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Volume 112, No. 41
Resolution Jesses imposing
1 % local o£ . ion sales tax
Newton County’s commissioners
passed a resolution required to offi
cially impose a one percent local
option sales tax in the county at a
meeting of the board Monday
morning. The tax will be effective
Jan. 1, 1978.
A majority of votes cast in the re
ferendum election on June 7, 1977,
favored imposing the one percent
Newton County deputies (1-r) Jimmy Byrd, Otis
Harper, and Mike Smith are shown with 30 fire-
arms and other material they seized in Newton
Council interested in
development above 1-20
A local developer’s plan for
building and developing a 60-unit
apartment complex off City Pond
Road and having the City of
Covington participate in the ex
tension of water and sewer service to
this property north of Interstate 20
was viewed favorably by Covington
City Council members Monday
night, although no official action was
taken on the project.
Utility services to this area, which
involves some 300 acres, would be
the first step in bringing about
anticipated rapid development in the
northern part of Newton County,
and eventually, possibly property
zoned for industrial use.
The council stated that they were
very interested in this project and
would give consideration to arriving
at a pro-rata share of expenses in
volved after proper studies are made.
Oby Brewer of Terra Properties
presented water and sewer cost
estimates for the City Pond Road
area prepared for Covington East,
Inc.. Jeffery Wearing, president, and
Welker and Associates, engineers.
Wearing’s group requested that the
city participate in the cost involved,
along with other property owners, in
extending water and sewer services
to the area.
During discussion it was suggested
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sales tax in an effort to bring about
ad valorem tax relief.
The board unanimously agreed to
accept a state agreement to re-sur
face 1.35 miles on Crowell Road,
and agreed to changes in the ambu
lance service budget that will
provide money for salary increases to
EMT’s who have fulfilled probation
period requirements. The total
Guns recovered in Newton County
that the city might consider running
water lines to the project at a cost of
roughly SIOB,OOO, if the developer
and property owners would pay for
sewer line installation at an
estimated cost of some $ 181,000.
The developer plans to do further
cost studies on the project and meet
with the council again in two weeks
for action on the proposed plan. The
proposed project is located within
Covington city limits.
City Manager Frank Turner
presented some preliminary cost
figures on the Covington Municipal
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budget figure remains the same be
cause the funds will come out of
overtime allowances in the budget.
The board heard charges against
EMT Ed Sigman that were brought
by Ambulance Service Director
Tommy Atcheson. Sigman had been
on suspension by the board for the
past week pending the hearing.
After hearing Atcheson's charges of
County last Monday. The weapons had been
stolen in an Indiana burglary.
Airport expansion that would meet
approval of the Federal Aviation
Administration. Costs, if FAA
specifications are to be met, would
be around $130,000. No action was
taken on the project.
A motion passed to apply for state
participation in upgrading the
present airport.
John Paul Oxer of Welker and
Associates, engineers, met with the
council to discuss the purchase of an
option on land to be used for the
spray irrigation method to sewerage
treatment. After discussion it was
decided to hold a called council
meeting to resolve the matter.
After discussion with a parent’s
group from the Montessori
Children's House, the council voted
to rent the Teencan Building to
Montessori Children’s House for
$2,000 per year, with the option to
re-negotiate after one year.
The action was taken after a
substitute motion by Councilman
Tom Wiley, seconded by Luke
Savage, to turn this building over to
the City Recreation Department on
a negotiated basis failed. Coun
cilmen Fred Harwell, Jr. and Robert
Fowler 111, and Councilwoman
Allene C. Burton voted against the
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Covington, Georgia — Thursday, July 21,1977
Sigman’s uncooperative attitude
toward ambulance service policy,
and the response of Sigman and his
attorney Jimmy Alexander to the
charges, the board voted three to
one, with one member abstaining, to
terminate Sigman’s employment ef
fective July 18,1977.
County Attorney Phil Johnson re
ported to the board that he had filed
a motion, as instructed at last week s
meeting, in Newton Superior Court
that had resulted in Judge Thomas
Ridgway taking Charles Strickland s
suit against the county off the
default docket at the present time.
Strickland was seeking to have his
property values lowered by default
since the suit last year filed by the
tax assessors against the Board of
Equalizers was dropped by mutual
consent of both sides.
Johnson told the board that he was
in the process of comparing bids
from Jim Norman and Associates
and Appraisal Systems, Inc. for the
re-valuation of county properties,
and that he hopes to make a final
report at the next board meeting so
the board can make a decision on the
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Mrs. Parker grand prize winner
in ’77 1 NEWS cookbook contest
Linda Parker of 4118 Ponderosa
Dr., Covington has been named as
the Overall Grand Prize winner in
the 1977 News Cookbook contest.
For her winning recipe. Crown Beef
and Vegetable Bake, she will be
awarded a West Bend 6 qt. Slo-
Cooker Plus and a Fryette as the
Grand Prize awards for this year.
The first place winner in the Vege
tables and Salads category is Mrs. J.
W. Jones of Mansfield, for her recipe
Scalloped Egg Plant. She will be
awarded a Mirro-Matic Speed
Pressure Cooker and Canner. Hon
orable mention in this category goes
to Mrs. Jane Digby of Route 5, Cov
ington, for her recipe Watermelon
Salad.
In the Meats and Fish category
Miss Ruth Parker of Floyd Street,
Covington, was the first place
winner and will be given a General
Electric Fry Pan for her recipe
Chicken Supreme. Receiving honor
able mention was Patsy L. McCart
of Route 1, Oxford, for her recipe
Sweet Sour Pork Chops with Luau
Potatoes.
Wynelle Lewallen of 9121 Morris
Dr., Covington was the first place
winner in Baking and Desserts for
Men of the Covington Fire Department are shown
here fighting a potentially serious fire at Frix
Junkyard on Washington Street. The firemen are
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Grand prize recipe winner
Mrs. Ruel (Linda | Parker (r) was very pleased when she was
awarded the Grand Prizes for her winning recipes in the 1977
News Cookbook. Lucile Skinner (1) News Society writer, pre
sented the awards to her Monday at the News Office.
her recipe Italian Cream Cake. Mrs.
Lewallen will be awarded a Mirro-
Matic 6 qt. Pressure Cooker. Re
ceiving honorable mention in this
category was Evelyn Capes of Oak
Hill Road, Covington on her recipe
Kentucky Derby Pie.
Recipes were judged Thursday
afternoon at the News Office by
Mrs. Huie (Geneva) Moore, Mrs.
Lee Stanton and Mrs. Dan (Sandra)
Stevens, all three being connected
with the preparation of meals for
public consumption.
The News hopes our readers will
enjoy this Cookbook with its many
good recipes in all categories and ap
preciates the cooperation of our
Near-explosion defused
Firefighters from the Covington
Fire Department quelled a
potentially dangerous fire on
Washington Street last Thursday.
Three fire trucks answered the call
to Frix Junkyard. Leakage from two
tanks of propane gas was ac
cidentally ignited Thursday morning
when Frix personnel were cutting
Firefighters avert disaster
readers in sending in and sharing
their recipes with friends.
Prize recipients may pick up their
items any time between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m.
For the information of our readers,
through numerous inquiries, recipes
are judged with no names or ad
dresses of contestants showing.
Recipes are stripped on full sheets
with names and addresses of senders
covered. These pages are then
photographed and used by the
judges for their selections, thus no
one knows until the winning recipe is
checked by the original copy who
has submitted a recipe.
the lids off some steel drums with an
acetylene torch. Flammable liquid
was still left in the drums, which
ignited and spilled out, igniting the
propane when the flaming liquid
flowed beneath the tanks.
The firemen were able to get to the
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pouring water on tanks of liquid propane, which
could have exploded at any moment.
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