Month: November 2010

Tonight at the Opelika Center for Performing Arts, Showtime is 7:00PM til 8:30PM.  From Revel… It’s a $2.00 minimum donation at the door – please come support the students as they head to the STATE COMPETITION in FLORENCE ALABAMA this weekend…

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 30, 2010. View the original page.

Rain should be out of the area, but it will be brisk and cool for this years parade.  Showtime is 4PM all over downtown Opelika.

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 30, 2010. View the original page.

Text at 8:29PM Central tonight from CNN: Actor Leslie Neilsen, 84, has died of complications from pneumonia in a hospital near his home in Florida. We’ve lost a very funny man…. “Leslie Nielsen was raised in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Northwest Territories. His father was a mountie and a strict disciplinarian. His mother was Welsh. Leslie studied at the Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto before moving on to New York’s Neighborhood Playhouse. His acting… Read More

Office suite in downtown historic building, imagine large windows, hardwood floors and a beautiful stain glass window being you view each day in you efficiency office suite that includes utilities & high speed internet and power included in your value engineered lease of $325/ month. This unit is walking distance from banks, courthouse, Red Door June coffee, Cafe 123 and many more retail stores. Requires a 2 year lease. Pictured Below! J Marsh Enterprises | 1001… Read More

I didn’t know whether to say winding down or winding up. Lots of local offices are closing at Noon today, if not earlier to get ready for the four day holiday weekend. Most emails I’ve sent have bounced back “Gone for the weekend!”  Others and getting ready for early openings and crazy Black Friday sales. Then, there’s a little matter of the Iron Bowl on Friday, that should have most in the state in front of a… Read More

Thanks George Purves for sending this link. This is just too funny!

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 24, 2010. View the original page.

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From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 24, 2010. View the original page.

Mark the calendars for Thursday and Saturday this week at the Rail on South Railroad Avenue in Opelika. Music starts about 9:30PM, both nights!  For more, visit the Rail on Facebook.

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 24, 2010. View the original page.

With all the news of the Pilot boycot  and others of the new TSA X-Ray Machines, I finally got my 7 seconds of fame in one over the weekend.   Not sure what they could see or not, but I know I didn’t get a glimse of my fat little body going thru security.   I’ve seen the famed machines at the Atlanta airport, but haven’t been tagged to experience the adventure.  However, while leaving Kansas City… Read More

This week ends and I plan to travel home to Opelika on Saturday.  I’ve attended a conference of Farm Broadcasting in Kansas City. And as Veteran’s Day passed, the setting of our meetings was in the shadow of the only World War 1 Museum in the US, located in Kansas City.   An old friend Dennis Eversol bought lunch and introduced me to some of the finest beef in the world today for lunch.  Twice this… Read More

Looks like I broke the link and calendar to the upcoming events.  I’m on the road this week, but will fix it sometime in the next few days.  ”Did I Do That?”

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 9, 2010. View the original page.