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SET SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Hospital Open House
Open house will be held
from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at
Chattooga County Hospital
and Oak View Nursing Home.
The public is invited.
One of the key attractions
of the open house will be the
hospital’s new $134,000 worth
of )?-ray eciuipment.
A free blood pressure clinic
will be offere(f along with
refreshments.
The planned addition to
Oak View Nursing Home will
be reviewed for those visitin
the facility, as will new hospitj
services, including respite care
and the ‘‘swing bed"’ program.
A tour of the I;ospital
laboratory will be provided
during Sunday’'s open house.
Brochures will be available
on the various services, in
‘LASSIE. COME HOME?’
‘Boo’ Back After Adventure
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
Some dogs seem to have
more personality than others;
a spiritedness that endears
them to their owners but can
often get them into
predicaments.
Such is the case with 800,
a J)layful mutt who never turn
ed down a chance to play or
hitch a ride with a giendly
motorist. When he disappeared
suddenly early last November,
his owners, Larry and Melanie
Eubanks of Summerville, were
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PART OF WEAPONS, DRUG DISPLAYS PRESENTED THIS WEEK
Trion, Chattooga Students Informed By Deputy
cluding the Lifeline emergency
response system, based in Oak
View Nursing Home. More
than 30 individual units have
already been placed in homes
throughout the county and the
central system is based at the
nursing home.
The Hospital Authority
also has recently approved use
of space at the medical com
plex for use by the Chattooga
Suicide Life Line, a hotline
telephone number that began
operation Wednesday after
noon.
A newly remodeled hospital
room will also be on display for
visitors Sunday afternoon.
Sponsors of the open house
include employees o? Farmers
and Merchants Bank, Georgia
Power Co., D. B. and Elsie Bar
heartbroken.
800 is the kind of pet that
comes once in a lifetime, accor
ding to the family. He was
good company.
BEST DOG
““800 is the best dog I ever
had,” Larry Eubanks said of
the black and white mixed
breed shepherd. “You don't
come across many like him.
When you take him walking, he
doesn'’t ever try to run off. We
can carry him anywhere in the
van. He loves to ride.”
Boo’s one flaw is a love of
adventure, which made his
Nov. 7, 1986 disappearance
“BOO” REUNITED WITH EUBANKS FAMILY Staff Photo by Kay Abbott
Melanie, Matt, Larry, With Pet
ron, Chattooga Hospital and
Oak View employees, Gene
Kellett, Chattooga Ministerial
Assn.; Dorcas Sunday School
Class of the First Baptist
Church, Summerville, in
memory of Mrs. A.J. Ellen
burg and in honor of Alma
Zada Ellenburgf Rep. and Mrs.
Johnny Crawofrd, Summerville
Firefighters Auxiliary; Mr. and
Mrs. John Echols and Mrs.
Katherine Camp in memory of
Mrs. Dura Shropshire; Women
of Georgia Power, Mrs. J. D.
Hill and Jim Hill and the Chat
tooga Medical Staff.
Mrs. Camp is chairman of
the Authority. Current
members are Bobby Haygood,
Bill Gilbert, Sherry Bishop and
Dr. Jack Meacham. Members
| even more of a mystery to the
' Eubanks. His was not the
| typical ‘‘lost dog” story. He
| could be out joyriding or
| visiting a new home, but he
| didn’t seem to be anywhere
| near Summerville once he left
E the Eubanks’ fenced back yard.
} WAS HOME
| ‘““He was home when I came
|in from school that day and it
| was the last time anyone saw
| him,” Melanie Eubanks recall
| ed. “Eubie (Larry) went out to
!feed him at 6:30, but he was
gone. We searched the
l neighborhood and put ads in
the paper and on the radio. We
Staff Photo by David Espy
who will join the Authority in
J ug' include Eugene McGinnis
and Ira Pollard Jr.
Mrs. Betty Wollstein is ex
ecutive director, Mrs. Shirley.
McCrickard is assistant atli
ministrator and Mrs. Dianne
Farrar is nursing home
administrator-coordinator.
i Deßartment supervisors in
| clude Pat Hartline, director of
l nursing for the hospital; Jackie
Harris, director of nursing for
| Oak View; Nancy Dover,
| dietary; Sandra Crawford, X
] ray; George Ardeeser,
| laboratory; John Green, phar
| macy; Nathan Stinson,
| maintenance; Lisa Hall, ac
f tivities and social service direc
’ tor; and Irene Willingham, cen
| tral supply.
even rode all over town calling
him. We decided he had caught
aride out of town or was being
kept inside someone’s house.
“Just last week, we were
getting out of church and we
saw a dog that looked like him
goiniugl the street. I noticed
that he held his tail the same
way as 800, so we all jumped
in the van and followed him.
We even dpulled up in so
meone’s driveway, but it
wasn't our dog.”
The Eubanks also knew
that no ordinary fence could
hold their dog, which further
narrowed the possibilities for
findis& him. |
“We kept him in the fence
all the time,” Mr. Eubanks
said, ‘‘but he could clear it in
three seconds. He put his front |
paws over the top with one |
jump and climbed up and
over.” ]
LONELY |
As the weeks wore on, it |
was getting lonelier at the
Eubanks home. Matt, 4, and J
Jeff 1%2, missed 800 almost as
much as their parents did. The |
dog had a strong protective in- }
stinct toward the two boys, |
and often seemed to think it |
was his job to look after them. l
‘“Anytime Matt was out- ’
doors, 800 stayed right with |
him,” Melanie said. ‘‘He ’
thought he was their babysit- |
ter.” 3
Last Thursday, 800 made a |
sudden reappearance. But true
to form, he wasn't satisfied to ’
quietly return to his home on ‘
East Penn Street. Instead, he
showed up at the home of Mrs. t
Eubanks’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. G. Morehead, who live
on a hilltop across town. Ad
ding to the drama was the fact
Fire Department Meet
A community meeting to discuss organizing a volunteer
fire department for the éore community will be held at 8
p.m. Friday at the Gore Community Center.
All residents of the area are invited.
' TY] |
Just Say No ...
. + « Drug Abuse Danger Explained By ‘Dep. Dawg’
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
“I hate my parents, I think
I want to kill tfiem." one teen
age boy says into a telephone
answering machine.
“I don't want to live
anymore,”’ sag's a troubled
young girl a short time later.
fi‘t any lllwur of the day or
night, a phone is ringing in
Afi:any. ghousands o? ugeens
call the line each year for help
with drug problems, family
disputes or emotional pro
blems. Instead of ftting im
personal hotline with nameless
volunteers, the teens reach one
man who listens and responds.
Frank ‘‘Deputy Dawg”
Sumner has answered some
16,000 such calls since 1971.
ON THE ROAD
When he is not on call as
youth director of the Dougher
ty County Sheriff's Depart
ment, Sumner is on the road
with his anti-drug, pro-family
program aimed at kids in
fi'lra es six through 12. On
isplay are some 14,000 pieces
of evidence from drug-related
felonies committed gy teens
under 17 years of tleage.
Sumner presented his “Just
Say No’’ program this week to
middle grade students
throughout the countg'. His
visit was sponsored by the
Summerville-Trion Optimist
club and the Chattooga Coun
ty Sheriff’'s Office.
“When a youn%e(f)erson
commits a drug-related crime
or act of violence, 80 percent of
the time it is against the Eer—
son they love the most, such as
their parents, brother or sister
or even a teacher who tried to
help them,” Sumner said.
23 YEARS
When Sumner spoke from
his own 23-year experience as
a law enforcement officer, local
students were attentive. Boys
and girls alike were visibly
moved.
“I tell my young people,
‘Tim trKi.ng to save your l]).ife
down the road,’ '’ Sumner ex
plained. ‘‘Maybe a week,
maybe a month down the road,
but I'm trying to reach them
that Larry was visiting his in
laws that afternoon.
. UNSURE
Afiparent.ly, 800 wasn'’t too
sure how he would be received
at the Morehead home Thurs
day. He hid under his master’s
car, waitinidto be discovered.
When Morehead arrived
home from work, he spotted
the familiar-looking mutt, who
gave a timid waaghgf his tail in
recognition. Realizing that it
was the long-lost 800, he call
ed Eubanks to the door.
“‘As soon as 800 saw me, he
was out from under the car in
a flash,”” Eubanks said.
The dog celebrated the reu
nion with an exhuberant show
of affection for his master.
Seemin%ly well-fed and in good
health, 800 still wore the wide
red collar he had on when he
disappeared.
As soon as Eubanks
brought the dog home to East
Penn St., he resumed his role as
babysitter.
WATCHES CHILDREN
“Matt and I were pla)F'ng in
the back gard together Thurs
day, and 800 was restmg in the
corner of the yard,’ Mrs.
Eubanks said. “He seemed
totally unconcerned until Matt
went outside the fence for a
moment. As soon as he opened
the gate, 800 sprang to atten
tion and went after him. He
watched Matt's every move
until he was back inside the
gate, then he returned to his
corner and lay down.”
Although things are back
to normaf at the Eubanks
home, the family is being more
careful with their favorite pet.
“Boo’s collar will have more
see ‘BOO’, page 4-B
now before it's too late. I want
to instill in their thinking that
police officers want to help
them. They have an image of
the cop as a bad guy.”
“l tell them they're
somebody special, that they
have one chance at life. A lot of
them listen to some of these
rock sonis that encourage
suicide. The groups tell them
that they're coming back, that
they'll have another chance.”
Sumner has observed a new
climate of concern about the
danger of drug abuse among
teenagers recently.
BIG CHANGE
“I have seen a tremendous
change in the audiences during
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DOUGHERTY DEP. FRANK SUMNER LISTENS TO QUESTION |
At Chattooga Memorial Home Meeting Monday Night
the last three months,”
Sumner said. “The kids are
b:fl:ningo:o realize what I'm
talking a t.'l‘t};eg'haveheard
about drug-related murders on
television and read about it in
newspapers. They are starting
to understand it could happen
to them.”
“The number one reason
kids get involved with drugs is
peer Yressure. They want to be
gzguar with the ‘in’ crowd.
ondlK. they are experimen
ting. They want to see for
themselves if it's real. They
can't take someone else’s word
for it. They get into it and,
thank God, aéer the first try,
most of them are off.”
COMMUNICATION
According to Sumner, lack
of communication at home is a
ma{’or contributor to teen
problems.
“Kids spend 75 fpercent of
their week away from their
parents,” he said. “That leaves
25 alpercenl; for the weekends.
Half the time on weekends,
momma and daddy want to
rest. They send the kids off to
play putt putt golf, or %’0 roller
skating or to a movie. Parents
need to go with their children
and spend time with them. Of
course Sunday is the day when
they should all be together in
church.”
Sumner believes that the
see JUST SAY NO, page 4-B
Staff Photo by David Espy
Staff Photo by Kay Abbott