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Rotary Scholarships Awarded
Four local seniors were named as reci
pients of scholarships this week by
members of the Summerville-Trion
Rotary Club. This is the 16th consecutive
year the local Rotary Club has %iven
scholarships. Thirty-four recigients ave
received a total ofy $22,000 during that
Menlo Council Holds First
Meeting In New City Hall
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
The Menlo City Council
heldl its first npx:stmg in the
newly-constructed Menlo City
“‘Hall Tuesday night. _,G,a_t.,y
Councilman Tommy
Ballard stated that the city
“‘owed a lot” to its past mayors
and councilmen for planning
that helped make the new city
hall fossible.
“It is their financial conser
vatism that has allowed the ci
ty to build the new facility,” he
stated. “We also want to
recognize the contributions of
the volunteers who have helped
us in construction of the
building.”
Mayor Theresa Canada
stated that the city had receiv
ed a letter of commitment from
Governor Joe Frank Harris
romising a contribution of
57,500 in discretionarfi' funds
toward the building. The coun
cil agreed to use the money
toward purchase of the new
heating system and concrete
work at the front of the
building.
Mayor Canada stated that
the building was progressing
“in good financial shage."
(gn a motion by Tommy
Ballard, seconded by T.J.
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time. Pictured from left to right are M. H.
Purcell, Scholarship Chairman; MarK
White, Anfigla Louise Battles, Dere
Parker and Ted Clark, Rotary President.
Not shown is Jennifer Jones. (Staff photo
by Kay Abbott).
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Luther, the council voted
unanimously to purchase an
identical heating and cooling
system for both sides of the
building.
The council unanimously
approved to purchase a new
“water heater and a water foun-.
tain for the city hall. ="
Engineer Eddie Schrock, of
Williams, Sweitzer and Bar
num, told the council that
K{reliminary plans for the
enlo sewer system and treat
ment facility will be completed
by June 15. The plans will be
Bids To Be
Let On Road
To Prison
The Department of
Transportation (DOT) is seek
ing bidders for a road to the
proposed new correction facili
ty in the county.
In a legal advertisement
that started this week, the
DOT is asking for bids for
grading, base and paving for a
road to the progosed Chat
tooga County Correctional
Institution,
The contract time listed in
the ad is Nov. 1 and bids are re
quested by May 23.
The late Earl *'Bill’’ Self was honored bK
the Chattooga Bar Association this wee
when the group's annual Liberty Bell
Award was presented to Self for outstan
diniservice as District Attorney for the
Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit for 24
fieau. Shown presenting the award is Ben
allenger, left, and receiving the award is
Bert Self who received the award in honor
of her late husband's work. Self graduated
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1986
glresented to the Farmers
ome Administration for final
approval at that time. '
The council learned that,
although it had voted last
month to borrow $7,000 to pay
bills due on the sewei; system
" “Sur ,1L was on-
Iyeflglbie{ogg rrow up to 75
percent of its annual tax
receipts of $12,000. Due to a
Erevnous loan, the council will
e allowed to borrow an addi
tional $3,000 under state law.
When the council receives a let
ter of final approval from the
Farmers Home Administra
tion, expected within the next
three months, it will be eligible
to borrow the entire amount
needed to pay the sewer project
bills as they are submitted.
Mayor Canada announced
that the city will receive $1,492
in revenue sharing funds for
the year. A public meeting to
discuss distribution of the
funds will be held May 20 at 7
p.m. in city hall.
Present for the meeting
were Magor Theresa Canada,
Tomm’g allard, T. J. Luther,
Bud Tucker, Hester Hurtt,
Danny Powell, Sid Swords, the
Rev. ¥'red Burrafie:l and Eddie
Schrock. Councilman Ernest
Mitchell was absent.
The meeting adjourned at
8:10.
from Subligna High School, went to col
lege at Berry and then served four years
in the Navy. After his Navy service, he
attended the Law School at the Universi
;z' of Geo?ia. was a member of Phi Beta
appa and graduated Sigma Cum Laude.
He also was a member of the faculty of
the Universitx of Houston's ““College of
Prosecuting Attorneys."
© Copyright 1986 By Espy Publishing Co., Inc.
County Water Supplies Down
Due To Drought; All Systems
Term Conditions ‘Adequate’
Although the lack of recent
rain has the average rainfail for
ChattooFa County at over a
foot below normal, City of
Summerville Manager Grad'y
McCalmon said that the city’s
two sources ‘‘Are down
tainly adequate for our
needs.” ‘ 3
Municipalities around
Atlanta have gone to rationi
and in some instances have
out temsorari? and other
serious demands placed on
their water systems. 3
All areas of Georgia are
begining to worry about pre
sent supplies of water. At a
meeting last weekend in Macon
of municipalities, the general
tone of the meeting was water
problems due to tfie drought.
Although Summerville got
a rain Wednesday, officials
noted that it wouh{ take a few
hard downpours or steadi
rains to get water tables bac
to normal.
One of the city's sources,
Lowe Sffrings. has decreased
from a flow of 210,000 gallons
in an eight-hour period to a
flow of 140,000. The other
source, Raccoon Creek at the
Filter Plant, has decreased its
flow about one-third, from
10,000,000 gallons a day to
around 6,000,000 gallons a day.
City Manager McCalmon
stated, ‘‘Our gesent situation
is nothing to be alarmed about.
Cecil Reynolds at the Water
Filter Plant monitors the situa
tion daily. Our demand right
now is 2.5 million gallons a day,
s 0 you can see we are still well
within what flow we are get
ting.” ‘
“One thing though, the
water, because of the low water
table, is dirtier when it gets to
the filter plant and it takes
more filterinfi and chemicals to
purify it,” McCalmon stated.
Chattooga Water District
No. 1 gets its water from six
wells at various locations.
Workers measure the depth of
the wells periodically to deter
mine the depth of the water.
Right now, water levels are two
to three feet below normal. Ac
cording to a spokesman, ‘‘This
is lower than we have ever
tested. All our wells are new
and we don't really have a way
to know how really bad a situa
tion may be. We d‘('m't feel that
our situation is critical or even
close to critical but we are con
tinually monitoring and
measuring the wells.”
According to Lyerly mayor
Danny Wyatt, “'Fhe well at
Lyerly, where the city pumps
its own water is down about
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situation is. We are fortunate
have a six-inch line from
immerville and as long as
they are okay, we will be, too.”
" The Trion water situation is
probably the best in all areas of
the county. The Town of Trion
.-g:xys their water through
iegel Textile and engineer
Larry Rising of Riegel stated
that there was ‘“No appreciable
lowering of the rate of water
from the spring.”” The spring
-where Trion gets their water
flows at a rate of 11 million
State Reviewing
Oakview Expansion
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™ The State Health Planning
; Agency has begun its review
an application from the
' Hospital Authority of Chat
~ tooga County for a Certificate
| of-l&eed authorizinganex‘yan
sion project at the Oak View
- Nursing Home.
| The project would cost an
estimated $1,400,000. It in
~ volves adding 70 beds to the
~ existing 90-bed facility. The
- Oak View Nursing Home is
~ located adjacent to the Chat
- tooga County Hosxital at 1010
-N. Highland Avenue in
~ Summerville.
| The planning agency is
Drug Dog Used At CHS, Jr. High
The Chattooga County
Sheriff's Department in
cooperation with the Chat
tooefia County School System
used a drufijgog Monday that
smells out illegal druis to tour
Chattooga H?h School and
Summerville Junior Hixih to
sniff for drugs at the facilities.
The dog, a Labrador
Retriever, named Ranfier is
listed as the third best dog in
the United States in competi
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Proclamation
gallons a day. _
Accordin& to Menlo
sources, the Menlo wells are
“Running at normal levels.”
They note that they look fine
right now as far as levels go
and availability of water.
Search
Continues
For Woman
The search is continuing in
Chattooga County and sur
rounding areas for the woman
reponecf missing since Asril
20. Annette Campbell Dodd is
the subject of an intense search
by loca]] authorities.
Sheriff’s deguties floated
the Chattooga River Wednes
day and found no evidence of
the body.
The 26-year-old mother is a
white female, 5 feet 9 inches
tall and weighs 135 pounds.
She has brown eyes and hair
and when last seegr:r:: wl:ar
ing a gray stripe which
had a ruffn around the bottom.
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reviewing the W
Georgia’s healt law,
whicl?‘seeks to avoid the un
necessary duplication of expen
sive health care services, equip
ment and facilities, and Section
1122 oftheSocialSecuritg Act,
which affects the reimburse
ment of capital expenditures
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planning agency is
to issue a decision no later than
July 22.
Any interested person may
submit information concerning
this project to the plamu'.nfi
agency at 4 Executive Par
Drive, N. E., Suite 2100, Atlan
ta, Ga. 30329.
ferent police organizations. The
two—tyear-old Jog has already
sniffed out over SBOO,OOO in
marijuana this year and over 3
g’ounds of cocaine. Ranger is
oxx Cobb Countg. o
ccording to Sheriff Gary
McConne‘lilfwAftqr the tours of
the two schools we found only
a small quantity at Chattooga
High and none was found at
the junior high school. No
charges were made from the
seven or eight lockers where
traces were found,” he said.
Mayors from the various Chattooga
County municipalities signed a &;ochma
tion makingph(d)a‘z 16, 17 and 18 Chattooga
Cou%y Ex- 's and present POW's —
All Wars Appreciation Weekend in the
county. Shown in the picture, front row,
left to right, are Trion Mayor J. C. Woods,
Summerville Mayor Sewell Cash, Lyerly
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‘Ranger,’ a Labrador Retriever, from Cobb Coumfi', is
a dr:ogl-smelling dog that was used at Chattooga 5!1
School Monday to check for illegal substances. Only
minute guantit.ies were found and nobody was charg
ed. The o% has found over SBOO,OOO in marijuana and
3-pounds of cocaine this year alone in other areas of the
state. Shown with Ranger is Chattooga County Sheriff
Gary McConnell. The raid was in cooperation with the
Chattooga County School system.
“We were asked l}?' School
Superintendent Don Hayes for
the dog and we feel that this
will be a deterrent to let people
know what is available to catch
those who carry or use drugs,”
McConnell continued.
When contacted, School
Superintendent Don H?es
commented, *“We did a random
walk through the schools to see
if we could find the drugs. The
main thing is that we want to
show people we intend to do
Mayor Danny Wgtt and Menlo Mayor
Theresa Canada. Back row, left to Vr‘}ght.
are Ra¥ Hall, VFW commander; ex- orld
War I 1 POWs Frank Kellett and D. P,
Chapman; and David Hartline, Armed
Forces Day Weekend Activities Chair
man. (See proclamation inside).
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something about the drug
blem i:ut’;ge schools.” e
He continued by saying.
“This will make kids that don't
use drugs aware that we intend
to stop the few students who
bring the drufis into the
schools so they don't have to
be exposed to stul;d:nts either
sel.luw or using the drugs.”
“We intend to do this again.
Bl:xtglh wont:lt; say 'h;.;li t:yone
caught wi d.rl:f: i turn
ed over to local authorities,”
Hayes said.