With friends in Sydney I’ve discovered it’s already Two Thousand Ten, or Twenty Ten as I’ll call it this year. With that in mind, and knowing that some from those parts of the world will ready this, Well Happy New Year!
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on December 31, 2009. View the original page.
It’s always about this time of year I sit down and play with some stuff I’ve found to add interesting contect to the site. Let’s hear t for the folks over at NBC. You can embede video from all the news sites, but the folks at NBC allow you several sizes, so you have more choices and can actually have the video blend with your current site design. Sometimes when you modify what is available… Read More
It’s Todd Vickery and Adam Hood to bring in the New Year.
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on December 29, 2009. View the original page.
I think David was one of the first people I met when I got to town nearly 15 years ago. Well, this Tuesday (Dec 29th), his friends at Charter Bank are inviting customers, friends and family to stop byand share some stories and fun as part of his retirement. This celebration of 35 years of banking is from 3PM till 5PM Central at Charter’s Downtown Opelika Office, 701 Second Avenue. You can call the bank… Read More
Hope your Christmas Day has been good for you. I grabbed dinner with friends for the holiday. George was able to grab this picture of a couple of Christmas Elf’s that were out for mischieve for the evening.  Dinner was great, the fellowship was also great. Heading to the house tonight, it looked like Eighth and Rail would have another big crowd for the Christmas Night. Lots of folks in town and ready to grab a… Read More
Opelika had an interesting Christmas Eve with a couple of power outages, one around 2PM and the other after 6PM. The first was a feeder line from Alabama Power that feed six Opelika substations went out for some reason. Not sure of the second (will update this if I get the information) that lasted about 40 minutes. I was over at Outback on the second, and talked to folks that were shopping at Tiger Town… Read More
Adam Hood is at Eighth and Rail on Friday (Christmas) and Saturday Night. Adam always works his schedule to bring him close to home for the holidays!
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on December 22, 2009. View the original page.
Hanwha L & C Alabama, LLC (formerly known as Maxforma Plastics, LLC) joined Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller, State and local officials today to announce that the company will begin a 2nd major expansion of their manufacturing facility at its Opelika location in the Northeast Opelika Industrial Park. They plan to invest another $11million for a building expansion and equipment and will create an additional 25 new jobs. They will add approximately 25,000 sq. ft. to… Read More
Neighbor and friend Iain did a similar project like this one for Montogomery . You may have seen it. Now, he turns to the landmarks that make Auburn home to those there and long gone. From his website: “Depicting fifty three local landmarks, this “city portrait” of Auburn is a unique and beautiful representation of The Loveliest Village on the Plains. This original watercolor, by Iain Stewart, has been faithfully reproduced on 80 lb, premium… Read More
Those Yellow Buses on the street today, but will take a few weeks off for the Christmas Holidays.
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on December 18, 2009. View the original page.
Now I know that some of you are just getting their trees up, so if you’ve got the real thing, then remember this! On Saturday, January 2nd Keep Opelika Beautiful and Opelika Tree Commission will host a Christmas Tree Recycling Event. The event will take place at the Opelika Chamber of Commerce parking lot from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Volunteers will be on hand to assist in removing the trees from residentsâ vehicles. In… Read More
