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Centre Water Quality, Legal Questions May of 2017 the City of Centre’s water board filed suit against a number of carpet and textile companies in the Southeast alleging that collectively they were responsible for polluting the city’s water with harmful chemical compounds.  The suit claims that companies in or around the City of Dalton are responsible. The Alabama Department of Public Health warned the residents of Centre in Cherokee County in May 2017, about unhealthy levels of two synthetic compounds in its water, saying they might consider "using alternate sources of drinking water. Because of the high levels of compounds registered, Centre Water, which pumps water from the Coosa River, started buying water from the Cherokee County Water Authority and blending the two waters in hopes of driving down the PFC numbers. The City continues to test the water and officials are considering installing an added treatment system. Basically the story of compounds reaching the Ci...

By Roger Griffeth Top 10 Realtors in Cherokee County and Etowah County are members of the Etowah/Cherokee Association of Realtors. Each year during the month of December, the "Association" has a Christmas Party to celebrate and announce the winners of the various Association awards.  The awards are based on the real estate sales activity generated by each member during the Association's fiscal year (October 1- November 30).  Here are the results of this year's sales contest: Etowah and Cherokee Counties (Alabama) Top 10 Sales Producers Realtor Sales Brokerage Cathy Griffeth $19,000,000 LakeWeissAlabama.com   Real Estate Services  - Cherokee Wes Sutton $17,000,000 Corporate South Realty - Etowah Betty Greer $14,000,000 Susie Weems Real Estate - Etowah Laura St. Clair $13,000,000 Weiss Lake Realty - Cherokee Karen Godfree ...

By: Roger Griffeth Lake Weiss Recreational Properties What is a recreational property?  I suppose anyone you ask would have a different way to describe "Recreational Property", however, for the purpose of buying and selling real estate around Lake Weiss the following is an attempt to provide an explanation as to how LakeWeissAlabama.com Real Estate Services qualifies "Recreational Property" otherwise know as "Rec Lots" or "Deeded RV Lots". First of all, one must understand that the land mass immediately touching Lake Weiss is under the management of Alabama Power.  Alabama Power owns the 17,850-acre easement surrounding the 30,028-acre reservoir which was constructed in the late 1950's.  As a general rule, the flood easement extends to 572 feet above sea level at some locations around the lake and 578 feet above sea level in other areas.   There are pages of Alabama Power Restrictions that detail what can and cannot be built, or e...

OFFICE MANAGER Kathleen Hello!  My name is Kathleen Sierra and I am the Office Manager at LakeWeissAlabama.com Real Estate Services. Cathy asked me to write BLOG and let everyone know my role here at the office and how I can help both buyers and sellers.     These are my duties: Section 1 Answer the telephone, take messages, and make appointments for Cathy. Send listing information to the multiple listing service for processing.  Deliver information and forms to mortgage companies and closing agents as part of the preparation for closing. Make and deliver copies of public records. Get keys from a client/owner and have keys made. Write and place advertising in newspaper and other forms of publication. Receive and deposit funds to be held in trust for others which include earnest money. Perform company bookkeeping. Place signs on property. Arrange for and oversee repairs. Answer questions about a property as long as the answers are availa...

By Roger Griffeth Property Owners Cherokee County, Alabama October 1, 2016 - September 31, 2017 If you purchased property after October 1, 2016 your 2017 property tax is due before December 31, 2017. Most buyers forget that when they closed on their real estate purchase that the property taxes were pro-rated between the buyer and seller.  The closing agent charged the seller for the time period they owned the property and gave it to the buyer in the form of a credit.   More likely than not the tax bill for 2017 was mailed to the seller and the buyer may have forgot that he/she owes the taxes.  If you haven't paid the property taxes yet, it's time to start inquiring how to go about doing that before December 31st. As information,  The County Revenue Commissioner is not required to mail tax notices and does so only as a courtesy to the taxpayer. You are responsible for the payment of taxes whether you receive a statement or not. If you quali...

 Photos and Article Roger Griffeth I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...the trees are gone! After years of debating Weiss Lake is finally getting face lift. The heavy growth of trees that once lined the causeway between Cedar Bluff and Centre on Hwy 9 are almost, with the exception of a few cedar trees, GONE. Not sure who made the decision to proceed with the project, but I feel it was the right decision at the right time.  For the past 2 weeks work crews have been cutting trees in order to open-up the view of Weiss Lake and boy did it work.   Motorist can now see the expansive mass of water (and stunning sunsets) as they travel through the community on there way to...well, anywhere they happen to be going.  Credit for the coordination of this project goes to the Cherokee County Highway Department, Alabama Highway Department, Alabama Power, and  Whorten Construction.  As a frequent user of this strip of highway, I can personally say they hav...

Posted by Roger Griffeth Enjoy this video of Pelicans at Lake Weiss taken last year (2016).  The lake was down and the bait fish were caught in shallow water just off the main river channel. Once they finished in this direction they crossed over the sand bar and headed back the other direction. This video was taken from our back deck.  Was a site to see! American White Pelicans cooperate when feeding. Sometimes, large groups gather in wetlands. They coordinate their swimming to drive schooling fish toward the shallows. The pelicans can then easily scoop up these corralled fish from the water. American White Pelican