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Southern Raisin': Whatever it takes to play at Rosemark Grammar
Attending Rosemark Grammar School many moons ago when we passed to the fifth grade we were allowed to play organized down to earth sanctioned football. What this meant was, we dressed as best we c...
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Sales tax increase a no-brainer
There are big changes looming on the horizon in South Tipton County, changes that could save your life. If you’re willing to pay for them, that is. I’ve covered Munford and Atoka for more than six ...
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Some play the disability game
Many are hailing a 7.5 percent national unemployment rate as a sign that the economy may finally be in recovery, but let’s peel the onion back and see what is at work here. There are those who have...
May 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Southern Raisin': Whatever it takes to play
Attending Rosemark grammar school many moons ago when we passed to the fifth grade we were allowed to play organized down to earth sanctioned football. What this meant was, we dressed as best we c...
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  • Taking time to remember
    by Tom Vilsack U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
    05.30.13 - 12:46 pm
  • Remember the price of freedom
    by Jim Hardin, Special to The Leader
    05.23.13 - 10:21 am
  • Southern Raisin': Finally the day has come
    by Otis Griffin, Special to The Leader
    05.23.13 - 10:20 am
  • It takes a family
    by Jim Hardin, Special to The Leader
    05.16.13 - 09:55 am
  • Bill provides groundbreaking research
    by Tom Vilsack U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
    05.16.13 - 09:53 am
  • The pleasure problem
    by Jim Hardin, Special to The Leader
    05.09.13 - 10:43 am
  • Letter: Have you not heard of the solution?
    Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
    Dear editor, To begin with, animal shelters are full. Shame on you humans. I dream about a difference for animals and wonder why you out there do not understand there’s a problem. The shelter’...
    Letter: Norris not a RINO
    Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
    Norris not a RINO Dear editor, A recent unpleasant encounter caused me to re-examine my political posture. I witnessed crude behavior by over-zealous supporters of a political candidate in a pu...
    Letter: Tipton's Trashy
    Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
    Dear editor, Just last month, my husband, my father, and I all traveled by car across the northwestern United States through South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho on a trip to visit four of ou...
    Letters to the Editor
    Jul 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
    Thanks to Hadley for work on square Dear editor, If you haven’t been around the square of Covington lately, please take time to do so. There are hanging baskets on the light posts and several me...
    Letters to the Editor
    Oct 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
    Shame and unemployment benefits?   Dear editor, With due respect, I wish to comment on the Oct. 20 Leader guest editorial that characterized unemployment benefits with an aura of shame – a “gover...
    Financial focus: Reinvesting dividends can pay off
    by Steven Jones, Edward Jones Investments
    Oct 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
    When you invest in stocks, you want their price to go up. But of course, you can’t control the rise and fall of stock prices. However, there is a key element of investing that you can control — the...
  • Rednecks know right from dumb
    by Otis Griffin, Southern Raisin'
    07.28.11 - 12:00 am
  • Letter to the editor: A slippery slope?
    by Dave Stevens, Munford
    07.14.11 - 12:37 am
  • Southern Raisin': That is a sure-fire way to find out
    by Otis Griffin, Southern Raisin'
    07.14.11 - 12:00 am
  • From the Vault
    by Tyler Lindsey, tlindsey@covingtonleader.com
    12.15.10 - 03:28 pm
  • Southern Raisin'
    by Otis Griffin
    09.16.10 - 12:00 am