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The Summerville News
‘BB SAT Scores At CHS
Best Trion By 34 Points
College Prep Students Exceed Previous Classes
Administrators at Chattooga High School (CHS) have been
saying academics have been improving at the high school, and
this week they turned in the evidence.
Juniors and seniors in the college §>re aration program tak
infi the Scholastic Aititude Test ( A'F) during the 1987-88
school year scored higher than any other college prep students
at the county high school since tfi’e 1983-84 school year. That
year, CHS students scored a composite 914, 17 points above
the national composite SAT score of 897.
Scores from tfie 1987-88 school year show that although
Chattooga scored 897, seven points below the national com
posite score of 904, CHS stutf;nts made a higher score than
their counterparts at Trion. Trion High School college prep
students scored 863, or 34 points below CHS.
Such comparisons may ge misleading, however.
SCORES ‘
National and Georgia composite scores (see chart) include
all tests taken, in the countrv or the state. Although the col
Trail Of Tears 150th
Anniversary Saturday
By BUDDY ROBERTS
Staff Writer
Several Chattooga Coun
tians will have more than a
passing interest in a proiram
commemorating the 150th an
niversary of the Trail of Tears
at New Echota near Calhoun
this weekend. The site is where
the Cherokee Indian nation's
capital was once located.
The service will com
memorate the 800-mile journey
made by the Cherokee Indians
when they were forced to leave
Local Ultralight Pilots Say
Tiny Aircraft Give Freedom
By KAREN COOK
Contributing Writer
The desire to fly made man
dream the myth of Daedalus
and Icarus, and that same
desire makes Chattooga Coun
tians learn to use ultralights.
Daedalus made wax-and
feather wings for himself and
his son, but when they flew to
freedom from their island
prison, Icarus flew too close to
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A superior rating was earned by the Chattooga High
School Band this past Saturday at a competition in
Alexandria, Ala. Tge band also won the award for best
in its class. The flag corps and Misty Miller, the CHS
drum major, both received superior ratings. Trumpet
player Tracy Warren won outstanding soloist in Ker
class. The band started its festival season two weeks
their native territory and
relocate to government reser
vations in what is now
Oklahoma. Some 4,000 died on
the journey. The removal of the
Cherokees began in 1838.
Northwest Georgia and
Chattooga County had a large
Cherokee population at tfie
time of t?le removal, and
several Indian settlements
once existed in Chattooga, ac
cording to local authorities.
VILLAGES HERE
“There were three main
known Cherokee villages in the
county,” said Steve Hayes,
who teaches Indian history at
Chattooga High School. ‘“One
the sun; the wax holding the
feathers melted, the feathers
fell out and Icarus plummeted
into the Mediterranean Sea.
Icarus had been warned not
to fly too high, but on the other
hang, Icarus may have gotten
a lot of bad press since the
myth was first told. In spite of
the bad publicity ultralig%t fly
ing has received, many Chat
tooga Countians have chosen
ultralights to give them the
fleeting moments of freedom
sought by the men who spun
them the myth of Daedalus
and Icarus.
Thursday, October 27, 1988
lege prep scores of both local school systems compare favorably
to the national and statewide composite scores, the general com
posite scores listed in the middle two columns of tie chart are
more similar to the national and statewide composite scores
because they include all test scores.
The area of the chart showing college prep scores for both
systems shows the composite results of the college prep
students. No such “breai out” of college prep scores was
available on the national and state level.
Martha Durham, a guidance counselor at CHS, said she was
quite pleased with the school’s SAT scores of 1987-88, but said
several factors affect Chattooga County and Trion students
when taking the SAT.
“I tell my students the tests are written in ‘Yankee,” and
they need to remember that,”” Mrs. Durham said. That means,
Durham said, that the way test questions are phrased is foreign
see 'BB SAT SCORES, page 4-B
was at Broomtown, in the
western part of the county. It
was presided over by Cyhief
Broom, who had his head
quarters located near Alpine.
“Another was Island ’lg)wn,
whose chief was Cabin Smith,”
Hayes continued. “It was
located on the site where Sum
merville Elementary School is
now.
The third village, he added,
was called Kartah, and was
located on the Little Armuchee
Creek in the eastern part of the
county.
TWO TRIBES
As many as 30 Indian
see TRAIL OF TEARS, page 4-B
JARRETT'S FARM
According to local
ultralight flight instructor,
Darrelf Skinner, about 15 local
residents own and fly
ultralights. A runway and
hanger are now located at Jar
rett’s Farm in Chattooga Coun
ty to accommodate the grow
ing number of hobbyist. Flight
lessons are availa[‘;le at the
location as well.
The ultralight aircraft,
despite some ba(% publicity, are
gaining popularity. ‘“The news
magazine television show 20/20
did a story on ultralights that
Chattooga Band Excels In Every Area
ago with a performance that was rated superior at the
Fort Mountain Marching Festival in Chatsworth. CHS
was named the best band at Fort Mountain, and nam
ed for having the best flag corps there. Su};l)erior ratings
were also received by the drum major, the percussion
section, and the flag corp. This Saturday, the band will
compete in Cartersville in the Northwest Georgia Mar-
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in my opinion was very one sid
ed against ultralights,”” Skin
ner said.
IN THE BEGINNING
“I think that ultralights
have come a long way now with
safety standards. At first when
ultralights were introduced on
the market, everyone was try
ing to make a buck. There were
about 100 ultralight manufac
turers and quality was not the
main issue at that time.
“Today, the manufacturers
that are with us are turning out
a quality product with an em
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** Seniors Only COLLEGE | COLLEGE
*** Juniors and Seniors [ NATIONAL| GEORGIA CHS TRION PREP PREP
1984-85
VERBAL 431 399 373%%* - NIA 412 N/A
MATH 475 438 427%%% N/A 477 N/A
COMPOSITE 906 837 800 *** 805.9 889 806
1985-86
VERBAL 431 402 324%** 389*%* 505* 435 439
MATH 475 440 354%%* 396** 455* 455 455
COMPOSITE 906 842 678*** 785%*% 950* 890 894
1986-87
VERBAL 430 400 360%** 472%% 464* 408 493
MATH 476 440 403*** 487** 459* 456 522
COMPOSITE 906 840 T63%** 959** 923* 864 1,015
1987-88
VERBAL 428 404 384 *** 430** 381%* 426 430
MATH 476 444 433%** 433** 425* 470 433
COMPOSITE 904 848 817%%* 863** 806* 897 863
phasis on safety,” Skinner
said.
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ultralights were first introduc
ed pilots were testing and con
sequently discovering the
¥)lanes’ limitations. Some
atalities did occur.”
NO LICENSE
A pilots license is not re
quiredp to fly an ultralight.
Skinner is however licensed to
teach ultralight pilots by the
United States Ultralight
Association (USUA), a
see ULTRALIGHT, page 6-B
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ching Festival. The band will perform at 7 p.m. at the
Cass High School Stadium. Pictured in the left photo
from left are Don Hayes, superintendent of Chattooga
County schools; Jeremy Worsham, percussion lieute
nant; Felisha Moore, flag captain; Misty Miller, drum
major; Tracy Warren, band captain; Craig Pender, brass
lieutenant; Desiree Marshall, woodwind%ieutenant and
Features/News ‘ I
Amendment 1 Deserves
‘No’ Vote, Says CEA
Some Chattooga County
educators agree with the of
ficial position of the Georgia
Association of Educators
(GAE) against Amendment 1.
‘‘Amendment 1, scheduled
to a%pear on the Nov. 8 ballot,
could lead to a serious loss of
public involvement in educa
tion,” a state spokesman for
the GAE said. ‘“‘Educators
believe firmly in the important
role the pubfic plays in public
education. If Amendment 1
passes next month, then the
public will be removed.”
CEA
Wylene Selman, vice presi
dent of the Chattooga County
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Education Association (CEA),
said somesstate-level education
officials ‘‘need to be accoun
table to the taxpayers.”
The amendment calls for ““a
Commissioner of Education in
place of the office of State
School Superintendent” and
authorizes “‘the State Board of
Education to appoint said
Commissioner.”
NAME CHANGE
According to the GAE, the
name change isn't the problem.
The problem stems fx;om the
fact that State School Board
members are already ap
pointed. If appointed board
members appoint the commis
FRED LAWSON SHOWS OFF HIS ULTRALIGHT
assistant drum major; Kristy Johnson, band librarian;
and Jack Catrett, firinmpal at Chattooga High School.
Pictured in the right photo from left are Micfielle Hud
son, Whitney Summerlin, Allison Marcelli, Paiie
McCrickard, Mickey Floyd, Mark Lindsey, Jason Beck,
Butch Clark and Felisha Moore. (Staff Photos).
sioner, then a key democratic
part of public education in
Georgia will be removed, the
teacher’s group said. @~
Mrs. Selman said the GAE
and the CEA want the state
board or the commissioner
elected. Both offices should not
be appointed because that
leaves the people out and the
governor with too much power,
she said. The issue is ‘‘accoun
tability."”
ACCOUNTABILITY
According to the Carl Vin
son Institute of Government at
the University of Georgia, “op
ponents (of Amendment 1) fear
see AMENDMENT, page 6-B