Did you observe . . .

Joe Long, 84, and wife Geneva, 82, watching their great-great and great-grandchildren playing in Columbus County Parks and Recreation youth basketball games at Nakina? The Longs have been married 68 years ... Tara Gore having her excuse for missing school signed by Chief Justice Sarah Parker in Raleigh, who Tara witnessed being sworn in Monday? ... The gigantic yellow ribbon on a 91-year-old oak tree welcoming PFC Jonathan Pier home from Iraq for two-weeks of R&R? ...