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ONE PROPOSED LOCATION FOR NEW NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
Near Civil Defense Building On Farrar Drive, Summerville
BY JAIL PRISONERS
Bigger Meals Sought
Thirty-five prisoners or
former inmates at the Chat
tooga County Jail have com- |
?lained about the quantity of |
ood they are receiving at the |
facility. 1
The supervising attorney |
for Georgia Legal Services has |
also indicated some concern |
about amounts of food provid
ed the prisoners although he
acknowfiadged that it is dif
ficult to determine if a meal
meets minimum standards. |
UNJUSTIFIED 1
However, operator of the |
Summerville restaurant that 1
supplies meals to the jail feels |
the inmates’ complaint is un- }
justified. The jail's ad- '
ministrator said the meals ap- |
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Trion High Student Second In State
Heather Brock, a Trion High School stu
dent, placed second in Georgia in an Op
timist Club essay contest last weekend.
She had earlier won the Chattooga Coun
ty and zone competition. She received an
olectronic clock as her prize. It was
Che Summeruville News
served by any jail facility in the
state. Chattooga Sheriff Gary
McConnell said all decisions
regarding the meals are made
by Commissioner Harry Powell
and not by the sheriff's office.
The commissioner late last
week decided to award a meal
contract to Jim's Drive-In, the
restaurant that had been sup-
Flyinf food to inmates since
ast June (see related story).
His office said Monday the
Jim’s Drive-In meals seemed to
provide more calories than
those proposed by the ap:
parent Yow bidder.
JAN. 2 LETTER
Complaints by the 35 in
mates were contained in a
handwritten letter dated Jan.
2 but not received at The News
presented Monday by Billy Gilbert, left,
president of the Summerville-Trion Op
timist Club. Looking on is Clarence
Blevins, Trion High principal. (Staff
Photo).
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1987
office until late last week.
LLewis Wilson, jail ad
| ministrator, said several of
| those who signed the letter are
| no longer inmates and 19 of the
35 were prisoners being hous
ed for Dade County.
1 The letter made it clear that
| the prisoners weren't unhappy
| with the quality of the mea?s,
| just the quantity. It said:
} “We the inmates of the
{ Chattooga County Jail wish to
| make it publicly known that
| the meals being provided for
| the inmates are insufficient to
| the needs of an average adult.
] We don’t mean to direct this
comf)laim to the quality of the
t meals being served, it's the
| quantity we're most concerned
| with. The meager portions
l served are hardly enough to
High-Speed Chase
--See Page 3-A
OPERATION BEGINS NEXT FALL
Chattooga Leaders Happy
About Armory’s Approval
Chattooga County
business, civic and governmen
tal leaders were sti]f expressing
satisfaction this week over the
announcement that a Georgia
Army Air National Guard unit
will be located in Summerville,
beginning this fall.
The unit will be shared with
Cartersville and National
Guard armories are scheduled
to be built in both towns dur
ing the next 18 months to two
years.
GEN. GRIFFIN
~ Gen. Joseph W. Griffin, ad
jutant general of the Georgia
Guard, spoke to between 40
and 50 community leaders by
speaker phone last Friday mor
ning at Summerville’s City
Hall. He announced that the
unit would be composed of two
captains, five lieutenants and
182 enlisted men. Three
lieutenants and 100 enlisted
men will be based at the Sum
maintain one’s health. We hoj
that this plea will not gg
misdirected or misunderstood.
We only ask thatewe be provid
ed the 3100 calories that
should be provided.”
COURT ORDER
A 1984 federal court order
signed by J udie Harold Mur
phy requires that inmates be
provided meals equal to at
least 3,100 calories per day.
Todd Johnson, supervising
attorney for the Georgia Moun
tains Regional Office, Georgia
Legal Services, Dalton, sairfln
see BIGGER MEALS, page 9-A
Jail Meal Contract
Awarded By Powell
To Jim’s Drive-In
Harry Powell, Chattooga
County commissioner, has
decided to stick with the same
restaurant that has been sup
?lyin%‘meals to the county jail
or the last seven months
although it didn’t submit the
low bid for the service last
week.
The contract was awarded
to Jim's Drive-In, Lyerl
Highway, Summerville, whici
submitted a bid of $1.99 per
meal per prisoner for a total
daily cost of $3.98.
Prisoners receive two meals
each day, breakfast and sup
per..A number of inmates has
complained in a letter to the
editor published in this week's
edition of The News that food
portions served at the Jail are
inadequate (see related letter
and story).
' LOW BID
The apparent low bid was
submitted by R&M Cafeteria,
Highland Street, Summerville.
It submitted a bid of $1.75 for
each breakfast and $2 for each
supper meal for a total daily
cost per prisoner of $3.75, 23
cents less than the Jim's Drive-
In bid.
A bid was also submitted
by The Round Table
restaurant, Highway 27, Penn
ville, for $2 ¥er meal or a total
daily cost of $4 per prisoner.
merville armory and the two
| captains, two lieutenants and
| 82 enlisted men will be based
| at Cartersville, which will be
| the head(iuarters.
The long-range recon
naissance unit is now bein
| formed, General Griffin sai(f
and will begin operations next
Oct. 1. The unit will initially be
housed in temporary quarters
in both towns, he said, men
tioning an ‘‘old school” in
Chattooga County as the possi
ble location for the Summer
ville unit. Will Hair, former
Chattooga Chamber president,
later saig Griffin was referring
to the old Summerville Junior
High property on Rome
Boulevard. Hair said it ap
| peared that an arrangement
may be worked out so that the
Guard unit can use the proper
ty temporarily until an armory
is built. The school buildings
are currently owned by Fay
and Sue Hurley.
ECONOMIC BOOST
Location of the unit in Sum
merville and Cartersville will
fl:}%\ an economic boost of
| than $400,000 to both
| communities, the Guard has
| estimated.
E Sixty-two of 189 soldiers
| will be ranger qualified,
| General Griffin said, pointing
| out that Summerville and
| Cartersville are close to the
| Dahlonega ranger camp and
| Dobbins Air Force Base,
| Marietta.
‘ The Summerville armory
| will have three fulltime
| employees and the Cartersville
| headquarters will have five
| fulltime en;Floyees. the adju
| tant general said.
i The Guard estimates that a
| “typical’’ company-size unit of
! 125 personnel will bring
| $406,200 into a community
| during a year. That amount is
| expected to be larger in the
| case of Summerville and
| Cartersville since the unit will
| be composed of 189 in
| dividuals. However, for a staff
. of 125, the Guard estimates the
. following monetary benefits:
| see ARMORY, page 10-A
’ Sharon Huskey in Powell's
| office said Monday that the
commissioner decided to award
the proposal to Jim's Drive-In
rather than R&M Cafeteria
| because Jim's meals were
“more nutritionally balanced,”
based on an analysis by the
Chattooga County Health
. Department. Jim's has been
supplying the meals to the jail
| since last June.
3 REVIEWED
‘ The health department said
| the commissioner reviewed the
' meals himself and felt that the
| Jim's Driveln proposal con
| tained more calories than did
' the R&M Cafeteria bid. The
| health department’s Jim Pi
| nion said Powell telephoned
| him and based on what the
- commissioner said, “'it did look
l like Jim's Drive-In did have the
| best offer.” However, Pinion
i said, the decision on awarding
| the contract was Powell's
| alone.
. Powell said at last Tues
| day’s bid opening that he
| wanted to study the bids
before making a decision.
SECOND
The opening last week was
the second one in a month. Pro
posals for jail meals were open
ed on Jan. 13 but the commis
sioner said he decided to seek
see JAIL MEAL, page 9-A
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PARTIAL VIEW OF CRO\_’}’? PRESENT AT ANNOUNCEMENT
New National Guard Unit To Be Located At Summerville
IN MURRAY COUNTY
Chattooga School Chiefs
Review Dropout Program
Three Chattooga County
school officials who visited
Chatsworth last Friday to
review Murray County's
dropout reduction program
returned with hopes that the
community will support a
similar project in Chattooga.
Don Hayes, Chattooga
school superintendent; John
Hayes, visiting teacher for the
county schools; and Jack Herr
ing, Chattooga High principal,
all met with Kate Pannell,
dropout coordinator for the
Murray system, as well as Dr.
Lamar Adams, Murray school
superintendent.
IMPRESSED
John Hayes was impressed
with the attitude of the parents
and community in their effort
with the schools to reduce the
dropout rate. “We were all im
pressed with what they had ac
complished in a short time,”
said the visiting teacher. Mur
ray's dropout rate was cut by
four percent in only one year,
STATE PUBLIC SERVICE PANEL
Sheriff Named To Board
Chattooga County Sheriff
Gary McConnell was sworn in
WeXnesda afternoon by Gov.
Joe Frank ¥larris as a member
of the Georgia Board of Public
Safety.
Immediately after the |
swearing-in ceremony, the |
sheriff joined other members of |
the board in a regular meeting |
at the Department (§ i
Corrections. |
McConnell, 42, succeeded |
Walton County Sheriff |
Franklin Thornton as a |
representative of the Georgia
Sheriff's Assn. on the board.
Thornton had served in the
position since 1977. McConnell
will serve a three-year term on
the 'lPanel.
he Chattooga native is
past ?resident of the Georgia
Sheriff's Assn. and currently
serves as vice president of the
Grand Jury Bills
--See Page 9-A
Special Report
By The News
What Can Be Done
\bout Chattooga
County’s Dropout. Rate?
he added.
The Murray and Chattooga
systems are similar in many
ways, he said, although Mur
ray has a somewhat larger
enrollment.
Hayes said a lot of informa
tion is being compiled by the
Chattooga system and conver
sations have been held with the
Appalachian Regional Com
mission (ARC), which helped to
start the Murray and Whitfield
County dropout programs.
Based on initial conversations,
the visiting teacher said, the
?ossibility of obtaining a grant
or a dropout program locally
‘‘seems very encouraging.”’
County Officers Association of
Georgia.
*“Sheriff McConnell is
known and respected by his
fellow law enforcement officers
across the state,” said Gover
nor Harris. *‘His 17 years of ex
fierience in his position gives
im a valuable perspective of
law enforcement issues with
which the Board of Public Safe
ty must deal and I'm pleased
and proud he has agreed to ac
cept this appointment.”
McConnell succeeded his
father, John Frank McConnell,
who served two years as sheriff
before an untimely death.
The sheriff is a 1962
graduate of Chattooga High
and he attended Mississippi
State University from 1962 to
1965. He was first elected
sheriff in 1967, served 10 years
see SHERIFF, page 9-A
PRICE 20c¢
But most of all, Hayes con
tinued, whether the proliram
“gets off the ground” will de
pend on community support.
EXCELLENT ;
That view was echoed by
Herring, who said he was most
impressed by the way the en
tire Murray community in
itiated the proi'ect. “I think it
is an excellent program
because of the positive ap
proach coming from the com
munity . . . the school is part of
the community and the com
munity realized it was a com
munity problem so the schools
took the bull by the horns and
are doing what they can to
alleviate the problem,”’ he said.
The high school principal in
dicated doubts that a project
initiated and supported only by
the schools would be
successful.
“It’s limited as to what
counselors, administrators and
teachers can do,” he said. *“We
see CHATTOOGA, page 9-A
SHERIFF McCONNELL