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Stacey Wallace Articles

Making the Grade | Oct. 31, 2024

El Jefe Mexican Restaurant & Grill OPINION — What was your favorite age to be? When you’re young, you want to be older; when you’re older, you want to be younger.Well, I’m 61, and I’m happy to be my age; I have no desire to be any other age. However, I’m not fond...
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Making the Grade | Oct. 17, 2024

The Hornet's Nest OPINION — On Nov. 23, Mike and I will have lived in Lee County for nine years. These years have flown by, and we have fallen in love with our home county. In fact, if I listed everyone and everything that I loved about our home, I’d have to write a...
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Making the Grade | Oct. 3, 2024

The reopening of Country's Barbecue OPINION — In September of 1983, I transferred from Alexander City State Junior College to Auburn University for my junior year. Even though I was only 38.8 miles (My sweet husband Mike Googled it.) from my home in Alexander City...
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Making the Grade

At home with Chef Jim OPINION — As I have mentioned numerous times in this column, I love to eat, but I really dislike cooking.My attitude about cooking is: What if I spent hours cooking a meal and then dropped dead at the end of that day? I would have wasted the last...
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Making the Grade: O Town

Making the Grade: O Town

Nov 30, 2022

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As I have mentioned in this column many times, I absolutely LOVE living in Lee County, and I feel sorry for the other 66...

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Making the Grade: Vintage 2298

Making the Grade: Vintage 2298

Nov 16, 2022

On Nov. 5, 2005, I married Mike Wallace, the best man I have ever known. At the time, Mike was 46, and I was almost 43. So long before our wedding...

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Making the Grade: Well Red

Making the Grade: Well Red

Nov 9, 2022

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE Mike and I have been retired from teaching for almost two-and-a-half years now. And I must say that I highly recommend...

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Making the Grade: Zoe’s Delite

Making the Grade: Zoe’s Delite

Oct 19, 2022

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE Don’t you love going to eateries in your community, which have been family-owned and operated for years? About a year ago,...

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