Lady Cardinal gunners loaded for 2021
Photo courtesy of al.com By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor If nothing else, the 2021 Gadsden State womens basketball team won’t be boring to watch. Head coach Bryan Phillips set a goal of 40 three-point shot attempts per game this season, which translates into a heavy workload for the Lady Cardinals’ many sharpshooters. “If we shoot the ball […]
Gadsden State cagers raring to go
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor After nearly a month of inactivity, the Gadsden State mens basketball team is rounding into game shape, both physically and mentally. Due to COVID-19 concerns, the Alabama Community College Conference postponed the 2020 schedule of games and packed the men and women’s basketball regular seasons into […]
Keep Smiling with Rosie Preston – Nana gets called out
By Rosie Preston A certain kind of behavior recently came back to haunt me. It first occurred when my children were in school. Looking back, I realize that it happened over a period of years. But I can’t forget, oh, no! Back then, my son “forgot” to bring his spelling book home. At first, he […]
The Vagabond: An early local journalist
By Danny Crownover Alfred Gregory Lee helped established one of the first newspapers in Etowah County. He was a printer, a newspaper editor, a Washington, D.C. news correspondent, a reporter and one of the most prolific writers of letters and postal cards in the United States. A member of an old pioneer family of Etowah […]
Honkey tonkin’ on a Sunday morning
By Vicki Scott Another weekend has come and gone, and the coronavirus is still creating hinderances in fellowship. Whether churches meet or not depends on incidents of the virus within. One of our residents at George Wallace Senior Center who is utilizing our Monday thru Friday curbside service during all this mayhem called me out […]
Mi Casa Casserole, Fruit Salad and World’s Best and Quickest Mousse
By Andy Bedwell Don’t get stuck like Old Mother Hubbard with a cupboard that’s bare. At this time of year when holidays are over, you could make just one big shopping trip to stock up your pantry so that you’re always ready for those everyday meals. Weather permitting, I am going today and restock my […]
Pondering life with Pious Bob – Aggressive sheepishness
By Robert Halsey Pine “Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” (Luke 15:1-10 NRSV). Jesus’ parable of the one and the ninety-nine is a very comforting part of the Gospel. To think that the shepherd would […]
From God’s Word – The hope of our Lord Jesus Christ
By Toni Ford As I was reading lately in the Book of Psalms, I was greatly encouraged by Psalm 30, I would love to share this psalm with you this week. It is my prayer that this psalm would encourage you as it did me and that you would know that the Lord is on […]
God’s Word revealed for us – Some things need not bother us
By John Larkins Consider your very most important mission among the living. Is it not to convince Jesus Christ that you wish to be with Him in eternity? If this is not your mission or if you reject His plan, you very may well may not spend eternity with Him. Many of us fear the […]