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By ANN CIPPERLY For almost 30 years, the Tailgate Ladies have been gathering together on the Plains prior to Auburn football games to share their favorite dishes. Over the years, they have created themes for each game. Alice Bell, Julie Waugh, Anne Lee, Donna...

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As a child, from kindergarten through the sixth grade, after school I stayed with my Grandma and Granddaddy Patton until Mama and Daddy got off work. From fall of 1968 until late spring of 1975, my grandparents and I enjoyed each other’s...

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Why is it whenever someone starts to talk about keeping God’s commands, people get uneasier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockers? Why, when John pointedly tells us, “His commands are not burdensome” (1 John 5:13), do so many...

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — When I was a boy, I noticed one Sunday that whenever our pastor asked us to “stand and sing,” my dad stood beside my mom, but never sang. He may have quietly hummed the tune, but I don’t think he even did that. I never asked why, and he...