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ulhE Ceaiier-Sribune
Volume No. 95. No. 2
County Still Considering
Bond Issue For
The Peach County Board of Com
missioners took another careful step
Tuesday in studying whether to ask for
$500,000 bond issue for the Peach
County Hospital.
Hospital Authority Chairman Julius
Simmons and Administrator George
Karahalis met with the commissioners
Tuesday morning, January 13, and
answered more questions about the
needs of the hospital.
Before the meeting was over
Commission Chairman Hal Peavy
criticized Hospital Corporation of
America (the firm that is managing the
hospital) saying that the company lias
not provided the assistance necessary might
in determining what the returns
be if the county makes an additional
capital investment at the hospital. "If
we spend x-number of dollars, what
Grading For High School
Baseball Field Approved
The Peach County Commissioners
have agreed to do the grading work on
the site of the new baseball field for
Peach County High School. Or rather
the commissioners agreed to give Com
missioncr Donnie Doles authority to
make the final decision when he
reviews with Superintendent of Sc hools
Ernest Anderson the amount of work
that needs to be done on the site.
Superintendent Anderson met with
the commissioners Tuesday morning.
January 13, and asked for their help in
preparing the site just north of the high
school. Anderson said that the school s
baseball team is now playing on an in
adequate field on Preston Street
behind Woolfoik Chemical Works.
Commission Chairman Hal Peavy
asked Anderson how many yards of dirt
would have to be moved The
superintendent said he would check
with surveyor Tom Futral for an
estimate. The commissioners all agreed
to approve the work providing Doles
was satisfied that the county could do
the work along with its other obliga
turns Doles said, "Now is the time to
do it while it is dry "
Almost at the same time the com
misstoners were discussing the
ballficld, they learned from Anderson
that the Department of Transportation
engineers were readv to do their work
on the driveways at the Byron Elcmen
tary School "Go ahead and drive
stakes, aid Doles. The county had
previously agreed to do the grading
to provide the base for the driveway at
the new school. The school board
to do the curbing and guttering.
It was late last week that
Peeler Wins In Byron
Bill Peeler edged out Donnie Rich
and Jimnv. Walker in the Byron special
do non to fill the unexpired city
touncil term of Bobby Fvridge
With a light voter turnout, Peeler
received 165 votes to Walker's 97 and
Rich's 12 Only 274 of Byron's 765
registered voters participated in the
election
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ATTORNEY DON LAMBRETH, right , administers the oath of office to
newly-elected mayor, Felder Frederick III at the January meeting of the
Marshallville City Council. City Clerk-Treasurer Mrs. Helen Van Ostran
(center) views the ceremony. Frederick was unopposed in his bid for the
mayoral position which Mayor Rachel Bickley did not choose to pursue for
another term. See related stories on Page 2. photo by Vicky Me
Home Owned And Operated For Ninety Years
Fort Valley, Peach County, Ga., January 15. 1981
will the returns be," asked Peavy of
Karahalis The administrator promised
that he would get this information from
the company.
The commissioners had asked
Karahalis to detail all the outstanding
debts the hospital owes. Counting a
shortage in a contingency fund, that
amount is now $800,000.
Peavy pointed out that the current
debts are mostly short-term in nature.
He wondered aloud if the hospital can
“support these payments". "1 have a
gut feeling that if we don't do
something, the hospital won't make
it," he said Peavy said that financing
substantial improvements at the
hospital now may ward off financial
disaster later.
Karahalis said that recruiting
Transportation Commissioner Tom
Moreland announced authorization for
a county contract for the paving of the
driveway at the school
Anderson told the commissioners
[hat the driveway work needed to be
done before the grading is done on the
baseball field
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Hal Peavy
Peavy Elected Chairman
As then first order of business Tues
day, Janduary 12, 1981, the members
of the Peach County Board of Commis
sioners re-elected Hal Peavy as their
chairman
Serving lor their first time were new
ly elected members Annie Rumph and
W. L. Brown
After the elec tion Peeler stated that
he was elated over winning, >ut
disappointed in the light voter turnout.
Peeler said that he was looking
forward to working with the Hymn
Council “I hope we have a harmonious
relationship, and in turn hope relationship the city
council has a harmonious
with the citizens of Byron, he said
doctors is the key to paying
hospital’s obligations. He said that he
has reviewed some 25-30 resumes of
doctors and has hosted three doctors
who visited here.
Commissioner W. L. Brown asked if
a new doctor would be worth more than
new equipment at the hospital. ‘‘What
would it take to recruit a new doctor?"
Brown asked.
In other business Tuesday morning,
the commissioners approved without
delay a request for $350 from the
American Camellia Society Dr Daniel
Nathan explained ihat the U.S. Postal
Service is planning a celebration in
Fort Valley on April 23 for the first day
of issue of a new stamp cornmemorat
ing the camellia. Dr, Nathan said that
the society is trying to raise $3,000 for
a dinner to be held at the society's
headquarters. recommended
Commissioner Doles
approval for the request saying that
this is 1 ‘recognition in a positive way’ ’
The commissioners also heard
Family and Childrens Service Director
Nancy Watson tell about her
department’s hope for moving into new
quarters by July 1, 1981. Mrs. Watson
anc j her boss, Robert Church, said that
fl 1C y hoped to get state approval to
move the Welfare Department to new
offices on East Main Street. They said
[hat Dr. A. I). Brann had made a
proposal to renovate two of his build
ings across from the old truck stop to
suit the department.
Mrs. Warson said that the proposed
headquarters would put this depart
ment within easy walking distance of
about 50 per cent of the clients the
department serves
The commissioners agreed to move
the office equipment and furniture
from the courthouse if the state
approves the move. After much
discussion, they also approved a
payment "not to exceed" $1,000 to
move and install telephone equipment.
"1 do hope you luck,” said Com
missioner Doles of the proposed move.
The county now receives $2,200 per
year from the department of Human
Resources as rent for the use of the
offices in the courthouse. The proposed
rent at the new beadquartei s would be
$32,000 per year.
Olen Reid came to the commission
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pointed out that rhar he he was was naviiuz paying much much
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“X commissioners said they would
ask the Tax Assessors to review Reid’s
tax bill They explained that they had
no power to change a tax rate
Commissioner Dave Carter told Reid,
"A> least it did you good to come and
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' also rejected a
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commissioners , qg2
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Sponsor DA
Candidate
Forum
The Citizenship Education Com
mission will sponsor a “Meet the
Candidates" forum on January 21,
1981, in the Trinity Baptist Church
annex. Invited to attend are the five
candidates who have qualified for the
post of district attorney in the special
election to be held January 27, 1981.
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Fire Truck
Delayed
The home of Peter Fogg off Buckeye Road in
Peach County , was severely damaged by fire just
before noon on Friday. January 9. It was determin
ed that the fire was started by a heater in the cen
tral portion of the home. Though the fire was
restricted to the area around and above the heater,
the entire house received extensive smoke and
water damage. Most of the contents of the house
were removed by firemen and saved from serious
damage. The fire department's arrival was
somewhat belated after the engine in the first
tanker (right) that was sent to the fire threw a rod
enroute to the fire. A second truck was immediate
ly dispatched, and arrived several long, precious
minutes later,
photos by Jay
Utilities Commission Approves
Contest And Buys Equipment
nc Fori Valley IMiric, Commission
voted Monday nigh,, January department. 12, »
buy a new backhoe for the
The lowest bid, that from Crawford
f Equipment Company for
accepted
U,doles Direr,.,, Fred Srmkey mid
(he commissioners that he recom
mended they purchase the Case
machine. Sankey provided quotes from
two other companies for the
commissioners to consider. In discus
‘’ing the merits of the equipment for
which bids had been submitted, the
commissioners were apparently
swayed by Water Superintendent John
Harmon’s recommendations.
Sankey also told the commissioners
that the equipment could be paid for by
using the funds from the state which
' for the
will be a reimbursement
commission’s work in relocating the
natural gas lines on U. S. 341 North.
Sankey told the commissioners that
Fort Valley's part of the work had all
been paid for and that the
reimbursement money would be free
and clear,
The commissioners also agreed to
sponsor a contest for the design of a
new logo (shortened form of logotype:
a distinctive signature or trademark)
for the Utilities Commission. Commis
sioner Frank Spearman suggested the
contest as a means of including any
ideas from the city’s utility customers.
Spearman suggested , a prize of $50, , but
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discussion. c ogo s mu , r t
co]wrfu] and symbolic of the work and
services slon sa,d Pf^med Spearman. by Those the commis- services
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us. Let us have your answers back as
soon as possible so we can try to incor
porate your suggestions and make the
improvements,
What you think does make a dif
ference. Won’t you let us hear from
you?
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and was, ewaler (sewage), questioned
Mayor Rudolph Carson all
the cost of putting the new logo on
commission vehicles. Utilities Com
mission Chairman Claude Lawson said
........did no, think .he cos, would be
prohibitive. Lawson encouraged the of
contest as a "public relations” effort
the commission.
In other business Monday mgbt, the
commissioners agreed to put $3,233.55
which came to the city into a special
refund account. Chairman Lawson
asked the commissioners to approve
putting this amount into the refund
account and also to give permission for
the administrative staff to put future
refunds of a similar size into the same
account “in order to keep from having
to hold it waiting for instructions’ ’.
Lawson explained after the meeting
that this refund was from Southern
Natural Gas, the city’s supplier. This
particular refund is a part of a rate-hike
that was not approved by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Law-
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The Fort Valley Utilities Commis
sion is sponsoring a contest for the
purpose of selecting a new logo or
symbol for the commission, The
winner of the contest will receive
$100 from the commission for the
design. logo should be colorful and
“The
symbolic of the work and services
performed by the commission," said
Frank Spearman in outlining the
purpose of the contest Monday night
at the commission meeting. The
services include electricity, namral
gas, water and wastewater (sew
age). restricted the
The contest is to
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son said that whenever a refund is put
into the special account, the com
missioners would be notified of the
transaction in the minutes,
The commissioners agreed to re
affirm their policy of not extending gas
lines "beyond » fee, of the gas
mains”. The commissioners beefed up
the policy by saying that there “will be
no exceptions .
When the commissioners discussed
a current request for water and sewer
service at the new recreation complex
near Warwick Field, Director Sankey
explained that the commissioners had
previously approved this project,
Sankey said that he would work with
Recreation Director Tom Sternloff in
outlining what had been agreed with
Stcrnloffis predecessor, Joe Bell
flower.
It was at the Monday night meeting
that Mayor Rudolph Carson announced
that the city has obtained commitments
f rom t he Peach County Chamber of
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customers of the Fort Valley Utilities
Gimmission. The commission
serves not only the people in and
around fort Valley, but also north to
Roberta. Musella ~nd Culloden.
The complete details of the
contest are carriedon an announce
ment elsewhere in this issue. The
contest will end at 1:30 p.m. on
February 20, 1981.