By WENDY HODGE My very first apartment, when I was a freshman in college, was sparsely decorated in what my roommate and I referred to as “up-scaled...
Column Articles
Making the Grade: The Juicy Seafood
By Stacey Patton Wallace In all my 58 years, I have lived in small towns. For the first 27 years of my life, I lived in Alexander City (“Eleck” City...
Blessed Are the Refreshers
By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Paul’s second letter to Timothy was probably written no more than a couple...
Any Rope Burns On Your Hands?
By WALTER ALBRITTON Before he met Jesus, Saul was a brilliant pharisee living in Jerusalem. After the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, Saul...
AHSAA Celebrates All-Star Week in Montgomery
ON THE MARKD. MARK MITCHELL The Alabama High School Athletic Department is hosting its annual "All-Star Week" in Montgomery this week. Each...
A Teacher’s Teacher in Celebrating Children
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. My mother was in her 50’s when she went back...
Inside the Statehouse
Bibb Graves the Education Governor By Steve Flowers Most states have one General Fund Budget. We are only one of five states that have two. Some of...
Serve Seasonal Fresh Fruit in a Variety of Ways
By Ann Cipperly Fresh fruit is delicious by itself, or it can be used in making breads, pies, cakes, jellies and jams, as well as adding a fresh,...
The Patient
By SEAN DIETRICH They tell me Mrs. Simpson was a small, soft-spoken 90-pound woman without family. And that’s how this story begins. The lonely,...