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Let’s practice ‘POP’ with others in 2019
By Beth Pinyerd For the Opelika Observer In my earlier years of teaching, I was teaching a class of children who had strong personalities and were...
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Preparations are being made to take the 2020 Census. This process is not just a fun game to spell out demographic changes and interesting tidbits...
Lady Bulldogs race to 17-5 start, boys improve to 10-8
By D. Mark Mitchell The Opelika Lady Bulldogs basketball team has raced to an impressive 17-5 record after 22 games. Coach Devin Booth, like boys...
Boss Man
By Sean Dietrich I was fired from the only retail job I ever had. The important thing to remember here is that I wasn’t fired because I was a bad...
Listen Linda
Linda… Listen! My husband is all of a sudden very distant and doesn’t want to communicate with me. We have been married for several years now and I...
Test Drive
By Wendy Hodge It’s a Friday night, and I find myself sitting in a conference room at a car dealership. Since my Toyota ate a Christmas tree, I have...
A Journey with Grief, It is a Part of Life
By Beth Pinyeard For the Opelika Observer The goal of this article is not to make readers sad or gloomy, but from my desire to help them know and...
Enliven meals on cold days with fresh muffins hot from the oven
By Ann Cipperly After elaborate holiday meals, weekday dinners during January can seem ho-hum or boring. Freshly baked muffins can make a simple...