by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Community, Education, Events, Schools
CONTRIBUTED BYAUBURN DAY SCHOOL AUBURN — Auburn Day School, Alabama’s STEM preschool, is opening the doors of its brand new ADS Imagination Station for children and families the fourth Saturday of each month. The first event, “Arctic Adventures,” will mark the grand...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Community, Education, Events
BY MADELINE ACOSTA FOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — On Thursday, Jan. 19, Lt. Jessica Daley held a demonstration at the Lee County Sheriff’s Office where she informed parents and guardians about car seat safety and how to correctly install the seats. These...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BYSOUTHERN COMPANY GAS OPELIKA — Opelika native and Nicor Gas Director of Corporate Safety Brian Thomas was the recent recipient of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity – Alpha Upsilon Lambda Chapter’s Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award for Governmental and...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Column, Stacey Wallace
By STACEY PATTON WALLACE Many changes have come about in education in the last few decades. One class that has fallen by the wayside is home economics, or “home ec.” When Mike and I taught at Long Cane Middle School in LaGrange, Georgia, home ec was an...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Community, Events, Featured, Sean Dietrich
BY WIL CREWS SPORTSCREWS@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — A large crowd gathered at the Opelika Public Library last Thursday night to see acclaimed columnist and novelist, Sean Dietrich. Known for his commentary on living in the South, Dietrich, commonly referred to as...
