Vol. 14, No. 46
Thursday Aug. 25, 2022
Opelika, Alabama
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Auburn City Council Election Results WARD 1 CONNIE FITCH TAYLOR
WARD 2 KELLY GRISWOLD
BY MICHELLE KEY MICHELLE@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM
AUBURN — The unofficial results of the city of Auburn's Municipal Election were released Tuesday night. Out of eight city council seats, only five went to the ballot boxes, with the other three uncontested. CITY COUNCIL SEATS
WARD 3 BETH WITTEN
The Ward 1 seat will remain with incumbent Connie Fitch Taylor. Taylor received 214 votes which equaled 70.39% of the vote, while her opponent Arthur Dowdell Sr. received 90 votes (29.61%) . Ward 2 incumbent Kelly Griswold received 382 (61.32%) votes, with opponent Paul West taking 241 (38.68%) votes.
WARD 4 TYLER ADAMS
Ward 3 was uncontested and Council Member Beth Witten will serve another term. Tyler Adams was declared the uncontested winner of Ward 4 when his opponent Chad Leverette dropped out of the race earlier this summer. Ward 5 had three individuals that qualified for the race. Sonny Moreman won the seat earning 412 (56.36%)
WARD 5 SONNY MOREMAN
WARD 6 BOB PARSONS
votes. Sarah Jane Levine took 257 (35.16%) and Leah Billye Welburn V received 62 (8.48%) votes. Ward 6 incumbent Bob Parsons won 347 (85.26%) votes, and his opponent Phillip Pollard received 60 (14.74%) votes. The Ward 7 seat goes to Max Coblentz, with 885 (60.95%) votes, and his opponent Gray Lane
The Gallery To Reopen in 8th & Rail
WARD 7 MAX COBLENTZ
received 567 (39.05%) votes. Ward 8 incumbant Tommy Dawson was uncontested and will serve another term. MAYOR OF AUBURN Auburn's Mayor, Ron Anders was declared the winner of his race earlier this year when no one qualified or registered to run against him. These results are unoffical untl the votes
WARD 8 TOMMY DAWSON
are canvassed at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
RON ANDERS
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER
PHOTO BY ROBERT NOLES / THE OBSERVER
The Excellence of Opelika Main Street
Opelika Main Street Director Ken Ward (middle) and board members were given six awards at the Main Street Alabama Awards. The Gallery on Railroad will be relocating to the building that formerly housed Eighth & Rail while repairs are made following the fire that destroyed Maffia's in July. BY HANNAH LESTER HLESTER@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM
OPELIKA — The Gallery at Railroad is recovering.
As Maffia’s next door neighbor, The Gallery, has had over a month now to deal with the damage from the downtown Opelika fire. Maffia’s burned down on July 21, leaving no remains
to the business that only reopened earlier this year. Southern Crossing, Maffia’s other next door neighbor, also had to close due to severe water and smoke damage.
The Gallery experienced less damage than Southern Crossing but has still been closed the last month. “I’ve said all along, it See GALLERY, page A3
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OPELIKA — Opelika was awarded six prestigious Main Street Alabama Awards of Excellence during the 2022 Main Street Alabama LAB Conference. During the Awards of Excellence program,
Main Street Alabama’s President and State Coordinator, Mary Helmer Wirth, and Assistant State Coordinator, Trisha Black, honored projects and individuals that made tremendous impacts in their respective communities. AlaSee MAIN STREET, page A3
CONTENTS
OPINION ..................... A4 ENTERTAINMENT ........... A7 RELIGION ................... A12 OBITUARIES ............... A13 COMICS ....................... A16 SPORTS ........................ B1 POLITICS ...................... B9 PUBLIC NOTICES ........... B12 CLASSIFIEDS ................ B14 PUZZLES ..................... B15
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