Month: June 2012

Spirits are high in the APR Motorsport camp, as after one of it’s strongest weekends of the year at Road America, the team heads to a track which has seen some its strongest success in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. APR Motorsport will run two cars in the Rolex Series for the first time at this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen , with the no. 52 APR Audi R8 for German drivers… Read More

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on June 28, 2012. View the original page.

Okay, last time I started about a beer price war going, it was a joke, but news is that Sid’s 8th Street Cafe now has domestic bottle beer for just $1.50 all the time (per his Facebook page) and Jefferson’s is doing a Daily House Draft (It’s Budweiser this week) plus PBR on draft for $1.25. I think the Pub is also doing some lower prices, but I don’t know what they are. Hot Days… Read More

From the Opelika City Website a reminder of Summer Swing on Tuesday! Summer Swing features Bill Brooks (ELVIS) this week. Every Tuesday evening the Opelika Parks and Recreation Dept. hosts a free outdoor concert at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Park in Opelika, AL. This 13-week concert series offers a wide variety of musical entertainment including Gospel, Soul, Jazz, R&B, Oldies, Country, Big Band Swing, Folk and Community Band music. The Opelika Band Boosters will… Read More

Remember the Farmer’s Market sets up in Courthouse Square on the backside at Avenue B near the Baptist Church each Tuesday from 3PM until 6PM. No need to arrive Early, since they will not sell anything before 3PM, even if they are ready to go. Let’s be fair after all.

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on June 25, 2012. View the original page.

So I’m on the road this week. Drove to Birmingham Saturday Night to catch a flight to Atlanta and then another to Toronto. Somehow, the extra step saved me $250, over just catching the one in Atlanta I would have taken anyway. The CRJ 900 isn’t full, so I’ve grabbed a solo seat on Row 9. I’ve only done Birmingham a few times, but it’s certainly a far cry from the hustle and bustle of… Read More

Gardens are the feature for this week’s Second Saturday celebration at Pioneer Park in Loachapoka, Ala., just four miles west of Auburn on Highway 14.  Dr. Charles C. Mitchell promises samples of the Park’s bounty for visitors to taste at lunchtime.  He and Tia Gonzales will conduct a garden “walk and talk” beginning at 9 a.m. CST.  All the gardens will be included—the crops garden, herb garden, grandma’s garden, bog garden, vegetable garden and the… Read More

The Auburn/Opelika Parkinson’s Disease Support Group has an upcoming meeting scheduled for Sunday June 10th from 2 to 4 p.m.  The meeting will be held in the Eagle’s Nest Meeting Room in the back side of Monarch Estates located at 1550 East University Drive in Auburn. Laura Lieb, the Clinic Nurse/APDA Nurse Coordinator from the Department of Neurology and the Division of Movement Disorders at the UAB, will be our speaker.  Laura will speak about… Read More

Summer Swing continues Tuesday Night at Monkey Park with Conner Lorre and his Neil Diamond Show.   Before that earlier in the day, the Farmers Market returns to Courthouse Square from 3P-6PM.

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on June 3, 2012. View the original page.

So Friday Night, I’m heading over to Jefferson’s to grab an end of week brew and find a stranger sitting at the bar. When you go as much as me and friends, a new face always stands out. Being one to not meet a new friend, I said hello to Simone Simonton and learned she was in town for the “ Unplugged Opelika ” singer/songwriter event at the Event Center Downtown. Oh yea, I do tend to… Read More

BRIAN OLIVE (with Dan Auerbach from The BLACK KEYS) just (co-wrote/co-produced) AND performed on the Legendary DR. JOHN’s new Album “Locked Down”. It came out on Nonesuch records April 3rd … and He is Touring with him currently….playing Bonnaroo right after Waverly ! His Solo album “Two Of Everything” was recorded and produced by both Olive and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys Help Us Welcome: Alive Records recording artist BRIAN OLIVE to Waverly, Friday JUNE… Read More