by The Observer Staff | Jun 22, 2012 | Column
Following is an addendum to the column I wrote last week on the proposal to lease 43,000 acres of the Talladega National Forests for oil/gas exploration and extraction. First, I omitted the ultimate letter “e” in the spelling of Cleburne, a lapsus menti. Second, I...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 22, 2012 | Column
Cookie was a sweet, older black Lab mix I rescued from a Georgia kill shelter and placed with a loving family that moved to Florida shortly after her adoption. I was horrified when I got a frantic e-mail from her new mom the night of July 4th, telling me the family...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 22, 2012 | Obituaries
Glen Hubert Davis 1944-2012 A funeral service for Glen Hubert Davis, 68, of Opelika was held at 3 p.m. on June 21, 2012 at Trinity United Methodist Church. Reverends David Warren and Earl Ballard officiated. Burial was held in Garden Hills Cemetery. Visitation...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2012 | Sports
By D. Mark Mitchell Sports Editor Pardon Our Progress Last week the Opelika School board voted to start the construction by accepting some of the bids to get the site ready. Monday, construction workers and equipment started entering the campus. The next day workers...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 15, 2012 | Letter to the Editor, Opinions
Dear Editor: I’m from the old school of the Opelika three-man commission form of government back in the 1970s and 80s. when a million dollar blunder (like the recent one with the cable and fiber system leaving off scores of citizens) would have caused a recall...