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Letters To The Editor
Pemmville Resident For Prison
nwfir n I have lived
rst let me state I have lived in Chattooga
County for over 50 years, so lam no
newcomer to the County. Also, I have made a
living outside the county for the last 18-20
years, becal uuoszgny{g.)obs in this coun
ty or no jobs available in the area. I travel at
l;n.staoo.ooop:x;h:nydmool n::;h«eo\m
are ng growi were are
sitting 5:40 g“n bolundnt‘nmu in Chat
tooga County ng nothing and a large
amount of people don't want anymore than we
have now. Isn't it time we change things
around and head in a different direction before
it is too late? The only thing that has showed
any growth in this county in the last 4310&:
is the welfare roll and unemployment roll.
_ Mr. Editor to show what lam speaking of
is one thing this little cotton-headed man up at
Trion nlfingnmndmungpeoplewaigna
petition wt.?lwmt:priaon from coming to
this county. He was invited to speak at a local
club moeunfi few weeks ago he !goke on his
duty in World War 11 which was 40 odd years
ago. These two- or three-hundred poo&l:who
hnvobemhocnshoda‘t:hhwa:l t the
state prison coming to Chattooga nty is as
far mam as | stated before. Another
thmglvwldlikotoo:g.iomdmchur
ches in the county and the pastors are taking a
big stand in the prison issue when they should
be preaching and teaching God's word. It is
also amazing that some of the politicians in
the city and county have changed their views
on the prison. Could it be this little cotton
headed man and his followers are pumnq
prumnont.hom?At.t.hiltimhtmc:‘v
am thankful for men like Gov. Joe Frank Har
ris, State Senator Sonn Hug{"ns. R"fi
Johnny Crawford, Shoriffy Gar[s;ow cConne
and Mr. Underwood who are not in%ot.c:l the
pressure. The people of Chntwo%n. nty
should get behind these men and back them
up with their support.
Recently my job took me to Tallahassee,
Fla. I had to stay overnight in a motel next to
a state prison in a residential area and if it had
not been for the Florida State Prison signs at
the entrance you would have thoufht it was a
big country club or something. | have also
Store Owner Responds
A Edm;: f week ph ph
couple o s ago, my photograph ran
in this m&p« lhor.vfi( me with a group of
Chattooga County citizens in Atlanta as being
lnmfam of the proposed state prison coming to
county.
Since that time, I have noticed somewhat
of a boycott of my small family-owned conve
nience store, located near Pennville, and just
wecently I have received information of an un
confirmed threat that both my small store and
my home would be destroyed if the prison was
built in the county.
1 am writing you, not to criticize your
paper for r\lnnlns my Lhotognph But on the
contrary, lam for the construction of the
‘prison and that was the reason I traveled to
Atlanta a few weeks ago to show my support.
However, | am writing in an attempt to ex
"““Rb'f.‘i e I hed b
t two years ago, | was approac y
localofiicinhlndl:fidtowriualetww
Atlanta showing local support for the con
struction of a medium ucurit{“suw prison
here in the coun.tz;'l“wrou the letter because,
in my small bu , I can see, better than
probably nnnom else, the need for more jobs
and growth in our rural county. If our county
had an option of obtaining another large in
d\tmintbocotmtyhuto.dofthe ison, |
w luvozt:d for it. However, we g:ve not
had that choice.
At the time I wrote the letter, I had no idea
of where the Kim would be constructed.
Even so, now that the site has been chosen, |
‘Alternative Choice’
Dear Editor:
A lot of people find the subject of abortion
too unpleasant to discuss. Mlux&mmso
repulsed by the topic that we c to close
wroynnndhumwmthhapponircng
around us. We offer many excuses for our la
of action, bur failure to show commuion: but
in the end, W:dl;ufl. admit thath our E:dty
reasons are negative rep! to 8
Word. When we fail to show Christlike con
cern for thosé who are in need, we are no dif
ferent than the men who, in the parable of the
good Samaritan, passed by the wounded man
and showed no love or concern whatsoever,
The Samaritan not only had compassion for
.u:'i: individual; he put his t.hmga‘u into action
sically h%ad restore this person to
hedmnl‘ukol& 7, does not Jesus say to us
“Go, and do thou likewise?”’ Colossians 1:18
urges us to order our lives in such a way *‘That
in all things, Christ would have the
preeminence.” Shall we assume aelftiocty and
continue to condemn these women who have a
Thanks Offered
Dear Sir,
Tbetemsomu.l'y;roplewbowntxibuted
their time, talents energzht.o making the
1984 Annual Banguet of the Lwogangoun
tv Chamber of Commerce a success: (I would
liew ially thank Gene and David Espy
fortheirfilpindelipfinglndpfinfingthem
vitations and programs., They have received
many compliments).
J;ry special thanks and appreciation to
Senator Sam Nunn and his expert staff: Myra
Craze, Scott Maxwell, Charlie Harmon, Tom
my Dortch and former aide David Williams.
The Revs. Jack Colwell and Ed Wojtczak;
zheU.S.MuineCu%oleouflofßom.
Georgia and Chrissie White of the CHS Band;
Director Steve Jones and Technicians Tony
Hogue and Brian Salmon with their help in
staging, lighting and sound; The Players who
gave a great performance (as usual) and also
added a special touch by presenting each
guest with a small American Flag; the many
merchants who donated door prizes for Randy
SnyderundPhflngbtopvc:lpochldecon
tions from Peppers Flonist, Duff's Flowers,
Money's Flowers and Sara’s Flowers, Each
donated a very beautiful t to be
iven as extra door prizes; m Textile who
fi:nd the cloth for the tables; Edythe
seen nice modern rrisons in a lot of other
states as | travel all of them. I think t.hm
of facilities the state will build will be a it
to the Pennville area. Oh yes I do live in Penn
ville myself and own my home there also. This
lit.tl;.smup of people led by the little cotton
headed man says not mu?' of the 175 jobs will
s:‘? localm Well if only a few of them
it will be ahead of anything that has come
this way in a long time in the way of jobs for
our people. No plant or a.rß' industry that
locates anywhere will work all local people. Oh
{oa I noticed that some land owners who of
ered their land for sale to the state Erison.
some inhleu than five miles from the ndt:-.
wood place, is now :fiuh' out against
pfisonplocat.ion. Just like itngn been for years
in this county. If it doesn’t put a feather in a
certain group's nest we-don't get it. I also
notice we have some people who are holding
state jobs and drawing state money every fi)ny
day who are spending a lot of time and effort
to speak out against the Governor and state
officials. This could add more to our
unemployment rolls. Wake up Chattooga
Counal.people. these are the only jobs and pay
days that have come this way in a long time.
Yes we also have mh who mMout
against widening U. S. 27 from Trion to Sum
merville. Also, we hear of people who are
against the National Guard Armory coming
here. 'l‘heé are happy with what we have. Let's
wake up Chattooga County and get out of this
40 {Mr rut we are in and go for progress.
f this little cotton-headed man and his
followers and a few more that are working so
hard to ke;p the prison out would band
togethu' and work toward getu'rg industry
and more pay days in Chattooga County, we
might just ‘wll out of the 40 z’w rut we have
been in so long, and our children and grand
children would not have to leave the county to
work as I have, and also the little cotton
headed leader has had to do.
Hang in there, Joe Frank, Sonny, John,
Gary and Mr. Underwood.
?;mes D. Miller
Resident of Pennville Community
am still in favor of the prison. | had to make a
decision a couple of weeks ago of being either
for or against, up or down. It would have been
very easy, and probably smart, for me to have
becnillorbul{ofthodlyofu\emoeunatn
Atlanta. But I decided to stand my ground
because I believe the prison will be good for
the county.
Also, just recently I witnessed that it is
not those behind bars whom we should be
afraid of, but those criminals who because of
prison over-crowding are let out on the streets
ufl&ddust recently, my small business was
robbed by an armed gunman in front of my
home, and although t.hrou%h the fast and pro
fessional work of the hnttoo're‘n County
Sheriff's Department and the Trion Police
Department, the men were captured and my
store’s mceigu returned, I can see first hand
the danger of having a criminal element on our
streets,
Nevertheless, 1 can see the anguish and
concerns of all those who are in opposition,
and 1 uz;hud those, who thm':fi,h peaceful
means, demonstrate ainst things they
perceive as injust, and 1'5..:.& God that I live
ina oount?' where I too can voice my beliefs.
However, for those who resort to violent ac
tivities in an attempt to force their wants on
others through intimidation, I have only con
tempt, for they are the people whom we build
prisons for.
finearog.
Benny Perry
Owner of Benny's Tri-Sum Foods
“crisis pregnancy?”’ We cannot take a stand
against this lllufl::l’ of babies and not ex
tend our helw t mothers who desperate
ly need our love and cmmim.
will g':‘u help save t defenseless un
born babes of our land? Millions of helpless
%ms have 'Lutad t.‘l’u“fl:i:hvmhobdm(?ll‘:h. but
ou can change this, t here in ttooga
County. Do not "5;03 by’ these acts of atroci
8' any longu! t involved and help the
hristians in our area give these women an
“alternative’’ choice. Let's introduce them to
Christ and save their baby for a loving home
and family. Stand with us and support this
ministry now working in your county, North
Georgia Crisis Pregnancy Center. This
mmutrguhu great needs physically and finan
cially, but most of all we enlist your daily
an‘en for this task ahead.
orth Georgia Crisis Pregnancy Center
John Rfinew. Director
fo7 Horse Road
Summerville
McGinnis, Martha Thomas, Nelt Taylor and
Ollie Cash who decorated the cafetorium; Car
rie B. Freeman, Nancy Williams, Selena
Powell, Brenda Tucker and Madeline Chester
as hosg;’ulity and reservations committees;
Bet«tge awkins, CHS lunchroom supervisor
and her entire staff for a most delicious dinner;
the FBLA, FHA, VICA and FFA who moved
the tables and chairs and served the dinner;
Jack Herring, CHS Princippal: Grant Duke of
Coosa Valley APDC and Fred Land who pro
vided the Audio-Visual Presentation of
“Georgia On My Mind;" The News Media:
The Summerville News, The Chattooga Press,
The Rome News, The Chatunoo*avNewaoFreo
Press, WGTA Radio, Channel 6 TV and Chan
nel 3 TV; the City of Summerville for the
American and Georgia flags; Ml&:" Sewell
Cash and the Summerville City ncil for
presenting Senator Nunn with the key to the
city; Our own T7th District Conm:mm
George ”Budd;"Darden,hiswife.L ian, and
his staff: Tim Perry, Cecil Burke and Frances
Hankin; the officers, directors and members of
the Chamber as well as everyone who attended
the banquet.
My and humbly,
vey,
Executive Director
Lyerly Council
Discusses Parking
Problem, Flooding
The Lyerly City Council
voted to invutifnto what can
be done to alleviate what they
called a dlnfiaroua situation
near the Lyerly Diner caused
by lslarked cars at the
establishment blocking the
view of other drivers.
W.H. Stallings of
Gaylesville, Ala,, told the
council his wife had been in
volved in a wreck at the diner
located at the intersection of
Hwy. 114 and the Broomtown
Road. ““The state Int.rol told
me there had been five wrecks
there,"” said Stallings.
The council agreed that the
situation was dangerous and
something had to be done
‘‘before somebody gets
hh.ltedG The council will ul;
t eorgia D?unment 0!
Public Safeity and the Georgia
State Patrol what can be done
to alleviate the situation.
In other action, the council
New Program Will Boost
Local Economic
Development Efforts
Governor Joe Frank Har
ris announced today two new
mums designed to assist in
development activities.
The programs will be manag
ed by the Georgia Department
of Community Affairs and are
jointly sponsored by public
and private sector organiza
tions interested in economic
development.
First, the Georgia
Business Retention and Ex
pansion Program will help
communities oom‘pib an infor
:‘n-t.ilon base o‘; use in
eveloping strategies to en
coura:g nfino growth and ex
g::\:l;lon of existing industries.
d, the Goor'an Strategic
Communi:fi' Program will en
eounfa e development of
local leadership and economic
development strategies, and
the implementation of those
strategies to attract new
businesses.
““The success of these two
new programs and their abili
ty to encourage economic
frovth and development in
ocal communities will be
dependent upon the success of
new partnerships to be
developed between state and
local governments and the
private sector,”” Harris said.
“This is a &hilooo&hy I have
endorsed since ta ng.omee.
and I am extremely pleased to
announce the expansion of
this concept into areas design
ed to enl;‘.ucad l:‘)cal I::’gmmuni
ty wth and development.”
fi. Goorgia Business
Retention and Expansion Pro
gram is designed to help com
munities to discover any im
pediments to business expan
sion and to determine ways to
assist existing industries in
expanding their operations.
The program was first
developed by the Economic
Development Organization of
the G«;fih Power Company
and tested on a pilot basis in
six Georgia communities last
year, including Toc
coa/Stephens Coung': Polk
County; elham;
Waycross/Ware County;
Vidalia/Toombs Councty: and
Thomson/McDuffie ountg.
As a result of the program, the
pilot communities have been
successful in devising new
strategies in support of ex
isting industries, the Gover
nor noted.
The program will train
local leaders to conduct in
depth interviews at local
manufacturing industries to
determine business needs and
opportunities, The standard
guec‘t.ionmire, with over 100
etailed responses, will be
stored in a computer data
bank for further analysis.
Local leaders will be trained to
use this information to create
an action program for
business expansion and reten
tion.
‘“Enhanced communica
tion between communities and
existing industries, including
the availability of a wide
we of information about
industry needs and con
cerns, will help communities
to develo%m:nd maintain a
business climate conducive to
ex%nnded operations,”’ Harris
said.
The Georiia Strategic
Community Program was
developed as a result of two
years of evaluation of its
—Correction—
Last week's issue of The
Summerville heNews (:ontame(:l’f
an error in the reporting of an
armed robb;?' in Trion.
Marty onroe Murphy,
23, of 16 10th Street was
charged with armed robbery
it; connzction with theß};olduy
of a night manager at Benny's
Tri-Sum FHoodn in 'l’;'lnon ;s
reported. However, Timothy
Howard Brown, 20, of 133
Geo;?'n St., Trion, was charg
ed with being a party to a
<rime and nlo;t.. nm:i robbery
as l_‘fioflod t week.
e Summerville News
regrets the error,
approved an ordinance allow
ing the ci:.{y to become pro
tected under the National
Flood Insurance Program.
lronic::l!. as the council
discus the matter, water
from a heavy rainfall outside
began t‘loodinfi into the coun
cil chambers, Under the agree
ment, Lyerly will try to
discourage development along
with city's flood plain. The
program will not cost Lyerly
and offers flood insurance pro
tection to residents.
It was announced that the
',;("”K branch of Farmers and
erchants Bank will aece'g:
current ci(tiy water bills
payment. Customers may use
the night depository box at
the bank if the cx bill and
money are sealed in an
onvelo% and clearly iden
tified. No water deposits will
be accepted at the bank,
however,
predecessor, the Georgia Cer
tified City Proqnm. which
has been used since 1964 to
assist Georgia communities in
assessing their economic
development resources. ‘‘The
Strategi.c Community Pro
gram has been designed to
reflect the increasing competi
tion for economic dovolorr
ment, along with t.od‘?' ]
business environment,”’ Har
ris explained.
The program is especially
desiTmf to assist small and
rural communities prepare
themselves for economic
development. ‘‘We must place
an equal emphasis upon pro
duct development — getting
our cities and counties ready
for th — as well as on
margeting our state and its
communities,”’ Harris said.
“If our communities are not
ready when a business pro
spect comes to the state, we
have wasted our marketing
dollars.
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The Summerville News, Thursday, February 21, 1985
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