Behind the scenes with Will Graham Celebration
John Cass spends a lot of time on the road. Cass is the point man for the East Alabama-West Georgia Will Graham Celebration, set to take over Auburn University's Beard-Eaves Coliseum from March 26 through March 28. He's been in Lee County since last October, putting together details of the massive event that is expected to fill the 12,000-seat Coliseum and draw from a 75-mile area.
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Horror in Haiti After the earthquake that devastated their country earlier this month, Haitians used doors as stretchers to carry people and hotel bed sheets as bandages. They made wooden splints for broken bones, drinking water was used to wash out wounds, and sofas and lawn chairs were used as cushions. Everything was makeshift because of the lack of proper supplies, said Dennis Shannon, an associate professor in the department of agronomy and soils at Auburn University who was in Haiti on Jan. 12, when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated millions and took the lives of tens of thousands of people.

Six AHS Tigers to sign DI scholarships The Auburn High School football team's senior class will be wrapping up their careers as Tigers as the most successful class in AHS history.

Bill would allow trustees to meet electronically Auburn University trustees would be allowed to meet by telephone or video conferencing if the Legislature passes bills introduced by Sen. Ted Little and Rep. Mike Hubbard, both of Auburn. The bill requires that notice of meetings be provided in accordance with Alabama's Open Meetings Act, and that the public be allowed to listen to or observe such meetings as they unfold.

Cathy Long set to retire from AHS When Dr. Cathy Long was in her first year of teaching at Smiths Station and working on her master's degree at Auburn University, a friend mentioned a job opening at Auburn High School. She wasn't sure about the idea at first, but Long eventually applied and was hired as a teacher soon after.