Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell – Fresh recipes for the New Year
By Andy Bedwell Don’t get stuck like Old Mother Hubbard with a cupboard that’s bare. 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 to restock my pantry […]
A Christmas Eve revelation
By Vicki Scott There is a challenge in the air that started December 1, 2022. One of the ladies in our exercise class in Reeltown was reading a chapter of Luke each night until Christmas Eve. There were 24 chapters, and she would be finished on Christmas Eve. I took this as a challenge for […]
From God’s word – The challenge of waiting
By Toni Ford I am not sure about you, but I am not a very patient person when it comes to waiting. I looked up the word “wait” in the dictionary, and Webster defines the word as, “to stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens.” As […]
City task force targets animal concerns
Photo: Two dogs named Deku and Mr. Wrinkles are adopted from HSPRAC by a local family on December 22. (Courtesy of HSPRAC on Facebook) By Emma Kirkemier, News Editor In November, City of Gadsden Mayor Craig Ford appointed the Mayor’s Action Team for Animal Concerns. The task force recently reported to City Council on its […]
Wreaths Across America Day held
Photo: Members of the Gadsden Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol place wreaths on the graves of United States Military veterans in Crestwood Memorial Cemetery during Wreaths Across America Day December 17. (Submitted photo) Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated across the nation on Saturday, December 17. Gadsden Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol participated […]
Legals for 12/30/2022 – 01/05/2023
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF Alabama COUNTY OF ETOWAH Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by Shannon D Baty An Unmarried Person to Compass Bank dated July 21, 2014; said mortgage being recorded on July 22, 2014, as Instrument No. 3404745 in […]
Local cities host holiday parades
Featured photo: Attalla Elementary School students participate in the City of Attalla Christmas parade on December 8. (Emma Kirkemier/Messenger)
Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell – Merry Christmas!
By Andy Bedwell My Easy Red Velvet Cake Use one box Duncan Hine’s yellow cake mix plus three ounces from another Duncan Hine’s yellow cake mix to equal 18 ounces. Cake mixes (Duncan Hines) reduced their cake mixes by three ounces, which makes a difference in cakes. 3 eggs 2 teaspoons cocoa 2 teaspoons vanilla […]
Godspeed, Miss Ula
By Vicki Scott When the George Wallace Senior Center in Glencoe loses one of their own, it is like losing a family member. Heaven gained a spicy angel last week in Ula Hardeman. The entire time I worked at the center, I dined with Ula every weekday. We pushed her to and from the cafeteria […]