Auburn, Opelika residents reflected on 2020 Wednesday. Miyana graduated in May from Southern Union with an associate’s degree in business management. Terri was promoted to manager at a part-time job while a freshman at Southern Union. Reginald Benson, who turns 54 on New Year's Day, commutes daily from Columbus, Ga., to Auburn. Today, he sits outside the construction site for the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center on South College Street with a smile and a book in hand: Tad Williams’ "The Heart of What Was Lost." “I tell everybody, every day I wake up is a blessing,âÂ...