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News that The Huntsville Times, The Birmingham News and The Mobile Press Register newspapers will soon be gone, replaced by online publications, raises memories, worries and hopes. I confess to nostalgia for the culture, urgency and camaraderie of newspaper newsrooms; the thrill of seeing the press roll; the satisfaction of holding the paper just minutes after completing work on it; the eagerness of readers to see it; the feeling that the newspaper was, as my former employer The Decatur Daily calls itself, “a valuable part of your day.” I fondly remember manual typewriters, handset type, Linotype slugs best read upside down and left to right, rubber cement in oil cans, proportion wheels and darkrooms.

75 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 14, 1947 The Clayton Tigers gained their fourth win of the season Friday night when they defeated Clio 45-12. Touchdowns for Clayton were scored by Milldrum and Tommy Warr - Milldrum five and Warr two.

Provisional ballots cast in last week’s General Election were tabulated Tuesday and added to the official number of votes cast in each race even though they did not affect the outcome of candidates reported elected.

An investigation is ongoing concerning the death of an incarcerated individual at Ventress Correctional Facility. Michael Hardy died Monday morning, November 7, according to a spokesman for the Alabama Department of Corrections.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama wants to remind eligible landowners and agricultural producers that signup continues for Fiscal Year 2023 Farm Bill easement and financial assistance programs.

Members of the Barbour County Board of Education gave their approval to several personnel actions in their October meeting. Resignations accepted were Patric Evans, SPED teacher, BCHS, Khadesia Wilson and Piper Casey, teachers at BCPS, Angela Wilson, teacher at BCIS, Ike Richaardson, custodian at BCHS, and Karen Courson, SPED director at Central Office.

Emma Claire Long, a G.W. Long senior, is following in the footsteps of her two older sisters. She signed to play with Enterprise State Community College to play volleyball. The ceremony took place last Thursday morning in the school library at G.W. Long.

The Barbour County High School varsity boys, JV boys and girls season opener basketball game scheduled last Tuesday at Russell County in Seale was postponed by Russell because of a flu outbreak at the school. The game will be rescheduled at a later time.