The Georgia Department of Labor is taking its Special Workforce Assistance Team (SWAT) to Rome Tuesday, Nov. 12, to assist Northwest Georgia job seekers in their search for employment by offering workshops and informational sessions two days prior to the city’s annual Northwest Georgia Career Expo. The Northwest Georgia Job Readiness event will be held from 1-4 p.m. at The Forum, 2 Government Plaza. Job seekers will be able to take part in several workshops such as: `Marketing Yourself Using Social Media,` `Interviewing Skills,` `Job Search after 40,` `Creating a Value-based Résumé,` and `How to Succeed at a Job Fair.`

Attendees will also have the opportunity to receive hands-on assistance in developing their own social media pages, creating personal business cards for their job search, and developing their own 30-second “commercial” to market themselves for new career opportunities, and others.

Goodwill of North Georgia is also hosting workshops for job seekers on Monday, Nov. 11, at the same location.

The Job Readiness event is designed to help prepare job seekers for the Fifth Annual Northwest Georgia Career Expo which will be held Thursday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon also at The Forum.

Next month Veterans Day will be observed on November 11.  The Chattooga County Veterans Park Committee will hold a special dedication service the weekend before Veterans Day on Saturday, November 9th at Veterans Park located in Dowdy Park in Summerville.

Twenty-one new veterans markers will be dedicated on that day.  Also there will be a parade to honor the veterans.  Those participating in the parade will gather near Earle Rainwater Funeral Home and proceed down Commerce Street to the Veterans Memorials.

Everyone is encouraged to attend and honor our veterans.

Billy Dewayne Tapp, age 39, No Charges Listed

Michelle Johnette McCarson, age 41, Charged with Driving with Suspended / Revoked License

Justin Cody Stoker, age 28, Charged with Battery

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Jesse Anthony Chacon-Rivera, age 19, Charged for Unregistered Vehicle / Without Tag, Driving with Suspended / Revoked License, No Insurance / No Proof of Insurance

Kathryne Renee Mahan, age 35, Charged with Deposit Account Fraud, No Insurance / No Proof of Insurance

Christopher Todd Sprayberry, age 29, Charged with Possession of Substance with Intent to Manufacture Drugs, Probation Violation

Christopher Paul Ingram, age 34, Charged with Suspended / Canceled Registration, Theft by Shoplifting, No Insurance / No Proof of Insurance

Jamie Renae Swanson, age 37, Charged with Theft by Shoplifting – Party to a Crime

A Cloudland man says his ex-girlfriend took more than her clothes when she came to retrieve her personal items from the man’s Stateline Road residence this past Sunday.  According to a report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department the Cloudland man said his ex-girlfriend came to get her personal things from his home and made off with a lot of his tools.  The man’s nephew said that he observed the woman along with her son and daughter load up an air compressor.  The Cloudland man said that in addition to the air compressor, also missing were two welders, a welding hood, some floor tile and some nail guns.  The case has been turned over to investigators.

Support the Chattooga Band by ordering a BBQ plate today. Plates will be ready for pick up on November 1 from 11am-2pm at CHS.

Plates are $7 each and include a BBQ sandwich, baked beans, cole slaw, pickle and a dessert.

FREE DELIVERY IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IF YOUR BUSINESS ORDERS 5 OR MORE PLATES!

Nov 1 is the Alumni band night/CHS senior night at the football game. You can also reserve your BBQ plate to be picked up at the concession stand.

Contact a band student or call 770-778-0411 with questions or to place an order. Please make checks payable to The Chattooga Band Boosters.

Some people are sneaky when they try to get away with shoplifting, but according to the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Department, two Summerville women walked out of Wal-Mart in Pennville recently with a buggy full of merchandise in plain sight without bothering to pay for the items.

This past Sunday a store associate at Wal-Mart observed the two women with a shopping cart full of items walk past the checkout lines and to the parking lot.  The women were detained by the associate until law enforcement arrived.

Twenty-four year old Sasha Michelle Scott of a Seventh Street address in Summerville and twenty-four year old Leslie Ann Hudgins of an Oak Street address in Summerville were arrested on shoplifting charges. 

According to Wal-Mart the women attempted to shoplift $174.35 worth of merchandise.