Area News

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor What started as a hobby for golf enthusiast Nathan Frazier became a business after a little push from a friend. Frazier learned to repair golf clubs as a teenager, but he didn’t start his business, Scenic City Clubworks, until November 2022. “I’ve been repairing clubs for friends for years because…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Adam Moore had the idea to build a food court made up of food trucks after visiting a “food truck garden” in Pensacola, Fla. He said, “We’ve been to several food truck parks and enjoyed the food and atmosphere. We wanted to have something in Trenton that would bring together…

The Dade County Board of Education at its regularly scheduled monthly meeting approved Ms. Melissa Valtierra as principal at Dade Elementary School beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. She will succeed Ms. Tracy Blevins, who has done an outstanding job serving the students of DES for the last twelve years. Ms. Blevins and Ms. Valtierra…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor David Reed, a trustee at Rising Fawn United Methodist Church, initiated Rising Fawn Senior Outreach as a way for the church to minister to seniors in the Rising Fawn/South Dade community. While already seeking to care for elderly members of their congregation, the church now wants to expand to any…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Rising Fawn Gardens is hosting its annual Spring Farm Day on April 2, an open farm event for nature lovers to enjoy this beautiful retreat at the southern end of Dade County. According to the farm’s website, they are “devoted to protecting the land, farming sustainably, and building an enduring…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Special Agent Daniel Nicholson from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation joined Citizen’s Academy on March 21 to explain the work of GBI, highlighting GBI’s three divisions: investigations, forensic science, and Georgia Crime Information Center. GBI is a request agency, meaning their help must be requested by sheriffs, district attorneys, chiefs…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Dade Middle School students Keli McMath and Kyla McMahan created a business along with their Crafty Classroom classmates by making and selling beaded crafts, specifically keychains. On March 20, the Alliance for Dade honored their entrepreneurial spirit by awarding them an honorary certificate of membership. Natalie Birchett leads the class.…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor Joseph and Caroline Bello have approached the City of Trenton about installing a baby box in town to provide mothers an anonymous way to safely surrender their infants. The Bello family has attended two city meetings in recent months to speak about the issue and pursue next steps. Baby boxes…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor The March 20 meeting of the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) included information from the Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority (JDA). President and CEO Jeff Mullis and Project Manager Spencer Hogg of the JDA attended to update Dade’s IDA about development across our region. Several members of Dade’s board recently completed…

By LYDIA BERGLAR News Editor For nearly a decade, students from Iowa State University (ISU) have traveled to Cloudland Canyon State Park on their spring break to work in the park. This year, 12 students drove over 800 miles to help with trail restructuring and handrail repair. The university offers a program called ISU Alternative…