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MENLO ENGINEER HERB BARNUM (L) AT BID-OPENING
Contractors Await Results Of Offers
ON SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Menlo Bids Too High
The apparent low bids on
Menlo's proposed sewerage
system and wastewater treat
ment plant went almost
$535,000 over the amount of
money available for the project
Tuesday afternoon.
However, city officials hope
that an additional loan from
the Farmers Home Ad
ministration (FmHA) and two
other possible funding sources
will make up the difference.
The apparent low bid on in
stalling sewer lines in the city
came from Farragut Ditching
Co. Inc., Knoxville, Tenn. It
totaled $839,563.50. The
substitution of clay pipe would
add another $49.940 to that
amount.
The apparent low bid for
the wastewater treatment
plant was $609,000. It came
from C&R Construction Co.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Total of both bids without
the clay pipe option was
$1,448,563.50. Engineering
fees, soil testing work and legal
costs are expected to add about
$185,000 to the total, pushing
cost of the proposed system to
around $1,633,563.
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Interagency Council Pantry Full
A “pickup truck load” of food was
donated to the Chattooga County In
teragency Council food pantry late last
week as the result of a “can-a-tKon" spon
sored by the Chattooga Emergency
Medical (ambulance) service. Sue E%liott,
Che Summeruille News
DIFFERENCES
Menlo currently has ap
proximately $1,100,000 for the
project, meaning the total ex
pected cost is $533,563 more
than the available money. The
final differences may vary
somewhat because of various
options for deletions or addi
tions within the proposal. One
estimate on the expected dif
ference ranged up to $585,000.
The original project was to
be financed with a $570,000
FmHA grant, a $390,000
FmHA loan and a $150,000
grant from the Appalachian
Regional Commission.
A. Joiner Smith, district
loan specialist with the FmHA,
was present for the bid opening
Tuesday at city hall and said
the FmHA could provide aSO
percent grant for tfle difference
and the city could make up the
rest with an additional 5 per
cent FmHA loan, pending ap
proval of the loan feasibility
and the city's proposed
sewerage service rate
structure.
Herb Barnum, Menlo's
engineer with the Rome firm of
Wfiliams, Sweitzer and Bar
num, also said the city plann
director of Chattooga Services (formerly
EOA), 5 S. Commerce St., proudly looks
over the food, which she said the Council
hopes will last through the holidays. The
pantry provides emergency food for local
individuals or families. (Staff Photo).
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1986
ed to seek a Community
Development Block Grant
(CDBG) of up to $400,000. A
public hearing on the grant
proposal was held Wednesday
morning at Menlo City Hall.
Lloyd Frasier of the Coosa
Valley Area Planning and
Development Commission was
present for the session, as were
four citizens who had come to
city hall for other business.
However, a decision on the
CDBG isn't expected to be
made until late February or
early March and they may not
be awarded until next spring,
Frasier said. Tuesday's bifs
are valid for only 90 days.
GOVERNOR'S ACCOUNT
Barnum said Tuesday some
money may also be available
from the discretionary fund of
Gov. Joe Frank Harris.
A first step will be a look at
reducing the scope of the pro
ject, Barnum said. The city
may have to eliminate some
sewer lines that would serve
only one or two customers, he
said, as well as some lines that
were to go outside the city
limits. But where any reduc
tions might be made, ‘I don't
Farm Family Cited
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CHURCHES. SCHOOLS TO SUBSCRIBE?
Strict Fire Response
Plan Effective Jan. 1
The Summerville Fire
Department will no longer
answer calls outside the city
limits after midnight Wednes
day, Dec. 31 — with two
exceptions.
T%ose exceptions are:
* To buildings served by
the city's water or natural gas
lines.
* To buildings occupied or
owned by people who have ob
tained fire service coverage bX
paying a subscription fee in ad
vance of that date.
That's according to Sum
merville City Council action
now being implemented by ci
ty employees, said Grady
McCalmon, city manager.
McCalmon called an informal
know yet,” he added.
““At present, the project
costs exceed the funds
available,”” Barnum said Tues
day. “How much we don’t
know yet.” His comment was
made prior to an analysis of all
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DOT’s Moreland
To Speak Friday
Thomas Moreland, commis
sioner of the Georgia Depart
ment of Transportation (DOT),
will address tge Summerville-
Trion Optimist Club at noon
Friday at The Round Table,
Pennville.
Moreland will be the guest
of Winston E. Espy, an Op
timist Club member and
publisher of The News.
Moreland has served as
commissioner of the DOT since
April 15, 1975. Prior to Nov.
18, 1982, he also served in the
dual capacity of commissioner
and state highway engineer, a
Sosition he had held since
anuary, 1973.
Moreland joined the DOT in
1957 after a two-year tour with
the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
TRION CITY SYSTEM
Education Funds Frozen
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
Some $22,000 in federal
special-education funds for
rl};ion Schools have been frozen
until changes can be made in
the education program of a pro
foundly handicapped child. The
issue was discussed in the
December meeting of the Trion
Board of Education Monday
afternoon.
The case revolves around
one profoundly handicapped
child who receives instruction
by a Trion special education
teacher three hours a week at
the Chattooga County Mental
Retardation (MR) Center. A
fulltime aide, paid by the
schools, works with the stu
dent the rest of the week under
the supervision of the teacher.
The certified teacher spends
the rest of the week teaching
ress conference at his office
g‘uesday afternoon to explain
how the city plans to put the
Council's action in effect.
$50,000
The Couneil's action on
Dec. 8 came after Chattooga
County Commissioner Harry
Powelly failed to agree to pro
vide $50,000 in operating funds
for the city's fire department in
1987, altKough the city said
some 60 percent of the fire calls
came from outside the city
limits. The d tment has an
annual budgzs";f SIOO,OOO.
“Beginning at 12:01 a.m.
Jan. 1, 1987, we won't go out
side the city to answer fire calls
except for the two exceptions
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MR. MORELAND
He is past president of the
| American Association of State
| Highway and Transportation
‘ Officials, a member of the ex
ecutive committee of the
American Association of State
Highway and Transportation
Officials and a member of the
Metropolitan Atlanta Rqud
Transit Authority (MARTA)
board.
The Chatsworth native at
tended North Georgia College
and he holds a master's degree
in civil engineering from
Georgia Tech. He is a
Registered Professional
Engineer.
‘ He and his wife, the former
‘ Evelyn Kilgore, Rome, have
four children. They reside in
| Tucker, where they attend the
| First Baptist Church.
special education students at
Trion schools.
NOT ENOUGH
According to state officials,
three hours a week is not
enough time with a certified
teacher for the student.
Federal 6-B funds for Trion
have been frozen until the
school system makes other ar
rangements for the child. The
Center Open House
Open house will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today
at the North Georgia Crisis Pregnancy Center, 128 N. Com
merce St., Summerville.
The center, which is su;f);)orted by area churches,
businesses and individuals, offers an alternative to abor
tion. It offers free pregnancy testing and counseling. It is
a program of the gav-A-Life Ministry.
The public is invited to today's open house. Martha
Blansit is director of the center.
K?ssed by the Council..."
cCalmon said Tuesday.
It won't make any dif
ference as to the nature of the
structure fire if it is located
outside the city and not
covered l:f' one of the excep
tions, said the city manager.
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS
Apparently, the city's ac
tion means that no county
churches will be covered unless
they subscribe in advance to
the service. The same rule af
rears to a;:fly to schools
ocated outside Summerville's
city limits unless the Chat
tooga Board of Education pafys
the city a subscription fee for
each school.
Residents Getting
Set For Christmas
Chattooga Countians will
take off work and be out of
school during the mid to latter
part of next week in obser
vance of the Christmas holiday
season. Many local churches
have also scheduled special ser
vices this weekend.
Schools in both the Trion
City and Chattooga County
systems will close %‘riday and
students won’t return to
classes until Monday, Jan. 5.
So youngsters will have all of
next week to contemplate a
visit by Santa Claus. And
parents will have their hands
full trying to shop and manage
a household of excited young
folks.
COUNTY
Chattooga County’s
governmental offices will be
closed next Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, Dec. 24, 25
and 26, according to the office
of Commissioner Harry Powell.
Summerville's offices will
also be closed those same days
for Christmas. In the city,
sanitation routes will be as
follows: Monday and Wednes
day routes will be picked up, in
stead, on Monday. And the
Tuesday and Thursday routes
will be picked uPp next Tuesday.
The route for Friday, Dec. 26,
will be picked up as usual.
In case of emergency, Sum-
case is still under review at the
state level.
The federal 6-B funds are
budgeted to pay for the stu
dent’s physical therapist, care
at the MR Center, the teacher’s
travel expenses to the center,
the salaries of two special
education aides at '?rion
Elementary School, books and
supplies needed for special
see EDUCATION, page 8-A
Drunk Driving Plan
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McCalmon said that while
Summerville has a ‘‘mutual
aid" contract with Trion’s Fire
Department to provide backup
coverage, he's not sure whether
such a contract exists with all
the volunteer fire departments
throughout the county. If
other departments enter into
an agreement to back up Sum
merville's department in case
of a massive fi.pre, the city would
then agree to back up other
departments in the county on
fire calls, McCalmon indicated.
FEES
Non-city residents or
businesses who are already on
the city’s gas or water lines will
automatically have a certain
merville residents may contact
the police department at
857-2461.
Summerville offices also
will be closed on Thursday,
Jan. 1, only. The sanitation
route that day will be picked up
on Friday, Jan. 2.
TRION
Mayor J. C. Woods, Trion,
said the town's offices will be
closed Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 25 and 26, for the
Christmas holidays.
Trion's recreation depart
ment will be closed on Wegnes
day and Thursday, Dec. 24 and
25, and be open on Friday as
usual.
Garbage normally picked
up on Thursday and Friday
next week will, instead, be pick
ed up next Wednesday,
Christmas Eve.
In addition, the mayor said,
the city's offices will be closed
Business Leader
J. D. Hill Passes
J.D. Hill, longtime Sum
merville business and civic
leader, died Sunday night in
Chattoo%a County Hospital.
He was 75.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hill
Chapel of Lane Funeral Home
with Dr. Jack Colwell of
ficiating. Interment was in
Summerville Cemetery.
Mr. Hill was a lifetime resi
dent of Chattooga County. He
was the son of the late D. M.
and Minnis Smith Hill. He was
a member and deacon at the
First Baptist Church,
Summerville.
He was a veteran of World
War 11, serving in the U.S.
Navy. He was a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion.
Mr. Hill was owner and
g{)erator of J. D. Hill Funeral
ome in Summerville for 30
years. He had been a licensed
embalmer and funeral director
since 1933.
He was past president of
First Federal Savings and
Loan Association, Summer
ville.
Mr. Hill was a charter
member and past president of
the Lions &üb. a 50-gear
member of the Modern
Woodmen, and a member of
Chattooga Masonic Lodge 704,
F&AM.
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. J. D. “Spud” Hill;
PRICE 20c¢
amount added to their monthly
utility bills to take care of the
cost of fire coverage, st.arting
with the January billing, sai
the city manager. For
residences, that fee will total $4
per month. It will be 88 for
small commercial firms, sl6 for
medium firms and S3O per
month for large businesses.
Non-Summerville residents
or businesses not on cit!
utilities must susbcribe in ad
vance of Dec. 31 if they want
fire protection services starting
Jan. 1, said McCalmon.
The fee must be paid at
least six months in advance
and preferably 12 months in
advance, McCalmon indicated.
see STRICT FIRE, page '2-A
on Thursday, Jan. 1. Garbage
normalhv picked elg) on Thurs
day will be picked up on Fri
day, Jan. 2.
Any emergency calls for the
citfl dgas department during the
holidays may be placed to the
Trion Police Department at
734-2424, Mayor Woods said.
All local post offices will be
closed on Christmas Day after
helping deliver a record
number of gifts and cards dur
ing the holiday season.
State and federal offices
will be closed Christmas Day
and some will close early next
Wednesday and remain closed
on Friday, Dec. 26.
Local banks also will be
closed next Thursday.
NEWS DEADLINE
The Summerville News will
publish next week's edition one
day early but it will still feature
see RESIDENTS, page 8-A
one son, Jim Hill, Atlanta; four
sisters, Mrs. Lora Cohen, East
Point, Mrs. Waldo L. Reece,
Columbia, S.C., Mrs. Ilene
League and Miss Gerry Hill,
Rome; several nieces and
nephews.
Pallbearers were Billy
Hyden, Jim Jackson, Marlin
Payne, Pete Boney, Hugh
Henderson, Bill Hix, Br. Alfred
Johnson and Jim Richie.
Hill Chapel of Lane Funeral
Home, Summerville, had
charge of the arrangements.
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J.D. HILL