Our Opinions
Are we overdeveloping development efforts?
      There is more work going on for community development and economic development in Clarke County and southwest Alabama than there has ever been. The future looks brighter than it ever has and we are proud of the work that is being done by elected officials and private citizens alike.
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Butterflies and spider lilies
Editor's Notes
      Have you noticed the little yellow butterflies drifting through? I'm sure your vehicle's grill has encountered one or more of the pretty little creatures. They are the most noticeable when you are driving down the highway.
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Three political greats gone
Inside the Statehouse
      Three Alabama political icons from the 1960's passed away in late summer. They all three lived long lives and their memories are indelibly planted into our state's political history.
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Cartoon
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Cartoon
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Pictures from the Past
      Sharon Hamilton Reynolds submitted this photo of the Burge Super Store from the 1950s or early 1960s. Her grandfather, Floyd Burge, owned and operated the grocery and dry goods store that later became Piggly Wiggly and relocated to where Greer's is today. Bill's Dollar Store was located in this bu...
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Creatures of the night
From The Nethermost
Jim Herod
      I gather from talking to the guys at the local feed and seed store last spring that I got my tomato plants in the ground before most of their customers. In part, I did this because Bill Finch wrote in the garden column of the Mobile Press- Register that tomatoes evolved in the high plains of Mexi...
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Chamber details upcoming activities
Grove Hill Chamber
Cheryl Horton
      Here are some of the upcoming events between now and Christmas: Fall clean up The Clarke County Citizens Against Littering will be sponsoring a countywide litter awareness and fall clean up week September 24 - 29.
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Letter to the Editor
Supports Sheriff Moore
      Dear Editor, We read with great interest Mr. Hoffman's letter concerning the punishment of Sheriff Bobby Moore for not bodily removing two women who are 102 and 83 years old. This is the only home they have ever known and should never have been bothered in the first place! After all, what can you...
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