by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH I saw him across the crowded restaurant with his elderly parents. They didn’t look like they’d aged a bit. But he did. His face was lean, his skin was wrinkled, he was gaunt. And he still had his trademark sense of humor. I told him I hardly...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Column
By SAM DICHIARA Martin Luther King Jr. Day got me thinking about a favorite quote from his Letter from a Birmingham Jail: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY MANDM PUBLIC RELATIONS WEST POINT, GA — Restaurateur Tiffany Welch, owner of SIP Café and Wine Room, recently announced the building and expansion of a new event center called REUNION. The event space will accommodate parties of up to 75 guests. REUNION...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Ann Cipperly, Column
By ANN CIPPERLY After a two-year absence due to COVID-19, the Taste of Chocolate returns for its 20th year Tuesday, Jan. 24, from 5:30 until 7 p.m. at the Trinity Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Opelika. Members of the Beta Xi Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Community, Education, Events
CONTRIBUTED BY THE GENEALOGICALSOCIETY OF EAST ALABAMA OPELIKA — The Genealogical Society of East Alabama wants to invite the public to its next meeting, Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Museum of East Alabama. The meeting takes place from11 a.m. to noon and admission is...