Area athletes compete at Holiday Invitational
Photo: Gadsden City’s Tanner Rice won the boys 800-meter run event at the Holiday Invitational indoor track and field meet last Saturday (Dec. 12) at the Birmingham Cross Plex. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger file photo) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Several area high school student-athletes finished in the top 10 at the Holiday Invitational indoor track and field meet […]
In & around SEC football – Week 12 previews and predictions
By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent Alabama Week 11 Recap Alabama’s Revenge Tour continued last Saturday with a dominating 55-17 over LSU victory in Baton Rouge. The Crimson Tide made amends for last year’s home loss to Joe Burrow’s Tigers, who eventually won the national title. Quarterback Mac Jones and the UA offense were spectacular, scoring 45 […]
Casting on the Coosa: The Crappie Whisperer and The Hammer strikes again
By Marty Dixon/Staff Correspondent With the recent cold wea-ther, my fishing trips have been few and short in duration. Old age does not mix well with cold mornings, or any other time for that matter. Wednesday turned out to be a short hour and half trip with a giant catfish, but I managed to catch […]
Keep Smiling with Rosie Preston – A poem remembering Santa Claus
By Rosie Preston This poem was published years ago when Alyse was in high school at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham. She also has an MBA from Rollins College. Alyse is the daughter of Anita Hand, whom I was friends with at Gadsden High School many years ago. Alyse is on the […]
The Vagabond – Gadsden and surplus WW II properties
By Danny Crownover Acquired by the U.S. Army in July of 1942, Camp Sibert consisted of 37,035 acres in Etowah and St. Clair counties. Historical records show that the property was used extensively as the main training camp for chemical warfare troops during World War II. The federal government took over land south of Alabama […]
Pondering life with Pious Bob – Discipline and Dicipleship
By Robert Halsey Pine “The word of the Lord came to me: What do you mean by repeating this pro-verb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge?’ As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you […]
From God’s Word – Our great Redeemer’s awesome gift
By Toni Ford During this Christmas season, I love to go back and read in the Book of Isaiah where Isaiah announced to a world that is experiencing much doom and gloom at the time (Isaiah 9:1) that soon there would be no more gloom, for a Redeemer was coming. God allowed Isaiah to see […]
God’s Word revealed for us – Will you unwrap His Christmas gift?
By John Larkins This month, we remember the most wonderful gift given by God 2,000 years ago. People who were educated by God knew that one day the gift of our Savior would come to us. We did not know many details, but clues given to the Israelites revealed that He would come as a […]
Photo coloring books and a whole lot of nothing
By Vicki Scott Everyone in the Scott family has claimed to be finished with their Christmas shopping while I am still working on my first present. I do this every year. Why can I not just finish and move on to the next present? One present takes me months to finish to my satisfaction, or […]