by The Observer Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY EAST ALABAMA HEALTH OPELIKA — Next week, East Alabama Health will begin offering SoftVue, the world’s first 3D whole breast ultrasound tomography system that is FDA-approved for use as a supplemental imaging exam to digital mammography for screening...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Community, Education
CONTRIBUTED BY CWJC LEE COUNTY — The Christian Women’s Jobs Corps (CWJC) of Lee County recently celebrated nine women who graduated from its fall session. Christian Women’s Job Corps exists to minister to women in need with a hand up, not a handout. This is done by...
by The Observer Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Ann Cipperly, Column
By ANN CIPPERLY Since Veterans Day officially became a holiday in 1954, Nov. 11 has been a day to honor our servicemen and women. While Lee County has many heroes who are serving and have served our country, one of our most honored has been Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G....
by The Observer Staff | Oct 26, 2022 | Community, Events
The 18th annual Think Pink event at the Spencer Cancer Center at East Alabama Medical Center took place last Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. The EAMC Foundation Breast Health Fund was established in 2004 to provide screening and diagnostic mammograms to uninsured women...
by The Observer Staff | Oct 26, 2022 | Community, Events
BY BETH PINYERD FOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Vision Awareness Week, held from Oct. 17 through 21 and sponsored by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, was an outreach to the legally blind and low-vision residents in our community. Melody Wilson, case manager for...
