Darden Rehabilitation holds annual awards luncheon
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
Darden Rehabilitation Foundation recognized employees and employers at its annual luncheon and award ceremony on October 29.
Darden helps individuals with disabilities that pose a challenge to employment to find jobs. The foundation serves five counties.
Judge Joe Nabors swore in new officers for the foundation. Program Coordinator Dana Johnson presented the awards.
Johnnie Cofield was
Delta Kappa to host Christmas Extravaganza
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
Delta Kappa Gamma Beta Omicron Chapter will host a Christmas Extravaganza on November 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Noccalula Falls Kiwanis Pavilion 1.
About 22 vendors will sell a variety of goods including clothes, jewelry, wreaths, candles and more. The event is the perfect opportunity to start Christmas shopping.
“There’s a lot
Gadsden Job Corps welcomes new director
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
The Gadsden Job Corps Center welcomed new director Juvenel Levros on August 10.
Levros was born in New York, and raised in Rhode Island. He worked in the film industry, including on a popular Verizon commercial. However, Levros was driven by a desire to help people. When he was younger, he aspired to be a teacher.
Longtime Glencoe coach E.C. Wilson passes
Editor’s note: Legendary Etowah County High School football coach E.C. “Baldy” Wilson passed away last Monday (Oct. 26) at the age of 93. The following article was originally printed in the July 18, 2012 edition of The Messenger.
By Joshua Price
E.C. “Baldy” Wilson is a jewel of Etowah County.
Whether the conversation is centered on coaching or good men, Wilson
Former Messenger writer passes away
Longtime Messenger correspondent Dorothy “Dot” Hudson Kelley of Attalla passed away on Oct. 22 at the age of 80.
For several years until her health began to fail, Dot wrote a weekly column for The Messenger entitled “Bits & Pieces” that mainly focused on the various happenings in and around the Attalla community. Dot noted that she received a
Craig Ford – Where’s the beef?
Do you remember that old Wendy’s commercial with the older lady asking, “Where’s the beef?” The point of the commercial was that Wendy’s competitors didn’t deliver what they promised and, more importantly, didn’t give the customer what they wanted.
When I think about Alabama politics and what’s going on in our state government, I find myself asking that same
Pious Bob – The Intercession Network
In St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans we hear, “What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring charges against God’s
The Vagabond – Strange happenings around Etowah County Part V
The Vagabond has placed together several strange happenings in Etowah County. We have discussed such things as a Bigfoot roaming here locally and 12-foot giants found buried in Whorton’s Bend. The Vagabond actually has witnessed some of these strange happenings, including sightings of UFOs and aliens.
This week we continue our discussion on UFOs found around Etowah County. Unfortunately,
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