by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Schools
CONTRIBUTED BYALABAMA 4-H AUBURN — The Alabama 4-H Foundation is helping 35 Alabama 4-H members achieve their dreams of higher education. This year, the foundation will award 33 $1,000 scholarships to graduating 4-H members in 23 Alabama counties. The foundation is...
by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Sports
CONTRIBUTED BYAU ATHLETICS AUBURN — Auburn men’s basketball alum Walker Kessler and Jabari Smith were both honored on the 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Rookie First and Second Teams, as announced by the NBA on Monday. A center for the Utah Jazz, Kessler earned a spot on...
by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Emily Grace Rezek was awarded the Tagged for Greatness Scholarship at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation Scholarship Banquet held Friday, May 5, in Wetumpka, Alabama. She is the daughter of Sean and Jennifer Rezek of Opelika. Rezek will graduate from Opelika High...
by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Sports
The varsity Glenwood Gators baseball team May 3 defeated rivals Lee-Scott Academy, 5-3 and 1-0, to advance to the state title series of the AISA Class 3A. Glenwood was in action against Macon East on May 10, needing to win two-out-of-three games against its oppenent...
by The Observer Staff | May 10, 2023 | Beth Pinyerd, Column
As Mother’s Day approaches this coming Sunday, I am warmly reminded of the time my grandmother, Lillie Mae Jones, spent with me at The Pines Motel Restaurant on the Columbus-Opelika Highway. Every month as a young child, a teenager and on, I looked forward to those...
