by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Education
CONTRIBUTED BY ACES AUBURN — This Live Well Alabama recipe is for the vegetable lover who also has a sweet tooth. Combining broccoli, bacon, low-fat yogurt and honey, this Everyday Broccoli Salad has something for everybody! It only takes a couple of minutes to put...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Community, Events
BY KENDYL HOLLINGSWORTH KENDYLH@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — With Relay for Life just four months away, Lee County volunteers kicked off planning for this year’s event with a “Souper Supper” meeting Jan. 23 at the Opelika Sportsplex. The meeting aimed to educate...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Community, Education, Schools
CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC OPELIKA — Alyssa Hurst of Lineville, Alabama, was crowned Miss Southern Union 2023 during the college’s annual pageant held Jan. 19. Hurst will now go on to compete in the Miss Alabama Pageant, which will be held in Birmingham in this summer. This...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — The witness section of Deuteronomy 19:15-21 should lead us to think about truth telling as it relates to the community of Christ. After all, the text isn’t addressing honesty in general terms — its specific concern is with truth telling as it...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — I enjoy the company of positive people who affirm that “Life is good.” Life is good and too short to spoil it with pessimism. While it’s also true that sometimes life is not good, we can still be thankful for our blessings. Despite her...