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CHATTOOGA COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL HOLDS REGULAR MEETING
Genie Herndon, Sue Elliott, Angie Robinson, Teresa Temples
Service Groups Outline Duties
The Homebound program
at Floyd College, Rome, pro
vides f};mily services to eight
Northwest Georgia counties,
including Chattooga County,
according to the director of the
;érogram. She spoke to the
hattooga Community Action
Council (formerly Interagency
Council) last Thursday at the
M&M Cafeteria, Summerville.
Focus of the program,
which serves 15 families in
each county, is to look at the
entire fami{y system and pro
vide needed services, said
Angie Robinson. The 16-year
old effort helps educate
mothers and their children and
shows the mother how to teach
her child, she added.
TURNOVER
Teresa Temples is the
caseworker in Chattooga, Ms.
Robinson said. slthough tur
nover is about 50 percent an
nually, Homebound often
works with some families for
three and four years, she
added.
The program receives refer
rals from its clients, the direc
tor noted. It is community
oriented and it seeks to connect
families with support pro
grams other than Homebound.
PROSYNC
Genie Herndon, recruiter
and trainer for Pro Sync, a pro
fessional management, train
ing and consulting firm, also
addressed the CAC and ex
plained how Pro Sync provides
custom job training for area
residents. It works only with
those eligible through the Jobs
Training Partnership Act
(JTPA), she noted.
~ Propsective private enter
prise employees spend the first
week of training in the
Jobless
Benefits
Drop
Considerably fewer
unemployment benefit checks
were written to Chattooga
Countians in September than
in August, according to the
Georgia De[)artment of Labor.
A total of 720 checks
valued at $96,668 was written
last month, compared to 1,034
checks valued at $141,058 writ
ten in August. A total of 328
checks valued at $328,000 was
filed in September, 1987.
The number of jobless
claims filed by Chattooga
residents also dipped in
Setptember, compared with a
reference week in August, said
John Ard of the Labor
Department.
CLAIMS
A total of 162 claims was
filed during the reference week
ending Sept. 17, while 229
claims were filed during the
reference week ending Aug. 13,
Ard noted.
Of the claims in September,
80 were textile-related.
However, the Labor De%art
ment official said, 45 of those
were emf)loyer-filed, meanin
that the layoffs were expectefi
to be tems)orary. A total of 116
textile claims was filed in
August, 82 of them
employer-filed.
The number of jobless
claims in the construction in
dustry remained almost un
changed, down from 26 to 25 in
September. Durable manufac
turing claims dipped from 17 in
Aqgust to 11 last month, Ard
said.
Service industry unemploy
ment claims fell from 24 in
August to 12 in September
whi%clal the 20 wholesale-retail
claims filed in August remain
ed unchanged last month, Ard
said. .
The state as a whole issued
fewer jobless checks last
month than it did in August,
said Ard.
classroom and the second week
on on-the-job training. About
95 percent of those applying in
Chattooga are placed on jobs,
Ms. Herndon indicated, and 76
percent remain on the job after
16 weeks. . ManK Pro Sync
trainees go to work for Mount
Vernon Mills, Best Manufac
turing Co. and Harriet &
Henderson Yarns Inc., she
said.
Pro Sync, which has opened
an office on West Washington
Avenue in Summerville, wants
to become more involved in the
community, she said.
CLOTHES PANTRY
Meanwhile, Sue Elliott,
president of CAC, said the
group is seeking more
volunteers and a new donated
location for its community
clothing pantry. The current
location has no heat and little
security, she noted.
Interested donors may con
tact her at the Chattooga Ser
vices office at 857-3641. The
clothing pantry is co-sponsored
by the %AC and the Cfiattooga
Department of Family and
Children Services.
Randy Gayler and Mrs.
Elliott also expressed apprecia
tion to the community for
assistance in restocking the
community emergency food
pantry.
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Fire Ants Revving Up
With Cooler Weather
Fire ants were forgotten
pests in Chattooga County dur
ing the hot, dry summer
months when colonies of the
vengeful insects were all but
dormant because of the heat
and lack of moisture in the
ground,
This lack of energy chang
ed with the late summer rains
and cooler weather. These two
things have brought fire ants
swarming back, guildin and
rebuilding their higfi-rise
mounds many places around
Chattooga County.
WEATHER
As the weather gets colder
there will be less activity in the
ant hills and the fire ants will
dig deeper into the ground,
said Ted Clark, Chattooga
County Extension director.
But right now the mounds can
be very active, he said.
According to the head of
the Georgia Extension Service
entomology department, Don
Canerday, there is no reason to
panic about the seeming
growth in fire ant hills. ““The
return of the creatures of the
backyard dunes is largely an il
lusion,” he said. “To a very
large degree the ‘resurgence’ is
cosmetic.”
Fire ant numbers in Chat
toog}z]a haven't exploded as
much as the ants that have
always been there have become
more active and visible, Caner
day said.
BAD NEWS
Nevertheless, more active
fire ants are bad news for Chat
tooga Countians. Fire ant
stings can fester and remain in
flamed and painful for days.
The ants often swarm onto peo-
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ple or animals that venture too
close to their nests and inflict
many stings at once. And their
massive mounds often damage
mowers and farm equipment.
But the weather that trig
gered the increased fire ant ac
tivity of recent weeks will also
soon reduce their activity. That
presents problems to people
trying to get rid of them.
EXTERMINATED
Clark said that the cooler
fall weather makes the ants ac
tive, and the ants need to be ac
tive if they are going to be
thoroughly destroyed.
“It's HKe the di%erence bet
ween putting poison on a plant
in the fall or tfie spring. In the
fall it’s in a natural state of
decline, and poison won't do it
much harm,” Clark said. The
spring is also the best time to
get rid of fire ants, he said.
“You don't do very well by
trying to dig them up. There
are granulated baits, insec
ticides, and drenches that will
do the job.”” Diazinon,
Dursban, and Orthane all work
well, he said.
READ DIRECTIONS
Many of the treatments
work best after the soil has
warmed to 60 or 70 degrees.
Those who choose to get rid of
their fire ants should remember
to read the directions of the
poison they are using, he said.
People think that “If a lit
tle does a lot, then a little more
will do twice as much,” he said,
but it doesn’'t work that way.
Following the directions is
your best bet, Clark said.
Because colder tempera
tures will soon drive the ants
farther underground, Chat-
tooga Countians may choose to
wait to exterminate them until
spring, except in high-risk
areas, where people are more
likely to be stung.
Fish Fry
On Nov. 5
The Subliflna Fire
Department wi sPonsor
its annual fish fry on
Saturday, Nov. 5, at the
fire hall.
Political candidates are
invited to the event, which
will begin at 11 a.m.
Catfish plates and
barbecued pork plates will
be availabf:.) A cakewalk
will also be featured.
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