by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Calendar (Upcoming Events)
SUNDILLA CONCERT SERIESThe Sundilla Concert Series will feature a performance by Joe Crookston on Friday, Feb. 9, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, located at 450 E. Thach Ave. in Auburn. Free coffee, tea, water and food will be...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Community, Events, Featured
BY KADIE VICKFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Opelika Community Theater is once again sharing black history through a showcase Feb. 23-25. Showtimes are 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.“The Black History Showcase is an outreach program that we do for...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Column, Sean Dietrich
OPINION — Newspapers have a smell. If you’re lucky enough to find a newspaper in our digital world, you’ll notice the smell first. Fresh newsprint paper. SoySeal ink. Still warm. It’s a unique scent.I grew up throwing newspapers. Not on a bicycle. My mother and I...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
OPINION — In the days of my youth, I was frail and weak. My dad was a strong man. I admired his strength. In the picture book of Bible stories my mother read to me, I learned about a man named Samson whose story is in the book of Judges. I was impressed with his...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 11, 2024 | Bruce Green, Column
OPINION — “I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my pray-ers.” Paul to the Ephesians in 1:16 of his letter. Here’s one of those verses that’s easy to rush right by. It’s not hard to think of Paul’s statement as being the first century equivalent...
