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, THE COVINGTON NEWS —THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1976
No 'hardened c riminals'
in cottage, says
By Leslie Nelson
Staff writer
Attorney Jerry Capes assured Por
terdale citizens Tuesday evening
that children considered "hardened
criminals" would not be placed in
the Newton County Youth Cottage
proposed for Porterdale’s Teachers
(iottagc.
Ca|>es said in answer to a question
from a member of the audience that
juveniles who are sex offenders,
chronic drug and alcohol abusers or
charged with a major theft or violent
crime will not be admitted to the
Youth Cottage.
Other Youth Cottage officials at the
meeting held at Porterdale’s Men’s
Club were Dr. Terrell Tanner, a
member of the board of directors,
and Rep. Bobby Sigman, chairman
of the board.
The meeting is the third in a series
as the result of controversy sur
rounding the use of Porterdale’s
Teachers’ Cottage, which is owned
by The Bibb Company. Youth
Shelter representatives previously
met with Porterdale citizens in the
Porterdale Gym, and last Tuesday
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Capes and Gail Bayes, Department
of Family and Children Services
caseworker, spoke informally to
members of the Fellowship Club for
Senior Citizens, whose membership
is made of Porterdale residents.
Youth Cottage officials and repre
sentatives of The Bibb recently
signed an agreement to lease the
dormitory-style structure for $1 a
year, but the Porterdale City
Council voted earlier in the month to
include the Youth Cottage question
in the form of a referendum on the
Dec. 8 city election ballot.
Representatives of the Youth
Cottage say defeat of the referendum
will put an end to plans for locating
an emergency shelter for runaways,
abused and neglected children and
juvenile first offenders in Newton
County.
Capes told the assembly of ap
proximately 25 Porterdale residents
that the proposed Youth Cottage
would be unique in Georgia because
it is the first attempt to pool the re
sources of local service agencies such
as the Mental Health Clinic, the De
partment of Family and Children
Services, the Health Department
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and education personnel under one
roof.
Staff members of the agencies
would have offices in the downstairs
portion of the building and Capes
assured the audience that around
the-clock supervision of the 15-20
children served by the facility would
be provided by two sets of housepar
ents.
Remodeling and operation of the
facility for the first year would be fi
nanced by a $269,000 grant, which
will be submitted to the State of
Georgia next week, according to
Rep. Sigman. He said it would cost
approximately $165,000 a year to
finance the facility and noted that if
the grant proposal is accepted,
Newton County would reap econo
mic benefits.
Rep. Sigman told the Porterdale
group the 21-room Teachers'
Cottage is ideal for housing children
in need of tem[x>rary foster care. He
said the building, used in the past to
house teachers employed by The
Bibb, has bedrooms adjoined by
baths and that duplicating such a
structure would be costly.
Capes added that the shelter has
been inspected by the state fire mar
shall and that with a few minor al
terations would meet the state fire
code.
Dr. Tanner, father of four in addi
tion to being a foster parent, also
assured audience members that the
board of directors would set admis
sions policy and said the board has
the right to reject children who
might endanger Porterdale residents
or other children admitted to the
cottage.
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Mrs. Schlageter joins
Terra Properties
Oby Brewer, president of Terra
Properties and local realtor, an
nounced today that Joanne Schlage
ter has recently joined Terra Proper
ties as an Associate Broker.
Mrs. Schlageter, a resident of
Newton County for 914 years, has
been in the real estate business in
Newton and Rockdale Counties for
the past 6!4 years. She is a graduate
of G.R.I. and Past President of the
Woman's Council of Rockdale
County. She currently serves as a
member of the Board of Directors of
the Newton County Board of
Realtors. She resides with her
Terrell A. Goins of Covington was only slightly
injured Sunday when the gasoline truck he was
driving overturned at the intersection of Brown
Bridge and Salem roads Turing a heavy rain.
Sigman, Johnson
needs
State Rep. Bobby Sigman and
Rep.-elect Phil Johnson recently met
with State Highway Commissioner
Tom Moreland and his assistant,
Craig Brock, to discuss programs
available to help meet the transpor
tation needs of the county.
Due to a reduction in gasoline
husband John and family in Deer
field.
“Joanne brings a wealth of exper
ience and background in the mar
keting of fine residential properties
in our area,’’ Brewer said in making
the announcement, “and she will
welcome any opportunity to contin
ue to serve her friends and clients as
a member of our Terra team.”
Terra Properties, from its offices on
Highway 278, handles the sale of
residential, commercial, industrial
and acreage properties throughout
Newton and adjoining counties.
Gasoline truck wrecks
Deputies reported the vehicle overturned on the
wet pavement after Goins applied the brakes
while approaching the intersection. The truck
belongs to Bob Jones Texaco of Covington.
discuss highway
with state officials
consumption in Georgia, the Dept,
of Transportation budget, which is
funded by gasoline taxes, has been
reduced in recent years.
One program still funded is the
county and city contract program
whereby each county is encouraged
to establish a list of road projects and
request state aid to complete the
projects.
A top priority item for Newton
County is a proposal to build a road
from the Almon exit of 1-20 to
Brown Bridge Road. This project
has already been approved by the
Dept, of Transportation, and state
officials have indicated that funding
on the project is available upon
request of the county commissioners.
The road is expected to reduce
traffic on Covington’s surface streets
by providing a by-pass around
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way 162, Brown Bridge Road and
Highway 36.
Another road project which has
been approved for Newton County is
the widening of Washington Street
into a four lane road from Covington
to Porterdale. Construction on this
project should begin in the near
future. Brock pointed out to Sigman
and Johnson that Newton County
and its cities are not getting their fair
share of money for roads. He added
that in order for this to take place,
there must be cooperation among all
governing bodies in the county.
Before any road project is begun, the
governing authority proposing the
road work should contact the State
Representative and the State Dept,
of Transportation to find out what
aid is available.
