The second annual Chattooga Tribe Challenge was held yesterday in downtown Summerville. AM 1180 broadcast live from Dowdy Park with Ben Groce and Bonnie Kinnamont bringing updates throughout the morning. The overall winner for the Chattooga Tribe Challenge was Chattooga High School Senior Damion Porter. Damion's official time for the 5K Road Race was 17 minutes and 42 seconds.
Chattooga County School Superintendent Jimmy Lenderman said that the event will help all Chattooga County athletic programs and the band program at the high school. Lenderman told Ben Groce on AM 1180 yesterday, "it is important that we make sure all of our students have the opportunity to participate in athletics - and that includes all athletics not just football, but cheer leading, band, volleyball - and if they can't afford (the equipment or fees) we are going to find a way to get that for them."
The Chattooga Tribe Challenge is just one of the fund raising events for Chattooga High Athletics. Later this year the Chattooga Century Bike Ride will take place which will benefit CHS Athletics as well.
Listed below are the winners in each category:
KIDS 4 CHRIST IN LAFAYETTE INVITES THE PUBLIC TO A SPECIAL PROGRAM ON GENERATIONAL POVERTY, THIS SUNDAY. IT'S CALLED "THE BRIDGE CONFERENCE".
THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT IS NOT TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS OR SOLICIT DONATIONS… BUT TO HELP CITIZENS GAIN A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT NEEDS EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S SUNDAY FROM 2 – 4 PM AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL. RSVP BY CALLING KIDS 4 CHRIST, AT 706 639 3234.
A Ridgeway Trion couple reported that a prowler had been in their home on Tuesday.
According to the report, the couple arrived home that afternoon to find that the ide door to their home was unlocked. Also, items inside a bedroom closet had been moved to the bedroom floor. In another bedroom, a window was open and the screen was missing, but nothing was out of place. There was also a chair placed outside, next to the home, underneath the bedroom window that had been opened. Nothing was reported missing from the home.
Mrs. Vera Earlene Lively, age 75 of Evans, GA passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2013 in Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA. Mrs. Lively was born September 28, 1937 in Trion, GA. She was Methodist by faith, a housewife, and an Auxiliary Deputy in Columbia County, GA.
Mrs. Lively was preceded in death by her father and mother, AbeTarpely Cheek and Sarah E. Elllington Cheek Sprayberry; step-father, Milton Sprayberry.
Mrs. Lively is survived by husband, Dempsey McCoy Lively of Evans, GA; sister, Sue Cheek of Oakwood, GA; brother-in-law, Kenneth (Nancy) Lively of Bradenton, FL; step-brother, James C. (Nelda) Sprayberry of Rossville, GA; step-sister, Lucy (Ronnie) Cain of Rock Spring, GA; nephews, Paul Sprayberry and family of San Antonia, TX, Mark Cain and family of LaFalotte, TN; nieces, Jill (David) Scarlet of Huntsville, AL and Sherri Edwards of Chattanooga, TN; several cousins.
Funeral services will be held Monday, April 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Little Sand Mountain Cemetery.
Visitation for Mrs. Vera Earlene Lively will be Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The investigation continues into a Trion man’s apparent murder in Cherokee County, Alabama on April 2. This week a memorial service was held for Vincent Edward Hughes who had been found shot on Lookout Mountain in Cherokee County. Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver says that his investigators have detained several persons of interest and that they have interviewed several in connection with the investigation. The sheriff is seeking any information that the public may have. If you have information that might be of interest to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department you can call them at 256-997-999 or contact them on their website.
Click Here for the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department Website
The Chattooga High Girls Volleyball Team will be hosting a fundraiser at McDonalds this Monday night, April 15, from 5:00-7:00PM. Please, come out and help support the team.
CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE PARK WILL HOLD A WILDFLOWER WALK THIS SATURDAY, FROM 10 – 11 AM. THERE IS A $5 PARKING FEE AT CLOUDLAND.
LARRY WILLIAMS, AN EXPERT ON AREA WILDFLOWERS, WILL LEAD THE 45-MINUTE WALK.
ENJOY A SPRING MORNING AT CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE PARK… HIGHWAY 136 ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN… THIS SATURDAY.
STATE SENATOR JEFF MULLIS OF CHICKAMAUGA GOT A ROUSING WELCOME FROM THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE, IN A VISIT THERE, WEDNESDAY.
THE TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS WELCOMED MULLIS, BECAUSE HE DID NOT SUPPORT A RESOLUTION PASSED IN THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE – CALLING FOR A LAWSUIT IF THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH WON'T GRANT ACCESS TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THIRSTY ATLANTA WANTS TO PIPE THE WATER SOUTH, FOR USE IN THE PARCHED STATE CAPITOL.
MULLIS BACKS A DIFFERENT PLAN, THAT WOULD GATHER WATER FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA TRIBUTARIES, BEFORE THEY FLOW NORTH INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER.
MULLIS WAS INTRODUCED IN THE VISIT, BY TENNESSEE'S SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, MARK NORRIS. THE TENNESSEE SENATORS GAVE HIM A COFFEE CUP OF WATER, TO TAKE BACK TO ATLANTA.
Chickamauga Battlefield is soliciting bids for hay harvesting permits. It includes three fields and about 140 acres of hay. Farmers can pick up a bid packet at the Battlefield Visitors Center and return bids by April 24th.