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Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell

Cranberry Chicken and Peanut Butter Brownie

Your main dish is the cornerstone of every meal and signature of every cook. Pick your favorite meat and develop a dish that you perfect and that others enjoy coming to your home to eat. I will have to say that mine is my cranberry chicken.

Cranberry Chicken

1 package Lipton dry

Gadsden Recycles accepting all kinds of reusable material

By Donna Thornton/News Editor

The City of Gadsden cut the ribbon on Gadsden Recycles, the site of the city’s expanded recycling program at 306 Henry Street.

The facility has been open for a while accepting some types of recyclable material, but Environmental Services Supervisor Howell Matthews said it now accepts almost any kind of material that can be recycled, from cardboard and

Etowah Commission to hold evening meetings

By Donna Thornton/News Editor

The Etowah County Commission is conducting a test.

The commission voted last week to change one meeting time a month during the months of May and June to late afternoon or evening.

Ordinarily, the commission meets at 10 a.m. on the first and third Tuesday of the month, with a work session conducted at 9 a.m. every week.

Etowah County

The Neighborhood Scoop By Dr. Cynthia L. Toles

The Teen Zone in the Gadsden Public Library has been buzzing and beaming with teenagers throughout our city as the youths are using their ingenious talents to exhibit the Spoken Word. 

The City of Champion Toastmasters and the Gadsden Public Library have partnered to host a workshop for teens. This workshop has given teens an opportunity to use leadership skills and

ECSO provides a safe way to dispose of prescription drugs

The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office and Drug Enforcement Unit are asking Etowah County citizens to participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

The event will take place on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the East Gadsden Wal-Mart.    

“This is a great opportunity for individuals who have accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those

GRMC names Volunteer of the Year

Betty Sue Owen, who volunteers on the first floor information desk at Gadsden Regional Medical Center, has been named the hospital’s Volunteer of the Year. Owen received the honor during GRMC’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet on April 10. She served 225 hours during 2013 and has earned more than 3,000 volunteer hours during her tenure at the hospital.

Gadsden Woman’s Club awards scholarship

Martha Elrod, President, welcomed the members and guests to the meeting. Mona Wallace gave the devotional and introduced Lexi Pierce, a student at Southside High School, who sang a beautiful inspirational song.

Stephanie Birchmore, First Vice President, introduced the scholarship committee members Donna Keeler, Claudia Jermyn, Gail Spotnitz and Marie Whitaker. The 2014 Charlotte Chrisman Cox Memorial Scholarship recipient was Hope