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-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1981
Engineer Says
City Water System
Clearwell Is Needed
By JAY JORDAN
News Editor
“One of the most impor
tant” modifications yet to be
made to the Cumming water
system is a storage tank, the
city council learned at its
May 16 meeting.
Adding the 100,000-gallon
clearwell to the city filter
plant on U.S. Highway 19
would provide enough stor
age capacity to carry the
system through times of
fluctuating demand, engi
neer Jerry Spencer ex
plained. Spencer is from
Southern Engineering, the
city’s consulting firm.
If the city continued to
operate without the clear
well, it would be like “an
antiquated road and a high
speed automobile," Spencer
explained.
The city must anticipate
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Donated As Prize
Uncle Charlie Reid stands here with the 4-by-6 utility trailer he is donating as a prize to
Country Day, Saturday, June 27. The trailer is green and has cedar sides. Someone will either
draw it as a free prize or buy it in an auction. Uncle Charlie is head of Reid's Trailers on U.S.
Highway 19 south of Cumming.
Georgia GOP Party
Has Rare Leadership
Georgia became the only
state in the southeast, and
the sixth state in the nation,
to have its statewide Repub
lican organization headed
professionally by a woman
executive director when
newly-elected GOP State
Chairman Fred Cooper of
Thomasville named Joyce
Carter to the post.
Miss Carter, of Adel, re
signed her position as sales
manager of Del Cook Lum
ber Company and President
of Ten-Four, Inc., a whole
sale lumber business, in or
der to assume the state party
directorship.
Cooper, who during his
campaign for the party lead
ership, reiterated his con
Move mountains.
No one knows exactly when the
highest peak for electric demand will
occur during the hot summer months
But it will happen. And when it does,
that peak will set the scale for the
rates you pay for electricity during
the next year.
Typically, peak demand occurs on
hot weekday afternoons between
noon and 8 p.rri. when outside
temperatures hit 88 degrees or
higher. The trick is to keep the peak
from climbing too high, so that elec
tric rates can be kept as low as
increasing water demand.
When the existing clearwell
runs dry, then the city will
realize it needs a larger one,
Spencer said.
Spencer’s comments were
part of his program of possi
ble water system additions
for the council. The council
only listened and took no
action.
Spencer also recom
mended the city stop using
the old storage tanks on
Ridge Road and that it con
nect the low pressure water
system in that area into the
newer high pressure system
in the rest of the city. This
could be accomplished eas
ily and cheaply, and would
reduce maintenance costs,
Spencer said.
The old storage tanks
could be shut down by turn
cern for managing the
republican party in a busi
nesslike manner, com
mented, “Joyce Carter, with
her seventeen-year back
ground in the business
world, possesses the man
agement acumen and expe
rience required to
successfully direct the oper
ation of the party headquar
ters. Her Republican
volunteer credentials are
impeccable, and the rapport
and confidence she has
gained over a number of
years with Republican lead
ers and grass-roots organiz
ers throughout the state will
prove invaluable.”
Cooper continued, “It’s
clear that a wide majority of
ing a valve and the low pres
sure system could be
connected to the high pres
sure one by changing a pres
sure-reducing valve,
Spencer said.
Some leaks would have to
be fixed in the low pressure
system at first, Spencer ex
plained. If they were chronic
and continuous, the city
could always change back to
a low pressure system.
The city sewage system
“is right on the edge of its
capacity. It may even be
overloaded,” Spencer said.
A barminutor would shred
solid waste and a clarifyer
would increase the oxygen
content of the water. The
clarifyer would would help
reduce the pollution level of
the waste water after it
leaves the treatment plant.
Improving the sewerage
Georgians share the conser
vative Republican philoso
phy. The challenge that lies
ahead of Joyce, myself, and
all of us who believe in that
philosophy is to commu
nicate effectively to the peo
ple of Georgia what the
Republican party stands
for.”
“A fundamental basis for
the success of the American
political system has histori
cally been the two-party sys
tem. We need to establish
that competitive system
right here in Georgia in or
der to offer Georgia voters
the very best state and local
government,” Cooper
added.
Or just the peak.
possible
This summer, we suggest follow
ing this simple plan: When it’s hot,
schedule using heavy demand
appliances like washers, dryers and
stoves for early morning or late eve
ning. Grill out occasionally or eat sal
ads instead of cooking inside. Set
your air conditioner thermostat at 78
degrees or higher, and help cool youi
home with fans.
The price paid for electricity is a
hard fact. But it’s something you can
help. Without moving mountains.
system like this would in
crease its capacity and stim
ulate city growth, Spencer
said.
Lastly, additions might be
made to existing water lines
to improve the performance
of the water system and
bring in more money,
Spencer suggested.
In the future, funding for
water system projects will
change, Spencer told the
council.
Federal funds from the
Applachian Regional Com
mission, the Farmers Home
Administration and the En
vironmental Protection
Agency and other agencies
are likely to be hard to come
by.
Funds are most likely to be
a mix of state grants, federal
revenue sharing, and bonds
issued by the city.
The state grant program
will cover 50 percent of a
project and the smaller the
request, the more likely it is
to be funded.
Federal revenue sharing is
likely to increase. It will
probably be in the form of a
no-strings grant. It may re
place federal funds from
other agencies which are
having their budgets cut.
City bonds will have to pay
about 10 percent tax-free in
terest.
The proposed Reagan bud
get cuts will cut or eliminate
the federal programs used
now to fund water projects,
Spencer said. The Farmers
Home Administration grant
program is scheduled to be
eliminated and the loan pro
gram will be cut by 65 per
cent. The loan interest rate
will go up, he added.
The Economic Devel
opment Administration’s in
dus trial growth grant
program is being cut, too.
The Environmental Protec
tion Agency’s wastewater
improvements grants are
being cut by S3O million in
Georgia in 1981.
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Lamb
Clifford J. Lamb, 59, of
Cumming, was buried Satur
day, June 20. He died Thurs
day, June 18,
Surviving are: four chil
dren, Brenda Tavenier,
Kathy Reid and Robin
Lamb, all of Cumming, and
Rhonda Titcomb of Ger
many; a brother, James
Lamb of Cumming; and two
grandsons.
Funeral services were
held at 4 p.m. in the Ingram
Funeral Home Chapel. The
Rev. Doyle Garrett offi
ciated. Burial was in Sawnee
View Memorial Gardens.
Ingram Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange
ments.
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Stop Burn Week
Is Proclaimed
The week of June 28
through July 4 has been pro
claimed “Stop Bum Injuries
Week” by Gov. George Bus
bee.
In declaring a special
week to make residents
more aware of bum hazards,
the governor cited the out
standing work done in bum
prevention by the Shrine of
North America, including
Yaarab Temple in Atlanta.
More than two million
bum injuries occur in North
America each year, he said,
and 75 percent of these are
preventable, the governor
added.
“Bum prevention is the
best treatment and people in
this state must be made
aware of how to prevent
bum injuries,” the governor
said.
He said most bum injuries
are to children under ten
years of age, and are not
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from flames, but from con
tact bums, such as fireworks
and scalds. “Bums claim
more preschoolers’ lives
than any infectious disease,”
he added.
The Shrine, leaders in the
field of bum treatment, with
three bum institutes in Bos
ton, Cincinnati, and Galves
ton, will be promoting “Stop
Bum Injuries Week.” Bum
prevention will become a
fourth area of free service to
children supplementing pro
grams in treatment, train
ing, and research in bums.
The International Frater
nity, with close to one million
members, also operates 18
orthopedic hospitals for chil
dren.
Atlanta’s Yaarb Shrine
Temple, through its 12,000
members, will try to reach
every child in this area dur
ing the coming year with a
bum prevention course.
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