Harvest Evangelism Banquet — A4 & A5 Opelika Songwriter's Festival — A9 IN THIS ISSUE BUSINESS NEWS A3 | SOCIETY A9 | OBITUARIES A13 | COMICS A16 SPORTS B1 | POLITICS B9 | PUBLIC NOTICES B12 | PUZZLES B15
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2022 — APA DIVISION D GENERAL EXCELLENCE DESIGNATION — 2023 COVERING LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Vol. 15, No. 52 Opelika, Alabama Thursday, Oct. 05, 2023 Your local publication created 'for local people, by local people.'
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New Name — Same CARE PHOTO CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER
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LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Humane Society recently announced it is rebranding and changing its name to CARE Humane Society. CARE stands for: C - Compassion A - Adoption R - Rescue E - Education “We at LCHS feel that our new name better reflects the organization that we have become and also the direction we want to go in the future,” said the humane society in a press release. See CARE, page A5
The CARE Humane Society is located at 1140 Ware Drive, in Auburn. CARE held a ribbon cutting event, celebrating its new name and brand, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. Be sure to follow The Observer at www.opelikaobserver.com for photos from the event.
It's Fall at The Farm at Rocky Top
OPELIKA — The Rev. Clifford Jones of Opelika, senior pastor of Greater Peace Missionary Baptist Church, was recently named one of the most influential men of Alabama by the Tuskegee United Women’s League. According to Jones, The Tuskegee United Women’s League sent a letter notifying him that he had been nominated for the title by a member of the leadership team. He said he believes he was selected due to his community presence, work and activity in The
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Local Reverend Named One of Alabama’s Most Influential Men
The Farm at Rocky Top is located at 2190 Lee Road 145, in Salem. BY BRIONNA MCCALL FOR THE OBSERVER
CLIFFORD JONES Greater Peace Missionary Baptist Church. Jones runs several programs that spread
statewide. Jones said some programs See JONES, page A3
SALEM — Fall is finally here, and The Farm at Rocky Top has many activities in store for the community from Hay Days
to Christmas bonfires. Hay Days is a new venture at The Farm at Rocky Top in Salem. It will be the second arts and crafts festival the farm will have, and it will be a biannual event during the third weekend in May and
the second weekend in November. “We will have all types of vendors,” said owner Jan Lawrence. “We have food vendors, children’s vendors See FALL, page A2
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