Remembering Hannah White and John Harrison
      Death is never an easy thing to accept. Sometimes we see it coming and have time to brace for it and at other times it rushes up like a bandit and slaps us without warning. I want to reminisce a bit about two of my favorite people who were visited by death in the past few weeks, Hannah White and...
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Thanks for successful concert
      Dear Editor, On behalf of Community Study Club, I wish to express our sincere appreciation to the entire county for all the support received for the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert. First, may we thank all the county newspapers and First United Security Bank for the excellent publicity.
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Concerned about stray animals
      Dear Editor: What happened to the plans for the new animal shelter that was supposed to be built a few years ago? I was home for Christmas and decided to go look at what I thought would be a new shelter, and was shocked and disappointed to find nothing but a small chain-link enclosure with a con...
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Catholic Social Services expresses appreciation
      Dear Editor As director of Catholic Social Services of Clarke County, I would like to express appreciation to many people for their support in 2007. The recent food drive sponsored by HealthActions was such a great success. Our food pantry is well stocked for many months. A special thanks to Bet...
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The bully on the block
      David Bronner has been a great asset to Alabama. Even discounting the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the refurbishing of downtown Montgomery and Mobile and the many other investments the Retirement Systems of Alabama has made in the infrastructure of our state,
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Troop surge is working
      It was one year ago this month that President George W. Bush announced he would send an additional 20,000 U.S. troops to Iraq as part a new counterinsurgency strategy, known as "The Way Forward in Iraq.
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More reminiscing and less predicting
      Here we are beginning a new year, a time when most newspaper columnists are busy contemplating the future and making predictions. The only thing I'm absolutely sure of is that before the year is out I will be thoroughly sick and tired of listening to all of the windbags and buffoons who are runnin...
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