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Letter to the Editor

I  am Todd Rauch, and I am running for Opelika City Council – Ward 5. I answered the call to serve my Country in the U.S. Army as a Military Police Officer and was awarded the Purple Heart after my Team was ambushed while on patrol outside of Baghdad in August of...

Letter to the Editor: Face Masks

Dear Editor: Regarding the face mask controversy, almost all willingly wear clothing in public, which enables protection from such as mosquitoes, sunburn, indecent exposure charges and maybe oglers. Various species of blood-sucking mosquitoes transmit several...

Let’s pray together

Dear Editor, I'd like to let you know that there is a relaunch of the "24/7 virtual prayer room" at prayleecounty.com, which was initially put together back in March by local church leaders across the community to cover our healthcare workers, essential workers...

Editor:

Regarding the face mask controversy, almost all willingly wear clothing in public, which enables protection from such as mosquitoes, sunburn, indecent exposure charges and maybe oglers. Various species of blood-sucking mosquitoes transmit several serious diseases,...

A Small Advice Column

We’ll begin by congratulating council members Jones and Gray on their recent electoral victories in the city’s municipal elections. All of Opelika’s...

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Your ‘Community’ Newspaper

We’d like to take this opportunity to once again welcome the widely-respected Bob Sanders to our family of columnists here at the Opelika Observer....

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July 6 Letter to the Editor

In response to Cliff McCollum’s opinions, “Love thy neighbor? What’s his party affiliation?”, I feel compelled to inject some observations on some...

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What loyalty means to us

Loyalty: you don’t see much of it any more. Loyalty is a faithfulness to commitments or obligations. Loyalty is faithful adherence to a cause, a...

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Pardon our progress

Some of you may have noticed this week’s issue of your beloved Opelika Observer seems to look a bit different. You aren’t crazy; things really are...

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