GSCC announces summer graduation
The Summer Commencement Ceremony for Gadsden State Community College will be held Thursday, August 7 at 6 p.m. at the Wallace Hall Fine Arts Center in Gadsden.
Dr. Helen T. McAlpine will address the graduates during the ceremony. Dr. McAlpine is currently serving as the interim president of Gadsden State.
In September 2010, Dr. McAlpine was appointed by President Barack Obama to
Gadsden-Etowah EMA receives Mitigation Award
The Gadsden/Etowah Emergency Management Agency recently received the Large County Mitigation Award from the Alabama Association of Emergency Managers(AAEM).
This award is in recognition for the “Shelter Etowah” program, which is currently made up of 15 community facilities that include; area wide churches, the Gadsden Public Library, area Community Centers & FEMA approved community safe rooms.
This program was initiated by the
The Gold Tiger Club’s eighteenth anniversary celebrates the class of 1964 with a reunion
The eighteenth annual Gadsden High School “Gold Tiger Club”, was held at Convention Hall in Gadsden June 21 from 5:30 p.m. until 10 p.m.
The Class of 1963 proudly presented this annual reunion featuring those who have been graduated from Gadsden High School more for 50 years or more. The Class of 1964 was honored on June 21 as they celebrated
Etowah, Glencoe ranked in ASWA preseason football poll
Listed below is the complete Alabama Sports Writers Association preseason high school football poll for the 2014 season, with first-place votes and last year’s records in parenthesis. Class 7A 1. Hoover (32) (15-0) 384 2. Bob Jones (11-2) 233 3. McGill-Toolen (12-2) 224 4. Spain Park (8-3) 218 5. Auburn (13-2) 190 6. Central-Phenix City […]
Locals compete at All-Star Sports Week
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Dantley Coker couldn’t have been happier with his experience in the North-South All-Star football game on July 24 in Montgomery. The same could not be said, however, for his Southside High football teammate and fellow 2014 SHS graduate Colton Clay.
Coker got to play a good bit at the Cramton Bowl, but was in a blocking role for
In & around SEC football
Best case, worst case scenarios for the 2014 season
Alabama
Best Case. The offensive line becomes one of the most dominant in the country and the running back tandem of Derrick Henry and T.J. Yeldon dominates the SEC. Jacob Coker steps in at quarterback and is consistent throughout the year, while Lane Kiffin’s offense is explosive and balanced. Trey DePriest fills the
Alabama Power announces grant
The Alabama Power Foundation is launching a new grant program aimed at helping high school athletic programs break down barriers to student participation.
Focusing on the importance of keeping students active in sports, the Power To Play grant program will award $2,500 to 36 schools throughout the state to support their athletic programs.
Research shows students who participate in athletics get better
Classifieds for the week of Aug. 1 – Aug. 7, 2014
AUCTIONS
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ESTATE AUCTION. Large brick home, brick duplex, 72
Legal notices for the week of Aug. 1 – Aug. 7, 2014
MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Melissa H. George and Bobby Ray George, wife and husband , originally in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 15th day of November, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of