Locals compete at GCHS Open No. 3
Photo: Gadsden City’s Jaquan Woods (left) and Etowah’s NyNy Davis compete in the boys 200-meter dash at the GCHS Open Meet No. 3 on April 8. Woods beat Davis by two-hundredths of a second in the event. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Gadsden City took home 13 gold medals, including eight by the Titan […]
Southside wins Oneonta meet
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor The Southside boys track and field team medaled in 17 events and won five at the Oneonta Invitation on April 8. The Panthers totaled 160 points, 49 more than runner-up Center Point. Luke Holcombe (pictured above) won a pair of gold medals, one in the 3200-meter […]
Ashville’s Knight named to North 5K team
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Ashville High junior Wyatt Knight was one of 10 runners across the state recently named to the North roster for the AHSAA North/South All-State cross country run this July in Montgomery. With a time of 17:25.33, Knight (pictured above) finished sixth out of 163 runners at […]
Champagne Salad, Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole and The Best Cocoa Cookie
By Andy Bedwell “The great thing about entertaining is being with the people you have invited. It is a bit discomfiting for your guests if you are slaving over the stove, and emerge, hot and rather martyred, just in time to sit down at the table with your guests!” – Claire MacDonald, The Harrods Book […]
Unfinished projects and lost letters
By Vicki Scott This COVID-19 pandemic is hindering my focus. I could not figure it out until I heard my co-worker, neighbor and friend, Faye Moore mention that she had several books she wanted to read but could not focus long enough to read them. It immediately clicked! Five or more books, two magazines, four […]
God’s Word revealed – The beginnings of the New Testament
By John Larkins Jesus Christ’s mission was to allow Himself to be sacrificed in order to “gain all power on heaven and earth” given by His Father, to redeem humankind. This mission restored the relationship we had with God. Humans were now eligible for an eternal life in heaven after they died as humans. If […]
From God’s Word – The One who holds my head high
By Toni Ford Don’t you love how the Lord redirects us? Over this past week, I’ve mulled over the story of Jesus walking with the two men on the road to Emmaus and had even come close to completing my column for this week regarding that story. Then on Thursday morning as I was praying […]
The Vagabond: The Magna Carta Oak has a relative in Gadsden
By Danny Crownover One of the most well-known oak trees in Gadsden was planted years ago by the City Beautiful Club. It was the first of many shrubs and trees planted by the club, which was organized by Mrs. J.M. Elliott and other civic-minded women of the city. Donated by the late U.S. Congressman John […]
Keep Smiling with Rosie Preston: Girlfriends and sisters and such
By Rosie Preston This week’s beautiful prose about womanhood brought my attention to the fact that during plague of staying in as much as I had to, it was a blessing because as I was forced into my own sabbatical. I had a pinched nerve, shingles and a terrible sinus infection. I lost my dear […]