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Community Champions honored at Midsummer Market

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — At last weekend’s Midsummer Market, held at Heritage House in Opelika, business owners Valarie Canady and Dani Nelson honored fellow citizens with the second annual Community Champion Awards.This year the awards focused on...

Martial arts school to host ‘Dad’s Day’ event promoting family safety

Proceeds to benefit Women’s Hope Family Clinic BY KADIE VICK | FOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Red Wolf School of Martial Arts is hosting a Dad’s Day event on June 16 to help teach local families how to protect each other against harmful situations. The event costs $25 and...

Tiger Tush: An innovative approach to develop glutes

BY ELESE MCKINLEYFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — Royalricus Dowdell, an advanced certified trainer at High 5 Fitness in Auburn, is launching an innovative program called Tiger Tush boot camp, a scientifically based approach to glute enhancement, which begins on June 17.The...

Auburn Oil welcomes best-selling author for talk

BY KADIE VICKFOR THE OBSERVER AUBURN — LaDarrion Williams presented his book Blood at the Roots at Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers on May 29.When Auburn Oil Event Coordinator Robin O’Bryant and Manager Katy Hall heard about the book and Williams’ Alabama heritage, they...