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Blooming flowers, sunny skies and warm
temperatures this week signaled the ap
groach of the merriest season of the year,
pring. Chattooga County residents have
enjoyed the first constant string of
Spring-like days. Meteorologists were
predicting rain for later in the week, just
Middle School Concept
Gets School Board Nod
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
The Chatt.ooga County
School Boar voted
unanimously Monday night to
implement a middle school cur
riculum and promptly named
the three-grade school under
construction on BoflingAßoad.
the “‘Summerville Middle
School.”
The new middle school will
replace the Summerville Junior
High School, which has been
termed unsafe for school use by
the fire marshal.
In committing themselves
to the new name, the board will
be required by state law to im
plement the middle school cur
riculum, which will mean the
hiring of a school Euidance
counselor and teachers for
music, art and industrial arts
at a cost of over $70,000 per
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The Chattooga County Ambulance Ser
vice has a new director. Donny Fowler,
left, 34, of Summerville, was a](:;pointed
new director of the service Saturday. The
service has been acting without an official
director since the county took over Jan.
Spring Scene
year. Additional materials and
equi%ment will be purchased
for the proEram as well.
Due to the board’s financial
condition and its prior commit
ment to air condition the Sum
mervill eElementafi and North
Summerville ementary
Schools, the board members
voted to withhold full funding
of the program until 1987. By
unanimous agreement, the
board set in motion an in
service training tin'ogram to
prepare the middle school
teachers for the change in cur
riculum, which will include
team teachinF. The in-service
training will be conducted
throughout the 1986-87 school
year.
Although the sixth, seventh
and elifihth grades in the Sum
merville district will move in
to the school this fall, the
regular elementary and junior
high afirograms will remain
basically intact for another
school term. The actual con
New Ambulance Director
The Summerville News
in time to put a damper on several forest
fires that have blazeg recently due to dry
weather. Above, Ethan Black, left, and
his sister, Erika, enjoy an outing at
Dowdy Park in Summerville. Thegm the
children of Charles and Susan Black of
Summerville.
struction is now 65 percent
complete.
In addition to a Summer
ville Middle School guidance
::dunselol;. the board commit
itself to hiring a ar
junior high guidance counselor
for the Lyerly, Menlo and
Pennville schools.
Board Chairman Joel Cook
explained the board's reluc
tance to fund the middle school
program before 1987.
We flat-footed don’t have
the money to start the new pro
gram,”’ he stated. ‘‘We feel the
state QBE (Quality Basic
Education) Program will fund
tge program for the Fall of
'B7.°
““We have ongoing expenses
like the air conditioning pro
ject, and we will need $150,000
to $160,000 to furnish the new
middle school this year.”
A number of parents and
teachers were present at the
meeting to urge implementa
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1. Dr. Hugh Goodwin, ri%tnt. is the ser
vice's medical advisor. Both Dr. Goodwin
and Fowler said fund-raising efforts will
begin shortly to raise money for new life
support equipment.
SUMMERVILLE. CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1986
© Copyright 1986 By Espy Publishing Co., Inc,
Senate Vote Kills 86 Session
Leaving Big Issues Unfinished
By JAMES BUDD
News Editor
The 1986 Georgia General
Assemglg suddenly adjournied
last Friday after the State
Senate voted not to extend the
session, leaving several major
measures unfinished for the
year. hL
The House of Represen
tatives voted to extend the ses
sion to 6:3(t)adp.m.. but the
Senate rejected the extension
moments later and the 1986
General Assembly became
higtory at 6:01 f.m.
State R.eE ohn Crawford
voted with the majority of the
House members to extend the
session. State Sen. Waymond
“Sonny’’ Huggins voted with
the maf'ority in the Senate to
abruptly end the session.
Rep. Crawford said many
veteran observers who had
been around the C?itol for 20
years or more said they had
never seen a session end so
quickly.
“I believe they didn’t in
tend to do what they did,” said
Crawford referring to the
Senate. ‘‘lt caught everybody
by surprise. I talked to some
Hospital Wants To Expand
Nursing Home By 70 Beds
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
- - Chattooga County Hospital
Administrator Betty Wollstein
told the co_gnty_ciamber. of
cgminerceal'l‘uesday mornixlxlg
the hospital is petitioning the
state for expansion of the Oak
View Nursing Home.
“We have petitioned the
State Health Planning Aggx;(ciy
for 70 new nursing home beds
at Oak View,” Mrs. Wollstein
stated. “Our area definitely
needs 70 additional beds for
nursing home gtient.s and we
feel we have the best location
for expansion.”
The State Health Plunnins
Agency controls all medic
buildings in the state fiistem.
according to Mrs. Wollstein.
“They have to make sure
that we need the addition and
that we can afford it,” she
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Sale Of Trion’s Golf
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Course Set At Riegel
A retired military officer from Kensington is expected
to close the purchase of the Trion Golf Course with %’cegel
gg:y' Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. at the Riegel Conference
m.
Retired Lt. Col. Willis B. Smith reportedly will purchase
the golf course for SBO,OOO and has an option to buy 70 ad
ditional acres adjoinin&the course.
Riegel srokuman nnis Knight said the purchase is
for the golf course only and does not include the lodge,
which has an asking price of $175,000.
ng’ ht said current memberships to the E:lf course will
be valid until their expiration date after the sale.
The Riegel spokesman said the company intends to sell
the lodge and said “severdxetl))ple are interested in buying.”
Summerville attorney Al Palmour, who had attempted
to secure investors in the community to buy the lodfe and
golf course, said he was disappointed at the sale. "It was
a great idea and it would have been good for the county,”
said Palmour. “It's just a shame it didn't pan out.”
Smith could not be reached by phone Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Only Half Of County’s
Auto Tag Decals Sold
Chattooga County Tax
Commissioner Hugh Don Hall
said this week that mmf coun
ty residents are fonlb y con
fused about this year's
deadline for purchasing auto
tag decals,
The General Assembly
created legislation this session
to extend the tag deadline one
month until May, but the law
Yoilsl7not go into effect until
“A lot of mle think it is
May 1," said “We've sold
about 50 percent of the tags
and we've ggt two weeks to sell
the other 50 percent.”
So far, 7,233 ugldocds
have been sold in C tt,ooqa
County and .?proximnte y
7,600 more need to be sold.
who had been around for 20
years or more and they have
pever seen anything like it.”
. State Sen. Huggins was
unavailable for comment when
fl News tried to contact him
‘in Atlanta Tuesday. As of
press time Wednesday,
messages left with the
genator’s office in Atlanta and
LaFayette home were
unr:a\!:m'md.he ¢ g
mong the major pieces o
legislation that were Edled for
the year was a crack down on
uninsured motorists, the abor
tion notificatio&n meuu:; an
’“mti-mth%‘ i tort reform
legislation that would have
?ossibly cut down on liability
nsurance costs, and a
telephone harrassment bill.
genateandflonneonfium
were reportedly L\::t minutes
away from reaching a com
promise on the tort reform
measure when the Senate
voted to adjourn.
“I would have liked to have
seen some action on tort
reform,” said Crawford. ‘“The
abortion notification bill was
aomet.hinlg that I thogfiht was
_reasonable and we should have
‘passed it.” :
Although many statewide
bills were killed, major local
stated. “It’s a long drawn out
groceu. Chattooga County
self has been classified as in
need of 70 additional nursing
i)%bed!.,"_
that due to a change to a
county-by-county agswn of
deberm'minf need, Chattooga
County no on%et was included
wi 0 ounty in
ith Fl {d ty in the
survey of available hospital
and nursin%home beds.
“Floyd County now has a
surplus of space and Chattooga
Count{)ehas aneed,” she stated.
“It is better for nursing home
patients to be served in their
own home area instead of being
sl'u?ed' around.”
ccording to Mrs. Wolls
tein, the nursing home would
be expanded and a new L
lhqeg.:ing would be built at
the rear of the nursing home.
The- expmionofw:ul uii)cor
porate a section of hospital pro
perty donated by the county
The penalty for failing to
Yurchue a tag decal by April
is 10 percent of the ad
valorem tax due on the vehicle
and 25 percent of the cost of
the decal.
State Revenue Commis
sioner Marcus Collins also said
has m’:& ‘Houu and
s i Shage o
The new legislation, which
awaits the sifinltun of Gov.
Joe Frank Harris, permits
counties to dphnbaflafi; stag
sr motor vehicle decal pur
ases through local legislation
or local referendums.
bills were passed by this year’s
General Assembly including a
measure to create a five
member board of commis
(sézrexers .f:rh' Cl;:ttooga)County.
gr this page).
Crawford snicr the abortion
notification legislation would
require the physicll;t;l;t or other
person giving abortions to
notify the unmarried minor’s
parent or legal guardian in per
son or by telephone upon re
quest b{ the minor for-an abor
tion. If the parent was not
reached after a reasonable ef
fort, notification could be via
registered or certified mail to
the last known address.
The tort. reform legislation
would give judges the authori
ty to make afi:ynmmu to
&mage awards believe do
not conform to the evidence of
fered athtrial. li-‘eederal judg:
already have the power to ad
just damage awards but state
courts must set aside extraor
dinary awards and then absorb
the expense of a new trial in
order to make an adjustment.
Sponsors of the measure
said that lawsuits contribute to
the high cost of liability in
surance for many government
cies and businesses. The
3}timate goal of the legislation
during the administration of
Commissioner Wayne ‘‘Pete”
Denson. Chattooga Counx
Commissioner HnrrgosPow
has disputed the hospital's
‘“We assume that prwaty
still belongs to us,” Mrs. Wolls
tein said. “It was given for nur
sing home expansion and
possibly later on a birthing
center.”
Mrs. Wollstein also com
mented on the be%nnmg of
renovation at the Chattooga
Coun"t'.iywl{ospital.
““The doctors have commit
ted to renovate one room, and
we hope others will join in the
effort,”” she stated. ‘‘The
hallways are being renovated
and the ceilings lowered.”
Valin other action, a Coosa
ey representative was
timistic about Chattoog:‘:
future. : .
“You're going to have a
g):kd year up here,” Grant
Repe told loctalie busines‘s,man.
resen Coosa Valley
Area Plamungnnß and Develop
ment Commission, Duke
stated that the new industrial
park projects in Summerville
and Trion have greatly increas
ed the chances of a new in
dust?' locating in the area.
“You Luusdt wait until lteltl.:
new spec is comp
in the Summedrnvfie Industrial
Park,” Duke added. “Mgor
Woods and Trion have made a
move in the right direction too.
Although there will be some
competition between the two
sites, competition is healthy."
Duke stated that 108 new
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Chattooga County Tax Commissioner
Hugh Don Hall said onil.,r about half of the
county's auto tag decals have been sold
with only two weeks left to go until the
deadline for buying decals expires. The
genalty for failing to purchase a tag decal
y April 1 is 10 percent of the ad valorem
was to lower insurance
premiums through elimination
of excessive d awards.
Crawfordsaid:g:auflmr of
the tort reform legislation,
Rep. Pete Robinson, D-
Columbus, was so mad at the
adjournment “he was shak
m‘,"
Although major pieces of
legislation were left unfinished,
Crawford said this year’s
General Asnemblly passed a
record $5.3 billion state
budfat, including over S6OO
million in education im
g:ovements. “We r.eall)_' dida;:
ve any major legislation,
big thing was the budget,” he
ik - ks il s
Local Bills Passing
V A bill to create a five-member Chattooga
County Board of Commissioners. Measure
must face final approval by county voters in November
General Election. ‘
V A measure allowiys the Chattooga County
Grand Jury to appoint members to the Chat
tooga. County Hospital Authority. The Hospital
Authority will make recommendations to the Grand
Jury for their consideration. :
VPny raises amounting to 7 percent for sheriff,
~ commissioner and clerk of courts in Chat
tooga County.
" A bill dividing the revenues from the special
s 1 percent sales tax for schools. Under the pro
posal, county schools will receive about 75 percent of
the revenues and Trion will receive about 25 percent.
/ A bill revising the State Court of Chattooga
County, dlmgj‘g the solicitor to have only
fi@ to practice law in addition mm _’
V A measure annexing the Summerville Indust
rial Park, Chattooga High, the new junior
high, Georgia Power and several other parcels of pro
perty between Hwy. 114 and the Bolling Road into the
city limits of Summerville.
/ A constitutional amendment allowing the
Chattooga County Development Authority to
continue issuing low interest loans.
Escapee Eludes Capture
In Rugged Teloga Area
An from an Atlan
ta halfway Eouse continues to
elude lawmen t:hngl.ovge beeg
sean:hwg in the aan
south Walker County area for
more than two weeks.
James Tapp, 25, who is
originally from Chattooga
County, escaped from an
Atlanta halfway house Feb. 19
where he was servmq time for
eight counts of burg mgofigm
mitted in Chattooga ty
twoywsfnfgo.
. A sheri ss:;)ttiltefi::;::8 said
app is apparently hiding out
in tge :ggds in the rugged
Teloga area. An early morning
Auto Decal Sales Slow
said, *“We've passed education
reform m-& before and they
didn't it — this year we
put it in there. There never was
any debate on if it (QBE) would
be funded. 1 think that's the
major thing we did.””
Thje new budget allows for
a 5 percent pay raise for
teachers, with beginning
teachers slated for a starting
salary of $16,800. State
employees are due a 4 percent
pay raise, while retired
teachers will also receive a pen-
Sim Other 3 approved
measures
by the General Assembly
see SENATE, page 16-A
search last Wednesday failed
to l'xret. Tagp. 5
p has apparently com
mitte? several burglaries in the
area, stealing food su;g;hea and
we:fions to presumably hunt
smT game. i .
was arrested in April,
1984mr a massive manhunt
in the Te‘}gga area and
?omadly lived in an abandon
barn.
He was sent to the state
Trison sgstem in December,
984 and had recentl{ been
transferred from a “hiialrfi:k“
Krison to the Atlanta ay
ouse when he escaped.
tax due on the vehicle and 25 percent of
the cost of the decal. Above, Hall and tax
office employee szn Wofford had
another slow Kuyu(xfi y Tuesday at the
gt;h;t:ooga Tax Office on Commerce
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