by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Sports
BY DANIEL SCHMIDT FOR THE OBSERVER BEULAH — After the Loachapoka High School and Beulah High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams split the season’s first doubleheader on Dec. 19, the BHS girls and LHS boys entered the Jan. 3 doubleheader seeking revenge.Instead,...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Column, Sean Dietrich
Jan. 1, 2025: I brought in the new year with a blind dog. She was seated beside me, wagging her butt. I think she could feel the energy in the air. Everyone else in my house was asleep because they are — in the literary sense — massive party poopers. Thus, I was...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Column, Stacey Wallace
Long ago on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1968, I entered Avondale Kindergarten in my hometown of Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals). In those days, school began the day after Labor Day. Also, after a snack of soda crackers and milk, we went home at 12 noon. Ah, those...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Beth Pinyerd, Column
Burr! It is definitely winter in Lee County, as we welcome in freezing temperatures. I absolutely LOVE teaching children in wintertime. As an early childhood teacher, every year right after Christmas I love to go shopping, not just because winter items have been...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 8, 2025 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
High school winter sports now in full swing – On the Mark Happy 2025! We are in the middle of high school winter sports. Basketball started Area games last week, wrestlers are headed to duals and sectional matches and regional bowling is set for Jan. 23-24. The...
