No generation gap for Gadsden State’s Terrell
Special to the Messenger
In the 1980s, Gadsden State Community College instructor George Terrell’s American History 201 and 202 classes included a pair of outstanding students in brothers Matthew and Mark Mills.
Fast-forward a few decades, and Terrell found himself teaching more members of the Mills’ family – Matthew’s twin sons Micah and Jonah and Mark’s son Austin.
Calhoun running for third term as RBC mayor
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor Terry John Calhoun is a mainstay of the political culture of Rainbow City. He has served in the city government since 1976 and is currently serving his second term as mayor. Calhoun is up for reelection on August 28. He will be seeking his third term as mayor of Rainbow City. […]
Local 4-H hatches chick-raising program
By Tamara Tellis/Staff Writer
There comes a time in a child’s life where he/she needs to learn about responsibility.
The best way to teach him/her is by giving them something to be responsible for.
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System gives children the opportunity to learn about responsibility all while being resourceful.
The organization’s chick-raising program provides participating children 24
Classifieds for the week of August 17-23 2012
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Galliher appointed to Bentley cabinet
By Chris McCarthy/Publisher State representative Blaine Galliher soon will have a new role in Montgomery. On July 26, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley appointed Galliher as Director of Legislative Affairs. A Republican from rainbow City, Galliher has been the Alabama House District 30 representative since 1994, will begin his new position on Aug. 1. “It’s been […]
Local mountain named after Major Alford Hardwick Colvin
The Vagabond has heard of Colvin’s Mountain in the past. Joyce Stocks, a direct descendant of the Colvin family, recently came to the Vagabond. She mentioned her family and said that there will be a Colvin family reunion on Saturday July 28, from 12 – 3 p.m. at the Carnes Recreation Center in Attalla There […]
“Rightsizing” is a cop-out
The new leadership in Montgomery has been quick to pat itself on the back for its performance since it took total control of our state government in 2010.
But what has the Republican Supermajority really accomplished?
Since the Republicans took over, our state has lost thousands of jobs, many of them critical public sector jobs in education and mental
Legal Notices for the week of August 17-23, 2012
_____________MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Richard Lawrence Martin and wife, Kathy P. Martin, to Bank One, N.A., on the 10th day of April, 2003, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, in […]