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SIGN A FEW WEEKS AGO LISTED A PLEA FOR RAIN
Area Has Received More Than Two Inches In One Week
Water Bans Remain In Effect
Although most of Chat
tooga County has received
more than two inches of rain in
the last week, outside watering
bans remain in effect in Sum
merville and Trion — although
the rain has negated the need
for most such watering, except
for washing vehicles, perhaps.
Summerville City IBlanager
Grady McCalmon said an out
door water use ban remains in
effect except from 10 p.m. to 6
a.m. daily and on weekends.
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Corp., which supplies water to
the city of Trion, said the ban
on watering excefit from 7 to
10 p.m. 1s still in effect
although some adjustments
may be made within a few
weeks.
McCalmon said September,
October and November are
traditionally dry months in the
area and residents shouldn't be
lulled to sleep by recent rains.
The water ta%le has been bad
ly depleted, he indicated, and it
will take more rain to restore
the moisture levels. Riegel of
ficials echoed McCalmon's
views, although the Trion
spring was nearly full and the
water was flowing easily down
the raceway into the plant's
coolers.
Billy Kilgore Jr., Trion,
regorted that the area received
2.5 inches of rain during the
last week while Ralph Will
ingham, Back Berryton Road,
Summerville, said he recorded
2.7 inches during the last week.
Water On
Tap For
Meeti
eeting:
The Lyerly City Council has
rescheduled its regular
September meeting for 7 p.m.,
next Tuesday at the Grover C.
Jackson City Hall. It will be
the first Council meeting in the
new facility since it was of
ficially completed.
Scheduled for discussion at
the meeting is the search for a
new water source for Lyerly.
Mayor Danny Wyatt said
Wednesday that the Council is
expected to vote on hiring an
engineer to create plans for a
new water system.
No other items have been
finalized for the agenda, accor
ding to Wyatt.
Burglary
Probed
Summerville Police Chief
Arlen Thomas investigated a
burglary at Dover's éarage.
First Street, Monday night or
Tuesday morning.
A SSOO air compressor was
taken in the theft, Thomas
reported.
Entry was gained by
removing boards from a rear
door, he said.
The Summerville News, September 4, 1986
Chattooga, Trion
Late On QBE Data
Late distribution of state
Quality Basic Education (QBE)
funds to the Chattooga Coun
tsy and Trion City School
ystems may have been
averted because of an article in
this month's edition of
“Georgia County Govern
ment,”” a publication of the
Georgia Association County
Commissioners.
The article said almost half
of Georgia's counties and
seven of its cities with indepen
dent school systems had not
turned in a required question
naire by the state’'s July 18
deadline. A prolonged delay in
submitting the report could
result in a school system'’s be
ing left out of the first distribu
tion of state funds under the
QBE program, state
authorities were quoted as
saying.
The clerk of cities with in
dependent systems and both
the county commissioner (or
commissioners) and tax com
missioner were required to turn
in a report listing any local
revenue turned over to the
local school systems.
REPORT SUBMITTED
Chattooga Tax Commis
sioner Hugh Don Hall had sub
mitted his report to the state
by the dea(fi)ine, authorities
reported, but no report had
been turned in by Commis
sioner Harry Powefi'. No report
had been filed by the city of
Trion for that city's system.
When first contacted by
The News Tuesday morning
Trion Mayor J. C. Woods said
he was unfamiliar with the
questionnaire and thought it
would have to be handled by
the schools. However, he said
that afternoon he had found
that the city was required to
submit a report.
Hart Pearson of the State
Department of Revenue was to
send Trion a new co§y of the
questionnaire form, the mayor
said, and it will be completed
and returned immediately.
Commissioner Powel{ in
dicated Tuesday he had no
knowledge of the required state
form, saying that such matters
were left to the county’s
auditors.
Jim Finney of the county
auditing firm of Finney and
Moore, Rome, Tuesday morn
ing was unfamiliar with the
report. However, by that after
noon, he had contacted Pear
son, who was to send him a new
copy of the form to be com
pleted and turned in to the
state.
Pearson told The News
Tuesday that he was that day
pr?aring a new list of cities
and counties complying with
the state requirement and
those not in compliance. That
list was to be turned over to
the governor's office, state Of
fice of Planning and Budget,
State Department of Educa
tion and tfie state's legislators.
“APPROACHING”
Since he is in charge of
preé)arins the list only, Pearson
said he did not know date of
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‘Molestation
Charged To
Local Teen
[
? An 18-year-old Summerville
| resident has been charged with
| child molestation.
| The Chattooga County
| Sheriff's Office saig Eric “Dun
l can”’ Johnson, Summerville
Gardens, was arrested around
| 2 p.m. last Thursday, Aug. 28,
| in Summerville Gardens.
| The alleged incident involv
! ing a 3-year-old girl occurred on
| Aug. 2, said a spokesman for
| the sheriff's office.
| Tests are under way to
| determine if the child has
| venereal disease, the Sheriff's
' Office added, and the in
| vestigation is continuing.
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Council
Meeti
eeting
Monday
Taxes will likely be on the
aienda at 7 p.m. next Monday
when the gummerville City
Council holds its September
meeting.
The panel at its August
meeting postponed a decision
on setting its 1986 tax rate or
substituting service charges —
such as on garbage pickup —
for ’lEart of the tax millage.
he Council also will likely
place on second reading a pro
posed new zoning ordinance, as
well as its proposed nuisance
public health ordinance.
Three employees recently
promoted are expected to be
confirmed by the Council at
Monday night's meeting at ci
ty hall.
the “'final”’ deadline for turning
in the reports, but felt ‘it is
rapidly approaching.”
The law requires that the in
formation be filed annually
with the Revenue Department
by every county tax commis
sioner, chief governing body
and, in those with independent
school systems, by the city
clerk.
Chattooga was one of more
than 70 counties where the
governing body had not turn
ed in reports and Trion was one
of seven cities.
Pearson said the state must
know how much local revenue
Eoes to local school sgstems
efore the amount of QBE fun
ding can be determined. While
most county commissioners —
including Chattooga this year
— do not provide any fun({s to
their school systems, some do,
and the only way the state has
for determining if anK
assistance is rendered, is to as
for information from every
county and from every city
with an independent school
system, Pearson explained.
The school boards of the
systems are not involved in the
process.
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Deborah Millican, daughter of
Thelma J. Millican was
presented a SSOO scholarship at
the meeting of the Kappa Kap
pa lota sorority Tuesd‘:)iy night.
Ms. Millican is presently atten
ding Shorter College, majoring
in elementary education.
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Letters To The Editor
Powell Rips Toles, Hall, The News
Dear Editor:
To the Editor or who wrote the story in last
week's Summerville News concerning the
misleading of charges against Hugh Don Hall
(Tax Commissioner).
Your paper states that the audit shows
$908,911.00 because Powell extended the
deadline in 1985,
Regardless of the deadline being extended
does not excuse Hugh Don Hall from collecting
almost one million gollars that he has not done
so. Evidently, your writer, Tommy Toles, must
be the one tj;at put in your paper that Powell
wqxéld print the name of those that had not
paid.
I wonder if we have another James Budd to
do our writing for us. Because I said, that the
City of Rome had ;l){rint,ed names of the delin
quent payers in a Rome paper.
I again say that Hall puts all the blame on
county attorney Ed Sur{;s.
I would like to ask the general public who
was elected to be Tax Commissioner and who
is under bond to be Chattooga County's Tax
Commissioner? and has the fiast three Grand
Juries erred in demanding these taxes b:lraid.
I noticed a few weeks ago that Mr. Hall was
so afraid to mention any one's name in the
gaper because he was afraid of being sued.
Svidently he and the Farrar's whom he has
hired to re;present him has picked two
employees of the county out and I am proud
of this because Ed Surles explained to me last
week that this is the same property that has
been paid on.
I understand that the other parcel was con
tested in the late '7os and nothing has been
done by the Tax Commissioner since —
Did you know that the Tax Commissioner
and his crew does not help make up the digest?
He has more in his office than the Tax
Thanks For Lifepak-V Help
Dear Mr. Editor,
On behalf of the Chattooga County
Emergency Medical Service, may I take this
moment to thank the fine people of Chattooga
County for their generous contributions in our
recent drives, to raise money for not one, but
two Life Pak V Cardiac Monitors and
Defibrillators.
Also, thanks must be given to several dif
ferent organizations, and people, for without
Bottoms Thanks Supporters
Dear Editor:
I have traveled the width and breadth of his
state in the past several months as a candidate
for State Scfiool Superintendent. As a result of
my campaign, | have had the opportunity to
meet thousands and thousands of my fellow
Georgians as well as many of you in the media.
Throughout my campaign, I felt that you
—the media in the hundreds of communities
in Georgia — always treated me fairly and were
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Assessor’s office has. I do not see w'l‘?' that we
cannot have a digest that can be finished and
sent to Atlanta on time.
Let me remind you that there has been two
complete audits made and ni:art of the third one
almost finished and they all show that there is
still almost a million dollars showed in un
collected taxes in 1984, Would you please refer
again to the ?\i[ct.ure on the front p-&eéof The
Summerville News dated Au&l. 28, 1986 where
Hall is showing drawers of filed fi fa's.
Mr. Hall knows that this is not true.
The only fi fa's that has been pulled accor
dinet,o his statement is Henderson and Surles.
ou have read before in this paper that Hall
hasn’t issued a fi fa since he has been in office.
I am now checking records in the clerk’s of
fice showi? some propertiy that was advertis
ed and sold by the sheriff to the highest bid
der. Whether this should have been done we will
inform you later.
I do not deny extending the time for collec®
ting taxes in 1985 because the county was what
you might say in bankruptcy.
But had not been announced as in that
condition.
I would like to ask the foreman of the Grand
Jury and also the District Att,ornei'l if there will
be any moves made concerning the collection
of these taxes. .
I believe the taxpayers of Chattooga Coun
ty deserve the right to know who is paying and
who is not.
I have not checked the records as yet but
I understand from a reliable source that some
of these tax bills amount to twenty or thirty
thousand dollars fler parcel. On Page 68 of the
Georgia Handbook for County Commissioners,
you will find that it is self exglanatory concer
ning the duties of the Grand Jury.
%larry Powell
their hel? and time, it would not have been
possible for us to attempt to raise this money.
As always, our purpose is to assist the peo
ple of Chattooga County in their time of need,
and with your contributions, you have helped
us do this better.
Sincerely,
Donnie Fowler
Director, CCEMS
always willing to listen to what I had to say.
I want to express my sincere appreciation to
you for this.
I also would like to take this opportunity to
thank my many workers and supg(;rters in your
community for their assistance throughout my
camg;aign.
incerely,
Dr. Gene Bottoms
14 TRION ROAD
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