by The Observer Staff | Nov 30, 2017 | Community, Sports
By D. Mark Mitchell and Morgan Bryce Big changes are in store for the 2018-19 season for Opelika and the rest of its Class 6A, Region 3 opponents. The AHSAA announced its biennial reclassification of member schools for 2018-2020 this morning at the group’s...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 28, 2017 | Ann Cipperly, Column
By Ann Cipperly After decades of holding a Christmas coffee for physicians at the hospital, members of the EAMC Auxiliary began two years ago preparing homemade goodies and delivering trays to nurses’ stations and offices throughout the hospital. Auxiliary members...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 28, 2017 | Column, Steve Flowers
Jim Martin passed away recently in Gadsden at 99 years old. His beloved wife of 70 years, Pat, was by his side. He was a true Christian gentleman. Jim was one of the Fathers of the modern Republican Party in the South. In 1962, John Kennedy was President. Camelot was...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 28, 2017 | Column
I am not a hunter. I used to be, but not anymore. But I am an eater, and when I think of eating what hunters bring in, I always think of the Armadillo Gourmet Society, a south Alabama institution that, for a brief time, combined wild game and illegal beer to raise...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 28, 2017 | Column
By Wendy Hodge Clocks operate differently in a hospital – like the Bermuda triangle, it’s an unsolved mystery. Whether you’re a patient or a visitor, the standard rules of time do not apply. Minute hands move slower, and hour hands seem to move not at all. Looking...
