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v-THE HOUSTON HOVE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1992
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Top sellers
Top sellers for Morningside Elementary’s PTO fund
raiser are Brittany Morris, first grade; Greg Ingram,
third grade; Sherry Nipper, fourth grade; and
Steven Fleck, fifth grade. The students won a
see-through phone. Not pictured are Jimmy Haye,
kindergarten and Casey Herring, secoi d grade.
Clemons, from 4A
bare his children. Whatever founda
tions they used to base their deci
sion to marry, it apparently wasn’t
the right one.
Charles and Diana aren’t the
only ones who seem to take mar
riage lightly these days. With di
vorce rates shooting through the
roof, it seems people everywhere
aren’t taking marriage seriously.
LettOr, from 4A
applied, adding that a lot of research spanning 20-40 years
was funded by the USDA and EPA."
Hynson said the sludge must meet certain standards in
order to be considered "clean", meeting the limitations set
for concentrations on heavy metals.
"The sludge also has to be stabilized in order to be land
applied 9O-99 percent of the pathogens, bacteria and
viruses must be killed," said Hynson.
One of the concerns the anti-sludge protesters have is the
amount of lead. Ms. Tirgari, Chief of the Sewage Sludge
Division in Maryland, explained to me by phone today that
the lead content in the soil presently covering your water
supply now is greater than the sludge will ever put into
your water.
I have also talked with officials here in our state and once
again I find the same things being stated. The Augusta area
farmers have been using sludge for some time as a source
of fertilizer. They have pretty green pastures and good crop
yield. The EPD, a division of EPA, here in Georgia have
regulations that sludge MUST pass before it is even con
sidered for spreading.
It was explained to me that once the soil that sludge is
presently being applied to meets the level of nutrients
needed to give the best yield of that crop the spreading is
discontinued until it is needed. It is my understanding that
could take years because sludge soil retains water decreas
ing leeching and erosion.
If you are not a farmer there is no way you could possi
bly know the cost that is involved in purchasing fertilizer
for your soil so you can achieve the highest yield in crops
you have worked hard in growing. If you are a small
farmer the minimum amount would be SIO,OOO a year, if
you are a very large farmer the cost would reach SIOO,OOO
or me -e. Would you not jump at the opportunity to get tree
fertilizer?
The majority of the farmers here in our country are
spreading the sludge in areas that no one ever knew existed
before they began using it. I'm almost sure that the farmers
would be more than happy to discontinue this helpful,
harmless recycling if the concerned citizens who wish to
strop the spreading of sludge would pay for their fertilizer
bill each year.
As far as I am concerned I would much rather eat home
grown vegetables with sludge as a fertilizer than buy food
from the grocery store that is full of additives, preservatives
and God knows what other cancerous ingredients. I was
told that sludge fertilized soil gives you the biggest, best
tasting tomatoes you ever ate. Yes, this year I will be
growing tomatoes in my garden with soil from my neigh
bors that are using it.
Folks, sludge is not a just come up with idea. It has been
around, it has been studied, researched and experimented
with before it was approved. It's tested and regulated. We
are recycling just like you do with cans, bottles and papers.
Farmers work hard for what they have and it's not very
often something comes up that will make farming any
easier. We find something that is beneficial to everyone's
future, reduces out out of pocket expense, proven to be
environmentally safe and you want to stop it. Give us a
break, would ya?
Kathy Weir
Elko, Georgia
It’s sad that marriage has
become an institution of
convenience instead of an
institution of commitment. So if
you’re pondering getting married
don’t be hasty. Think about what
marriage really is. I don’t want to
become one of those statistics.
How about you?
Work, from 1A
ish whenever they get the day off.
The police department uses a ro
tating 28 day schedule. Whoever
gets Christmas Day off is deter
mined by the luck of the draw.
Everyone is interested in finding
out if they have Christmas off.
"We start trying to figure out the
schedule way before Thanksgiving,"
Smith said. "But there is no way
that anyone can say there is anv
partiality shown. You could figure
out who has next Christmas off to
day."
Council,
from 1A
less told the council the planning
and zoning commission is in the
process of having a proposal con
cerning the R-l re-zoning prepared
for council to view.
Chambless also said, “Permits
arc way up from what they were
last year, but they are not where
they need to be.”
Hay informed the council that
Chambless will be sending a letter
to the Agriccntcr informing them
they will have to move their sign
on Ball Street due to city sign regu
lations. Chambless will suggest
another site for the sign.
Sludge , from 1A
Word said that although viola
tions have occurred they have not
been serious enough to pose a
health risk. In case of a violation,
the EPD ensures the company docs
not make the same mistake again.
The EPD can also fine the company
spreading the sludge or revoke its
permit.
Word said the violations have
been corrected. But that did not sat
isfy some of the residents.
"We've had multiple violations,"
County Commissioner Archie
Thompson said. "There is no public
confidence here (concerning the
dumping)."
• Residents also were concerned
that the sludge dumping is unsafe.
They fear that it will contaminate
their water supply, especially since
most of the residents water supply
comes from 30-foot wells.
"Our concern is that the envi
ronment and the people be pro
tected. If it is done properly, sludge
is safe," Word said.
But residents were unconvinced.
"What am I going to do if my
well is coming up contaminated?"
one resident asked. "What am 1 go
ing to do? That should be enough
to stop it."
Residents were also concerned by
the fact that the same company that
applies the sludge is also responsi
ble for all testing—a situation one
resident equated with asking citizens
to ticket themselves for speeding.
Word said companies arc respon
sible for overseeing their operations
because there arc not enough EPD
officials to run the tests.
"We just don't have enough peo
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Both Smith and Kindle have had
to work almost every Christmas. In
four years. Smith had one
Christmas off. Kindle was slated to
have Christmas off last year, but he
was called onto duty because a
sergeant was sick.
But the policemen work together
to try to make the best of their
predicament. The officers will bring
food for a Christmas meal of their
Trees,
from 1A
year.”
Trees can be donated on Jan. 2
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the
city barn entrance at the end of
Jernigan Street and Perry High
School North Avenue parking lot.
Local sponsors of the project
include Perry High School Future
Farmers of America, Perry Clean
Community Commission and Perry
Public Works Department.
Over 70 cities will participate
in the program throughout Georgia.
The effort will divert about 300,000
Christmas trees from landfills
which will save about 3,000 tons
of waste from landfills across Geor
gia.
ple to check everyone. We regulate
thousands of sites a year," Word
said.
Overall, it was apparent that
many of the citizens were not
happy with the EPD’s actions.
"In my opinion the EPD is not
protecting the people in this com
munity," John Mims said. "There
needs to be a show of confidence
that they intend to follow these
guidelines. There needs to be some
force to see that the guidelines are
followed."
Word had expected the rough re
ception.
"Yes, they had told me this
would not be pleasurable," he said.
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Although Waffle House manager
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with his family, he knows that
Friday is his biggest workday of the
year.
With virtually every other restau
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Waffle House's biggest sales day.
Therefore he is looking forward to a
rushed day of waffles and hash
browns; opening presents will have
to be pushed forward to Christmas
Eve.
"Christmas Day is our biggest
day of the year. It is our Super
Bowl, because everyone else is
closed,” Kuehn said. "We staff up
for it. It's kind of rough, but that's
our Christmas present to the com
munity."
Normally on a busy day, the
Waffle House will have five people
on duty. On Christmas Day, up to
10 or more people will be on duty
at one time. Therefore very few
people get Christmas off.
"We make our schedule up a full
month in advance," Kuehn said.
"That way we can work with peo
ple. But we have to staff
Christmas."
For Kuehn, his job means that he
and his wife, Beth, have to work
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"I have to have an understanding
with my wife that during Christmas
I'm going to be busy," he said. "We
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dinner."
At the hospital, illness
doesn't take a holiday
For Kathy Joiner and the staff at
the Perry Hospital, Christmas is
just another day at the office. But
although illness does not take a
holiday, the staff attempts to bring
some of the Christmas cheer to the
hospital.
"We try to have a festive atmo
sphere," said Joiner, the emergency
room nurse manager. "Especially
for the patients, because it is worse
for them then for us.
"Os course, everyone would rather
be home, but we try to make the
best of it," she added.
The staff works together to en
sure that almost everyone gets at
least one of the "big three" of
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Year's off.
"We try to make sure that the
ones with small children get
Christmas off," Joiner said.
The hospital staff never knows
what to expect on Christmas. Some
Christmases pass with very little
activity, while some, like last
year's flu-plagued Christmas, can be
very busy. Also, the hospital can
almost always count on a couple of
children coming in with injuries
sustained playing with their new
toys.
The job does mean that Joiner
and her family will have to juggle
the Christmas schedule.
"We kind of plan around when I
can be there. We'll have Christmas
in the evening," she said.