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Our view: Board needs new blood

by | Aug 16, 2013 | Editorial Board, Opinions

During this week’s Lee County Commission meeting, the subject of appointments to one of the commission-appointed citizen boards was on the agenda. All of the incumbent board members whose terms are expiring wish to be reappointed, and an interested citizen not already...

Commission discusses ATRIP funds

by | Aug 16, 2013 | Politics

By Fred Woods Editor  Four units of Lee County government submitted proposals for funding in round III of ATRIP. The state awarded the County as a whole 83 percent of what the various units asked for but lumped all the requests together and challenged the county to...

8-16 Legals

by | Aug 16, 2013 | Legals

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CARMEN E. SMITH, DECEASED IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABMA Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 24th day of July, 2013 by the Honorable Bill English, Judge of the Probate Court of...

AHSAA honors Dickie Brown

by | Aug 9, 2013 | Education

Special to the Opelika Observer   Beauregard High School principal Richard Brown was recently honored by the Alabama High School Athletics Association, receiving the organization’s Making a Difference Award for District 4. Brown said he enjoyed his ten-year...

Get your grind on

by | Aug 9, 2013 | Column

LEFT LANE CLOSED AHEAD” the orange sign with black letters read. Upon reaching the one-lane construction zone, my car was seemingly moving at a snail’s pace. It was about that time I started experiencing the flashbacks. No, they weren’t flashbacks to Iraq or the last...