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Southern Hospitality | Heritage Cooking Contest features chicken salad recipes

BY ANN CIPPERLY Chicken Salad was the theme of the 49th annual Heritage Cooking Contest held recently at the Lee County Extension Office. The contest was sponsored by the Lee County Women’s Leadership Committee, a division of Alabama Farmers Federation. Every year a...

Sean of the South | Women

OPINION —I’m supposed to be eating complimentary hotel-breakfast, but I’m in line behind a girl’s softball team.The dining room is nothing but long-hair, red ribbons, glitter makeup and striped softball socks.“They’re here for softball camp,” says one mother. “And...

On the Mark | Who is in the Doghouse, OHS ‘26 football

OPINION — The Opelika High School athletic department settled into a rare quiet last week as the school year officially ended. The first week of summer is traditionally a brief pause for coaches and players to recharge before the grind of offseason preparation...

Kids Talk About God | Why did Jesus say ‘It is finished”?

OPINION —“If I finish my vegetables, I get dessert,” says Caleb, 8. “But Jesus didn’t get dessert. He got a spear in his side.”Caleb’s comparison might sound humorous, but it reminds us that when Jesus said, “It is finished,” on the cross (John 19:30), he wasn’t...
Sean of the South | Easter

Sean of the South | Easter

OPINION — A few years ago I attended my first Catholic mass in a busy church outside Birmingham. It was Easter Sunday. I sat in the nosebleed...

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