Next week AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio will have two NEWSMAKERS Interview programs. The first will be on Wednesday, February 3^rd at 8:15 AM with Lyerly Mayor Jessica Eller. Mayor Eller will be talking about the upcoming Severe Weather Awareness Day that will be held next Saturday, February 6^th in Lyerly. A featured speaker from the National Weather Service will be on hand for the days events and AM 1180 will be broadcasting live from Lyerly from 11 AM until 1 PM.

Also on Friday, February 5^th, David Tidmore from the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce will be in the AM 1180 studios to talk about the Chamber’s upcoming annual meeting. Former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes will be the featured speaker for the event. Barnes is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia in the 2010 race.

Later in the month, featured guests on the NEWSMAKERS Interview program will be Fredda McCrickard from “The Well” in Summerville, and then County Extension Agent Rebecca Thomas. Also, Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters will be in the studios later this month. If you have questions for any of our guests be sure to contact AM 1180. You can e mail us at www.chattoogainfo.com or call the studios weekdays from 8 AM until 4 PM at 706-859-1180.

Berry College will welcome Shannon Brownlee, a nationally known writer and health care expert, Feb. 1-4 as part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow program. During her visit, Brownlee will present a public lecture, `What Happens Now? Health Care in a Post-Reform World,` in Krannert Center’s Spruill Ballroom. Admission to this presentation, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, is free and open to the public.

In addition to her lecture, Brownlee will also conduct classes, seminars, workshops, lectures and informal meetings with students and faculty members to share her expertise in the areas of health care economics and medical innovation.

As a Senior Research Fellow in the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation, Brownlee writes and speaks about health care economics, the pharmaceutical industry and medical innovation. Her personal Web site can be found at www.overtreated.com.

Coosa Valley News

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The Trion Town Council voted on Thursday evening to adopt the new health insurance policy for city employees that included an increase in premiums.  The town will continue to pay 50% of an employees health insurance and the employee will be responsible for the other half.

Also, the Trion Town Council voted to go ahead with a CDGB (Community Development Block Grant) for infastructure improvement to the town’s water system.  Counciman Johnny Simmons stated that he would like to see the mayor and town council pick the area for the improvements instead of allowing the area to be designated to the town.  The council indicated that the improvements, if they receive the grant, would be in the Frogtown area of Trion.

The night before the Willie Nelson concert in Rome, a show was canceled in Kentucky.  Willie Nelson’s web site said the reason for the cancellation was because Willie’s hand was in pain from carpel tunnel surgery.

However reports out of Kentucky indicated that law enforcement officers raided Willie’s bus and found marijuana and moonshine on the bus according to The Rome-News Tribune. 

Willie’s show at the Forum in Rome went on despite the weather and the alleged legal trouble.

AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio will be broadcasting the Chattooga County Commisisoner’s meeting this weekend and the Trion Town Council meeting.  Both meetings were held earlier this week.

The Trion Town Council meeting will be broadcast at 10:20 AM on Saturday and then again at 4:40 PM on Sunday.  The Commissioner’s meeting will be broadcast on Saturday at 4:45 PM and then again on Sunday at 4:30 PM.

Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
6:45 pm EST, Fri., Jan. 29, 2010

… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME AND SUMMERVILLE… TO CUMMING.

A MIXTURE OF RAIN… SLEET… AND SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO START UNTIL AFTER 8 PM AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR FREEZING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR LESS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW… SLEET… OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Chattooga County Public Works was out with the salt trucks on Friday evening working on the few trouble spots throughout the county.

By and large Chattooga County dodged a bullet on Friday afternoon as areas to our north received freezing rain, ice and snow.

Walker County Sheriff’s Department told AM 1180 on Friday afternoon that areas north of Walmart in LaFayette were in bad condition due to the icy roads.  Most secondary roads in northern Walker County were rather slick and some were impassible according to a Walker County Sheriff’s Department employee.

In Chattooga County, Public Works Director Lamar Canada told AM 1180 that the salt trucks had been to Cloudland on the mountain and Hawk Ridge on Trion-Teloga Road.  Also county workers had to work on a guardrail in the Giles Road area due to an accident.

Public Works will be monitored icy situations throughout the night and into the morning.

All recreation department games from Trion, Summerville, Lyerly and Menlo have been cancelled for today.

The Trion Recreation Department has announced all ball games scheduled to be played to day at the rec department have been cancelled with a make up day of Wednesday February 3rd.  They have not made a determination about Saturday’s games.

The Summerville Middle School basketball game scheduled for 11:30 AM on Saturday at Coosa has been cancelled.