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VOLUME CI — NUMB
Mayor
Will Not
Judge
Summerville Ma‘y;:r Sewell
Cash said Monday that he will
not act as judge of the
Recorder's Court after Judge
Ralph ‘‘Country’” Brown
retires May 31.
The cit‘y council voted
unanimously March 17 at
Cash'’s request to appoint him
Ludge of the court, which
andles mostly misdemeanor
traffic offenses.
Cash said he decided not to
take the post after City At
torney Ben Ballenger pointed
out legal hazards involved with
the appointment. Defendants
in the court must appeal their
cases to the Mayor and Coun
cil, causing a possible conflict
in due process of the law.
Although the city charter
authorizes a “‘mayor’s court”
to be presided over by the
mayor, Ballenger told Cash
that a challenge to the legality
of the court could overturn its
constitutionality, said Cash.
‘*After doing a iittle research,
he felt like it should not go
back as a mayor’s court,” said
Cash.
Cash said there are
“several”’ candidates for the
judgeship and he said there are
no specific qualifications for
the post outlined in the charter.
The charter reads: ““The mayor
and council may appoint any
u?right and intelligent citizen
of the city to be recorder.”
Braves Cut
Rick Camp
Trion native Rick C:gi‘;:'s
9-year career with the Atlanta
Braves organization ended
Tuesday as he and four other
veteran pitchers were released.
Cams. who gitcbed in 414
fiames or the Braves with a
ifetime earned run average of
3.37, was simd by the
organization while attending
West Georgia College on a
baseball scholarship.
Camß. 32, along with l]‘)it
chers Pascual Perez, Len
Barker, Terry Forster and Pete
Falcone were released as the
Braves agparently opted in
stead with younger pitchers.
Senate Hopeful Fowler Defends
‘Moderate’ House Voting Record
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Candidate Explains Contra Vote
Fifth District Congressman and Senate candidate
Wyche Fowler campaigned in northwest Georgia last
week. Fowler, who represents the poorest congressional
district in Georgia in the Predominantly black urban
areas of Atlanta, is one of four announced Democratic
candidates hopix;f to unseat Republican Sen. Mack
Mattinglg' next November. A charter member of the
House Select Committee on Intelligence, Fowler said
he :;?inally supported the Nicaraguan contras and
helped recruit them as part of his committee activities.
Fowler, however, said millions of unaccounted U. S,
dollars have been spent for aid to the rebels with no :?-
K{nrenli‘: gains. He voted against continued contra aid
arch 22.
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PN E R S
Answering Berryton Fire Call
Chattooga County forest rangers Fred
Travillian and Jerry Blackmon crash
through the woods to fight a wildfire atop
a hill in Berryton above the Filter Plant
Monday. Chattooga County has been
spared the worst of the raging wildfires
County Escaping Worst
Of Wildfires So Far
Chattooga County has been '
spared the worst of the raging |
wildfires that have swgat the |
tinder-dry counties of nor- |
ding to the Georgia Forestry
coßunge‘i?ll"-‘red Hall with the
with t
Chatm‘ County forestry
unit said only three wildfires
were reported over the
weekend and one was reported-
Monday afternoon in the Ber
l'yul’;lis Carl Melear
istrict ar
said dozensm have been
reported in Dade County and
sever oyd, with one
al in Floyd, with fire
burning upwards of 250 acres
just south of Hwy. 411.
Melear said 20 firefighters
and several pieces of equip
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1986
that have ped northwest Georgia in
a pall of smoie reeentl{. accordingr to
district manager Carl Melear. The
manager said Dade County has been hit
the hardest.
ment, including a helicopter,
have been c;ldllzfi in from south
Georgia to fight the northwest
Geoma blazes.
Floyd County officials to im
pose a ‘‘no-burn’’ ban until the
threat is ov:r. S
People ave glood
about being careful,” said Hall.
“Other counties have been hit
a lot harder than we have.”
Hall said Chattooga Coun
t{eresidents should make sure
they have a firebreak com%os
ed of earth around where they
plan to burn and make sure
there is a good su;Ey of water
with plenty of buckats.
District manager Melear
said this fire season is com
parable to last year's season,
By JAMES BUDD
News Editor
Fifth District Congressman
and U.S. Senate hopeful
Wyche Fowler said he reg:aod
to supponls SIOO million aid
pack to Nicaraguan contras
in n'fiouse vote March 22
because the contras have
already received $250 million in
unalgoo\tnteth. S. aid.
owler, w ocampu?ed' in
northwest Georgia last Thurs
day, said on a stopover in Sum
merville that he originally su
ported and helped recruit t.l{:
contras while working as a
charter member of the House
Select Committee on
Intelligence.
‘I went along with the pro
gram for about two years un
til it became obvious to those
of us on the committee, both
Republican and Democrat,
that they weren't living up to
their orifiinal purposes,’’
Fowler' said.
Fowler and 3rd District
Rep. Richard Ray, whose
district includes Fort Benning,
were the only Georgia
re;:li'oaenlt‘atives :li\;t vgted
nst the recent ackage
:gnt fell to defeat 222'?210.
Fowler said a regional solu
tion is needed to the problem in
Central America and said the
U. S. could “elsil{' knock out
Nicaragua if the countrg'
becomes a threat to U.S.
security. “'lf Nicaragua, which
has half the population of
Georgia and two paved roads,
becomes a threat to the U. S,
the matter could easily be
taken care of,” he said. .
Fowler, 45, is one of four an
nounced Democratic can
didntfih!.o; the seat held by
Repu Sen. Mack Mat
un*{ of St. Simons Island.
e surly denizens of
Georgia's more rural areas
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but he said if wthe m
not arrive soon,
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ea good m £
said Malear. “lall_flw%'
ed the m rains and
season into May and
June.”
thed &nttoogah County unit
said fi ters use a plow to
form a fifrjsireak -rounsl a bur
ning fire and then backfire the
blaze to rob the fuel source in
side the defense nnf
On Mondc:ii afternoon,
there was a to the unit
about a wildfire atop a lni‘h hill
;ll)ove the Summerville Filter
ant in Berryton.
Using a plow attached to a
see WILDFIRES, page C-A
along with polished-chrome
Republican surburbanites are
fond of hurling the stigmatic
“liberal” tag at Fowler.
But Fowler, who has
represented Georgia's sth
District in the shantytown
skyscraper heart of Atlanta for
nearly 10 years, says his
district has the poorest and
least educated constituency of
the state's 10 congressional
districts.
The district, which is 72
percent black, needs a
representative to push for its
needs, which more often than
not, means a push for main
taining ?üblic sector exlien
ditures. “They can't hire a lob
ll}vist to work for them,” said
owler.
Fowler, who is a member of
the tax-writing House Wafis
and Means Committee, fought
to keep Fort McPherson oren
in southeast Atlanta. The clos
ing of the lm.lltllx base would
have cost the Atlanta area
::40700 ni%onflinfbusineu and
’ s. He fought against
the l} S. Department of
Agriculture and helped
Georgia obtain sl.l million for
a nutritional program for
women, infants and children.
Fowler fought for the
pungo of the Textile and Ap
parel Enforcement Act to firo
vide relief to the struggling
American textile industry. The
bill, sponsored by Rep. Ed
Jenkins of Pm Ga., was
vetoed by t Ru*nn.
Fowler said a review of his
5,000 votes in Co:fi::n shows
a “‘moderate, centrist” record.
& gowh. w&p served in t‘l’l‘e
.8. Army in a military in
ulllw unit, was an
member of the ku"w
Committee on Intelligence
from 1977 to 1984 and served
as chairman of the Mht
Subeommim responsible for
reviewing activities
see SENATE, page 5A
Feds Give Poor Rating
To County Performance
By JAMES BUDD
News Editor
The Senior Economic Direc
of the Coosa Valley Area
mmission remains :&
Mnto. of Chtttp County
despite a recent ranking by a
federal agency showing Chat
tooga's economy is among the
Ch:tmgn. Dade nnd F
an
ional Commission in
economic performance. The
report ranked the three coun
g as a u"n m “5" m
worst possible ranking.
Walker, m Gordon and
Catoosa “2"” on the
The report said Chattooga
County dropped one rank on
the scale lineeslfl& when the
county was a “3."” The county’s
unemployment rate uvatrd
?*.3 percent toin 1970, :;
yrocketed to an a
104 from 198385, o
Coosa V-&LAPDC direc
s Gmlntgh )oble:s“ and
tooga’s high j rate
its slow growth rate have
brought about little economic
activity. “There's not been a
lot of activity, but I feel like the
situation is going to change,”
e was
Summerville's advances in
creating an industrial park will
enhance the community’s
e Gty o
Valley said, a-twngu
267 ”‘ incnzc”m
a 2, t e
AP&& 10 counties in
northwest G ia.
The wfilwfiim Regional
Sding oo o Aepatisiis
u of b
that are still heavil Sepmdent
on textiles, appue{ shoes and
wood froducl:a as a source of
manufacturing growth are los
ing out.”
The report continues, “In
1970, 33 Appalachian counties
wer;a in the nation‘fi beit
rformin oup. the
gmeid-IQSOs.g ognrly pl 2 o’i the
original 33 counties were still
there, and only four Ap
g:‘:chian counties graduated
th:b:wm in the nnkm’
to t-performing .
The 1985 Coosa my
survey ranked Chattooga
County fifth out of the 10 coun
ties in manufacturing
shipments with $339.7 million
ship&ed out. Chattoog‘as'g
manufacturing payroll was
million for some 4,100 workers
in 1982,
& The 1985 study ran:od
attooga County seventh in
retail trade empgyment and
ranked the county sixth in per
capita retail sales in the
10-county area. Chattooga's
retail sales totaled $62.2
million with per capita sales of
32.8&. The sux;vh:y was i':onf
uc rior to ing of
the'lyx:me ‘u.l‘d &im
ty had 650 retaii trade
Cities Get
Bulk Of
State Paving
The Georgia Department of
Transportation announced this
week several road projects in
Chattooga County with an
estimated cost of $424,965
have been authorized.
DOT Commissioner Tom
Moreland said plans call for
resurfacing six streets in Trion
with a total mileage of 2.090
miles; two streets in Menlo
with a total mileage of .910
miles; 14 streets in Summer
ville with a total mileage of
6.230 miles; and seven county
roads with a mileage total of
8.4 miles.
Plans call for resurfacing
Bethel Church Road, Echols
Road, Tucker Road and Rawls
The projects were authoriz
ed for f&?ing under the DOT
county contract program and
will begin as soon as the con
tract has been executed and a
work order issued.
The county contract and
local assistance road program
are two of several ams
ntflhodbythoongr%w
assist local governments in
providing st ransports
establishments with a 1982
total sales vohneg $300.4
million representing 26 percent
of the total retail sales volume
for the 10-county area. Bartow,
Catoosa, Gordon and Walker
counties all recorded retail
sales in excess of SIOO million
for 1982.
~ The |"e|mt-t.;f listed five
issues in order u‘?aunw
‘u'l"he loss 5.1%2
manufacturing &obs in
Coosa Valley APDC from
197‘2.'?‘%9 declining value of
v
mlnuf:turiu payroll and
Owweeonm-
R< g XL
tr i rom
1972-82 after adjusted for
. * Declining market value of
value
agricultural products sold and
decline of value of average
Brewster Resigns Post;
Council Appoints Bowers
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
The Trion City Council
voted 4-2 to appoint Ricky
Bowers City Recorder for the
e
y
Recorder Deck Brewster
NMWL
In a read by Mayor
d.L. }Vmau stated
foile tof e {or beaith
reasons. He has agreed to con
tinue to assist the mayor as a
consultant. Woods commended
Brewster for excellent service
to Trion as City Recorder.
Bowers was a close second
to Brewster in the city council
run-off election in January,
1986, the magor factor in his
intment for the remainder
oi Erewster‘s term.
“Ricky Bowers was virtual
ly in a dead tie with a man v:l.ig
was very ar,” sta
councilman m Stansell in
making the motion to appoint
lE.owers. 5 bgli.ve the people
ve spoken.
Voting in favor of the ap
goi.ntment were Stansell, Roy
owers, Henr{/ Miller and
Hoyt Williams. Voting ofil.imt
were Dwight Arden and Mayor
Woods.
““We held a special election
tofilla tm term before,”
Dwight stated. “I feel
that with four years left on the
term it is too long for an ap
pointment.”
The council unanimously
elected Hongmium to serve
as Mayor Tem.
The council dti:fiuued
measures en to
= ek o o
area use
mmdmi are currently
owned by Riegel Textiles.
Mth:yor Woods l::u approached
com| about acquiring
the lnnJ forythe town i
the current sale of Ri
property.
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Chattooga County residents flocked to
the county tax office on Commerce Street
Monday and Tuesday as the final days
before the auto tzcdudline approached.
Some 7,000 u% als remained unsold
last week. The Georgia State Patrol said
:gulmnl' sales farm
ldjumdforinzfiu.
Among the recommenda
: Aenitted Seah :
D‘pctmmtofComm'tyfl
fairs are:
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sion wy. in
County to provide direct access
to I-75. Another road should be
added forming an east-west
connection between U. S. 27 in
Walker alnc_;lSCliauoogaown
ties to I-75. ts
* The state should provide
financial assistance to city and
county governments for im
proving water and sewer
* Provide funding for a
water management plan for the
UpgerCoosaßivet Basin.
Industry and Trade
might osk oot . Wood
to get it,”
stated. "
“Most of the people in
Trion think we own the track
field. I'm going to do my best
to w it for the town.”
k(mds_ added that he is
working omn- rch( more
cemetery land for t’ town.
making. ; large recreational
a
D ist
site joining
o o eeleye 88
years ago,
council discuofmssed the town's
permits for city residents E:fi
then turning those permits in
to the County Tax Assessors
Office. “The town oft Trion
turns in permit over
$1,000,” W:x: stated. “They
are not supposed to use them
as a sour‘(; ofdinf%rfmation to
reassess the value of property.
Very seldom do I see any
results of what we turn in to
them. They do spot checks
throughout the county.”
The council heard a report
from a resident concerned that
bmld:g‘ ing restrictions were not
in the Wesmu subdivi
sion. The took no of
ficial action on the matter.
Mayor Woods advised the resi
dent that he should consult
with his la in the matter.
Mayor Woods announced
that the Fair Labor Standards
Act will be enforced beginning
April 15.
The council voted
unanimously to increase its
charge for sewer and water con
;iecuonAfmm ?100 to S2OO ef
ective il 1.
Accmsrndg' to a letter read
% the Mayor, the town of
ion has been given permis
sion to rezone its 154-acre in
dustrial park to industrial use.
The area had formerly been
zoned for comservation. A
public hearing on the issue was
see BREWSTER, page 8-A
Last Minute Rush
it would begin stric;? enforcing the tax
la‘v:;s h.Wodmodx.. u:).\;evar. motorists
w ve proof t W their
mby mail and still have no sticker will
et go.
s
Price 20¢
t should establish
Departmen e
upoudoflu.._ u-l "‘“I :
Sl g s
i
mentq'gn the area should
establish a regional marketing
to sell northwest
8
siness and i . Atten
tion should be given to the
need to diversify the regions’
manufacturing sector.
ECONOMIC
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS FOR
NORTH GEORGIA
COUNTIES
(“1” is best performing,
“5" is worst performing)
COUNTY RANK
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County Gets
$281,442
Chattooga County received
8281.442fmmthe5¥adllloal
option mdsahs tax for Mtb
streets bntg: i
first three mon o?"l‘g&ac
cording to the Georgia Depart
ment of Revenue.
A total of $32,280,789 was
distributed statewide for the
special 1 percent sales tax to 21
county governments during
e e Gaorgia Departasent of
ith the 'u‘of 1
wi exception of a
centfeeformkingthenm
tions, all funds are returned to
the participating governments.
Commissioner
Is Released
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Harry Powell was releas
ed from Redmond Park
H?itd Saturday after a
12-day stay in the Rome
facility. a
March lerudbmduw