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Opinions Articles
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...
In Memory of Dick Moreman
We’re doing something a little different this week. We want to observe the passing of an Opelika leader. Everybody didn’t love Dick Moreman. Some...
Opelika’s Character Trait of the Month: Civility
The Character Trait for the month of February is “Civility”. The standard definition of the word is this: to show polite and courteous behavior...
Support Opelika however you choose this evening
As Opelikans, we should be all be proud that we have a difficult choice to make this evening. Our high school’s football team will make a historic...
Happy 4th Birthday, Opelika Observer
“PREMIERE ISSUE: Community newspaper makes debut in Opelika” That’s what the first above-the-fold headline of the Opelika Observer read when we...