Farm City poster contest winners announced
Etowah County Farmer’s Federation and Eto-wah County Soil and Water Conservation District held their annual Farm City Poster contest recently.
The contest is open to all kindergarten through sixth grade students in Etowah. The theme was “Agriculture: 365 Sunrises and 7 Billion Mouths to Feed”.
First place winner in the K-3 division was Ellie Clevenger, second grade
Carr named 6A Lineman of the Year
By Paul Beaudry For ASWA
Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Although he graduated from Southside in December and is enrolled at Auburn University, Tyler Carr added a few more awards this week for his standout high school football career.
At the Alabama Sports Writers Association Player of the Year banquet on Wednesday (Jan. 14) in Montgomery, Carr was named the ASWA Class 6A
In & around the SEC
MVP
Amari Cooper, Alabama
Offensive Player of the Year
Dak Prescott, Miss. State
Defensive Player of the Year
Shane Ray, Missouri
Coach of the Year
Dan Mullen, Miss. State
First Team All-SEC
Offense
Quarterback
Dak Prescott
Jr., Mississippi State
Running back
Nick Chubb,
Fr., Georgia
Cameron Artis-Payne
Sr., Auburn
Receiver
Amari Cooper
Jr., Alabama
Pharoh Cooper
So., South Carolina
Tight End
Evan Engram
So., Ole Miss
Line
Laremy Tunsil
So., Ole Miss
La’el Collins
Sr., LSU
Ben Beckwith
Sr., Mississippi State
A.J. Cann,
Sr., South Carolina
Reese Dismukes
Sr., Auburn
Kicker
Austin MacGinnis
Fr., Kentucky
All Purpose
Bud Sasser, receiver
Sr., Missouri
Defense
Line
Shane
Gadsden City girls, boys ranked in Jan. 15 ASWA basketball poll
GIRLS
CLASS 7A
1. Huntsville
2. Gadsden City
3. Hazel Green
4. Jeff Davis
5. Thompson
6. Hoover
7. Sparkman
8. Murphy
9. McGill-Toolen
10. Lee-Montgomery
CLASS 6A
1. Homewood
2. Center Point
3. Clay-Chalkville
4. Austin
5. Fort Payne
6. Shades Valley
7. Lee-Huntsville
8. Arab
9. Athens
10. Selma
CLASS 5A
1. Wenonah
2. Faith
The importance of working together
“You can’t work across party lines when there aren’t many of them. So I’m going to work across Republican Party lines because there are a lot of divisions in the Republican Party.” – Gov. Robert Bentley
I was very disappointed when I read this quote from the governor earlier this week. Partisanship is a part of politics. And it’s
How Jerry Jones first became interested in genealogy and history – Part VI
Through the years many people have asked The Vagabond about how the late Jerry Jones, a former Etowah County Tax Assessor, first became interested in genealogy and history. Jerry’s ancestor Edmond Jones had survived an Indian massacre in what is now Rainbow City, Ala., and Jerry was trying to find out what Indian was involved and why. We continue
Legal notices for the week of Jan. 16 – Jan. 22, 2015
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Julian Ford and Marlena Ford, husband and wife, to The Bank, dated June 9, 2003, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, as Instrument Number D-2003-3002. Said mortgage was subsequently sold, assigned and
Classifieds for the week of Jan. 16 – Jan. 22, 2015
AUCTIONS
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