WGAA 1340AM Cedartown

Evelyn Haskin                                       Gloria Collier
Christy Litesey                                      Allen Carter
Janie Carter                                         David Beck
Stacie Baines                                       Linda Moody
Fred Fernandez                                    Connie Bray
Herschel Arney                                    John Paulin
Lorrie Hess                                          Jeff Dollar
Heather Sparks                                   Fay Westmoreland
Harvey Skates                                    Leon T. Allen
Sue Mobbs                                         Michael Knight
Wanda Knight                                    Prussia Woodward
Kathy Pyles                                      Sandra Oliver
Tara Blankenship                                 Bill Reese
Rustin Hilburn                                    Robin Forston
Jeremy Hindman                                 Alyssa Hendon
Linda Shaw                                       Cecil Lester
Meagan Gibson                                   Ashley Kraemer
Sharon Dulaney                                  Michelle Spires
Mattie Belle Johnson                           Maxie Worthington
Rhonda Gray                                    Janet Dingle
Sarah McCombs                                 Nancy Nix
Ben Weaver                                      Tommy Earley
Teresa Parker                                    Cynthia Brown
Deborah Barrett                                  Nancy Wester
Martha Palmer                                    Sheila Angel
Eddard Graves                                    Debbie Berry
Stacy Wise                                         Tina Blodgett
Shirley Irwin                                        Linda Smith
Mary Frances Garrett

Congratulations To Our Grand Prize Winners

Ava Rainey: She receives a Vacation,  Oil Change/ Rotation/ Alignment From Adam Zuker, 1/2 Dozen Roses from Bussey’s, Birdhouse from Bradford’s, Gift Gifts to Sugar Rush, Petro’s

Kenneth Maddox: he receives a Vacation, Oil Change from Cedartown Automotive, 1/2 Dozen Roses from Bussey’s, Gift Cards to Bradfords, Sugar Rush, Zorba’s

Congratulations to the following DECA members for winning awards at region competition:

Maribel Nunez        1^st place Hotel and Lodging Marketing

Taylor Novinger      1^st place Food Marketing

Uriel Rangel             1^st place Business Services

Zach Parish              1^st place Automotive Marketing

Alexis Robinson       1^st place Apparel and Accessories Marketing

Sandra Cruz             1^st place Restaurant Management

Callie McDonald     1^st place Principles of Business Administration

Erin Jiminez              2^nd place Retail Merchandising

Hannah Aaron        2^nd place Marketing Management

Leo Rodriquez         2^nd place Quick Serve Restaurant Marketing

Victoria McGinnis   2^nd place Human Resources Management

Mary Beth Tillery    3^rd place Apparel and Accessories Marketing

Griffin Whitfield     3^rd place Accounting

Cedartown High School DECA has now won the region championship for the third time in four years… Congratulations!!!!!!!

Toyota is recalling more than 1 million vehicles over faulty airbags and windshield wipers. The airbag control issue affects about 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix cars sold in 2003 and 2004. The windshield wiper issue affects some 270,000 Lexus IS models sold between 2006 and early 2012.

The Cedartown Recreation Department girls fast-pitch softball sign-ups will begin on Feb. 4.

Registration will be held Feb. 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 14. Sign-ups during the weekdays will be from 5-8 p.m. and sign-ups on Saturday, Feb. 9 will be from 10 a.m. until noon at the Northwest Park gym. The registration fee is $50.

Late registration will be held Feb. 18, 19 and 21 from 5-8 p.m., and the fee will be $55.

Anyone interested in coaching youth softball will be required to attend a meeting on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 12:30 p.m. at the Northwest Park gym.

No child will be turned down from playing. If they are unable to pay, they will be given a fundraiser item in lieu of payment.

For additional information, call 770-748-7783.

A strong cold front will pass through Georgia tomorrow; as it approaches, instability and wind shear will be sufficient to support the development of scattered to numerous thunderstorms, particularly in the afternoon and evening hours.

Some storms may be severe. The primary threats will be damaging winds, frequent lightning, and heavy rain. Isolated tornadoes are also possible.

A corrections officer and a sergeant were stabbed during a fight around 1:00 a.m. Sunday involving an inmate at Hays State Prison, Trion. One of the officers was stabbed with a home made knife “shank” outside the dormitory. The other was stabbed while he came to help. Over the past month, four inmates have died, three of those deaths have been homicides according to the Ga. Department of Corrections.

Al Qaeda’s number 2 man in Yemen died from wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack. Saeed al-Shihri, a Saudi national, who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay was wounded then fell into a coma. Officials say it is not clear when he actually died.

Former State Senator Chip Rogers will earn $150,000 a year for his new job as executive director of job creation at Ga. Public Broadcasting. The move to hire Rogers is controversial since the governor asked state agencies to cut $550 million from their budgets.

The Tennessee Aquarium is being sued for $1.5 million. William Lloyd Graham and Rebekah Condra said they were riding a waverunner when the River Gorge Explorer caused them to capsize. The accident happened in August when the boat approached them at a high speed causing them to capsize. They received severe injuries. The suit says the boat knew they had capsized but didn’t stop to help.

Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison joined a number of sheriffs across the nation who are against President Barack Obama’s stricter gun control measures. Garrison said in a letter that his job is to enforce state laws and the president has no authority to order the county sheriff to do anything. Garrison said he will “not enforce any laws or regulations that negate the constitutional rights of the citizens of Cherokee Co.” Garrison says he is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment.