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VOLUME CI — NUMBER XI
Escapee
Caught
In N. C.
An escapee from an Atlan
ta halfway house who reported
!l¥ lived in the woods of the
eloga area after his escape
was arrested by North Carolina
law enforcement officers
March 9.
James Tapp, 25, who is
originally from Chattooga
County, was arrested by police
in Morganton, N. C., at a ser
vice station where he was pum
ping gasoline into his stolen
car, a Burke County, N.C.,
Sheriff's spokesman said.
The spokesman said Tagp
had stolen the car from nearby
Shelby, N.C., in Cleveland
County.
Chattooga County Sheriff's
officials were not notified until
Tuesday of Tapp's arrest.
Tapp, who was sent to
E;ison in 1984 on eight
rglary charges in Chattooga
County, was the subject of a
manhunt in the Teloga area
shortly after his escape Feb. 19
from an Atlanta halfway
house. Tapp allegedly broke in
to at least two homes in the
area while in Chattooga
County.
North Carolina officials
were uncertain how Ta‘pp got
from Georfiia to the foothill
region of that state.
John Siler with the Georgia
Degartment of Corrections
said extradition procedures will
begin on Tapp who will face
esche charges in Fulton Coun
ty. Tapp could receive two to
five years for the escape. Tapp
will also face auto theft charges
in North Carolina if officials
there decide to prosecute.
Siler said Tapp had been
sent from the Stone Mountain
Correctional Facility to the
halfway house and would have
likely served about one more
year. :
Tapp was sentenced to two
10-year terms for bar Pug to
be served concurrently. Siler
said his total sentence would
have only been about 2'2 years.
Siler saig he could not calculate
how many years Tapp will now
have to serve.
Lawmen from Chattooga
and Walker counties alonfi
with the Georgia State Patro
combed the woods near Teloga
to inside the Walker County
line in late February and early
March for Tapp, who was
reportedly spotted in the area.
A Chattooga County
sheriff’s spokesman said last
week Tapp had not been seen
in the area recently.
Tag Tax
Deadline
Tuesday
Chattooga County Tax
Commissioner Hugh Don Hall
said Monday about 3,000 car
ta? decals remain to be sold
before the deadline expires
next Tuesday.
“Sales have been pickinfirup
a little in the last two or three
days,” said Hall.
Chattooga County
motorists who wait after next
Tuesday to buy their decals
will gay a penalty of 10 percent
of the ad valorem tax due on
the vehicle plus 25 ‘Sercent of
the cost of the decal.
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church and industrial lea%xes in Summer
ville befin ?‘lay next month. In what Sum
merville Recreation Director Ral%h
Stanley calls a “pitcher's park,” the
dimension are an impressive 330 feet
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Chattooga Countf' children will be donn
inf their best clothes this Sunday in
celebration of Easter, the day when Jesus,
according to the Gospel, rose from the
grave. Above, Joe Hayes, left, and Katie
New Law Requires Officials
To Reveal Business Wealth
‘All Chattooga "County -
elected officials, mclnd:# the
commissioner and sheriff, will
have to disclose their campaisn
and personal financial records
when the new ethics bill is im
plemented next year.
House Bill 1286 passed the
General Assembly in last
moments and requires con- |
stitutional, departmental and
agency officials to comply with
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Contest Set
For County
Celebration
The Chatt.ooga County Ses
quicentennial Commission is
starting a contest April 1 to
develog a logo and slogan for
the 150th anniversary of the
county.
The contest offers two cash
prizes of SIOO each for the best
slogan and l(fio. The contest,
which ends May 31, will be
countywide but will not be
limited to the residents of
Chattooga County, according
to Bill Gilbert, chairman of the
sesquicentennial publicity
committee.
All interested participants
should draw their logo on a
Biece of paper measuring 8%
y 11 inches (standard size)
and write their slogans for the
celebration on a 3 by 5 inch
ggst card and mail the entry to:
squicentennial Commission,
P. O. Box 1988, Summerville,
Ga. 30747.
Where’s Dale Murphy?
Che Summeruille News
Ready For Easter
,g%wr’mmmm*uws.
Curtently, elected state -of
ficials are the only officeholders
who must comply with the
requirements.
In addition to requiring
disclosure of campm;fn con
tributions, the new bill will re
quire officials to disclose
business interests, tangible
property, stocks and bonds
worth in excess of 10 percent
of their net worth or $20,000.
They must also report all
fiduciar{ positions such as
their roles as trustees, direc
tors and officers.
Rep. John Crawford said he
expects Gov. Harris to sign the
measure into law.
The 31-page bill replaces
the ‘current “Campax:gn and
Financial Disclosure Act.” A
five-member State Ethics Com
mission, independent of other
state entities, will oversee pro
visions of the new law.
Public officials and can
didates will be required to
disclose all camgaign contribu
tions, along with the name and
address of the contributor, that
exceed SIOO. Also, gifts and
honoraria valued at more than
SSOO must be reported to the
Penny Tax For Schools
Added Starting Tuesday
Chattoc:fia = County
residents will begin paying an
straightaway center field. The player who
hits a homer out of the new citfy ball field
may be ready for the m?'ors if he does it
consistently. The new field along with
several improvements to existing field
was funded with a $25,000 matching
grant from the state.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1986
Jones are ready to go to church services
and for collecting Easter eggs. Joe is the
son of Steve and Susie Hayes of Route 3,
Summerville, and Katie is the daughter of
Steve and Caroline Jones of Summerville.
© Copyright 1986 By Espy Publishing Co., Inc.
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Crawford said the bill ad
dresses the major issue of
unused c:gxfaign contribu
tions. Unu caxg&aign funds
in excess of sl, must be
diverted to charity, the party
or another campaign or the
office-seeker can seek permis
sion from the contributors to
divert the money to private
use.
Officeholders’ disclosure
statements will be filed annual
ly between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15
and cover the (Erevious year's
holdings. Candidates will file
within 10 days of their
qualification with disclosures
coverixég the 12 months prior to
filing date.
Additionally, General
Assembly members who
receive reportable campaign
contributions during a
legislative session must
disclose the contribution by the
first day of the month fofiow
ing that in which the contribu
tion is received.
Crawford said the bill re
?uires all elected public of
icials on the county level in
cluding the district attorney to
file reports.
extra penn{‘esales tax next
Tuesday to be used for school
purposes.
The 1 percent tax, which
will boost the county's sales
tax to five cents, is expected to
produce approximately $1
million in revenue.
The Chattooga County
school system will receive
about three-fourths of the
revenue and Trion schools will
receive about one-fourth.
State Revenue Defiartment
sgokesman Beryl Sellers said
the school siat,ems will receive
their first check, which is ex
gected to amount to $60,000 to
65,000 initially, June 15.
The ule:dtabx focrh schools
was approv: y Chattooga
County voters in December.
Voters also approved a special
1 percent sales tax last spring
for roads, streets and bridges.
Local legalation was pass
ed bg' the General Assembly
establishing a formula for
dividing the money between
Trion and countK schools. The
leflalation roufi ly calls for a
ls t between the two systems
of 750,000 for the county and
$250,000 for Trion based on
revenues of $1 million.
The split was formulated
based on the average daily at
tendance of the two systems
and other factors.
Darden Visits Nicaraguan
Contras During Weekend
By JAMES BUDD
News Editor
/ SeventhG Diltl'icll:3 Con
ssman George ‘' ly"’
g:rden returnodglndfiw
a weekend visit to Nicaragua
convinced that U. 8. advisers
‘must be sent m with any
did Congress es to supp
ly. the rebels,
" Darden voted last Thurs
g{‘to supply 8100 million in
to the contras in a House
measure that was defeated
222-210.
" The congressman said
another contra aid vote may
come up as early as April 15 on
a compromise plan and the
vote may be bolstered in saver
olfu the eém:agxn t!;‘:.N to reports
this week that iunflnn
Sandinistas have sent 1,500
troops into nearby Honduras
to crush contra bases there.
Darden said Tuesday the
Man Recovering After Fall
Inside Walker County Cave
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
ing from a broken
back, a S ille man
%es&heu learn from his
eal and not venture into
area Env& without prope
‘traiving
g‘&?fi%c"d nger wi \Jm
befote the accident,” said
19-year-old Wilson Mann Jr. of
Summerville.
Mann fell 30 feet down a
narrow shaft as he and three
friends were leaving Petty
g)hn's Cave in the Crockford
igeon Mountain Wildlife
Management Area in Walker
County Wednesday, Feb. 26.
The four young men were free
climbing up the wall of a
45-foot vertical passageway
without any safety equipment
or ropes when the accident
hap&ened.
ith Mann were Randy
Burrage of Summerville,
Wesley Dawson of Gore and
Allen %ramlett of Trion.
Although they had been in
the cave several times before,
the young men became anxious
to leave after several near ac
cidents that afternoon. The
froup had climbed to within 15
eet of the cave opemx:f when
Mann lost his grip and fell.
“The last thing I remember
is dropping m{ flashlight,”
Mann stated. ‘I think I must
have reached for it and lost my
balance. My brother-in-law said
he turned around and shined
his flashlight behind him just
in time to see me fall.”
Mann thought about bring
ing r:g:: when he left home
that noon, but decided it
would be too much trouble
since they were already
familiar with the cave.
“It was really pretty easy
climbing up and down,” he
stated. "I thought about bring
ing ropes that day, but we just
took off without them.”
During the 30-foot fall, the
young man struck both sides of
the narrow pasufeway. casu
in; numerous lacerations,
before landing on his ri%ll\t
shoulder on the cave floor. He
suffered major internal injuries
to the chest area and head in
juries. It was later discovered
Offices
To Close
Summerville city offices
will be closed March 28 in
observance of Good Frida*fland
offices for the Town of Trion
will be closed March 31 for
Easter. R iy
e In Surlr)xmervi.llfi. there ;‘vi!l
no garbage pick up on Fri
day. Garbage ngrmnlg' picked
’“ Friday will be picked up
url%:{ instead.
In Trion, garbage normally
picked up Monday will be pick
ed up &audn'“( instead. All
other days be on regular
schedule.
Both Trion and Summer
ville officials urge residents to
contact respective police
deflnrtmants during the
holidays in case of emergency.
reports of the Honduras inva
sion support his contention
that contra aid is needed to
stop the destabilizing effect the
Sandinista communists have
°° 'trht;m‘m said to be
congressman said to
*‘realistic and honest about the
gituation”” the U. S. will have
to supply advisers to teach the
contras how to use the
sophisticated wownry. “Sup
eou you gave the contras a
CR, they wouldn’'t know
what to do with it,”’ he said.
Among the weapons the
contra aid supporters hope to
supply the rebels with are
hand-launched “Stindger"
missiles. “You can't g":st ump
them in the laps of the contras
and ex‘fect them to use them,”
he said.
Darden, who flew to
Managua Friday along with
Democratic Reg.n Kenneth
Gray of Illinois, Sander Levin
of Michigan and G. V. “Son
ny” Montgomery of Mississip
pi, met with church, business
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WILSON MANN, JR.
that his back was broken bet
ween the seventh and eighth
vertebrae.
Absorbed in the beauty of
the underground caverns, the
friends were unaware of the
danger as thx climbed up a
waterfall and slid down narrow
passageways. However, two
near-accidents that afternoon
seemed like a warning to the
young men, and they decided
to turn back. Dawson had lost
his balance on the waterfall and
nearly fell, and later, Burrage
had to have help to free his foot
when it became tightly wedg
ed between two rocks.
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Miss Chattooga County And Court
Hope Miller of Trion was crowned 1986
Miss Chattoo%a County following com
fietition Saturday evemn%:t Chattooga
i%h School. Contestants tgan u'rivm?
at 5 p.m. for interviews with a panel o
judges., On-stfife competition b:ga’n at 7
%:‘n. Miss Miller is a 1985 graduate of
ion Hc&h School and works as a [mrt
time model. She is the daufhtor of Mr.
and Mrs. Eurne Junkins of Trion. First
runner-up is Angie Foster, 18, a senior at
CHS. She is the daughter of Preston and
and opposition leaders along
w mnht- leaders, in
¢ Vice President Sergio
Ramirez.
mfi;gcnf tlex;n.imat;ed tll:
| o contras to
about 10,000 soldiers. Darden
said under the repressive
regime of dictator Anastasio
Somoza Nicarma had six
tanks, but u the San
dinistas the military has 250
The congre said th
ssman said the
U.S. has h‘emade its“fioint“
regarding the right to sail in in
ternational waters past Libyan
m Moammar [mafy’s so
*‘line of death and urged
restraint.”
“Now that we've made our
%t it's time for restraint,” he
On Monday, the U. S. Sixth
Fleet was fired on by Lil?'an
missiles provoking the U. S. to
destroy Libyan ships and
bases.
Darden said it is unlik :llfl
that other Arab nations wi
“It made us see how much
danger we were in, we had
never thought about it before,”
Wilson stated.
Grateful to be alive after his
ordeal, Wilson feels that he is
fortunate to be able to walk,
despite a broken back, which
was not discovered until he had
d.yl S the hosmital )
S.
paulyzed from the waist
down,” Mann stated. ‘“He told
me before he operated on me
that he couldn’t promise I'd be
able to walk when I woke up.
For nearly two weeks they
didn’t know if I would live. I
believe somebody’s watching
over me."”
Mann fell inside the cave at
wproximately 7:15 on
ednesday, Feb. 26. It was
after 1 a.m. before paramedics
and rescue teams brought him
out of the cave.
Mann drifted in and out of
consciousness for five hours
j while more than 60 rescue
workers from Atlanta, Chat
tanooga and Walker County
worked to save his life and
bring him out of the narrow
cave entrance.
About the time that Wilson
Mann Jr. fell, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson Mann, Sr.,
were growing more and more
nervous at home in Summer
ville. They had warned their
son and his friends many times
not to go cave exploring, and
see MAN, page 5-A
Janice Foster of Summerville. The second
runner-ug position was a tie between CHS
seniors Beth Youngblood, 17, and Tam
mi Shrorahire. 18, of Summerville. Miss
Youn%b ood is the daw of Mr. and
Mrs. Ted You.n%blood. Sh!mhlre is
%he daln;gl;?r oh Bemigo %lnyk tured
rom left to right are Bet W'
Hope Miller, inme Foster and Tammi
Shropshire. For additional pictures, see
this week's Second Front.
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rally around Khadafy in sup
rt. ufrh !!"n ]pl'flblbly
zapvelip-sa'vieewhim nndfifi
will be it,”" he said. “‘Khadafy
has no capacity to threaten the
security of the U.SB.”
Superintendent
Reportedly
Considered
Chat County School
Superinmt Don Hayes
said he was surprised at a
published report in an Atlanta
newspagerlutwe&thfltw
him as 20 or so candndl&f: &
governor is considering
state school superintendent’s
post. ;
The governor will hfleinz
the f by
Charkes. McDaniel who' died
earlier this month.
i Hl:yes said hebedid not know
ow he came to be a supposed
candidate for the since
he never ied or seriously
c i for it.
v. Joe Frank Harris'
K;ess secretary, Barbara
organ, said there is no K:.t‘o‘f
prospective candidates a
said ther&i: no time frame for
makmg‘ i t.
“It's m the
mm s looking at all 186
(for the job),” said Ms. Morgan.
“It’s a very important appoint
ment the governor is going to
make. This person will be
reggonsible for seeing that
OBE is implemented.”
Ms. Morgan said ‘t.go ap
i t is * very
Bk and dewngisiyed the
Atlanta newspaper story. “If
there's a list, it's in his (the
goygruecis) head,” she said.
what his chances vgrehre of get
ting the t. “There are a
lot of fin:(zlfi(s)sthere," he said.
According to the published
report, the list includes Gene
Bottoms, who told the
see SUPERINTENDENT, page 5-A
Commissioner
Remains
In Hospital
Chattoogana:?Commi&
sioner Harry Powell remained
in Redmond Park Hospital
Wednesday after more than a
week's stay in the Rome
facility.
A hospital official said
Powell was listed in “‘satisfac
tory’ condition.
Powell was hospitalized at
Redmond Park last Tuesday.
Hospital officials cannot
release information about the
reason for Powell’s
hospitalization.