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  A few years ago I arrived at a football game early while the workers were still setting up the concession stand on the visitor side. It was at Carbon Hill, Alabama. As I was walking by the concession stand I was just making conversation and asked the lady how she was doing. She said,…

  Last Wednesday the Coosa County Farmers Federation held an appreciation breakfast to get to know our local county elected officials at Triple R Cafe in Rockford. The Farmers Federation invited all of the elected officials from the county; including town officials from Rockford, Goodwater and Kellyton, as well as state representatives. Brian Hardin from…

LaMichael Corbin   By Christa Jennings Senior Staff Writer   A high-speed pursuit resulted in the arrest of a Goodwater man last week. On November 5, Sgt. Ward and Investigator Hodge were on routine patrol in the Goodwater area when they encountered individuals on motorcycles and a 4-wheeler without license plates traveling at a high…

    A log truck turning north onto U.S. Highway 231 from County Road 18 hit and severely damaged a power pole, causing a power outage in the Rockford area early Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred at approximately 2 p.m. across from Triple R Cafe and resulted in 308 Alabama Power customers being without power…

Gaddis, Amaria Jadeion 7th grade Gonzalez, Gabriel Zane 7th grade Howell, Lily Addison 7th grade Kelly, Kaven Curtez 7th grade Tindall, Kaden Thomas 7th grade Welch, Kortlyn R’Riann 7th grade Yates, Jenni Marie 7th grade ——————————————————– Franklin, Christopher Jay 8th grade Hamilton, Bailee Lynn 8th grade Harmon, Bryar Wade 8th grade Harris, Madison Allena Evonne…

  Mr Mitchell’s biology class used the microscopes to view cork, bacteria, plant, and animal cells. The students also made their own stained slides of their cheek cells.

  Students who received awards for Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, iReady, and the Science Fair were treated to a celebration of pizza, cake and punch courtesy of SGA before going to the first nine-weeks Awards Ceremony. Thank you to Ms. Phillips for getting us a special deal on the pizza, Dr. Watson for picking up the pizzas, counselor…

  Mrs. White’s anatomy and physiology students are studying the skeletal system. After studying the structure of the bones, they competed to see which group could use the disarticulated bones to construct a skeleton.

As students completed their section on European colonization of the Americas, they took their lesson outside to simulate the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian Exchange was the global transfer of food, plants, animals, and diseases between the western and eastern hemispheres as a result of Columbus bringing the first European settlers to the Americas. Each student was in charge of a different…

  Many from Rockford Church of God were baptized at Hatchet Creek recently.     One of the families recently baptized at Hatchet Creek and who have joined the Rockford Church of God family.   Let’s pray for our schools. Can everyone stop right now, whatever you are doing, and lift all schools up to…