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Iam a competent, if not proficient swimmer. At least, I used to be.

The city of Columbus has witnessed a fair share of memorable days since its founding in 1821. Most of those red-letter days were captured in local newspapers, the first of which began publishing in 1833. For the past 101 years, The Dispatch has recorded those historic events.

In the fall of 1977, I began my freshman year of college at Itawamba Community College in Fulton. Among my classes was English Literature 101, taught by Nan Comer, who I’ll always regard as one of my most important teachers. It was in her class that I was exposed to real literature.

Sunday is National Pet Day. If there were a parade for the event, Tess and I could make a fair claim to be grand marshals.

Deep down, Delbert Hosemann must hate all of this.