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Consent Order Follows
Chattooga River Fish Kill;
Riegel, EPD °‘Negotiating’
The Environmental Pro
tection Division (EPD) of the
Georgia Department of
Natural Resources (DNR) has
issued and delivered a consent
order to Riegel Textile Corp.
in connection with the fish kill
last month in the Chattooga
River, a spokeswoman said.
Emphasizing that unlike a
judge's order which must be
obeyed under Senalty of law,
the consent order ‘'is an open
ing to negotiations between
EPD and Riegel,” said Lucy
Justus, the spokeswoman for
the EPD said.
According to Ms. Justus,
the order was issued last
week. Beyond that, however,
she declined to provide fur
ther details regar(ring possible
Oct. 11 Set For Event;
Sllm-N elly: Area Exhibitors Needed
Sum-Nelly, Chattooga
County’s biggest free cragts
and bake show, will be held in
Summerville in a little over a
month, according to Georgia
Extension Service Home
Economist Pam Echols, an
organizer.
The date of the popular
event will be Oct. 11, K‘om 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. As in the past,
there is no cost to visitors or
exhibitors. Exhibitors,
however, are required to pre
regist,er in order to secure a
table and to facilitate plann
ing.
In order to register as an
exhibitor, send your name,
address and indicate the
amount of space needed. Also
indicate the type of display
you will bring and sign the
paper. Send the information
to: Sum-Nelly, Pam Echols,
Box 398, Summerville, Ga.
30747.
For more information, con
tact Mrs. Echols at 857-1410.
Sum-Nelly is not responsi
ble for any loss or damage.
Exhibitors are responsible ?or
their display area, which in
cludes furnishing the exhibit
table, manning the table and
clean-up.
The Summeruille News
recovery fees and fines or
details whether they were con
tained in the consent order.
“If this document should
be signed it becomes a matter
of public record — then you
can have it ... it could be ap
pealed and as long as there is
any potential for appeal or
negotiation, I can’t discuss
the details," she said. ;
The vice president in
charge of Trion's Riegel opera
tions, Charles Eichelberger,
told The News Tuesday: ‘‘All
I can tell you is we're still
working with the Department
of Natural Resources and are
reviewing the matter.”
Roughly 60,000 fish cover
ing 29 species died in the kill
that stretched along 24 miles
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she is surrounded by dolls made gv her
SUMMERVILLE., CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747, THURSDAY, 'SEPTEMBER 3, 1981
New ‘Welcome’
Signs Greet
Visitors Here
The “Welcome To Chattooga
County’ signs that greet
motorists recently were
replaced. The former signs
(left photo) displayed various
club insignias, while the new
signs (tog photo) are black
signs with gold letters. Chat
tooga County Chamber of
Commerce President William
Farrar said Wednesday that
the new signs have been ?lac
ed at the Chattooga/Floyd
county line, the Chat
tooga/Walker county line, the
Chattooga/DeKalb county
(Ala.) line and the Chat
tooga/Cherokee county (Ala.)
line. The four signs together
cost $2,500, said Farrar, and
were paid for by the chamber
of commerce, the First Na
tional Bank, the Farmers &
Merchants Bank, and First
Federal Savings & Loan
Association. Farrar noted
that there had been some men
tion by the Summerville City
Council putting similar
“Welcome To Summerville”
signs at the city limits, but
tgat the discussion was tabl
ed.
of the river from Trion to the
Georgia/Alabama line, accor
ding to the DNR.
The day following the first
report of the kill, at least two
state environmentalists
visited Riegel around noon
time, learning from Riegel of
ficials that 31,000 gallons of
caustic soda had unex
?lainably checked up missing
rom its inventory two days
earlier. Riegel's corporate
headquarters within a few
hours reported to the Natural
Response Center that it
suspected a possible spill of
the chemical, known as
sodium hydroxide, which
Riegel uses in the preparation
and dyeing of fabric, a press
release said.
She Likes Mom’s Hobby
In April-June Period In Chattooga
Taxable Sales Leap 25 Percent
Taxable sales in Chattooga
County soared by 25 percent
for the three-month period
ended in June of this year as
compared to same time-span
last year, just-released
statistics show. Statewide,
the comparable statistic was
only 9.2 percent.
County goods and services
on which safes taxes are levied
rose to $21.9 million for the se
cond quarter of 1981, com
pared to $17.4 million in the
county during second quarter
‘Buddy’ Bentley Given 17-Year Sentence
For May 18 Shooting Of Social Worker
Rejecting a defense of tem
porary insanity, a Chattooga
County jury yesterday found
Billy M. “Buddy” fientley
guilty of wounding a Summer
ville social worker in an un-
K;ovoked shooting attack on
ay 18.
The four-woman, eight
man jury deliberated some 90
minutes before returning the
verdict Wedne- Jay morning.
Superic: Court Judge
Joseph F. **Bo"’ Loggins, who
presidea at the trial, late
yesterday pronounced
sentence: 17 years in prison on
the single aggravateg battery
charge, to run concurrently
(simultaneously) with a
10-year sentence on an ag
gravated assault charge.
That Bentley had commit
ted the crime was never
disputed by Bentley or his ap
goint;ed Xefense attorney,
obby Lee ‘‘Buzz’’ Cook Jr.
As a result, much of the hear
ierf that sganned 3 days focus
on the motive of the
assailant.
Testifying in his defense,
Bentley sai(f that he had no
recollection of drawing, aim
ing and firing his .38-calibre
gun at Smith in the parking
lot of the Department of Fami
ly and Children Services
(DFCS) in Summerville, woun
ding him once. But Bentley
could not dispute
eyewitnesses who identified
him as the assailant.
Testimony showed that
41-year-old Bentley, a former
county resident, was living in
Rossville prior to the time of
the shooting, working in Chat
tanooga as a machinist. Some
2 years ago, testimony in
dicated, he%ost custody of his
youngest of five children and
only son, James, now age 13.
According to testimony,
the child was initially placed
in a foster home, and Kast year
was transferred to the care of
a sister, Deborah Mills, 19,
and her husband Roger.
Bentley testified that he had
visited his son at his
dauihter’s home over any
weekend when he wasn’t
working and that they were
very close.
On the Friday before the
Monday morning shooting,
mother for Sum-Nelly, to be held in Oc
tober. Organizers are encouraging local
residents interested in exhigliting to
register.
of 1980, the state figures
show. The increase represents
a 25.5 percent gain,
+ A previous-quarter com
parison showed similar im
provement. Taxable sales dur
ing the second quarter of 1981
rose 18.6 percent as compared
to the second quarter of last
year when taxable sales net
ted $17.8 million.
The trends in higher
Buarterly taxable sales in
hattooga County has been
consistently seen over the last
Mrs. Mills testified, she was
informed that James would be
transferred to the care of her
21-year-old sister Kathy, a
Chickamauga resident, and
her husbamf
Bentley was visiting at the
Mills home over the weekend,
testimony showed, and he
first learned the news of the
transfer on Sunday. Bentley
said he was upset with the
development because he felt
he would be unable to visit his
son at his new home. His
youngest daughter, he ex-
Trion Man Dies In Truck Wreck
One Chattooga County
man lost his life and another
local man was seriously in
jured in a tractor-trailer acci
den wog';'Friday afternoon in
Meridian, Miss. '
‘;@\k 4Wu‘m ‘Jughead”’
amgbe]l, age 29, of 44 First
St., Trion, was killed in the
5:05 p.m. accident. Robert
Burton Jr., age 26, also of
Trion, remains in a Meridian
hospital with injuries he
received in the accident.
| According to investigating
Officer Don Rawson of the
Mississippi Highway Patrol,
the accident occurred 7.4
miles east of Meridian on In
terstate 20/59. Burton was the
driver of the tractor-trailer
truck with Campbell, a co
driver, the sole passenger.
Campbell, said Officer
Rawson, was in the sleeper of
the truck cab when the acci
dent happened.
The accident, Officer
Rawson said, occurred when
the right front tire on the
truck cab blew out. Officer
Rawson explained the events
that followed: The truck left
the road and traveled approx
imately 600 feet down a
sloped grassy area. It then
traveled approximately 100
feetina wooé)ed area, downing
numerous 2-to-3-inch diameter
pine trees. The truck then
jackknifed and came to rest
against two 12-inch diameter
trees,
Both men were pinned in
side the wreckage, said Officer
Rawson. Three ambulance
crews, the Meridian Fire
Department and rescue team,
along with the Mississippi
Highway Patrol worked for
ap}.)roximately 90 minutes
before they were able to pull
the two men from the
wreckage.
Officer Rawson said both
men suffered multiple frac
tures. Campbell, he added,
was thrown through the end
of the sleeper.
Burton, according to his
mother Mrs. Beatrice Burton
of Trion, suffered a broken
back, a broken ankle and had
approximately 100 stitches
Labor Da y
Closings
Scheduled
Local city and county
government offices will be
closed on Monday, Sept. 7, in
observation of the Lugor Day
holiday.
The Chattooga County
Courthouse and Annex will be
closed Monday, according to
Probate Judge Jon Payne.
Summerville City }{all will
also be closed on Monday for
the holiday. Garbage normally
picked up on Monday will be
%cked up on TuesJ;zy with
esday’s collection.
plained, was in the
Chickamauga couple's
custody and he was not per
mitted to visit her. He blamed
the situation on a falling out
he had had with his son-in-law
living in Chickamauga.
Bentley admitted on the
stand he became drunk on the
night before the shooting but
said he had no memory of
threatening people’s lives. In
previous testimony the Mills
recalled that Bentley had that
night threatened the lives of
Smith, DFCS caseworker
sewn in his head as a result of
the accident. Due to his
broken back, said Mrs. Bur
ton, he cannot be moved for at
least seven to 10 days. As of
Tuesday, another family
member said, he was ‘‘doin
real good and had at,artcs
eating solid food."”
Both men were truck
drivers for Regal Trucking
Company out of
Lawrenceville. At the time of
the accident, they were
transporting bicycle parts, ac
cording to reports. (?ampbell.
who has driven tractor-trailers
grofessionul for 9 years, had
een employed with Regal for
a little over a year,
Funeral services for Camp
bell were held on Monday,
Aug. 31, at 2 p.m. from the
chapel of Erwin-Petitt
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Jimmy Bailey and the Rev.
James Braddy officiating. In
terment was in West Hill
Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Glinda Campbell of
Trion; one daughter, Miss
Robin Lynn Campbell of
Trion; one son, Larry Eugene
Campbell of Trion; mother,
Mrs. Doris Akins Ridenhour
of Trion; two brothers, Tony
Campbell of Trion and Ken
neth Campbell of Mt. Holly,
N. C.; paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Campbell
of Trion; and several nieces
and nephews.
School Millage Goes Up
The Chattooga County
School Board this week levied
a 15.3 millage rate for 1982, a
2.65 millage rate increase over
1981.
Superintendent Bill King
announced Wednesday morn
ing in a special press con
ference that the millage rate
for maintenance and operation
(M & O) of the schm{)s stem
had been set at 14 mils; and
bond miliage was set at 1.3
mills for the coming year.
This represents a 2.65 mill
increase over last year, ex
};'lained Su?)erintendent King.
he M & O millage last year
was 12.25 mills, Superinten
dent King said, while the bond
millage was .4 mills,
The increase in the millage
rate, Superintendent Kin;i
said, was necessary for severa
reasons. The school's budget
for the coming year shows a
$168,000 tfeficit, said
Superintendent King, and the
state Department of Educa
tion wants to make sure the
school system generates
enough funds to cover its
budget and deficit. The
deficit, Superintendent King
said, was caused by only a 68
percent collection rate in local
tax income by June 30, accor
dixzig to the state department’s
auditor.
Another problem,
Superintendent King explain
ed, is that the 1981 tax ¢figest
is approximately $3,100,000
year, although the second
quarter sales appear unusual
ly high. At least some of the
increases, of course, are at
tributable to inflation.
Durit:ig the last quarter of
1980 — during the Christmas
season — taxable sales rose
compared to the previous holi
day season by 6 percent.
Similarly, the quarter before
that showed a 5.0 percent gain
for 1980 as compared to 1979.
Taxable sales in Georgia
counties are estimated %y
David Tidmore (who had ex
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order taking away custody of
Bentley's boy 2 years earlier),
and his dauginer Kathy.
According to unconflicting
testimony, the next morning
the Mills, Bentley and the
13-year-old rode in the Mills’
pickup truck to town. Bentley
was let off at a store across
the street from the social
welfare office and the Mills’
began unloading the truck of
the boy's possessions with
Smith's help.
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Truck Demolished
The 1979 International tractor-trailer shown above
was demolished in a fatality accident on Friday after
noon in Meredian, Miss. (g,ne of the truck’s drivers,
Jack “Jughead’” Campbell, 29, Trion, was killed in the
accident. He was in Lfie truck’s sleeper when the acci
dent happened. Robert Burton Jr., also of Trion, who
was driving at the time of the accident, is in a Meridian
(Miss.) hospital.
lower than it was in 1980. This
decrease, he added, is due to
changes in personal property
such as heavy equipment and
farm machinery, as well as dif
ferences in rea{eswte.
The millage rate was set
Monday while the board
members were meeting to
visit county schools. The
board had received a memo
from the state board saying
the millage had to be set and
returned to them to accept or
reject, said Superintendent
King. The state wanted an
early millalfe rate, explained
Superintendent King, since
.
Street Dance Friday
An “old-fashioned’’ street dance will be held tomorrow
beginning at 7 p.m. on East Washington Street in
downtown Summerville.
The Friday night dance is sponsored by the Chattooga
County Ambulance Service and the Chattooga Count
Rescue Squad in an effort to raise funds to purchase Lie’e
Pak 5 equipment for the ambulance service.
There will be no admission charge, but donations will
be accepted.
There will be refreshments of hot dogs, cupcakes,
Cokes, and popcorn, among others to mention a gzw. No
alcoholic beverages will be allowed.
Bands performing during the evening will be ‘“The
Cohuntry Swingers,”” ““The Rainmakers,” “%‘ireweed." and
others.
In case of rain, the dance will be held at a later date.
“Everyone is invited to attend the dance and bring the
-entire family,”” a spokesman said.
PRICFE 20¢
calendar quarters of business
and are %used on Georgia
Department of Revenue data
for adjusted gross tax
amounts. The figures are then
compiled and (fistrihuted by
the &eorgia Chamber of Com
merce.
The figures exclude out-of
state purchases, which related
to use tax amounts, and in
dicate place of sale rather than
consumer buying power or
residence, accnrging to of
ficials.
Bentley walked up to the
truck, uccnrdinfi to testimony,
and spoke briefly with SmiLK.
As Smith was wheeling away
the boy's bike toward the
building Bentley fired at
Smith. An initial shot hit
Smith's upper left arm and
knocked him to the ground,
Smith recalled. He rolled over,
the 35-year-old social worker
testified, got up and ran to the
back door of the building, clut
ching his arm. It was there
Lhat"le heard the second shot,
see BENTLEY, page 5-A
the board had submitted a
deficit budget. The state is ex
pected to take action on the
matter, added Superintendent
King, within 14 to 30 days.
If state officials find the
new millage rate will not cover
the deficit budget, said
Superintendent King, it will
be returned to the local board
to be reset.
County Attorney Arch
Farrar Jr. said Wednesday
that the county has not yet
set its millage for the coming
year. He added that the
millage rate will probably be
set within the next week or so.