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The Summerville News, Thursday, October 27, 1988
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HOSPITAL WILL X-RAY HALLOWEEN GOODIES NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
Kim Willingham. Sandra Crawford, Susan Dean, Dan Sweitzer .
Goblins Await Big Day
Halloween Parade Monday Afternoon In Summerville
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should include bright colors or
reflective tape that can be seen
easily by oncoming vehicles, he
said.
LIGHTING
Homeowners should light
their property well next Mon
day evening so young trick or
treaters don't trip over stairs
or other obstacles
“Everybody should be
prepared to deal with a fire
should it occur,” Echols said.
‘Have a fire extinguisher
ready and remember to call the
Summerville Fire Department
at 857-2221, the Trion Fire
Department at 734-2222. or all
other volunteer fire depart
ments through the sheriff s of
fice at 857 3411.
Summerville Police Chief
\rlen Thomas and Trion Chief
iravid Starkey said motorists
“hould keep an eve out for
soung gnhfins this weekend
and Monday evening. “"Many
will be dressed 1n darf(
costumes, making them hard
to see at night,”” said Thomas.
And children sometimes dart
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Ms. Reagan And Mrs. Hulgan
President Reagan's daughter, Maureen Reagan, came
to Northwest (Georgia this past Thursday to stump for
Martha Hulgan. Republican candidate for the Georgia
State Senate. Mrs. Hulgan is running against
Democratic incumbent Sen. Waymond “Sonny' Hug
gins. Ms. Reagan, who hits the campaign trail for
women candidates, is with the Republican National
('m'umi['m* "“ffl{f _I")lr'" H\ leh ~’P”PTS()H).
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When Maureen Reagan came to the Gor
don Lee Mansion in Chickamauga this
past Thursday afternoon to campaign for
Martha Hulgan, GOP candidate for the
Georgia State Senate, she was greeted by
out into the street from bet
ween parked cars.”
TIPS
Both chiefs and Sheriff
Gary McConnell offered a
number of tips to parents for
safe trick or treating:
*Be sure a responsible
adult is su{)ervising. 4
* Travel only 1 familiar
neighborhoods.
* Walk on sidewalks, not in
the streets. In areas with no
sidewalks, walk on the left side,
facing traffic, as far off the
road as possible.
* \Vai’k ~don’t run - from
house to house.
LOOK
* At intersections. stop and
look left, then right, then left
again before crossing — even if
vou have a green light or
walk ™ sign.
* Never cross from between
parked cars.
* Follow a designated
travel route and return time.
Don't trick-or-treat after dark.
* Never enter strange
homes or apartments.
President’s Daughter Visits
* Call home if there are any
problems. (Parents: give your
child some change fi)r a pay
phone).
~ *Do not eat treats until
you get home and a parent in
spects them.
* Children should wear
comfortable shoes. Avoid
shoes that make walking dif
ficult, such as clown shoes and
high heels.
* Avoid bulky or awkward
costumes that severely restrict
a child's movement
* Masks can obscure a
child's vision. Instead of
masks, try make-up. Be sure,
though, that the make-up is
non-toxic.
* Wigs and beards may also
obscure vision if improperly at
tached. Be sure these costume
pieces are securely fastened.
* To further visibility, have
children carry colorful, retro
reflective trick-or-treat bags, or
flashlights or light sticks.
* Do not allow children to
carry sharp objects. Knives,
swords and other costumes ac
cessories should be made of
harmless materials, such as
cardboard.
* 1f a child is under 12 years
old, attach his name, adc{ress,
and phone number to his
sleeve, in case he gets lost. Do
not, however, display this per
sonal information openly on
the child’s costume.
The Student Publication
Department at Chattooga
County High School will al%o
sponsor a Hotel of Horrors
from 7 p.m. to midnight Satur
day and from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Monday.
It will be held on Lyerly
Dam Road east of Lyerly. Ad
mission will be $2 l}:)r adults
and $1 for students under 12.
Menlo Honor Roll
Joseph Willingham, a se
cond grade student at Menlo
Schoo%.r was named to the top
all-A honor roll at the school
for the first six-week grading
period.
His name was inadvertant
ly omitted from an honor roll
list ?:iven to the newspaper and
published last week.
these Trion High School students. From
left are Brad Brown, Decator Dunagan,
Ms. Reagan, Greg Brewster, Karen
Tucker, Martha Hulian and Lisa Rosser.
(Staff Photo By Rich Jefferson).
SHOES
FLLASHLIGHTS
HORROR HOTEL
Wright Says He Proposes More Specifics .o
PRECIOUS
“Qur river and streams are
the most precious resources in
Chattooga County,”" he con
tinued. ‘[i)nw we kill our water
sup%ly and fioison it down deep
in the earth, it'll never come
back in our lifetime."”
Instead of placing the land
fill in the gerennial area,
Wright said it should be kept
at its current location. A tract
adjoining the Penn Bridge
landfill has already been ap
proved by the state, he said,
and it should be used while the
county seeks to develop a
recycling program with other
local governments in the area.
“1 realize people in that area
don't want it there any more
and it'll probably cost me some
votes,"’ &'right acknowledged.
OUTSIDE AID
The county should ask its
state and congressional
representatives to determine
what funds are available to the
county through the federal
Clean Water Act for pollution
control. “‘Our water resources
are the most precious resource
in the county,” he continued.
“If we pollute our underground
water reservoir, then we're a
dead county."
He wou{d work to extend
the county water system
throughout the area, incYuding
the Gore community, Wright
said. ““The county should have
the equipment and when we
get some money in the coffers,
we should advance water along
Parker Pushes Cooperation, Communication
indigent care at the hospital,
Parker said.
He said earlier that as coun
ty commissioner he would
work with the Hospital
Authority in trying to get more
doctors for the county. ‘lt may
be necessary for the county to
Erovide assistance for awhile
efore the long-term goal could
be reached,” %e said.
Care for the indigent would
have to be workeg out with
Chattooga's Department of
Family and Chil£‘en Services,
he said.
The keys to solving the
hospital’s financial crisis are
the same for the other crisis the
county faces, and those are
cooperation and communica
tion, Parker said.
LANDFILL
* The landfill site in Perennial
Sprin%s is expected to be a};l)-
proved by the state, and if the
county has spent too much
money on it by Jan. 1, so much
that the county cannot afford
to change the location again,
the landfill would stay in
Perennial Springs, he said.
“Given t%e c%oice. I would
put it someplace else, in a more
sparsely populated area, where
it would have the least possible
affect on the environment. But
if too much has been spent,
there would be no other choice”
but to leave the landfill in
Perennial Springs, he said.
Parker would work with
local industries to help cover
the cost of a landfill, lge said.
Parker said the county com
missioner should cooperate
with Summerville and the
other four municipalities in the
county in operating the landfill.
UPDATING
A modern method of book
keeping using computers will
have to be brought into coun
ty offices, Parker said. The two
offices that would be com
puterized first would be the
commissioner's office and the
Summerville Middle
School’s Honor Roll
Students who made the
honor roll at Summerville Mid
dle School for the first six
weeks irading period are:
Sixth grade, A honor roll:
Samantha Elrod, Jennifer
Hammitt and Angela Romine.
Sixth grade A/B honor roll:
Diane Bradley, Melissa Brock,
Jennifer Broyles, Tobi Burse,
Anne Dawson, Melanie
Dawson, David Evans, Aaron
Flood, Kelly Floyd, Ann Glass,
April Goodridge, lan Hawkins,
Ben Housch, Jeffrey Jarrett,
Paige Johnson, Jolyn Lowry,
g'lissy I\,l\/’[lason. R}i3cky Ng)(ge,
tac organ, Beja shy,
Way};le %{oan. ’ %rand%r
Shepherd, Carl Whaley and
Julie Whisenant.
Seventh grade A honor roll:
Trina Durham, Jennifer Far
rar, Tanisha Hall, Barry Pep
gers. Faith Romine and
tewart Watson.
Seventh grade A/B honor
roll: Monalisa Adams, Joe
Allen, Tarius Anderson, Scott
Ayers, Shane Bandy, Jerri
Barnes, Adam Beck, Rock
Blalock, Eric Bray, MarK
Brewster, Jason Brown, Adam
Burdick, Amanda Caldwell,
Scott Chapman, Heather
Chisolm, Daniel Clark, Thomas
Covington, Jerri Elders, Joy
Evans, Ashley Farrow, Karen
Fowler, Keitha Fowler, Myria
Freeman, Angie Grisham,
Jeromie Hartline, Jenny Live
ly, Kenyon London, Shane
McCary, Laquennth McSears,
the main arteries of the coun
ty, maybe a mile or two miles,
or five miles at a time."" If the
county did the work with its
own money and engineering, it
could be done quicker and more
cheapl{ than havin§ to go
throug the red tape of state or
feder Erants. he mused. He
would have ‘‘no problem"
working with Wa?ker and
Floyd Counties to extend
water service into Chattooga,
Wright added. He noted that
Summerville, Trion and
LaFayette worked together to
supply gas to those com
munities in the mid-19505.
KEEP HOSPITAL
The Regublican candidate
said he is determined to keep
Chattooga Hospital open.
“One of the first things an in
dustry looks at is the quality of
medical care,” he said. '{‘he
commissioner should be active
in efforts to recruit new physi
cians to the community, he
continued. /
Referring to the current
backlog of gebts owed by the
hospital, Wright said he would
initially pay 10 percent interest
on all outstanding hospital ac
counts to give him more time
to work out a comprehensive
financial plan to rescue the
facility. F think we can work
it out without raising taxes,”
he said.
RECREATION
It would be ‘‘a good idea”
for Summerville and the coun-
tax commissioner's office. Such
modernizing should begin im
mediately, although cost will
be a concern on this front too,
he said. :
REPLACING
Parker said he has not look
ed at any county equipment
very closely. He sai((il he does
not know the condition of
much of the county's equip
ment, but it will need to be
assessed.
He said some new e%l:ip
ment maxl have to be purchas
ed, as the county's budget
allows. At least one scraper for
county trucks to use in case of
snow storms would be a top
priority, he said.
As far as maintenance goes,
the interior of the courthouse
needs to be kept up as well as
the exterior. ‘“The exterior is in
good shape,’” he said.
WATER
Another problem that will
?robably be more acute in the
uture is a shortage of water.
“From one end of tfie county to
the other there are dry wells.
There is a water problem here
and we'll try to address it,”
Parker said.
One idea is to install water
lines throughout the county.
Water lines and sewerage
would make Chattooga Coun
ty more attractive to in
dustries, Parker said. Funds
for such a project could be
sou%ht at the state and local
level, he said.
EVALUATION
A massive county-wide tax
evaluation will have to be
finished in two to three years,
Parker said, or the county
could risk losing state funds for
roads. After 1991 state funds
for roads will be cut off from
counties that have not updated
their tax digests, he said.
“Evaluation needs to start
as soon as possible,” he said. A
local assessor could do the
Denise Meyers, Shellie Miller,
Kristie Morgan, Janice
Mosley, Jori Mosley, Chuck
Norton, Stacey Reynolds, Jon
Skelton, Julie Stoner, Sammy
Sutton, Michelle Sweatman,
Chris Thompson, Ronna
Thompson, Jimmy Dale
Watts, Cindy Whaley, Ginger
Wofford and Jennifer
Youngblood.
Eighth grade A honor roll:
Nakia Brown, Christina Bruce,
Mary John Cox, Kyle Duke,
Steven Gilbert, Heather Herr
ing, Mary Beth Lee, Heather
Mosley, Lisa Ponder, Kim
Price, Allison Pullen, (fhristy
Rogers and Gabe Tallent.
Eighth grade A/B honor
roll: Monica Adams, Todd
Bearden, Latosha Blair, Don
nie Butler, Gene Callan, Chris
Collier, Vickie Crabtree,
Precious Echols, Jeremy
Edgeworth, Kenneth Jennings,
Lela Lemming, Darlia Mason,
Nathan Nations, John Oxford,
Sharon Padgett, Robby
Ramey, Melissa Reynolds,
Rena Reynolds, Brend‘; Stan
cil, Chrisg;an Stoner, Samantha
Sweatman and Billy
Williamson.
Homework Hotline
857-3447
ty to form a joint city-county
recreation department, Wright
said. Years ago, the count
reportedly wanted to join witK
the city, he continued, but
Summerville rejected the idea.
“I think we should help out the
city and the county should pay
its way."
The candidate said he
would also continue, as com
missioner, to assist communi
t}y]' recreation departments
throughout the county. A
child on a tennis court or on a
ball field is not as likely to get
in trouble,” he said.
The county commissioner
should help improve volunteer
departments throughout the
county, he said. Wright is on
the board of directors of the
Teloga Volunteer Fire Depart
ment as well as a volunteer
fireman. The county should
also pay the retirement con-
Lribu{’ion of some sls per
month for volunteer firemen
under 35, he said. “It's a very
dangerous job."
NONE TO CITY
He doesn't favor the coun
ty Faying the City of Summer
ville any money to provide fire
protection to areas just outside
the city limits, Wright said. In
stead, efforts should be made
to improve the volunteer
departments. He hastened to
say that the volunteer depart
ments should continue to work
closely with, and back up Sum
merville's department. g‘he ci
ty should abofish its current fee
evaluation or a contractor
could be brought in, but Parker
said he favors having it done
cheaply by someone from the
area, which means hiring a
local assessor.
“That would be worked out
after a discussion with the tax
assessors. I would not try to
make that decision myself."
SALES TAX
Another way to raise funds
for extending water lines
throughout the county is with
a referendum for a continua
tion of the sales tax. ‘“Most
geople think the sales tax is the
airest one you can enact,” he
said. “'lf there is support for a
referendum on the sales tax,
we'll do that.”
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Two Trion residents have been elected of
ficers in the Retail Marketing Class Delta
Epsilon Chi, organization at Walker Tech.
Johnnie Bradley and Jo Cook, Trion, were
elected vice president and secretary
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tionship with the volunteer
units can be established,
Wrifiht said.
e is convinced that coun
ty tax assessments are ine
quitable, the GOP hopeful said,
in other parts of Georgia as
well as in Chatt.o%a County.
As commissioner, Wright said
he would push an evaluation
program to correct current in
equities and would seek state
grants to help pay for the pro
cess. The cost has been
estimated as high as as
$500,000.
BYPASS
Before a bypass is built,
U. S. 27 should at least be four
laned all the way from Taylors
Ridge into downtown Summer
ville, Wright asserted. A five
lane proposal was once on the
drawing board of the Georgia
[)egartment of Transportation
(DOT) but some residents
along Rome Boulevard didn’t
like the idea of losing some of
their property, he said.
“They're no better than those
north of Summerville who had
to give up part of their proper
ty."”
As commissioner, Wright
said he would work with the
DOT to speed up the U. S. 27
widening process in Floyd and
Chattooga counties.
Noting that budget laws
haven't been strictly followed
in the county in past years, the
candidate said he would follow
the budget process to the let-
If such a referendum were
approved, other county funds
could be used in areas such as
recreation, fire protection, and
to assist the hospital.
Without a referendum,
there will not be as much
money for the county to work
with, he said.
Parker said leadership from
the county commissioner is
more from example than from
orderin%] people to do one thing
or another. **All departments
should work in harmony with
the commissioner. The county
commissioner cannot tell other
departments how to run.”
DEMO TICKET
When asked about the na
tional Democratic ticket,
Marketing Class Officers
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Lots of Sizes Cgiors
ter, including the callin% of
public hearm[;s before a budget
1s adopted. If any confusion ex
ists between local state laws
and a general state budget law,
it should be corrected by the
state legislature.
OPEN MEETINGS
Wright said he would
observe the letter and spirit of
the state's open meetings and
open records laws. He would
call public meetings to discuss
future grogram and policy deci
sions, he said.
On other issues, Wright
said he would:
— Work closely with the
sheriff's office to provide it
with the needed resources to
fi{);ht drug trafficking and
abuse.
— Try to reduce property
taxes.
— Have a regular
maintenance schedule for the
county's roads and bridges and
all county equipment.
— Implement a road sign
ing program.
— Actively seek medium
sized industry for the county.
—- Renovate the
courthouse.
— Computerize county
records.
— Promote the concept of a
regional airport in the Vifianow
area.
— Work with the sheriff's
office to prosecute litterers.
— Negotiate, plan and com
promise to gain the best for
Chattooga County.
Parker was not enthusiastic. *'l
always tended to vote for the
man. The way things are now,
it would prevent me from see
ing eye to eye with Dukakis,
(including) things like abortion
and gun control.”” Michael
Duka%(is, the Democratic
nominee for president, has said
he believes in the “‘right” to
abortion, and that he wants
gun control laws implemented
that severely limit law-abiding
gun owners.
Parker said he would hold
public meetings at least as
often as guarterly. He said the
news media are the best way to
communicate with everyone in
the community. Communica
tion and cooperation with the
media is important, he said.
treasurer of the organization, respective
ly. Other officers include from left in
front, Cathy Sanders, Gregory Long,
Wendy Crysel; back row, administrator
Lisa Crisson, Ms. Bradley and Ms. Cook.
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