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VOLUME CI — N | 2 R XXXI
Crawford Wins Without Runoff;
Cook, King Gain Easy Victories
Andrews, Rogers, Fowler Lead
By TOMMY TOLES
Editor
District 5 Rep. Johnny
Crawford breezed to a convin
cing victory over two op
gonents in Chattooga and
ade Counties Tuesday while
two incumbent Chattooga
Board of Education members
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OF MANY COUNTY PROGRAMS
Powell Doubts Survival
Several programs in Chat
tooga County, ranging from
recreation to fire protection,
probably won't be able to sur
vive without federal revenue
sharing money, according to
Commissioner Harry Powell,
who said he doesn’t want to
raise the Eroperty tax because
of what he said is continued
county indebtedness.
Around 20 agencies or
departments in the county
have received a letter from
Powell, which said, ““Due to the
ending of federal revenue shar
ing Fayments, we will be
unable to continue to help dif
ferent departments of the coun
ty. I hope that during the past
few years that these flayments
we have made to you have been
of a benefit. Should there be
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GRADING BEGINS ON ROAD TO PRISON SITE NEAR PENNVILLE
Bartow Paving Co. Began Preliminary Work Monday
Che Summerville News
easily defeated their opponents |
in the Democratic primary. I
A surprisingly high 41 per- |
cent of the county's registered |
voters went to the polls follow- |
ing quiet, almost dull cam- '
§)aigns for local and state of
ices. Complete but unofficial
returns from all 13 precincts
were available early Wednes
day morning. Trion was again
the last box completed.
anything that arises that
would help us to divide with
you, we will be glad to do so.”
Commissioner Powell said
organizations receiving the let
ter included civil defense,
Cloudland Fire Department,
Chattooga Retardation Assn.,
Chattooga Library, Cloudland
Community Park, Northwest
Georgia Mental Health Assn.,
Title XX child care center at
Holland, Angus McLeod Park
at Lyerly, Menlo Recreation
Department, Subligna Fire
Department, Lyerly Recrea
tion Department, Lyerly Fire
Department, Trion Fire
Department, Summerville
Recreation Department, Sum
merville Fire Department,
Gore Community Center, Rac
coon Recreation Department,
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1986
Chattooga followed the
statewide trend in the race for
state school superintendent,
fiiving appointed Supt. Werner
oiers a vote of confidence
with 51.7 percent. Rogers ap
parently defeated three op
ponents without a runoff
statewide.
In the U.S. Senate race,
Chattooga failed to give ma
jority support to Fifth District
Berryton and Subligna Recrea
tion Department.
REVENUE SHARING
The county has received
$185,496 in revenue sharing
funds so far this year, the com
missioner said, and is expec
ting one more installment in
October. Th%amount of that
anment is unknown, he said,
ut he understands it may be
less than the initial payments
so far this year. The first two
payments totaled $64,982 each
and the third payment was
$55,5632.
In 1985, according to the se
cond county audit for that
year, Chattooga received
$405,279 in revenue sharing
funds, compared to $408,000 in
see POWELL, page 14-A
Rainfall Helps Some
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Rep. Wyche Fowler, who ap-
K:eared to be close to beating
is closest rival, Hamilton Jor
dan, without a statewide
runoff. Chattooga gave Fowler
40.6 percent, Jordan 28.6 per
cent and Rep. John Russell
27.9 percent.
PSC RACE
However, Chattooga voters
resoundingly supported nearby
Chickamauga resident and
former Lookout Judicial Cir
cuit Court Judge Gary An
drews in his bid to complete the
term of Mac Barber on the
Georgia Public Service Com
mission (PSC). Andrews receiv
ed 73.8 percent of the Chat
tooga vote while Barber got
17.1 percent. Four other op
ponents split the rest of the
vote. Andrews also appeared to
have received about 53 percent
statewide, avoiding a runoff
battle.
Rogers and Andrews had
the complete support of Gov.
Joe Frank Harris, who receiv
ed 85:9 percent in his bid to
gain renomination to a second
term.
Most of the interest in
Chattooga County, however,
cent,eredg around the race for
state representative and for the
two school board seats.
REPRESENTATIVE
Crawford was opposed in
the state House race gy fellow
I}:lyerly resident David
artline, a former Vietnam
veteran who now restores anti
que cars, and by Summerville
surveyor Carl Morrison.
Crawford received 2,140
votes in Chattooga, compared
to 1,055 for Morrison and 583
for Hartline. Including the
Dade County totals, those
figures increase to 2,302 for
Crawford, 650 for Hartline and
1,098 for Morrison. District 5
includes Chattooga and Dade
Counties.
The incumbent expressed
appreciation for his 56.6 per
cent win in Chattooga County,
saying, ‘I think it was a
positive vote. I think the peo
see CRAWFORD, page 15-A
ISSUE DELAYED TO SEPTEMBER
No Summerville Tax Rate
By TOMMY TOLES
Editor
Action on setting a tax rate
for the City of Summerville
was postponed again Monday
night after the City Council
failed to arrive at a concensus
on the levy and a sanitation
fee, %articularly on whether a
fee should be charged to Sum
merville Housing Authority
residents.
After the Council discussed
several proposed rates and
sanitation Eaes, Councilman
Edward Bush moved that the
issue be tabled until the panel's
September meeting. Coun
cilman Ronnie Pilcher second
ed the motion, which passed
unanimously.
Mayor Sewell Cash had
recommended that the tax rate
be lowered from four to two
mills and a sanitation fee of $3
per month be established, ex
cluding the Summerville Hous
ing Authority, which he said
pays between $16,000 and
SIB,OOO annually to the city in
lieu of taxes.
SHORTFALL
However, City Manager
Grady McCalmon pointed out
that this year's budget had
been based on a reduction from
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WRITE LETTER TO SHERIFF, NEWSPAPER
Cobb Inmates Dislike Jail Meals
Cobb County inmates being
boarded at the Chattooga
County Jail are unhappy with
the meals they are being serv
ed in the facifity.
In a letter to Sheriff Gary
McConnell, the 16 inmates say
they are unhappy ‘‘regarding
the poor quality and insuffi
cient quantity of meals being
served us during our incarcera
tion.”
However, Sheriff McCon
nell said Wednesday after
four to three mills with a $1.50
per month sanitation fee and
outside the city fire call service
charges. The increase of $1.50
per month in the sanitation fee
as Troposed by the mayor
would not make up the dif
ference in the loss of another
mill and the fire charges, he in
dicated. Rather, it would result
in a shortfall of some $40,000,
he said.
Mayor Cash then said he
couldn’t go along with such a
shortfall.
Councilman Bush then ask
ed about a reduction from four
to two and one-half mills with
a sanitation fee of $3.
McCalmon said the two and
one-half mills would bring in
around $150,000 and the fee
would produce some $47,000 in
income. Four mills had raised
some $200,000-plus in revenue
for the city, he said.
Both suggested that the ci
ty talk to the Housing Authori
ty about it collecting the
sanitation fee from its tenants
and then turning the money
over to the city.
OPPOSES FEE
_However, Councilman
Pilcher said he was opposed to
the sanitation fee. Residents
have contacted him in opposi
tion to the proposal, he said,
agidmg that it would be finan
cially harmful to elderly people
' reviewing the inmates’ com
| plaints and investigating the
| meal situation, “I don't see a
l lot of problems with it.”
| A copy of the letter, dated
| Aug. 4, was mailed to The
{ News office early this week by
| the inmates. The envelope had
| an Atlanta postmark.
i In their letter to The News,
| the inmates said they were not
! seeking publication of their let
| ter “‘nor do we wish to cause
| Sheriff McConnell any embar
on fixed incomes. He said he
would like to see the millafie
rate remain at four mills
because of extraordinary ex
penses being faced by the city
during the coming year, in
cluding utility and clearing ex
penses along U.S. Highway
27, and elimination of revenue
OKAYED BY COUNCIL
Road, Utility Projects
| Two major grojects began
| moving toward construction
| Monday night due to action
| taken by the Mayor and Coun
| cil of Summervili,e — widening
l of Highway 27 from Summer
ville to Trion, and installation
| of utilities to near the site of a
| groposed new state prison at
i ennville.
Ron Harris of the city's
} engineering firm, Welker and
! Associates, Marietta, said
negotiations with the low bid
| der on relocal:in%l utilities and
clearing the rights-of-way on
the U.S. 27 project had
resulted in a savings to the
city.
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rassment. We simply want de- |
cent, nutritious meals ... " It |
asked that The News “‘monitor |
this situation and, if necessary, |
use your good offices in our |
behalf.” |
LETTER ‘
The letter to Sheriff ‘
McConnell said:
“We, the undersigned in
mates of Chattooga County
Jail, wish to bring our com
plaint to you regarding the |
sharing.
Mayor Cash said the total
revenue would remain about
the same with the combination
of a reduced tax rate and a
sanitation fee. “I won’t be
satisfied until we get a zero
millage rate and everybody is
paying his fair share...” he
The firm, C Harbuck,
Americus, earlierams year sub
mitted a low bid of $1,032,949
for the clearinfi and relocation
project, with the cost to be the
city's responsibility.
$83,701 SAVED
Harris said negotiations
had lowered that figure to a
firm $949,248 — a savings of
$83,701 under the origi:;f bid.
The state Department of
Tran?ortation (DOT) has
agreed to remove sidewalks,
pavement and curb and clear
the right-of-way at no cost to
the city, allowing Harbuck to
deduct those costs from its pro-
PRICE 20¢
poor quality and insufficient
quantity of meals being served
us duri}rlllf our incarceration.
“While two (2) meals per
day might be considered ade
quate, 1t is the small portions
of the evening meals and the
overall poor nutritional value
of these meals that bring our
complaint.
‘At the morning meals, we
never received milk, fruit juice,
fresh fruit or cereal. Only once
see COBB INMATES, page 14-A
added.
RENTERS PAY
Pilcher said, however, that
even renters pay taxes because
landlords include in the rent
enough mone‘\l' to cover the tax
as well as other expenses.
see SUMMERVILLE, page 7-A
posal, Harris explained to the
Council.
It's lpossible that the cost
could ultimately be even less,
fierhaps ending up at $871,848,
arris continued. Contingency
allowances are in the original
bid for removal of rock in the
water line and gas line reloca
tions and if lit.tfe or no rock is
found in the relocations, those
costs will also be deducted
from the original bid, Harris
explained.
Even with the initial reduc
tion in costs, the city still may
end up having to bear costs of
more than $200,000 for the pro
see ROAD, page 10-A