Center for Civic Engagement and Service receives flags from County Delegation
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| Shirley Colvin, left, Ramona Gartman, Connie Meloun, Carl Byers, Kelley Haynes, Sen. Larry Means, and Diann Cruickshank accept the flags to be placed in buildings on the various campuses. Photo: Special to The Star |
With help from the Etowah County legislative delegation, Gadsden State Community College has a definite red, white and blue tint. The Gadsden State Center for Civic Engagement and Service presented flags to be displayed in each of the public meeting rooms on all of the campuses of Gadsden State. The flags will be displayed in buildings on the Wallace Drive and Valley Street Campuses in Gadsden, the Ayers Campus and McClellan Center in Anniston, and the new Gadsden State Cherokee.
Reps. Jack Page, D-Gadsden, and Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, provided the state flags and Sen. Larry Means, D-Attalla, secured a community service grant that allowed for the purchase of American flags and flag stands. The American flags and Alabama state flags are each mounted on wood-grained flagpoles. An eagle tops the American flag and a decorative spear graces the Alabama flag.
"So many groups in our service area meet on all our campuses and we wanted to make certain that these flags are prominent," explained Beryl Odom, coordinator of the school's Center for Civic engagement and Service. "We realized recently that only Wallace Hall and the East Broad Campuses have a set of flags. Citizenship, democracy and civic awareness are at the core of the center's mission, and our flags symbolize these qualities."
