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PART OF BITTINGS AVENUE FLOODED TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Storm Dumped Hail, Rain On County, But No Tornado
Storm
Slams
County
Rain, Hail Hit
Chattooga But
Tornado Misses
Spring storms lashed Chat
tooga County with hail, rain
and lightning Tuesday after
noon and a possible tornado
was retported over the southern
part of the county by the U. S.
Weather Service in Atlanta.
No injuries or significant
damage was reported in the
county although floodwaters
covered several streets and
roads briefly and downed trees
blocked some roadways in
various parts of the county.
TWO STORMS
Two massive storms moved
through the county Tuesday,
the weather service said. Most
of the fury of the first was con
cent;ratedy in the northwestern
part of Chattooga. The second
cell of storms crashed through
the southern part of the coun
ty, leavinfi the center basical
ly unscathed except for heavy
rain and a bit of hail.
Hail measuring about one
to one and one-half inches in
diameter fell in the Cloudland-
Teloga area as the first storm
ri{pped through the county.
Hail a bit larger than peas fell
on much of Summervifie a few
minutes later. :
Mrs. Harold Pickle, Dry
Valley, said 1.2 inches of rain
was recorded Tuesday, in
cluding about three-fourths of
an incfi that fell in a 30-minute
period during the main part of
the storm.
TORNADO?
Max Blood of the U.S.
Weather Service in Atlanta
told The News that there was
no radar indication of a tornado
in the first storm that hit the
northern part of the county.
see STORM, page 10-A
Leadership Key To Local Progress?
Roman Tells About Developments In Downtown
Progress in Floyd County
and downtown Rome during
the past several years didn't
occur in a vacuum, accordin
to the director of generafi
business development for the
Rome Area Chamber of
Commerce.
~ Jan Hackett, who served as
director of the Downtown
Development Authority of
Rome during the massive
renovation of that area, made
her comments Monday in an
address to the Summerville-
Trion Rotary Club.
DIFFERENCES
She joked at the beginning
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Beth Kellett, a student at Pennville
Elementary School, was a participant in
the softball throw in the Chattooga Coun
ty Special Olympics last week. §tudents
of her address that the dif
ference between ‘‘participa
tion"’ and ‘‘commitment’’ could
be compared to a breakfast of
ham and eggs. The hen ‘‘par
tici%ated“ in the breakfast but
the hog was ‘‘committed,” she
said.
During the 19705, Rome
and Floycf County were ‘‘about
as committed as the chicken
but not as committed as the
%ig," Mrs. Hackett said. When
rend Mills carpets closed its
doors a decade ago, 2,000 peo
ple lost their jobs, she noted.
The census bureau also show
ed that the community's
population was on the decline.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989
Special Olympics Observed
T'he downtown area was dying.
IRRITATED
The Rome Chamber spon
sored a retreat for community
leaders in the 1970 s and
generally ‘“‘irritated’’ local
leadership to get things mov
ing a%flin in Floyd County, she
said. As a result, a 10-year road
rebuilding plan was adopted,
plans were made to rebuild the
community’s infrastructure
(roads, bridges, utilities), a
tourism office was opened
financed by a hotel-motel tax,
and several city-county func
tions were combined for
efficiency.
Educators Rip Editor
--See Page 5-A
© Copyright 1989 By Espy Publishing Co., Inc. — All Rights Reserved
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CAR “ROOSTER-TAILS” WATER ON HIGHLAND
Water Ran Across Several Summerville Streets
trom each of the county schools took part
in the annual event. See additional photos
on Page 16-A. Staff Photo By Gene Espy).
Since that time, progress
has been “dramatic,” Mrs.
Hackett told the Rotarians.
The jobs lost at Trend were
replaced within three years and
millions of dollars were spent
on renovating the downtown
area to make 1t more attractive
to shoppers, much of it coming
from local property owners, she
added.
Floyd County's current
population is 83,600 and it's
expected to reach almost
90,000 by 1990, she said. The
increase between 1980 and
see LEADERSHIP, page 10-A
INCREASE
School Questions Remain
Staff Proposals Sought Early By Hayes?
By RICH JEFFERSON
Staff Writer
More questions surfaced
this week zfl)out events leading
up to last month’'s meeting of
the Chattooga County Board
of Education where recommen
dations were made for ad
ministrative personnel in the
county schoors. e
The Summerville News has
obtained a memo written by
ousted Chattooga High School
principal Jack Catrett that re
counted his version of the
events the week before the
March 13 board meeting. The
memo was written to members
of the school board. It was
dated March 14.
At that meeting, six of the
seven principals working in the
school system were recom
mended, but Catrett was not.
Catrett said that because he
did not have tenure here, he
has no legal recourse and can
dobnothing to protest losing his
job.
TENURE
The other six principals
have tenure. Those teachers or
administrators who have
tenure must be granted a hear
ing and there must be evidence
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Jerrilyn Hudgins, center right, is shown being crowned
Miss Chattooga County of 1989 by Rachel Cordle, the
1988 %ueen. Michelle Glass, left, is first runnerup in the
annual pageant and Amber Tallent, right, is second run
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WATER OVERFLOWS PENN STREET IN DICKEYVILLE
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that they should not be offered
another contract. Tenured per
sonnel cannot be summarily
dismissed. .
In the memo, Catrett said
Hayes told him during the
week of Feb. 27 — two weeks
before the board meeting —
that Hayes wanted a list of
recommended and non
recommended personnel for the
high school that could be
Fees Still In Picture?
Cavin Pushes Idea To City Council
The Summerville City
Council is expected to discuss
the possibility of imposing a
recreation fee system on non
city residents at its monthly
meeting next Monday night,
despite an earlier city-county
agreement on the issue.
The panel came close to con
sidering the fee issue at a call
ed meeting last Friday night.
Chattooga County gommis—
sioner Jim Parker said
Wednesday he was confident
that the agreement he reached
on recreation last month with
Mayor Sewell Cash would be
upheld by a majority of the
Miss Chattooga County Crowned
Tax Equalization
--See Page 3-A
presented at the March board
meeting.
DATES
Catrett complained that the
only recommendations Hayes
made at the March 13 board
meeting were for ad
ministrative personnel. In his
memo to the board Catrett said
this took him by surprise.
T wonder when MF; Hayes
council and Cash
PURPOSE
Purpose of that March 23
meeting between himself and
Cash was to arrive at an accord
that would prevent the
possibility of fees being charg
ed to county residents who live
outside the Summerville city
limits, Commissioner Parker
said.
If the city does impose a
recreation fee system, Parker
said Wednesday, the city
wouldn't receive the county
benefits in lieu of money that
he had discussed with the
nerup. The beauty review was sponsored by the Chat
tooga High Future Homemakers of America. See addi
tional photos on Page 8-A. (Staff Photo By Earl
MecConnell). ,
PRICE 25¢
decided to change the date of
teacher recommendations from
April to March and why he
changed back to April without
informing the school. He would
have been more able to make
decisions if we had been
privileged to have that infor
mation,”’ Catrett wrote.
When Hayes was asked this
week if he planned to use
see SCHOOL, page 10-A
mayor on March 23.
Councilman Phil Cavin in
sisted at last Friday's called
meeting that the council re
quire the Summerville Recrea
tion Board to adopt a fee
system, starting immediately.
Adoption of a fee system
shouldn't be construed as a
“slap” at Parker, Cavin said at
the time.
WITHDRAWAL
However, before the
meeting was over, Cavin
agreed to withdraw his motion,
which had been discussed at
see FEES, page 10-A