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Girl STEPS Inc. Program host etiquette events

Girl STEPS Inc. Program host etiquette events

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Events

Contributed to the Opelika Observer The Girl STEPS Inc. program studied etiquette during November and December. “It’s important that our girls know how to conduct themselves in various settings,” said program organizer Tiffany Gibson-Pitts. “I am so pleased that Leif...
Taking off our Sandals

Taking off our Sandals

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Bruce Green, Column

By Bruce GreenTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Tim Friede has been bitten by poisonous snakes over 200 times in 17 years. It hasn’t killed him because his body has somehow developed an immunity to snake venom. He demonstrated this recently...

Cemetery restrictions temporarily lifted

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Events

Contributed by theCity of Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller has conferred with Public Works Director Mike Hilyer and has issued an order to “suspend” the rules at city of Opelika cemeteries from Dec. 8 through Jan. 3, 2021, governing the placement of floral arrangements,...

Billie “Bill” Tensely Heath

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Obituaries

Billie “Bill” Tensely Heath was born in Opelika, March 29, 1929. He passed away at Bill Nichols Veterans Retirement Center on Dec. 4, 2020. Mr. Heath was a Veteran who served in the Korean War, and was stationed in Adak, Alaska. He was an active member of First...

Jack Heath McConnell

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Obituaries

Jack Heath McConnell was born to the late John Richard McConnell and Mary Heath McConnell on Feb. 7, 1937 in Lee County, Alabama. He was surrounded by his family on Dec . 10, 2020 as he passed peacefully from this earth to his eternal home in Heaven. Jack graduated...