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The Summerville News, June 9, 1988
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Powell Offers
For Reelection
Chattooga County Commis
sioner Harry R. Powell has
T‘uhfied to seek reelection to
the post as a Democrat. He is
opposed by David Tidmore and
Jim Parker.
A native of Chattooga,
Powell attended Teloga School
and Summerville Higi School.
He is the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Powell, who
ran a small dairy farm.
His first job was with the
Big Friendly department store
in Trion, Powell said. He
started in the grocery depart
ment and later was transferred
to the men's department.
FmHA
The commissioner, who will
be 71 on July 21, also worked
for the Farmers Home Ad
ministration (FmHA) and the
Chattooga Tax Assessor's Of
fice before becoming road
superintendent and warden of
the county's public works
camp under sole Commissioner
John Jones.
Powell ran against Jones in
1964 and won and was
reelected in 1968 and 1972 and
was defeated in 1976 by Wayne
‘‘Pete’”” Denson. Powell
defeated Denson in 1984 and is
currently serving the final year
of that term.
CHURCH
The commissioner and his
wife, Elizabeth, are members of
New Hope North Baptist
Church. A stepson, Phil
Shankles, died earlier. Powell
has a granddaughter, Kris
Hubbarg.T Jacksonville, Fla.
He is a member of the
Georgia Association County
Parker Qualifies
For County Seat
Jim Parker, a Lyerly
agribusinessman, has qualified
to seek the office of Chattooga
County commissioner. He
faces incumbent Harry Powell
and challenger David Tidmore.
Parker, 46, is a native of
Summerville, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Parker. He
graduated from Summerville
High School in 1958. -
JSU GRAD
He is a 1963 graduate of
Jacksonville, Ala. State
University, receiving a
Bachelor of Science degree in
business administration, with
a double major in accounting
and general business. An ac
tive member of the Reserve Of
ficers’ Training Corps (ROTC)
at Jacksonville State, Parker
was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the U. S. Army on
graduation.
He served about five years
with about three of those years
training troops at Fort Gordon.
He then served about two
years in Berlin, where his two
sons were born.
After leaving the Army as
a captain in 1968, Parker was
an industrial engineer with
Riegel Textile Corp. at Trion.
FARMING
He and his family started
farming fulltime in 1975. They
started raising layer chickens
and now mostly cattle is rais
ed on their 400-acre farm.
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church of Summer
vill‘()e. where he is an ordained
deacon and Sunday School
teacher. Parker is a member of
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
6688 and a member and past
officer of the Chattooga Young
Farmers chapter. He serves as
vice president of the Chattooga
County Farm Bureau and as
vice president of the Chattooga
ASCS Committee.
SUPERVISOR
Parker is a supervisor with
the Coosa River Soil and Water
Conservation District. He also
serves on Rep. George ‘‘Bud
dy'’ Darden's agricu%ture ad
visory committee. The
Democratic hopeful is a
member of the Chattooga
Chamber of Commerce and a
Earticipant in the current
eadership Chattooga pro
gram.
He is married to the former
Jane Housch, Summerville.
They have three children,
David and Derek, students at
Georgia Tech, and Donna, 15,
a student at Chattooga High
¢ shool.
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MR. POWELL
Commissioners, Coosa Valley
Area Planning and Develop
ment Commuission and the
Chattooga Chamber of
Commerce.
1 pledge to continue, if I'm
reelected, the work that we
have gone through for the last
three years. 1 can't claim
responsibility for the progress
because the people have%een
very supportive and very
favorable toward me. With the
froblems coming up in the
uture, the experience that I
have will be very necessary in
making decisions regarding the
budgets, tax evaluation and
other things that directly con
cern the county commis
sioner's office."”
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STATEMENT
Parker issued the following
statement after qualifying:
*“1 will operate your com
missioner’'s office in a
businesslike manner utilizing
modern methods and be ac
cessible to the public at all
times.
“Cog})erate with all
municipal, county, and state of
ficials to create a more pro
gressive county. bt
*“Actively seek any and all
state or federal grants for
Chattooga County.
“Work to eliminate any
wasteful spending to better
utilize every tax dollar
received.
**Cooperate with recreation
departments in providing
quality facilities for our youth;
our youth are the future of our
county, state and nation.
“Work with all fire depart
ments in order to achieve good
protection for all areas o? our
coun(tjy. ;
“Continue to provide a
quality ambulance service at
the least possible cost to
taxpayers.
“Work toward properly
maintaining all county roads
and bridges and, as funds per
mit, improve and properly
identify county roads.
“Cooperate with local and
state agencies in seeking new
industry to create more jobs
for citizens of Chattooga
County.
"*Keep the public informed
of county matters through
regular public meetings and
use of the news media.
“I will further promise to
serve all the peopf; of Chat
m(c)jga County honestly, fairly
and impartially.
TWO POINTS
‘At the beginning of my
campaign I would like to make
a couple of points very clear:
“First, I have not asked
any attorney, nor has any at
torney approached me, about
serving as county attorney
shoulg I be elected your
commissioner.
“Second, I am not, and will
not in the future, be obligated
to any individual or group of in
dividuals. My only obligation
will be to serve all the people
of Chattorza " wunty to the
best of 1y abuiity.
David Tidmore
Runs For Seat
David Tidmore of
Cloudland, a former supervisor
at the Chattoolga %eounty
Department of Family and
Chfidren Services, has qualified
to seek the office of county
commissioner. He will face in
cumbent Harry Powell and
challenger Jim Parker in the
Democratic primary on Aug. 9.
Tidmore, 34, was em l(;yed
with the Chattooga Y) CS
from 1978 until this March
when he resigned to run for
commissioner. He had served
as senior casework supervisor
at the agency since 1853.
MANAGEMENT
He is a 1972 graduate of
Chattooga High and a 1976
éraduate of the University of
eorgia. He majored in
economics with an emphasis in
management and finance.
'l‘igmore is a member of the
Chattooga Chamber of Com
merce and the Chattooga
Historical Society. He has
served as president of the
Chattooga l‘r)lteragency Coun
cil (now Community Action
Council), on the board of direc
tors of the Cloudland Improve
ment Assn. and as an alternate
member of the Chattooga
Board of Tax Equalization.
He received the Liberty
Bell award in 1987 for outstan
ding service to the community
and is listed in the 1987 edition
of “Outstanding Young Men of
America."
TREASURER
Tidmore has served as
treasurer of the Georgia Coun
ty Welfare Assn. (GCWA),
made up of county DFCS
employees. While in that post,
he initiated a statewide com
?uterized accounting system
or the association. He has also
helped bring computerization
to state government by
creating programs that can be
used statewide in social service
management.
Wfiile with the DFCS, Tid
more spoke at seminars around
the state to share his computer
knowledge in this area with
other DFCS workers. He serv
ed on the board of directors of
the GCWA and was elected to
the executive committee.
Tidmore is a member of
Cloudland Presbyterian
Church. He has one child, Keri
Beth Tidmore, 5.
Vines Unopposed
For State Court
Summerville attorney
Carlton Vines has qualified to
seek the post of Chattooga
County State Court judge. He
is unopposed. Incumbent
Judge ’F J. Espy announced
his retirement at the end of his
current term.
Vines is a native of Chat
tooga County. He graduated
from Trion High School and
received his B. g and Master's
degrees from West Georgia
Cofige. Carrollton. He is a
%aduate of the Woodrow
ilson School of Law, Atlanta.
The 38-year-old lawyer
began his practice of law on
June 6, 1977 in Summerville.
He is also attorney for the
Town of Trion and the Chat
tooga Hospital Authority.
Vines has served as special pro
secutor in State Court in the
past.
He is a member of the
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
and American Bar Associ
ations.
The judgeship is a parttime
position, Vines noted, and he
will continue his practice of law
in Summerville, accepting
cases for all courts except
Chattooga State Court.
Mitchell Seeks
4th BOE Term
William D. Mitchell, a
member of the Chattooga
County Board of Education
has (}ualified to seek reelection
to a fourth four-year term. He
is a Democrat. Mitchell is op
posed by challenger Jerry Bur
ton. Both reside in Subfig’na.
The incumbent attended
Gore School and graduated
from Chattooga High School.
He attended North Georgia
Military College for two years
and received his bachelor’s
degree in business administra
tion from West Georgia
College.
He has farmed with his
father, G. W. Mitchell, since
that time.
Mitchell is a member of the
Chattooga Youn% Farmers
chafiter, Bethel United
Methodist Church, where he is
a Sunday School teacher and
treasurer, the Chattooga
Library Board and the Georgia
Schooly Boards Assn.
“It's been a pleasure
representing the people of
Chattooga County on the
school board for the past 11;
years and I would like to con
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STATEMENT
After (}ualifying. Tidmore
issued the following statement:
“I want to thank all the
people of Chattooga County for
welcoming me into their homes
during the last several weeks.
I look forward to meeting all of
you face to face during this
campaign.
“I've heard you loud and
clear. Property taxes are as
high as you can, stand them
and some taxpayers pay more
than their share.
*““The corner post of the Tid
more Platform is to hold the
line on property taxes through
computerization, efficiency,
and accounting control, while
maximizing our return on
investment.
“1 will not waiver on this
pledge because we can not sit
Fassively while our elderly are
orced to sell all or part of their
property to maintain an ex
istence on social security.
“You will hear of many
issues during the campaign,
but most all of them will de
pend on the money available to
accomplish the task. As public
servants we must juggle this
delicate balance of providing
adequate services at the least
possible cost to the taxpayer.
I feel I am fully qualifie(fto do
this in a professional and effi
cient manner. | appreciate your
vote and support.”
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MR. VINES
"1 appreciate the trust and
confidence of the citizens of
Chattooga County and I will
strive to serve them fairly and
impartially during the next
four years,” Vines said after
qualifying.
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MR. MITCHELL
tinue at their pleasure and
work toward improving the
quality of education in Chat
tooga County.” Mitchell said
after qualifying.
Perry Qualifies
For House Seat
_ Tim Perry, a former aide for
Seventh Dist. Rep. George
“Buddy" Darden, has qualified
for the sth District seat of the
Georgia House of Represen
tatives. He is running against
Rep. John Crawford.
Following his announce
ment, Perry cited his ‘‘en
thusiasm for the job,” and his
“‘work experience in and
around various branches of
government'’ as his
qualifications.
FIRST TIME
“This is my first time to
ever run for a political office,
and even though I'm not the in
cumbent, I'm going to run a
very positive race based on m!
eweriqnce." Perry said.
“Working as a newspaper
reporter and being a wat,chgog
over local and state govern
ments and working with *‘Bud
dy" Darden gives me more
than enough knowled§e about
g}(l)vernment to be qualified for
the job."
Perry said if elected, he
would work to bring industry
into the county because ‘'l
know what it is {ike to have to
leave my home to find work."
“When I'm elected, one of
the first things I want to do is
organize an industrial search
committee, made up of influen
tial people from throughout the
county, which can organize a
united effort to bring growth to
his area,”” he said. *‘l've always
believed the old saying, ‘lf you
don’t know where you're goigg,
any road will take you there.’
“We need to unite in this
county and figure out where
we're going.' "
EDUCATION
Perry also tarifted educa
tion as another of his concerns.
“Young people’s education
should be important to
everyone, if for no other reason,
it should be important because
it takes up half the state's
budget every year,”’ he said.
“I'm for a good education for
every youngster, but I believe
that there are going to have to
be some modifications done to
QBE (q:lafit Basic Education
Act), which f‘lle said passed the
legislature unopposed before it
ever realized wfiat it was in
tended to do.
“New brick and mortar for
new schools and education of
fices has not educated our
young people one bit, and
creating a Dbarrier of
bureaucratic paperwork bet
ween local schoof’:ystems and
the state has not made one
child in Chattooga County or
the state any brighter,” he
said.
THS GRAD
Perry is a 1976 graduate of
Trion High Schoofi where he
was elected senior class presi
dent and voted most athletic.
He was a member of the *‘Four
Horseman' backfield on the
1974 Trion state championship
football team and was a
member of the 1973 state
champion baseball team.
He is a 1982 journalism
graduate from the bniversity
of Georgia with a split minor in
speech communications and
business. While at Georgia, he
worked on the college
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newspaper. He was hired as a
newspafer reporter directly
from college by the Covington
News and Multi-Count gt,ar.
Covington. He has worKed for
the Marietta Daily Journal and
the Rome News-Tribune, where
he was named editing and
startu% director of the Chat
tooga Press. He left the Chat
tooga Press to work with the
congressman.
REP. DARDEN
While with Congressman
Darden, Perry was of%irce direc
tor of the congressman's
LaFayette office. He coor
dinated various projects bet
ween local, state and federal
governments in Chattooga,
Dade, Walker and Catoosa
counties. He managed all office
staff work and correspondence,
and helped with the con
gressman's constituent’s pro
blems with federal agencies. He
also represented the con
gresseman at various civic and
government events. And was
summoned to Washington,
D. C., on occasions to discuss
constituents’ casework with
federal agencies, such as the
Social Security and Veterans
Administration.
Perry is a member of Trion
Masonic Lodge 160, and he is
a founding board member of
the Walker County Food Pan
try for the needy.
RELUCTANT
Perry said he was reluctant
to quali{v for the seat at first,
but after qualifying, he said I
am looking forward to the
race.”’
“I'm looking forward to an
energetic campaign,’’ he said.
“I know a lot of folks in this
county and in Dade, and I plan
to meet a bunch more. I want
to hear what people have on
their minds. Tflat's why
Georgia House members are
called representatives. They
are su?posed to represent.”
A large section of Dade
County and a small part of
Walker County is in the sth
District, as well as Chattooga
County.
Use NEWS Classifieds!
Money Running
For BOE Seat
Terry Money, a resident of
Summerville, has qualified to
seek a seat on the Chattooga
County Board of Education.
He is running against incum
bent Joyce Johnson and
another challenger, Joe Cox.
Money is a Democrat.
Money, 42, is a 1965
g;aduate of Chattooga Hifih
hool. He has been a self
:gnployed electrician since that
ime.
The candidate has been a
member of the Summerville
Recreation Board for the past
five years. He has coached
baseball, football and basket
ball in the recreation program
for the past 22 years, and in
1987 received an award for ser
ving the most consecutive
years as a coach.
Money is married to the
former Linda Parrish, Menlo.
They have three children:
Daryle, 26, Michelle, 20, and
Mike, 14.
“I'd appreciate the voters
voting for me. I'll be meeting
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qualifying.