Month: February 2014

I grabbed a dinner with good friends Jeff and Becky Mishtawy Wednesday Night as they Embark on a New Adventure in racing! Jeff got me into being a fan of Grand Am Racing through the Team fielded by APR Motorsports a few years ago. Becky, probably gave me the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had in the city when she ran a coffee shop in Koplan’s Alley for several months. .  I hate to… Read More

Today is Family Day in Canada, so the folks at the Mothership have taken the day off. Here, President’s Day is a holiday for some with County Offices Closed, but City Offices on a normal Schedule.  It’s a little of both for me, but with temperatures passing 60 degrees, I’ll probably grab the iPhone, turn on “The Highway” on SiriusXM and do the walk through downtown Opelika. Tossing around a few ideas for some post… Read More

From the Opelika Schools, this announcement: The Opelika City Schools Extended Day programs for Wednesday, February 12, 2014 have been cancelled due to inclement weather. Parents/Guardians of extended day students should call your child’s school to make arrangements for your child’s dismissal and/or pick up.  All schools will dismiss at the normal time. We will continue to monitor the weather conditions and any decisions regarding inclement weather and school closing will be posted to the OCS website… Read More

ALL CITY BUILDINGS will DELAY OPENING until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 13th due to inclement weather. This includes the Opelika SportsPlex. All employees will be expected to be at work at 10 a.m. (source: the mayors office)

From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on February 12, 2014. View the original page.

I probably spend too much time looking at various Apps for the iPhone. But today, Shelby Palmer pointed out something new from Facebook in his daily newsletter I thought I would share. If you’re (a) on  Facebook  and (b) have an iDevice, you need to be using Facebook’s newest app,  Paper . There’s no two ways about it. Paper (or, more formally,  Paper – stories from Facebook ) is a complete re-invention of the way… Read More

Those born on February 6 th but have passed include Bob Marley, Babe Ruth and Ronald Reagan.  Other names you may be familiar with and are still kicking around includeTom Brokaw, Mike Farrell and Fabian, all of whom are older than Jerry Katz who celebrates his birthday today as well. Oh yea, Tom Penton in Opelika also celebrates his birthday today! The Winter Olympics begin today and Jay Leno does his final Tonight Show this… Read More

Tipi Miller over at Keep Opelika Beautiful sent around the dates for upcoming events that KOB is  involved with. Here’s the list: As Tipi says, “Hope you can join us for Keep Opelika Beautiful’s upcoming events!” Arbor Day/Community Garden Day is Saturday, February 22; 9am, Free Event in the Green space across from Cultural Center (near Opelika PD) We will have demonstrations, workshop, children activities, tree seedling giveaway and more.  Learn about the community garden Citywide Cleanup is Saturday, March… Read More

Celebrating #SB48 on Twitter 24.9 million tweets during the game, compared to last year’s 24.1 million. The half-time show featuring Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers generated 2.2 million tweets. 58% of national ads featured hashtags , up from 50% the year before. Top Twitter Peak Moment: 381,605 tweets Seahawk’s Percy Harven 87 yard kickoff return for a touch down to open the third quarter at 8:32 p.m. ET. Facebook #SB48 stats: 50… Read More