Glencoe to host Celebration in the Park on May 7
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
Glencoe will host its 14th annual “Celebration in the Park” on Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the city park on Lay Avenue.
The Celebration in the Park started as a way to honor veterans, which is why it is held in May to go along with Memorial Day. To keep to
Registration now open for Dragon Boat Festival
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
Habitat for Humanity of Etowah County currently is working on its 48th house project in Etowah County. The house is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home for Etowah County resident Alicia Veal and her handicapped son and two teenage grandchildren.
To fund its homes, Habitat is holding its 5th annual Dragon Boat Festival on August 20
Craig Ford – Throwing money at prisons won’t solve problem
This week, the state House of Representatives will be taking up the massive prison bond legislation that Gov. Robert Bentley and state leaders have made the centerpiece of their legislative agenda.
There’s no doubt that our prison system has serious problems and, in cases like Tutwiler women’s prison, some are so old and in such bad shape that they
The Vagabond – Local farmers became owners of “dead man”
One of the funniest things to happen in Gadsden during the so-called “Gay Nineties” (1890’s) was the purchase of a “dead man” by four of the leading farmers of Etowah County.
The local farmers were taken in by one of the slickest swindles of the day, but could not do anything but grin and bear it.
Right in the
Pious Bob – Reliving Resurrection
The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the anchor of our Christianity. Jesus wanted to be sure that His resurrection was real and not a hoax, so he planted some seeds. He did this after His human death: “But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my
Legal notices for the week of April 29-May 6, 2016
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Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Noble Winfred Cylar, married, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Nations Home Mortgage Corporation, on the 10th day of July, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah
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