Broken dreams: A tornado survivor’s story
Tony Ellis stands in his yard filled with debris and fallen trees, showing the large amount of destruction endured in the January 12 tornado that struck southern Coosa County. Photo by Christa Jennings By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer Every person has stories to tell, and when a natural disaster hits and leaves…
Read MoreStarting Your Small Business workshop to be held in Goodwater
Special to the News Those interested in starting their own small businesses will have the opportunity to learn more about the process during a special Lunch and Learn event later this month. Presented by the Alabama Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network; in partnership with the Coosa County Chamber of Commerce, Coosa County Extension…
Read MoreUSDA outreach workshop set for March 21
Special to the News The Coosa Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council and the local USDA agencies will be presenting a program concerning services and assistance the agencies offer. The workshop will be held at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at the J. D. Thompson Alumni Association in the Cottage Grove community, located at…
Read MoreMontgomery Wagon Train passes through Coosa County
Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, the Montgomery Wagon Train passed through Coosa County earlier this week, traveling from Forney to Montgomery. The group stayed overnight in Kellyton and Equality at the beginning of the week and also stopped for lunch at Living Word Rockford at Union Church at the intersection of County roads 18 and 40…
Read MoreWomen’s Leadership Committee makes book donations
Donna Brown of the Women’s Leadership Committee with Rockford librarian Susan Rogers. Photo submitted Goodwater librarian Shirley Thompson shows their donated book, “I Love Strawberries.” Photo submitted Maressa Ware, PTO president, and Donna Brown of the Women’s Leadership Committee with the books donated to Central Coosa Elementary School. Photo submitted Special to…
Read MorePTO sponsors inaugural Art Gala
There were 40 student entries in PTO’s first Art Gala. Community members were invited to participate in a silent auction to bid on the student-submitted artwork. Students earned a total of $400 for their artwork with the single highest bid for a student’s piece of art going for $55 for the Bubble Photo, created by Alyssa Woodfin. Thank you to…
Read MoreHands-on learning in science lab
The chemistry students used the process known as fractional distillation to separate a mixture of ethanol and water. The two liquids have different boiling points. The ethanol with the lower boiling point evaporates first, enters the cooler glass condenser, returns to the liquid state, and drips into the Erlenmeyer flask, leaving the water behind in the Florence…
Read MoreDon’t get so busy that you forget promises made
Wow, I am still tired! Butch and I were part of the Union Square trash pick-up crew on Saturday, which was very successful, just to have people throw more trash out the next day. Butch and I picked up from Union Square Church on County Road 18 and 40 to Highway 231, County Road…
Read MoreCleanup day at old jail to be held March 25
Last week I submitted my column, but for some reason it got stuck in my outbox. Imagine my surprise when I opened the E-Edition of the paper and no column! So, this is a revised version. I hope everyone is enjoying the “spring forward” time, NOT! I understand now why my granny didn’t participate;…
Read MoreWhy banks are failing
The Silicon Valley Bank collapsed this past Friday, on March 10. As the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, it quickly made headline news all across this nation. Very soon after, on Sunday, March 12, the Signature Bank out of New York also failed, as the third-largest bank failure. The Silicon Valley Bank was a…
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