by The Observer Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | Education
This week marked the retirement of Opelika City Schools CFO Barbara Cutright, pictured above with school board president O.D. Alsobrook and Superintendent Mark Neighbors. Cutright has worked with Opelika City Schools since 1978, starting as a bookkeeper at the central...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | Education
Written by Student Writer Elizabeth Patton Trinity students Grayson Scott and Josh Hartsell were invited by the Auburn Heritage Association to play Taps during the 11th Pine Hill Cemetery Lantern Tour. Pine Hill Cemetery was established in 1837 and is the oldest in...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 9, 2011 | Education
Written by Student Writer Elise Dudley “Youth inspires me,” notes Lee-Scott English teacher Leon Fletcher. “Youth changes the world every generation. Youth improves the world.” Fletcher is doing his part to improve the world by giving high school students at Lee-Scott...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 8, 2011 | Obituaries
Helen Marian Hiltbold, age 88, of Auburn, was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada on June 1, 1923, and passed away in Opelika, on Dec. 8, 2011, at East Alabama Medical Center. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Auburn. She was born to the late...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 8, 2011 | Obituaries
Martha Ann Rabren, 64, of Auburn passed away on Dec. 8, 2011, at Bethany House in Auburn. She was born Jan. 17, 1947. She had lived most of her life in Auburn, and was the owner of Clips and Snips Hair Salon. Rabren was of Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by...