Column Articles

May Day comes in bright

OPINION — Happy May Day to our community. April Showers have truly brought in May flowers in Lee County, Alabama. Our town, garden clubs and volunteer community associations do an excellent job of keeping up our environments as we welcome tourists from near and far....

You don’t want to offer the president’s SOTU rebuttal

OPINION — Without question, you do not want to be the political sacrificial lamb selected by your party hierarchy to give the rebuttal address in opposition to the Presidential State of the Union address. It does not matter if it is a Democratic stalwart responding to...

Jesus changed him

OPINION — The New Testament story of a man named Saul is an awesome example of the life-changing power of Jesus. In the days following the resurrection of Jesus, Saul is busy arresting Christians and putting them in jail. But his mission to thwart the Christian...

Doing right

OPINION — As we read through the Genesis account, one of the admirable characteristics of Joseph is his determination to do what is right — no matter what. In fact, the narrative offers us a contrast between Joseph and his brothers in regard to pursuing what is right....

Getting on to pickin’ time

I    got cotton in the bottom land It’s up and growin’ and I got a good stand My good wife and them kids of mine Gonna get new shoes come pickin’...

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Dawgs defeat Daphne 51-0

By D. Mark Mitchell Sports Columnist CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS DOMINATE SECTION MEET, STATE BOUND The OHS girls and boys cross country teams put together...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Columnist As a young boy I would sit for hours contemplating and analyzing the next governor’s race. At that time the governor...

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Squirrel hunting

When we talked about huntin,’ it was almost always, without question, squirrel huntin’ we were talking about. There were a few bird (quail) hunters...

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The end is nigh, or not

I started writing this on  October 6. Don’t know why. If it happened on October 7, like they said it would then there wouldn’t be anyone around to...

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the Greatest Generation

My admiration for the Greatest Generation knows no bounds. These were young men, growing up at a wonderful time, suddenly being snatched into a...

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