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GORE BEAVER POND QUIET WINTER WONDERLAND Staff Photos by Tommy Toles
Following Snowfall Last Week
FOR CHATTOOGA
Beer Revenue Increases
The City of Summerville
received agout a thousand
dollars less in revenue from
beer taxes last year than in
1985 but Chattooga County
gained some $22,000 more in
alcohol revenue in 1986 than
during the previous year.
That's according to a report
from the Georgia Beer
Wholesalers Assn. Inc.
Summerville received
$86,315.88 in beer tax revenue
last year, compared with
$87,325.28 in 1985, the
Association said.
COUNTY
However, Chattooga Coun
ty’s government received
IN FEBRUARY
County Economy Better
Chattooga County’s
economy took an upturn in
February from January when
fewer unemployment checks
were written to residents of the
county, according to the
Georgia Department of Labor.
VALUE
A total of 775 checks
valued at $83,836 was written
to Chattooga residents in
February, d%wn from 1,271
checks valued at $126,352 in
January. A total of 789 checks
valued at $82,317 had been
written in February, 1986, ac
cording to Joe Tanner, commis
sioner of the Department of
Labor.
JAPANESE EXCHANGE STUDENT |
Chattooga ‘Cures’ Shyness
'By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
A once shy Japanese ex
change student has fained new
confidence while living her
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STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT JAPANESE CULTURE
Mina Suzuki Coaches Heather Wyatt On Use of Chopsticks
$197,401.03 last year in beer
taxes, compared with
$175,432.32 in 1985, it added.
A total of 369 cities in
Georgia received
$42,403,035.10 in beer taxes
last year while 140 counties
received $28,124,598.93.
Wholesalers in the state collect
the excise taxes and remit
them to state and local govern
ments on a monthly basis. The
total doesn’t include revenues
from state and local license fees
for retailers and wholesalers.
Over 57-million cases of
beer were delivered statewide
to about 12,000 retailers, the
Association said.
The amount of revenue rais
Fewer claims also were fil
ed in February by county
residents than in January, Tan
ner said. A total of 183 claims
was filed during the Feb. 14
“‘reference week’’ as compared
with 206 claims during the Jan.
17 “reference week,”’ Tanner
said.
CLAIMS
Of the total, 34 claims in
volved the construction in
dustry, 34 in textiles, 18 in ap
parel, 24 in durable manufac
turing, 26 in wholesale and
retail sales, 21 in services, two
in government, four in finance,
three in motor freight
transport, one in communica
“dream year'’ in Chattooga
County as a typical American
teen-ager.
Mina Suzuki, 18, is atten
dinfi Chattooga High School
while living with her sponsor
ing family, Mr. and Mrs. John
ed in Georgia from that source
is the second highest in the na
tion. On every case of beer,
SI.OB is paid to the state and
$1.20 to the local licensing
authority. Georgia's combined
tax is over five times the na
tional average of 42 cents a
case, said William N. Griffin,
executive director of the
Association. The current
federal tax is 65 cents a case.
Figures from 1985 show a
per capita consumption of 21.4
gallons of beer in Georgia,
under the national average of
23.7 gallons per capita. Per
capita consumption ranks 37th
out of all 50 states, Griffin said.
tions; and 11 in non-durable
manufacturing, including
seven in paper, three in rubber
and one in food products.
Statewide, the trend was
the same, Tanner said. The
state wrote 200,693 checks
valued at $22,724,553 in
February, compared with
230,368 checks valued at
$24,763,011 in January.
Currently, the maximum
weekly benefit an employed
person may draw is $145 for 26
weeks. That toal will increase
to $155 a week on July 1. The
state’s unemployment trust
fund as of March 9 contained
$685-million, Tanner said.
Pless, Cloudland. She is a
native of Tokyo, Japan.
Her enthusiasm for
American life has helped her
overcome the shyness that
caused her to avoid many ac
tivities back home.
SHY IN JAPAN
“When I was in Japan I
was a shy person,” she said,
“Since I came here I always try
to keep a positive attitude. I
want to try everything. I just
tried out for the tennis team. I
was too shy back home.”
Her new outgoing attitude
has brought her some of the
most rewarding e);periences of
her visit: winning first place in
a district piano competition
and teaching an afternoon
seminar on her homeland for
Lyerly Elementary students.
“It is one of my most sweet
memories to visit Lyerly
school,”” she said. ‘‘The
students are so nice. They even
sent me presents; a picture of
the class and some very pret
ty Tee-shirts.”
SEMINAR
During her seminar, the ex
change student demonstrated
J aganese cooking; tau%?t the
children the origami technique
Snowfall Appears,
Fades Like Dream
Weather forecasters predicted a few flakes of snow and
a little sleet last week but few Chattooga County residents
took them seriously.
After all, hadn’t temperatures been rather warm in re
cent days despite a relatively mild cold spell at midweek.
But snow it did, although none stuck to local roads and
streets as did one of the area’s deepest snowfalls little more
than a month before.
WET ROADS
Motorists found roadways wet on Thursday morning,
March 12, but no slush or frozen spots. Recent warm
weather apparently had built up enough heat in the pave
ment and on most bare areas to keep the snow from
accumulating.
However, below-freezing temperatures the night before
allowed the flakes to stick to vehicles, grass, si:ubbery,
trees and utility lines — but without service outages.
More Snow Photos On Page 6-B
Officials with Georgia Power Co., North Georgia EMC
and General Telephone Co. said they had no problems with
the sudden snowfall which, in a few areas, resembled a
heavy frost.
Some areas south of Summerville appeared to receive
a deeper accumulation of snow, which generally amounted
to an inch or less in the Chattooga area.
TOO WARM
It began peppering down Wednesday night, March 11,
in much the same manner as the January storm that
dum?]ed a foot of snow in parts of the county. But recent
weather had warmed the ground too much and the fast
moving low pressure system zipped through the Northwest
Georgia area before it could cool things down enough to
leave a heavier accumulation.
Trion and Chattooga school children were disappointed
that they didn't get a day off because of the snow, which
had virtually disappeared by midmorning March 12.
And by last weekend, temperatures ha§ soared back in
to the upper 60s and lower 70s as sunny skies prevailed
over Chattooga County.
The snow came and went so fast that it almost seemed
a dream.
of making paper balloons; and
shared many aspects of
Japanese culture.
Although Miss Suzuki is an
excellent pianist, she was once
hesitant to plgrform for larfie
audiences. This week, she
represented Chattooga High
School as a pianist in the
District Literary Meet and
took first place honors. She will
represent the district in the
state finals to be held in Macon
later this spring.
SHOCKED
“I still can’t believe it,” she
says of winning the competi
tion. ‘“‘lt was a shock.
Everyone played so well. It
was a nice experience for me
and I know the state competi
tion will also be a nice ‘ex
perience.”’
In addition, Miss Suzuki
won second place in a student
talent show at the school this
week.
Spending her senior year in
Chattoo%a is the result of a life
long ambition.
“Since I was small, I really
wanted to go to the United
States,’”’ she said. ‘‘Being an
exchanfif student was mty
dream. Most of the teen-age life
in America is like a dream come
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“HEY, WAIT FOR ME!” LONESOME DUCK AT RIGHT SEEMS TO BE QUACKING
Fowl At Floyd State Park Seemed To Enjoy Light Snowfall Last Week
true. In Japan, everyone wants
to be an exchange student.”
RURAL AREA
Although Miss Suzuki en
{'otys the convenience of Citll
ife, she has fallen in love wit
the beauty of rural Chattooga
County.
“It's hard to say which I
like best,” she said. “'I really
like it here. The mountains and
the trees are so beautiful
around fall time. The colors are
lovely. The city is so gray.
“In Japan, I can get on a
train and go anywhere I want
in 15 minutes. Here, there are
much greater distances to
travel for shopping and enter
tainment."
According to Miss Suzuki,
Japanese teens are much more
restricted than American
teens.
LIFESTYLES
‘“American teen-agers have
a very different lifestyle,”” she
said. “‘First of all, we cannot
drive until we are 18. We also
go to school six days a week for
most of the year. We don’t
have a long summer vacation.”
Japanese students are even
assigned homework during the
see CHATTOOGA, page ¢-B
Second Front
Chattooga Follies
Set This Weekend
Tickets have been printed,
the set is almost compl:ate and
more than a hundred people are
busily perfecting their acts and
assignments ¥ Follies 'B7,
“It’s Time To Start Living,”
will premier Friday night.
Sponsored by the Chat
tooga High School Band
Boosters, the production is the
major fundraising event for the
IN 1982 MURDER
Neelley Appeal Denied
The convicted murderess of
a 13-year-old Cedartown girl
has been rebuffed by the U. S.
Supreme Court in her bid to
have her death sentence
reversed.
The high court last week
refused to hear an appeal by
Judith Ann Neelley, 22, who
was convicted in the
September, 1982 slaying of
Lisa Ann Millican, La}ga ette,
who was a resident of a gedar
town girl's home at the time of
her kidnapping and death.
Mrs. Npeelley was convicted
in DeKalb County, Ala., in the
Millican death. TIIe girl's body
was found in Little River Ca
nyon, shot once in the back.
She had been injected with a
drain cleaner before she died
and testimony revealed that
both Mrs. Neelley and her hus
band, Alvin, sexually abused
the youngster prior to her
death.
LIFE SENTENCES
Her husband is serving two
life sentenges plus 10 years in
a Georgia prison in the Oc
tober, 1982 (I)eath of 23-year-old
Janice Kay Chatman, Rome.
Mrs. Chatman's body was
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LYERLY STUDENTS GREET VISITOR WITH ENTHUSIASM
Mina Suzuki Distributes Handmade Book Markers
group. Backers are expecting
near-capacity crowds each
evening.
The show spans the music
and sounds of tge 20th century
from the gtlalnt}t:rel tl;]m}-lof-thi
cent stroll through the par
to tlllxl;y hot soundsg of Jp anet
Jackson and Run D.M.C.
Advance tickets are $3 for
adults and $2 for students and
found in the Haywood Valley
area of Chattooga County. He
had filed guilty to kidnapping
and killing Mrs. Chatman.
Mrs. Neelley pled guilty to
kidnapping Mrs. Chatman and
was sentenced to a life prison
term by Chattooga Superior
Court Judge Joseph Loggins,
to be served consecutively to
any other sentence.
Mrs. Neelley was convicted
in March, 1983, on the Millican
murder and has been on death
row at Tutwiler Women's
Prison at Wetumpka, Ala,
about 14 miles north of
Montgomery.
Robert French, her Fort
Payne, Ala., attorney, said the
Supreme Court refused to hear
his arguments that Mrs.
Neelley didn't get a fair trial
because her confession to the
murder was improperly used as
evidence against her. However,
French said he is glad the high
court didn't hear the case
because that would have
prevented use of other legal
arguments in Alabama’s
courts on Mrs. Neelley's
behalf.
The next step in the case
will be a return to the DeKalb
may be purchased at Chat
tooga Hffih School, Summer
ville Middle School, Super-D in
Summerville and Trion,
McGinnis Drug Co., Jackson
‘lgrug Co., and John Paul Jones
0.
The roductionwillb?.n' at
8 p.m. I?riday and Saturday in
the Chattooga High School
lunchroom.
County Court where he will file
a document asking for a correc
tion of alleged errors in her
trial. That writ should be filed
sometime within the next 30 to
60 days, French said.
TWICE MORE
The Neelley case may be
presented to the U. S. Supreme
Court at least twice more, he
indicated, if the death sentence
isn't reversed by the Alabama
courts. The refusal of the
Supreme Court to hear the case
is only about the fifth step in
a 19-step process, French said.
Mrs. Neelley is one of two
women on death row in
Alabama, the lawyer said.
Miss Millican was kidnap
ped from a Rome shopping
center on Sept. 25 before her
death on Sept. 29, 1982.
Mrs. Chatman was kidnap
ped from Rome on Sunday,
Oct. 3, 1982 and later carried
to a remote area of Chattooga
County, where she was shot.
Her body was found near
Ebenezer Baptist Church on
Oct. 15.
Mrs. Neelley also was
sentenced to 10 years in prison
see NEELLEY, page 4-B |