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County water discussed
Canadyne of Georgia along with
Mark Gatlin of Tribble & Richard¬
son were on hand at thee meeting
to discuss running a water main
from Fort Valley to Powersville.
Under the terms of a federal
settlement involving polluted wat¬
er in wells near the old Powersville
landfill, Cnandyne ofGeorgia will
cover the expense of running a
4-inch main to Powersville.
Mr. Gatlin has been discussing
several options with the Fort
Valley Utilities Commission and
Powersville theCounty for providing water to
from Fort Valley.
Those options include the possibil¬
ity to provide fire protection
and/or a back-bone for a county¬
wide water system.
The Fort Valley Utilities Comm
ision, Gatlin noted, has already
expressed an interest in running a
water mam Powersville by
offering to provide the labor if the
county would purchase the suppl
tes.
Mr. Gatlin presented to the
commissioners a cost estimate for
running either a 10-tnch main or a
12-inch main to Powersville. A
10-inch line would only provide for
fire protetion while a 12-inch line
would provide the backbone for a
county wide water system.
by Jarrett K. Reagan
“In the future, the driving issue
in growth in the State depends on
water, or the lack of...Peach
(County) is positioned strategica¬
lly—better positioned than those
(counties) above (north) of the Fall
Line,”—Mark Gatlin, from the
engineering firm of Tribble ft
Richardson, Inc. stated.
I * If (Peach) County were to
posture itself for growth with
water and sewer, the more attract¬
ive it would be to future industri¬
es, ”-Ray Holiifield President and
Chief Executive Officer of the
Peach County Chamber of Comm¬
erce.
44 We (Peach County Commisss
ion) have been talking about
county water for quite some
time...Let’s put a system in that
will be there,’’-Gleenwood Hill,
Chairman of the Peach County
Commission.
All of these comments, and
more, were made during a discus¬
sion at the regualr meeting of the
Peach County Commission Tues¬
day night, January 23, concerning
the problem of providing water to
some 18-19 Powersville resdients.
Joseph T Surowieze of Allied
Engineering who is representing
Young
vandals
arrested
An investigation by the Fort
Valley Police Department into a
recent rash of vandalism has
resulted in the arrest of four
juveniles. The offenders, all
under the age of 17, have been
turned over to juvenile authorities.
In accordance with Georgia law,
their names cannot be published.
Detective Sgt. Mickey Barfield
said Monday that three of the
juveniles are charged with a
break-in and vandalism last week
at the Fort Valley Middle School.
On Jan. 16, between six and seven
p.m., the three entered the school
and caused over $2400 worth of
damage, breaking windows and
vandalizing a number of rooms,
including the kitchen, gymnasium
and auditorium.
Barefield said that after leaving
the school, the trio passed Valley
Athletic on Knoxville Street, and
one of them broke a window there
with a rock.
Two of these three, and a fourth
young man, are charged with
vandalism at the A.J. Evans
Marketing warehouse on Commer
ical Heights. On Sunday, January
14, they entered this building and
caused a great deal of damage,
estimated at $6400.
All four were placed in the
custody of local juvenile authoriti
es.
Cub Scouts
selling tickets
Your local Cub Scouts are
currently selling tickets to the
March 24 Annual Scout Show in
Macon, in order to raise funds for
their pack. will be held in
The show
Macon's Central City Park, from 9
a.m. until 6 p.m. on that day. It
will feature live action and Scout¬
ing demonstrations from the Sco
uts of the Central Ga. Council.
Ray reports from the
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Since Canadyne will cover the
cost for a 4-inch line, the County,
or some other source, would need
to fund the increased expense of
running a larger line. According
to Mr. Gatlin, the estimated cost
of a 10-inch line would be $445,000
or about $264,000 over the $181,
000 expense for the 4-inch line.
The cost of the 12-line would be
$513,000 with $332,000 needing to
be funded by the county.
Mr, Gatlin also pointed out to
the commissioners that the actual
cost of installing a larger main
could be cheaper depending upon
the price of the pipe at the time it
is purchased.
* V I have taken the liberty to be
extremely conservative in my
estimate...PVC pipe prices have
been on a roller coaster ride for
several years. Presently the prices
are extremely low,” he stated in a
letter to the Commission.
Presently, the cost of the pipe is
$7.00 per itrlear foot, but Mr.
Gatlin based Ids estimate on a cost
of $9.00 per linear foot-the
estnuatetTcosTof he pip' in Fall of
1990. He pointer at that if the
county were to purchase the pipe
now, it could save an additional
$50,000 on a 12-inch line.
Chairman Hill noted that if the
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Dianne Adams Jackson, 33, of 1103 E. Churcn
St. in Fort Valley died Wednesday, January 24,
from injuries sustained in an automobile acci
dent on E. Church St. when her 1985 Chevrolet
Cavalier apparently crossed the center line in
to the path of an oncoming 1977 White tractor
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Present senior center on Miller Street
City applying for grant
Support needed
fo r new center
county were to agree to help fund
installation of a larger main
to Powersville, that the county
should be put in system capable of
expansion to take on new custome¬
rs.
Ray Holiifield, President and
CEO of the Peach County Chamb¬
er of Commerce, advised the
commissioners that, from an indu¬
strial standpoint, those communi¬
ties and counties who have an
excess capacity in utilities, such as
water and sewer, attract industry
and growth.
To further expand on Mr.
HoIIifield’s comments, Mr. Gatlin
noted that Peach County is
strategically located just south of
the Fall Line to have an excess in
water. According to Mr. Gatlin,
Peach County has an unlimited
supply of ground water that can be
tapped for water systems while
those communities north of the
Fall Line, such as Macon and
Atlanta, are dependent upon
rivers and reservoirs to sustain
their water systems.
A meeting between the County
Commissioners and the Fort Vall
Utilities Commission will be held
today at 10:00 a.m. to further
the possibilities of a
wide water system.
by Jarrett K. Reagan
44 The needs are there...We
want the community to become
involved in the center,” stated
Mrs. Betty Raines, Serviced Direc¬
tor for the Middle Georgia Older
Americans Council.
Fort Valley Mayor C.W. “Pe
te” Peterson is currently working
with Mrs. Raines and the Mid-Ga
OAC in reference to a request
Mayor Peterson recently sent to
the Regional Development Comm¬
ittee for a Community Block Grant
in order to build a new senior
center for Peach County.
Mrs. Raines noted tht Fort
Valley will be competing with
other communities for the grant.
44 The key to obtaining the
grant,” she notes, “is community
support.
According to Mrs. Raines, she
and supporters of the new senior
center will be going to businesses,
churches, civic leaders, and advis
ing local governmental bodies of
their need to prove that the
'community, as a whole, sunnorts
construction of a new center.
A suitable site will be located for
the new center, Mrs. Raines
noted. The site will be chosen for
its easy accessibility by the total
elderly community and it will be
made accessible to the handicapp
ed.
Mrs. Raines and the center
manager, Imojean Mobley, both
hope that the new center will have
an on-site kitchen. Presendy,
meals for the residents and for the
Meals on Wheels program are
shipped to the center from Adanta
on a daily basis. The food vendor
from Atlanta, they noted, has
notified them of a substantial
increase in meal cost-prices have
increased by approximately $12,
ooo per year. Therefore, advanta¬
ges of an on-site kitchen would
include cheaper costs for meal
preparation to the center as well as
more and beuer meals.
Another need, Mrs. Mobley
stated, is transportation. The
center now has one 15-passenger
van used to transport elderly
citizens to the doctor’s office, on
shopping trips, to and from the
center, and many other places.
The van is also used to deliver the
Meals on Wheels to eldery citiz
ens
of an Edcouch, TX address. Rescue workers
worked for several minutes with the “Jaws of
Life” rescue equipment cutting Mrs. Jackson
from her automobile, (above) She was
transported directly to the Medical Center of
Central Georgia in Macon where she died a
few hours later. PHOTO BY JARRETT REAGAN
Tucker is Golden
74 Helmet recipient.
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Presently, the center is located
on Miller Street in Fort Valley.
The average age of elderly persons
who utilitze the center is from
70-80 years old. The center does
not charge any fee for the elderly
to use the center; however, Mrs.
Mobely noted, they do ask the
residents to donate some money
back t0 the center . Most donate j 5
or $10 per month to the center.
The senior center serves all of
Peach County, Fort Valley, and
Byron. They provide transportat¬
ion for the elderly and telephone
reassurance to some 84 people
daily. Those 84 people are called
on a daily basis to offer services
and check on their needs.
44 Sometimes that is the only
contact they have with this offi¬
ce,” Mrs. Mobley said.
Nutrition and Educational prog
rams are also offered by various
fhoppmg groups through the center, for
trips are planned
citizens. An elderly legal aid
service is offered by various
lawyers who confer with residents
on any legal problems that they
may have. Counseling, adult
education classes, receational and
exercise programs are also some
of the many services provided by
the center.
it We (the senior center) are
here anytime they (the elderly)
need us. (All they have to do) is
pick up the phone and call us, M
Mobley stated,
Local elderly citizens who utili¬
ze the center will be traveling with
Mrs. Mobley and Mrs. Raines to
Atlanta on February 14 to lobby
for the new Senior Center and a
telephone connection between By
ron and Fort Valley.
Mrs. Raines once again stresses
the importance of community
support in obtaining a new senior
center. According to her, a
support group in Perry recently
raised over $60,000 for a new
senior center. \ new senior center
in Warner Robins is now under
construction and elderly residents
in Jones County are now living in
their new center-all thanks to
community support.
Any individual church, civic group, club,
or who is interested in
helping to support the new senior
center can contact Imojean Mobl¬
ey, Center Manager, at 825-3480.
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