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Chattooga High STAR Student, Teacher
Judson Simmons, left, was honored Mon
day by the Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club as Chattooga High School's STAR
student for 1987. Pictured with Judson,
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Trion City Schools’ STAR Student, Teacher
Heather Brock, second from left, was
honored as the 1987 STAR student for
Trion High School Monday by the
Summervifie-Trion Rotary Club. Pictured
MISS BROCK, SIMMONS
STAR Students
Cited By Club
The STAR (Student
Teacher Achievement Recogni
tion) students and teachers for
1987 in the Trion City and
Chattooga County school
systems were honored with a
luncheon Monday by the
Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club.
This marks the 29th con
secutive year that the club has
sponsored the program, mak
ing it the organization with the
longest consecutive STAR
sponsorship of any in Georgia.
STAR WINNERS
Judson Simmons, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Sim
mons, Menlo, was%lonored as
the Chattooga STAR student.
His STAR teacher is Donna
Special Olympics
--See Page 1-B
The Summeruille News
Herring, a Chattooga High
instructor.
Heather Brock, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy L. Brock,
Trion, was cited as this year's
STAR student for the Trion Ci
ty Schools. Her STAR teacher
is Mrs. Carolyn Mayo.
It was the third time each
instructor has been chosen
STAR teacher by a student.
Miss Brock said she plans
to attend Shorter College and
then teach English in the Nor
thwest Georgia area while
working on her doctorate. Her
ultimate goal is to become a
college professor, she said.
Referring to Mrs. Mayo, Miss
Brock said, “‘All in all, she's
been the one teacher who's
done the most for me.” |
from left, are Donna Herring, his STAR
teacher; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Simmons,
Judson's parents; and Ben Simmons, his
brother. (Staff Photo).
from left are Mrs. Carolyn Mayo, her
STAR teacher; Miss Brock; Mrs. Jimmy
L. Brock, Heather's mother; and Shana
Brock, Heather's sister. (Staff Photo).
ACHIEVEMENTS
Her teacher described Miss
Brock's accomplishments, in
cluding English, civics, algebra
and essay awards, as well as
extra-curricular activities.
“She is the type of student any
teacher would love to
teach...and I have been
honored to have taught such
an. excellent student,” Mrs.
Mayo said.
Simmons said he plans to
attend Ambassador College,
Pasadena, Calif.
He first met Ms. Herring
seven years ago, Simmons
said. SKe made him ‘‘feel at
home'" and encouraged him to
do well in school. *She expects
us to give her our best because
see STAR, page 8-A
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1987
Chattooga Falls Short
--See Page 15-A
© Copyright 1987 By Espy Publishing Co., Inc.
Campeonada, Director
Sued By 15-Year-Old
s2l-Million Asked
In Federal Action
A s2l-million damage suit has been filed in federal
court at Rome against a Chattooga County-based youth
camp by a 15-year-old boy who said he was subjected to
repeated homosexual attacks at the rural facility from the
time he entered it at age 13.
The suit was filed last week
in U. S. District Court against
Campeonada Foundation Inc.
and its executive director,
Thomas Morse, who resides in
Rome.
Campeonada closed its
doors last Friday.
RECORDING
Repeated attempts to reach
Morse before the closing prov
ed to be unsuccessful. ga{)ls to
Campeonada before the closing
reached a recorded message
with one message referring
callers to a Rome telephone
number. No one answered at
that number. A final call to the
'eamg last week reaeched
another official who confirmed
that the facility's last day
would be on Friday, but who
wouldn't discuss reasons for
the closure. Morse didn't
return The News’ call at that
time.
Attempts last week to
reach Jo Cato, director of child
care licensing section for the
Georgia Department of
Human Resources, were unsuc
cessful. She said Monday she
had attempted to return calls
to The News but that the
newspaper's number was
always Eusy. The News has
three rotating telephone lines.
UNAWARE
Ms. Cato said she was
unaware of the s2l-million
lawsuit when reached by The
News Monday. When directors
NUMBER AT ISSUE
Vote Machine Meet Set
A meeting to discuss the |
purchase of voting equipment |
for Chattooga gounty and |
redistricting voting precincts |
has been set for 9 a.m. Satur- |
day at the Chattooga
Courthouse.
The session was announced
last Thursday night by
Katherine Camp, chairman of |
the Chattooga Democratic |
Committee, at the annual
Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner
(see related story).
Commissioner Harry
Powell, when he was introduc- |
ed at the banquet last week, |
said he had received a letter |
that Georgia had approved the |
Optech equipment which had |
been inspected by county of
ficials about a year ago.
APPROVED "
The News reported last |
August that the Optech equg)- ‘
ment had been given condi- |
tional approval by the office of |
Secretary of State for use in |
Georgia. |
‘... When the group gets |
ready, we're ready to buy the |
mac Kines," Powell said last |
week at the meeting. }
Jon Payne, Chattooga pro- |
bate judge, said at last week's |
meeting he thought the i
machines would be of “‘great |
benefit” to Chattooga voters. |
He said he wanted to meet with |
Democratic Committee
members on the issue and
about redistricting ‘‘as soon as
possible.”
COSTS?
Cost of the machines, if
laced in every precinct, has
Eeen estimated at between
$90,000 and SIOO,OOO,
although other estimates have
ranged between $45,000 and
of the Foundation contacted
her office in early January to
say the operation woul({ be
closing down by the end of
February, “‘financial reasons”’
were listed as the cause for the
shutdown, Ms. Cato said. The
possibility of a future lawsuit
was not mentioned, she said.
Last week's lawsuit was fil
ed by Atlanta attorneys Larr
Kent Butler and Frank I{
Siegel on behalf of **John Doe.”
The now 15-year-old youngster
*‘is entitled and respectf:]fy re
3111ests to remain anonymous to
e lic,” the attorneys said
in thé action.
; "' - entered Cam
»onada on June 5, 1985 when
e was 13 years old, the lawsuit
said.
“DUTIES”
The Foundation had certain
duties to ‘‘Doe” when he
entered the facilitl:ly, the suit
said, listing the following: ““(a)
the duty to use reasonable care
to keep him safe from harm
from other residents of the
facility; (b) the duty to ade
quatef;’ supervise camp per
sonnel; (c) the duty to use
reasonable care to safeguard
him from harm; (d) the duty to
protect him from sexually
perverted staff members of
Campeonada; (e) the duty to
place him in an environment
which respects traditional
norms and his Judeo-Christian
see CAMPEONADA, page 11-A
$66,000.
Payne said he understood
price of each Optech machine is
still around $4,400.
It’s doubtful he'll be able to
discuss redistricting in any
detail at Saturday's meeting,
Payne said last Friday,
because the Secretary of
State’s office has asked that he
postpone a meeting with state
officials on the issue until after
the General Assembly ad
journs at mid-month.
OBJECTIVE
The primary objective in
redistricting wifll be to redefine
voting district lines to visible
boundaries such as roads,
streets, ridges, mountains,
creeks, power line rights-of
way, natural gas lines, etc. Pre
sent militia district lines are
“invisible’’ lines on a map
rather than clearly visible
boundaries, he pointed out.
The county has received an
extension from the Secretary of
State’s office on the redistric
til"lf issue, which resulted from
a U. S. Supreme Court decision
in the earll;r 1980 s, Payne said.
The probate judge said he
wants to lz(ee?1 voting districts
as close to the current boun
daries as possible. Equalizin
population in the districts wifi
not be a primary goal of reap
portionment, he said. Payne
said he hasn’t delved into the
issue sufficiently to determine
exactly how redistricting
might affect county board of
education districts.
It’s possible that Trion and
Summerville may be separated
into two precincts each, he
said.
NOT DECIDED
The issue hasn't been decid
ed on how many voting
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LYERLY AREA WOMAN KILLED IN FRIDAY ACCIDENT
Mishap Occurred On Highway 114 Near Summerville
SECOND TRAFFIC FATALITY
Lyerly Woman Killed
A Lyerly area woman being
rushed to medical treatment
was killed and her husband in
j}l{lred in a one-car accident on
ighway 114 near Summer
ville last Friday morning.
Mrs. Evie Gayler, 63, Lyer-
machines would be recom
\ mended to Powell, he indicated.
| Some reports have said the
j Democratic Committee’'s sub
| committee on the subject may
| recommend a couple of central
I ‘“‘counting’’ machines while
| other reports have said it will
’ see VOTE MACHINE, page 3-A
Griffin Tuesday Speaker
At Chamber Booster Meet
Georgia's Adjutant General
will be the featured speaker at
next Tuesday's Booster
Breakfast sponsored by the
Chattooga County Chamber of
Commerce.
Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Grif
fin is expected to discuss his
January announcement that a
new National Guard Unit will
be located in Summerville and
Cartersville. Armories are ex
pected to be built in both loca
tions within the next couple of
years.
The breakfast will begin at
7:30 a.m. at The Tavern, Trion.
APPROVED
General Griffin announced
by telephone on Jan. 30 that
the nevzdguard unit had been
approved and would begin
operations in both towns next
Oct. 1. The Summerville part of
the unit may be temporarily
housed in the old Summerville
Junior High School buildings
on Rome Boulevard.
Molestation Trial
--See Page 7-A
ly Rte. 1, was killed in the 6:12
a.m. accident, which occurred
during a rainstorm. Her hus
band, Ernest E. Gayler, 72,
also of Lyerly, Rte. 1, was in
jured in the mishap. He was
reported in “satisfactory’ con
dition at Floyd Medical Center,
Rome, on Tuesday. Mrs.
Gayler was Chattooga Coun
ty's second traffic fatality in
1987.
Trooper Dennis Tucker of
the Georgia State Patrol and
Cadet Patti Watson said a
1976 automobile driven by Mr.
Gayler was traveling north-on
Highway 114 at the time of the
accident.
BLINDED BY LIGHTS
Mr. Gayler reported that a
vehicle pulling out of a side
road blinded him with its lights
on the rain-slickened roadway
and he pulled his car to the
right, Trooper Tucker said. It
Three lieutenants and 100
enlisted men will be based in
Summerville and two captains,
two lieutenants and 82 enlisted
men will be located at
Cartersville.
The Chattooga unit will
have three fulltime employees
and the Cartersville post will
have five fulltime employees.
PROPERTY
The Guard has been review
ing property owned by the
county on Farrar Drive as well
as property owned by the Chat
tooga Memorial Home at Penn
ville as possible locations for
the new armory building.
Gen. Griffin is director of
Georgia's Emergency Manage
ment Agency and state direc
tor of Selective Service.
He is a graduate of the
U.S. Army's Command and
General Staff College, Ft.
Leavenworth, Ka., and a
éradugte of the University of
eorgia.
PRICE 25c¢
struck a curb and then skidd
ed back left across the road
way, striking a fireplug and
fence before crashin%ugroadside
into a utility pole, Tucker and
Cadet Watson reported.
Chattooga Rescue Squad
members had to use the “g aws
of Life”’ to remove Mrs. Gayler
from the wrecked vehicle. She
was dead at the scene.
Patrol officials said Mr.
Gayler was taking his wife for
medical treatment at the time
of the accident.
SIX HURT
Meanwhile, six more people
were injured in four separate
traffic accidents late last week
and early this week in Chat
tooga, according to the Patrol.
Three people were hurt in a
two-car crash on Highway 337
in Menlo at 2:30 %.m. Sunday,
said Patrol Sgt. Eddie Ivey.
see LYERLY WOMAN, page 8-A
He enlisted in the army in
1952 and graduated from the
see GRIFFIN, page 8-A
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