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Patriots hope to finish with a win

West End (0-9, 0-7) at Good Hope (6-3, 5-2)

Last week’s results: Gaston 40, West End 24; Winfield 45, Good Hope 22

2012 result: Good Hope 21, West End 12

Series record: Good Hope leads 3-1

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

West End High gets one more try at a victory, facing a much-improved Good Hope football team.

The injury-plagued Patriots have had a rough

Classifieds for week of Nov. 1 – Nov. 7, 2013

 AUCTIONS

AUCTION ORDERED – US Bankruptcy Saturday, November 2nd at 3:30pm. Guns, coins, and precious stones. Gold Star Pawn, 701 9th Avenue N., Bessemer, AL 35020. Inspection: 3:00 p.m. and Auction: 3:30 p.m. Clydette Hughes AL#1275. www.assetliquidators.biz.

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SERVICES

DIVORCE WITH or without children $125. Includes name change and property settlement agreement.

Legal notices for the week of Nov. 1 – Nov. 7, 2013

 MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE 

 ALABAMA, ETOWAH COUNTY 

Default having been made pursuant to the terms of that certain mortgage executed by Christopher J. Broadway  to SunTrust Bank, dated April 20, 2007, said mortgage being recorded in Instrument No. 3273811 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, AL. SunTrust Bank, under and by

How we can create jobs again

Without a doubt, the biggest issue our state is facing is creating jobs and getting our economy back on track.

Recent reports show that our statewide unemployment rate is at 6.3 percent, which represents more than 134,000 Alabamians who can’t find a job.

We have seen thousands of jobs leave the state, while the jobs that we have been creating do not

Street Cars in the City of Gadsden

On Aug. 8, 1889, Obal Christopher, J. S. Stewart and T. W. Gilmore of Attalla filed incorporation papers for the Alabama Street Car Company with an authorized capitalization of $25,000.

On the same date, the Attalla Board of Aldermen granted the company the right to lay its tracks through the streets.

The plan was to connect with the steam dummy’s line that

Patriots to be honored Nov.6

The community is invited to honor veterans Nov. 6 at the Gadsden-Etowah Patriots Assocation’s annual Patriots Day luncheon at Convention Hall.

The luncheon will feature the induction of nominees into the Patriots Hall of Honor, guest speaker retired Command Sergeant Major Leon Caffie, and after the luncheon, the 2 p.m. ribbon-cutting at the Patriots Museum at the Ola Lee Mize Patriots

Westbrook students seek renaming of highway

 By Donna Thornton/News Editor

When time came for Westbrook Christian Academy’s 12th grade government class to take on a Challenge-based Learning Project, government teacher Tammy Bean said, they researched and talked to community leaders to find a problem that needed to be solved.

Student Jerryn Migliore said they were surprised to learn there was no roadway in the state of Alabama named

Darden Rehabilitation honors employees, employers

By Donna Thornton/News Editor

Darden Rehabilitation Foundation recognized the achievements of students and employees served by the facility and employers who’ve worked with their consumers to help them achieve at a recent luncheon.

Darden, located on the Gadsden State Community College campus, assists adults and students with disabilities that present challenges to their employment. The foundation serves a five-county area and strives

Cleanup underway

 By Donna Thornton/News Editor

Gadsden-Etowah County Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Denise Cooey told members of the Etowah County Commission that the department is working still to clean up diesel fuel that apparently was dumped into Cascade Creek, in the area of Hines Road on Lookout Mountain.

Cooey said the contamination was reported by residents in the area who smelled the fuel.

“We