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7/25 Obituaries

by | Jul 28, 2014 | Obituaries

Henry Stern   Henry Julius Stern, a lifetime resident of Opelika, Alabama, passed away on Thursday July 17th, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center. He was 82 years of age.  Henry was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Roslyn Brock Stern. He is survived by his...

Opelika sports gear up for fall season

by | Jul 25, 2014 | Sports

By D. Mark Mitchell Sports Editor Athletes continue to workout and lift weights. The AHSAA designated this week as “ALL-STAR” week. Athletes were chosen across the state to participate in each sport in Montgomery, the host city for this event. Opelika has a few days...

A look at the past: bygone hat fashions

by | Jul 25, 2014 | Column

Look at any movie with a 1930s, ’40s or ’50s setting, and you’re almost sure to see a couple of things: everybody smokes, and all the men will be wearing hats. People wore hats in those days, men and women. We’ll get to the women in a moment, but let’s take men first....

Microchipping

by | Jul 25, 2014 | Column

My friend Susan was beside herself.  Her Lab had disappeared from her fenced-in back yard over a week ago, and she’d done nothing but search for him for days. She’d made posters, posted on craigslist, taken out a newspaper ad and talked to everyone she could about her...