The Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center and the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a 3 hour seminar on Introduction to Government Contracting, tommorrow January 30th from 1 PM until 3 PM at the Chattooga Chamber of Commerce.

The seminar is a beginner level course and is a must for anyone thinking about or doing business with the government.  A general overview of how the government buys goods and services and the 7 phases of government procurement will be discussed in detail.

There is no charge to attend, but pre registration is requested.  You can register online at www.gtpac.org or call 678-890-2342

Trion City Board of Education announces a Called board meeting on Wed., Feb. 11, 2009 at 6:30 PM in the Trion High School Media Center.

AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio reported about a Cherokee County, Alabama man that was arrested on charges of Child Pornography.  James Darold Chadwick, 45, of Centre, Alabama, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession and Receipt of Child Pornography.

United States Attorney Alice H. Martin of the Northern District of Alabama and Carmen S. Adams, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation announce yesterday that Chadwick was charged in a three-count indictment filed today at U. S. District Court in Birmingham.

The indictment charges that Chadwick possessed material that contained images of child pornography, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both for each count, and receipt of child pornography which carries a mandatory minimum of 5 years in prison.

Special Agents of the FBI and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department worked together in the investigation and prosecution of this case. Assistant United States Attorney Laura D. Hodge is prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.

The Town of Trion is telling it’s citizens that they will not be mailing out second notices regarding utiltity bills.  Also, the reminders that were hung on resident’s doors reminding them that their utility bill was due will no longer be passed out.  The new policy takes affect This Sunday February 1st.

From now on the bill you receive will be the only notice you get.  The town is reminding customers to pay close attention to the due date on your bills.

Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters will hold a public meeting this evening at the Chattooga County Courthouse Annex at 6 PM.   Winters told AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio that the meetings will be held monthly to keep Chattooga County residents informed about their county government.

Winters said that there will be time for questions from residents at the end of the meeting.

Former Chattooga County Commissioner Mike Dawson’s business has been awarded a contract by the Town of Trion to do clean up work at the town’s industrial sight.  The industrial site is located on Highway 27 across from the waste water treatment plant.  Dawson’s firm will be responsible for clearing the property.

The Town of Trion is considering applications for a community development block grant to assist with the cost of the industrial site.  The council has put off allowing an engineer to being work, but is considering a special called meeting to deal with the situation.

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For 53 years Richies Clothing Store along with Richies Men and Boys has been a part of the business community in downtown Summerville.  Yesterday, Leatha Richie passed away.  Leatha Richie and her husband Jim, who passed away several years ago, operated their clothing business on South Commerce Street for many years and then relocated to their present location on North Commerce Street.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Richie will be held Friday at the Summerville Cemetery at 11 AM.  Mrs. Richie was a member of Summerville First Baptist Church.  In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to Heyman Hospice or the American Cancer Society.

Next week is Georgia’s Severe Weather Awareness Week.  Severe weather may strike with only a few minutes of advance warning.  This annual drill gives everyone the opportunity to test their tornado emergency procedures.

Next week on Wednesday, February 4th, the National Weather Service forecast offices serving Georgia will transmit a practice tornado warning.  The warning will be transmitted through NOAA Weather Radio.  The test warning will be issued for all 159 counties in Georgia.  The practice tornado warning will be at 9:10 AM EST.

In the event of inclement weather in the state next Wednesday, the drill will be conducted on Friday February 6th at the same time.

Stay tuned to AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio, as we will be having more information on Severe Weather Awareness all next week.

Sheriff John Everett is defending his decision to keep more inmates in the Chattooga County Jail.  In today’s Summerville News, the Sheriff stated that some people are complaining about the large number of inmates being housed in the jail.  Everett told the paper "They are trying to make it look like I’m doing something bad when I’m actually trying to something good and save money, too.  We don’t have $881,000 to house inmates out of the county.  We’ve only got $380,000 budgeted."

Last week AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio spoke with Sheriff Everett about the jail population.  At that time Sheriff Everett said the reason for the large number of inmates was due to upcoming court dates and that some prisoners were waiting for housing in state prisons.  Everett stated "I guess it does look bad, but some of these inmates will be transferred after court."

The article in The Summerville News states that Everett is installing more bunks in the jail in order to house more inmates.