By Paul B. Hayes on May 15,2008
 Columbia and Adair County played host to a first-time visitor on Monday and Tuesday who could possibly have a significant ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on May 08,2008
 If you are one of the millions of people who watched the Kentucky Derby on television Saturday, you saw a ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on May 01,2008
 A constant theme being preached today by a wide variety of sources concerns the importance of education in today’s modern ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on April 24,2008
 Well, I have to admit that I missed out on all the excitement early last Friday morning. An earthquake, albeit ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on April 17,2008
 Well, I have to admit that I missed out on all the excitement early last Friday morning. An earthquake, albeit ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on April 10,2008
 The annual PRIDE Spring Clean-up is now underway in our community. The City of Columbia is having free tipping of ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on April 03,2008
 Spring has finally sprung – at least part of the time, with this (Wednesday) morning being an exception as I ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on March 27,2008
 As anyone who reads my column with any regularity knows, a lot of times I don’t agree with what some ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on February 28,2008
 A couple of weeks ago, I spent the most of one morning “loafing” at Spoon’s Grocery in the Fairplay community, ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on February 21,2008
 Most folks that know me or read my column on a regular basis know that I’m a big dog lover. ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on January 17,2008
 Being stuck inside during the drab winter months tends to make a person daydream about the better weather that lies ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on January 14,2008
 There’s an old saying that goes “You can’t see the forest for the trees,” which I’ve always loosely interpreted as ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on January 03,2008
 Well, here we are starting another new year. To me, it seems like it’s way too early to begin 2008, ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on December 27,2007
 With the year winding down, folks having to pay their 2006 taxes and begin worrying about their income taxes and ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on December 20,2007
 In my past couple of columns, as well in several columns I’ve written around this time of year in the ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on December 14,2007
 Christmas is fast approaching, and that means for those of us who have not done their Christmas shopping, we’d better ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on December 06,2007
 It’s good to be back from being under the weather. I’m fortunate that I don’t get sick too often, but ... [full story]
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By Paul B. Hayes on November 16,2007
 Thanksgiving is still a week away, and since I’ve been writing this column, several years I’ve devoted the one before ... [full story]
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