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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 mid-twenties to mid-sixties, all dressed nicely. Mostly women. The older group members were wearing pearls and blouses. The...

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 Dead.” Morning came early for us that Sunday because all good fishermen know that sunrise is best seen from a boat in...

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 the Ogrows Open Air Farmers Market in back of the Southside Center for the Arts on Glenn Street in Opelika. The market...

Making the Grade: Madison’s Place Café

By STACEYPATTON WALLACE By the time this column is published on May 12, the Good Lord willing, another Mother’s Day will have come and gone. If you are a mom, I hope you had an amazing day because you certainly deserved it. My Mama, Barbara Patton (again, not the...

Teaching and making an eternal difference

Teaching and making an eternal difference

Oct 2, 2019

By Beth Pinyerd You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. - Deuteronomy 28:6 I know we can all remember and know those...

Art education in Smiths Station Schools

Art education in Smiths Station Schools

Oct 2, 2019

By Sarah West I’m sitting in a board room discussing the needs of students at elementary schools in our local community. The host of our meeting...

Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Oct 2, 2019

By Steve Flowers Even though qualifying does not begin until Oct. 8, 2019, the field is probably set for the GOP Primary in March to unseat the...

Lyndal Curry shares recipes collected from friends in various places

Lyndal Curry shares recipes collected from friends in various places

Sep 25, 2019

By Ann Cipperly Lyndal Curry and her husband, Tim, have lived in a number of places across the country. Lyndal has a love of cooking and has...

Every Single Where

Every Single Where

Sep 25, 2019

By Wendy Hodge Leaving Opelika and driving up Highway 280, just a few miles from the Georgia line, sits a two-acre patch of land covered with dusty,...

Writers

Writers

Sep 25, 2019

By Sean Dietrich I received an email sent in by a reader. Well, actually, I don’t know if you’d call him a reader. I should probably just call him...

Celebrating Cultural Arts in Smiths Station

Celebrating Cultural Arts in Smiths Station

Sep 25, 2019

By Sarah West On Monday, September the 16th, Smiths Station’s City Hall bustled with excitement. Prior to the opening reception, crowds gathered,...

Rich, deep and rewarding

Rich, deep and rewarding

Sep 25, 2019

By Bruce Green Any way you care to look at it, Corinth was Paul’s most challenging church. We have more writing from him to this congregation than...

Central dominates Opelika 63-28

Central dominates Opelika 63-28

Sep 25, 2019

By D. Mark Mitchell Central (4-1) rolled up 663 yards of offense to a 63-28 victory over Opelika last Friday night on Wayne Trawick Field at...

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