by The Observer Staff | Oct 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
OCT. 17 — BOOK TALK BY KATHRYN BRAUNDAuburn University’s Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities will host a book talk on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Pebble Hill, 101 S. Debardeleben St., Auburn. Dr. Kathryn H. Braund, Hollifield...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 10, 2024 | Community
BY ANITA STIEFELEDITOR@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The official opening of the Free Little Art Galleries, sponsored by the Art Haus, was celebrated Oct. 2 at the site of the third Free Little Art Gallery (FLAG) installation at the Opelika Public Library, 1100 Glenn...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 10, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
Gloriously More OPINION — When Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine were engaged in 1796, he gave her a ring composed of two tear shaped stones — a diamond and a blue sapphire set in opposite directions on a slim gold band. Each stone weighs slightly less than a carat....
by The Observer Staff | Oct 10, 2024 | Obituaries
ANNETTE S. SIMMONSAnnette S. Simmons, 85 of Montgomery passed away Oct. 4, 2024 at Arbor Lakes in Auburn. Mrs. Simmons was born to Euel Augustus Screws Sr. and Elsie Victoria Wallace in Lee County on June 30, 1939.Mrs. Simmons was preceded in death by her parents and...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 10, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
He will restore hope for the future OPINION — My wife and I were guests of friends in Falls Church, Virginia. I was preaching in their church for a few days. About 4:30 on the morning of our second day there, I collapsed in the hallway. The noise of my fall awakened...
