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Making moves

Making moves

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Community, Slider

By Morgan Bryce Opelika Observer Members of Opelika’s Make Your Move studio returned home from this month’s Star Systems National Dance Competitions in Myrtle Beach, S.C., as national grand champions. Taking top place overall in seven different categories, Mandy...

City elections to be held Aug. 23

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Community, Politics

Fuller, Jones, Gray to face opposition By Rebekah Martin Associate Editor 11 Opelikans qualified for the Aug. 23 city election. Mayor Gary Fuller, Councilwoman Patsy Jones and Councilman Larry Gray will face opposition in their respective races. Lee County...

Aquarius Alabama

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Column

Remember when:    The moon was in the seventh house and Jupiter aligned with Mars? Remember, tie dye and bell bottoms, and long, beautiful hairshining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen? Remember “Hell No, We Won’t Go?”,“Give Peace a Chance?”,“We Shall Overcome?”,“I...

Roadcommissioners

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Column

by Bob Sanders They are (finally) resurfacing the little street by our house in Prestige Plaza. They put the tar on the cracks many moons ago, and now they are actually doing the work. It makes me think about commissioners, then and now. In Frontier Country, it was...