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The Red and Black • Wednesday, October 3, 1990 • 3
Tracy SUnb«rg/The Wed and Black
Improvements underway
Dan Hughes, an employee of Driver Construction Co., works to in
prove handicapped-access between LeConte and Park Halls.
Citizens unite in opposition to landfill
By PATRICK FLANIGAN
Staff Writer
Many Clarke County residents
and business people are screaming
“not in my backyard" this week.
Steve Simms, owner of Simms
Counter Tops, said he can’t believe
someone would want to put a 115-
acre sanitary landfill ofT the At
lanta Highway. And he has a peti
tion full of signatures by people
who can’t believe it either.
“We’ve got to put a stop to that
thing,” Simms said.
Simms’ store is on Trade Street,
which will be the access road to the
proposed dump.
He can’t estimate how many
names are on the petition because
sheets are located in different
stores on the street.
Keith Johnson, Clarke County
zoning and subdivision adminis
trator, said a re-zoning sign was
put up in the area Sept. 26. He had
received over a dozen phone calls
from protesting resident* by the
next afternoon.
The proposal stems from a peti
tion to change the zoning of a dry
landfill on the Atlanta Highway to
a private sanitary landfill, Johnson
said. A dry landfill is for construc
tion waste such as lumber. A sani
tary landfill is for garbage such as
discarded food and clothing.
Coggins Land Co. submitted the
proposal to the Athens-Clarke
County Planning Commission.
Coggins, an Elberton, Ga., com
pany, is working with P.D. Hill
Homes, an Athens company, on
this project.
Jonnson said if the petition for
re-zoning is approved, the opera
tors would be free to contract with
clients from outside Clarke County
for use of the landfill.
Spokesmen from Coggins and
P.D. Homes were unavailable for
comment Tuesday.
The proposal will be considered
Wednesday by the Industrial Re
view Committee. The five-member
committee is comprised of two rep
resentatives from the planning
commission and one each from the
county health department, fire
marshal’s office and the depart
ment of public works.
Johnson said considerations in
clude effects on the environment in
the area, traffic flow, development
potential and property values.
“We don’t usually put sanitary
landfills in residential areas,"
Johnson said. “And this plan bor
ders a subdivision and a trailer
park.”
Crawford Charles, manager of
Clarke County’s public sanitary
landfill, said the county doesn’t
need a another sanitary landfill be
cause the existing facility has room
to handle solid waste for three to
five more years.
In addition, contingency plans
exist for when the public landfill is
full.
“There is the possibility of get
ting a design approved to take the
existing landfill higher,” he said.
“And the county has purchased
land adjacent to the landfill, but
subterranean tests haven’t l*»en
done yet.”
The planning commission also is
considering creating a regu • al
landfill for multi-county use.
The committee will recommend
either approval or disapproval of
the landfill to the Clarke County
Board of Commissioners. The com
missioners will consider the pro
posal Nov. 13.
Action group growing
By DAN POOL
Staff Writer
Citizen Action, an environ
mental-political lobbying group,
has begun a door-to-door campaign
in Clarke County to build support
and membership.
“More than publicity and pro
test, we want to get people
elected,” said Marc Wetherhorn,
the group’s Georgia director.
The group operates by educating
its members about environmental
issues involved in state campaigns
and by lobbying legislators
throughout the year, he said.
Wetherhorn, a former legislative
assistant for Georgia Sen. Wyche
Fowler, said the strong outdoor
tradition in Georgia, including
hunting and fishing, provides a
natural base for the group to begin
building support.
The group hopes to make a dif
ference immediately, but it may
take longer to influence gubernato
rial and senatorial races, he said.
According to recent figures, Cit
izen Action has over 3 million
members in 30 states nationwide,
and has recruited over 8,000 mem
bers since March when its office
opened in Georgia.
The group’s ultimate goal is to
get environmentalists elected to
local, state and national offices,
Wetherhorn said.
“It’s easier to lobby someone who
cares about the issues,” he said.
Charles Bullock, a University
political science professor, said it
would be possible for the group to
be effective in certain areas, but
Bullock is doubtful about gaining
widespread environmental sup
port.
He said economically upscale
areas like Clarke County, Atlanta
and Augusta suburbs are arens in
which Citizen Action is likely to
find support.
‘Those people (living in economi
cally upscale areas) are more con
cerned about environmental
policies,” he said.
However, many areas where
new environmental regulations
would hurt the tax base — ham
pering new industry or new
housing — won’t lx* supportive of
environmental groups, Bullock
said.
The group also will face tough
challenges in areas where the
economy is dependent on pulp wood
or kaolin mines, he said.
Any students interested in be
coming more involved with Citizen
Action can call (404) 240-0376.
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GERMANY
From page 1
nification when it’s had to cut it’s
educational benefits to student*.
"It’s r.n investment,” Neuhnus
said.
“We’ll see,” Gentejohall said.
Tresp said, “It’s very obvious
sacrifices will have to be made on
both sides. Their rail system, tele
phone and radio will all have to be
brought on line. It would be easier
to unite France and West Ger
many.”
He said he hopes international
investors take interest in eastern
Germany internationally.
“Let’s go over there and make
them eat peanut*,” Tresp said.
Richard Timberlake, a Univer
sity economics professor, said, ‘The
real question is how much indi
vidual property rights are going to
be realized, how much collectivism
is going to hang over the economy.
“All this talk about economic
hardships is nonsense if the free
market is left alone,” Timberlake
said.
Economics Professor Dwight Ix»e
said, “Free markets generate
failure, dislocation, and bank
ruptcy; but that’s absolutely nec
essary on the way to wealth.
‘The reason (the United States)
is the wealthiest is because we co
operate through these market sig
nals,” Lee said.
Both agreed that a tentative
move to capitalism and bu
reaucratic restrictions to a free
market could only threaten the
new Germany economy.
Tresp said, “If you are trying to
change things set in place for 45
years, you can’t make the wrench
any less strong.”
QUALIFY
From page 1
of Baxter Street.
Four candidates have qualified
for the 9th District, which is the at-
large district containing the 1st
through 4th districts.
They are Richard Stone, of the
Purchasing and Product Services
Department of the Clarke County
School District; Tom Chasteen, a
general independent insurance
agent; Harry Sims, 1st Ward City
Council member; and Regero
Sampson, AT&T computer systems
territory sales manager.
Tal Duval, retired state director
of the University of Georgia Exten
sion Service, was the only qualified
candidate in the 10th District as of
5 p.m. Tuesday. This district is the
at-large district for the 5th through
the 8th districts.
Dot Barrett, Clarke County
Board of Elections chair, said qual
ifying began at the Board of Elec
tions Monday at 9 a.m. and will
continue until Friday at noon.
According to the unified govern
ment’s charter, qualifications for
CEO include being 21 years old, a
one-year resident in the unified
government’s territory before elec
tion day and remaining in the ter
ritory throughout the term of
office.
The candidate must be a regis
tered voter under the unified gov
ernment and comply with any
other requirements under the lnw.
Low-calorie pet food:
Not to be taken lite-ly
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
The health food craze
sweeping the country has found a
new outlet — low-fat pet food.
Now Penny the pooch and Sey
mour the cat can maintain their
weight by eating low-fat, low-cal
orie pet food manufactured by
major labels such as Rnlston-Pu-
rina and Heinz Pet Food Prod
ucts.
Dr. David Reeves, a veteri
narian with the University Ex
tension Service, said the new
foods are dry and made up of pro
tein sources such as meat and
soybean products.
“Dry food is much better for an
animal because it doesn’t
package a lot of water,” he said.
Water adds to an animal’s
overall body weight, he said.
Semi-moist or moist food pack
aged in a can have a great
amount of water, which can lend
to water retention in some nni-
mals.
“Dry food is also better for an
animal’s teeth because it helps
control tartar on teeth,” Reeves
said.
Dana Gnmmnge, n junior art
major, worked at a veterinarian’s
office in her hometown in Ame-
ricus, Gn., and said she has seen
ninny fat cats in her days there.
Many pet owners
don't realize fat’s
danger to animals.
“1 wondered if they had hor
mone problems or if they just ate
a lot,” she said.
Gam mage said diets for pets
are nothing new to her; the
doctor she worked for preHcrilx»d
many for pets in need.
People think fat animals are
cute, she said, but don’t realize
the excess fat is just ns unhealthy
ns human fat.
Reeves said the line of new
foods may or may not have a
price increase over regular pet
food.
However, sophomore journa
lism major Dawn Price and
owner of a dobermnn named
Bruno said she will buy the prod
ucts anyway.
“If it’s good for my dog, I’ll buy
it,” she said.
The Feed Box Pet Store in
Watkinsville has an entire selec
tion of low-fat foods ranging from
Purina Fit ’n’ Trim to Tasco
Light, said Stephanie McClain,
assistant manager.
‘The trend g(x*s along with the
health craze and people are
buying it,” she said.
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