by The Observer Staff | Jun 26, 2015 | Community, Education
By Nickolaus Hines Opelika Observer Eleven Opelika High School students at the top of the class of 2016 gave more than $8,000 to a local philanthropy of their choice at a luncheon on June 18. Opelika High School Philanthropy 101, a three–week summer program sponsored...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 26, 2015 | Community, Slider
Christian Care Ministries provides physical, spiritual food to Opelika’s needy By Anna-Claire Terry Staff Reporter The Christian Care Ministries soup kitchen recently celebrated 15 years of serving those in need in the Opelika area. According to John Johnson,...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 26, 2015 | Community
By Dean Bonner Opelika Observer John Burns jumped up from his soundboard, running to investigate the screaming. Reaching the door of Ozzy’s dressing room, he saw his month-old daughter Jennifer screaming. Ozzy was holding Jennifer, and Ozzy was screaming. Someone...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 26, 2015 | Column
Since I always include my e-mail address with my columns, occasionally one of my intensely ambivalent readers will write to comment on what I have written. Sometimes the letters are better than the columns. Recently two columns drew more than the usual commentary,...
by The Observer Staff | Jun 26, 2015 | Column
By Randy Bearden guest columnist We searched for the perfect acre among a thousand. It was time to build our house and, this being a large farm, we had many options. There were only three requirements. 1. It needed to be in the woods. 2. It needed to be on the hill...