By Ann Cipperly After being home most of two years, we have missed celebrating special occasions, having houseguests and just getting together to...
Offer Hospitality With Easy, Make-Ahead Dishes
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Column Articles
Making the Grade: Bizilia’s Cafe
By STACEY PATTON WALLACE AUBURN –– Have you ever noticed how well your Mama seems to do everything? Barbara Patton, my Mama, was married to my Daddy...
Appreciating Emphasis
By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika RELIGION — We emphasize something we want others to pay attention to...
Reading From Outer Space
By Beth Pinyerd I love to read “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown to preschoolers. The book colorfully illustrates the night sky with the moon...
Inside the Statehouse
Governor’s Race Down to the Wire By Steve Flowers OPINION — We are down to the last few days in the 2022 governor’s race. For the first time in my...
A Mayor, a Mentor and the “First Food Truck in America”
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION –– With the advent of popular Food Truck Fridays in Opelika, and with Auburn also having such events, I think about my...
Teacher
By SEAN DIETRICH A fast-food chain. I was standing in line, waiting for my Oreo milkshake. There was a group ahead of me, with ages ranging from...
Donkeys and Big Fish — Part II
By WENDY HODGE When last we met, Tim and I were in Jasper, Alabama – home of the donkey statues and the actor who played Merle Dixon on “The Walking...
Ogrows Open Air Farmers Market Returns May 17
By Ann Cipperly Garden fresh vegetables and fruits along with homemade baked goods, jams, honey and other items are available Tuesday afternoons at...