by The Observer Staff | Feb 2, 2024 | Education, Schools
BY KADIE VICKFOR THE OPELIKA OBSERVER AUBURN — Members of Auburn High School’s National Art Honors Societies (NAHS) painted a mural last month inside Richland Elementary School.NAHS members include Sidney Crim, Isabella Trentacosti, Sage Traylor, Leah Lethander,...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 2, 2024 | Events
CONTRIBUTEDTO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Opelika ArtHaus will host the Windhorse Winter Workshop Series Feb. 23-25. A variety of workshops will be offered during the weekend. Visit windhorsestudio.com/events for details and to pre-register.Participating artists offering...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 2, 2024 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas A. Kempis, written in the 15th Century, has been translated into more than fifty languages. It is considered, next to the Bible, the most influential book of Christendom. It’s a book I have been reading...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 2, 2024 | Bruce Green, Calendar (Upcoming Events)
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — Paul starts our story at the cemetery. “You were dead” — not in ICU, not even on life support — we were dead. A dead person is powerless to change their situation. Before death we had choices, options and opportunities, but after death that...
by The Observer Staff | Feb 2, 2024 | Obituaries
SUSAN RAE (LOONEY) ANDERSONSusan Rae (Looney) Anderson, 67, of Opelika, Alabama, passed away on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, surrounded by family.She was born to parents John Looney and Roberta Amrani on March 16, 1956, in Arlington, Virginia.She spent most of her childhood...
