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AT FAIRWAY CENTER
By KAY ABBOT'T
Staff Writer
According to First Lady
Nancy Reagan, the creation of
purent-stu&-n( groups such as
the one at Fairway Recreation
Center, Summerville, reflects a
turning point in the war
against drug abuse,
Parents, retired teachers
and other residents joined
forces last June at the (J‘,vnt(-r
to help children avoid drugs
and be better prepared for
adult responsibilities,
Mrs. Reagan offered her
views in an article appearing in
arecent issue of the *Bulletin,”
the monthly journal of the Na
tional Association of Secon
dary School Principals
(NASSP), which is sent to
37,000 principals and assistant
principals throughout the
country,
ATTITUDES
**lndividuals have begun to
take responsibility for
educating themselves about
drug abuse and finding ways to
counter it,” she said. ““'The
growth of the parent group
movement, student peer group
movement and the willingness
of educators, sports figures,
entertainers and entire com
munities to get involved reflect
a positive shift in attitude.”
The growing desire of Sum
merville area residents to take
action against drug abuse has
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Parents, Youngsters Fight Drugs Together
sustained the Fairway pro
gram, which was organized this
summer by Catherine
Strickland, Although she
retired from teaching over two
years ago, Mrs. Strickland is
still committed to the well
being of children,
“If we don't do something
for our children we are going to
miss the mark for the coming
generation,” she said. ‘‘Our
children are faced with so
many tragedies. With all they
can know on their own, it's not
enough. With what we as
,)arvnts and adult friends can
lelp them learn, they might do
a better job in preparing for
tomorrow."
SCHEDULE
Meetings are held three
times a month on Mondays at
7 p.m. at the Fairway Center.
One meeting is devoted to
business in which the adults
make plans for future pro
grams and discuss ways to
keep the young people
interested.
The group is ogen to any
age person. urrently,
membership ranges in age from
6 years to past 60.
“We are trying to help
children and their parents learn
what to look for,”” Mrs.
Strickland said. ‘*We want
them to know by what people
and at what places drugs are
being offered and how to say
no. A drug expert from Dalton
is teaching us about the effects
of drugs and how they are of
fered to children. We hoEe that
through this program children
will learn to say no to drugs.”
In her recent interview,
Mrs. Reagan said the nation
still faces a problem with
substance abuse. She said that
nationally, five percent of high
school seniors indicated they
use marijuana daily, and the
same number use af;ohol each
day, according to a 1985
survey by the National In
stitute on Drug Abuse.
TOO HIGH
“While these numbers are
still unacceptably high, the
show a decfi,ne in the overafi
use since the peak years of the
late '7os,"" she sai(i,. “The dai
ly use of marijuana by high
school seniors is now less than
half of what it was then, and
the daily use of alcohol has
steadily declined. While these
numbers are encoura%zng.
there is no doubt we still have
along way to go. We cannot af
ford to let down our guard.”
Mrs. Strickland feels that
the positive interaction bet
ween adults and young people
will open new lines of
Is your New Year's resolution to stop
smoking — and not to gain weight at the
same time?
If so, Redmond Park Hospital's
Wellness Center wants to help.
“Smoking Cessation,”” a program
developed by the American Institute for
Preventive K’ledicine (AIPM), will be of
fered in Rome at Redmond Park Hospital
in January. The program, which offers a
life-time guarantee, is designed to minimize
the gain of quitting and to end the smok
ing habit forever.
Football Games, Food
Highlight 1987 Festival
from front page
Year's Day meal of black-eyed
peas, hog jowl and turnip
greens, along with cornbread
and all the trimmings. While
egg nog is the traditional New
Year's Eve beverage, a few
folks in the area were expected
to partake of the concoction to
day as well.
Since the advent of televi
sion, football bowl games have
become another annual tradi
n. Plenty of games are on
| Lap today, tonight and even
| Friday night. The bigfiest bowl
| games featuring the most
| pageantry usually involve the
Rose, Orange, Sugar and Cot
ton Bowls. The Rose Bowl
| Parade and the Orange Bowl
| halftime festivities are colorful
. highli%hts anticipated by non
football fans.
i The Chattooga area last
| week celebrated the Christmas
| season with visits from Santa
| Claus, friends and relatives.
| Few accidents were reported in
[the area dyring the holiday
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MRS. STRICKLAND PLANS FUTURE PROGRAMS
Retired Teacher Concerned About Children
Resolve To Stop Smoking For New Year
recording period last week.
CLOSED TODAY
Most business firms were
closed all day today, except for
some convenience or discount
stores. Local banking institu
tions also were closed. All were
scheduled to reopen Friday.
Summerville city offices
will be closed only today and
will reopen for business Friday.
Today's garbage route in Sum
merville will be picked up Fri
day. Summervifie police will
answer emergency calls at
857-2461.
L The Summerville News of
| fice will be closed today for the
| New Year’s holiday but it will
| reopen Friday morning.
Trion city offices also were
to be closed today and to
reopen Friday. Emergency
calls may be placed to the
Trion Police Department at
734-2424.
Deficit On Menlo Bids Rises
from front page
its financing, said at the Dec.
16 bid-opening that the FmHA
could help make up the dif
ference of the original overage
through a 50 percent grant and
a 50 percent FmHA loan.
However, Mrs. Canada
said, city officials and Menlo's
engineers didn’t realize the
overage would be so great at
the time. A $338,500 loan (halt
the difference) from the FmHA
could increase Menlo's propos
ed sewer rates significantly,
she indicated this week. That's
why the city hopes to obtain
ad(fitional grant or private fun
ding for the project, to reduce
the amount of any additional
loan.
Menlo has $1,100,000
available for the proposed pro
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FmHA grant, a $390,000
FmHA loan and a $150,000
grant from the Appalachian
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Nina Lovel, R. N., Wellness coordinator
at the hospital, is the program instructor.
An ex-smoker herself, Mrs. Lovel was cer
tified earlier this month by AIPM to teach
Smoking Cessation.
Two free introductory sessions will be
held next Moday and Tuesday, Jan. 5 and
6. Interested persons are invited to attend
one of the sessions, with no obligation. The
sessions, which are designed to show par
ticipants some of the techniques that will
be used in the program, will be held from
7-8:30 p.m. in Redmond Park Hospital's
Chattooga County govern
mental offices were to be clos
ed all day today and then to
reopen on Friday.
The U.S. Postal Service
was closed today and it, too,
will reopen for business Friday.
All other state and federal
offices in the area were closed
today for the New Year's
holiday.
The Chattooga County
Chamber of Commerce office
was to be closed today and
Friday.
However, all local law en
forcement offices were to re
main open, as were ambulance
and emergency services.
Trion and Chattooga School
students remained out of
classes this week. They will
return to school next Monday.
The model on this week's
front page is Laura Bright,
18-month-old daughter of Mike
and Denise Bright, Trion.
Grandparents are Hilda
Hughes and Ralph Battles, and
Judy Lovell and Gerald Brigbt.
The apparent low budder on
the wastewater treatment
plant was C&R Construction
Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., which
submitted a proposal of
$609,000.
Farragut Ditching Co. Inc.,
Knoxville, Tenn. sufimitted a
base bid of $839,567.50 for the
sewer project.
Total of the base bids was
$1,448,567.50. :
However, engineering, legal
and alternate costs apparently
increased the overall cost of the
project far beyond the actual
base bid construction totals.
The project called for con
struction of a 100,000 gallons
per day treatment plant, along
with 49,150 feet of sewer lines,
170 manholes and 514 feet of
highway crossings bored in
place.
Fifteen companies submit
ted bids on either the treat
ment plant or sewer lines, or
both.
communication.
“Sometimes we just talk,"”
she said. "*Sometimes, the kids
really open up and we have a
very good discussion. At other
times, the children are a little
skeptical of their parents being
there. We have sent parents
home so their children could
talk.”
ACTIVITIES
The programs often include
music, activities and a variety
of torxics interesting to young
people.
“We try to get the children
and parents aware of the
things going on in the com
munity,” Mrs. Strickland said.
“Several of the retired teachers
are working with some of the
children who are having trou
ble in school. Whoever needs
help, we are there to do what
we can.”
In addition to Mrs.
Strickland, retired teachers
Ruth Hoskins and Clemmie
Black are active in the
organization.
1 think it's a really good
first floor classrooms.
For those who choose to register for the
program, the “‘treatment phase’ of the pro
gram will be held the week of Jan. 12-15
(Monday through Thursday) from 7-8:30
p.m. Two ‘“Maintenance Classes™ will
follow on consecutive Mondays, Jan. 19
and 26.
“The Smoking Cessation program uses
a multidisciplinary, positive approach to
cut to the roots of a participant's smoking
habits,” Mrs. Lovel said. “Without these
roots, the smoking habit withers and dies.
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The Summerville News, Thursday, January 1, 1987
program, Mrs. Hoskins said.
“We do little skits and discuss
them, we look at VCR tapes
and have experts come give
talks. We discuss things that
come up in the community. The
children have promised not to
become involved in drugs.”
CARNIVAL
Following a successful fall
carnival, the group is planning
other prjects to finance sum
mer outings for the children,
“We are working on a study
outline for those who fail in
school,”” Mrs. Hoskins said.
“We hope to set ufp a regular
program of study for the next
year."
When she first thought of
organizing the program, Mrs.
Stricklamf was almost afraid to
hope for the type of interest
she has since received from the
community.
SURPRISED
“The parents really want to
learn ways to help their
children,” she said. ‘I was very
pleasantly surprised when |
found how willingly they got
involved."
During their business
meetings, parents and friends
of the community are discuss
ing ways to keep the young
people interested in their
program,
**Right now we are working
on activities for the summer,”
the retired teacher added. **We
are trying to prepare the
children so when vacation time
comes, they won't be idle. We
want to he{p them create jobs
for themselves."
The meetings now average
about 25 in regular attendance,
but Mrs. Strickland feels that
more children and more
parents should get involved.
“*We want everyone who is
interested to come,”’ she said.
“We want to give a helping
hand.”
“If we can reach just one
child, then it would be wor
thwhile. If we don’t reach but
one, we will have tried."”
The program uses stress management,
positive rewards and reinforcements, at
titudinal transformation, weight manage
ment, and education, as well as patented
negative smoking techniques that will have
the participant off cigarettes for good in
five days.
“This type of approach has been iden
tified by v&le United States Surgeon
General as being the most effective smok
ing cessation methodology."”
It is not necessary to register for the in
troductory programs. For more informa
tion, call Ms. Lovel at 291-0291, Ext. 139.
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