Learning to reduce, reuse and recycle through knitting, crochet
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The friendly staff at The Taming of the Ewe is happy to sell you the best yarns and tools for knitting and crochet, but they also want to help you learn to make your own “yarn” and to recycle materials that might otherwise go to waste.
Detta Goodman and Becky Kunkel offered a class on Aug. 24 to
Masters honored with 2013 Spirit of Citizenship Award
From the Community Development Authority to the city’s summer enrichment mentoring program, Wilbur ‘Bubba’ Masters participates in the organizations that work for the growth of the community and the projects that strive to better the individual.
Masters’ willingness to serve on many boards and organizations earned him the 2013 Spirit of Citizenship Award, an honor bestowed by the Family Success Center.
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Ground broken, work begins, on Rivertrace project
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Mum’s the word on what retailers and restaurants it will include, but work on the Rivertrace Development at the old Goodyear Golf Course site is underway. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Aug. 28 on what used to be the 7th green (or maybe the 8th) on the golf course.
The development will include 20 to 25 shops, with
Condolences offered for Whitaker family
Gadsden State Community College extends its sincerest condolences to family and friends of Riley W. Whitaker. He began his tenure at Gadsden State in 1966 as a coach and later became athletic director in 1983. Whitaker was inducted into the Alabama Junior College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Etowah County Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Downtown Gadsden is open late for First Friday festivities
It’s unofficial, but this First Friday in September is likely to feel like the First Friday of fall in Downtown Gadsden.
Shops will be open late and restaurants will be ready to serve as visitors take to the streets of downtown Gadsden to look at classic cars, listen to the music and watch – or maybe even join – the line
First Saturday organizers hope for better weather for September event
While rain deterred the first two planned First Saturday events on Gadsden’s Tuscaloosa Avenue, organizers are praying for better weather on Sept. 7, for the next scheduled First Saturday event on the grounds of Carver Co-mmunity Center.
There will be a kids’s zone, entertainment, vendors, food, fun and the chance for fellowship from 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 7.
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All aboard for Attalla rail adventure
In conjunction with Norfolk Southern’s 21st Century Steam Program, the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum and the City of Attalla will feature the “Attalla Autumn Rail Adventure” train excursions to Birmingham and Chattanooga.
Steam Engine Locomotive No. 630 will operate both excursions.
The Attalla-to-Birmingham excursion is scheduled for Sept. 12, while the Attalla-to-Chattanooga trip is scheduled for Nov. 9.
For the Sept. 12 trip,
Community Development Project 2000 hosts events
The Rev. Willie Simmons, pastor of New Liberty Tabernacle in East Gadsden, announced an open house Friday (Aug. 30) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Community Development Project 2000 Empowerment Center at 930 East Broad Street in Gadsden.
Simmons said the center serves as a transitional facility for those who’ve been incarcerated. He said the project has helped former