Gadsden State’s Valley Street Campus hosts Title III mentor program reception
Photo: Program Advisor and Campus Director Ricky Tillis (center) is pictured with an invited guest and five of the seven Etowah High School students who completed the Title III Mentoring Program. Pictured, front row, from left: Victor Hernandez and Dakota Gilliam (guest) Back row, from left: Drayton Gross, Marquan Mahome, D’Anthony Hale, Jatory Barnett. (Not […]
Southern Chicken Salad, Broccoli Salad and sweet salads
By Andy Bedwell You know, there’s just a hard-to-express “goodness” that everybody loves about well-made salads. Take the classic Caesar salad – the dressing is made with different ingredients, which by themselves usually are not on anyone’s list of top treats. But whip them into a sauce, and presto – you have a delicious dressing. […]
From God’s word – May His glory fall on each of us
By Toni Ford This past weekend we celebrated the Biblical feast of Shavuot, also known as the Day of Pentecost, the Festival of Harvest (First Fruits) and The Festival of Weeks. As one can tell based on the multiple names, this feast has several important meanings. Shavuot commemorates seven weeks or precisely 50 days from […]
School colors and dream homes
By Vicki Scott At one of my granddaughter Ava Jaymes’ softball games, I was asked what it would take to get my daughter Eva and her family to change from her green school colors to blue. I responded that it wasn’t likely for that to happen. The green school colors come from Eva’s husband Trey’s […]
God’s word revealed – On this rock I will build my church
By John Larkins Matthew 16:13-19 says, “When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ They replied, ‘Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But what about you?’ he asked. ‘Who do […]
The Vagabond – The good doctor and the horse thief
By Danny Crownover In 1898 there was what was called at that time an epidemic of horse thievery, so frequent and so general as to arouse the entire district. An old newspaper article told of the capture by a local man of what was probably the South’s most successful horse thief. The thief entered the […]
Keep Smilin’ with Rosie – An aching shoulder and purple flowers
By Rosie Preston My dear maternal grandmother loved to plant all kind of bushes and flowers. I’d never noticed before, but when I was recently looking at my yard, I realized that I plant my bushes and flowers the same way she did. I wonder if this could be considered a legacy, she left to […]