Conquerors looking to notch first win
Coosa Christian (0-4) at Gaylesville (0-4)
Series record: Coosa Chr. 4, Gaylesville 4
Last meeting: 2009 – Coosa Chr. 34, Gaylesville 14
Last week: Spring Garden 35, Coosa Chr. 0; Valley Head 28, Gaylesville 27
By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent
When Coosa Christian learns to finish drives, a few wins could be the end result.
Last week, the Conquerors turned the ball over on
The origin of Gadsden’s first public cemetery
Most folks to day do not realize there is an original, or first, cemetery in Gadsden. The Vagabond recalls talking to the late Jerry Jones on this first graveyard.
Jerry stated that it was brought up years ago when Will I. Martin first told him about it. When questioned he took Jerry behind the old City Hall on Fifth Street (across
Cleveland is mirror image of West End
West End (0-4) at Cleveland (1-3) Series record: West End 16, Cleveland 4 Last meeting: 2011 – West End 12, Cleveland 6 Last week: Westbrook 34, West End 7; Piedmont 35, Cleveland 0 By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent Two teams badly in need of victory collide in this matchup in Blount County. West End hasn’t won […]
Visitors invited for ‘walk through time’
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Many have walked through the final resting place of people long gone and wondered what stories those who have gone before might have to share with people of the present, if only they could speak.
On Oct. 14 at Gadsden’s Forrest Cemetery, it may seem as though they can. The Forrest Cemetery Association will present “A
Youth Summit lets local teens talk
By Donna Thornton/News Editor When you think of a summit meeting, you likely think of leaders getting together to work out a solution to high-priority problems. The Etowah County Youth Summit Sept. 22 brought together almost 200 young people from 7-12 grades to talk about the issues that have high priority in their lives. The […]
Second ‘Bras for the Cause’ to benefit ‘Never Surrender’
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
When it comes to activities to raise awareness about breast cancer, the folks at Advanced Imaging certainly have an attention-getter.
They ask people to decorate a bra for display at the business, and for eventual auction to raise money for “Never Surrender,” a charitable breast cancer support organization that helps to pay for mammograms for women
Recreating image from Gadsden’s past
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
A photo taken 100 years ago on Broad Street in Gadsden inspired some local motorcycle riders to launch their planned charity ride with a unique event.
The photo features members of what was probably Gadsden’s first motorcycle club – the Gadsden Bunch – who ran the streets of Gadsden on their Indian motorcycles around 1912.
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