Stacey Wallace Articles

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...

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...

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...

Making the Grade | Sept. 5, 2024

Yaki Bowl OPINION — As Mike and I have entered our fifth year of retirement, how we look at the week has certainly changed. For example, when we taught at Long Cane Middle School in LaGrange, Georgia, Mondays were tough because we were coming off the weekend. It was...
Making the Grade: The Boathouse

Making the Grade: The Boathouse

By STACEYPATTON WALLACE As I’ve mentioned many times before, I grew up in Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals). My parents, two much older...

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Making the Grade: Ponko Chicken

Making the Grade: Ponko Chicken

By STACEYPATTON WALLACE Before I begin this week’s review, I want to give a shout out to East Alabama Ambulatory Surgery Center, which opened at the...

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