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VOLUME C — NUMBER 111
Heating; / roblems Causing Delay
In Opening Chattooga’s Jail
By JAMES BUDD
News Editor
Chal County Sheriff
g:?' m is fuming
over delays at opom:fl
the Chattooga County J
and said the engineering firm
will pnéh:p to $450 .n:” to
house Chattooga's inmates in
other jails and pay for an addi
tional heating unit in the
Governor Expected To
Sign Prison Money Bill
. Th.bl Georgia General
ssembly Friln
s st i
plemental budget adding
more than SSO million to the
budget for the remaining five
din:hi; ?Jf mnnd oring
une
some $21.5 mfllfionm
for w?notgfitm of C:u state
prison ttooga nty.
According to . John
Copwierd, Sho % b
Atlanta this week working on
the state’'s budget for next
{:r. the money was approved
construction of the prison
Trion’s Treatment Plant
Now In Full Operation
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
At its January
%m’mty Coun
cil progress on the
new belt press operation at
the city waste treatment
facility.
m.lhy:u.l.‘fi Woods told
cou tan i
from the Alhbrook-gimon
- y had spent f:ivn'?:x:
jmwy putti nishi
touches on th.mfnlt press
machinery.
He stated that the
machinery was operating effi
ciently and the dried d&v is
being hauled to the fill.
Windows and exterior
blockwork are still to be com
gkud on the belt press
Mayor Woods also an
nounced that the state grant
money from the Department
of Natural Resources has not
been received to nfiz the city
for the belt g::n city has
paid off its SIOO,OOO loan
used to obtain and house the
press, and has borrowed the
same amount again pending
ncgpt of the grant money.
ouncilman Deck
2;.'0.0:)" reported that
41, in taxes
was collxm";:c the
month of December. He
stated that some 81,000 in
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Icy Roads, No School Again
Icy roads forced the cancellation of
classes for Chattooga County schools
Monday and Tuesday, marking the se
cond week in a row county students have
missed classes on the first two days of
the week. Trion Schools, however, were
open as usual Monday and Tuesday.
The Summeruille News
| newly-built facility.
| Officials discovered the
| nowjnflfwuh:gitn&l:ynrm
enough for ta d\lfll‘
the recent cold wave that le
toilets frozen, bun;fipn and
temperatures as as 28
mu in one section of the
ty.
McConnell said he has
| been in conference with the
| facility's architect, Kirkman
& Associates of Dalton, over
the problem.
and the State Properties Com
mission is expected Friday to
give its final approval for “pur
chasing 191 acres from W. O.
Underwood in Pennville for
Xnub.m for ‘;l.u prison site.
option on y was
Crawford said he believes
the properties commission
T ol teroved
rchase
':ilth no further delays.
rodcni'mth , who has e:fnl&-
w ment .
fender Rohnliution Com
missioner Dave Evans, learn
taxes was delinquent at
sent. The mayor mud‘fi
::'u‘r’:h:u;ld be sent out.bh;
inquent taxpayers
the city lawyer and that fi fas
would be issued if the taxes
were not paid,
Three Ridge Street
residents presented the coun
cil with a petition signed by 16
of their neighbors concerned
with a lack of water pressure
on their street.
The residents stated that
the use of water in one home
.....h““"‘“‘bm"".,g Tt & ke
: 2 %
than a usable level. The coun
cil agreed to investigate the
—;l‘fio council di-cusnd‘:':
early morning traffic probl
that has znm numerous
complaints in the city. Several
S Seviag vebisies iy
moving vel -
ing to eith:r‘uu city or Riegel
g shift changing thme. The
ing s ;
council MM}’ the
matter to determine which
vehicles were causing the pro
blem.
At the request of the
B 5 somsd
tion, counc
unanimously adopted a resolu
tion return&‘ five city roads
to funding under the secon
da:%gm.
roads had previously
see TRION, page 3-A
County School Superintendent Don
Hayes said the system can afford to miss
four days without causini; hardship at
the end of the year. Thisgoutownt&en
3 Wildlife Lake Road about noon Mon
y.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA 30747 — THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1985
The sheriff said the jail has
a 250,000 BTU heating
system, but he '&u‘d. the
system's capacity ve to
be nulrly h'::“!::odj h"l order to
propor t ail,
‘Woy should have been in it
two months ago,” said Mec-
Connell. “We've dilly-dallied
long cuoubgoh. The nniho fight is
going to be over wi ys."
o S eb el
he had no intention of paying
ed DOR plans to begin actual
construction by late summer
or urlty fall on the 750-inmate
capacity
anm the General
Assembly and the governor
rosodl e Wi B Free
of prisons in Georgia
and noted that the Legislature
also a ved hmdia for a
state mn in Ware unt{‘.
Gov. Harris uidh the
state’s prison groblam one
of the most " vating”'
problems in Goorme noted
that the state had a ggrhon
capacity of 15,406 in 1983 and
13,419 ?rhomra were sentenc
ed — just 1,987 below the
capacity.
Go&‘.. Harris is expected b&"fi
;“s-y that !nclndu the 8521.5
million for the Chattooga
u t the are ex
to travel to Atlanta for
the signing.
All Eyes
On Capitol
Two events of significance
to Clutwog: Counté"m ex
pected at the State Capitol in
Atlanta Friday as Gov. Joe
Frank Harris signs the 'L'fli
plemental l;;pmgrht.iom
authorizing $21.5 million for
construction of a state prison
here and the State Properties
Commission meets to buy the
land for the site. :
The Properties Commis
sion will meet at 10:30 a.m. in
Room 216 at.the Capitol, ac
cording to Rep. John
Crawford. 'l‘ngCoal;mium
expected to
of 191 acres owned g}"fiv 0.
Underwood for $345,000 for
the thon site.
delegation :‘f those whg
are opposed to the prison an
those who favor it are plann
ing to travel to Atlanta. Ofpo
nent Richard Greeson said the
zo-itkm is considering what
next step will be. Greeson,
who admits the opmion
“has a fight on its s,”
said the battle will be
“bbod‘y" if opponents decide
to go forward.
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for the additional heating unit
and the cost of kuplnfl in
mates in other facilities
without a fight.
“1 plan to make the ar
chitects foot that bill,”" he
said. “Evn:i effort will be
made to e them pay for
"
;;.McConnell ‘l.\idf l:h?
ting is the fault o
the mecmibc‘:lm engineers and
should have been the
B e
3 an adequate hea
system had been included in
tKe original bids for the jail,
;.‘h.on the sheriflffl said he w;iuld
ve '‘no problems”
for the exl:n cost, l?u.t nh!
Boinud out that contractor
ill Ramsey had built the jail
exactly according to engineer
ing specifications and in no
way was at fault.
Chattooga voters approv
ed a 09;‘:800 bond issue in
1983 for construction of the
{)flm K:Jrol% M cht c:fi
urphy
the old facility was inade
quate.
Jm Murphy ordered in
that the new facili
ty be occupied by Jan. 30, but
Major Shakeup Strikes
City Recreation Dept.
A major shakeup is under
way in the Su-m:rvmo
Recreation Department with
the mixguifiionuhi‘ly ‘fi
Director a
Martin 4@ ’r‘\iun?{-
ficultiu in coopera ith
three recrutionm%o‘:rd
members. g
Summerville Mayor Sewell
Cash this week agointod
Dennis Campbell, a Summer
ville resident and employee of
General Telephone, to fill
Alexander’s term, The board,
which includes members Jesse
Mann, Terry Money, Charles
El.w Hankins and
the ¢ , has yet to make
an appointment for recreation
In their letters of resi%nn
tion, both Martin and Alex
ander said working with three
flculmt members has been dis-
“The reason for my resign
ing are due to the fact that 1
cannot work with or reason
with three board members,”
said Martin in his resignation
letter. “These board members
have already made their com
mitments toward firing me. I
feel that these board members
have had it in for me for about
six months, In resigning, the
work that I have put forth for
the Recreation ‘l,;ep-rtment
has been useless.”
Alexander, a board
member for the last 12 years
and chairman for the last
three, said he was proud to be
a part of the dfiutment's
growth, but could not get
along with most board
Drinking Age Increase
Gets Assembly Approval
Both the Georgia Senate
and House have passed
moumsh‘ that will increase
the state’s dn.nldng age to 21
and experts say the new law
could save as many as 50 lives
a year,
The legishu;;;erhlnl:e
responded to a new al law
that requires states to ndo?t a
21-year drmh:g :fe or face
the loss of feder l.umway
B e’ Dopertment of
eorgia ment 0
Transportation.
Rep. John Crawford said
this week he voted for the
measure, although in the past
he stated that those who could
be drafted and fiflxt their
mnmhouldnlso treated
as ad otherwise, However,
Crawford noted the federal
government has given the
states no choice but, to adopt
the new drinking age or lose
money.
Critics call the federal
government’s threat to
withhold millions of dollars
;&h:g.flf ‘fid say it usurps
ight of states to pass
such laws, but lawnu&:ro
know the loss of the money
would be devul:nl.l.n%l
The Georgia House's
the order is now ble to
con;sly with m::mfl.
cConnell said the county
must now p?' the full cost of
housing its inmates in other
counties’ facilities. He said
:ho cost amounts to $450 a
ay.
" ggeéiff‘n in r&lrtow and
o ounty originally gave
Chnwonuczut a reduced
rate for :‘? fi’umut. but
McConnell it became em
bnrrnins to ask fellow
gheriff's for more favors
“after awhile.””
On og.en house for the new
jail was held in December and
was u%:cud to be occupied
by the first week of January,
but hutin’ &roblnma and the
nfiprovul of the state fire mar
shal slowed the readying date.
The sheriff said the fire
marshal’'s recommendations
me been 3(&1 on or mbin
sos com , but
he p:.ngd out lnm‘upoc
tion will be held after con:‘rle
tion of the new heating unit.
The sheriff said the jail
should be ready sometime in
February, but no firm date
has been set.
mom::fl. ! 4
“My reason for resigning
is due to the lack of coopera
tion from three board
ho“ said. “Our
system Deed ue to
dfix‘m. is resented by these
th members, therefore,
creating friction between us.
“1 also feel like these three
see SHAKEUP, page 3-A
Industrial
Park Deal
Is Delayed
A closed session of the
Summ .dC:uncfl was ex
pec uri morning to
discuss a “rrob‘m" with the
purchase of 120 acres for the
city industrial park.
Accordin.fi to City
Manager Grady McCalmon,
the problem is not serious and
will not jeopardize purchase of
the park, but will delay it until
pol’;ifi)ly lmuu. week.h
e closing on the proper
ty was originally planned for
last Friday, but an undisclos
ed problem arose forcing
poo'tigomment.
e city is expecting to
close the deal on the site,
which includes 20 acres set
aside for expansion of the
water treatment plant.
The acreage, located on
Bolling Road, will be purchas
ed for $151,000 from Gary L.
McGee and James F. Reatson.
measure, which passed 106-6,
will raise the drinking age to
20 Segt. 30, 1986 and to 21
Sept. 30, 1986. The House re
jected an amendment that
l::iuig h";l enacted the
slation only upon an en
dorsement by the U.S,
Supreme Court of the con
stitutionality of the federal
mandate. Also turned back
was an amendment that
would have banned the adver
alement. of nlcohol::i:
verages in newspapers a
other media.
The Senate passed a
similar pmoul with in
creases scheduled for July 1,
1985 and July 1, 1986. An
agreement between the House
and Senate versions is ex
pected in conference and
should be sent to the governor
for approval.
Sponsors of the bill said
the age would be increased
over a two-year period in order
to give restaurant and bar
owners tl:nae to mnk:ndthe
neces justments to
gi.ve t‘hfficputmtol?ublic
fety an opportunity to
phase in specially marked
driver's licenses indicating
who is under age.
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Sheriff’s Department Busy
Ch,ntto?n County Sheriff Gn?' McCon
nell and his department made several
s.nleohol-relaud a;rrolu this week. 83
turda t, three men were arres
for nuzngn‘fior and liquor without a
license at three separate establishments.
On Monday, 20 arrests were made of
Licenses Pulled After
Beer ‘Sting’ Operation
Chctto%n County
Sheriff's officials pulled the
beer sales licenses of 13
retai M after an
ol u belfifi
m that sales of beer
were made to a juvenile,
harme Sol shitiet Sk
charges against r
clerks and owners at 13 dif
ferent establishments, in
cludinlf three inside the Sum
merville city limits.
Officials reportedly made
the cases against the
establishments after sales of
beer were made to a 17-year
old &uvenilo.
eoreia law allows a max-
Menlo Treatment Plant
Considered By Officials
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
Engineers from the
Georgia Environmental Pro
tection Department are in
ogocting the proposed site of
the new waste treatment
facility this week in Menlo.
The facility will be part of an
SBOO,OOO sewerage system the
city hopes to obtain with
several state and federally
funded grants.
According to Menlo Mayor
Jeff Lanham, the site must be
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Menlo M:a'or Jeff Lanham and engineer
H]:nrbex;t &renum. of Rome, looktrovc;r'
plans for rofiaed sewerage trea
ment facility ?n enlo. A number of
imum fine of SI,OOO for illegal
sales to a minor.
. Licenses at all 13
ity of Sumutervills prosptly
ty mmerville promptly
returned the beer licenses to
the cltl establishments less
than 24 hours after the raids.
Summerville Mayor Sewell
Cash explained that the city
ordinance allows the city to
handle licensing and leaves
the matter up to the citi. Cash
said action may be taken by
the council after the three city
businesses are broufht before
State Court March 11,
The Triangle Package
screened and approved by a
DNR team of enflfieera. en
vironmental specialists and
even an archaeologist before it
can receive final approval.
Tentative approval of a
$200,000 industrial fi:'ant
from the Appalachian
Regional Commission was
gven by the DNR Jan. 14.
he grant still must be ap
groved bly the Arpllachian
;ziona Commission of
which Georgia Gov. Joe Frank
Harris is co-chairman. Accor
ding to Rep. John Crawford,
the Commll:lion will have to
meet to give final approval,
Menlo Site Under Study
retail clerks after an undercover opera
tion revealed they alleg:dly made sales
to a juvenile subject. The beer licenses of
13 retail establishments were pulled biy
the lawmen, but the City of Summerville
returned the licenses to three city outlets
accused of selling beer to a minor.
Store of Lyerly Highway, the
Pit 8:08 of U.g. 2?' and
Golden Gallon on U, 8. 27 had
'Arlen Thomas returned them
Tuesday, Cash said.
City Attorney Ben
Ballenger said since the cases
were not made by the city, the
retailers are presumed inno
cent until proven guilty in
State Court, therefore leavinf
the licensing issue up to the ci
ty.
Charged with allegedly
gelling beer to a minor were:
Becky Helton, Triangle
see STING, page 16-A
The earliest meeting would be
M.Y or June and funding
could Jmuibly be as late as
Sept. 30.
Crawford rg{:orted this
week that the ARC is on a list
of programs that President
Reagan wants to be cut from
the budqet. However, Con
gress is in favor of the pro
gram, “We'll just have to wait
and see,” Crawford said in a
telephone interview from the
Georfln General Assembly.
The $200,000 ARC grant
would pay for the sewerage
facilities needed by Best
see MENLO, page 3-A
state and local engineers are studying
the proposed 26-acre site to determine
the environmental impact of building
three oxidation ponds.
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