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Lillian Darden (right), wife of Seventh
District Rep. George “Buddy” Darden,
was in Summerville Tuesday, along with
volunteer Joyce Hines, Calhoun. Mrs.
Darden spoke on behalf of her husband’s
campaign at that night's meeting of the
Summerville Business and Professional
BY SCHOOL BOARD
New Office Discussed
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
The Chattooga County
Board of Education discussed
plans for its new office building
at its monthly meeting Mon
day evening. Approximately
20 visitors attended. Board
members reviewed tentative
plans drawn by middle school
teacher Emory White. The
board requested that the plans
be revised to reduce the
building size from 6,000 to
about 4,800 square feet.
The board also encountered
several problems with a
satisfactory location for the
building due to the placement
of underground sewerage, gas
and power lines on the propos
ed site at the Summervifie Mid
dle School.
The board will review plans
at a later date.
INSURANCE
Local school children were
without school insurance
coverage until mid-September,
according to board comments
during the meeting. School
Supt. Don Hayes said there
was a mix-up due to forms he
signed being lost in the mail.
He said Wednesday that in
talkin%lwith the insurance com
;c)any eadquarters in South
arolina that the company
would cover the claims OF two
children injured before the
coverage became effective
since they did not not have the
onportunity to sign np at the
U.S. 27 Hearing Today
A public hearing on widening U. S. Highway 27 from
Highway 156 in Floyd County to Summerville, and from
Trion to the LaFayette Bygass, will be held from 4 until
7 p.m. today at the Trion Community Center.
Representatives from the Georgia Department of
Transportation will be presnt to discuss the project and
maps will be available for review. A court reporter will be
present to receive comments on the eroject.
Written remarks may be submitted to the DOT by Oct.
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be%inning of school. Local
children received forms to app
ly for the insurance in mid-
September this year.
Bus driver Fred Stokes
voiced several complaints
about safety hazards caused by
highway construction workers
on U. S. Highway 27. Stokes is
one of four county bus drivers
who travel alogfi the highway
to transport children.
Stokes said that on
repeated occasions, he has en
countered dangerous situa
tions involving slow-moving
vehicles without warnin %flight.s
or persons to control traffic. He
said that construction vehicles
have pulled out in front of him
without signals or lights. He
said that twice a road on his
bus route was blocked by con
struction work. No warning
signs were at the road entrance
to notify oncoming traffic of
the hazardous obstacle. He
said at one point a large tree
had been cut and left across the
Lake Wanda Reita Road en
trance and another time a
telephone line was left across
the road. Stokes urged the
board to address the proper
authorities about the issue.
CONTACT DOT
The board instructed
Superintendent Hayes to con
tact the state Department of
Transportation by letter and
phone concerning the problem.
The board ap&roved a re
quest by seven Maple Drive
residents for city school bus
service for their children to
North Summerville Elemen
tary and Summerville Middle
Women’s Club. Rep. Darden had been
scheduled to speak but Congress being in
session prevented him from making the
trifi). Mrs. Darden visited The News and
other areas of Chattooga County Tues
day. (Staff Photo).
School.
The board Fromised to
remedy a problem for bus
driver Jesse Bankson.
Bankson complained that it
was unfair that he had to %ick
u[) 20 junior varsity football
players and eighth grade band
students at Summerville Mid
dle School and transgort them
to Chattooga High School
before -he began his regular
afternoon bus route. Banfion
said his normal route does not
include the two schools and he
made the additional run at the
request of Superintendent
Hayes. Hayes said he made the
request when the school board
told him to provide bus service
for children walking to
Knollwood Subdivision and
Summerville Gardens from the
middle school.
“You told me to get the
children off the road,” Hayes
said.
The board asked Bankson
to be patient until his route
could be changed.
MAGAZINE
Will Hair informed the
board that a full-color insert on
the Chattooga and Trion
School systems will be includ
ed in the quality of life
magazine promoting the coun
ty. The mafazine will be
published in January.
Hair told the board that the
insert had been completely
funded by a state grant and
would firomote the county’s
dual school systems. He said
that many persons moving to
the county see the choice of
school systems as an advan
tage in educational opportuni
ty. He said the insert would
feature the types of occupa
tions available in the area and
would stress non-traditional
jobs. Copies of the insert will be
g’ven to each freshman at
hattooga High School during
the next four years.
BILLS
The board agreed to
withhold payment o%final bills
for the new middle school un
til a final inspection has been
made. The bifis are: T&C Con
struction Co., $120,272 and
Kirkman Architects,
$2,485.69.
The board has set open
house at the Summerville Mid
dle School for Sunday, Oct. 26,
from 2-5 p.m. The public is
invited.
The board gave unanimous
approval to a fundraiser re
quested by parents at the
North Summerville Elemen
tary School. The board also ap
proved purchase of three door
canopies at Summerville
Elementary School for $524.
The board unanimously ac
cepted the only bid it received
on general liability insurance.
Guffin and Eleam Insurance
submitted the bid of $5,000 to
cover all employees of the
sch}c:ol system up to $500,000
each.
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Commissioner Charges
Coverage Inaccurate
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Harkv Powell has
blasted The News once again,
charging that it wants “‘a
seven-man board,” that it had
claimed he hadn't published
the 1984 audit, and that
reports by The News on the
1985 audit are inaccurate. The
commissioner also lashed out
at Sheriff Gary McConnell.
Powell's remarks were con
tained in a three-page legal-size
hand-written lette:geeh'vered to
Summerville radio station
WGTA last week and given
verbally to radio station
WSAF.
Powell's written remarks,
which differ slightlfi from his
verbal comments, follow in full:
“If our newspaper and its
representative would tell the
truth our citizens would not be
confused and would unders
tand the conditions that really
exist in our county. On the first
page of The Summerville News
the paper list the 1985 audit
havin? a sizeable balance.
“If this was exactly turned
around and told truthfully the
sizeable audit is the debt that
Chattool.ga County owes.
“If, Finney and Moore has
told Tommy Toles these
statements they have erred. (I
don't believe they have told
Toles this).
“I looked at the audit for
the first time yesterday.
“LIED?”
“I find that Mr. Toles has
lied on several different
occasions.
Facts Don’t Support
Charges By Powell
i By TOMMY TOLES
! Editor
} (Analysis)
|
f Several charges were made
| by Chattooga County Commis
sioner Harry Powell (see
} related story) last week regar
din% coverage by The News.
he commissioner indicated
he thought a report that the
1985 audit showed a “‘sizable
balance’’ in the county’s
general fund at the end of 1985
was not quite accurate.
The 1985 audit, which Com
missioner Powell is publishing
as an ad in this weefl’s edition
| of The News, shows that the
| county had a general fund
| balance of $1,070,496 at the
| end of 1985.
| The commissioner said The
| News E:forted he had not
| published the county’s 1984
| audit in the newspaper.
| The newspaper did not
| make that charge.
| BUDGETS
| Powell also said the
. sheriff’s office used $1,335,050
| in 1984 but less than $900,000
| in 1985 and he asked ‘‘where
’ our money has been going?”’
| The second 1984 county
| audit showed that McConnell's
| expenditures were $1,338,072,
| while the first 1984 audit show
| ed that his expenses were
| $1,335,071.
| Mike Keith of Holand,
| Knowles and Peterson, the
| Chattanooga accounting firm
| that did ioth audits, said
| Wednesday both figures in
| clude some $787,240 for
building the new county jail —
| making the sheriff's actual
| operating budget for law en
| forcement alone $550,832.
| Since the county was not
| operating a jail, the budget
' didn’t include funding for that
| aspect. The 1985 budlget in
cludes funds for both law en
forcement and jail operations.
Powell also contended that
| McConnell had opened ‘‘a per
| sonal” checking account at
. First Federal Savings and
| Loan Associatioon and
| deposited county money in the
| account. The News has viewed
| the account’s bank statements
and it does not appear to be a
“‘personal”’ account, but rather
an official account used to
deposit checks from cities and
counties that board prisoners
_"lf you believe everythin,
that the Espy's are printing i%
the pafier you will be informed
later that this is because they
wish a seven-man board, as
t,he[\; had for eight years, along
with their other buddies. Toles
made the statement in the
pager that I had not had the
1984 audit printed in the paper.
“I received a statement
from The Summerville News
and paid for the printing of the
audit. This bill was gaid
11-6-85. Check number 2857.
“This is just one of his
falsehoods.
“WHERE?"
“I can not say where he got
all of this news, [‘;ut two thirds
of his statements are false.
“If he is sharp why doesn’t
he explain how the Sheriff's
Deglartment got by in 1985
with less than nine hundred
thousand.
“But the 1984 audit shows
he used one million, three hun
dred thirty five thousand and
fifty dollars. Now let me ask
him where our money has been
goin%;
“Let me also ask him
(Toles) if he is checking to see
if it is legal for the sheriff to
deposit county moneK in his
Eeronal account in the First
ederal and place this money
on the money market. This
money is our tax money.
FIVE CARS
“Then the sheriff demands
five new patrol cars.
“I purchased two for him
at the county jail. McConnell
opened the account last June
and wrote checks to Powell in
July and September, but not in
August, paying the county for
boarding prisoners at the coun
ty jail.
Powell on Sept. 16 told The
News that he cEdn't see why
the deposit and transfer ar
ran%ement by McConnell
would not be acceptable, pen
ding a conference with Powell’s
attorney. By the next day,
however, Powell had apparent
ly changed his mind because he
wrote a letter to McConnell
blasting him for opening the
account.
Powell said in the letter last
week that McConnell had
demanded five new patrol cars
and that the county had
bought two at a cost of
$23,000. The News pointed out
last week that Powell ap
%arently did not comply with
eo;gia law by not seeking
sealed bids for the vehicles.
Powell, however, didn't com
ment on the bid situation.
t‘JUNK"
The commissioner last week
also referred to a surplus vehi
cle McConnell had bought last
Mz(aiy from the state, saying it
and two more automobiles
were “‘purely junk.” Shortly
after the May purchase, one of
the vehicles was in a wreck and
then repaired. It was involved
in a second wreck again last
summer and repaired again.
Powell has paid Wesson's
Body Shop $943.03 for repairs
made after the second wreck
Rain Amounts
Drenchinirrains last week
poured over three inches of rain
on most of Chattooga County,
helping to alleviate an almost
year-lonfi droltllfiht.
Ralph Wi ngham, Back
Berryton Road, Summerville,
recorded 1.4 inches of rain last
Thursday and 2.1 inches of rain
Sunday and Monday for a total
of 3.5 inches.
Billy Kilgore Jr., Trion,
recorded 1.1 inches of rainfall
last Thursday and 2.1 inches
Sunday and Monday for a total
of. 32 inches. .. .. .
SITTING PRETTY
Katie Bandy, 5-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Den
nis Bandy, Dry Valley, is not
camera shy. She has one
brother, Ben, and her grand
%arents are Mr. and Mrs.
omer Copeland, Summerville,
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ban
dy, Trion.
from Hub Motor Co. at a cost
of $23,000.00. The three cars
that he bou%ht from Ad
ministrative Services were
purek junk.
“A few days after he pur
chased them one of these cars
was wrecked and cost the coun
ty over $900.00 because this
was a $1,000.00 deductable
policy. Now Carlton Vines
presents a bill for SBOO.OO for
another wrecked car.
“In Toles’ story two weeks
ago he stated that the commis
lsioner would make up the want
ist.
“The sheriff does not turn
in request exc:ft for new cars.
“A SCHEME?"
“Now friends this is or;l{ a
scheme that is being handed to
gou to vote for the five man
oard. Because this same
seven or eight people will
operate your county. If you
want to know the expense of
the county look at the audit.
Also checi with Farmers and
Merchants Bank on how much
has been borrowed to pay off
old debts.
“We do not have one thing
to hide and will publish the
audit when the ausitors and |
review and approve.
“P.S. The nine hundred
and fifty five thousand dollars
that Toles is speaking of is
what you and I will be paying
for the next ten years on the
jail bonds.
Thank gou‘
Harry Powell”
but said he won’t pay Wesson
$804.50 for repairs to that
same vehicle made after the
first wreck. In his written
statement last week, Powell
said “‘one of these cars was
wrecked and cost the county
over $900.00 . . . Now Carlton
Vines (Wesson's attorney)
presents a bill for SBOO.OO for
another wrecked car.” His ver
bal statement refers to the
vehicle as the ‘‘same car.”
It was not ‘‘another wreck
ed car.” It was the same
vehicle.
Powell also charged that “‘a
scheme’’ exists to try to get
Chattooga County voters to
support a ‘“‘five-man” board.
Initially in his statement last
week, Powell said The News
wanted ‘‘a sevan-man board.”
NO POSITION
The News has not taken a
position on the sole commis
sioner or five-member
board/county manager issue.
Rather it is seeking to present
both sides of the issue to the
county’s voters.
Powell also said that ‘‘the
$955,000 that (Tommy) Toles
(editor of The News) is speak
ing of is what you and I will be
paying for the next 10 years on
the A'ail bonds.”
“$955,000" figure was
not used in last week's news
report about the 1985 county
augit.
DEBTS, LOANS
The audit did say that the
county had $119,011 in ac
counts payable and $799,017 in
outstanding loans for a total
general fund indebtedness of
$922,577, as of Dec. 31, 1985.
The jail bonds are paid an
nually. The amount of interest
paid in 1985 was $65,921 while
the amount of principal paid
was $65,000 for a totaf of
$130,921. The original bond
issue, approved by the coun
ty’s voters on May 3, 1983, was
for $925,000. The jail bond
ils;gg will be paid off on June 1,
Candidates may qualify from November 1
to 15, 1986 at 7:00 p.m.
Election will be held on December 6, 1986.
OFFICES OPEN FOR ELECTION
Council Seat No. 3 — Tommy Ballard
Council Seat No. 4 — T. J. Luther
Council Seat No. 5 — Lee Roy Tucker
The Summerville News, October 16, 1986
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Expressions of sympathy
are extended to the famir and
friends of the Howa.r({ Ed
wards family due to the death
of their aunt, Mrs. Bessie
McElreath, who has made her
home in Powder Springs before
her illness. She passed away
Oct. 10 following a lengthy
illness. §
Storey Edwards of Signal
Mountain, Tenn., was guest
Sunday of Mrs. Madelyn Ed
wards. In the afternoon Mrs.
Madelyn Edwards and Storey
Edwards visited Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Edwards and Stephen in
Rome.
Mrs. Charlie Brooks of
Summerville, Mrs. Ruby Bag
giett of Oak Hill, Mrs.
argaret Woods and Mrs.
Madgelyn Edwards accom
?anied Mrs. Ola Brooks to the
eed mill in Rome Friday, Oct.
10, where Mrs. Brooks was
honored with a birthday dinner
by Iléer friends. : g
xpressions of sympathy
~ are extended to the fami.f;' and
friends of Fred A. Bell of
Baltimore, Md., who passed
away the last of Septemger. He
was the father of Lorain and
- Fredrick Bell. He was also sur
vived by a brother, Raymond
L. Bell and three sisters, Mrs.
Eva Campbell, Miss Myrtle
Bell and Mrs. Syble Sorrells.
| Mrs. Virginia Galleger and
- daughter, Danielle, of (fiu’cago.
111., were guests over the
' weekend of Mr. and Mrs. Louie
- Woodall.
Mrs. Louie Woodall visited
her sister, Mrs. Margaret
Johnson, at Oak View Nursing
Home Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
| Johnson has been sick for
| several days. A speedy
| recovery is wished for her.
‘ Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kimbell,
| Mrs. Nelda Floyd and Mrs.
| Martha Bishop visited Mrs.
| Floyd's brother, Bill Kimbell,
-1 an({ daughter, Beth, at the Ho
|ly Name of Jesus Hospital in
(E’adsden, Ala., Sunday after
noon. A speedy recoverg is
' wished for Mr. Kimbell from
| many relatives and friends of
Lyer%y.
| Eugene Wyatt visited his
' mother, Mrs. Velma Wyatt,
| Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ruby Morrison
returned home over the
| weekend from a two-week visit
' with her son, Harold Morrison,
|and Mrs. Morrison of
| Stateville, N. C.
| Harrison Powell of South
| Miami, Fla., visited his father,
|Arthur Powell, and Mrs.
' Powell and other relatives of
|the area. He was here due to
| the death of Mrs. Ruth Poweil
| who passed away following an
‘iillness in Gadsden, Ala., the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Borders
of Rome were Sunday after
noon guests of Mr. and Mrs.
VOTE YES
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For a New Beginning
In County Government
Vote for the Five
Member Commission
November 4!
Cliff Woodall and fami{r.
Mrs. Grace Sentell was
s?end-the-night guest Sunday
of Mrs. Annie Mae Kimbell and
Mr. Kimbell, returning home
Mogday afternoon. &
: slleed recovery is wish
ed for Amy %arker. Sg'e and her
sister, Jennifer, are recovering
from a severe cold.
Mrs. Roger Jones and
Jason and Mrs, Harold Bishop
visited Mrs. Griffin Plet}&er,
Mrs. Watson Phillips and Mrs.
Carolyn Epfllfi, who has been
visiting with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Griffin l?led er some
two weeks, from Cfiarlotte.
N.C.
Mrs. Frances House was
guest of Mrs. Emi Strawn
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Bessie Mae of Centre,
Ala., was guest Saturday night
and Sunday of her mother,
Mrs. Laura Stallings.
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson
Blythe of Cedar Bluff, Ala.,
were Sunday afternoon lguests
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bishop.
Mrs. Laura Stallings was
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Bryan last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Sisemore of Fort Oglethorpe
were Sunday afternoon guests
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Winford Sisemore. :
A speedy recovery is wish
ed for Benny Woodall, a pa
tient at Floyd Medical Center
suffering with pneumonia. A
speedy recovery is wished for
him.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Keith
and Brian of Clougland en
joyed several days last week on
a vacation in the Great Smoky
Mountains.
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