Area softball teams gearing up for regionals
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
The softball tournament season is here. Today and Saturday (May 9 and 10), teams around the state will compete in regional tournaments.
There are four teams in each classification at each regional. Of those, the champion and the losers’ bracket champion will travel to Montgomery next week for the state tournament.
Six Etowah County teams qualified for regional play.
Southside’s Harris signs scholarship
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
When Morgan Harris began attending Southside Middle School, she joined the volleyball and basketball teams.
Six years later, she has played both programs but has really blossomed at volleyball. Her talent and work ethic led her to a scholarship at Truett-McConnell Christian College, as she signed a letter of intent on Friday (May 2) at SHS.
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Westbrook’s Kilgo signs with SUCC
By Chris McCarthy/ Publisher/Editor
After six years on the Westbrook Christian varsity, Jake Kilgo began a new chapter in his baseball career when he recently signed a scholarship with Southern Union Community College in Wadley.
Five months after knee injury ended Kilgo’s football career, the pitcher/outfielder helped the Warrior baseball team rebound from a 1-14 start to finish with a 14-22 record,
Classifieds for the week of May 9 – May 15, 2014
AUCTIONS
REAL ESTATE Auction May 24, Saturday, 11:00. Estate of D.L. Greene. 2010 County Hwy. 35 Hamilton, Alabama. Brick home 4 bedrooms, 3 baths finished basement, detached building with 2 roll up doors, 36+/- acres to be offered in parcels and as entirety – 2 fish ponds, timber value, beautiful home sites, pasture land. Redmont Auction &
Legal Notices for the week of May 9 – May 15, 2014
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MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Barbara A. Tiffner and Charles Tiffner, husband and wife, to Countrywide Bank, FSB, on the 15th day of April, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County,
Gadsden was advanced with 1938 astronomical society
The Vagabond recently received an e-mail from David Vincent. He writes:
“My grandfather was W.H. Vincent and he lived over off of Robinson Avenue in East Gadsden. He was in a club called the Alabama Astronomical Society back in 1938. I have this old article and several old photos, some with names. I have attached photos. I have always been curious
We can’t get help if our leaders don’t ask for it
The storms that hit Etowah County and Alabama last week left a devastating impact on our community. While the EMA is still working on a damage assessment, it is already clear that in Etowah County we have suffered far more damage than the required threshold to be declared a federal disaster area.
In my opinion, if even one house or business
First business opens in River Trace center
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Gander Mtn. opened an hour earlier that planned on May 6 and people began lining up to get in the outdoor store more than an hour before that.
A ribbon-cutting was scheduled at 8 a.m., with the intent of opening the store to the public at 9 a.m.
However, a line of anxious customers converged by 7 a.m. or
Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell
Icy’s Sweet Southern Tea and Strawberry Pie
Over the generations, we Southerners have learned to love the pleasures of life when they appear. That’s why we put so much stock in the sweet treat at the end of a meal. It can be a simple bowl of ice cream or a decorated slice of strawberry pie.
Dessert is like the “happily ever