Willie’s Woods ‘Giving Back’ show slated Aug. 10
The annual “Giving Back” Concert at Willie’s Woods is slated for Aug. 10 this year, and it will bring Eliminator, a ZZ Top tribute band, to Rainbow City, along with a full slate of entertainers.
The concert will benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Willie’s Woods owner Bob Collins has staged this annual benefit concert for the past four years.
For the 5th
Young Leaders Society hosts fish fry/concert
United Way of Etowah County’s Young Leaders Society’s Fish Fry and concert will be August 9 from 6-11 p.m. at the Mort Glosser Amphitheater.
Gary Linam will perform at 6 p.m., followed by Rusty Ancel at 7 p.m. Headliner band, Trotline, will take the stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at Keystone Bank, The Chamber or
Etowah County 4-H forges Chick Chain for second year
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Sarah Oden is a veteran of the 4-H Chick Chain program.
During the 11th week of the program, which has local students raising chickens to keep or to sell at an auction in September, representatives from the Alabama Extension Service visited Oden to inspect her chickens and talk to her about how her project is going.
They also got
Responders work through mock emergency drill
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The situation emergency responders and support agencies faced July 25 was a serious one: A small plane taking off from Northeast Alabama Regional Airport dropped out of the sky and onto the roof of Millard Refrigeration in the Attalla Industrial Park area.
The crash caused a fire, which spread to surrounding woods and threatened some nearby homes. It
Holt awarded Phi Theta Kappa scholarship
Michael Holt, a psychology student at Gadsden State Community College, was recently awarded the Phi Theta Kappa Hites Transfer Scholarship for $7,500 made possible by support from the Hites Family Community College Scholarship Foundation and the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation. The scholarship rewards outstanding academic achievement of Phi Theta Kappa members. These scholarships are awarded […]
Gaston grad participates in YMCA conference
2013 Gaston High School graduate Amy Sims served as Alabama’s round table discussion leader at the 2013 YMCA Conference on National Affairs, which concluded July 4. Each summer, select students from youth government programs throughout the nation attend the conference at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, N.C.
The daughter of Matt and Rena Sims, Amy will be a