by The Observer Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | Sports
OHS winter sports are wide open as the teams continue to practice and play games, wrestle in meets and compete in cheering competitions. The boys varsity basketball team played in the Auburn High Holliday Classic last week and finished fourth. The Bulldogs (2-3)...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | Column
I find it very amusing that stores are selling Charlie Brown Christmas Trees. I mean, artificial trees that look like the one old Chuck drug in to the festivities, right before he was once again ridiculed for his ineptness. Oh, believe me I realize what the draw is to...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | Obituaries
James Blake Mayfield, 70, of Selma, formerly of Opelika, passed away on Dec. 9, 2011, in Selma. Mayfield was born in Opelika to J.C. Mayfield and the late Iris Mann Mayfield. He attended Clift High School and graduated from Auburn University. He and his wife, Pat,...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | Sports
The Opelika High Theatre Society (OHTS) walked away with four outstanding awards when it attended the Trumbauer Alabama State Theatre Festival, held in Florence on the University of North Alabama’s campus Dec. 1 through Dec. 3. Two acts in the Novice division were...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | Education
Wendell McLain, of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), recently presented Dr. Farrell Seymore, OHS Principal, with a certificate recognizing Opelika High School and the Opelika City Schools as a Patriotic Employer for “contributing to national security...
