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Students enjoy ‘Accelerated reading’ party

by | Dec 16, 2011 | Education

Written by Cub Reporter Raelee Fenn Last Friday, Dec. 9, Northside had an Accelerated Reader party for many of its students. Accelerated Reader (A.R.) is a program that asks comprehension questions when you read an A.R. book. A.R. books can be over one whole point....

Gratitude: Tigers, Dawgs unite for local student

by | Dec 15, 2011 | Sports

Written by April Halverson Special Education Teacher at OHS I would like to take this opportunity to thank the AU athletic department and specifically Jeff Steele and Howard “Hawk” Manley for helping us manage a difficult situation last spring. We had a student placed...

Dr. Wellington Moore 1928-2011

by | Dec 14, 2011 | Obituaries

Dr. Wellington Moore passed away on Dec.14, 2011, at the age of 83. He was preceded in death by his father, Wellington Moore; his mother, Elizabeth Willis Moore; his first wife, Margaret Thompson Moore; a brother, Bill Moore and a son, Gary Scott Moore. He grew up on...

Mary Lockett Mullins Benson 1917-2011

by | Dec 13, 2011 | Obituaries

A funeral service for Mary Lockett Mullins Benson, 94, of Opelika was held at 11 a.m. on Dec. 13, 2011, at Trinity United Methodist Church. Reverends Earl Ballard and David Warren officiated. Visitation was held Monday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant...

Robert Wayne Schaeffer 1931-2011

by | Dec 12, 2011 | Obituaries

Robert Wayne Schaeffer, age 80, of Auburn, was born in Pennsylvania on Oct. 13, 1931, and passed away on Dec. 12, 2011, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Schaeffer was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Schaeffer; and his mother, Trudie Schaeffer. He is...