Highway 411 dedicated as Veterans Memorial Highway
By Kaitlin Fleming
Staff Correspondent
The year of 2013 was a very busy one for Tammy Bean’s senior government class. What started as a challenge quickly became an obsession to 20 Westbrook Christian School seniors. Bean challenged her students to come up with a project that would make an impact in the community. Those students excelled all of her expectations.
The
Local Beanie Babies headed to the Gulf
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
Shortly before Memorial Day weekend, Donna Patterson loaded up 50 boxes full of Ty Beanie Babies into a rented U-Haul trailer. In total, 5,472 Beanies made the trip to Foley on the Gulf of Mexico. Kelly Lankford, Donna’s daughter and a member of the Apollos Mystic Ladies Daphne Mardi Gras Association, purchased the Beanies from Little
Gold Tigers plan 19th annual reunion
June 20 is the day to renew friendship with fellow Gadsden High School Gold Tigers.
Who are the Gold Tigers? We are the Gold Tigers, members of the Gold Tiger Association made up of Gadsden High School alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago.
Last year’s reunion inducted the GHS Class of 1964 on its 50th anniversary of
Glencoe High to host reunion
Glencoe High School is hosting a combined class reunion on June 27, for the classes of 1966-1975. The reunion will be held at the Pitman Theatre in Gadsden. The meet and greet will begin at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will begin after the meet and greet.
The cost to each attendee will be $20. The checks should be made payable
Hardin Center to host Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt in honor of June 6 National Trails Day
June 6 is the American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day, and Gadsden Parks and Recreation and Imagination Place Children’s Museum in the Hardin Center for Cultural Arts are partnering to present “The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt” on the Black Creek Trails at Noccalula Falls.
The event is from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. and the staff of the
Hardin Center plans summer activities
According to Tom Banks, Deputy Director of the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, since opening on February 8 and through May 25, the Hardin Center’s Dinosaurs ALIVE! exhibit has had 21,264 visitors from 292 unique zip codes.
“This is an increase over our 2014 total visitation to our exhibits of 18,909 and we are expecting a great
Officials trained during annual convention
Councilmember Danny Wagnon of Glencoe joined more than 1,000 municipal officials, clerks, administrators and guests in Tuscaloosa on May 16 for the Annual Convention of the Alabama League of Municipalities. Municipal officials participating in the league’s Certified Municipal Officials (CMO) program received credit towards their certification for attending sessions during the convention.
Officials convened May 16 for a special
Etowah farmers go to Washington, D.C.
More than 100 Alabama Farmers Federation members traveled to the nation’s capital for the Washington Legislative Conference on May 19-22.
Alabama farmers stayed busy over the four-day conference, speaking with federal officials and congressmen about agricultural issues such Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS), the farm bill and feral swine management.
“I talked with Rep.
Southside Elementary releases honor roll
Kindergarten
Alex Argo, Lainey Balenger, Tristan Bass, Jemma Battles, Molly Benefield, Brayden Bennett, Sam Berry, Mark Bragg, Rebekah Britt, Addison Brown, John Buttram, Micah Carr, Wesley Carroll, Anna Cline, Case Clough, Mason Colvin, Madison Conaway, Erin Condy, Claire Cross, Gracie Davenport, Alexis Duke, Audrey Eaton, Anna Edwards, Lily Epperson, Aiden Garrett, Autumn Garrett, Jaidyn Gatlin, Yiannoula Gerontakis, Landon Graham,