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The Summerville News Thursday. October 6, 1988
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INSTALLATION OF ROOF ON MAIN PRISON COMPLEX WILL START ON OCT. 17
1,100-Foot Structure Will Be ““‘Dried In"’ For Interior Work This Winter
Prison Construction ‘On Track’
Winter Interior Work Planned; Cells To Be Built Next Spring
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Recent rains haven't helped
construction at the site, both
men said. ‘‘ Anytime it rains, it
hurts this state of construc
tion,” Nelsor added.
About 40 percent of the
under%round sewage lift sta
tion has been completed,
McConnell said. He also charg
ed that the dprison site was be
ing charged for sewerage ser
vice by the City of Summerville
although it doesn'’t as yet have
the service. Summerville sup
plies water to the prison.
NEXT SPRING
Beginning next spring, the
major construction work will
involve the eight prisoner dor
mitory units, the construction
officigs said. Foundation work
is continuing on the security
units and plans call for them to
be brought up to grade before
winter begins. If winter
weather permits, it may be
possible to begin construction
on the first floor of the units,
McConnell said. But he said
temperature of masonry or con
crete must be maintained at a
minimum of 40 degrees for 24
hours after it is laid or poured.
The Georgia Department of
Corrections said earlier that
capacity of the facility would
be 750 prisoners. They would
be housed in 250 two-inmate
cells and in 250 one-inmate
cells. But the one-man cells
could apparently be converted
to two-man cells with the addi
tion of another bunk, possibly
pushing the capacit(gf of the
prison to around 1,000
inmates.
McConnell also said crews
are installing the foundation
for seven other buildings on the
site, including search and
storage structures.
200 WORKERS
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We can usually insure your house, furnishings, outbuildings,
mobile home or business at a big savings to you, Why? Because:
We are a Co-op Mutual Co.
We are exempt from all taxes and licenses.
We are a non-profit association and prohibited by state laws from
making a profit.
We have no agents — so you pay no agent’s commission.
You deal directly with an officer of the company. You deal with
homefolk in buying your insurance and paying claims.
We are the largest and oldest Farmer's Mutual in Georgia,
organized in 1892 and insuring property in our area ever since.
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SECURITY ROADS BEING BUILT AROUND PRISON EAST OF PENNVILLE
Work On Cellblocks Will Start Next Spring
workmen are on the site at an
given time, Nelson estimate(i
About 10 subcontractors are
involved in the project.
When completed, the prison
will employ some 250 people
and have an annual payroll of
$6-million. State DO([.)? officials
have said that most will be
Chattooga residents. Tom
Jones, a former Chattooga
man, has been named warden
of the facility.
A promised fire station for
the ;t)rison is not in the Carlson
Southeast contract. However,
John Siler, public information
director for the DOC, said the
fire station bid will be award
ed after the Georgia General
Assembly is asked for sup
plemental funds for the prison
during the 1989 session.
Carlson’s low bid was some
SBOO,OOO more than the
$23-million allocated by the
state for the prison.
FIRE STATION
The fire station is still in the
prison’s master plan, Siler said
in June, and will be opened
when the prison is completed in
early 1990. It will be manned
by trusties and will serve the
Pennville community in addi
tion to the prison, S‘i’ler said.
A 250,000-gallon water
tower has already been install
ed and painted at the prison
although it doesn’t as yet con
tain any water.
IT T IE . 1 ORI I
the prison is located on
about 40 acres within a
186-acre tract.
The main administrative
complex contains some 327,000
square feet. It will contain a
warehouse, vehicle and
building maintenance depart
ments, Faundry, administrative
offices, counseling quarters,
kitchen, library, gining area,
shop, vocational program area,
chaplaincy, recreational
f'aci?ities. health services,
visitation area, inmate store
and an industrial unit.
EYEGLASSES
Plans call for the inmates to
produce eyeglasses for other in
mates in the Georgia prison
system.
Residents of Pennville and
the South Trion area fought
the prison when the site was
announced several years ago.
Most local civic, business and
governmental leaders had
already endorsed the prison
concept but many sai(i) they
thought originally that the
facility would be located in a
more remote area of Chattooga
County.
Initial funding for the
¥)rison was diverted to other
acilities but the General
Assembly in 1987 appropriated
$23-million for the project. It is
named for the late Walker
County Rep. Forrest Hays,
who had served as chairman of
the Penal Affairs Subcommit
tee of the House State Institu
tions and Properties
Committee.
One Injured
In Accident
One person was injured in a
two-car accident on Little Sand
Mountain Road Monday mor
ning, according to Trooper
Mike King of the Georgia State
Patrol. ,
She was identified as Carrie
Diane Smith, 17, Armuchee
Rte. 1. She was taken to Floyd
Medical Center, Rome, by a
private vehicle, King said.
Reports said the Smith car
was involved in a head-on col
lision with a truck driven by
Kelly Frank Bice, 24, 17 Old
River Rd., Summerville,
Silver Leaf Golf, Tennis
Contracts Given Approval
Silver Leaf resort in Chat
tooia County announced this
week that a Canadian and
Chicago, 111. compansy will build
and operate an 18-hole golf
course at the facility.
Resort officials al‘;o said an
Atlanta company will build a
12-court, six-acre tennis com
plex at Silver Leaf.
AT LAKE
The 1,200-acre resort com
munity is being built around
Lake Tight Squeeze in
southeastern Chattooga by
McGriff and Company,
Atlanta.
George McGriff, president
of the firm, and Tom Muia, pro
ject coordinator, made the an
nouncements Tuesday in
Summerville.
Can-Am Golf Enterprises
Inc. of Chicago and Ontario,
Canada, has signed an agree
ment with McGriff to con
struct and operate the golfing
facilities. ;
As a result of this agree
ment, Can-Am assumes
responsibility for design, con
struction, marketing and
operation of the 18-h(fie golf
course on the property and
becomes a founding partner in
the future of the 1,200-acre
resort community, McGriff
said.
“Upon completion of the
course at Silver Leaf, we pro
mise a faciliti that will rival
any,"” said Mike Rippey, presi
dent of the United States
branch of Can-Am. ‘“The beau
tsy of the property and lake at
ilver Leaf is a primary asset
for a quality go?f course. We
plan to capitalize on this
outstanding natural beauty as)
we develop the course.”
SUPERVISION
Joining Rippey in supervi
sion of the project are Robert
Labbett, of Waterloo, Ontario,
Eresident of the Canadian
ranch of Can-Am; and Dr.
Michael Hurdzan, executive
vice president of design and
development for Can-Am.
Rippey has a broad
background in marketing,
planning and general manage
ment in large service organiza
tions. He served as director of
public affairs for the Chicago
area planning agency and was
vice president of a large inter
national consulting firm. He is
founder and owner of
Strategies Inc., a nationwide
consulting firm specializing in
strategic planninlg and
organizational development.
Among his clients is tfie Pro
fessional Country Club near
Toronto. He is a former
member of the Canadian Pro
fessional Golfers Association
and Canadian Golf Course
Superintendents Association.
He is a member of the board of
directors of the Golf Course
Association, the international
organization for golf course
owners and operators.
ARCHITECT
Dr. Hurdzan is one of North
America’s most active golf
course architects, said McGriff.
He is a former president of the
American Society of Golf
Course Architects. He has been
a national committee man with
the U. S. Golf Association and
is a frequent seminar leader for
the Golf Course Superin
tendents Association of
America. During his 15-year
career in golf course architec
ture, he and his firm have been
involved in the design, con
struction and/or renovation of
more than 100 courses. He was
recently named runner-up for
the best golf course in the
United States by ‘‘Golf
Digest’’ magazine.
Can-Am’s goal at Silver
Leaf is to offer golfers of all
levels of ability a quality
course for both challenge and
f)leasure, McGriff said. The
ayout will be ‘‘designed to
facilitate a round of golf that
can be played in a reasonable
period of time without sacrific
ing challenge and aesthetic ap
peal.”
ASSOCIATION
“Silver Leaf is truly pleas
ed to join forces with a com
pany of Can-Am’s experience,”’
added McGriff. ‘‘Our associa
tion with the golfing experts at
Can-Am assures us of a quali
ty facility that will become a
landmark in the sport upon
completion.”
Projected completion date
for the golf course at Silver
Leaf is October, 1989.
The resort community is
under development now offer
ing mountain homesites. Lots
overlook Lake Siver Leaf, golf
course fairways or wooded
mountainsides. Price range of
Victorian homes at Silver Leaf
is $129,000 to $300,000. The
completed development will
also feature a swimming pool,
equestrian center along with
many recreational facilities
such as fishing, hiking and
fitness training.
TENNIS
Tennis Tech Inc., Atlanta,
will construct a tennis complex
on the grounds, said McGriff.
Ben Johnson, Chuck
McCuen and Jon Christopher,
directors of Tennis Tech,%ave
signed an agreement with
McGriff and Company to build
and manage a six-acre facility
offering complete stadium ten
nis facilities to residents and
members. The complex will
also include a swimming pool
and bathhouse McGrifF said.
Plans include construction
of two clay courts, two tennis
turf courts, eight hard courts,
a viewing gazabo, pro shop
complete with training rooms
and a swimming pool complex.
“QUALITY”
“We are proud to welcome
Tennis Tech into our team at
Silver Leaf,” said McGriff.
“The experience and en
thusiasm of Dr. Johnson and
Mr. McCuen and Mr.
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TAX COMMISSIONER HUGH DON HALL REVIEWS 1988 DIGEST
Countywide Figure Shows Slight Increase Over 1987 Total
Tax Digest Increases Slightly
Levy May Be Set Next Week; Officials Expecting Factor By State
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Mondg{ over the reduction in
the re %roperty category. It
dipped by $262,147 coun
tywide from the 1987 figure of
$125,368,710 to $125,106,563.
UNINCORPORATED
The real property total for
unincorporated (outside towns
and cities) areas of the county
actually increased by $65,408
from $83,540,609 in 1987 to
$83,606,017 this year. But that
was more than offset by a
plummet in that same category
of the incorporated digest.
That digest figure dropped by
$327,5655 from $41,828,101 in
1987 to $41,500,546 in 1988.
‘“We’'ve had about 60
houses added and they each
probably averaged around
$40,000,” Millican said. “It’s
hard to figure why it decreas
ed. The Boar(g’ (of Tax
Assessors) doesn’t know why.”
FACTOR?
Millican was also disturbed
about the possibility of a 15
percent factor in this year’'s
digest. ‘‘Those (property
owners) already at 40 percent
will end up paying 15 percent
more if the state does factor
the digest,” he said. “That’s
unreal.”’ ‘The digest was fac
tored l:iy seven percent last
year and by 15 percent in 1985.
The 1986 dli)gest wasn’t
factored.
The Board of Tax
Assessors sought funds from
the commissioner this year to
purchase computer equipment
and add staff to prepare for a
massive evaluation of r(g)er
ty in the county. The gu et
request was submitted by axe
June 1 deadline, but Commis
sioner Powell hasn’t taken any
public action on the document.
A public hearing on the coun
ty's budget is required by state
law, along with public action
when it is officiafiy adopted.
The unincorporates net
digest for maintenance and
operation (M&O) purposes
totaled $110,768,591 this year,
up $4,976,344 from the 1987
figure of $105,792,247.
INCORPORATED
However, the net 1988
digest for incorporated areas
amounted to $73,188,526 this
year, down $3,317,827 from
last year’s total of $76,506,353.
Much of that reduction was
in the personal property
category of the incorporated
digest. It dipped by $4,059,211
from $30,534,315 last year to
$26,475,104 in 1988, according
to the digest figures prepared
by Hall’s office.
While the personal proper
ty digest was dropping inside
the cities, it was increasing in
the unincorporated areas of the
county. That category jumped
by . $2,183,672 from
$12,903,101 in 1987 to
Christopher will certainly
enhance our goals of excellence.
Their com(rlex will give Silver
Leaf an added dimension that
only ?uality tennis programs
can offer.” :
Tennis Tech Inc. currently
operates the Lenox Tennis
Center and specializes in
biomechanical @~ and
f)f\}gi(v)l'o“'fic"a'l‘tvéét' of players
with ingividualilznefi training
prescriptions provided follow
ing the analysis of test results.
Both Johnson and McCuen
have manfiyeax‘s of tennis ex
perience. McCuen is currently
the tennis coordinator at
Georgia State University. He
has been a tennis instructor
and facility manager for some
was factored was 11.91 mills
for M&0O and .71 mill for
bonds. The rate for incor
porated parts of the county in
1987 was 14.47 mills for M&O
and .71 mill for bonds.
Summerville's 1988 levy
has been set at 2.8 mills on 100
percent assessment this year.
Hall said the rate is eguivalent
to seven mills on a4O percent
assessment.
Trion’s 1988 levy was set at
seven mills on a 40 percent
assessment and Menlo's cur
rent rate is five mills on a 40
percent assessment.
Lyerly’s 1988 levr was ten
tatively set at 10 mills on a 40
percent assessment.
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State Honors Rush
Derrell Rush, superintendent of James H. ‘‘Sloppy”’
Floyd State Park, has been honored as ‘‘Employee of
the Quarter’’ by the Parks and Historic Sites Division
of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for his
“outstanding service and contributions’ to the park.
It was his second high reco%nition within two weeks.
Rush recently won second place in the state from the
Georgia Garden Clubs for beautifying Floyd Park.
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time and holds a lofty position
in the Georgia amateur
rankings.
MEDICINE
Dr. Johnson is an assistant
Erofessor of sport
iomechanics and sgorts
medicine at Georgia State. He
directs the Georgia State
University Center for Sport
and Exercise. : g
Pm{ams planned at the
Silver Leaf complex will in
clude an on-site professional
fre%:xent tournaments and
stroke clinics for members,
private and group lessons,
summer tennis camgs for
juniors and adults and high
tech analysis weekends.
$15,086,773 this year.
The net M&O digest for the
county schools increased by
almost $6-million this year over
1987. Last year's factored
school digest totaled
$136,508,224 while the 1988
digest totaled $142,382,318, an
increase of $5,874,094.
TAX RATES
The county schools had a
tax rate of 7.52 mills for M&O
last year and a bond rate of .56
mill, after the digest was
factored.
A mill is $1 tax on each
SI,OOO of taxable property.
The levy for unincorporated
areas last year after the digest