Several local Christmas parades on tap for weekend, next week
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Christmas Parade season gets into step this weekend with several marches making their way through local towns. The Altoona Christmas Parade may be Etowah County’s first of the season, happening tonight (Dec. 6) at 7 p.m. and it is definitely one of the biggest.
Altoona Event Coordinator Kevin Gilbert said this year’s parade may be a bit bigger
Gadsden Job Corps students pay visit to Governor Bentley
Representatives from the Gadsden Job Corps Center had the distinct honor of meeting with Alabama Governor Robert Bentley this week in his office at the State Capitol Building in Montgomery. GJCC Business Community Liaison Tom Sanders obtained the meeting with the help of Blaine Galliher of the Governor’s staff. In attendance at the meeting were the GJCC SGA Officers, Peer
Help needed for sweet potato drop Saturday
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The Society of St. Andrew needs help to bag 40,000 pounds of sweet potatoes on Saturday (Dec. 7).
The society will bring a truck load of sweet potatoes and drop them at the Salvation Army, at 114 North 11th St. in Gadsden at 9 a.m. The potatoes will need to be bagged for distribution.
Society of St. Andrew’s Alabama