By Joe McAdory
Posted 12/09 at 12:27 PM
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Took a trip to Georgia’s Lake Lanier and Allatoona Lake over the weekend, the primary sources of Alabama’s river basins. Lanier is part of the Chattahoochee River, which flows to our east. Allatoona helps feed the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers to our west.
It’s amazing to see how much of an effect the drought has had on these watersheds. There are boats run aground, docks with no water beneath, and miles of sandy beaches ... sand that used to be under the water. It’s like someone pulled a plug on these lakes and drained them. I also went inside the Buford Dam, which is a marvel in its own right. What goes on inside that dam has a lot to do with how much water makes it downstream. Atlanta consumes a bunch of it.
I’ll be writing a package of stories about our area’s water supply in coming weeks.
By Joe McAdory
Posted 12/06 at 09:39 AM
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Don’t point your finger at columnist Malcolm Cutchins. Point it squarely at me.
Cutchins’ Thursday column refers to the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor as today, rather than Friday. This is incorrect. Friday is the 66th anniversary. Why? Because I had my days all screwed up and edited the darn thing, making a correct column incorrect. Folks say, “Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke.“ I say, “Don’t break it if it ain’t broke.“
I broke it.
Guess I need my head examined. Wait, I had that done the other day. You can read about my trip to the neurologist in Friday’s newspaper. Friday. Really. Not Thursday. I think. Yeah, that’s right. Friday.
By Joe McAdory
Posted 12/05 at 09:58 AM
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In case anyone forgot, Friday is the 66th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. We should use this day to remember those who lost their lives and the families effected by the unprovoked attack, and serve as a reminder that our great nation is not impervious to such attacks. 9/11 proved that.
It’s good to know that our leaders are doing what they can to help ensure that attacks will not happen again, but with today’s disguised world of terrorism, that’s easier said than done.
By Joe McAdory
Posted 12/03 at 12:02 PM
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Opelika-Auburn News managing editor Wayne Snow completed the St. Jude Marathon Saturday in Memphis with a time of 5:10:58. Not sure if that was his desired finishing time, but any time you complete a marathon, it’s a victory. Wayne has run in marathons before, including New York City, but I’m not sure he will do another. I say go for it.
After reviewing the results of the St. Jude Marathon, I am happy to report that I would not have finished last overall. My time of 6:48 in the 2005 Space Coast (Cocoa, Fla.) Marathon would have held up in Memphis. Beverly Hale, 50, of Bartlett, Tenn., finished in 7:08.
By Joe McAdory
Posted 12/02 at 02:46 PM
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What John Feinstein said on-air during Sunday afternoon’s Auburn vs. George Washington men’s basketball game demands much more than an apology. He should be reprimanded, even banned from television.
Play-by-play announcer Gary Thorne made mention that Auburn had never played a men’s basketball game in Washington, D.C., and Feinstein, also a columnist with the Washington Post, chimed in with the narrow-minded, stereotypical, offensive reply, “because most people in Alabama still do not recognize Washington as the nation’s capital. They still think it’s in Richmond (in reference to the former Confederate capital).“
His comment was a slap in the face to every man and woman in the state of Alabama, and it’s a slap in the face to every man and woman from the state of Alabama who actively serve in our armed forces—defending our nation’s capital.
Back-handed comments are meant to be funny, but when you finish telling the stupid joke, coming back with “just kidding” doesn’t cut it. The damage is done. Feinstein commented on what he perceives to be a stereotypical Alabama. Instead, he proved to anyone watching that he is stereotypical. College basketball, a sport enjoyed by our entire nation, does not need announcers who have set agendas against people from regions competing schools represent.
He should be open-minded and remember we no longer live in the 1960s.
What Feinstein did Sunday was an embarrassment to the state of Alabama, Auburn University, the BB&T Classic, Juniper Networks, Fox SportSouth, advertisers, The Washington Post, and to his profession.
His narrow-minded words should not go undisciplined by those who sign his paycheck.
