by The Observer Staff | May 30, 2017 | Ann Cipperly, Column
By Ann Cipperly Whether it is a friend’s birthday, a bridal luncheon, bridge party, baby shower or getting friends together to savor summer while the garden is in bloom, plan an easy menu featuring seasonal favorites. To avoid spending all day in the kitchen, rely on...
by The Observer Staff | May 30, 2017 | Column
By Bob Sanders They’re special to us. Who knows what kind of apples they are — they’re probably a mixture of many kinds that came together in the seedling that sprouted long, long ago in the poor, rocky soil of the old home place and managed to...
by The Observer Staff | May 30, 2017 | Column
By Hardy Jackson I have attended a lot of graduations – my share and somebody else’s. Kindergarten (three times), elementary school (three times), high school (four or five times), college (Lord knows how many). They all had a lot of things in common. Proud...
by The Observer Staff | May 30, 2017 | Column, Steve Flowers
By Steve Flowers As the race for our open U.S. Senate seat begins, let’s look at the lay of the land. First-of-all it will be a sprint. The race is upon us with the primaries on August 15 and the run-off six weeks later on September 26. The Republican primary victor...
by The Observer Staff | May 26, 2017 | Community
Special to the Opelika Observer Select winners of the 2017 Alabama Press Association Better Newspaper Contest were announced today by Dee Ann Campbell, chairman of the APA Better Newspaper Contest Committee. This year, seventy-four newspapers submitted 2,753 entries...
