Here are the latest health inspection scores from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the last half of October:
Don’t forget: Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend on Sunday, November 4th at 2 AM.
Before going to bed Saturday night, be sure to turn your clocks BACK one hour.
The time zone for the East coast will change from EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) to EST (Eastern Standard Time).
Remember: Fall Back, Spring Forward!
Trion Maintenance Department Supervisor Eddy Willingham turned in his resignation on Tuesday.
Willingham has been working for the town for six years.
Willingham said he will work out a two-week notice, in part assisting interim supervisor Brandon Croy.
The town council has the final say in who will fill the job long term.
The Summerville News
On Monday, the Georgia Department of Education released its annual College and Career Ready Performance Index, Georgia’s primary accountability metric for its primary and secondary schools. Every system school made appreciable progress, and large leaps in particular were made by Lyerly and Summerville Middle Schools.
WZQZ will have reports on Trion City Schools’ recent CCRPI improvements in newscasts later this week.
On October 8th, Trion High School’s TSA club (Technology Student Association) traveled to take part in Technology Day, which was held in Perry, Georgia. Tech Day is an all-day Georgia TSA conference that took place during the Georgia National Fair. There were eleven competitions to choose from that students could compete in. The goal was to get prospective students more interested in engineering activities. There was also a rally beforehand to get the students excited to go compete in the competitions they had prepared.
The Trion High School Cheerleaders traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee to visit the Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald Foundation is for families with sick children currently in hospital care. Families who cannot afford to stay in hotels can spend this time at the house. This Ronald McDonald house can currently house 28 families.
The 2018 season for the Lady Dogs came to a close last Saturday as they were defeated by the Gordon Lee Trojans and the Bowdon Red Devils in the Final Four Round of the State Championship. These games remained competitive throughout, and the Varsity Girls never lost faith in their team.
On Saturday, October 27th, the Pride of Trion Marching Band attended the 45th annual Peach State Marching Competition and Festival at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. Fifteen other bands attended the festival. The Pride of Trion had a wonderful time meeting new people and watching new shows.
Coming up Saturday, November 24th there will be a Cornhole Tournament at the Chattooga County Ag Center, located on Middle School Road in Summerville.