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. .. . The Summerville News, Thursday, March 7, 1991
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VOTER TURNOUT ALMOST EQUALED THAT OF FEB. 12
Approximately Half Of Voters Show Up At Polls
Swearing-In Ceremony
Today For Ralph Kellett
Tight Race Turns Into Runaway For Novice
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nel,”” Ralph said.
Reports had circulated last
week and early this week that
he planned to dismiss several
employees of the sheriff’s office
because of their connections
with Larry Kellett.
“The present employees
will beused right on . . . I have
heard a lot of remarks that I've
(supposed to have) made about
dismissing people,”” Ralph said.
*“That’s not true.”
Ralph said he would assess
every employee during the
coming days and weeks before
deciding on what or whether
changes should be made.
NO DECISION
He had not decided as of
Tuesday night who-his chief
assistant would be in the
sheriff's office. ;
Sheriff Turner has agreed
to remain with the department
for a week to 10 days to assist
him in becoming familiar with
the operation, Ralph said.
He was asked specifically
whether he would retain Dep.
Jerry Davenport, who was an
unsuccessfu{) candidate for
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sheriff. Davenport was a lieute
nant in the patrol division
before resigning. Sheriff
Turner rehired him as a patrol
deputy.
“I'don’t have any comment
on that right now,” Ralph said.
Davenport also told him that
he planned to run for sheriff in
1992, Ralph said. *‘Right now
he's considered an...
em%oyee." :
arry Kellett, meanwhile,
said he had no immediate plans
to announce following the elec
tion. He had been with the
sheriff's office for almost five
years, most recently as a
sergeant investigator assigned
to the Lookout Mountain
Judicial Circuit Drug Task
Force.
OPPORTUNITY
I appreciate the opportuni
&y to meet a lot of fine people
uring the campaign,” Larry
said. *"While I didn't win, it
was a good experience for me.
I also want to congratulate
Ralph on his fine winning cam
fiaign. He is a good and
onorable person.”
Larry said he would be a
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witness in several criminal
cases during this current term
of court and probably in future
terms because of the cases he
had investigated personally for
the sheriff’s office. _
He also expressed apprecia
tion to former Sheriff I\/chon
nell for giving him the oppor
tunity to serve the public as a
law enforcement of?icer.
He said he hoped to remain
in law enforcement.
COMPLAINTS
Meanwhile, Payne said he
had received reports of voters
complaining about bein% con
tacted by supporters of can
didates close to the polls,
especially in Summerville, on
Tuesday.
State law now provides that
votes mafy not be solicited
within 50 feet of the outer edge
of a polling place. The previous
;ninimum distance was 250
eet.
Auxiliary
Gets Goat
“‘Greenie’’ the goat will be
circulated around Chattooga
County on March 14 and 15, as
gart of a fund-raiser sponsored
Oy the Chattog]ga Hospital and
ak View Nursing Home
Auxiliary.
For a $lO donation to the
auxiliary, the goat will be
delivered to the person of the
donator's choice. The goat will
be available on a first ordered,
first-served basis.
For more information, call
Mary Ruth Blackwell, at
734-3068, Mildred Dalrymple,
at 857-5689, Marguarite Hef
fron, at 734-7508 after 4 p.m.,
Olla Mae Broome, at 734-2057,
Peggy Helms, at 734-2097, or
Betty Wilhelm, at 734-2966 or
857-4761.
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Campaign Expenditures Nearly Same
Both candidates in Tues
day's run-off election for sheriff
s?ent almost the same amount
of money each on the race, ac
cording to campa'gn financial
disclosure reports filed late last
week with Jon Payne, election
superintendent.
The reHorts showed that
Ralgh Kellett raised $4,108
cash for the race, plus $212.67
in in-kind assistance. Larry
Kellett raised $4,500 cash.
Trion Sewer Line Problems
By LAURIE PERRY
Staff Writer
Numerous deficiencies in
the Trion waste water treat
ment plant’'s (WWTP)
sewerage collection system
were reported by an Atlanta
engineering firm to the Trion
Council. Hazardous material
safety at the plant was also ad
dressed through a recommen
dation made by Terry Sentell,
superintendent of the plant.
In other matters, the coun
cil last Thursday:
* Approved a contribution
to the natural gas odorization
plant to service Trion, Sum
merville and LaFayette.
* Voted to allow Sid Witt,
recreation department
superintendent, to purchase
S6OO worth of paint for the in
terior of the recreation center.
* Chose Johnny Shrop
shire’s high bid of SB2O as the
selling price for a used Trion
patrol car. Eight county
residents made bids on the us
ed vehicle. i
* Opened bids from three
local banks concerning a loan
for WWTP improvements,
though no action was taken.
* Voted to limit the number
of burial urns per grave plot to
four.
* Increased the amount of
flood insurance on the com
munity center to SIOO,OOO,
representing an increase of
$34,000. The insurance will be
purchased from the National
Flood Insurance Corp.
FIRE PACT
* Approved a fire protec
tion contract with %avid
Parker, son of Commissioner
Jim Parker, replacing the
previous contract with ADT of
Chattanooga. The contract will
allow the town to purchase
their own eqluipment rather
than leasing. It will require a
S4OO buy-out fee be paid to
ADT. A monthly fee of sls per
building, totaling S3O, ang a
monthly service charge of S3O
to S6O per month was re
quested. The total cost is ap
proximately S9OO i)er year.
* Moved to replace a worn
tennis court fence at the recrea
tion center grounds.
* Proclaimed Feb. 28 as
“Robert P. Grey Day"’ in honor
of the consultant to the town
in the field of natural gas. Grey
recently died. ‘
* Announced that state
ants to cities in Georgia had
%Teen eliminated and this in
cluded a $10,751.82 cut in
Trion's budget.
* Approved Rome accoun
tant Joseph R. Wade Jr. as the
town's auditor for fiscal year
1990-91.
* Tabled selecting a con
tractor to replace the wooden
bleachers at the J. W. Green
wood Ballfield with concrete
bleachers. Two bids were of
fered by Uriah Construction
and Frank Wilbanks. The bids
included different options
because specific written bid
sgecifications were not given
the contractors. Uriah's bid
proposal was $2,500 for the
project and Wilbank's proposal
was $2,949.50.
RALPH
The report showed that
Ralph Kellett had raised
$2,2%2 in cash and $103.75 in
in-kind assistance prior to the
latest reporting ai)eriod. He
reported additional donations
of $228 from Hollis Electric Co.
and donations of $1,598 in
amounts less than slOl apiece.
He also re(ixrted $75 in in-kind
aid for radio spots and $33.92
for tee-shirts.
* Reported no information
on the I\?inth Street relocation
and ex}gansion of Mount
Vernon-Riegel Mill had been
received from city attorney
Carlton Vines, who is advising
the council on the project. The
need for relocation of the street
was announced at October’s
meeting.
* Ta%)led a speed zone or
dinance for a speed detection
device permit after Councilman
Larry Stansell and others com
mented, ‘‘this is stupid,” when
viewing the proposed changes.
* Announced the Georgia
Municipal Association annual
convention will be held June
22-25.
SMOKE TESTS
The results of smoke detec
tion test that indicates
damages to sewer pipes and
the causes of infiltration at the
WWTP was presented to the
council. David Van Landing,
associate vice president with
Keck and Wood Inc., an Atlan
ta engineering firm, told the
council that there are
“numerous deficiencies’ in the
sewer system and that it was
‘‘obvious from the data
gathered that excessive
amounts of infiltration and in
flow are occurring.” Seventeen
deficiencies were identified and
charted on a map presented to
the council. One particular
manhole could not be located.
The engineers recommend
ed a long-term ‘‘preventative
maintenance program.” One
urgent recommendation the
firm made was to ask Mount
Vernon Mills to conduct a
“water use audit” to see if
significant volumes of water
are being wasted and if
discharges to the sewer system
could be reduced.
HAZARD
Other findings included a
“hazardous defect”’ found in a
sewer at a 6 First Street
residence where smoke exited
from beneath the house. The
house was well-ventilated and
no one was harmed.
It was once again brought
to the council’s attention in the
written report that ‘‘the treat
{ne,r'lt plant is near or at capaci
y.
The study was limited to a
small portion of the sewer col
lection system. It assumed
that that portion was represen
tative of the probable condition
of the entire system.
*lf infiltration and inflow is
occurring into the sewers on
the south side of the Chattooga
River, we can assume that
similar conditions must exist
on .the north side. With the
combined flow, excessive in
filtration and inflow is occurr
ing which can only lead to ex
ceeding the capacity of the
plant,” the report stated.
Infiltration is the leakage of
uncontaminated groundwater
into the sewerage collection
system. Inflow 1s the direct
discharge of storm water into
the sewage collection system
through building downspouts,
catch basins, flooded
manholes, and connections
with storm water channels. In
flow occurs only during and im
mediately following storms.
Total revenue for the cam
paign as of last Thursday was
$4,108 Ylus the $212.67 in in
kind he| g
Ralp Kellett spent
$2,059.61 prior to the latest
reporting ai)eriod and $1,825.07
in the final reporting period for
a total of $3,884.68. ’Ffie latest
exgenses included $349 to
WGTA Radio, $430.30 to
Herb's Quick Copy, $635 to
The Summervm; News,
IMPROPER
The testing also revealed
“improper service connections,
broken gipes, improper plumb
ing, and manufacturing drain
traps. Such defects should be
corrected since they can allow
obnoxious and potentially
hazardous sewer gases to enter
buildings." Suc%n corrective
work will normally be the
responsibility of the property
owner, the report stated.
The engineers also noted
that water meters are not
available to make positive
measurements on the exact
volume of water involved in the
system. ; i
Pumps at the pump station
also differ in czg)acities though
the engineer did not recom
mend replacement or
up%rading. “At this time, the
performance and maintenance
are adequate,” they said.
In the smoke testing, dense
white smoke was forced into
the collection ‘system at
manholes, and observations
were made at points where
smoke escaped from the sewers
through system defects. This
type sewer test is the least ex
pensive, Van Landing told the
council.
AIR PACKS
The Georgia Right To
Know Act, designed to make
citizens aware of the safet
precautions involved in hand{i
ing hazardous materials and
the type materials in their com
munity, has resulted in the
Trion Council purchasing a
repair kit and air pack protec
tion device. These items which
include an oxygen tank and
mask will be used in the event
cholorine and sulfuric acid
stored at the plant leak. Cost
of the repair kit is S9OO and the
airpack is $1,300. Both are re
quired by law. Superintendent
Sentell said that in the past,
the plant has relied upon the
chlorine manufacturer to pro
vide this service. He said it of
fered a telephone number that
could be cas)led in the event of
an emergency. That service is
no longer available he said.
A 810,000 repair at the
WWTP was also approved.
The corosive atmosphere had
caused the basins or troughs
bottoms to rust. This was
discovered during the recent
replacement of aerators at the
plant. “These need to be replac
ed for safety reasons and in
order to have things done
right,” Sentell reported to the
council.
A local contractor, who was
not named, had been contacted
to bid on the project or give the
council an estimate on the cost
of the repair.
A Trion resident at the
meeting asked whether formal
bids would be recLuested on the
project since the cost was
estimated to be as high as
SIOOO =0 e
““We probably will”’ replied
Mayor Vgilliams}.] p
The council voted to con
tribute to the development of
a natural gas odorization plant
to service Trion, Summerville
and LaFayette. ; J
Because natural gas is
odorless, the Fgederal
Regulatory Commission re
quires the odorization of the
gas for safe?' reasons. The old
system used is “antiquated,”
said Van Landing. 8 recom
mend you upgrade and use a
more sophisticated system.
The cost to Trion will be
proportionate to the amount of
gas used by the town. Trion
will contribute 30 percent to
the $50,000 cost of the station,
up to $15,000.
The ‘‘high volume of
natural gas use going into
Riegel Mill"” actually indicates
that Trion uses more than 35
percent. ‘‘This is a com
promise,” Van Landing said,
“to get the project under way."
PAINT
The council voted to give
S6OO to Recreation Superinten
dent Sid Witt to paint the in
terior of the recreation center.
*Six-hundred dollars is a lot of
paint,” Councilman Dwight
Arden said in the discussion.
Mayor Williams said Witt
did not sPecify for what the
paint would be used. The coun
cil was not certain if the
building had been painted im
mediate%y after the severe flood
of February, 1990. Recorder
June Grose said walls in the
hallways get dirty easily from
handprints from the heavy
traffic of participants in the
program.
The council” also opened
bids from the three local ganks
for a loan for improvements at
$114.48 to S&S Screen Prin
ting for caps, and total expen
ditures of $296.29 that
amounted to less than slOl
each.
LARRY
Meanwhile, Larry Kellett
said he raised $2,300 prior to
the latest reporting ffaenod. and
$2,200 during the final period
for a total of $4,500. The latest
contributions included $1,500
the WWTP. No action was
taken. The council was eligible
to take out aloan up to 75 per
cent of the 1990 tax digest. The
town can borrow $217,388.
Farmers and Merchants
Bank bid indicated a 6.75 per
cent interest rate. First Na
tional Bank offered a 7.391 per
cent interest rate and In
terfederal Savings Bank of
fered the loan at a 11 percent
interest rate.
“I recommend we don't do
anything,”’ said Councilman
Stansell. *‘lt is an insult. It is
like we are a high-risk loan, and
we aren't,”” he said referring to
Interfed’s rate.
URNS
After a lengthy discussion,
the council voted to limit the
number of burial urns allowed
in one grave to four. **‘More and
more people are going to be
cremated,”’ said recorder June
Grose. ‘‘However, the remains
of many people who are
crematec{ are not buried,” she
added.
The gravesites average
sxlo feet in size. **'We will pro
bably squeeze those down,’
said}ll\/layor Williams. He add
ed that the graves are current
ly du% by individuals using a
shovel.
“I have reservations,’ said
Councilman Stansell, in not
limiting the number of urns per
grave.%ouncilman Arden com-
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from himself and his wife, plus
donations of S7OO in amounts
of slOl or less each.
Larry Kellett said he spent
$2,113.62 prior to the period
and $2,053.41 in the final
Eeriod for a total of $4,167.63.
arry Kellett listed his latest
expenses as $821.32 to The
Summerville News, $568.25 to
WGTA Radio, and $663.84 in
expenses of less than slOl
each.
mented that “all it takes is a
post hole digger” and you
could get 100 r 12 in the space.
“1 have no strong objection
to four,” said Stansell. “But
four is the line.”
In concluding comments,
Mrs. Grose said she had met
with Steve Duncan, the new
Chattooga County Emergency
Management Agency Director.
He told her that in the event of
a possible flood, such as with
the recent weather conditions,
he felt he was ‘“‘on top of the
situation”” and that Mayor
Williams would be contacted
immediately.
She also said she had been
contacted about the possibili
ty of the council purcll))asing a
display case for town hall to
display Trion historical ar
tifacts and memorablia. Mayor
Williams said that there had
been interest expressed in pur
chasing or building a trophy
case and possibly putting it in
the new library.
Councilman Arden reported
that the shoulders of roads in
the town are ‘‘bad.” Mayor
Williams responded by saying
he had askefipthe county to fix
this situation ‘‘more than
once’’ and that he will “ask
again.”” Arden added that the
striping along Central Ave.
(Hwy. 27) should have a double
line or ‘‘no passing’’ marking.