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‘No Pass, No Play’ Policy
Gets OK From Rec Board
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Elsberry made basically his
same motion again and said it
would be a year-round policy.
It was again seconded by
Campbell,
YES VOTE
Elsberry and Campbell rais
ed their hands when the *‘yea”
votes were called and Hankins
raised his hand to cast a “nay”
vote. It agpeared that the vote
was 2-1 but Mrs. Mann said
she had voted in favor of the
proevosal by nodding her head,
hen questioned after the
meeting, Ralph Stanley, recrea
tion director, indicated that he
understood that the policy
would affect all organized
recreation department sports
this fall, with the spring
quarter grades to be the geter
mining factor for ?artici ation.
The Board last Kdarch
decided unanimously against
continuing its ‘“‘no pass, no
lay” policy. Students should
fie encouraged to pass, said
Mrs. Mann at the time, ‘“‘but I
can’t see cutting them out of
recreation proi:'ams and put
ting them on the street . .."
“That’s their (schools’) job,
not our job,” Hankins said at
the time.
COACHES OK
Hankins asked Stanley at
the Eanel's April meeting
whether he had received any
comments on the board's ac
tion. Coaches in general
wouldn’t mind some type of
“no pass, no play” policy,
Stanley replied.
“What they’re expecting us
to do is more than they (the
schools) do,” Mrs. Mann said
then. She contended that the
local schools weren't enforcing
the state’s “no pass, no play”
program.
No action was taken in
April on the issue.
Meanwhile, members of the
board indicated their
dissatisfaction with some
aspects of the swimming pool
renovation at the Bolling feoad
Center. Several board members
in?ected the water-filled pool
and complained at the meeting
about air bubbles in some of
the pool plaster, roughness of
part of tge pool’s bottom and
an apparent leak that was
pumping muddy water into a
corner of the pool.
DRAIN POOL
Perry Pew, head of Con
crete Pool Construction Co.
Inc., the Rome firm that did
the work, was at the meeting
and said he would correct the
rough parts of the pool bottom
when it is drained in late sum
mer. “I did the best I could,”
he told the board, describing
the work as ‘‘a good job.”
He also assured board
members that plaster on the
pool’s sides wouldn't fall off.
“It won't fall off, I'll guarantee
it; it won't fall off after it's
cured — 28 days.”
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Stanley asked what would
hapgen if a swimmer ‘‘got on
it" before the 28 days are up
and Pew replied, ‘‘give it three
or four days.”
The board found minutes of
the meeting when a contract
was awarded to Pew's firm for
the project. They noted that it
was guaranteetf' for one year
from its completion.
Stanley then reminded Pew
that mud was being pumped in
to the gool from between the
%ltter rick at one corner of
tne.paol. oo un
“I know it, I've been con
cerned about it since last
night,” Pew said. ‘. .. That’s
a problem there we're going to
have to think about.”
INSPECTION
Several members ot the
board then left the meeting
room to inspect the;lpool.
“We've got a real problem
out there,” said Hankins when
he returned to the room. He
said part of the deck would pro
bably have to be torn out and
Stanley said a section of the
concrete deck probably would
have to be sawed out and the
leak repaired. Al
Pew said he would have a
crew at the pool Wednesday in
an attempt to resolve the
problem. i g
The board voted
unanimously for Elsberry to
oversee the project and upon
his satisfaction, Pew woulcf be
{Jaid some $6,000 for deck and
ighting work. Stanley noted
that the department would still
owe Pew a final payment for
the pool work.
BUDGET
In another area, Stanley
noted that the Summerville Ci
ty Council at a recent work ses
sion on the city's 1988-89
budget had reduced the recrea
tion department’s budget from
$378,000 to $348,000. It has
been reduced from some
$500,000 four years ago to
$345,000 now, he noted. “It’s
like budgeting for a Chevrolet,
boys,” he sal;:f “You can’t then
go up here to Jimmy Black’s
and come back with a Cadillac.
fYoq can only stretch things so
ar
Campbell indicated a bit of
anger or frustration at
Hankins, also a member of the
City Council.
Campbell said it appeared
to him at one point &at the
Council would have approved a
budget of $363,000, until
Haniins said he wanted it cut
to under $350,000. The board
had already agreed on the
budget proposal, Campbell
said, indicating that Hankins
may have undercut the
measure.
Hankins didn’t comment on
Campbell's remarks but said
the city had removed SIB,OOO
for a new Little League field.
Campbell said he thought
the city would approve SIO,OOO
to light Mitchell Field,
however.
DON'T LIGHT
“I'm against lighting Mit
chell Fielg for a ialffifimr a
(night's use),”” Hankins in
dicated. He added that the
Council would review the
budget midway throuqh the
year, including the field and
enlarging a parking lot and
another unspecified item.
The city guring the 1988-89
fiscal year plans to buy a new
fire truck, ilarbage truck and a
police car, Hankins said, while
trying to reduce the city’s pro
perty tax rate.
Mrs. Mann asked why the
Fairway Recreation Center
restroom project had been
deleted when it had been ap
%roved by the Recreation
oard. She then asked if there
were any plans to close the
center, which is located in a
predominantly black residen
tial area.
WON'T CLOSE
The city hasn't discussed
closing tfie facility, said
Hankins. The restrooms would
cost some $25,000 to build, he
added, and the recreation
department had $15,000 in its
budget. When the Council was
asked for SIO,OOO, the request
was rejected, Hankins noted.
Restrooms already exist at the
gark some 300 feet from the
allfield, he indicated.
She then asked why there
weren't any activities schedul
ed at the center.
A church leal‘gue has been
glaying on the Fairway field,
tanley said, and one other
league has refused to play on
the field. He indicated that
more polic:J)atrols of the area
were needed.
The asphalt playing surface
at the basketball fi)zfis needs
resurfacing, Mrs. Mann said.
In addition, many children
in that area can’t afford to paf'
to use the swimming pool.
Hankins said the average use
of the pool last summer was
five people per day with the ci
ty paying for two lifeguards at
ti;e facility. He later said the
average use of the pool last
summer was about four swim
mers per day.
DONATIONS
At Mrs. Mann's request,
the board voted to ‘give her its
afiproval to seek funds from
churches and other organiza
tions so needy youngsters
could use the pool this summer.
She said recreational ac
tivities for youngsters 10 and
under shou{d be oragnized at
the Fairway center.
Mrs. Mann also complained
about a lack of police protec
tion at the center.
Stanley said vandals had
kicked down the pool center’s
doors and damaged pipes at
the pool. Parking on the
grounds of the facility at night
was continuing, he said,
despite past requests for more
police protection.
“The city is allowing this to
happen in the community,”
Mrs. Mann charged.
In other matters, the panel
informally rejected a request
by Neal Mason, Gaylesville,
Ala., to let his snow cone truck
visit the ‘recreation centers.
Hankins told Mason that the
board had already granted a
contract for the center's con
cession stand.
BACKSTOPS
“Umbrella” type backstops
for the ballfields were discuss
ed. Hankins sufigested use of
anylon “‘umbrella’ to prevent
pop fly balls from striEing so-
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meone behind the backstop,
Hankins also suggested Eo
Stanley that the Georgia
Department of Transportation
be contacted about erecting
f{uardrails along the Lyerly
iq[‘*‘wafi recreation area,
he board also decided to
take a ‘‘wait and see”’ attitude
toward whether the senior
baseball Frogram would be
successful.
The following lifeguards
were named:
Bolling Road — Dou
Suits, Chris Walker, Todfi
Suits, Kerry Browning and Joe
Money.
Fairway Pool — Adrienne
Black, Lynn Shepherd and
Felix Knowles.
Youth Recovering
From Boat Injury
An 8-year-old Chattooga
County youngster remained in
a Birmingham, Ala., hopsital
at midweek, recovering from
injuries he received in a boating
accident on May 29 at Lake
Weiss.
Matthew Beech, 8, Dowdy
Mobile Home Park, Summer
ville, was still in Children's
Hosi:ital, family members said.
At that point, doctors had not
had to amputate any part of
Matthew's foot or leg, The
News was told Tuesday
afternoon.
RELEASED
His father. Thomas Beech,
Fire Marshal To
Address Rotary
Tom Eberhart, Georgia's
fire marshal, will address the
Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club at noon next Monday at
The Tavern, Trion.
He is expected to discuss
the growing problem of arson
in North Georgia, among other
topics.
Eberhart was born and
educated in Athens and started
as arookie firefighter with the
Athens Fire Department in
1948. He rose through the
ranks to lieutenant and was
named chief in 1967. He resign
ed that post to accept the posi
tion of state fire marshal.
HOURS
During his tenure in
Athens, E%)erhart reduced the
firemen's work week from 72 to
56. hours. He also designed a
new communications system
that was adopted bfif the fire
department and the police
department. He was involved
in the promotion of fire safety
in the private and public
schools in the Athens area.
He has participated in
numerous seminars ranging in
sc?e from arson investigation
and emergency preparedness
procedures to management
development courses and ad
vancetf training workshops for
firefighters.
INSTRUCTOR
Eberhart has been an active
member of the National Fire
Protection Assn., a certified in
structor for the Georgia Fire
Attendance
- Law Charge
A Chattooga County man
has been arrested on charges of
violating the state's com
pulsory school attendance law.
Records at the ChattooHa
Jail identified him as Billy
Hoyt Trammell, 53, Box 614,
Summerville Rte. 5. He was
released on SSOO bond.
Lyerly Council
Meet Postponed
The Lyerly City Council will
not meet next Tuesday as
scheduled, but will meet the
following Tuesday, June 21.
““We're waiting on paperwork
for the well drifiing.‘ said Lyer
ly Mayor Danny Wyatt.
Some details of financinlg
the drilling of the test wells
still need to be ironed out
Wyatt said.
35, Dowdy Mobile Home Park,
has been dismissed from the
University of Alabama
Hospital in Birminfilham but
was staying with Matt this
week.
Both seemed to be doing
well, family members said.
They were cut badly in a
boating accident near Hog
Island in Weiss Lake. They
were taken to Birmingham by
medical helicopter immediate
ly after the accident.
Doctors feared initially that
they might have to amputate
one of Matthew's leg because
it had been injured critically in
the mishap.
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MR. EBERHART
Academy and an area coor
dinator for volunteer fire
departments. He has been a
member of the International
Association of Fire Chiefs and
the Georgia Police Officers
Standards and Training Coun
cil. He has served as president
of the Southeastern Associa
tion of Fire Chiefs and as presi
dent of the Georgia Fire Cp hiefs
Assn.
He will be introduced by
Rotarian Evans Scoggins. The
program was arranged by
Rotarian Tommy Toles.
Unemployment
from front page
March.
MORE WORK
Although the number of
jobless residents increased, so
did the number working. A
total of 8,182 had jobs in
March, compared with 8,227 in
April. A total of 8,073 was
employed in April, 1987.
The county's labor force
has increased dramatically in
one year, from 8,668 in April a
year ago to 8,835 in March to
8,999 this April.
The county’s jobless rate
for April was the highest in the
10-county Coosa Valley Area
Planning and Development
Commission Area (C\?APD
CA). The rate in Bartow Coun
ty, which has had the highest
jobless rate in the area in re
cent months, was 7.8 percent in
R\/[pril. down from 8.1 percent in
arch.
LOWEST
The lowest rate recorded
was again in Catoosa Countf'
with 4.4 percent, a small
decrease from the March rate
of 4.8 percent.
The overall unemployment
rate in the CVAPDCA was 6.6
K:rcent in April, the same as in
arch. The rate in April, 1987,
was 6.2 percent.
It was only in Chattooga
and Polk counties that the
jobless figures showed an in
crease from March to April.
The rate in all other counties
was either lower or the same as
in March.
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ty opened in Ingles Shopping Center,
Summerville, late last weefi. Named, ap
ropriately enough, “The Yogurt Bar,”
ghe store offers several flavors of yogurt
and a variety of toppings. One of tKe %il:st
customers is shown receiving a big cup of
Barbecue, Politics At Teloga
The Teloga Volunteer Fire
Department will sponsor a
fund-raising barbecue Satur
day, June 18, at the fire hall.
Plates may be purchased at 11
a.m. and continuing until late
afternoon at $4.50 each, in
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The Summerville News, Thursday, June 9, 1988
Yogurt Bar Opens
cluding drink.
From 4 until 8 p.m. there
will be a gospel singing with
several singing groups in atten
dance. During the afternoon,
beginning at Bg .m., candidates
for political ofgces will speak.
the cool dessert from Sharon Suggs, right,
assistant manafer. Charles Farrar, one of
the co-owners, looks on. The bar is own
ed by Farrar and Bill Ramsey, who is not
pictured. Cindy Prince, not shown, is
manager. (Staff Photo).
Fans are being used not on
ly as cooling units but as
fashion accessories in the
home. They are being seen in
almond, pink and light blue col
ors. The table fan also has a
much sleeker look, say housing
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