Police, coroner ID dead woman

The woman found in a tent in Rockmart is identified as Lisa Dawn Wisener, 47.

ROCKMART — Police and Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier both confirmed the identity of a woman who was found dead in a tent behind a grocery store.

According to Police Chief Keith Sorrells and Brazier, Lisa Dawn Wisener, 47, of a Rockmart address, was taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Crime lab over the weekend for a further examination.

“We’ll be conducting a complete autopsy,” Brazier said.

Brazier said that he pronounced Wisener dead at 4:40 p.m. after police were called to the scene on Thursday in what he described as a makeshift tentstyle shanty in the woods behind the Ingles Market in Rockmart at the intersection of Highway 101 and Nathan Dean Parkway.

He said his initial examination didn’t reveal any signs of foul play, and that more information would be forthcoming following her autopsy.

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Amateur Radio Field Day coming to Calhoun

CALHOUN — Members of the Cherokee Capital Amateur Radio Society Calhoun will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, Saturday and Sunday at the Gordon County Agricultural Center, 1282 Ga. 53 Spur.

Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This event is open to the public starting at 2 p.m., running through 10 p.m. Saturday and all are encouraged to attend.

For over 100 years, amateur radio — sometimes called ham radio — has allowed people from all walks of life to experiment with electronics and communications techniques, as well as provide a free public service to their communities during a disaster, all without needing a cell phone or the Internet. Field Day demonstrates ham radio’s ability to work reliably under any conditions from almost any location and create an independent communications network. More than 35,000 people from thousands of locations participated in Field Day in 2016.

For more information about Field Day, contact Felton Floyd at 770-324-9859 or visit www.arrl. org/what-is-ham-radio. You may also visit the club’s website at www.k4woc.com to learn more about us.

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