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The Summerville News, Thursday, June 9, 1988
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200 Busy At Prison Location
Block Being Laid For Dormitories; Structural Steel Erected
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plete while the 250,000-gallon
water tower is 90 percent com
plete, lacking only painting and
testing, Mc%onnefl added.
A tall crane was being used
to move long beams of steel in
place early this week and
workers were scurrying all over
the 40-acre construction site,
which is located within a
186-acre tract just east of the
Pennville residential area. Dust
was flying in gusty winds.
Work was continuing on
two culverts across the prison
access road, which enters the
property off U. S. Highway 27
just north of Pennville School.
MOAT
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surrounded by a moat, a gatrol
road on the perimeter and dou
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SALLIE GOLDSMITH WORKS ON DORMITORY
One Of 200 Workers At Pennville Site
FUN
WEEKEND
Chattooga County
Saddle Club
Horse Show—
Friday—B p.m.
Trail Ride—
- Saturday—9 a.m.
Dance—
Saturday—B p.m.
BLOCK BEING LAID ALONG EAST WALL OF MAIN PRISON BUILDING
750-Inmate Capacity Prison Will Employ Some 250 People
ble fences top;lmd with razor
wire, McConnell noted.
The outline of the small
two-man cells was clearly visi
ble from the first couple of
courses of block and steeipbeing
installed at the housing unit
sites.
Five of the split-level
dormitory-type cell %uildings
will be locateg east of the main
service complex in a half-moon
design. The three maximum
security wings will be located
on the southwest end of the
service building, according to
blueprints of the project. The
facility is designedpfor 250 two
mzfin cells and 250 one-man
cells.
MAIN BUILDING
The main service building is
almost 1,100 feet long. The en
tire complex will contain some
327,000 square feet when com
pleted —the equivalent of 205
average-sized 1,600-square-foot
houses. It will contain a
warehouse, vehicle and
buildinf maintenance depart
ments, laundry, administrative
area, counseling quarters, kit
chen, library, dining area, shop,
vocational program area,
chaplaincy, recreational
faci?ities. health services,
visitation area, inmate store
and an industrial unit.
David Evans, commis
sioner of the Georgia Depart
ment of Corrections, saitf last
fall that the inmates will pro
bably make eyeglasses for
other prisoners in the system.
One unit may also be used to
rewind electrical motors for the
state and local governments,
Evans said. Some farming is
expected to be done eventual
ly by the prisoners, the DOC
commissioner speculated.
FIRE STATION
A complete fire station will
be locate(f outside the fenced
in prison site at the north side
of the main service building. It
will be designed to serve both
the prison and the Pennville
area, DOC officials said when
the J)rison groundbreaking was
held last fall. It will be staffed
by prison trusties, who are
trained firemen and have been
deemed to be the most
trustworthy prisoners in
Georgia's system, they said.
The DOC was hoping for a
bid around sl9-million last fall
but Carlson Southeast's pro
f)osal of $23,866,000 was the
owest submitted. The state
debated over the proposal for
several days and deci(!)ed to ac
cept the bid. The DOC said at
the time that some ‘‘cosmetic”
alternatives would be ‘‘set
aside"” temporarily so the J)ro
ject could proceed on schedule.
Although additional funds
were expected to be approved
for the project during the just
completed session of the
General Assembly, the budget
for the prison is reportedly the
same as it was last fall.
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STEEL STACKED AND READY FOR BUILDING
Prison Structure Being Erected In Background
250 JOBS
When completed, the prison
will produce 250 new jobs —
about 200 are supposed to be
filled by Chattooga area
residents — and a payroll of
around $6-million per year.
Evans said that fungs usually
“turn over” at least four times
in a local economy, giving the
prison a $24-million per year
impact.
Residents throughout the
Pennville and South Trion
areas fought the prison with
everything at their disposal
when the site was announced
several years ago. Signs
against Gov. Joe Frank Harris
sprang up throughout the
county.
Most Chattooga govern
mental, civic and business
leaders had endorsed the con
cept of a prison for the county
but later said they thought the
facility would be located in a
more isolated part of the
county.
DIVERTED
Original funding for the
?rison was diverted to other
acilities but in 1987, the
General Assembly approved
$23-million for the Chattooga
project.
Utilities for the prison will
be provided by the City of
Summerville.
The prison is named for the
late Rep. Forrest Hays, a
Walker gounty representative
who served until fiis death as
chairman of the Penal Affairs
Subcommittee of the House
State Institutions and Proper
ties Committee.
Bid Opening
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Han'g Powell is schedul
ed to open bids at 10 a.m. Fri
day for storm drain pipe and
related items.
He has advertised for pro
posals on 120 feet of 72-inch
metal bituminous-coated storm
drain and three connector
bands.
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Eight Housing Units Being Built At Hays Institution
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GROUND PREPARED FOR FOUNDATION OF STEEL SUPERSTRUCTURE
Work Progressing Rapidly At Site Of Prison
Chattooga DFCS To Meet Monday
Direct mail issuance of food
stamK/? will be discussed at 10
a.m. Monday when the board
of Chattooga County’s Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services holds its June
meeting.
WRIGHT ;. 4
REP“BLICAN FOR FONDREN WRIGHT
CHATTOOGA, COUNTY
IF ELECTED, PUBLIC MEETINGS
WILL BE HELD SO CONCERNED
CITIZENS WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE
THEIR OPINIONS ON MAJOR
" DECISIONS OF CHATTOOGA
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Dependin§ on the board’s
assessment of such a program,
bids for the direct mal? defiery
of food stamps could be open
ed the following Friday, said
Chris Money, director of
DFCS.
Equipment purchased with
funds at the end of the fiscal
year will also be brought before
the board, as well as the pro
blem of staff allocation, Mrs.
Money said.
Silver Leaf
Requests
EPD Permit
Silver Leaf resort has ap
plied for a permit to dischar,
treated wastewater from tfig
facility into Clarks Creek.
The Environmental Protec
tion Division, Georfia Depart
ment of Natural Resources,
said Silver Leaf, under the cor
porate name of Lake 'Pi%hts
queeze Inc., had ap%ied or a
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System permit.
The resort afifarently in
tends to bui its own
wastewater treatment facility.
Comments on the permit
proposal will be accepted for
the next 30 days at the EPD in
Atlanta.
No One Hurt
In Collision
At Church
No one was injured
Wednesday eveninls when a car
smashed into New Hope
United Methodist Church on
Martin Street in Summerville,
Five women, including the
church pastor, were in the
buildin% at the time of the
crash. They were sitting four
rows away from the impact,
which sent bricks, boards,
fillass.and wood flying through
e air.
“Thanks be to God that He
has saved us,” said the Rev.
Macie King, pastor.
Driver of the vehicle either
jumped out of the car when he
saw it was going to hit the
church, or jumped out im
mediately after the impact, the
church members said.
When they heard the crash,
they thought two cars had col
lided outside the church, the
Rev. King said. It was onl
after they had left the churcz
by a near{;y side door that they
realized the car had smashed
into the church.
Three Fires
Extinguished
Despite drought conditions,
the Summerville Fire Depart
ment had a relatively easy
week, according to fire re%orts.
Firefighters extinguished a
grass ants woods fire off Wilson
Road north of Summerville
Sunday afternoon.
They also answered a call to
a car fire on Commerce Street
near Russell Oil Co. shortlly
after 6 g.m. Sunday. A vehicle
owned by David Davis, Menlo,
was decl);.red a total loss from
the blaze.
Firemen extiniuished a
grass fire near North Summer
ville Elementary School short
ly after 4 p.m. {/londay.