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2022 — APA DIVISION D GENERAL EXCELLENCE DESIGNATION — 2023 COVERING LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Vol. 15, No. 45 Opelika, Alabama Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 Your local publication created 'for local people, by local people.'
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Pictured above, a scene from "We'll Meet Again" during its August 2022 performance at the Opelika Center of Performing Arts. The show will be on tour in Alabama and Georgia starting later this month.
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM OPELIKA — The Opelika performance sensation — “We’ll Meet Again” — is going on tour. The show is a production on the life of Henry Stern — the man who as a child escaped from German occupation with his family into Opelika. “In 1937, then 5-yearold Heinz Stern and his family escaped Westheim, Germany, under Nazi occupation,” said a synopsis in a press release See TOUR, page A5
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Chewacla State Park in Auburn offers miles of mountain biking trails, courtesy of Central Alabama Mountain Peddlers (CAMP), to its visitors.
citizens how to ride more safely and have fun on two wheels. Deery has been serving on the committee since 2020, and has acted as chair for the past two years.
“I’ve been a mountain biker and road biker for about 18 years,” he said. “I moved to Auburn four- and -a-half years ago, and immediately wanted to get immersed
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In her second year of competing, Kalaigh Sullins won the Ms. Full Figure Alabama pagent in July. Sullins is pictured standing on the left.
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Ride & Seek 2023: A Bike Safety Adventure AUBURN — The Auburn Bicycle Committee is hosting a new, biking-safety event, Ride & Seek, Aug. 26 at Chewacla State Park in Auburn. “We hope it’s going to be one of our big, annual events,” said Auburn Bicycle Committee Chair Todd Deery. “It’s going to be a really fun day. They are going to learn a lot, and they are going to learn how to ride in groups and have a lot of fun. The Auburn Bicycle Committee works with the city of Auburn to educate children and
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'We’ll Meet Again' Goes On Tour
in the bike community that was here. So, I learned about the committee and started volunteering, and of course one of my big See RIDE, page A3
BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM
OPELIKA — Kalaigh Sullins had never considered being in a pageant — but now
she is a pageant winner. Sullins competed for her second yard in the Ms. Full Figure Alabama Pageant and won. The pageant was See ADVOCACY, page A6
Opelika Main Street Offers Downtown Discount Pass CONTRIBUTED BY OPELIKA MAIN STREET
OPELIKA — Opelika Main Street is offering the community its new Downtown Discount Pass. This pass allows customers to enjoy a discount at some of their favorite downtown
eateries, shops and boutiques. These passes can be purchased at Opelika Main Street office, Southern Crossings, Rock N Roll Pinball and Gear Gaming. The passes will be $10 throughout the end of the year. Next year, the cards will be
See DISCOUNT, page A2
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