Classifieds for the week of June 15 – June 21, 2012
AUCTIONS (2) PUBLIC MACHINE shop auctions online bidding only! #1 – Swaim Machine Company, Inc. Scottsboro, Alabama. #2 – Golden Seal Services, Inc. Marianna, Florida. CNC machines – lathes – shears – welders, more! Bid now @ www.HortonAuction.com or www.SoldAlabama.com. Pete Horton AL#213. 1-800-548-0130. ABSOLUTE AUCTION – 2 story log home – Cullman, AL. 5bd/5ba, […]
RMS student raising eyebrows in music business
By Chris McCarthy/Publisher/Editor As her recent achievements suggest, 13 year-old Kate Falcon can carry a tune. The Southside resident and Rainbow Middle School incoming eighth grader was the overall winner of a statewide vocal competition last month, an achievement that landed her a two-year recording and management contract. Beginning with an audition last September at […]
Legal Notices for the week of June 15 – June 21, 2012
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain real estate mortgage executed by Joseph H. Laney, unmarried man, to The Exchange Bank of Alabama, dated the 16th day of October, 2009, and recorded as Instrument Number 3321883, in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Etowah […]
Our veterans deserve better
On June 1, seventeen Veterans’ Affairs offices across Alabama were closed, including an essential office located in Centre.
Our legislature in Montgomery has one job above all others, and that is to write a budget every year. The Republican Supermajority that controls our legislature has the power to pass any budget it wants to without even talking to Democrats.
Amelia Earhart visited Gadsden … twice!
One day Joan (pronounced Jo Ann) Mims showed the Vagabond a photo of her as a baby being held under an airplane among several persons. Joan also said that one of them was Amelia Earhart. She proceeded to show me an article about the incident by Benjamin S. Bradford:
Myrtice Stanfield Brooks (the mother of Joan) bought her first
Seraaj Family Homes celebrates 10 years in the Gadsden area
By Tamara Tellis/Staff Writer Child abuse and neglect are only two of the many heart-wrenching reasons why so many children end up in foster care. According to Alabama’s Foster Care System, about 5,700 children are currently in foster homes in Alabama, with about 2,200 of them between the ages of 14-21. After 10 years of […]
Bone, Fuhrman top annual All-Messenger baseball squad
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor
It is no surprise that the most dominant baseball team in the area also dominated the annual All-Messenger squad.
Southside High School head coach Blake Bone was named Coach of the Year and pitcher/shortstop Andrew Fuhrman was named Player of the Year. The Panthers placed four other players on the list also.
Fuhrman was a major piece in