Pat Dakin and her husband, Matt, moved to Opelika in 1992 when she accepted the position of director of the Auburn Opelika Tourism Bureau, the...
Pat Dakin shares an assortment of collected family recipes
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U.S. Mail
BOW, N.H.— A sunny morning in New Hampshire. Summer is inching closer. A few rural mail carriers ride the backroads, making their rounds. A dog...
On Memorial Day, TV reporters again show their shallowness
For some TV networks and reporters, Memorial Day is just a day off for a walk in the park. The significance of the day gets shadowed by the...
Bring in the butter, ladle on the lard
It was one of those great TV moments. I was watching “The Big Bang Theory.” Sheldon Cooper, the socially (awkward) theoretical physicist, had...
GARDEN HOURS
Helen Mirren said, “Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That’s the fun of them. You’re always learning.” She’s one smart lady. For the last...
Kickoff the summer with kind-ness and safety
As Memorial Day has come and gone and summer days are now upon us, we can set the ground rules in each of our “family academies.” I say this because...
PLAY BALL!!!
Gov. Kay Ivey opened up athletics last Thursday in an afternoon press conference alongside Alabama Department of Health leader, Dr. Scott Harris....
Telling the next generation
As soon as Israel had crossed the Jordan, one man from each of the twelve tribes went back to the middle of the riverbed, selected a large stone and...
Pokemen: Opelika’s hit poke bowl and ramen bar
By Natalie AndersonStaff Reporter Pokemen, a locally owned restaurant located at 2701 Frederick Road in Opelika, provides customers with a unique...