Theatre of Gadsden to perform Smoke on the Mountain

By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
The Theatre of Gadsden will perform the play Smoke on the Mountain on May 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17. The Friday and Saturday shows will be at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday shows will be at 2:30 p.m. The shows will be performed at The Ritz located at
Theatre of Gadsden to perform Smoke on the Mountain

By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
The Theatre of Gadsden will perform the play Smoke on the Mountain on May 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17. The Friday and Saturday shows will be at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday shows will be at 2:30 p.m. The shows will be performed at The Ritz located at
GSCC librarians to present at ALLA

Gadsden State Community College librarians Julie Kennedy and Sarah Cooper were selected to present at the 2015 Alabama State Library Annual Convention (ALLA) held recently in Point Clear.
Kennedy, library supervisor at Gadsden State Cherokee, and Cooper, reference librarian at Meadows Library, chose as their topic “Outreach Wins and Fails: Best Practices in Academic Libraries” focusing on
Cardinal Athletic Camps begin in June

The Gadsden State Community College Cardinals Athletic Department will host the following camps this summer for basketball, volleyball, and softball: June 1-2, Jr. Varsity Boys Basketball Team Camp ($300 per team); June 3-4, Varsity Boys Basketball Team Camp ($400 per team); June 8-9, Varsity Boys Basketball Camp ($400 per team); June 10 & 11, Girls Basketball Middle School Play Dates
Mail carriers to collect food

The Etowah Community Food Bank and Jay Pruitt of the National Association of Letter Carriers is conducting its annual food drive all day Saturday, May 9.
Your city letter carriers and some rural carriers will be working with the Etowah Community Food Bank and United Way of Etowah County to make this day the largest one day food
Northeast Alabama 4-H holds Pig Squeal Show and Auction

The 2015 Northeast Alabama 4-H Pig Squeal Show and Auction was held Saturday, April 25 at the Sand Rock Livestock Pavilion. Twenty-six 4-H members from Etowah and Cherokee counties received two 50-pound pigs in early January and have been raising them since that time. The program was designed for them to learn production management techniques fiscal responsibility and time management
Swoop Auditions Set for May 13

Gadsden State Community College will hold auditions for Swoop, the Cardinal mascot Wednesday, May 13 at 3:30 p.m. in the Inzer Hall TV Lounge (Room #107) located on the Wallace Drive Campus in Gadsden.
Interested students who are energetic and enthusiastic may audition, and two students will be awarded partial tuition scholarships beginning Fall Semester 2015. Auditions will
GSCC celebrates men in nursing

Celebrations are being planned nationwide in recognition of National Nurses Week May 6-12 and the American Nurses Association is proud to celebrate the role nurses play in delivering the highest level of quality care to their patients. The 2015 theme “Ethical Practice. Quality Care.” recognizes the importance of ethics in nursing and acknowledges the strong commitment, compassion, and care nurses
State legislature thinks brown shrimp are more important than people

When I first saw the list of bills we would be debating in the state House of Representatives, I thought it was a joke. The first bill up for debate was a bill to make brown shrimp the official state crustacean.
This is your state legislature’s priorities, folks. Not peoples’ lives or jobs, and certainly not being responsible