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Deadline for Dragon Boat Festival is Aug. 1

 Deadline for Dragon Boat Festival is Aug. 1

The Habitat for Humanity Dragon Boat Festival returns to Gadsden Aug. 17 at Gadsden Riverwalk Park. The deadline to register teams is Aug. 1. Each team will consist of 20 paddlers, one drummer and a steersperson, plus three alternates. All must be 15 years of age or older. The teams will race 46-foot-long

Troup steps down as Southside High coach

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent    For Southside High School boys basketball coach Kevin Troup, family comes first. That belief was evident in his latest move in stepping down as Panther coach to assist the varsity girls program at Gadsden City High. Troup’s resignation of his coaching duties was accepted at the July 23 Etowah County Board […]

Sparks hired as GHS girls coach

By Gene Stanley/Correspondent

Barely a month after losing John Blackwell, Glencoe High School hired Yvette Sparks as its new girls basketball coach.

Sparks, who was hired at the July 23 Etowah County Board of Education meeting), inherits a program that was known under Blackwell as one of the best girls programs in the state. The Yellow Jackets won eight county championships, 10

In & Around SEC Media Days

The 2013 college football season unofficially began last week when the Southeastern Conference held Media Days in Hoover.

The event hosted representatives from all 14 schools, as well as over 1,000 members of the media. Coaches and players from each school were asked numerous questions throughout the day, with topics varying from expectations for the upcoming season to off-the-field issues.

Some

Bi-partisan support for education reform begins with AMSTI

I was very glad to see Gov. Bentley come out this week in support of the Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative, more commonly known as the AMSTI program.

This program is something that Democrats have long been in support of, and I am glad to see Gov. Bentley and other Republicans joining with us Democrats in supporting AMSTI.

It is obvious

Company 167 Infantry, Gadsden Part Four

This week the Vagabond continues a little-known history of the local Gadsden Alabama 167th Infantry known as the Rainbow Division, a unit that Rainbow Drive and Rainbow City were named after.

Robert Elton, Carey Forrest “Bill” Elton’s son, donated a yearbook and the crest of the 1938 Alabama 167th Infantry to the Etowah Historical Society.

Next week a new Vagabond

Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ on stage at GSCC

By Laura Ann Tipps/Staff Correspondent

Cody Carlton founded CharACTers, a community theatre company, at the age of 16. He has now directed almost 30 full-length musicals and found time to marry the love of his life – all before his 22nd birthday.

“We didn’t know what CharACTers was going to be in the beginning,” said Cody. “We just knew we wanted

Author of JFK book to speak at Gadsden library on Aug. 1

The Friends of the Gadsden Public Library welcome author and national authority on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, James W. Douglass.

Douglass will speak at 6 p.m. Aug. 1 in the Lena Martin Room of the library.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s murder in Dallas, Tex.  Mr. Douglass will discuss his acclaimed book, “JFK and

Longest Yard Sale kicks off Aug. 1 at Noccalula Falls

By Gene Stanley/Correspondent

Are you looking for a sack of potatoes? Maybe an antique to finish your set? How about a quilt? Perhaps just a salt and pepper shaker set?

Chances are you can find these items and any others you may or may not need next weekend (Aug. 1-4) at the 26th annual World’s Longest Yard Sale, or the 127 Corridor