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Che Summerville News
Bonney Murder Trial
In N. C. Began Monday
By RICH JEFFERSON
Staff Writer
Thomas Lee Bonney's trial
for the alleged murder of his
19-year-old daughter started
this week in Pasquotank Coun
ty, N. C. Bonney Monday pled
not guilty, not guilty by reason
of insanity and not guilty by
reason of unconsciousness.
Bonney resided in Summerville
in the late 19605.
A spokesman for the
Camden Judicial Circuit
District Attorney’s office said
the trial is expected to continue
into next wexefi‘?c Another source
told The Summerville News
that pre-trial motions and pleas
were heard on Monday, and
that jury selection was schedul
ed fo:{lyuesday.
Kathy Bonney's bullet
riddled gody was found 40
T\ijards south of the Virginia
orth Carolina border in
Camden County, early Nov. 22,
1987. She was a resident of
Chesapeake, Va.
DEATH PENALTY
A spokesman for the
Camden %ounty Sheriff’s office
said that according to the
reports in area newspapers, the
DA is planning to seek the
death penalty. The trial was
WIC Program
Grows Here,
Across State
By RICH JEFFERSON
Staff Writer
Pregnant women and
mothers in Chattooga County
who now receive suwplémental
food through the Women, In
fants and (?hildre’n (WIC) pro
gram will now be able to get on
ly Mead Johnson formula
unless they have a physician’s
prescription for other f)tl)rmulas.
The decision to use one ma
jor s‘?f)lier of infant formula
for C clients allows the
state to help more people
because of the rebate offeredp to
the state by Mead Johnson.
Mead Johnson will give the
state $1.13 for every can of in
fant formula purchased by
WIC clients.
NUMBERS GROWING
About 45 percent of those
identified in (f)hattooga Coun
ty as eligible for the WIC pro
gram are not getting the
benefit of the program, even
though the number of clients
has been increasing during the
R;\st four morths, said %ose
arie Newman, district chief
of nutrition and WIC program
coordinator for this part of
Georgia.
The WIC program provides
infant formufa for children in
low and moderate income
homes, and provides sup
plemental foodl,) such as milE,
cheese, juice, eggs, cereal and
beans, to mothers and children
who have health problems
see WIC, page 12-B
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As America’s space program took off again two weeks
ago, fourth graders at North Summerville Elementary
School were%:iilding their own replica of the space shut
tle. Martha Calhoun’s science classes will enter the
“naming contest’’ for the next shuttle to be built. So the
voyagers will have an authentic ride in the North Sum
originally scheduled months
ago but was postponed at least
once so Bonney could undergo
additional psychiatric
examination,
The court was expected to
rule this week whether
newspaper and television
cameras would be allowed into
the Pasquotank courtroom.
Cameras are often allowed in
to North Carolina courtrooms,
but they may not be welcome
this time.
NO CHANGE OF VENUE
According to James L.
Pate, the reporter for The
Virginian-Pilot who has been
covering the story of the
murder since it broke in
November, moving the trial
from the Camden County Cour
thouse to the Pasquotank
County Courthouse was not a
change of venue. The Camden
County Courthouse is a small
1840 s building with outside
stairs providing the oan access
to the second floor of the cour
thouse, Pate said.
To have a separate room to
sequester the jury pool, the
trial had to be moved to the
more modern, larger, Pas
quotank County Courthouse,
he said. & Naa
Because Bonney allegedly
confessed earlier tKis year to
Pate and other reporters that
he killed Kathy, Pate said he
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Several residents of Oak View Nursing Home visited
Summerville Middle School Tuesday morning and
answered questions from seventh graders. From left
are Betty Tyson, Oak View's activities assistant,
Q&A At Summerville Middle School
If you wanted to know if there were droughts in Chat
tooga County 50 or 60 years ago, like the ones here in the
summers of 1986 and 1988, you would want to ask someone
who lived in the county then.
If you wanted to know how Chattooga Countians coped
with dry wells even before there was hot and cold running
water here you would ask someone, wouldn't you? That's
Back In Space
Thursday, October 20, 1988
may be reguired to testify at
the trial. On Feb. 3, Bonney
allegedly told three rerorters
thag he shot and killed his
daughter in a struggle over a
gun while they argued about
her lover.
BONNEY
“Jealousy had nothing to
do with it, we just had a
disagreement. The gun went
off,”" Bonney told reporters.
When asked why his daughter
had been shot 27 times, Bon
ney said, ‘‘l just cracked. I just
cracked. It was temporary in
sanity. It's like somebody go
ing over the edge — When you
go over the edge and crack up,
you aren’'t responsible. You
just aren’t responsible.”
Bonney said he had found a
love letter in Kathy's bedroom.
The affair with a married man
was more than he could take,
Bonney said. ‘I wasn't jealous
but it just wasn't right.”
Kathy Bonney was last
seen alive on Nov. 21, 1987 in
the company of her father. Her
nude body was found the next
day dumped among roadside
trash next to the Dismal
Swamp Canal, just inside
North Carolina. The autopsy
report said she had been siot
27 times with a .22 caliber
handgun, 11 times in the neck
and face, 10 times in the upper
torso and six times in the Eegs.
Wisdom Of The Ages
merville Shuttle, center, these six boys made pictures
of planets that are held up for the elementary astronauts
to see on their imaginary flights. From left are Stephen
Jennings, Tom McMillin and Shane Van Hook, hofiling
Neptune, and Blake Weaver, Ben Groce and Justin
Rogers, holding earth. (Staff Photo By Rich Jefferson).
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From Family Portrait
residents Lena Chisolm, Mary Dempsey, Clara Mit
chell, Ella Barrett, Agnes Moseley and Vanmie Live
ly, and Activities Director Lisa Hall. (Staff Photo By
Rich Jefferson).
what seventh graders at Summerville Middle School did
Tuesday morning; the children asked questions and six
women, all residents of Oak View Nursing Home,
responded.
According to Larry Jones, Health and Life Science
teacher for seventh graders at the school, that encounter
see Q&A, page 12-R
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The new physical education facility being built for
Trion's elementary school students will be ready in
November, a spokesman for the Trion Board of Educa
tion said this week. The facility is strictly for student
use and there is no provision for bleachers or spectators.
A weight room, long-awaited by Trion High School
Clients Need Their Own
Niche, Says New Director
y Calling A Community Your
Own Is What It’s All About
By RICH JEFFERSON
Staff Writer
Feeling at home in a com
munity. %laving choices to
make, and decidinlf on your
own. Acquiring skills and hav
ing a chance to learn. Improv
ing your reputation, and hav
ing friends.
Randy Fannin, the new
director of the Chattooga
County Mental Retardation
Service Center, wants his
clients to experience these
things. He sai(i) in a recent in
terview with The Summerville
News that ideas about what is
good for the mentally disabled
are changing, and it's a matter
of time before community at
titudes change, too.
RESPONSIBILITY
“After 20 years of em
phasizing technology, we've
discovered that we can’'t
substitute (technology) for
socially valued roles and rela
tionships,”” Fannin said.
Area Fire Departments
Go For Boasting Rights
Trion First,
Teloga Second,
S’ville Third
The Trion Fire Department
took top overall awards at the
first Chattooga County
firefighter competition, held
Sumfay afternoon at the
Triangle Shopping Center. The
event was sponsored by the
Trion Department.
Five competitive events
were held, including rapid
dress, nozzle sweep, barrel roll,
burst hose and bucket brigade.
Trophies were awarded to the
winners in each contest.
TELOGA SECOND
The Teloga Fire Depart
ment finishe%l second in the
overall category, followed by
the Summerville department,
finishing third. The Menlo Fire
Department came in fourth
place.
In the bucket brigade con
test, five members OF each fire
department attempted to fill a
40-gallon barrel, elevated 10
feet from the ground, with one
gallon buckets.
The Trion department took
first place, followed by Teloga,
Menro and Summervifie,
respectively.
BURST HOSE
In the burst hose contest,
department participants were
see AREA FIRE, page 12-B
New Gym Nearing Completion
“These people are adults and
they need a place to work, they
need recreation, they need the
same pattern of life typical for
other adults. They nee(r respon
sibility.”
Those who are developmen
tally disabled need more struc
ture and feedback than others,
and they need to experience
success, but none of these
things can happen “in isolation
fro(xjn the community,” Fannin
said.
BeinF fiart of a community
is one of the things that gives
his clients meaning in their
lives, he said. Being part of a
community is having your own
niche, and that often means a
place to work.
NEW BUILDING
The facilities on Filter Plant
Road where many of Chat
tooga County's developmental
ly disadvantaged adults spend
their dais are no longer ade
quate. That's why the service
center will move to a new
building just north of Trion,
about one-half mile from the in
tersection of the proposed
bypass and Highway 27, Fan
nin said.
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SUMMERVILLE FIREMAN DAVID FORD
Competes In Rapid Dress Contest
students, is also part of the facility. Trion Board of
Education member James Simmons, left, and Bill Kin
zy, superintendent of Trion City Schools, stand in front
of the facility. Immediately behind them is a covered
parking area for the buses used by the athletic teams
and the band. (Staff Photo By Rich Jefferson).
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RANDY FANNIN
The facility on Filter Plant
Road is fine for adult day care,
Fannin said, but is lacking in
work space. Work space is
what the clients need. Fannin
said the clients are working
more now, and that's one of the
ways they find their niche in
the community.
COMPANIES
Clients now do piece work
for Anderson Cone, Best
see CLIENTS, page 12-B