Southside Athletics Foundation presents ‘Praise Daze’ June 15
The Southside Athletics Foundation is bringing several Christian performers to Southside June 15 for a music and praise festival.
Praise Daze is slated for June 15. Gates at the Southside High School Stadium will open at 11 a.m. for an afternoon and evening to music including band Fireflight, True Story, After the Day, Primative Quartet and Humble Tip. The show will
Memorial Day event features honored vet
The Gadsden-Etowah County Patriots Association’s annual Memorial Day program at the Ola Lee Mize Patriots Park will feature retired Army Reserve Command Sergeant Major Leon Caffie as speaker.
Patriots Park is adjacent to Noccalula Falls in Gadsden. The event will begin at 10 a.m. on May 27, Memorial Day.
Command Sergeant Major Caffie began his military career in April 1970 at
Trends change in jewelry, as in fashions (but diamonds still seem to be a girl’s best friend)
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Before setting the date and selecting the cake, or shopping for the great white dress, most couples seek that emblem of a husband-to-be’s intentions — the engagement ring.
Marvin Grier is a graduate gemologist with years of study and decades of service to jewelry customers in Etowah County.
When someone selects an engagement ring – the ring most women
Making a memory with music: Selecting songs for ceremony
Rona Shedd says her friends jokingly call her “The Wedding Singer,” because she’s provided or added to the soundtracks as many a couple have started their lives together.
She said she’s seen many different ideas go into their selection of songs. Some go for the traditional wedding songs, but recently more couples tend to chose a song that is more of
Sugarbakers wants to deliver ‘boutique’ bakery service
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Before opening Sugarbakers in December, Chera Bush baked as a hobby. And while Sugarbakers offers catering, baking for all occasions and lunch, Bush wants to keep the business as close to home-baking as possible.
“We’re not a manufacturer of baked goods,” Bush said. “I like to think we’re more of a little boutique bakery.”
She said she doesn’t have
Cothran’s bakers work to achieve a bride’s vision
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
With 50 years in the baking business, Cothran’s Bakery has the traditional down pat. However, General Manager Clay Gambel said the staff at Cothran’s have their specialties, and they happen to match the preferences of the brides he typically sees.
“You have your traditional brides, the modern brides and the ultra-modern brides,” Gambel said.
One type will favor the
Options available for a more comfortable walk down the aisle
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
When Fibi & Clo, a New York husband and wife team, started designing “bling sandals’ they didn’t have wedding parties in mind, Kimberly Astin said, and neither did she when she began selling the shoes about a year ago.
But with the growing trend toward destination weddings, and outdoor weddings or unconventional sites like barns or farm settings,
Weddings require paperwork (and we don’t mean those napkins with the happy couple’s names on them)
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Some of the glitz and glamour of the wedding ceremony might be optional, but one thing is not: a trip to the courthouse to see marriage clerk Pam Bone.
Bone is typically the person an engaged couple sees to get their marriage licenses – a requirement for couples to be legally married.
To get a marriage license, both the
GRMC to host stroke screenings
As part of National Stroke Awareness Month, the Gadsden Regional Medical Center Stroke Team will host stroke screenings on May 28 and May 30.
The screenings will be outside the cafeteria on the first floor of the hospital.
On both days, screenings will be held from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and again from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The public is invited