by The Observer Staff | Sep 16, 2011 | Column
My pen name, Bita Bullet, was taken from a famous speech made in the 1970’s by President Gerald Ford, who at that time was very concerned about job loss, inflation, OPEC oil prices, Iran, and the many other problems associated with a recession or a depression. He was...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 16, 2011 | Education
Cooperation means don’t cheat and be fair and be friendly and nice. My sister is mean to me sometimes, but I’m nice and I get treats for being nice to others and for being cooperative. -Evan Goodman, second grader at Jeter Primary School My brother cooperates with my...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 16, 2011 | Education
“God is good, but he expects you to work,” Opelika City Schools Superintendent Mark Neighbors said during Tuesday’s school board meeting, over the coming fiscal year’s budget. “We’re pretty confident that we aren’t going to have to dip into reserves, but we had to...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 10, 2011 | Obituaries
Doris June Reeves, age 72, of Opelika, was born on Feb. 19, 1939, in South Pittsburg, Tenn. and died on Sept. 7, 2011, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. She was a school teacher for 35 years and loved to read. Reeves was preceded in death by her husband,...
by The Observer Staff | Sep 8, 2011 | Obituaries
Margaret Frances (Fran) Soldo was born on Dec. 7, 1943. She passed away in her daughter’s home on Sept. 8, 2011, after a brave struggle with cancer. Prior to becoming ill, Fran lived and worked in Birmingham, where she was a paralegal at the law firm, Bradley, Arant,...