by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Community, Featured
Each year on the first Saturday in May, Storybook Farm hosts a Derby-worthy ensemble of fancy hats, perfect mint juleps and Dapper Dan dudes. Outrageous hospitality, bragging rights for best dressed and auction finds were just a few of the highlights at this...
by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Community
Keep Opelika Beautiful’s annual festival featuring handmade and homegrown art, Garden in the Park, took place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. last Saturday, May 6, at Opelika Municipal Park. The free event started in 2005 as a fundraiser for Keep Opelika Beautiful, and...
by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Community
Community members came together Thursday, May 4, to celebrate the 72nd National Day of Prayer. Mayors from both Auburn and Opelika, along with several community speakers attended the non-denominational prayer and praise gathering event which began at noon at...
by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Bruce Green
RELIGION — Janice and I are blessed with two adult daughters, one daughter-in-law and one granddaughter. We also have an adult son and four grandsons, but this piece is not about the boys — it is all about the girls. Being a woman is a blessed thing. That’s the...
by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Walt Albritton
RELIGION — Upon the death of his mother, the Dutch priest Henri Nouwen wrote a little book titled “In Memoriam.” It is an intimate account of the power of a mother to influence a son. “From her,” Nouwen said, “I had come to feel an unqualified acceptance which had...
