we put our finger on the pulse of the universe....

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Never Forget This

Apr 6, 2022

By WALTER ALBRITTON Iflew home from Africa smiling as I as I thought, “I will never forget Never!” Never was the name of my interpreter in Zambia. A...

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OHS Postseason Pushes

Apr 6, 2022

ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL OPELIKA — Opelika High spring sports are finishing the regular season with hopes of making the AHSAA state playoffs. The...

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Friends Forever — Our Pets

Friends Forever — Our Pets

Apr 6, 2022

By Beth Pinyerd Early Childhood teachers love to sing the preschool nursery rhyme “Bingo” a farmer’s dog. This cute little jingle song is enjoyed by...

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