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VOLUME CI — NUM XXII
Classes To Open
Friday In Trion,
County Schools
Chattooga County and
Trion City schools wifi open
this week with few changes in
enrollment expected by educa
tion officials. %achers return
ed to the campuses to prepare
their classrooms for students
last Monday and students will
begin a new year of classes
Friday.
Chattooga School Supt.
Don Hayes and Trion School
Supt. Bi{l Kinzy reported suc
cessful r(lafistration drives this
spring. However a few new
students are expected to
register Friday.
CAUTION
Meanwhile, law enforce
ment officials warned
motorists to exercise extreme
caution in school zones and
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Youngsters Enroll At Summerville Elementary
These young folks enrolled Wednesday
morning at Summerville Elementary
School and will be among the thousands
of Chattooga County students heading
for classes Friday morning. Valerie Max
AUCTION SEPT. 23
Jr. High To Be Sold
The Chattooga County
Board of Education agreed
Tuesday afternoon to auction
the oldy Summerville Junior
High School campus next
month.
The auction is set for 10
a.m. Tuesday, Se&t. 23, with
the sale to be handled by J. L.
Todd Auction Co., Rome, for
7.5 percent of the sales price.
The property will be offered in
tracts and as a whole, the
board indicated.
The Interagency Council emergency food pantry is run
ning low and donations are needed, according to Sue Elliott
of ghattooga Services (formerly EOA).
It received a $3,500 grant during the sgring but the food
obtained at that time is almost gone, she indicated.
Individuals, churches, businesses, clubs or other groups
may donate to the pantry. Monthly donations are needed.
Items usually carried in the pantry include canned
oods (home-canned goods cannot be accepted), dried beans,
?lour, canned or gowdered milk, baby food, instant mixes,
any non-perishable grocery item, and diapers.
Only county residents who face a sudgen crisis, such
as loss of a job, fire, theft or other emergencies, are eligi
ble for assstance from the pantry, and then for only three
times in a row.
Food may be donated at the Chattooga Services office,
5 South Commerce St., Mrs. Elliott said.
The food gantry was one of the main items of business
at Monday afternoon’s meeting of the Interagency Coun
cil in Summerville.
Che Summeruville News
while around school buses dur
ing the upcoming school year,
especially on Friday and dur
ing the first few days of school.
“A lot of youngsters will be
riding bicycles to school or
walking and we want
everybody to be very
cautious,”’” said Summerville
Police Chief Arlen Thomas.
“They should pay attention to
school speed zones and watch
out for students.” Thomas said
his men will be patrolling
school areas Friday in an effort
to prevent accidents.
Trion policeman L. D.
McCary said, ‘‘Motorists
should exercise extreme cau
tion because the first few days
of school are usually very
crowded and traffic will be
bumper-to-bumper. We don’t
well (right) is shown helpin%(to register
(from left) Leslie Farmer, 5, Kerri Shrop
shire, 5, and Jason Carter, 5. (Staff
Photo).
An appraisal of the proper
ty put its value at $215,150.
Board Chairman Joel Cook
told Todd, who was at Tues
day’s meetinfi, that the board
wanted to sell the entire tract
if it brought enough money. If
not, Cook continued, the board
wants to retain the current
two-story central office
building and the old cafeteria
to be used for storage space.
The board indicated t?xat it
would be the responsibility of
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1986
want anfl little ones to get hurt
and we'll be patrolling in the
area and watching out for any
violators or those who might
try to show out on the first gay
of school.”
PARKING
Trion Mayor J. C. Woods
earlier wame({ about parking in
the lot between the high school
and community center, poin
ting out that it is reserved for
school and community center
use. He also said parki‘x‘:gjon
Dalton and Pine Streets will be
reserved for school use, as will
the semi-circle in front of the
elementary school.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
In the Chattooga system,
see CLASSES, page 6-A
purchasers to relocate sewer
and water lines if required, and
that asbestos was in two of the
buildings and would have to be
handled according to federal
regulations.
NEW OFFICE
The board indicated at a
called meeting last Thursday
afternoon that it might build a
new central school office on
either the Chattooga High or
Summerville Midgle School
campus if the property sale
brings in sufficient money.
In other action Tuesday,
the board routinely approved
fund-raisers for the FFA,
FHA, VICA and cheerleaders
at Chattoo§a High, as well as
the junior class magazine sale.
échool Supt. Don Hayes
said the system had received a
$15,000 contract from the state
for pavinfi at the new middle
school and the board hopes to
obtain additional funding.
Total cost of the paving
was some $60,000, Hayes sai
Tuesday.
DENTAL COSTS
When the board adopted its
1986-87 budget in mid-guly, it
approved dental insurance for
teachers at a premium cost of
$34,500, saying that the
system expected to be reim
bursed some $45,000 for the
middle school paving and that
the reimbursement would take
care of the dental insurance
premium costs. However, the
$15,000 contract received from
the state apparently leaves the
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Renovation Nears Completion At Trion High
Renovation work on Trion High School
should be completed sometime next week.
Individual air conditioning units have
been installed and should be operating b
Friday when students return to schoo{
New roofing has been installed and new
CRIMINAL TRIALS MONDAY
Court To Open
Criminal trials are schedul
ed to begin in Chattooga Coun
ty Superior Court at 9 a.m.
next Monday.
A number of cases is on the
calendar, including that of
David Owens, First Street,
Summerville, charged with
first degree arson in connection
with a grre at the home of Mrs.
W. G. Tallent, 516 South
Union St. The blaze occurred
last Feb. 6.
The case of Magnast Ludy
111, charged with two counts of
robbery and two counts of
burglary, is also scheduled to
be tried‘., Ludy was convicted
earlier on the charges but his
conviction was overturned by
the Georgia Court of Appeals.
INCIDENTS
He is charged with the
burglarfy and robbery at the
home of Mrs. Nell Taylor, Nor
thwest Congress Street, Sum
merville, on Nov. 13, 1984.
Ludy also faces identical
charges in connection with an
incident at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Peplfiers, 401 State
St., Summerville, on Nov. 19,
1984.
Mr. Peppers has since died.
Court records indicate that
some S4O was taken from the
Taylor home while a wallet, $2
and a jewelry box containing
costume gwelry were taken
from the Peppers residence
Powell Skeptic
On Computers
Chattooga Countians may
not get to use a computerized
voting system in this year's
Nov. 4 general election, accor
ding to county Commissioner
HarrK Powell.
The Optech e uitpment
hasn’t been used (l)e ore in
Georgia and has been only
“tentatively” approved by the
office of Georgia Secretary of
State, he said, adding, “I'm a
little skeptical of this
machine.”
But there’s little doubt that
the Optech balloting system,
which seems to be the one most
favored by Chattooga officials,
will meet Georgia's %mal voting
machine standards, sai
Frances Duncan, head of the
Elections Division, Georgia
Secretary of State's office.
The state entered into a
contract with Georgia Tech on
July 1 this year to develop
standards for voting eguip
ment, Mrs. Duncan said. Even
Zguipment which has been us
previoule in the state is be
ing tested, she said. Final stan
dards are expected to be com
floorin? has been placed in various loca
tions. Interior of the building also has
been repainted. Tri-Cities Construction
Co., LaFayette, is in charge of the
$172,000 project. (Staff Photo by Kay
Abbott).
Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Pep
pers were assaulted during the
incident, police said.
Dennis Dewayne Ford,
Trion Rte. 1, charged with
bur%lary, and Reuben Fife and
Barbara Blair, both charged
with theft by receiving, may be
tried during this term of court,
according to the calendar.
Ford is charged with
burglarizing the home of Den
nis Purcell, gummerville Rte. 3,
last April 14. Fife and Ms.
Blair are charged with receiv
ing items taken in that
burglary — Fife a 9mm pistol
and Ms. Blair a video recorder
and a 9mm pistol. .
BURGLARY
Also listed on the court
calendar is the case of James
Allen Pierce, Martin Street,
Summerville, charged with the
May 20, 1985 burglary of
Bentley's Enterprises, Com
merce Street, Summerville. A
bench warrant is outstanding
for Pierce, court records
indicate.
Other cases on the calendar
include:
Timothy Dewayne Gentry,
statutory rape; Danny
Hawkins Sr., agf‘ravated child
molestation, child molestation
and afg'ravabed sodomy; Leroy
Binkley, two counts of
violating the Georgia Controll
pleted by July 1, 1987 and
equ(if‘)ment previously given
conditional approval — such as
Optech — is expected to be
given permanent approval by
that time, Mrs. Duncan said.
FLYING COLORS
The Optech system had
been thoroughly tested in
California ams ‘“‘came through
with flyir:g(colors." she said. ‘I
don't think there's any reason
that it wouldn't be approved
(permanently).”
The conditional approval
came about this year gecause
some Georgia counties needed
to replace tfileir outdated equip
ment for this year's elections,
she said, but the final stan
dards wouldn't be ready until
next summer. Some companies
also had voting equipment that
had never been tested by any
state, she continued.
“My understanding from
Georgia Tech is that they
would not have recommended
Optech if there was any (}ues
tion about whether it would be
see POWELL, page 14-A
ed Substance Act (GCSA);
Michael A. Dempsey, violatim%
the GCSA and t%:ee counts o
bad checks; Robert M. Noles,
two counts of violatin% the
GCSA; Suzanne Phillips,
violating the GCSA; Franklin
D. Stiles, arson in the first
see COURT, page 6-A
POWELL CHANGES MIND
Company To Pave Road
The strange case of State
Line Road atop Lookout Moun
tain may be on the way to be
ing closed next month when a
Tunnel Hill company begins
paving the 5.35-mile long
stretch.
Commissioner Powell said
two weeks ago that the coun
ty would do the work since he
said bids submitted in July for
the Eroject could not be
deciphered.
However, on Tuesday, he
said he had awarded a contract
to one of the bidders, Pro
gressive Paving Co., Tunnel
Hill, and work was scheduled
to start Sept. 8.
And he said little work
would be done this week with
county crews applying surface
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Maddox Lake Road Paved By Chattooga County
Calvin Parish is shown operating the
gravel flow lever on the back of a Chat
too%a County dump truck durinfi the pav
ing last week of Maddox Lake Road east
of Summerville. The stretch was paved by
county crews using old equipment
Cloudland Store Hit
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Trion Schools
To Seek Funds
For Classrooms
Trion's Board of Education
voted Monday to initiate the
application process for state
capital outlay funds to build
five new classrooms and two
restrooms at Trion Elementary
School. .
School Supt. Bill Kinzy said
estimates on cost of the pro
posed classrooms would not be
available until a preliminary
proposal is developed by ar
chitects for the ui)roject. The
new facilities would be located
along the north side of the cur
rent elementary school
building and be completed in
time for classes in September,
1987, Kinzy added.
The construction profject is
an integral part of the
organizational plan for the ci
ty schools, according to Kinzy
and principals Sue HaYes of
the elementary school and
Clarence Blevins of the high
school.
At the beg'mnmdg of the ses
sion, Kinzy said previous
discussions of future construc
tiong)g school officials had in
volved classrooms, physical
education facilities and a new
superintendent’s office. Of the
three, he said classrooms are
the most pressing need.
REORG/?NIZATIONM
. Kn;fi, '%"' 3levins ,an IS,
years discussing reorganiza
tion of the system, the
superintendent told the board.
“Ifi had my druthers,” Kinzy
said, he would recommend a
plan calling for kindergarten
through the fifth grade, sixth
through the eighth grades in a
middle school and grades nine
through 12 in a high school,
treatment paving to various
roadways because insufficient
rock suEplies were on hand.
The work is expected to resume
next week with the paving of
Little Sand Mountain Road,
Powell added.
Commissioner Powell
received bids on the State Line
Road project July 7 but said he
woul(fr)l‘t open the proposals.
At that time, the commissioner
said he wanted to obtain state
specifications on paving for one
of the bidders, but the bidder
later told The News that he
already had the specifications.
NEW BIDS
The county then advertised
for new bids on the project and
Powell opened the proposals
“but we're too small for that
kind of system.”
He, Mrs. Hayes and
Blevins also looked at a
kindergarten through sixth
grade and seventh throufi
12th grade arrangement, t
superintendent continued.
However, after various
flossible reorglamzat' ion plans
ad been studied, Kinzy said,
the best plan for the Trion
schools seemec}l tm the cur
rent setup of kindergarten
through the seventh frade for
the element.ar{‘ school and the
eighth grade t rofi'n the 12th
grade for high school. That was
is recommendation to the
", ted the
rs. Hayes t
projected enmlgxl;g:!iu at the
(-':lement.au'zl s:‘:hool this school
year. It includes: kinder
86, first grade 90, sewmf:m
95, third grade 89, fourth grade
see TRlON,.page 6-A
Pigskin
Preview
A preview of the up
groming'h football s,easonf
om the perspective 0
(slixattooga C&l}ty High
next week’s edition of The
Summerville News.
Photos of the teams
and coaches will be
featured along with stories
about prospects for the
season, particularly as
related to the outlook in
both regions.
July 24, including at least two
that had been submitted for
the July 7 openinlf date. They
were from A. W. Headrick Con
struction Co., Summerville,
and Charles E. Watts Inc.,
Gadsden, Ala. The preferred
paving bid also was opened.
At that og‘ening, Powell
saild, ... FRIE I 8 Wp
unreasonable, even the prices
are so out of line. I have aright
to turn them down but I don’t
want to turn them down. I'd
rather have the work done but
I've had no earthly chance to
figure it out. I've had some
mighty good arithmetic men
ahold of it and nobody seems
to come up with exactly what
it's going to be because you
see COMPANY, page 6-A
ordered repaired by Commissioner Harry
Powell. Paving on Little Sand Mountain
road is expected to get under way
sometime next week, weather Eermitting,
according to Powell. (Staff Photo).
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