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Santa Claus Letters
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VOLUME CII- NUMBER L
Chattooga Countians were
rushing around this week, mak
ing last-minute preparations
for the Christmas holiday at
the end of next week.
Shoppers were hitting retail
stores and housewives were
buying hams, turkeys and
other good things to eat during
family get-togethers. And
goungstpgs, well, they were
usy wrltug last-second pleas
to Santa Claus in hopes of
receiving that special toy on
Christmas morning.
SERVICES
Churches throughout the
countfir‘ planned special services
for this weekend, reminding
everyone that the real reason
for tKe observance is the birth
of the Christ child almost 2,000
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Jarrells Hearings Begin Monday
Appeals Process Requires Pre-Trial Conferences On Capital Cases
The first of at least two
hearing days in the Elrod
murder case will be held next
Monday in Chattooga County
Superior Court before Judge
Joseph “‘Bo’’ Loggins. A se
cond hearing day has also been
scheduled for Dec. 28.
Purpose of the hearings will
be to fulfill requirements of the
Geor%ia unified appeals (i)ro
cess for capital cases and to
hear motions from attorneys
representing Jonathen Jarrells.
BLUDGEONING
The 30-year-old Oceana,
W.Va. man has been charged
Jarrells’ Attorney
To Seek DA’s Post?
The defense attorney for ac
cused murderer Jonathen Jar
rells plans to run against in
cumbent Dist. Atty. David L.
“Red” Lomenick next year, it
was revealed last week in Chat
tooga County Superior Court.
udge Joseph “Bo” Log
gins, at the beginning of a pre
trial conference (see related
story) last week between the
prosecution and attorneys for
Jonathen Jarrells, said he
wanted to make a statement
about the case.
WHEN?
Pointing out that Roland
Enloe, Jarrells’ lead defense
lawyer, was himself a former
assistant district attorney,
Judge Loggins said when he
first contacted Enloe about be
ing appointed to the Jarrells
case, the Rossville lawyer
wanted to know when the case
would be tried.
At that time, Loggins said
The Summerville News
Christmas In Air For Chattooga Residents
years a:fo.
Students in the Trion and
Chattooga school systems were
looking %orward to a long holi
day starting next Momfay -
and so were their teachers.
Law enforcement officials
were bracing for the long holi
day period, fearful of numerous
accidents, injuries and
fatalities.
Area firemen were also ask
ing local residents to exercise
caution with yule decorations
to make sure they won't catch
fire and create a tragedy.
CLOSINGS
Most governmental offices
will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25
in observance of the holiday.
The Chattooga Courthouse
will be closed on Thursday and
with murder in the Aug. 27
bludgeoning death of Miss Ger
trude Estefie Elrod, 75, Chat
toogaville. He is also charged
with aggravated assault in an
attack on her sister, Lorraine,
71, at the same time, and with
armed robbery.
Dist. Atty. David L. “Red”
Lomenick informed the court
several weeks ago that he
would seek the death penalty
against Jarrells, who is bein
held in the Chattooga Jail. g
tentative trial date for Jarrells
has been set for Feb. 22.
Judge Loggins presented
Jarrells, his attorneys, the pro
he told Enloe that he would try
to schedule the case in late
spring, in March or April, 1988.
Enloe said at the time that he
didn’t want to be involved in
the case next Summer, the
jurist said.
The lawyer “‘either said or
indicated . . . " to Loggins that
he planned to run against
Lomenick and that was one of
the reasons Enloe wanted the
case tried early in 1988, the
judge said.
REMINDER
“All attorneys in this cir
cuit are officers of the court,”
Loggins said. ‘I hope and I ex
pect that counsel for the
defense and counsel for the
state will remember that at all
times."’
Looking at Enloe, the judge
added, “Tiis defendant (Jar
rells) is entitled to a fair and
vigorous defense. Mr. Jarrells
see ATTORNEY, page 12-A
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1987
Friday of next week, said the
office of Commissioner Harry
Powell. It will be open on
Thursday, Dec. 31, am? closed
all day on Friday, Jan. 1.
Trion offices will be closed
on Dec. 24 and 25 next week
and garbage for both days will
be picked up next Wednesday,
Dec. 23. The town hall will be
open on Dec. 31 but closed on
Jan. 1.
Menlo offices will be closed
on Dec. 24 and 25 and on Dec.
31 and Jan. 1.
Lyerly offices will be closed
on Dec. 24 and 25 and on New
Year's Day.
City of Summerville offices
will also close for Christmas
Eve Day and on Christmas
Day. Garbage routes for both
days will be picked up next
secution and the court clerk
with a 42-page outline of pro
ceedings in tEe unified appeals
process last Thursday. Loggins
then went over each item in the
pre-trial outline with Jarrells
and lawyers for both sides in
the case.
Last Thursday's conference
in open court was the first of at
least six expected in the Jar
rells case.
EX PARTE
Jarrells will be in court next
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Mayor Cash, Mrs. Hays, Sen. Huggins, Rep. Colwell, Mayor Jones, Rep. Crawford
Fire Fees Renewed
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© Copyright 1987 By Espy Publishing Co., Inc.
Wednesday. City offices will
also be closed en Jan. 1 and
that day's g:gbage route will
be run on . 31. In case of
emergency, residents may con
tact golice at 857-2461.
The Chattooga Chamber of
Commerce offiee will be closed
on Dec. 24-25 and on Dec. 31
and Jan. 1.
The News office will be clos
ed on Dec. 24-25 next week.
HOLIDAY g
Students and teachers in
the Chattooga and Trion
schools will h9ve a long mid
term vacation: from the time
classes dismiss Friday after
noon until they&return to school
on the morning of Jan. 4.
Local lawmen have issued
early warnings to motorists
Second ARC Grant
Asked For County
Dropout Program
‘Cafeteria Plan’ Rep Roasted
The Chattooga County
Board of Education agreed
Monday mght to apply for a'sé
cond federal matching grant to
help finance a stay-in-school
program durin% 1988-89. The
county system has the highest
dropout rate in Georgia.
The panel also accepted the
low bid on removing asbestos
from several county schools
during the holidays, and spent
almost an hour reviewing an ar
chitect's sketch of new
classrooms for Pennville
Monday when Loggins hears
arguments on an ex parte mo
tion to allow the suspect’s at
torneys to procure expert
testimony on his befialf
without the proceedings being
made available to the prosecu
tion. Loggins next Monday is
also expected to set a hearing
date on an expected motion to
supress evidence against
Jarrells.
The judge is also expected
to hear arguments next Mon
see JARRELS, page 12-A
about drinking alcoholic
beverages and driving during
the holidays.
S(gt. Joe Gossett, head of
the Georgia State Patrol post
at Rome, said the Patrol has
firedicted that 20 people will be
illed and 712 injured in 1,943
accidents during the long
Christmas holiday period. It
will begin at 6 p.m. next
Wednesgay and end at mid
night Sunday, Dec. 27.
The Patrol said that almost
half the fatalities during
Christmas in 1986 weren’t
wearing seat restraints and
more than half the deaths were
alcohol-related.
DON’'T DRINK
“The sheriff’s office will be
on the lookout for drinking
SCh.fOlic*:" board chai
(9el Co”«, board chairman,
angrsevers teachers also Taks
ed a representative of the
system’'s ‘‘cafeteria”’ benefits
program over the coals. They
demanded that any teacher
who wants out of the plan be
allowed to do so with a full re
fund of all moniesaf)aid into the
¥>rogram. The sales manager
or Vulcan Life Insurance Co.,
Birmingham, Ala., agreed to
the demand.
DROPOUTS
The board approved
unanimously a request by
School Supt. Don Hayes to
seek a second year’s funding
for the system’s new stay-in
school program. There was no
discussion.
Hayes told the panel that
the matching grant would be
sought from the federal Ap
palachian Regional Commis
sion (ARC) to continue the
system's current anti-dropout
program. Local and fegeral
monies are currently financing
a dropout coordinator’s post, a
homework hotline, another
telephone line for each school,
a high school tutorial program
and various promotional ef
forts aimed at making the
public more aware o% the
dropout problem.
The News revealed last
January that the county
system had the highest
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WOMAN HURT IN CAR-TRUCK WRECK WEST OF TRION
Near Head-On Crash Probed; See Story on Page 7-A
‘Good Economic Impact’
Predicted For Prison
Official groundbreaking
ceremonies have been held for
the Hays Correctional In
stitute at Pennville with a state
prison official saying that the
facility will have ‘“‘a good
economic impact” on Chat
tooga County.
A number of state prison of
ficials, legislators an(f local of
ficials was present for the
program.
David Evans, commis
sioner of the Georgia Depart
ment of Corrections (DOC), in-
Politics In Trion *
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drivers next week,” said
Sheriff Gary McConnell. My
advice to &lly motorists is not to
drink and drive. What is sur
gosed to be a happy time could
e turned into a tragedy in an
instant because of :griver who
thinks that he could get away
with getting drunk and then
getting behind the wheel. It's
not ‘cute,’ it's not ‘macho’ —
it's stupidand dangerous. Our
;i:lzf)uties and the State Patrol
ill be out in force in an effort
to catch drunk drivers before
they kill or maim themselves or
an innocent person.”’
Arlen Thomas, Summer
ville police chief, reiterated
McConnell's stern warning,
pointing out that his officers
will be quick to make cases
against grunk drivers.
dicated that the state had fac
ed some difficult times having
the prison located at Pennville.
Igesidents of the Pennville
and Trion areas fought the pro
posal for several years but were
unsuccessful in keeping con
struction from getting under
way on the project.
CHAMBER
The Chattooga Chamber of
Commerce ‘‘has really pitched
in and worked for you and pull
ed things together . . . ”* for the
prison, Evans said.
“I see a good opportunity
for this facility to have a good
economic impact on this coun
ty,” Evans said.
He pointed out that at least
200 construction workers
would be employed on building
the project gy next summer.
When completed in late 1989 or
early 1990, it will have 250
staff members — most of them
hired locally — and a $6-million
annual payroll, Evans aid.
That money will *‘turn over’ at
least four times in the com
munity, meaning a $24-million
economic boost for the coun
ty's economy each year, he
added. *“We're not going out of
business. We'll be here for a
long time, unfortunately.”
“This has been a team ef
fort from the start,” Evans
said. Local community leaders
through the Georgia
legislature have ‘“‘stayed there”
for the project during “‘difficult
times,”’ he continued.
“PRIVILEGE”
It is ‘‘a real privilege” to
have the facility named %or the
late Walker County Refi.
Forest Hays, Evans said. The
Chattooga prison will be “one
of the best” in the nation, the
DOC commissioner continued.
Evans presented Mrs.
Miriam ‘“‘Mimi’’ Hays, widow
of the former Walker represen
tatives, with a framed resolu
tion from the DOC board for-
PRICE 25¢
SEAT BELTS
‘“Another precaution that
would help prevent injuries or
fatalities in case of an accident
is the wearing of seat belts and
placing children in child
restraint seats,”” Chief Thomas
said. ‘“There is no state law re
quiring motorists to wear seat
belts but it's common sense for
drivers and ?assengers alike. A
lot of people may wear seat
belts on lonim'ps and that'sa
good idea but statistics in
icate that most accidents oc
cur within a few miles of home.
So even a ‘guick trip’ to the
store could result in an
accident.
“It is state law that young
children be placed in a restraint
seat,”’ the c%ief added. “‘There
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mally naming the prison for her
late Kusbang. The%oard action
took place in early November.
“I love you and appreciate
you honoring Forest and his
family by naming the prison
for him,”” Mrs. Hays said.
Chattooga Rep. John
Crawford spoke briefly and
referring to the controversy
over the prison site, added, ‘I
hope we all can put it behind us
now.”
STAND
Rep. Carlton H. Colwell,
chairman of the State Institu
tions and Properties Commit
tee, praised Cx:'awford for his
strong stand for the prison be
ing located in the county.
Lyle Jones, LaFayette, the
Seventh District member of
the DOC board, was also pre
sent for the groundbreaking, as
was former Chattooga coach
and teacher Tom Jones, who
will be warden of the facility.
Summerville Mayor Sewell
Cash spoke briefly, welcoming
the DSC to the community.
Sen. Waymond ““Sonny’’ Hug
gins, LaFayette, who
represents Chattooga in the
General Assembly, also said a
few words.
John Siler, head of the
DOC'’s public information of
fice, served as master of
ceremonies at the pr(agram.
saying that since Evans
assumed control of the DOC,
Georgia had developed a model
prison system for the nation.
REFRESHMENTS
Refreshments were served
after the formal program.
Carlson Soutgeast Corp.,
Smyrna, is the general contrac
tor for the $23.§-emillion Prison.
When completed, the facility
will house 750 inmates, in
cluding some maximum securi
ty %isoners.
ork has already started
on the main prison support
buildings, whic% combine(f):re
almost 1,100 feet long.