by The Observer Staff | Nov 22, 2023 | Ann Cipperly, Column
The 28th annual Cookie Walk will be held Dec. 2 from 8 a.m. until noon at a new location this year, True Deliverance Holiness Church’s new gymnasium at 936 N Donahue Dr. in Auburn. Along with 30,000 cookies, the event features photos with Santa, a raffle with three...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 22, 2023 | Column, Sean Dietrich
BY SEAN DIETRICH DEAR SEAN:I’m not sure what to do. My teenage son died in an accident three years ago. … A few months ago one of his good friends started hanging out at our house…We’ve become really close. He doesn’t have a very present mother. And I find myself...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 22, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —Gene Moore, my dear friend from Auburn days, lives with his wife Jan in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Like me, Gene is a nonagenarian, both of us having lived beyond our octogenarian years. (“Nona” comes from the Latin word meaning “the...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 22, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —The story of David and his desire to build a temple for God is recorded in 2 Samuel 7. By this point in David’s life, a lot of water has passed under his bridge. He’s been: in the pastures as a boy, shepherding his father’s sheep, in the courts...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 22, 2023 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
OHS winter sports take center stage BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION —Football season is officially over in Lee County and winter sports move into spotlight. BOWLINGOpelika High Athletics Department added the sport of bowling for the 2023-24 school year. Both the girls and...
