Good Day, Selma

Catching it

Tonight there was real community spirit at Memorial Stadium. Perhaps the children will bring us all together.

Calendars and other things

A lot of people ask why we don't cover this or that. Probably because we don't know about the event. If something is going on at your school, you need to let us know as soon as you find out. If you call us the day of the event, or even a couple of days before the event, chances are we're planned out. Let us know what's going on in plenty of time.

My newsroom has taken a beating over our coverage of Morgan Academy's beauty contest. We would cover others if they would let us know IN AMPLE TIME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. It's not so hard.

Oh, yeah

Have been e-mailing back and forth with our director of the EMA about bad weather on its way. Reminded me of this:

Cruising through the wire

OK. Just looking through The Associated Press wire for what's happening in the world, and stumbled on the story below. Science has taken us many places...this is different...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — The widow of a soldier killed in Iraq this week is in a fight against time and her mother-in-law to harvest her husband's sperm before he is embalmed.

Army Sgt. Dayne Darren Dhanoolal was killed on Monday when a roadside bomb tore through the Husky mine-detecting vehicle he was driving in Iraq. The 26-year-old combat engineer was assigned to Fort Benning's 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment and was scheduled to come home just weeks before his death.

Upon his return, his wife, Kynesha Dhanoolal said they planned to start a family. In November, she had surgery to remove uterine fibroid tumors to clear the way for conception.

Opening night

The Biscuits opened up the 2008 season Thursday night. A loss, but the crowd was good. We need an outfield. Gave up three doubles and a triple to a lesser team.

Spring fever

Can't help it. Got it. Want to sit by the river and listen to music when I'm not at a baseball park. How about you?

Getting ready for election time

We have a couple of elections coming up. One for county officials and one for municipal officials. Then, we have the biggie for president. So much going on, it's enough to make someone's head spin. Time to hit the campaign trail with the video cameras and the blogs.

So what do you guys say about the elections? Is it always this quiet at qualifying time?

City Council Meets Tonight

Lots of old business on the city council agenda, especially a request for the audit management letter. No audit is complete without one, really. Council members in opposition to Mayor James Perkins Jr. have complained of problems getting one. This is an election year. Will the mayor let it go? Will council members have to pound away to get it? Watch as the drama unfolds.

First Easter for the Marathon Man

For those of you who are new readers to this blog, the Marathon Man is my grandson. I call him this because it took him more than a day to get here. It seems he didn't want to leave his warm, dark, safe space. He has been with us since June 2007. These are joyful months.

This is Marathon Man's first Easter. He's still too young for his grandmothers to tell him why the Easter bunny brings eggs. He went to his first stations of the cross on Friday, but is still too young to sit through Easter vigil. Perhaps next year, we will all attend Easter vigil together.

Running on empty

What makes good leadership? What makes good local leadership? Do we have an example of leadership sitting on the city council? You tell me.