BY SEAN DIETRICH There is a little girl in my house. She is 11. She is currently playing piano in my office. She is blind, so she plays by feel. She...
The 11-year-old in the house
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Column Articles
The healing gift of understanding
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —Like most Americans, our family came together to celebrate Thanksgiving. It seems a good thing that the fourth Thursday...
The good news of God’s reign
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —Daniel has a dream in the first year of Belshazzar (7:1). The dream is an expansion of the one he interpreted for...
On the Mark – Lady Bulldogs fall to 2-4 record
BY D. MARK MITCHELLFOR THE OBSERVER OPINION —BASKETBALLThe OHS varsity Lady Bulldog basketball team dropped to 2-4 overall after losing to Park...
Inside the Statehouse: Career politicians – Good or bad?
BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION— In recent years, candidates for political office have lambasted, run against and proclaimed that they were not career...
‘Fumbling Fob’ and Carter were good stewards of taxpayer money
BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION — In 1955, Fob James was a Lanett native playing college football under Auburn’s legendary coach Ralph “Shug” Jordan. He...
Cookie Walk Dec. 2 Helps Build Habitat Homes for Families In Community
The 28th annual Cookie Walk will be held Dec. 2 from 8 a.m. until noon at a new location this year, True Deliverance Holiness Church’s new gymnasium...
From the files of ‘Dear Sean’
BY SEAN DIETRICH DEAR SEAN:I’m not sure what to do. My teenage son died in an accident three years ago. … A few months ago one of his good friends...
Imagination’s value
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —Gene Moore, my dear friend from Auburn days, lives with his wife Jan in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Like me, Gene is a...