No weather related problems were reported from yesterday afternoons brief round of snow showers around Chattooga County. Schools are in session after a long holiday weekend for area students who had the day off on Monday for MLK Day.
Students in Walker and Dade County got an extended vacation due to some snow fall on Lookout Mountain. The mountain roads in Chattooga County were mainly clear of snow but some areas did have snow laying on the grassy areas this morning.
AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio has learned that Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters did sign a resolution on Friday of last week implementing Freeport Tax in Chattooga County. Several years ago voters in Chattooga County voted for the Freeport Tax which helps manufacturers with inventory taxes on goods in their warehouses that have not been sold. The resolution signed by Commissioner Winters implements a 20% Freeport Tax for the county. Winters campaigned heavily in the primary and general election on the Freeport Tax issue, citing the Freeport Tax as necessary to attract future manufacturing development to the county. Commissioner Winters told AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio on Monday that the Freeport exemption would be phased in over a period of 4 years at 20% for each of the first three years, and 40% in the fourth year.
Mr. William M. (Bill) Dodd, age 91, of Summerville, GA, passed away Friday January 16, 2009, in Oakview Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Dodd was born August 18, 1917, in Summerville, GA, the son of the late John H. & Fannie Tucker Dodd. He was a member of the Lyerly Pentecostal Tabernacle, private first class teletype operator in the 126th Army airways communication System squadron and a retired textile worker. He was preceded in death by a son, David Dodd, grandson, Charlie Shipman, 2 brothers & 1 sister. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Tucker Dodd, children, Billy Powell Dodd, Gleen H. Dodd, Jackie Lamar Jones, Myrion Todd Jones, Myra Lynn Weatherby, Donna Shipman, Shelia Lynn Minard, Robin Gibbens, brother, Cooley Dodd, 21 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday January 18, 2009, from the Lyerly Pentecostal Tabernacle C.H.C. with Rev. Glenn Studdard and Rev. Bobby Shutt officiating with interment in the Greenhills Memory Garden. Active pallbearers, Watson Tucker, Jerry Tucker, Sam Tucker, Gary Young, Preston Dodd, Cecil Reynolds. Honorary pallbearers, Staff of the Oakview Nursing And Rehab Center, & Grandkids, Brad Jones, Mike Martin, Landon Jones, Richie Dodd, Alex Jones, David Dodd, Tommy Minard, Jamie Dodd, Kevin Minard, John Wright, Quentin Jones, Matthew Jones. Mr. Dodd will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Saturday January 17, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m. Mr. Dodd will lie in state at the church Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until the service hour.
Mrs. Wanda Orr Blalock, age 62 of Summerville, passed away Saturday at her residence following a brief illness. She was born in Trion March 9, 1946 to the late Roy and Nora Crane Orr. She was a member of Dry Valley Baptist Church and was a retired teacher fromt he Trion School System. Wanda was preceded in death by her husband the late Michael Blalock.
Surviving are son – Josh Blalock of Summerville, beloved "special children" – Lula Gonzalez and Belle Gonzalez; special friends and sisters in Christ – Grace Sunday School Class of Dry Valley Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held Monday January 19th at 2:30 PM from the JD Hill Memorial Chapel of the Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Weaver and Rev. Waydel Howell officiating. Interment in West Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers- Wayne Parker, Roy Bowers, Johnny Collette, Buford Lee Fox, Tommy Pettyjohn, and Sammy Pilgrim; Honorary Pallbearers – fellow teachers and former students of Trion High School and the Grace Sunday School Class of Dry Valley Baptist Church. Visitation will be Monday from 10:30 until the hour of service at the Funeral Home.
Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce
Annual Meeting
On February 3, 2009
Dinner at 7:00pm
At Chattooga County Civic Center
Speaker: Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Michael L. Thurmond
The City Council in Ringgold, Georgia met last week and raised the Freeport Tax Exemption in an effort to bring more industry to the town in Catoosa County. City Leaders are trying to get a jump on any possible manufacturers that may locate in the area from the planned Volkswagon plant scheduled for building in Chattanooga.
Voters in Chattooga County approved Freeport Tax several years ago, however the Freeport Tax has never been implemented in the county. The Freeport Tax is designed to help manufacturers avoid high taxes on inventory in warehouses that has not been sold. Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters made Freeport Tax a major issue in his campaign for commissioner and has pledged to begin the measure to bring Freeport to Chattooga County in his current administration.
The City Council in Ringgold, Georgia met last week and raised the Freeport Tax Exemption in an effort to bring more industry to the town in Catoosa County. City Leaders are trying to get a jump on any possible manufacturers that may locate in the area from the planned Volkswagon plant scheduled for building in Chattanooga.
Voters in Chattooga County approved Freeport Tax several years ago, however the Freeport Tax has never been implemented in the county. The Freeport Tax is designed to help manufacturers avoid high taxes on inventory in warehouses that has not been sold. Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters made Freeport Tax a major issue in his campaign for commissioner and has pledged to begin the measure to bring Freeport to Chattooga County in his current administration.
The City Council in Ringgold, Georgia met last week and raised the Freeport Tax Exemption in an effort to attract industry to the town in Catoosa County. City Leaders are trying to get a jump on any possible manufacturers that may locate in the area from the planned Volkswagon plant scheduled for building in Chattanooga.
Voters in Chattooga County approved Freeport Tax several years ago, however the Freeport Tax has never been implemented in the county. The Freeport Tax is designed to help manufacturers avoid high taxes on inventory in warehouses that has not been sold. Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters made Freeport Tax a major issue in his campaign for commissioner and has pledged to begin the measure to bring Freeport to Chattooga County in his current administration.
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. – McKee Foods Corporation today announced a voluntary recall of two varieties of peanut butter sandwich crackers because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The two sandwich crackers are:
No other Little Debbie® products are involved in this recall.Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Website at http://www.cdc.gov.These two sandwich cracker products were manufactured for McKee Foods by Kellogg Company. On January 14, Kellogg Company announced a precautionary hold on several of its peanut butter sandwich crackers while FDA and other authorities investigated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), one of Kellogg’s peanut paste suppliers for these crackers. McKee Foods followed that action with a voluntary withdrawal of the two Little Debbie® peanut butter sandwich crackers. PCA has now expanded their earlier recall to include peanut paste and peanut butter, prompting Kellogg to immediately announce a recall of certain cookie and cracker products. Accordingly, McKee Foods is announcing this recall of its two peanut butter sandwich crackers.McKee Foods has not received any consumer illness complaints about its Peanut Butter Toasty or Peanut Butter Cheese sandwich crackers.Products impacted by the recall were produced on or after July 1, 2008, and include all sizes, weights and packages.The Little Debbie® Cheddar on Cheese sandwich cracker is not affected by this action.McKee Foods does not purchase peanut paste or peanut butter from PCA, and therefore, no other Little Debbie® products containing peanut butter are affected by this action.Consumers who have purchased the recalled products are urged to discard the crackers but retain the freshness code and contact Consumer Affairs at 1-800-522-4499.
