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VOLUME C — NUMBER 11
Industry
Site Deal
To Close
Summerville City Manager
Grady McCalmon said the ci
ty should close the deal on the
120-acre industrial park on
g‘ollinlllo.dl"fidnyorMm
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McCalmon said cold
weather has hampered a
survey team, but if the
weather moderates the closing
should occur Friday.
T‘htdtyiobu{‘é;‘.thom
from O-g L. and
James . Beatson for
$151,000. : 1
~ “We are working on it and
everything is fine,” said Mc-
'—‘l—'l;unnp said that one
e e
visi t indust. si
estate “preferred it over
other sites they saw.”
Theft Suspect
Leaves Trail
In 3 States
Tennessee authorities nab
bed a 19-year-old Cartersville
man Tuesday who stole at
least seven cars in the last few
weeks from used car dealers,
including one dealership
located in Summerville, local
police said.
Raymond Johnson, 19,
whose last known address was
in Cartersville, was ap
;‘Md‘d Tuesday morning
Athens, Tenn., while driv
ing a stolen car.
Summerville Police Chief
Arlen Thomas said the youth
apparently drove into car
dealerships and asked to drive
a vehicle, leaving his own
vehicle which was stolen from
another dealership in another
town,
Last Wednesday, Johnson
took a 1981 Datsun four-wheel
drive truck on a test drive
from Brooks Used Cars on
North Commerce Street in
Summerville. He never return
ed. Summerville police traced
the car Johnson drove to the
dealership to Cartersville,
vh::rnlfcouiditwum
as as three others in the
Bartow County area. “‘He was
well known in Cartersville,’”
On Friday morning,
Johnson v'z'pd the Datsun
stolen from Summerville with
a 1981 Pontiac Firebird at a
Centre, Ala., dealership. Ac
cording to Thomas, the youth
swapped several other cars
before being nabbed by
Athens police.
The subject is wanted for
four car thefts in Cartersville,
one in Summerville, one in
Alabama and one so far in
see THEFT, page 9-A
Sheriff: Jail
Problems
‘Severe’
Chattooga County Sheriff
Gary McConnell said Wednes
day he doubts LMChauo?n
County Jail will be ready for
occupancy by the Jan. 30
d.dfi::m by Federal Judge
Harold Murphy.
- McConnell said there are
S et
new jail's
m&nufinmhdmm
issued an oocupancy permit
:;din‘ some “‘inexpensive’’
justments.
‘l’b:i sheriff said I::. ap
parently w
unit in the facility mifln::o‘
a major delay in occupancy.
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Pay Raise First Since
s
1972 For Legislators
The Georgia House of Representatives ed a pay
raise for legislators increasing the pty!rvmz‘l.2oo|y:r
to SIO,OOO a year effective January, 1987.
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the State Senate for consideration there. Rep. John
Crawford voted for the proposal.
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it w be the pay raise for legislators since 1972,
Rep. Crawford said he expects the bill to pass the
Senate and upheld his position on the raise. He said when
he first came to the House in 1975 starting teachers and
legislators were both making $7,200 a year and “‘now star
fin*_mchers are 3!%318.000." he said.
or several years State Compensation Commis
sioner has recommended that legislators’ salaries be set at
$12,500. Alaska pays the %le‘ishfive salaries at
$48,000 a year. Georgia ranks among the 50 states in
h‘ifhfi””yam ise, H Tom M
n support pay raise, House Speaker Tom Mur
phydwdfimuvpsczindkauthulfbgishtmhad
received the pay raises granted other state employees
mag;eput 13 years, legislative salaries would now be
$12,352.
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Record Cold Wave
Some of the coldest weather ever to strike Chattooga
County blasted into the area Saturday nifht and Sun
day morninfdushered in by a light snowfall. The out
break of cold, which sunk mercury readings here to
lows ran{:g from minus 10 to minus 17 on Monday,
marked the third time in the last three winter seasons
that the temperature has fallen below zero. Above, a
minus 4 reading was reported on a downtown Summer
ville bank at 9:20 a.m. more than two hours after sun
up.
Crawford Praises
Governor’s Speech
Rep. John Crawford prais
ed GWE.JOV\.I Frank Harris’
speech last odnudny before
a joint session of the House
and Senate.
Harris has asked for a $134
million salary increase for
Georgia's public education
teachers in 187 systems,
boosting the nveng: teacher
pay to more than $24,000.
Also recommended is
?fllrlol:pmont k?' dmandatory
uil-da ndergarten,
3250.006 for nehnhn’dpo for
mu‘h-chool graduates; $94
in construction funds
to build and mm school
buildings; $7 to con
struct or rnmdo additions for
15 public libraries; and
$500,000 to start an eminent
scholars program in the
University System.
Crawford called the gover
nor’'s z-tch one of the most
“forceful”’ addresses he had
ever h‘r&. Crawford, who
supports governor’'s pro
gram, said Harris was inter
Education Dominates Legislature
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
The Georgia General
A»ombli.hmbodnningto
act on measures recom
mended by the Governor's
Educational Review Commit
tee, a 500-item list of su .
| tions to improve Goorg:"t
f schools prompted by an
§ 18-month study.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747 — THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1985
rupted up to 20 times by
strong applause.
Among the highlights of
the speech were the
or's remarks challeng
g§ mg'.one who disagrees
th t ix‘tzflwumnu to
“provide evidence that im-
Eovin( public education will
any way harm another area
of state government.” (For a
full 't‘cxt of dgo:fii H:r&i’o'
speech, see in s week's
“We have designed a
system to achieve excellence
and we are J‘l:ina to fund that
system so that our educators
have the tools they need,”
said Harris. "It is simple as
that...and as wg,_i::&fovc
public education, we im
prove the whole state.”
: (}’hrria c%ntinuodlz "}
edge to the ople o
flm.u that I wflrl‘ue every
element of persuasion, eva(
bit of authority, and, if it
takes it, every ounce of
see CRAWFORD, page 9-A
Hailed bg; some as the
answer to the state’s educa
tional wounndmn!z{'oth«l
as too broad to be effective,
the review is a major issue
before the Legislature this
year.
The following are excerpts
from the 25-page summary
which has been made
available to local educators.
Quality Basic Education —
Defined, assured for all
Goor!iunl. Sixty-eight re
qui competencies, eight
elective competencies.
Eliminate excessive high
school electives. Require
parental involvement in
course selection. Provide three
high school alternatives:
General, College Preparation,
Vocational.
Vocational Education —
Emphasis on basic skills and
general job skills: Grades K-8
—~ increased emphasis on
general cl.nm:le onlopweef op
portunities, velopi at
titudes and values nazd on
the job. Grades 6-8, Career ex
ploration electives in voca
oßk I prer g
, business typ
ing, home economics and/or in
dustrial arts), not to.exceed
110 hours for the three-year
period. Currently, no such
restriction exists. Grades
9-12, required courses to in
clude career awareness,
Grades 11-12, Vocational
training for related ‘‘clusters”’
of occupaf:fwm Grade 12,
Training occupa
tions via mmh co-op
rogram or ponsooondagi
foint enrollment. Currently
© Copyright 1985 by Espy Publishing Co.. Inc.
Arctic Weather Brings Lowest
Temperatures In Decades Here
By JAMES BUDD
News Editor
v e i
wea ever n
south tore through the county
this week with temperatures
here approaching unofficial
lows u:flng from 10 below
uul) uii nd:' 17 in Cloudland
early Monday morning.
X l.i&lu snowfall accom
panied the blast of arctic air
early Sunday morning, but
lawmen reported few dif
ficulties from mishaps.
City of Summerville of
ficials reported ‘‘dozens and
dozens'' of requests to turn off
water meters after water lines
bursts in homes throughout
the county. Consum%toign of
natural gas approac all
time highs and some difficulty
in maintaining pressure was
reported on r:g' Summerville
;y'tem in Chattooga and
O sthters reportad
refighters reported more
calls than usual due to the ex
treme cold. Accordh}u to Sum
merville firefighter James Ar
cher, seven residential fire
&l:’. mnda&lwmd between
y & onday morning,
most of which were caused by
woodheaters igniting
chimneys. i :
Archer said modern
heaters gett.oohot for crumbl
ing old chimneys, where
creosote builds ? in cracked
mortar joints and ignites.
Chattooga Cou% school
children had a two-day holi
da_"{ Monday and Tuesday.
on Schools were closed
Monday. Officials were warn
ed that it was extremely
dangerous for students to
stand outside wdufl" for
;cul:‘od z\im in windchills of
us 40, especially children
who are not prepared to cope
with the unsual cold. ;
Metoorologkiltl rl?ortod
that this week's cold wave
was almost as severe as an
arctic outbreak in January,
State Prison Expected
On Commission’s Agenda
The Georgia ment
of Offender Rehabilitation
this week was awaiting an ap
flmul' on a five-acre |of
nd owned by a gennvflle
resident that will adjoin the
main 186-acre site of a propos
ed state prison.
Once the umru’ul is com
pleted the entire proposal, in
cluding a reported $345,000
contract for pu.rchuinly the
land of resident W. O. Under
wood, will be turned over the
State Properties Commission
for final approval probably
next week,
occupationally sfpeci(ic
Srides’ 013 Al ‘sscoudary
12.
Evclo will have increased em
phasis on vocationally rele
vant basic academic skills
(reading, writing, math,
o beterisr sy RIS
** Increased Salary Base — |
mrkat d::‘nlitive. com
tive, fnod to attract
and retain effective teachers.
The initial target is for a 17
percent increase in minimum
{ny base pay and an addi
ional seven percent for non
teaching certificated person
nel to place all educators on
the same schedule, The 17 per
cent increase is Fhued in,
with 50 percent in Fiscal Year
86 and 25 rmmt each in I
Fiscal Year 87 and Fiscal Year
Mississippi High Court
Orders West Re-Tried
The Mississippi Supreme
Court threw out the convic
tion of Samuel Tony West late
Wednesday and ordered a
retrial for the defendant ac
cused of killing a navy officer
at a Vickcburfi:wmw rest
lwcvin December 1982,
arren County, Miss.,
Assistant District Attorney
Isadore Patrick said the court
rang v B gBl
ti nce
from Georgia and said the fi
secution failed to show a c
“chain of events.”
1940, when the state's all-time
record low of 17-below zero
reported Jan., 27 at the
Ehr Count{ CCC camp. An
cial low of minus 16 was
reported at Blairsville Mon
g{vby the National Weather
ice to be the coldest of
ficial reading in the state.
Knoxville, Tenn., reported a
24 below zero mdwnondny
and Chatunooxl. ~ had
& minus 10 reading.
During the January, 1940
outbreak, the severe cold was
lccom?.niod by 11.5 inches of
snow in Summerville, accor:
311_' to the Jan. 26, 1940 issue
l'he Summerville News.
Service station operators
and mechanics reported a
booming business with cars
that would not start due to
the extreme weather,
Mechanic Kenneth Flood
mud about 40 calls bet
v Saturday and Monday
GTE manager G. C. Pickle
said phone service was fairly
normal. ‘‘We haven't had near
as much trouble as I thought
— only about 20 calls,” said
Pickle Monday. He noted the
cold makes telephone wires
contract and snap under win
dy conditions.
The worst of the cold wave
was over by Tuesday after
noan, when umg::tuul
barely rose above ing in
most valley locations for the
2{:}: time since Saturday
.
Summerville City Manager
Grady McCalmon said natural
gas pressures were low in
many homes in the area due to
the extreme demand. He said
workers made adjustments on
regulators, allowing a
c:vter flow of natural gas,
but he said the lators will
have to be ud!umd back
Aown after the weather
returns to normal.
The problem was
with burm.:';tor &ign. City
crews were requested to cut
off water at the meter and Mc-
Calmon noted that the svstem
Underwood reportedly
agreed to sell the land for the
750-inmate carncitz&rioon to
the state for $345,000. A top
state official said the amount
would be the maximum paid
by the state on the total 191
acres and could be reduced if
complications arise before the
progmiu commission.
A ov. Joe Frank Harris has
requested $21.5 million in
bond funds to finance the con
struction of the prison and
both House and Senate
leaders say the funding is like
see PRISON, page 9-A
88. The seven t is
recommended to mact in
Fiscal Year 86.
Teacher Career Ladder —
Five plateaus of career
development attained through
degree level, satisfactory
teaching experience,
demonstrated knowledge and
performance. Designed to
raise the image of teaching as
a profession and ensure ap
propriate supply of produc
tive, committed teachers
statewide by: Providinf rro
fessionally competitive,
market sensitive salary. At
tracting talented and
academically able individuals.
Reducing teacher isolation
through teachers teaching
teachers. Involving produc
soe EDUCATION, page 15-A
A co-defendant in the case,
Kenneth Avery Brock, receiv
ed a life sentence for his rart
in the sl:,yinf of naval officer
Kirby Phelps. West was
sentenced to die in the state’s
electric chair.
Both Brock and West were
also accused of lnlhx(xg two
recluse Cl'}attl%oga County
men atop Taylor's Ridge in
December 198)5 before travel
ing to Miuiuzgi.
Brock pleaded guilty to the
charges receiving three life
see COURT, page 9-A
had few cutoffs on the
customer's side of the lines.
“On new construction we'll
have a cutoff valve on the
customer's side of the line,"”
he said. |
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If you wanted to fish at the James H.
"SK)ppy” Floyd State Park lake this
week you needed to break throug:l the ice
with a drill to get a hook in the water,
Some of the coldest weather ever
reported in Chattooga County came
blasting into the area Saturday night
Powell Says Unpaid Bills
Pose ‘Serious’ Problems
Chattoo&n County Com
missioner Harry Powell said
this week that the ‘‘most
serious "krroblem he has faced
since ta ng office is a backlog
of unpaid bills amounting to
“near $300,000."”
He said the bills, some of
which are not accompanied by
delivery tickets, date back to
1982. “To me when I look
back over the years of mon
thly bills the question in my
mind is why some of our mer
chants in some months scarce
ly had any bills at all and then
Kinzy Tells Trion Board
Benefits Of State Plan
A number of financial con
siderations hgfhlightod the
regular mont “{ meeting of
the Trion Board of Education
Monday nlght.
Trion Superintendent of
Schools Bill Kinzy gave an
“overall good report” of the
progress of the Governor’s
educational recommendations
for the state, S
~ He éifigfia-md that com-
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The Trion Board of Education held its
reiuhr meeting Monday night despite
sub-zero temperatures that caused the
cancellation of most events scheduled
around the county. Principal Sue Hayes
and teacher Joyce Hogg made a presen-
McCalmon said the area's
fias supflier, Southern
atural of Birmingham, had
plenty of gas available unlike
a similar cold wave in 1977,
By Wednesday at press
Ice Fishing Anyone?’
and by Monday morning the
temperatures had sunk well below zero.
Daytime hiihs barely got above the
freezing mar Tueud?' for the first time
but plummeted to 10 efiees Wednesday
morning. The da[\)':ime gh Wednesday
was expected to be about 40.
just before the end of 1984
dozens and dozens of
businesses present these
unreasonable amount of bills
for items bought !3' Chat
t.ooga County,” said Powell,
owell went on to say he is
unable to find the nccomyanfi'-
ing tickets for some of the
items and ‘‘also the Jan. 3 in
ventory does not show very
mulxiy of these gurchaul."
owell said he has an
employee checking into the in
voices for verification before
the bills will be paid,
Review findings would mean
an increase in state funds for
Trion Schools. ‘This plan
would basically mean hifher
salaries and stiffer
standards,”’ Kinzy stated.
“There would be more tutin!
of teachers, students and ad
ministrators.”” #
The equalization formula
would mean a 27 rrunt, in
crease in funds for Trion,
““The goomt. system now
levies sl2 per mill per stu
Board Braves Weather
tation of new teachinfi methods to the
board. Present for the meeting were g
Harold Peek, Ron Hayes, Bettfl/ Elrod,
Sue Hfi'“‘ Superintendent Bill Kinzy,
Joycéa . ogg, James Simmons and Jim
my Hall,
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100th Year
Of Publication
PRICE 20*
time, the daytime
temperature was expected to
rise to near 40 degrees with a
30 percent chance of rain,
sleet and snow Wednesday
night and Thursday morning.
The commissioner said the
county's auditin& firm
Haynes, Moore, VanLan
dingham & Finney of Rome
“has suggested'’ that each
department head in county
government be required to use
purchase orders, which Powell
said would have to be signed
by him.
“Purchase orders make
hardships on the department
heads and the commissioner,
but if spending is not held to a
minimum these orders will go
see POWELL, page 9-A ’
dent, and the richest levies
$196 Per mill per child.
Statewide, the averge system
will receive a 28 mcent in
crease. Trion's scheduled 27
rercent increase shows that it
lis currently on the average in
‘wealth per child. A child
should not be penalized educa
tlonallyp;b::au{uhl;e lives in h:
poorer of the state,”
added.
The board adopted into its
see KINZY, page 9-A