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Etowah’s Thomas signs track scholarship

By Chris McCarthy/ Publisher/Editor

Three state medals were not the only prizes that Lamar Thomas earned this past track and field season.

On July 11, the Etowah High senior signed a scholarship with Kansas City (Kans.) Community College.

Thomas capped his only year on the EHS track team with three medals at the Class 5A state track and field meet in May. He

SEC 2013-14 Year in Review

 The Southeastern Conference enjoyed another successful year athletically, once again winning several national championships in a multitude of sports. In all, the league captured six national titles, including championships in baseball, softball, women’s outdoor track and field, women’s gymnastics, women’s swimming and diving and the doubles championship in men’s tennis.

Vanderbilt won its first national title in baseball by defeating Virginia

Classifieds for the week of July 18 – July 24, 2014

 AUCTIONS

Bank Orders

Immediate

Liquidation

High End Subdivision Lots

Whorton Bend

Water’s Edge Subdivision –

One of Etowah County’s

Nicest Subdivisions

COTTAGE LOTS

ORIGINALLY

OFFERED & SOLD AT

$65,000.00 EA.

8 COTTAGE LOTS

IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE

INDIVIDUALLY!

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Legal notices for the week of July 18 – July 24, 2014

 MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

That certain mortgage executed by Sybile T. Franklin, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Lender, Generation Mortgage Company and Lender’s successors and assigns dated June 23, 2011, and Recorded in Instrument # 3351754 of the records in the Office of the Judge of Probate Washington County, Alabama; which

Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell

 Chicken Salad and Chocolate Chess Pie

A light chicken salad plate with a small pimento cheese sandwich, fresh fruit, and a chocolate dessert is so beautiful and refreshing in the summer. I like to center a scoop of chicken salad on curly lettuce and surround it with strawberries and cantaloupe cut into bite size chunks. Add a pimento cheese sandwich that

The interesting history of the Broad Street water fountain

Have you ever wondered about the little marble water fountain on Broad Street near the Emma Sansom statue and in front of Gadsden City Hall? 

Recently on the “Welcome to Gadsden” Facebook page, a photo was shown of the old fountain, and folks began asking about it. The Vagabond did research on this subject and found it had a very interesting

Every child deserves a quality education

Maybe it’s because I am a father and my wife is a teacher that I have a unique perspective. But I believe, wholeheartedly, that every child deserves a quality education. Regardless of if they are zoned for this school or that school, can afford private school or can’t afford private school.

Alabama should provide a quality education for all of our

New celebrates chamber accomplishments

Laura Ann Brown Tipps /Staff Correspondent

Heather New, Gadsden Chamber of Commerce President, recently completed her second year of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Organization Management professional certification program.

Now past the halfway point of the four-year program, New said she has been able to create relationships and networks among chambers across the nation, as well as other associations that deal with

100 years of UMC Women’s History compiled

By Lindsay Seagraves/News Editor

The compiling of the past 128 years of the history of United Methodist Women of Gadsden First United Methodist Church has been in the works for over 20 years. A homecoming lunch and blessing over all of Jane Bugg’s work took place on Tuesday, July 15.

Bugg was president of United Methodist Women of Gadsden First United Methodist