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 […]
From God’s word – An annual reflection and preparation
By Toni Ford When I was just out of college, I started a personal tradition during the month of December which continues to this day. Each year between Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year, I set aside at least one to two day to put aside all work and social activities and have what I […]
Keep Smiling with Rosie Preston – Out of the mouths of babes…
By Rosie Preston The following is a timeless Christmas classic from my favorite funny lady, Erma Bombeck: If there is one man singularly responsible for the children of this country, it’s Doctor Spock. That reads strange, but I don’t know how to fix it. This man is the Great White Father of every parent who […]
The Vagabond – A New York booklet on Gadsden in 1889
By Danny Crownover Included at the Gadsden Public Library is a booklet about Gadsden that was printed in New York City in October of 1889 for the Gadsden Land & Improvement Company. The booklet was intended to be a “handbook of useful information for settlers and investors, with a description of the city of Gadsden, […]