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VOLUME CIII - NUMBER XX
Commencement Exercises Set
Tuesday For THS, CHS Seniors
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TRION HONOR STUDENTS CHOSEN TO SPEAK AT CEREMONY
Missy Blackwell, Bill Roach And Candi Black
Chattooga Scores
Low On (QBE Test
Trion Students 2nd Highest In State
The Chattooga County
school system, which has had
the higgest dropout rate in
Georgia for the past two years,
saw 19 percent ofy its
kindergarten students fail a
first grade readiness test this
spring —the fourth highest
failure rate in the state.
Meanwhile, 98 percent of
the kindergarten sgudents in
the Trion city schools passed
the test, recording the second
best success rate in Georgia.
CONSULTANT
Don Hayes, superintendent
of the Chattooga schools, said
this week he was disturbed
about the high failure rate. As
a result, he has asked a consul-
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ROME SHRINE CLUB PRESIDENT LAMAR GREGG (L) PRESENTS C.HI‘.ZCK TO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
Sherry Bishop, Bobby Haygood, Ira Pollard, Eugene McGinnis, Katherine Camp
Elderly Abused
--See Page 1-B
i Summerville News
tant with the Georgia Depart
ment of Education to assist the
s¥stem with an in-depth study
of its kindergarten program.
The consultant will visit the
system on Wednesday, June
15.
Although Trion’s kinder
garten students did well on the
test, Bill Kinzy, superinten
dent of the city system, said it
should be abol}i'shed because it
puts too much pressure on very
young children. It is required
as part of the Quality Basic
Education Act (QBE).
The county system has
kinderfiarten cf;sses in four of
its schools, Lyerly, Menlo,
Pennville and Summerville
Elementary. While more than
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, JUNE 2,'1988
90 percent of the youngsters at
Menlo and Lyerly passed the
kindergarten test, slightly less
than §4 percent passed at
Pennville and less than 75 per
cent passed at Summerville
Elementary, according to
figures obtained from Hayes
by The News.
STATEWIDE
Statewide, 91.8 (rounded to
92 by the state) percent of the
kindergarten students passed
the readiness test with an
average score of 532.
The overall Chattooga score
was 502, the sixth lowest in
Georgia. Trion’s score was 553,
one of the highest in the state.
see CHATTOOGA, page 17-A
Hospital Budget
--See Page 16-A
© Copyright 1988 By Espy Publishing Co., Inc. — All Rights Reserved
230 Students To Graduate;
Trion Baccalaureate Sunday
It’s the end of the line next
week for some 230 area high
school students. Next Tues
day, 160 seniors will be can
dig,ates for graduation at Chat
tooga County High School and
70 will celebrate an end to their
studies at Trion High School.
Chattooga's combination
commencement-baccalaureate
ceremonies are scheduled for
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
schoor‘s football stadium.
Trion’s graduation exercises
will start at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
the Trion Community Center,
Trion’s baccalaureate service
will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday
at the Community Center. The
main speaker will be the Rev.
James Cordell, pastor of Trion
First Baptist Church. The Rev.
Har\::{ %oy({i;d?astor of Trion
United Methodist Church, will
give the invocation and Phfllllilp
Gray, minister of the Pennville
charch of Christ, will deliver
the benediction.
CHATTOOGA
PROGRAM
Chatto‘(zfi?’s combination
program ill begn with the
traditional processional of
graduates, led by junior mar
shals Missy Cash, Amanda
Park, Tracy Packer, Wesley
Armstrong, Dan Blalock and
Brian West, with class mascots
Jenny Turner and Ben Dotson.
'TKe Chattooga High Con
cert Band will play the proces
sional and recessional, and the
chorus will sing, ‘““You'll Never
Walk Alone” and ‘“The Lord’s
Prayer.”
Speaking to their
classmates for the last time in
such a formal setting will be
valedictorian Melanie Dillard
Tax Assessors List SIB,OOO For Computers
The Chattooga County
Board of Tax Assessors has
submitted a proposed 1989
budget of $110,159 to Commis
sioner Harry Powell. It in
cludes funds for an additional
staff member and SIB,OOO for
computer equipment to help
the office prepare for a massive
property tax reevaluation
program.
and salutatorian Jeffrey
Reynolds. The Rev. Ken
Johnson, Subligna Baptist
Church, will hamfi: the invoca
tion, benediction and give the
main address to the graduating
seniors.
Friday will be the last day
of classes for the 1987-88
school year in the Chattooga
County and Trion city school
systems. Teachers, however,
must stay at school for
several more days for post
planning programs.
Jack Herrin§ rinci{)al at
Chattooga Hig gchoo , will
hand out special awards during
the Ign'o%;am.
on Hayes, superintendent
of Chattooga schools, will pre
zent the diplomas.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Tony Clark, curriculum
director for elementary schools
in Calhoun County, Ala., will
be the main speaker at Sum
merville Middle School gradua
tion exercises at 7 p.m. Frid%
night in the school gym. It wi
be the second commencement
at the new school.
The invocation will be given
by Scott Brown, music
minister at South Summerville
Baptist Church. John Hayes,
visiting teacher in the county
schools, will present several
perfect attendance awards.
Three students are part of
the formal program. Eric
Housch, president of the stu
dent council, will extend the
welcome, Rozzie Starr will in-
Board members all:greed
without votini last Friday
morning that they would sub
mit their ori%inal 1988 budget
proggsal to Powell for 1989.
e board also held an
unannounced “s’flxr of the mo
ment’’ meeting Tuesday morn
ing to further discuss the
budget, and changed the
amount allocated for computer
Shooting For $60,000
Hospital Gets $20,000; Shriners Not Pessimistic
Although the annual Chat
tooga County Telethon sgon
sored by the Kome Shrine Club
failed to reach its goal of
$60,000 by the time the televis
ed program ended Sunday
night, its sponsors weren't
pessimistic.
“We're still shooting for
$60,000,” said Lamar Gregg of
Summerville, president of the
club. Around $51,000 had been
raised by the telethon’s end
Sunday night but the total had
hit $53,000 as of Tuesday after
noon, Gregg related.
GO OVER
“We'll hit and go over it
(the goal),” he said. gther fund
raising projects will be an
nounced in the near future, the
Shrine official added. £
Although the stated goal
wasn’t reached Sunday night,
Gregg said he thought the
channel 6 program might end
with around $55,000 in cash,
checks or ‘pledges.
troduce the speaker, and Am
Helton will give the farewel{
Principal David Jones and
assistan:,vflfrincipal Harry
Harvey will present awards
and graduation certificates.
TRION GRADUATION
The processional for Trion’s
graduation exercises will begin
at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev.
Dewayne White, gastor of
Pennville Baptist Church, will
deliver the invocation.
Music will be furnished by
Johnny Brimer, music instruc
tor, and Holly Wadsworth,
pianist.
see COMMENCEMENT, page 17-A
A Guessing Game
Will Powell Seek Reelection?
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Harry Powel.l},' who was
beginning to sound like a can
di(fallxt]e Tuesday, said he still
had not made a decision on
whether to seek reelection to
another four-year term. He is
expected to keep local politi
cians guessindg until sometime
todgiy or Friday morning.
e placed an ad in this
week's edition of The News en
titled, ‘A Serious Decision To
Be Made B{ Friday Of This
Week.” It features a list of
what the commissioner said are
equipment from $3,000 to
SIB,OOO. The total budget pro
gosal was thus increased from
95,159 to $110,159.
This year’'s budget is
$79,737, tge same as for 1987.
Commissioner Powell said last
year that the 1987 budgets for
all countfl departments would
also be their 1988 budgets.
Gregg made a formal
{Jyesentation of a $20,000 dona
ion to members of the Chat
tooga Hospital Authority dur
ing the weekend. The actual
check has been written, he said
Tuesday, and the hospital may
deposit it in its account as soon
as all funds donated to the pro
See Parade Photos Pages 2-B, 3-B
gram have been counted,
recorded and deposited in the
telethon account. That will oc
cur this week, he added.
$20,000 PLEDGE
Gregg pled%ed last week
that the first $20,000 raised by
the telethon woulc:go to aid the
financially troubled Chattooga
Hospital. The Shriners also
owe some $40,000 to Shrine
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CHS VALEDICTORIAN MELANIE DILLARD
Salutatorian Jeffrey Reynolds
his accomglrishments during
the last three and one-half
flears. and what he feels will
ave to be done in 1989.
FRIDAY NOON
The deadline for qualifying
to seek renomination in the
Aug. 9 general primary will end
at noon Friday.
Two Democratic candidates
had qualified for Powell’s post
lc)ly late Wednesday. They in
ude David Tidmore, a former
official with the Chattooga
Department of Family and
UNDER BUDGET
Leonard Barrett, chief
assessor, said the tax office
spent $73,277 last year, $6,460
under its budget.
Tom Hogg, chairman, and
the other two board members,
James D. Millican, and Richard
Greeson, discussed a reevalua
tion program for the county at
hosgitals for the care received
by Chattooga youggsters since
Jan. 10, he added. It costs
around $5,000 to put on the
telethon and parade program.
Although the Shriners may
not hit the ‘“‘magic”’ $65,000
figure immediately, Gregg was
confident Tuesday that the
organization will exceed the
$60,000 goal within the next
couple ofg months.
“I was very well pleased
with the telethon,” Gregg said.
*“lt went better and smoother
than ever before.”
He also praised Don Hayes,
Chattooga school superinten
dent, for acting as master of
ceremonies for 51e program for
the sixth straight year. “He
PRICE 25°¢
Children Services, and Jim
Parker, a Lyerly farmer.
At the end of his ad, the
commissioner said, ‘“Again, let
See more politics on
Pages 8-A and 9-A.
me say whether or not I be
your next commissioner, when
you go to cast your ballot,
weigh these things and pick the
person whom you think will do
see GUESSING GAME, page 17-A
length last Friday. They
debated whether the county
should eventually hire an out
side reevaluation company to
take on the project, or (fi) it “in
house.” Miflican made it clear
that he favored having the job
done by a professional
reevaluation firm.
Greéeson and Hogg discuss
see TAX ASSESSORS, page 16-A
was there at the beginning and
didn’t leave until it was all
over,” Gregg said.
A number of Masonic and
Shrine dignitaries was present
for the telethon, including Dan
ny Reed of Lithonia, past
fl‘and _master offGthe Grang
asonic Lodfie of Georgia; an
Jack Brown of Rome, pgsident
of the Coosa Valley Scottish
Rite Assn.
VICTIM
Wendy Waters, who suf
fered severe burns to her rifiht
arm in January, 1987, and has
received care at a Shrine burn
hospital, was present durinfi
Eeart olg %he telethon, ghu:i
gan Friday evening and end
ed Sunday night.
Gregg saig he was pleased
with the huge military-Shrine
;S)arade through Summerville
aturday morning. “‘lt was one
of the largest parades and
crowds I've seen for a Shrine
see SHOOTING, page 16-A