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Commissioner Outlines
Expense For Renovation
Denson said the cost to renovate the jail could be paid
for in one year by a six to seven mill increase in taxes or
over a 10-year-period with a bond referendum resulting in
an estimated one mill increase over the next 10 years.
Accordins to the renovation cost sheet, a proposed
issue of bonds would be payable each year for 10 years
with an average rate of 8 percent. Based on the 1982
digest — where one mill efluals $143,044 — Denson {lave
the following examples of how the renovation cost will af
fect local tax bills:
Value of House $30,000.00 $50,000.00
40 percent fair market value .40 .40
Net Value 12,000.00 20,000.00
Homestead (2,000.00) (2,000.00)
Taxable Value 10,000.00 18,000.00
Current Milage eli R
Total Bill $215.90 $388.62
1 Mill Add: SIO.OO SIB.OO
6 Mill Add: $60.00 SIOB.OO
7 Mill Add: $70.00 $126.00
“A lot of people can’t stand a big tax increase in one
year,”” Denson explained. ‘I fear a lot of people will not be
able to pay their taxes with that (6 to 7 mill) increase on it.
Maybe they can, I don't know, but I don’t think they can.
‘I think the bond referendum is in the best interest of
all taxpayers,” continued Denson. ‘I feel the bond issue is
the best situation to go with. We've got to get started on
the jail before the federal judge comes in and does
something. We even had a study down on the workcamp
to see if we could turn it into a jail. For the workcamp to
legally house 40 grisoners it would cost $1,800,000 to
renovate the building and that was the cost two years
ago.
Denson asked the B&PW members to support the
bond referendum. Followinfi his speech a vote was taken
to see how the members felt concerning the issue. By a
show of hands the members supported the bond referen
dum over a one year lumH sum tax increase.
McConnell spoke briefly to the group next explaining
about the jail suit, certain federal standards the jail must
meet, and expenses surrounding the jail operation. Four
sheets were given out to the members showing the total
number and t{pes of arrests made in the county during
1982 and the first two months of 1983.
McConnell told the group that his de{)artment arrests
approximately 11 people per day, not including those who
make bond at the time oF their arrest. The 11 Per day in
cludes only people staying in jail four hours or onger. Ac
cordinfi to records, the county made 3,488 arrest in 1982
with the average of 38 inmates housed in the county jail
ger day. The legal capacity of the jail is 12 inmates per
ay.
Accordinfi to federal standards, McConnell said each
person in jail must have 100 square feet each, equally a
10-foot square cell. Under federal regulations a prisoner
cannot be locked up in his cell for more than eight hours a
day. The prisoner must spend the other 16 hours as
foli,ows: one hour outdoors and the remaining 15 hoursin a
day room space. Two hours of this time must include some
type of organized recreation such as volleyball.
In addition, the county is responsible for the prisoners’
Library Week Observed This Week
The Chattooga County
Library is observing this
week, April 17-23, as “Na
tional Library Week’' with
numerous special activities
planned.
The theme for the week is
“Look To Your Library.”
During this week all over
due books can be returned to
the library without being fin
ed. The books may be return
ed to the library during
regular hours or after hours in
the outside slot. i
On Friday a special
children’s story hour will be
conducted for pre-schoolers by
Ms. Maude White. The story
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hour will begin at 10 a.m.
Ms. White, a native of
Georgia, retired in July of
1981 and is making her home
with her sister, - Winifred
Pitts, on Riverside Drive in
Summerville. Ms. White
returned to Georgia after be
ing away 46 years. She has
traveled in Canada, Alaska,
Egypt, Russia, Greece, Italy
anc{ most recently China. In
addition, Ms. White co
authored a textbook for
elementary science, which is
published in Arabic.
Ms. White was a classroom
teacher in London Towne
Elementary School in the
personal hygiene and must furnish them with all the
necessary toiletries, On the 14th e:{v a person is in
carcerated in the jail he must be carried for a physical and
every 14 days thereafter. McConnell said last year the
county spent $18,700 for medical and dental care alone for
prisoners.
Other standards that must be observed in the jail
operation include: not feeding a prisoner within 75 feet of
a restroom; what to feed a prisoner, the menu feed to
prisoners is similar to school lunch menus; what law books
must be made available to the {)risoners; and fire and
health standards are worse than those enforced in schools,
McConnell noted.
Ho‘“i%fi the prisoners is another problem, said Mec-
Connell. The prisoners must be divided into 18 different
classifications. Those awaitinfi trial cannot be rlaced with
those already tried. McConnell noted that traffic violators
cannot be Kut in a cell with a burglar, a burglar cannot be
placed with a drug offender, a drug offender cannot be put
with an armed robber, an armed ro%ber cannot be put with
a murderer, and a sex crime offender cannot be placed
with anyone.
“Crime has increased in the county,” explained Mc-
Connell. ““The GBI did a study during the last 18 months,
which shows that Chattooga County leads the state of
Georgia in felony crimes per capita. Georgia has the
highest rate of repeat offenders with 77 percent. At the
present time Georgia has the most prisoners of any state
llt} tsh,e: U. S. or any country in the world, excluding the
McConnell noted that on an average when a prisoner!
becomes a state prisoner they are picked up within 45
days after their appeals are exhausted. When a prisoner
becomes a state prisoner, the counti}_'l receives $7.50 per
day reimbursement for that person. However, McConnell
said, it cost the county approximately $17.70 per day to
house and feed that same prisoner.
When the jail becomes overcrowded and the countf'
has to house prisoners in other county jails, McConnell
said the cost per day becomes even greater. The onl%: two
jails able to house extra prisoners at this time are lO{d
County, who charge $25 per day per prisoner, and Bibb
County, who charge $47.50 per prisoner per day.
McConnell noted that he is one of 55 sheriffs in the
state of Georgia being sued because of jail conditions. The
local suit was filed in July of 1981 by the Legal Aid Ser
vices in Dalton on behalf of Joe Moore, who was arrested
and convicted of the armed robberi of a package store in
the Holland Community. Moore has been in the state
system for about a year, said McConnell.
Members of the group expressed concern over how
well prisoners are treated in f'ail and suspected the
grisoners will be housed in “hotel and country club-style”
ecause of the federal standards placed on jail (()iperations.
They questioned if the good jail conditions and comforts
encouraged more crimes rather than discouraging them.
One member of the %'roup told of juveniles who had been
sent to a youth development center and returned to brag
about how well they had it there.
The members asked for ways to change the standards
concerning jail operations and were advised by McConnell
and Denson to write their senators and congressmen.
The bond referendum concernin%uthe jail renovation
comes before the county for a vote Tuesday, May 3.
Fairfax County Public
Schools of Centreville, Va.,
from 1969 until July 1981.
During the entire week a
digplay of ' aomie . 10
photographs of Harold Tyree
of Summerville will be on ex
hibit in the conference room of
the library. The photographs
are of scenes in Chattooga
County and surrounding
areas.
Tyree, a retired carpet mill
executive, has had a Yifelong
interest in photograph, par
ticularly in landscapes an(f) ar
chitecture. On retirement
some eight years ago, Tyree
decidedg that he needed
The Chattooga County Library is
celebrating ‘‘National Library
Week”’ through Saturday. During
this special week Library Director
Rita Linker (left photo, right)
honored Rep. Johnny Crawford
with a book from the library staff
for his services to the community
during Georgia’s 250th birthday
anniversary. The book, ‘‘Great
Georgians’’ by Zell Miller, will be
available at the library. Also on
hand for the presentation was
Crawford’s daughter, Sarah.
Afterwards Mrs. Linker and Rep.
Crawford joined Mrs. Rosemary
McWhorter’s second grade class
outside the library (bottom photo)
as they released balloons in obser
vation of library week. Libraries
all across the United States
released balloons Monday for the
celebration.
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something to ‘‘retire to’’ so he
decided to devote time to
photography as a profes
sional. He has had work used
by advertising agencies, cot
porate magazines and state
tourism agencies.
The library launched 100
balloons Monday in accor
dance with libraries across the
country. The balloons were
released at 2 p.m. by a class
from the Summerville
Elementary School. The
balloons had postcards at
tached asking the finders to
contact the local library.
On Wednesday a special
Walt Disney movie was
presented for area youngsters.
The movie began at 3:30 p.m.
in the conference room at the
library.
For more information
about the special week contact
the library, who will also be
selling plastic book bags for
40 cents each.
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Revival services will be con
ducted at the Mountain View
Baptist Church April 25-29 at
7:30 nightly. Evangelist will be
the Rev. James Luckett of
Dalton. The pastor, the Rev. J. B.
Wheeler, and members of the
church extend an invitation to
everyone to attend. Special
singers Friday night will be the
Maranath Baptist Church adult
choir from Hiram.
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Personals
Miss Lillie Dendy of Rome
was guest of Harriett Carroll
Tuesday 2f las£ weelc.
Mrs. Betty McGinnis and
Mrs. David V\ynlker of Atlanta
were guests of Harriett Car
roll last 'l;hursgay. .
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Camp
and Caroline and Mr. and Mrs.
Steven Bullard attended Ogen
House at Camp Adahi Sunday
afternoon. Caroline will be on
the Camp Staff this summer
as a horseback riding instruc
tor.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Lacey Sunday were:
Curtis Wilson of I\larietta.
Mrs. Fannie Jones, Kathryn
Jones and their mother of
Chattanooga, Tenn., Mr. and
Mrs. Haro%d Wilson and Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Underwood
of Summerville.
Several members of the
Sunday morning class of Nor
thside Church of Christ and
Ron Fisher, Minister, Mrs.
Fisher and children enjoyed
dinner at Pizzaville Sunday.
Ernest Lacey attended the
Russell Mills retirees meeting
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shopping center to be sexuall
abused. Mrs. Neelley later 83:
mitted to injecting the teen
afier with drain cleaner before
shooting her in the back and
pushing her into the canyon.
However, the defense con
tinued that Mrs. Neelley was
brainwashed by her husband,
Alvin Howard Neelley Jr., and
acted on his instructions as a
“robot.”’
Judge Cole said the ag
gravating circumstances of
the case outweighed the
mitigating circumstances.
“The court rules out the pro
position that she was brain
washed.”” He noted that Mrs.
Neelley chose to adopt the life
of an adult and voluntarily
carried out her husband’s
orders.
According to reports, Mrs.
Neelley told Judge Cole she
wanted to be allowed to work
from prison to educate the
public about wife abuse. Mrs.
Neelley said, “‘I don’t want to
die. There’s so much I can do
to help. I just want to prove it.
I don’t belong in the electric
chair.”
Mrs. Neelley and her hus
band both face murder
charges in Chattooga County
in the death of Janice Kay
Chapman of Rome. Ms. Chap
man’s body was found in the
Haywood Valley Community
several days after she disap
peared from Floyd County.
Neelley is reportedly schedul
ed to be tried during the
August term of Superior
Court here. It is not known
when Mrs. Neelley will stand
trial locally.
Architect
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retiring at the end of the
1982-83 school year. The
board approved Mrs. Martin's
retirement with regret noting
that she had served the
system well during her 30
years of employment.
Assistant Board Chairman
Jim Simmons said, ‘‘We
regret that Mrs. Martin is
retiring. We appreciate her
many years of service to the
system and wish her well.”
In other action the board:
* Agreed to hold a
community-wide meeting
May 2 in the elementary lun
chroom to discuss what
should be done about the foot
ball stadium bleachers. The
board said they hope to have
comments from the public as
to making the bleachers safer
and easier to maintain.
* Appointed board
member Jim Simmons as their
delegate to the Georgia School
Board Association convention
in Savannah June 25-26.
* Approved wiring at the
elementary school as recom
mended by the state fire mar
shall.
Drug Alert
Program Tonight
“Operation Drug Alert,”
an informative drug and
alcohol abuse program, will be
heldkin Chattooga County this
week.
The program will be held
tonight, April 21, at the Chat
tooga High School gym befin
ning at 7 o'clock and Friday,
April 22, at the Trion Com
munity Center beginning at 7
o'clock. The public is urged to
attend these gro ams, s(!’)on
sored locally by %rheriff ary
McConnell.
The program will be con
ducted by Dougherty Count
Deputy Sheriff Frani’
Sumner, better-known as
“Deputy Dawg.” His techni
ue approach to the evils of
3ruz and alcohol abuse is real.
and luncheon in Alexander Ci
ty, Ala., Saturday.
Mrs. Vicki Fisher and
women members at Northside
Church of Christ attended the
women’s seminar sponsored
by East Ridge Church in
Chattanooga, Tenn., Satur
day. The seminar was held at
Boyd-Buchannan Christian
School. They attended one of
the class lectures led by Mrs.
Martha Cochran Parker, wife
of Ken Parker, Minister of
Ringgold Church of Christ.
Mrs. Walter Elliott’'s son,
Willard Elliott, was her guest
for breakfast Tuesday.
Visiting Mrs. Elliott later in
the day was Mrs. Annie Simp
son and grandson.
Mrs. T.J. Drummond
visited Mrs. Walter Elliott
Wednesday.
ADD FIBER
It takes more than an ap
ple a day to add fiber to your
diet but it is a start. Eating
less processed food is also
helpful. Increase the fiber con
tent of meals by serving ap
ples and potatoes with the
peels left on. And use whole
grains to add exciting new
lavors and textures to food.
A Georgia Extension Service
food specialist said vegetables
and legumes also have fiber.
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The youth choir of Ridgeway Baptist
Church will sing Thursday night, April
28, during revival services at Belmont
Baptist Cfiurch. The service will begin at
New Farm Payment Program
said Mrs. Barkley.
There are 68 Chattooga County
farmers participating in the PIK pro
gram, combined with the Acreage Reduc
tion Program, a program that preceded
the PIK program angris a prerequisite to
President Reagan’s plan.
The PIK program, though Mrs.
Barkley admits is one of the most confus
ing programs she’s ever had to contend
with, simply allows farmers to pick up the
agreed upon amount of the crop from a
government warehouse at the end of
harvest season in exchange for not grow
ing the crop.
Under tEe program, Chattooga County
farmers will receive 15,200 bushels of
wheat at the end of this harvest season;
816 pounds of grain sorghum; 5,204
bushels of corn; and 32,500 pounds of cot
ton.
“The farmers can do whatever they
want to with their crop,” said Mrs.
Barkley. “‘Most have askeg to pick up the
goods at Rome.”
The government will assure storage of
the commodity for five months after the
harvest deadl.)i,ne. which is June 1 for
wheat and Oct. 1 for cotton, corn and
Sheriff’s Office Investigates
The Chattooga County
Sheriff’s Defiartment is in
vestigating the burglary of a
local business earlier this
week.
There are over 10,000 drug
and alcohol abuse evidence
items on display in his ‘‘drug
trailer.”
Deputy Dawg said, ‘“My
mission is simple to touch one
heart or to open up one set of
closed eyes to this major pro
blem, hurting so many of our
precious goung peogle. drug
abuse and alcohol abuse. My
display is larger this time and
I've had more cases by far to
tell about since coming your
way last time.”
According to Sheriff Mc-
Connell, the program last ?'ear
received a good response from
the county.
Sherif{ McConnell urges
area residents to attend the
drug alert program and to br
ing their children along.
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Prepare For Needlework Festival
The Chattooga County Homemakers Council will once
again sponsor a Needlework Festival. This year’s
event is scheduled for May 12-13 in the Daniel Lee
McWhorter Community Room of the Farmers & Mer
chants Bank in Summerville. Residents may bring
their needlework to the room May 12 beginnir;& at 10
a.m. The festival will be open to the public May 12
from 1 until 7 p.m. and Maé' 13 from 10 a.m. until 5
p.m. Peggy Hair (left) and Cindy Elsberry are shown
preparing some of their needlework for the festival. All
county residents with anly type of needlework are in
vited to enter the festival.
Ridgeway Youth Choir
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Ralls Jennings of J Bar
Corp. on U.S. Highway 27,
north of Trion, reported to of
ficers Wednesday morning
M M Degree At
Summerville Saturday
The degree team trom
Cherokee Lodie, Rome, will
dramatize the Master's
Degree at Chattooga Lodge in
Summerville Saturday even
ing. Lodge will open at 6
o’clock.
Pennville Alliance Church
Hwy. 27 North — Summerville
Sunday — Sunday School ............10:00a.m.
“Ye Are The Light Of The World” ..........A. M.
“By This Shall Men Know ...
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Wednesday ‘‘Prayers Of Jesus” .......7:00p.m.
Saturgay ....,..............0:000am. — WGTA
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™ Off. Phone 857-2316
7 o’clock and Leon Hall, pastor, will be
doing the preaching. An invitation is ex
tended to everyone to attend.
grain sorghum.
“It's the most difficult program we've
ever administered because it’s so com
plicated,”” said the director. ‘‘The farmers
were a little confused and had to talk
about it for awhile. Dair;?;,,farmers. for in
stance, weren't as interested as others
because they have to have grain silage for
feeding their animals.”
Many farmers are expected to sell the
goods back to the warehouse, though
some may sell corn, for example, to t%xe
best market.
Bachtel said most of the changes in
Georgia agriculture can be attributed to
external forces.
“They reflect changes in federal and
state economic policies, the growth of in
ternational marfiets, changes in transpor
tation and communication, labor markets,
indéxstrial development and lifestyle,”” he
said.
The rural sociologist added that in
creased urbanization threatens 2.2 per
cent of Georgia’s population who continue
to farm.
“In Georgia, 39 non-metropolitan
counties have experienced a population
growth of 60 percent or more just due to
in-migration a?one," said Bachtel.
that two buildings at his
business had been broken in
to. The incident reportedly oc
curred sometime between 6
&.lm. Tuesday and 7 a.m.
ednesdav.
All qualified Masons are
invited to attend and a
covered-dish supper will be
served at intermission, accor
ding to Jim Warren, Master of
Chattooga Lodge 704, F& AM.
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