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Enjoys Historical Society Picnic
Little Mary Alexander Myers, 9 months,
Cloudland, seems to be enjoying the an
nual picnic of the ChattooFa County
Historical Society Sunday afternoon at
Sprayberry Hill Farm. Her mother, Mary,
ogviously enjoys giving her daughter her
Tobacco Ban Okayed
Will Affect All Students This Year
By RICH JEFFERSON
Staff Writer
A ban on tobacco use by
students will be in effect in
Chattooga County this fall
when school starts again.
Teachers will be able to smoke
in designated areas for another
year, but in the fall of 1989,
that privilege will be
eliminated. :
The policy change was ap
proved by the Chattooga Coun
ty Board of Education Monday
night. Bill Mitchell, the board
Dropout Issue
Joyce Johnson is running for reelection to the
Chattooga Board of Education. She is opposed by
Terry Money and Joe Cox.
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THE NEWS: What do you think should be
done to solve the dropout crisis at Chattooga High
School? Please be specific.
JOHNSON: Failure to comslete school is a
complex problem that will not disappear simply
by talking about it. Early identification of poten
tial dropouts is essential. By early identification,
those wf\o do not grasp reading and math concepts
may be aided by special tutoring. Everything
see DROPOUT ISSUE, page 8-A
L' Summerville News
member who made the motion
to afl)rove the policy, said he
would like to schedule a com
munity meeting to create sup
port for the new rule.
PUBLIC MEET
“We need to get the clubs
in the community behind it,”
he said. “‘We need to publicize
it in the newspaper and on the
radio, and do it before school
starts. We need to get
preachers behind it and the Op
timist Club.”
Mitchell’s motion did not
gass by a great marfiin, as
oard members Leroy Massey
and Joyce Johnson voted in
favor 0{ the policy, while Leon
Five Seeking Two Board Of Education Seats
share of the picnic, even if it isn’t your
typical fare ?rom a picnic basket. Her
father, Agnew, was nearby. About 100
people attended the picnic. See more
photos on Page 4-B. (Photo By Karen
Cook).
King and Chairman Joel Cook
voted against it.
The new rule says that no
student will be allowed to use
tobacco products on school
grounds or during school func
tions. Teachers will be allowed
to use tobacco products only in
designated areas this year and
next year, the rule will apply to
them as well.
Mrs. Johnson said it would
not be fair to the teachers to
forbid them to use tobacco pro
ducts this year because the
policy was not changed by the
time the teachers signed con
see TOBACCO BAN, page 17-A
Start Aid Early
Joe Cox is running for the seat now held by
Joyce Johnson. He has not previously held elec
tive office. Terry Money is also a challenger
MR. COX e
THE NEWS: What do you think should be
done to solve the dropout crisis at Chattooga High
School? Please be specific.
COX: To begin with, it starts at kindergarten
age. Motivating (students and having) fewer
students in the classroom, good communication
with home, staying close to the student and when
they start “having problems” in the school im
mediately seek it out and solve it instead of let-
see START AID EARLY, page 8-A
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1988
TEACHERS
Frogs, Snakes, Dogs
--See Page 4-A
Inmate Attorney Concerned
About Meal Quality At Jail
But Powell Says Lawyer’s Main Issue Is Bail Bonds
The attorney for inmates at
the Chattooga gounty Jail said
this week that he is still more
concerned about meals at the
facility than he is with bail
bonds for prisoners — contrary
to assertions made IH' Commis
sioner Harry Powell.
Todd Johnson, a lawgeer
with the Georgia Legal T
vices Prog:am (GLSP), said
Tuesday that he planned to
send a copy of a nutritional
study of meals at the jail to
Powell and to meet with the
commissioner to further
discuss the issue.
Powell said in a letter to the
City Council Zaps Landfill
Summerville Panel Rejects Perennial Location
Prospects for a joint city
county landfill agreement
received ‘a pnunhall}s: fatal
blow Monday n(iJght when the
Summerville City Council
voted to re%ect a site west of
Perennial Springs that had
been progosed by Chattooga
Count]?' ommissioner Harry
Powell.
The suxiprise action came
after a delegation from the
Perennial Springs community
expressed concern that waste
in the landfill might leach into
the underground water supply.
The group said residents of the
area feared that the waste
might pollute area springs and
streams 10 or 20 years in the
future. Members of the dele%la
tion also said a landfill in the
area might eventually en
danger Summerville’s main
source of drinking water.
However, the delegation
left before the Council voted on
the issue.
COST
The action also came after
an extended discussion bet
ween Mayor Sewell Cash and
members of the Council over
whether Summerville should
bear the costs of buying a land
fill site without the participa
tion of Trion, Menlo and
Lyerl‘y.
After the Perennial delega
tion left city hall, the Council
began debating whether the
municipality should pay the en
Enforce Attendance
Terry Money is running for the seat now held
by J o¥fice Johnson. He has not previously held elec
tive office. Joe Cox is also a challenger for her seat.
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MR. MONEY @& .
THE NEWS: What do you think should be
done to solve the dropout crisis at Chattooga High
School? Please be specific.
MONEY: I think one thing that could be done
is to enforce the compu}so;y school attendance
law. If kids get in the habit o stayinghc;ut of school
at an early age, they will keep this habit all
through school. When they stay out of shcool more
than 10 days they automatically fail. This is one
see ENFORCE ATTENDANCE, page 8-A
editor of The News this week
that Johnson was concerned
about the bonds — but not the
quality of jail meals.
CONFLICTS
The conflicts apparently
center around the meaning of
a letter that Johnson wrote to
Powell on June 28, and the con
tent of a meeting between the
two men on July 6. :
Johnson, who is su(xf)ervis
ifig attornefiefor the Georgia
ountains Regional Office in
Dalton for the GLSP, em
phasized Tuesday that he
didn't want to get into a
tire cost of drilling test holes at
the Perennial site. That discus
+wanled to a vote to disapprove
il to arote so disapppey
. Mayor Cash said Tuesday
that he had told Commissioner
Powell that morning about the
Council’s action. There was lit
tle reaction from the commis
Restroom Issue Tabled
Fairway Improvements
The Summerville City
Council Monday night approv
ed more personnel and several
‘improvements for Fairway
Recreation Center after a
sometimes heated debate but
tabled until Aug. 8 a decision
on wehther to build new
restrooms at the facility.
Benches and clothing
baskets will be provided for the
Fairway swimminfi pool locker
rooms, the Council decided. It
also approved the expenditure
of $2,800 to hire another per
son at the park immediately so
that its hours can be extended
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
dispute with Powell. However,
the lawyer indicated that he
had not been %zoted correctly
by Powell in the letter to the
editor (published on the
editorial Ha.ges this week).
Powell appeared to be
unhappy with a storfil in last
week’s edition of The News
that quoted Johnson as being
concerned about the caloric
content of the meals. Although
Powell acknowledged having
received Johnson's June 28 let
ter, the commissioner seemed
unfamiliar with all its content.
Johnson said he visited
Powell in the courthouse on Ju
sioner except that he reported
having heard about the deci
sion on the radio, Cash said.
Clark Reynolds, North
Georgia manager for the En
vironmental Protection Divi
sion of the Department of
Natural Resources, said at 3:50
p.m. Wednesday that he was
BIDS
The Council and members
of the Summerville Recreation
Board present at the session
agreed to obtain bids on pain
tiniand striping the outdoor
basketball court at Fairway.
The bids will be opened at tfi'e
board's Aug. 2 meeting and
presented to the Council on
Aug. 8.
Raises were also agproved
for pool personnel at both the
Fairwzgl and Bolling Road
pools. Board members said the
fiool managers and lifeguards
adn’t had a raise in four years.
Councilman Ed Bush
Probe Basics
Jerry Burton is running for the seat now held
bly William Mitchell. He has not previously held
elective office.
MR. BURTON
THE NEWS: What do you think should be
done to solve the dropout crisis at Chattooga High
School? Please be specific.
BURTON: Each situation is probably different.
Some students lack influence at home, some in
stances may be teacher-related. If a problem per
sists, a counselor should be suggested.
THE NEWS: What should be done about the
see PROBE BASICS, page 8-A
Old Timers Party
--See Page 7-B
ly 6 for three primary reasons:
* The attorney’s concern
about the quality of meals be
ing served Hrisoners at the jail.
* Powell's previously ex
pressed concern about whether
the cost to the county for the
jail meals was related to the
number of prisoners in the
facility who had been unable to
make bond. ey
* Powell’s expressed desire
to become involved in the bon
ding ?rocess because of the
cost of the meals to the county.
All those issues revolved
around meals served at the jail,
Johnson said. “My primary
still trying to arrange a
meeting this week with Com
missioner Powell.
Purpese of the session
would be to discuss the status
of plans to close the current
landfill and opening a new
facility, Reynofc)f‘; said.
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criticized Ralph Stanley,
recreation director, but not by
name, as well as the board, for
not recommending raises
annually.
CALLED MEET
The expenditures were
recommended at a hastily call
ed meeting of the recreation
panel last 'Fhursday afternoon.
However, a recommenda
tion that the Council consider
$35,300 in cther expenditures
at the Fairway pool were tabl
ed until the city has its six
month review ofy the status of
the overall city budget in
January, 1989.
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concern is :ivith the meals,” :llw
lawyer said. “Bondin g is only
an g:cidental matter.”
“...(W)hen attorney
Johnson aé)peared in my office
(on July 6), he stated, and I
quote, ‘Harry, I am not here
concerning meals; I am here to
see about these unreasonable
bonds, and I feel that this is
the reason this jail is over
crowded,’ "’ Powe{l said in his
letter to the editor this week.
Johnson represents inmates
at the jail in connection with a
see INMATE. page 10-A
The landfill has been a hot
issue in Chattooga for more
than a year. The state has
given the county until Sept. 30
to close the present facility on
Penn Bridge Road and until
Oct. 1 to open a new landfill.
Grady McCalmon, Sum
see CITY COUNCIL, page 16-A
Given Okay
Those proposals included
estimates of $4,300 to repair
the pool fence, $5,000 for
bathroom plumbing, $9,000 for
Elastering the main pool and
iddie pool, $5,000 to renovate
the pool building, SIO,OOO for
a new concrete Eool deck and
SI,OOO for a lighting system.
The total figure also included
SI,OOO for benches and locker
room clothing baskets but
Council memgers said they
thought the total would be less
than that. There was no
estimate on the cost of replac
ing pipes at the pool.
Approximately $60,000 in
see RESTROOM, page 16-A
Parental Help
William Mitchell has been on the Chattooga
Counti; Board of Education for almost 12 years.
He is being challenged by Jerry Burton.
MR. MITCHELL
THE NEWS: What do you think should be
done to solve the dropout crisis at Chattooga High
School? Please be specific.
MITCHELL: The dropout crisis in Chattooga
County must be countered in the lower grades.
Students in grades as low as one and kindergarten
often show signs of being potential dropouts. They
are absent too often and tggy often come to school
unprepared to participate as they should. We must
see PARENTAL HELP, page 9-A
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