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4-24 Obituaries

by | Apr 24, 2015 | Obituaries

Delores Watkins Waller Funeral service for Delores Watkins Waller, 65, of Opelika was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at Jeffcoat-Trant Chapel. Burial was held in Garden Hills Cemetery. Visitation was held at 1 p.m. Sunday, one hour prior to the service at...

From personal experience: discipline works

by | Apr 24, 2015 | Column

“There are three things I remember about Mr. Young’s class: building a crystal radio, hearing about the assassination of President Kennedy and getting three licks with a paddle for doing something I shouldn’t have been doing in class,” says a former student. I...

The eight of us

by | Apr 24, 2015 | Column

It’s lonely here at the top. I’m the only one left. Let me explain. I saw in my hometown newspaper that Sarah Kate died.  Sarah Kate and I go back a long, long way. You need a little background: When mothers dumped their younguns off in the first grade room that year,...

Don’t shave the dog

by | Apr 24, 2015 | Column

I saw the first one of the season a few days ago: a husky mix shaved to the skin. As it gets warmer, people often take their dogs to the groomer to be shaved. With the thermostat climbing, removing all the dog’s hot, heavy hair seems to be the kindest thing to do. The...

OHTS takes on ‘Phantom’

by | Apr 24, 2015 | Community, Education

By Rebekah Martin Assistant Editor Bodies falling from the ceiling, fire and professional ballerinas are a few things in store for the audience of the Opelika High School Theatre Society’s latest production. The troupe invites people to “live as you’ve never lived...