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Our view: Board needs new blood
During this week’s Lee County Commission meeting, the subject of appointments to one of the commission-appointed citizen boards was on the agenda....
Deadhead annuals and perennials for extended summer color, beauty
By Suzanne Montgomery Opelika Observer It was a hot July! Most of us feel a bit wilted after being outside in the summer heat. Some of us...
What do you see?
By Kathryn James Guest editorialist As a psychotherapist, I am accustomed to uncomfortable sessions with clients. However, this past week...
Why we love (and will miss) Hilary Telson
It isn’t just that she was the driving force in putting together and getting out 209 issues of this newspaper - although she did. It wasn’t just the...
In memoriam: Rex ‘Bita Bullet’ Barrington
To all of us in the Opelika Observer family, she was always Bita Bullet. Somewhere, deep within us, we knew she was actually Rexena Murrielean...
If we told you Alabama used to be an agricultural state most of you would nod your heads in agreement. If I told you it still was many of you would...
Spelling bee season
Spell, Spell, Spell...the season of musical tintinnabulation of spelling words peaked again this week in Washington D.C. at the 86th National...
Red Cross director urges donations of blood, time
With all of the large-scale tragic events in the news these days – tornadoes in Oklahoma; wildfires in California; explosions in Boston, Texas and...