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Letters To The Editor
Larry Kellett Hits Slander Campaign
Dear Editor:
As everyone probably knows, I was defeated
in the recent race for Chattooga County sheriff.
Regardless of what I am about to share with
you, I am not a sore loser.
On election day, it was apparent that I was
about to be defeated, however, I accepted
defeat because I thought I was being defeated
in a c¢lean and honest race.
Since that time I have been informed by
many people that I and my family were
slandered throughout the race, especially the
weekend before the Tuesday run-off election.
I want toexpress my disappointment to the
people of Chattooga County who were
manipulated or influenced by that slander. It
appears that I was very naive in thinking hard
work, experience and dedication to the well
being of the county citizens were factors to be
considered for the position I was seeking.
Furthermore, before I was awakened to
U.S. Troops Praised
Dear Editor:
How wonderful it is to give thanks to God
to feel the surge of great love and appreciation
we have at the sound of ““God Bless Xmerica,"
“The Star Spangled Banner,”” and the sight of
yellow ribbons of patriotism, to see on TV, the
fi}anes landing, coming home, the soldiers and
arines, the Navy, and fighter pilots, those
men of the reserve units and certainly the
women who served beside the men now coming
down the ramps home with all their gear.
How wonderful the strenith of the Presi
dent of the United States, the strategy and
leadership of the Secretary of Defense, gz,,neral
Schwarzkopf and General Colin Powell with
their staffs of the world’'s best military men.
There were the sophisticated ‘‘Star Wars”
weapons that are so unbelievable. The planes
of the Air Force, Marines and Navy, the shié)s.
the big guns and the missiles that so solidly
brougfit the downfall of the ‘‘Desert Monster”
Saddam Hussein.
Those of us who remember the awful days
of World War 11, the atrocities of the Japanese
and the lifelong seeming time of the five years
to conquer Hitler and f apan had prayers and
hopes answered so much more quickly now.
- Of course, the beauty of the feeling and the
show of backing of the people at home was
seemingly unsurpassed ever, but you have to
remember we had to work so hard to regain
everything we lost because of the point of
return toward the victory carried so many years
ago was staggering.
In the Iraq’s ‘IOO Hour War” things were
much more ready when the attack moment
came. The Coalition Forces better trained and
a more or less minor enemy who
underestimated our potential and retaliation
capabilities so swift. We have to look back also
to the early 1970's when the Jimmy Carter ad
ministration began the possibilities and
Make Litterers Clean Up Roads
Dear Editor:
I hereby commend the Street Department
and the following men: Billy Knowfo)as, Chris
Witt and others %or their fiart in cleaning the
Wper. bottles, etc., out of the ditches alongside
ashington Avenue.
Here is my remedy for people caught throw
Rotarians Get ‘Reality
Therapy’ From Tomlin
Members of the
Summerville-Trion Rotary
Club got a quick lesson in
Psychqtl}erapy, including reali-
I\_'ut:rammg. at their meeting
this week. : _
Larry Tomlin, a counselor
at Hays Correctional Institu
tion and former Southern Bap
tist pastor in Miami, Fla., ad
gressed the club at noon Mon
ay at The Tavern, Trion. He
was introduced by O.G.
Morehead, Rotary program
chairman; | o e
Tomlin described himself as
a ‘“Christian counselor” and
noted that more than 600
schools of thought on counsel
ing exist in the warld, each one
a bit different than the others.
Tomlin said many theories
about rehabilitation also exist.
THEORIES
The psychiatric theories
range from the Freudian con
cept of a disinterested
therapist ?uestioning a client
about his family relationships
and habits, and the Carl
l}pgers’ idea of allowing a
client to express himself in a
virtual therapeutic vacuum.
“In my mind, both of these
are a little bit extreme,”
Tomlin said. His “eclectic ap
proach” draws from what he
considers the best of all
theories.
Prisons as they are known
today are a relatively new
phenomenon, Tomlin said, and
crime ‘‘used to be called sin.”
There are only four references
{,H the word, “‘crime”’ in the Bi
e, he said. “Crime was and
still is sin against man and
God,” Tomlin said.
The response of society and
individuals to crime or sin
should be redemptive and not
retributive, he continued. The
instincts of most people are
retributive, he said. But that
doesn’t mean criminals
shouldn’t be punished. Tomlin
declared himself a believer in
capital punishment because
so‘rine individuals can’t be
redeemed with current
methods. But ‘“punishment for
gunishment’s sake is not
iblical. We are taught to be
these facts, due to my concern still for the best
protection for the people, I swallowed my pride
and asked the new sheriff if I might return to
work for the sheriff's department in order to
assist him through my exg;erience but under his
direction. The new sheriff informed me that he
felt that it would be an injustice to the voters
who elected him sheriff to re-hire me and that
if the people of the county had wanted me, they
woqlmve elected me sheriff. @~
I do care about the problems facing the peo
ple of Chattooga County and I feel that the peo
ple who supported me and desired my helg in
the fight against crime in our county need to
know of my efforts to do so.
Not only to the people who supported me,
but to all citizens of Chattooga County, I wish
you the very best.
Bespectfully:
Larry E. Kellett
Summerville Rte. 5
capabilities of the radar advantage the night
fighting equipment, the missiles such as the
Patriot and the killer aircraft, the finest ar
mored vehicles and tanks, and the men who
were SO comgletely ready.
America has shown its compassion for the
{)e(:f)le we had to call enemies because of their
eaders and the complete darkness of ignorance
that is now causing such grief and hurt. That
will plague that nation for a hundred years.
Agan we have to go back to the calculations
and preparedness of Pres. Bush and America,
the (s)etermination to be right and do it right.
That alone accounted for tfie miracle of so few
casualties. His willingness to pass on the glory
for such an astounding victory we must ever
remember. i Al
There’s only one thing we would disagree
with the President on, when he praised our
forces as the most heroic and greatest achievers
of all times, we cannot help but remember the
invasion of Normandy, Anzio Beach in Italy,
the Battle of the Bulfe Hitting the beaches of
Saipan, Guadalcanal, Corregidor, the blood
spifi,ed on the black sands of Iwo Jima and that
great da{ aboard the Battleship Missouri. Fif
t{ years later now we still feel the hurt and shed
the tears but are still so proud of the sacrifices
that showed what only Americans can do. We
owe so much to our heroic veterans of World
War 11, of Korea and Vietnam. We shall ever
owe our debt of love and appreciation *‘God
Bless Them All.”
When the Stars and Stripes flutter by or the
shrill notes of the ‘‘Star Spangled Banner’’ are
hit there’s a renewed love of this great coun
try that surpasses any other feeling. It’s alwais
a great day to hold up our heads, give thanks
to God and as we smile, join in the chorus
USA-USA-USA.
T. Emmett Nunn
Trion
ing paper and other trash out ot car windows.
Make them clean up the roadside as punish
ment for their crime. Money fines will not deter
some people from strowing trash.
Sincerely,
Hugh Peter Gunn
Summerville
reder:litive," he said later in
his talk.
REHABILITATION
There are two main theories
on rehabilitation: behavior
modification and reality
therapy, he said.
Behavior modification
dates back to experiments by
the Russian scientist, Pavlov,
on dogs. They were tauiht to
salivate when faced with cer
tain stimulae, such as lights or
bells, he explained. Many
parents use og‘unishment and
r?ward.to modify the behavior
of their children, he noted.
Prison systems are also based
on behavior modification prin
ciples. If a person doesn’t con
form to behavior acceptable to
society as a whole, he is im
grisqned. When it appears that
e will live within those norms,
the prisoner is released from
prison, Tomlin added. If he still
refuses to live within those pat
terns, he is again imprisoned.
But prison isolation in itself
Hgs. little effect on an in
ividual’s behavior, he
asserted. ‘‘lsolation serves ab
solutelK no pu(ri[;ose except to
give these individuals more
time to learn how to commit
crime and criminal techni
ques,” he said.
NON-READERS
He noted that fewer than
three-fourths of the some 500
inmates now incarcerated at
Hays CI have a fifth grade
reading level. But before they
are paroled, they must
emonstrate that they can read
at that level, Tomlin continued.
Not all criminals come from
“bad’’ homes, he noted. The
use of rewards can also become
distorted in behavior modifica
tion, he said. For example, a co
caine addict may want the
short-term ‘‘reward’’ of
another fix of cocaine rather
than thinking about the long
term reward of individual liber
ty outside the prison system.
He has found that ‘‘reality
therapy”’ is the closest secular
theory to Biblical {.)rinciples,
the minister-counselor said.
The fact is that a person is
re?onsible for his own actions
and how he reacts in certain
csii,tl.;ations and to other in
ividuals, Tomlin said. While
an- individual can't control
others or situations, he is
responsible for his own
behavior and reactions to those
individuals and situations.
“‘Life is not fair,” he said, and
individuals who face reality ac
cept that fact.
RESPONSIBILITY
“In the final analysis, you
must take total responsibility
f%the way you act,” he said.
“We can choose to be better
than we are...”
While past acts perhaps
can’t be forgotten and a person
can’t choose his genes, an in
dividual can choose for himself
in which direction his life will
so. A person can “go from to
ay and choose to be better,”
he said. And ‘‘as a Christian
counselor, that’s my respon
sibility”’ to five inmates after
natives and leave the choice up
to them.
To become involved in a
therapy group at Hays, an in
mate must first admit he has
a problem, that he committed
the crime he has been charged
with. He must repent or turn
awa¥ from his past actions,
and then seek ‘‘healing.” Final
ly, he must be reconciled to
others. Those princié)les apply
to peogle in everyday situa
tions, he said.
Meet Today
A meeting to plan the
annual Old Timer’s
baseball fiame and
festivities will be held at 7
p.m. today at the Summer
ville Recreation Center,
Bolling Road.
Any organizations
wishing to participate in
the program are invited,
according to Summerville
Mayor Sewell Cash,
organizer and founder of
the event.
The Summerville News, Thursday, March 14,1991 . . ..
Upset About Justice
Dear Editor:
Thursday I sat looki at the word
“Justice’” in the stained gglss behind our
judge’s bench. I was to testify'in a case where
a man was being accused of a crime I knew he
didn’t commit, as I was an eye witness to the
event in question. I listened as a jury was be
ing questioned, and saw most every member of
those iroups untruthfully deny any knowledge
of Michael Whitehead, his history, nor the two
{ear old case at hand. Everyone in this county
nows of Mr. Whitehead and can'’t deny that.
Still I was confident that he would be a(iuit
ted as truth was on his side, and I then believ
ed in our judicial system. I was 80 wrong! What
ever happened to truth and justice?
I know it adds a large notch in the belts of
those so called informants to be instrumental
in having a man like Mr. Whitehead convicted
of any crime, right or wrong, to further their
reputations and careers. How does a person live
Opposes Five-Member Board
Dear Editor: -
As a voter of Chattooga County, I would
like to express my views about the commission
and board. I do not believe a five man board
of commissioners can be any more efficient than
a one-man board. In fact, a five-man board may
do less. There may well be a lot of squabbles
and back-scratching.
Surely the people pushing the five-man
board do not bel‘i)eve a board member will work
for $3,600/year! If the person agrees to work
for this amount he is going to need alot of food
stamps and cash under the table. Passing the
buck is something else Chattoogans will have
to contend with g‘om a five-man board.
A voter need only look north to Chat
tanooga and south to ¥‘loyd County to see all
the trouble those voters experience with a
multi-member board: little or no money for
No More Foreign Aid To Anyone
Dear Editor:
He was big . . . but not very smart, a trait
common to most bullies. For years, he'd been
going around the neighborhood trying to beat
up anybody who got in his way or who had
something he wanted. Which was nearly
everyone in the neighborhood. One day, he went
too far when he swaggered into little Kitty
Wait’'s house, raped Kitty, pistol whipped her
daddy, kicked her momma in the head and
threw them all into the street. As angry as the
neighbors were, they could only watch helpless
ly as the bully sat on the front porch, guzzling
beer and shaking his fist and threatening Iz
zie, the little guy across the street. ““You're
next, Izzie,” he would bellow between swigs.
Then Kitt suggested they call Sam, the Eig
guy who live(i, across town. Sam agreed and ar
rived that very afternoon with a few of his
smaller friends. The neighborhood was impress
ed how Sam towered over theri‘all. “Sam will
get rid of this nasty old bully,” offered Kitty's
mom. r
Apologizing in advance, Sam told them he'd
need to hurla ?ew rocks at the house. . . maybe
break a few windows.. . to get the bully to
come outside. Sure enough, Sam did break a few
windows and the bully came out and began
throwing some of the stones back, overthrow
ing Sam and hitting Izzie's house across the
street. Unfortunater, some of Izzie's windows
were broken in the exchange. ‘‘Stay inside, Iz
zie. I'll take care of this guy,” yefied Sam.
On the third day, to the cheers of the
neighbors, Sam dragged the bully down the
street and threw him off the block. ‘‘And don’t
CARD OF THANKS
Our heartfelt thanks to all
who extended comforting sym
pathy and help in our recent
sorrow. For the beautiful ser
vice, floral offerings, food, and
other kindnesses we are deep
ly grateful.
The family of Mrs.
Freddie Mae Wilson
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Billy Brooks
wishes to express their sincere
appreciation for the kindness,
s%mpathy and all acts of love
shown to us in the passing of
our loved one. 3
CARD OF THANKS
The familfil of Alfred
Chandler wishes to thank
everyone for the kindness
shown to us during the illness
and death of our daddy and
granddaddy. To the ones who
called, visited, sent cards and
other gifts, and especially your
prayers. To the ones who
brought food, to the Oak Hill
Drive and Welcome Hill com
munity and all who sent
flowers. To Dr. Goodwin, the
nursing staff of Chattooga
County Hospital, and the staff
of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home,
to Bro. Herbie Cook and Bro.
Jack Chandler, Gerald and
Goldie Cordle and Ed Smith for
the beautiful service. May each
of you have such friends in
your time of need.
The children and grand
children of Alfred
Chandler
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with that though? I also wonder how those
jurors can rest easy knowing they completely
ignored their sworn duty to judge impartially,
and convicted an innocent man %o six years in
prison on his past history rather than the case
at hand.
I'm relatively new tothis area, but I realize
now that truth and justice mean nothing in this
county. Also that our law enforcement person
nel are no better than men and women they ar
rest. I do hope our newly elected sheriff wfi,l be
able to estabfish truth and justice on both sides,
and keep innocent people safe from the crook
ed, untruthful law enforcement that we are now
having to endure. Our law officials are sworn
to protect, not harm us; and to uphold the laws
rather than use them to their own gain.
To those who read this,
I thank you for your time,
Sonja M. Brooks
Chattoogaville
f)ublic schools, school property being sold at
ow prices and building new schools when the
ones being abandoned are still good.
Furthermore, I wonder how much a county
manager will cost. Probably much more than
$3,600/year! It is unrealistic to think of getting
someone to work for $30,000/year, but if we
could, look at the total cost to the county: Five
members x $3,600 equals SIB,OOO plus $30,000
equals $48,000, much more than the approx
imately $32,000 we pay our current one-man
commissioner. A realistic salary for county
manager may cost somewhere between
$40,000-$50,000. Can anybody see the rationale
for having this much added expense in the
county? P
Concerned Citizen,
Robert E. Meadows
Summerville Rte. 4
even think about coming back,”” Sam called as
the bully slithered out of sight. Kitty hugged
Sam'’s neck as Sam and his friends helped them
move back in.
Later that day, Izzie approached Sam with
a bill for repair oty Izzie's broken windows. Sam
smiled and handed Izzie the money. ‘‘Here, Iz
gieilta}ge it all for not helping get rid of that old
ully.
Question: Was Sam obligated to pay to
repair Izzie's windows? Of course not!
Then why has George “Who's a wimp?”’
Bush obligated a recession riddled,
underemployed, bankrupt American taxpayer
(read that ‘“‘idiotic, uncomplaining sucker’’) to
send Israel an Extra $650 million for not help
ing rid their own neighborhood of So Damn
Insane?
Might be a good question for your con
gressman and Senators.. But, given the
strelngth of the Israeli lobby, den’t expect a
reply.
pgut. So Damn isn’t the only one who's in
sane? Trying to buy friends with ‘‘foreign aid™
consisting of our great-grandchildrens’ in
heritance — now that’sinsane!!! And no nation
that has sold its great-grandchildren into bon
dage has survived. Nor should it!!!
The men who established this nation would
certainly consider foreign aid ‘‘foreign’ to the
principles under which they foundegltlhe U. S.
And, solvent or broke . . .as we now are . . ~sO
should we!!!
Dick Bachert
Norcross
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