Month: November 2007

If you dropped by here on Wednesday Night or today, you may have been wondering what’s going on with the site. I’ve been playing with a new layout, which I hope can bring you more content of events into your view easy & quick. However, I’m not a “Coder” and am having some issues. You know I always mess with the look at the end of the year, so I’m at it again. If you… Read More

The Today Show this morning had a story about “Five Phone Numbers” that can help you in life. Well, Auburn University’s Foy Union was one of them. Matt called the number, got Holly and asked her Barbie’s full name. Holly came back on in a moment with the correct answer. The number is posted at www.todayshow.com ! From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 27, 2007. View the original… Read More

It’s Friday Night (Dec 7th) from 6-9PM. A Great Fun filled evening for all ages. Children will enjoy a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus, train and pony rides, making reindeer food and much more. Create a gingerbread house and display it in the Gingerbread Village. Buy some goodies at the bake sale, make your Christmas wreath, shop for unique one-of-a-kind gifts, screenprint a holiday t-shirt and have dinner with family and friends. Local favorites… Read More

It’s Friday Night (Dec 7th) from 6-9PM. A Great Fun filled evening for all ages. Children will enjoy a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus, train and pony rides, making reindeer food and much more. Create a gingerbread house and display it in the Gingerbread Village. Buy some goodies at the bake sale, make your Christmas wreath, shop for unique one-of-a-kind gifts, screenprint a holiday t-shirt and have dinner with family and friends. Local favorites… Read More

The Showchior is performing Thursday Night (29th) at the new Ashley Fine Furniture store in Tiger Town at 5PM!

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 26, 2007. View the original page.

Starts at Noon this Wednesday (Nov 28th) until 3PM daily until all the plants are gone!

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 26, 2007. View the original page.

Redman sent this along before the game had started and he spotted the ladies and had to have a picture. Final score in the 2007 Iron Bowl Game: Auburn 17 and Alabama 10! Not sure they were smiling after the game, but they are still pretty girls! (Camera Phone Image) Jenny, Scott, Bug, Shawn and friends camped at the house after the game. All were back on the road heading home by 10AM Sunday Morning… Read More

This normally calls for a “get off work early pass” from the office. I’ve got some stuff to do on the KOB (Keep Opelika Beautiful, not Keg of Beer) Float, which will be assembled in the BancorpSouth Parking lot on parade day. I try to get to the house with the truck as the street (South 8th) is a staging area and it’s not easy to get in and out of the house during this… Read More

So, a few weeks ago , I came home to find that someone had busted into the storage building to steal some lawn equipment. It was the hot item around town as this type of theft was being reported by lots of folks. So I broke down and installed a system from ADT. As is usually the case, when it’s new, you accidently set it off a few times. Well, my second was last night… Read More

Gosh, it’s been about a year since they closed the main part of the church for renovation. I noticed today, paint was going on the new brick addition, so thought I should grab a quick picture. Read this old post from January!

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 25, 2007. View the original page.

The Folks at Standard Deluxe are At It Again. Come on over SATURDAY DECEMBER FIRST -The 14th Annual Holiday Show & Sale is ON ! ART Exhibits, PAPA D’s Super Grille, T-Shirt Sales and Live MUSIC *NOON til MIDNITE*12 Bands in 12 Hours Featuring: 12 pm: THE FALL LINE FRAILERS 1 pm: THE MAFS 2 pm: EAST ALABAMA HEMHAWERS 3 pm: ALABAMA GRAVY SOPPERS 4 pm: PEE WEE MOORE & The Cottonmouth Cowboys 5 pm… Read More