by The Observer Staff | Dec 13, 2023 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — WRESTLINGOpelika’s wrestling team participated in the Swede Umbach Wrestling Tournament at Auburn High School last weekend. OHS finished third, behind Hewett-Trussville and Tallassee.The following are the weight classes, names,...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 13, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —Daniel receives his vision of chapter 8 in 550 B.C. In his vision, he is in the “citadel of Susa” — the capital of the Medo-Persian kingdom (see Esther 1:1-3). He sees a ram with two horns, with one horn longer than the other. He is told later...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 13, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —Robert Frost famously said, “The reason worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”So, if worrying can kill us, it will not be a waste of time to reflect on the nature of worry and decide to stop worrying before...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 13, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
The side-of-the-highway café was decorated for Christmas. Plastic balsam trees on formica tables. Beside the napkin dispenser, a nutcracker soldier with a Sharpie graphic drawn on his unmentionables, lending new meaning to the unfortunate soldier’s station in...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 13, 2023 | Column, Stacey Wallace
by STACEYPATTON WALLACE As I’ve mentioned many times in this column, I am the “Queen of the Klutzes.” When I go anywhere, I’m apt to drip, slip or trip. In an earlier column, I wrote about a time when my lack of gracefulness was really on display as I dined with my...