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Staff Photos By Earl McConnell
RESCUERS ALMOST HIDDEN BY LEAVES
On Side Of Lookout Mountain Cliff
A 13-year-old Florida boy escaped death last Friday after
noon when he fell about 75 to 80 feet down a cliff on Lookout
Mountain.
James Lawson, Waverly, Fla., was taken to Floyd Medical
Center, Rome, by the Chattooga County Emergency Medical
Service. He was dismissed from the facility Monc{ay.
The EMS, Chattooga Rescue Squad and Sheriff’'s Office
participated in the rescue operation two miles north of the cau
tion light at Cloudland. Most rescuers arrived about 4:30 p.m.
It took approximately an hour to raise the youngster to
the top of the cliff, using a rescue basket. Emergency Medical
Technicians and Rescue Squad members gave%lim emergen
cy treatment at the bottom of the cliff. They said the opera
tion went smoothly.
LIVESTOCK MARKET REPORT
FORT PAYNE STOCKYARD, INC.
CATTLE AUCTION TUESDAYS AT 12:30 (CENTRAL TIME)
Hauling Available
Phone (205) 845-1028
BY ALABAMA AND U. S. DEPTS. OF AGRICULTURE
Oct. 18, 1988
" RECEIPTS THIS WEEK — 1,023
RECEIPTS LAST WEEK — 1,156
RECEIPTS YEAR AGO — 850
FEEDER CLASSES
BULLS & STEERS (GOOD & CHOICE):
200-300 pounds — 110.00-132.00
300-400 pounds — 99.00-120.00
400-500 pounds — 86.50-101.00
500-600 pounds — 78.50-87.00
STEERS:
600-800 pounds — 75.00-84.00
HEIFERS (GOOD & CHOICE):
200-300 pounds — 90.00-114.00
300-400 pounds — 85.00-96.00
400-500 pounds — 77.00-85.00
500-600 pounds — 72.00-78.00
600-700 pounds — 67.00-75.00
SLAUGHTER CLASSES:
CALVES (GOOD & CHOICE):
68.00-73.00
COWS
Utility — 49.50 Down i BULLS
Cutter — 45.75 Down eavy — 63.75 Down
Canner & Culls — 42.00 Down
State To Approve Perennial Landfill
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like to pay for garbage
disposal, f{)eynolds safii. When
fees are charfied to every user
of a landfill, there is likely to be
an increased incident o{ road
sic.l(ei littering and dumping, he
said.
DEADLINE MET
In a related matter,
Reynolds said Williams,
Sweitzer and Barnum of Rome,
the counta"s engineering firm,
submitted a site closure plan
for the Penn Bridge landfifi by
last Saturday’s deadline.
The plan and accompanying
letter dated Oct. 11 arrived at
Gillespie’s office late last week,
Reynolds indicated, and he
received a copy Tuesday.
The Coosa Valley Area
Planning and Development
Commission (CVAPDCF)) sub
mitted a closure plan early this
year, Reynolds said, but since
it wasn't complete, the EPD
took no action on the proposal.
The Rome engineers then
designed sedimentation and
erosion control systems, he
continued.
The EPD may be able to
review the plan this week or
next week, Reynolds
speculated, since it is a result
of an EPD enforcement action.
Or it might be ‘“‘backed up,”
depending on whether there are
any plans ahead of it awaiting
a similar review.
SHORT TIME
It usually takes only a short
period of time to determine if
a closure plan is acceptable to
the state, Reynolds said. The
plan calls for the landfill to be
closed on Dec. 31.
The state has seen more ac
tion involving closing of the
Chattooga landfill and opening
of a new facility in the past six
months than it had seen in the
previous several years, the
EPD official indicated.
“Everything seems to be going
in the right direction now,”
Reynolds said. A
Commissioner Powell this
week in an ad again blasted
residents of the Perennial area
for their opposition to the land
fill site near their community.
PETITIONS
Petitions containing some
650 names were submitted to
the commissioner on Aug. 2 in
opposition to using the Peren
nial tract for a new county
landfill. Nineteen residents of
the area, including the Rev.
Jerry Pope, pastor of Perennial
Springs Baptist Church, also
signeg a letter to the editor in
opposition to the site.
Commissioner Powell sent a
letter dated Aug. 3 to the Rev.
Pope, blasting him as ‘‘the
number one agitator of this
confusion” and saying that the
minister would face ‘“‘further
action”’ if Powell wasn’t
reelected in the Aug. 9
Democratic primary. He
wasn't.
The commissioner also sug
gested early this year that a
tract off Highway 100 near
HiFh Point south of Summer
ville be used as a landfill. Peti
tions containing 285 signatures
were submitted to Powell in op
position to that proposal.
Copies of the petitions and a
letter to the editor of The News
were also submitted to the
newspaper in February of this
year. The commissioner
acknowledges in his ad this
week that the opposition caus
ed him to back away from the
Highway 100 site.
COAL MINE
He also suggested in
December, 1987 the possibility
of using an abandoned coal
mine on Lookout Mountain for
a sanitary landfill. The pro
{)osal resulted in a heated Kro
est meeting at Mentone, Ala.
City Hall in January of this
year.
Although he first indicated
that he was thinking about us
ing one of the mines for a gar
bage landfill, an application he
suEmitted to the state on Feb.
12 called for a mine to be used
as a debris landfill for tree
stumps, limbs and construc
tion debris but not for
household garage. The commis
sioner apparently never pur
sued that option.
Alabama residents said
they were concerned that a
landfill in one of the mines
would contaminate Little
River, which flows through
Alabama but has its head
waters in Georgia.
U. S. 27 SITE
The county and City of
Summerville in March, 1987
both anlied for approval of a
landfill site on Highway 27
about a mile and onefilalf south
of Summerville. Both were
notified in October, 1987. that
the site had been approved.
The City of Summerville,
which was considering the pur
chase of a tract to be operated
by the county — similar to the
current agreement — backed
away from the site, citing the
cost of installing an expensive
liner system. Powell contends
in this week's ad that the city
withdrew its support because
of opposition from area
residents. Powell contends this
week that Mayor Sewell Cash,
who was considering a run for
the county commissioner’s
post, opposed the site because
of what Powell claims were
political reasons. The county
never acted on the state
approval.
ADJACENT SITE
The city also obtained ap
{)roval for a tract ad&acent to
he current Penn Bridge Road
landfill. But city officials in
dicated that they didn't pursue
that og)tion because only about
half the facility could ge used
as a sanitary landfill and
because residents of the area
said Lhe?f would prefer that the
facility be relocated to another
part of the county. i
Ci;r officials also said
several times that they sought
several times to meet with
Powell in 1986 but were initial
ly unsuccessful. When they
finally met with him, they said
the commissioner was vague
about his landfill plans.
The commissioner this
week and in the past has
blasted the city and Mayor
Cash for “‘refusing” to pur
chase a landfill site.
REVERSED
Cash in December, 1987,
asked the Summerville Council
to aiain offer a joint a%reement
to the county but the panel
refused. But on March 14, the
Council changed its mind and
instructed Grady McCalmon,
to seek a meeting with Powell
to discuss a possible new joint
agreement whereby the city
would purchase ]ami’fill proper
ty and the county would
operate the facility.
The Council and Mayor this
summer also said the city
would be willing to particifpate
in the purchase of land for a
new county landfill but only if
Lyerly, Menlo and Trion
assisted financially in that
effort.
The Council at its July 11
meeting voted not to consider
g‘urchase of the Perennial site.
he action came after a delega
tion of Perennial residents
visited the Council to express
their concerns about possible
future pollution of Raccoon
Creek, tfie main source of Sum
merville's drinking water, as
well as groundwater in the
community.
NEVER AGAIN
As far as he was concerned,
Cash said in July, the city
would never again purchase a
landfill site without financial
assistance from the other three
towns. ‘I don't intend for the
city to buy a landfill for the
whole county,’’ he said.
The EPD began saying in
the fall, 1986 that the Penn
Textile Week Continues
The observance of American Textile
Week will conclude in Chattooga County
this weekend. The special week began
Monday.
Banners on textile week will be judged
in the carding department of the denim mill
at Mount Vernon Mills-Riegel Division at
10 a.m. Friday. : e
Trion High seniors will tour the plant
at 10:30 a.m. today as part of the com
panK's activities this week.
11 employees at the Trion facility were
honored with a hot dog dinner Monday and
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Head Start Balloon Launch
Youngsters at the Summerville Head
Start Center launched a number of
balloons shortly after noon Tuesday. The
center is located behind Care Cottage off
Bridge landfill was nearing its
capacity and that a site closure
plan should be submitted to
the state by the county in the
near future,
The state said at the time
and again in early 1987 that
the current landfiYl should be
closed by the end of tha&f'ear
and a new facility opened.
The commissioner in his ad
this week blasts an editorial in
last week's edition of The News
that criticized his administra
tion in its handling of the land
fill issue.
EPA PROPOSALS
Although a new landfill in
the county apparently must
have an expensive liner and
leachate drainage system, bas
ed on more stringent re
?uirements of the state, the
ederal Environmental Protec
tion Agency (EPA) has said it
Powell Reduces Taxes
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SCHOOLS
The Chattooga Board of
Education on Oct. 10 set its
maintenance and operation
levy at 7.25 mills, a reduction
of .27 mills under the 1987 rate
of 7.52 mills.
- The bond levy was reduced
by .04 of a mill from .56 mills
to .52 mills by the school
board.
The state levy of .25 mills
will remain the same this year
as in past years.
The commissioner said the
insurance premium rollback for
unincorporated areas this year
will amount to the 'equivalent
of 3.25 mills, compared to a
rollback of 2.72 mifis in 1987,
a reduction of .53 mills.
FACTORING
It's possible that both Com
missioner Powell and the board
of education will be called on to
reduce the levy further if the
county's 1988 tax digest is fac
tored by the State Revenue
Department. i
Most local tax officials are
convinced that the state will
factor the digest this year,
perhaps by as much as 15 per
cent. It was factored by seven
percent in 1987.
FINAL YEAR
This is the final year that
the state will be allowed to fac
tor digests. But under current
law, unless counties assess pro-
Tuesday. All employees also received ink
pens and stickers. Water pitchers with
drinking cups were being given away to
lucky employees throughout the week.
Merchants throughout Chattooga
County were offering discounts of 10 to 25
percent on various items this week to tex
tile employees.
The “Made in U.S.A.” campaign was
also being emphasized by area textile
plankts and employees throughout the
week.
Orchard Road. Open house will be held at
the center this evening (see related story).
(Staff Photo).
wants to impose even more
strict landfill regulations in the
near future, according to the
Georgia Municipal Assn.
(GMA). o
Only 3.7 percent of the
landfilli in the state currently
have liners and onl&'!i.s percent
of the facilities in Georgia have
leachate collection systems, the
GMA noted. Eighty-five ?er
cent of the state's landfills
have groundwater monit.oring
systems, compared to only 3
percent nationwide.
The proposed EPA regula
tions also call for restoring or
remediation of froundwat.er at
some existing landfills in the
state.
$50,000 COST
The GMA has said the
average cost of installing liners
and leachate collection systems
is about $50,000 per acre.
perty at a true 40 percent off
market value, they could have
their highway and road grant
funds cut o{f by 1991. The
change in state law is forcing
most counties in the state to
begin costly property evalua
tion firograms.
This year's maintenance
and operation tax digest for
county government purposes is
$73,188,526 in incorporated
areas of Chattooga, a reduction
of $3,317,827 under the 1987
factored total of $76,506,353.
The digest for unincor
orated areas of the county
ghis year is $110,768,591, an in
crease of $4,976,344 over the
1987 factored total of
$105,792,247.
BONDS
The county bond digest this
year is $19K887,624, an in
crease of $1,619,150 over the
1987 figure of $190,268,474.
Summerville's levy for this
year has already been set at 2.8
mills on a 100 percent assess
ment. The rate is equivalent to
seven mills on a 40 percent
assessment, according to Hugh
Don Hall, tax commissioner.
Trion’s 1988 levy is seven
mills on a4O percent assess
ment and Men{)o’s rate is five
mills on a4O percent assess
ment. Lyerly’s ?entative rate is
10 milf,s on a 40 percent
assessment.
The tax commissioner’s of
fice was closed Wednesday
with all employees attending a
The Summerville News, Thursday, October 20, 1988
unaer the federal pro
posals, Georgia and other
states would be required to set
health-based limits for con
taminants not covered by the
Safe Drinking Water Act. They
would require landfill opera
tions — including cities and
counties — to test each ground
water monitoring well for
dozens of contaminants. If any
were to be found at a level
above the local natural levels,
the landfill owner would iHave
to test for 240 different hazar
dous chemicals in the ground
water. The EPA said its pro
osals — which have not yet
geen promulgated — wouldy be
phased in over a period of time.
FINANCES
They would also require
owners of sanitary landfills, in
cluding county governments,
to provide financial assurance
for closing landfills, care after
required tag seminar. It will
reopen today. Hall was ex
pected to make an appoint
ment to take the digest and tax
levies to the State Revenue
Department in the near future.
The levy and Commissioner
Powell's letter were given to
The News on Wednesday. It
was too late to use Powell’s let
ter in this week’'s ‘‘Letters to
the Editor’’ column. However,
the letter follows: b
““As we reach the point in
1988 where it becomes time to
set the tax millage for Chat
tooga County, to bring in
money to operate the county
for 1989, we thereby feel as the
school board feels, that a reduc
tion in taxes should be made.
Whereas we find that Chat
tooga County is free of debts
other than tfie jail bonds, we
are lowerin% the county millage
to 10.72, plus .71 for the Jail
Bond purposes. As given to me
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closure and corrective action at
the landfills. The latter gro
posals agparently wouldn't
apply to the current Chattooga
landfill on Penn Bridge Road,
since the{ wouldn't apgly to
any landfill closed within 18
months after the regulations
become final.
The EPA would also re
quire monitoring for methane
gas, random inspection of in
coming waste for hazardous
materials, training of personnel
to recognize hazardous waste,
controls for rainfall run-on and
run-off to make sure that land
fills don’'t collect excessive
amounts of water, restrictions
on t‘.jhe l}(linds ?:l‘g gzné)lunt:e%f li;
quids that co is 0
landille, and's Wahemt in
crease in record-keeping.
_A hearing on the proposed
EPA regulations was held
Tuesday in Atlanta.
by School Superintendent Don
nie Hayes, the school board
declares a millage of 7.25 for
maintenance and operation and
.52 for retirement of bond
issues.
After having been favored
with your help for the past
three years and nine months,
we feerthat we have levied suf
ficient revenue, with other in
come to operate Chattooga
County for 1989. I also remind
you that there are numerous
tax accounts that have not
been collected, and if prl(l)f)er
collection is made, there will be
more revenue flowing from the
property owners who pay their
taxes, some of which are 1985,
1986 or 1987 taxes, unpaid.
“I therefore commend you
for helping %et Chattooga
County in the black and I am
thanking the people of Chat
tooga County fgr your help and
for your assistance during my
term as commissioner.”’
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