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. The Summerville News, Thursday, September 29, 1988
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Sue Elliott, president of the Chattooga
County Interagency Council, stands in
the almost bare community pantry, which
serves local emergency food needs. It is
sponsored by the Council. Mrs. Elliott
said all types of canned, boxed and frozen
foods are needed, including dried beans
Truck Driving Course
To Begin Next January
Walker Tech, in cooperation
with Coosa Valley Tech, will
start a training program for
tractor-trailer truck drivers
next January, it was announc
ed Monday at Walker Tech.
The program will serve Chat
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and peas. Without the pantry, many
families would have nowhere else to turn
for their emergency food needs, she said.
Individuals or organizations wishing to
make donations may contact her at
857-3641 or at 5 S. Commerce St., Sum
merville. (Staff Photo).
tooga County residents.
Grady McCalmon, Sum
merville city manager, is vice
chairman of the Walker Tech
board of directors.
Walker Tech will be ad
ministratively responsible for
the program but will co
sponsor training in the Coosa
Valley area in cooperation with
Coosa Valley g‘ich. Both
schools are units of the Georgia
Department of Technical and
Adult Education.
COMMITMENT
President J. D. Powell of
Coosa Valley Tech and Presi
dent Ray grooks of Walker
Tech said they are ‘‘committed
to serving the training needs of
Northwest Georgia. By view
ing these needs on a rfifional
basis, the two schools will work
cooperatively to best serve the
citizens of Northwest
Georgia.”
The Georgia Motor Truck
ing Association agreed to work
with the staff of the Georgia
Department of Technical and
Adult Education to develop
the curriculum based on the
needs of the trucking industry.
The curriculum covers
classrooms instruction, driving
in a controlled. environment,
and on the road driving. The
course will take approxiamte
ly 10 weeks to complete.
DONATIONS
Many firms have already
donated equipment to this pro
gram. They are Jack J orc?an.
Jordan Trucking; Charles D.
Lowrance, Lowrance Trucking;
Ray Leonard, A & L Trucking;
and James T. Deets, Con
solidated Freightways. ‘‘The
operation of this program
would be impossible if not for
the generosity of these. in
di\_/(iiduals,” Brooks and Powell
said.
To offer this type of train
ing, there were other needs
which had to be addressed,
they said. One substantial pro
blem was with the existin%
driving ran%e. The pavemen
was in ‘‘deplorable condition”
due to age and neglect.
“Our local legislative
delegation, Sen. Waymond
“Sonny”’ Huggins and Reps.
John Crawforg? Bob McCoy
and Mike Snow, were responsi
ble for obtaining the necessary
funding to repave the range
surface. Additional construc
tion was needed to build docks
and repair the area around the
range. These could not be ac
complished without the
assistance of Walker County
Commissioner Roy Parrish.”
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Owners Say NTI Unable
To Pay All Local Bills
“‘Stunned’ At County Levy For Deputies
Napoleonic Tactics Inc.
(NTI) apparently won't file for
bankruptcly but 12 area com
panies, including The Summer
ville News, received letters this
week sayin%that the firm can't
pay all its bills immediately.
NTI was manager of the
125th anniversary reenactment
of the Battle of Chickamauga
at Pennville on Sept. 17-18.
The company was ‘‘stunn
ed” last week when it also
received bills of more than
$7,500 for traffic control from
Chattooga Countfi Commis
sioner Harry Powell, said Nan
cy Niero Massengill, vice presi
dent of NTI. It is financially
unable to pay that bill even if
it were obligated to do so, Mrs.
Massengill said.
ATTENDANCE
NTI apparently went in the
hole financially when fewer
people than anticipated show
ed up for the two-day event.
Some 30,000 to 35,000 spec
tators had been expected dur
ing each day of tge reenact
ment. Only 3,600 showed up
the first day and 6,300 the se
cond day, said Patrick
Masseniill, NTI president.
Part of the attendance problem
was blamed on rain that hit
11\1601i§7hwest Georgia on Sept.
The company was finishing
up some post-reenactment
details last week and early this
week. It planned to move all
equipment and supplies used
for the Chickamauga event
from Trion back to its main of
fice in Gettysburg, Pa., by the
middle of this week, said Mrs.
Massengill. o
“We have the intention of
taking care of them,” Mrs.
Massen‘fiill said of NTl's
outstanding debts. “We're go
ing back home and work on
things to raise money. We'll in
form them (the 12 companies)
periodically on our progress.
We appreciate their patience
and we regret very much hav
ing to do it (delaying payment).
It’s not something that was ex
pected.”
NO BANKRUPTCY
She and her husband have
already conferred with a local
lawyer and with their attorney
in Gettysburg, Mrs.
Massengill said. But NTI
doesn’t plan to file for
bankruptcy and hopes to con
tinue managing reenactment
events, she said. No significant
income is expected bygl-{I“TI un
til next spring, the letter to
area businesses said.
NTI managed the suc
cessful 125th anniversary
reenactment of the Battle of
Gettysburg at which some
10,0(% to 15,000 reenactors
and some 140,000 spectators
showed wup. But Mrs.
Massengill said the financial
‘“‘cushion” resulting from the
Gettgsburg event was spent on
the Chickamauga reenactment
when advance ticket sales fail
ed to meet expectations.
HEAVY RAIN
Then heavy rain hit the area
on the afternoon of Sept. 16
and continued until two
minutes before the battle
began on Sept. 17. Although
forecasters said on Sept. 14
there was only a two to three
gercent chance that Hurricane
ilbert would affect Northwest
Georgia, the massive storm
forced moisture into the
Southeast and over a cold front
passing through the region,
causing the rain.
“We could have recovered
(from the poor advance sales) if
the hurricane hadn't struck,”
Mrs. Massengill said.
An unexpected cloudburst
on Sept. 12 washed away a
wooden bridfie built by NTI
over the Chattooga River,
destr:Ked another bridge over
a small stream and damaged
another NTT bridge built over
the river. Work crews repaired
the smaller brigfie over the
river and rifilac the bridge
over the small stream. But rain
on Sept. 16 and the morning of
Sept. 17 forced NTI, for safe
ty reasons, to cut away the
repaired river bridge, which
was covered with several in
ches of water.
PARKING
The rain also made it im
possible for vehicles to park in
the large field west o? U. S.
Highway 27, causing an addi
tional loss in eXfiected revenue,
Mrs. Massengill noted.
She was shaking her head
late last week over bills of
$7,526.89 from Commissioner
Powell’s office. The amount in
cluded $5,473.69 in overtime
pay for deputies in the Chat
tooga Sheriff's Office, $1,450 in
pay for deputies from the Bar
tow County Sheriff's Depart
ment, whic¥x helped with traf
fic control on U. S. 27 during
the weekend, and $603.20 for
the rental of a “‘command tent”
at the site by the Chattooga
Sheriff's Office.
“SURPRISED”’
‘“We didn’'t have any
understanding that NTI was to
pay this,”” Mrs. Massengill
said. ‘“We were incredibly sur
grised.” NTI has never been
illed for public safety costs at
any of the other reenactments
it has managed, she said.
‘‘We’ve never been asked
before.”’
Commissioner Powell’s let
ter was dated last Thursday,
Sept. 22, but it was hand
defivered to a barber shop ad
jacent to NTl's office on Cen
tral Ave. in Trion on Monday,
Sept. 19, Mrs. Massengill said.
“We find that there has
been no conversation nor
agreements concerning this ac
tion in the commissioner’s of
fice nor do we find anything on
the records in the commis
sioner’s office concerning this,”
Commissioner Powell wrote.
“Therefore, we will be compell
ed to ask your organization, it
being out of county and an out
of state project, to either pay
these amounts that we are for
warding to you or pay to the
commissioner’s office and we
will forward these demands to
the right parties.”
The commissioner said he
had conferred with Ed Surles,
gqltlmty attorney, about the
ills.
NEVER BROACHED
Mrs. Massengill said,
however, that Powell's letter
acknowledged that he had
never broached the issue of
public safety costs with NTI.
“We do not feel that it is
the obligation of the taxpayers
of Chattoo%i County to pay
these bills that are now enter
ing the commissioner's office,”
Powell said in the letter.
NTI couldn't pay the bills
even if it felt it was obligated
to do so, Mrs. Massengill said.
The matter has been re%;rred to
NTl's attorney in Gettysburg,
she added. : o
Sneezing and coughing
from a cold caught durin%wthe
weekend reenactment, Mrs.
Massengill expressed disap
pointment at the financial out
come of the event.
HOPE PLEASED
However, she felt that both
reenactors and spectators were
pleased at the quality of the
reenactment, despite the rain.
“We hope people in this area
will look at Chickamauga Na
tional Military Park dif%erent
ly and understand Civil War
history a bit better,” she said.
“I'd lif(]e to think that we made
a difference here.”
Bake Sale Set
A benefit bake sale will be
held from 10 am. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 8, at Wal-Mart.
It will genefit Mr. and Mrs.
James Wilmon. .. .© . . .
Donations of baked food or
candies will be accepted. Call
Barbara Peek at 734-2129 or
Sybil Williams at 734-2954 for
more information.
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VYRS,
Text Of Letter
Following is the text of the letter written by Napoleonic
Tactics Inc. to 12 area businesses regarding its current inabili-
B' to ggy its accounts:
ear Sirs:
As you are aware, Napoleonic Tactics, Inc. recentg manag
ed the 1256th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of
Chickamauga on Sept. 17 and 18, 1988. With all outdoor
events of this nature, weather can play an important role in
attendance, and ultimately, its financial success or failure,
Unfortunately, at the same time as our reenactment, Hur
ricane Gilbert was at its Feak. This system dumped several
inches of rain in the area leading up to and during the event.
As a result, attendance was only 9,000 for the two a{s o v oot
only far less than what was projected, but also well elow the
break-even point where all expenses incurred could be paid.
CAN'T PAY
We know we have an unpaid account witl;glour business
and we greatly appreciate your having extended us the credit.
To be frank we can not, at this time, pay this account. We
do want to g:y this account and are firoceedl:lf with efforts
to raise the funds necessary to meet this and all other obliga
tions. However, ours is a seasonal business, and Chickamau%a
was the last event of the year. We can not expect any sizable
income until next spring.
We ask Vtlrour atience while we try to work through this
difficulty. We wiH remain in contact with you for periodic up
dates and expect to clear this up as soon as we possibly can,
We have closed our Trion office, returning to Gettysburg, and
we can be reached at the address and phone number on this
stationary.
Thank rou for your understanding.
Sincerely,
Patrick R. Massengill
President, NTI
Shamblin Hardware
Sues NTI Over Bill
A judgment has been issued
against the assets of
Napoleonic Tactics Inc. (NTI)
to satisfy debts allegedly owed
to a Summerville hardware
store.
Jon Payne, chief Chattooga
County magistrate, signed tfie
pre-lien judgment Wednesday
against assets of NTI that may
have still been at the com
pany's office on Central
Avenue in Trion.
Leroy Alexander, doin
business as Shamblin Hardg
ware, filed the lawsuit in
Magistrate’s Court Wednes-
day, saying that NTI owes his
.
Shamblin noted that the
firm is based in Gettysburg,
Pa., and that some of its assets
were still at the Trion office
early this week.
Whether any of the assets
were still at the office Wednes
day couldn't be determined by
The News late that afternoon.
NTI sent letters to 12 area
businesses (see related story)
saying that it couldn't im
mediately pay its bills
resulting for the reenactment
of the Battle of Chickamauaga
on Sept. 17-18.
MON.-SAT. 9-9
SUNDAY 12:30-5:30
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