Alabama Power holds iCan girls conference
By Lindsay Seagraves/News Editor
Alabama Power held an iCan Girls in Engineering Conference at Rainbow Middle School on Tuesday, July 29 at 9 a.m.
The iCan conference is sponsored by a team of Alabama Power/Southern Company female engineers who focus on encouraging middle school girls to consider engineering as a future career.
This is the first year that iCan has been offered to
Van cram scheduled
On Saturday, Aug. 2, The Family Success Center, a United Way agency, Comcast Cable, Charter Media, Z 93.1 and WAAX radio will sponsor a Cram the Van event at the East Gadsden and Attalla Wal Mart stores from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The center is taking school supplies to help students in need of supplies for the fall 2014 school
Tax free spree ahead for Etowah County
By Lindsay Seagraves/News Editor
Etowah and other Alabama counties will get one shopping spree weekend beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 1 and lasting until midnight on Aug. 3.
Each first Friday in August, the Sales Tax Holiday is meant to coincide with the back to school needs of school-aged children in Alabama.
This year tax exemption will apply to clothing and school-related
Hodges-Ford hires lifelong Gadsden resident as newest insurance agent
Hodges-Ford Insurance Agency, Inc. announced on Wednesday, July 23 that its newest insurance agent Eddie Edwards joined the firm in Rainbow City. He will be selling personal and commercial lines of insurance.
Hodges-Ford Insurance Agency, Inc. is a insurance firm offering home, automobile, life and commerical insurance to the public and businesses in Alabama. Its mission is to provide the best
Calichera: You just had to be there
On June 20, a group of 22 people from Christ Central Church left Rainbow City for a mission trip to northern Mexico just south of the Rio Grande, the river border that separates that country from the United States.
Our job in the small village of Calichera, which is on the outskirts of Reynosa, was to build a house for a
$5000 grant benefits agriculture students
The Etowah County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Etowah County Farmers Federation received a $5000 grant from the Coosa Valley RD&C on Friday, July 25.
The grant was presented at the Etowah County Soil and Water Conservation District in Gadsden and was used to purchase a portable cotton gin and touch screen computers for the Ag in Action trailer.
The
Alabama Power and United Way sponsor not-for-profit workshop
By Lindsay Seagraves/News Editor
Alabama Power and United Way of Etowah County sponsored a social media workshop for not-for-profit organizations in Etowah County on Wednesday, July 30.
The “Social Media – Make it work for you!” workshop was held at 10 a.m. at the Bevill Center at Gadsden State Community College, where Emmy-winning television reporter Ike Piggott gave a social media presentation.
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