A doubleheader weekend

It was what you might call a doubleheader. Last weekend featured two very important events. There was my high school reunion. Not one of these three-day events that some alumni have, but just a good lunch and a lot of reminiscing. Out of the 48 graduates of that...

Hard times and character

“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world brother.” -Charles Dickens In the mid-nineties, I was stationed at Ft. Sill, Okla., for a couple of years. It was by far the worst assignment of my military career, which includes multiple tours in Iraq,...

8/23 Legals

August 21, 2013 Dear Opelika Utilities Customer, Federal regulations require that we test our drinking water for a long list of contaminants. They set limits on the amount of contaminants that can be contained in the water supply. We recently exceeded the limit set...

The boys of summer

By Cliff McCollum News Editor   The recent wins by Opelika youth baseball teams this summer, while exciting, aren’t necessarily new for the town, by any means. Fifty years ago this July, 1963’s “Boys of Summer,” the Opelika Dixie Youth All-Stars, all 11 or 12...

Embracing uniqueness

As school starts back, I find myself empathizing with those students who may be a little different from the masses. It wasn’t too terribly difficult the first couple of years of school. In fact, I don’t recall being made fun of at all, although there was a great deal...