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...
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Opinions Articles
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...
Thank you for the Pepperell Kids reunion
Editor, I would like to acknowledge all of the hard work done by George and Janet Crawford for keeping the Pepperell Kids reunion going each...
Observer blows its own horn
It’s sometimes okay, even necessary to blow your own horn. Growing up in a fairly genteel Southern home (I guess that means “poor but proud”), you...
Indoor and Outdoor Cats Get Heartworms
Karlene Turkington’s article in the May 3 Observer gave a lot of great information about heartworm disease in dogs. However, a lot of cat owners are...
Know your heroes
You know what a hero looks like? Look for Bennie Adkins. He’s one of them, certified by the President of the United States. That luminary awarded...