by The Observer Staff | Sep 28, 2015 | Column
The other day I paused to reflect on dogs I have known and loved. Now I’m not opposed to cats. They are OK. But, well, it’s like when this cat took up at my house and I tried to give it to my buddy Brad. Me: “Have I got the cat for you.” Brad: “I don’t want a cat.”...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 28, 2015 | Column
I like to cook, and, at the risk of tooting my own horn, I’m pretty darn good at it. For a myriad of reasons, I was out of the kitchen for a while, but now I’m back, better, and healthier than ever. Growing up, we just about always ate at home. Most of the time, it...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 28, 2015 | Column
Some of you have heard some of this before, but some of you haven’t, so bear with me. We are going to do some high class remembering. Three years after getting my degree at EAMC, I came back to Auburn to work. I was fresh out of the army and looking for a job. I heard...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 28, 2015 | Community, Slider
Internet radio station draws thousands of listeners daily, broadcasts from Round House By Anna-Claire Terry Staff Reporter Opelika Radio is taking the city by storm. The local radio station, created in late June, currently has up to 2,500-4,000 listeners a day in the...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 28, 2015 | Community
By Fred Woods Editor In the mid-1960s, one could buy a little boy’s two-piece Easter suit for $12.99 or a little girl’s Easter dress for $3.99 at Bargain Town U.S.A. in downtown Opelika. Bargain Town, on South 8th St. at the corner of Avenue B was roughly equivalent...