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Boy Scouts honor local benefactors
By Mike Goodson/Messenger correspondent Dr. George E. Fant, M.D., Judge Charles Wayne Owen and Gadsden businessman Gordon R. Isbell (deceased) were recognized during the recent Greater Alabama Council Lookout Mountain District Boy Scouts of America American Values Luncheon at the Pitman Theatre in downtown Gadsden. A member of three generations of Eagle Scouts, Fant received […]
Area educators recognized at Teacher of the Year banquet
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
Forty-three educators from area schools were recognized at the 2012 Gadsden-Etowah County Teachers of the Year Banquet last Wednesday (May 2) at the Senior Activity Center in Gadsden.
Gadsden City Schools Special Projects and Transition Coordinator Don Campbell noted that in many instances the educators accomplished their goals with less than adequate means.
“You’ve accomplished your…
Area educators recognized at Teacher of the Year luncheon
By Chris McCarthy/Editor Forty-three educators from area schools were recognized at the 2012 Gadsden-Etowah County Teachers of the Year Banquet last Wednesday (May 2) at the Senior Activity Center in Gadsden. Gadsden City Schools Special Projects and Transition Coordinator Don Campbell noted that in many instances the educators accomplished their goals with less than adequate […]
Place names in Etowah County
Most of us that travel about in Etowah County see names of places and wonder how the name was chosen and for whom or what it was named. This article can only cover a few of these sites, since everywhere we go there are names, communities, towns, mountains, streams, roads, streets, avenues, voting precincts, and numerous other places to…
Our children’s education should be a priority
What if you learned that the state had a program that could improve your child’s math and science skills so much, they could be a year ahead academically by the time they graduated? The program would make it more likely they would get into college – and get scholarships. Even if your child weren’t going to college, by participating…
Top-ranked Mars Hill ousts Westbrook
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor
The clash of Class 2A varsity baseball giants at William P. Stewart Field in Rainbow City between fourth-ranked Westbrook Christian High School and top-ranked Mars Hill Bible School ended rather quickly on May 4.
Mars Hill made the most of their trek from the Florence metro, ousting the Warriors in 12 innings in the much-anticipated quarterfinals doubleheader. The…
South Lamar sweeps Gaston in quarterfinals
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
“Hoka Hey” is a slogan that the Gaston Bulldogs baseball team has on the back of their jerseys. The meaning of this Native American term is to “live life in such as way that one has done all that one should upon one’s last day, so it is indeed a good day to die!” This battle cry,…
West End readies for regional tournament
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor
West End High School’s varsity girls softball team travels to Huntsville this weekend to compete in the Class 2A North Regional Tournament at the Metro Softball Complex.
The seventh-ranked Lady Patriots face Westminister Christian High School in first-round action.
The North Regional tournament consists of some of the top softball teams in Class 2A.
Along with West…