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Council okays more than $450,000 for necessary software upgrades for city’s police, fire, court systems

by The Observer Staff | Apr 6, 2012 | Politics

During the Opelika city council’s work session held Tuesday evening, the city’s chief technology officer Stephen Dawe told city officials his proposal, asking for more than $400,000 in bids for hardware and software upgrades, had become a necessary reality. Dawe said...

‘All the world loves a clown’?

by The Observer Staff | Apr 6, 2012 | Column

I have a good friend known for being a celebrated funny man and jokesmith, though I often wonder who would choose to celebrate such an individual and to what end. This person is known for a jovial disposition and wise-cracking persona, always good for anything from a...

‘Good’ in ‘Good Friday’

by The Observer Staff | Apr 6, 2012 | Column

It’s Good Friday, the first week of April, the time of year that the earth seems to celebrate with blooms and blossoms everywhere. I still don’t understand why this day is considered good. I’m sure it was not so good two thousand years ago for a small band of...

Hopefully, allude, refer, expect, anticipate, among, between, another

by The Observer Staff | Apr 6, 2012 | Column

is time for me to make peace with the word “hopefully.” Let me start with the bare bones from The Associated Press Style book: Hopefully means in a hopeful manner. Do not use it to mean it is hoped, let us hope or we hope. Right: It is hoped that we will complete our...

Community Obituaries – 4/6

by The Observer Staff | Apr 6, 2012 | Obituaries

Thomas Francis “Tom” Bonniol 1933-2012 Thomas Francis “Tom” Bonniol of Auburn, died on March 25, 2012, at Bethany House in Auburn. He was born on March 2, 1933, in Quincy, Ill. and grew up in Providence, R.I. He graduated from Providence College and began work...

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