GED testing, classes starting
ROCK SPRING, Ga. – The Youth Success Academy at Georgia Northwestern Technical College will begin accepting applications and testing today through Sept. 28 for GED and job-readiness classes that begin Oct. 1.
High-school dropouts ages 16-21 who qualify can earn a GED and receive other specialized services to further their career training and help them find jobs. Students ages 19-21 who earn GEDs through the program may be eligible for a full college scholarship, according to a news release.
For more information, call GNTC’s Youth Services Academy at 706-764-3783.
Farriers meeting set for Oct. 12-13
LAFAYETTE, Ga. – Everything equine is on the agenda for the Brotherhood of Working Farriers Association’s annual convention Oct. 12-13 in Villanow, Ga.
Speakers and vendors, product demonstrations, equine massage and dentistry and more are scheduled, along with an awards banquet and inductions into the Hall of Fame.
Admission is free, and the public is invited. To get there, take Interstate 75 to exit 320, then go west on state Highway 136 for 12 miles to Villanow.
For more information, call 706-397-8047; email info@bwfa.net; visit www.bwfa.net or find the association on Facebook.
Revamp planned at Cherokee site
CALHOUN, Ga. – Volunteers are planning to help fix up the former national capital of the Cherokees.
The New Echota Historic Site will be open on Sept. 29 for volunteer work projects. Admission will be free for tours.
The Cherokee Legislature established New Echota in 1825. From their capital, Cherokee leaders resisted relinquishing their remaining lands to Georgia. The legal battle reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pilot killed in plane crash
CEDAR BLUFF, Ala. – A Huntsville man was killed near Cedar Bluff when his single-engine seaplane clipped power lines and crashed into Weiss Lake.
Cherokee County Sheriff Joe Shaver told The Anniston Star that William P. Shaver, 66, no relation to sheriff, was attempting the land the seaplane in a cove near Riverside Campground on Saturday morning.
North Alabama plane crash kills 2
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Madison County authorities say two people were killed when a plane crashed at the Moontown Airport east of Huntsville.
Officials said the single-engine plane went down about 3:20 p.m. Sunday. WAAT-TV reported the airport was hosting its annual Moontown Grass Field Fly-In when the crash occurred.