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... .The Summerville News, Thursday, January 9, 1992
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New Council Starts Year
With Full Agenda, Action
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direction, he said, but the pro
ject won't be completed
overnight.
Councilman King seconded
Parris’ motion. King, Parris
and Stanley voted for the
measure. Bush and Pollard
voted no.
Bush said there was no
reason to abolish the post. He
said Simmons isn’t on the road
with work crews daily. He also
said the city doesn’'t need to
hire additional people with its
financial situation.
Parris said it wouldn't be
necessary to hire more people.
Parris then moved to create
the sewer line crew with Tucker
as its foreman. It was second
ed by King and approved
unanimously. Tucker said he
wouldn’t accept the post at the
same pay he drew as
superintendent, but wanted
the lower salary that is paid to
foremen.
SALARY
Stanley then voted to set
Tucker’s salary the same as for
all city foremen. Parris offered
the second. Stanley, Parris,
Bush and Pollard voted for the
pro(i)osal. King, who voted no,
said he saw no reason to
chaßfie Tucker’s salary.
the changes were effec
tive this past Monday.
The council had apparently
planned to discuss the lp'uture of
the city’'s recreation board
Thursday n(i’ght. But some
members said prior to the ses
sion that they had learned no
action could be taken on the
board until the council’s mon-
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‘PUBLIC NOTICES,
) BECAUSE THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW,
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY
There will be sold at {public outcry to the
highest and best bidder for cash, between the
legal hours of sale before the Courthouse door
in Chattooga County, Georgia. on the first
Tuesday in February, 1992, the following
described property, to-wit:
Aladdin Kerosene Heater, TR2000; Corona
Kerosene Heater, H-424273; Two (2) Patton
Electric Floor Heaters; Patton Heater Plus
Fan; Corona Kerosene Heater, Mod. H-503519;
‘Patton Heater, Mod. HFI6, Serial
88-H3O-003545; Steam Carpet Cleaner, Mod.
123; Reil;lna Carget Sweeper; Wet/Dry
Vacuum, Mod. J 4; Oscillating Electric Fans;
Oscillating Electric Fans; Oscillating Electric
Fans; Oscillating Fan; New (In goxi Sea
Breeze Ceiling Fan; New (In Box) Sea Breeze
Ceilin’f Fan; Wine Chest, Kenmore,
5648872520; Hotpoint Washing Machine;
Whirlpool Dryer; Rembrandt Indoor Color
Antenna; Rembrandt Indoor Color Antenna;
Magnavox VCR (No Serial Number);Sony
Trinitron Color TV w/Remote, KV-27HFR/Ser.
7523633; Sony Trinitron Color TV w/Remote,
(numbers torn off); G.E. Color TV, Mod.
19PF5734, Ser. 5CH504437; Zenith TV Base,
(wood); Portland VCR, Mod. VCRI2NAYV, Ser.
87E01606; G. E. Color TV/Spacemaker Stereo
Combo, Ser. 80510010110; Sanyo AM/FM
Cassette, Yellow and Black, Mod. MGT7A;
Sanyo Cassette Player, Mod. MGP22; Sanyo
Stereo Comg'ciment S{)stem w/Remote andy 2
Speakers, Model/RDWV6; Model/JTV6;
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Model/AVPVS, Ser. 65726607; Model/CPV6,
Ser. 62205179; Fifteen (15) Cassette 'l‘né)es (7
new); Sixteen VCR Movies; Rattan Chest;
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Stand; Stand; Rattan Book Case;
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Chair; Oak Desk; Rattan Sofa Table; Oak Sofa
Table; Blue Sofa; Blue Love Seat; Dininfianble
With Four (4) Chairs; Backalounger Wicker
Recliner; White Wicker Rocker; Small Ceramic
m: Desk Lamp; Walnut Colored Desk;
4 Size Mattress; White Wicker Bed, 12
Size, with Trundle Unit and Mattress; Pine
Rice Colored Bed; Bar Stool; Hall Tree; Rat
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Cordless Phone, Mod. 8770358; Phone Mate
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w.unw Bench ledgu; DP Weight
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LC-120 Machine; Vitamaster Sta
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Three (3) Weight Bars With Weights; Eight (8)
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to an order entered bv the Superior
thly meeting. Mayor Cash con
firmed those comments during
the meeting.
A discussion was touched
off at the beginning of the ses
sion about the board when
Mark Pickle, Menlo, said the
floor of the Bolling Road
recreation center gym should
be refinished. It would cost
SIOO to $125 to a%ply a
coating, he said, and he and
other volunteer coaches would
perform the work.
CITY DEBT
Stanley, whose resignation
as recreation director was effec
tive two days before the coun
cil meetinfi,l took the opportuni
ty to say that the city was bet
ween $4.5- and $5 milion in
debt. He said there were
$352,973.02 in city checks writ
ten than can’t be covered by
the city.
Guinn Hankins, whose
membership on the recreation
board came in question after
the meeting (see related story),
said the board had plans to
renovate the entire gym area.
The board, which was to have
met this past ’l‘uesdag' eveni‘l:F
wanted to know what it should
do regardinf a revision of its
1991-92 budget, and hiring a
new recreation director.
James “Jimmy’’ Day was
hired to succeed Stanley last
year durin% a stormy recrea
tion board meeting. Day
resigned the day after
Christmas, before assuming his
duties. He cited the uncertain
future of the board and his
employment (see related story).
Court of Chattooga Coung'. in Civil Action
File No. 89-CR-12,043 on November 2, 1991.
This 3rd dlae' of January, 1992.
Ralph Kellett, Sheriff of Chattooga
County, Georgia e
NOTICE OF SEIZURE
State of Georgia vs. Nine Hundred Fifteen
Dollars ($915.00) in lawful United States cur
rency; One (1) Remington .22 caliber Rifle,
model 121 Fieldmaster, serial No. 27815, One
g) FIE Titan .25 caliber pistol, serial No.
9505007; (3) Diamond brand mult’}:eurpose
K'ocket knives; One (1) 13 inch Sears TV, serial
0. 80040220691 with Remote; One (1) 19 inch
Quazar TV, serial No. AN41513451; One (1) 13
inch Craig TV, serial No. 11216878; One (1)
Sharp Lingtron TV, serial No, 342220; One (1)
Broksonic VCR, serial No. 662-1617498 with
Remote, One (1) Sharp VCR, serial No. VC-
A 2064; One (1) Zenith VCR, serial No.
50710764; One (1) Gemini VCR Tape Rewinder,
serial No. 0626552; One ‘;?e Kenmore
Microwave, serial No. 1M7804792; One (1)
Realistic 10 Channel ammable scanner,
serial No. 156036761; m Pace CB t.wo-wlg
radio (no serial number); One (1) Realistic C!
micmghone: One (1) Courier CB microphone;
Two (2) Cobra CB microphones; One (1) Stoux
Automobile Sander, serial No. 797793; One (1)
Houseworks cordless screwdriver set; One (1)
goldt.one Seiko Quartz Watch, serial No.
52527; One (1) 30 inch gold Herringbom
necklace with a metal charm aved “R. B.
Pun'rlin Corporation’’; One (fi white gold
Mother's rin%ewith five birthstones; One (1)
women's whif ?ld diamond wedd.[nsnl:nf
One (1) men’s 10K gold nugget band; (1)
and One (1] men's 10K, gold wedding band
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On November 28, lg:ll‘,‘l at Summerville,
Chatwofin County, Georgia, an tof the
Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Task
Force seized the above listed y_for
forfeiture due to a violation of the Con
trolled Substances Act, pursuant to
Code of Goorfh Annotated (OCGA) Section
16-13-49. Said property was seized and is sub
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ABOLISHED
Hankins said The Summer
ville News had reported that
the board would be abolished
and he wanted to know the
future of the panel. He was ac
ting as the board’s chairman.
He was accompanied by Osby,
a board member.
The News did not state that
the board would be abolished.
It reported on Jan. 2 that
Stanley had said the council
might consider abolishing the
board at its meeting last week.
That was before the new coun
cil members learned that action
of that nature would have to be
taken at a monthly meetin%;
not at a called meeting. Cas
made that point to Hankins,
who had been defeated for re
election to the council by King.
Stanley said if the vote on
the board were to be taken that
night (Jan. 2), he would vote to
abolish the panel because
employees of the department
have no appeal process from
termination action taken by
the board.
Cash said that would be a
legal issue to be resolved. He
said the recreation employees
are city employees but the
department 1s independently
operated by the recreation
board.
REFUSED
Stanley said three recrea
tion department employees
had sought to appeal board ac
tion in the past several years
but the council refused to hear
their :J;:Peal.
Stanley pulled out what he
said were minutes of a city
council meetinfi in February
1986, in which Hankins wanted
to abolish the board. Pollard
and Bush also s:.(lipported aboli
tion of the board at that time,
Stanley said. - .
Bush vehementlfi' denied
voting to abolish the board.
The minutes had been si%wd
by Mayor Cash and by Bert
Self, city clerk. Bush said they
were wrong.
‘“lrregardless of what it
said, I din’t vote to abolish it,”
Bush said. s
Cash, in commenting on
procedures for spending recrea
tion department funds, said
there were “a lot” of factors in
volved in the town's cash flow
problem, including the fact
that it had been unable to col
lect taxes because of the
county-wide re-evaluation
prOfiam.
ayor Cash, who kept con
trol of the sometimes energetic
meeting, said the city can’t
spend all its revenue in six
months. He said all depart
ments are beingmmonitored
closely for spending. Except
for routine bills, he said, all
capital expenditures of SSOO or
more have to be approved by
the council.
NO DEBT?
Hedgecock said former
Councilman Phil Cavin had
made ‘the statement two
months ago that the city was
not in debt.
Mayor Cash said the city
has bonded indebtedness ‘‘but
we're not broke.” He also said
that the city has $106,000 in
loan repayments from the Im
age Carpets Im;.(froject that is
in the restricted water-sewer
bond account.
Cash then asked the coun
cil if it wanted to get further in
to the matter.
Parris said he didn’t.
Hankins said he wanted
direction from the council on
the recreation department
budlget and future.
arris moved that the
board should continue to func
tion and perform its duties un
til it is told differently. King
seconded the motion. The vote
for the proposal was
unanimous.
OVERDUE BILLS
Shortly thereafter, Stanley
moved that the city return to
recgliring payment of its utili
ty bills within 30 days, down
from the 60-day time period
then being allowed bg the city.
Magor Cash said the city
had been givin(f utility
customers up to 60 days to pay
bills, before a final 10-day cut
off notice is given.
King seconded the motion,
which passed unanimously.
Councilman King then ask
ed if any progress had been
made in collecting the city’s
delinquent taxes.
Cash said a local ma%istrate
had collected some $15,000,
leaving about $35,000 un
collected so far. Branch Connel
ly, the city’s attorney, had pro
posed that the city consider
contracting with a Rome
lawyer, who specializes in such
collections. . v
That touched off a fl of
questions from the gzz{ed
council room as to why Connel
ly couldn’t collect the taxes.
‘““He doesn’t want to do it,”
Cash said.
Connelly then said that the
Rome lawyer could probably
collect the taxes for a fee lower
than he would charge the city.
OUT OF ORDER?
Sid Ponder, Summerville,
who was videotapi'xlxv% the pro
gram for his cal?leted / Challxli.;xel
rogram, persisted in as
wfiy_ _gnrot_;her lawyer is needg(f._
“You're out of order and if
you don't be quiet, I'll put you
out of order,”” an angry Mayor
Cash ;gffied.
Stanley asked if it was le?l
for an attorney to collect the
taxes. Connelly replied in the
affirmative.
Parris then suggested that
the names of delinquent tax
payers be Igublish.ed in the
new??er. e said it was done
in 1982 when he was on the
council and the action brought
in a substantial amount of
delinquent taxes.
Cash said that would be up
to the council. No action was
taken by the panel.
Later in the meeting,
Stanley moved that the Rome
attorney be approved to collect
taxes. King seconded the mo
tion, which passed
unanimously.
RESTROOMS
Stanley also may have stir
red ui another controversy
when he said he wanted the
recreation board to come before
the council Monday night (Jan.
13) to explain why restrooms
haven’t been built at Fairway
Recreation Center.
Mayor Cash said the money
is in the budget but the project
was awaiting a mid-year
budget review.
sby, a recreation board
member, said the recreation
board had not asked for the
money and felt that there were
sufficient restrooms already at
the recreation area. He said the
board didn't want to build new
restrooms until they could be
placed in one building contain
ing a concession stand and
press box.
Mayor Cash told Osby that
the council wanted the infor
mation next Monday.
OVERTIME
. King also touched off a bit
of controversy when he asked
how the city could avoid pay
ing overtime when a third shift
policeman attends six weeks of
mandate training in the near
future.
Chief Larry Bennett said
the department won't need so
meone to work an extra shift
every day that mandate school
is being held.
How many officers are
working on the first shift? ask
ed Stanley.
About seven, the chief
replied.
Why are so mandy working
on the first shift and so few on
the third shift? asked King, a
state trooper himself.
“It’s just the way it's
always been done,” Bennett
replied.
“That’s why we're in the
sht:re we're in..."”" Stanley
said. i A
Mayor Cash said the chief
has cqntrol over the depart
ment, working within its
policies and procedures
manual.
King moved that the mayor
agpoint a committee to review
the policies and procedures and
to study personnel recommen
dations from Simmons.
Cash su%gested that all
councilmen be on the panel,
and King proposed Simmons
as a member. Stanley second
ed the motion, whicfi’ was ap
proved unanimously.
WATER LINE
Meanwhile, the council tabl
ed until next Monday evenin,
a decision on running a six-incfi
water main to a house owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ayers,
off Wildlife Lake Road. Tf‘l'e ci
ty is currenth installing water
lines along the roadway.
Ayers said his wife had paid
more than $1,600 for the ser
vice when project was under
construction with the
understanding that it would be
run to that property.
It turns out that the house
is located more than 4,200 feet
from where the city planned to
end the line. It would cost a
total of $7,084 in materials
alone to run the line the addi
tional distance, according to a
city estimate.
That's ‘“‘very expensive,”’
said Parris.
Ayers said Four Mile Bap
tist ghurch mifiht also want
service to the church and par
sonafe. He was critical of the
city for its record-keeping, and
for not knowinjlwhere the line
would be installed.
Mayor Cash said he didn’t
know what resident supporters
of the Wildlife Lake Road pro
ject had told Mrs. Ayers about
the line. If it were up to him
alone, Cash said, he would find
a way to install the line.
Councilman King moved
that Connelly be asked to
determine the city’s legal stan
ding since it accepted a $1,600
deposit from the Ayers family
for the work, and report to the
panel next Monday. StanleK
seconded the motion, whic
passed unanimously.
SOLID WASTE
The council also named its
two representatives to a Chat
tooga County Solid Waste
Management Advisorg Com
mittee. They are Ponder and
City Manager Simmons. They
were approved unanimously.
Ponder, who has a program on
cable channel 6, is also chair
man of a loosely knit political
action grou%ghat is promoting
a fivemember board for the
county.
Stanley moved that the
council set the hours for sale of
wine and beer the same as
those in the county outside the
city limits.
At the time of Stanley’s
proposal, the city was not sell
ing alcohol for about five or six
hours during the early morning
of each weekday. County
establishments sell alcohol
round-the-clock, excegt on Sun
day and Christmas Day.
Parris offered a second and
Stanley and Parris voted for
the measure.
King and Bush voted
against the proposal and
Pollard abstained.
That forced Mayor Cash to
break the 2-2-1 tie. He cast his
vote in favor of the expanded
hours.
MATERIALS
King also moved that the ci
ty require people who buy
materials to install city utilities
to buy them from the city at
cost’.l There gave bc;e;n some
problems in the past from
ple buying sub-stam}ard
materials and the city later
having to correct the problem,
he said.
The proi)osal was approved
unanimously.
Stanley and King also
volunteered to serve on the ci
tg’s streetlight committee with
ollard. The action came after
Stanley passed along two
streetlight requests.
Parris moved and Stanley
seconded a move to re-elect
Pollard mayor pro-tem. The
vote was unanimous in favor of
theilprgposal excegt for that of
Pollard, who abstained.
The council also named
Susan Jones to the Summer
ville Industrial Develogment
Authority, to replace James
Jackson, who resigned late last
ir(eiar. She was suggested by
ng.
Ms. Jones is the sister of
Chattooga County Sheriff
Ralph Kellett.
DRAIN PROJECT
The council also decided to
wait about a month to find out
if federal grant money is
available to correct a drainage
problem on Ramey Street in
volving Summerville low-cost
housing units.
Mayor Cash said word on
the frants is expected in about
30 days.
Tucker said the project
would involve the installation
of about 140 feet of 24-inch or
36-inch diameter tile, to replace
existing drain line.
‘tBUMP”
Tucker also agreed to ob
tain cost estimates or to take
action on several other projects
outlined by the various new
councilmen. They ranged from
water pressure Kroblems,
cleaning out a ditch, and cor
recting a “bump” on Bellah
Avenue, to the possibility of in
stalling a fire hydrant on Ray
mond Street.
Reports or cost estimates
were to be given to Malyor
Cash and/or the council late
last week or Ib)ly the panel’s
meeting next Monday.
The 6 g.m. meeting adjourn
ed at 8:02 p.m.
Chamber Meet
On Jan. 16
from front page
University of Georgia Retired
Facul:( Association.
Hale has had a number of
articles published in profes
sional journals and magazines.
Amongl the groups with
which he has consulted are:
American Hospital
Association, American Nurses
Association, American Red
Cross, AT&T, American Voca
tional Association, National
Electrical Contractors, Centers
for Disease Control, National
Secretaries Association, Na
tional PTA, National Mental
Health Association, National
Insurance Institute, National
Easter Seal Association,
Kimberl{ Clark Inc., Blue
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MAYOR CASH EXPLAINS POINT
During ‘Jan. 2 Discussions
Lawson May
Seek Hearing
Former Summerville Police
Capt. Fred Lawson may seek a
hearing on his 1990 termina
tion from the city department.
A request, if submitted,
would go before a new majori
ty Summerville City Council.
Lawson askeg Mayor
Sewell Cash about the
possibility of being rehired
after last week’s called council
meeting. 5
... Youmade a statement
a few minutes ago that all city
employees were entitled to a
hearing,” Lawson told Cash. “I
never %:)t one.”
Cash said the city had com
plied with the department’'s
policies and procedures
manual, which requires a ter
minated emplog‘eee to appeal
within “X number of days.”
“In X number of days, I
was incarcerated in ]aii,”
Lawson said.
“Well, that’s not our fault,”
Cash said.
““Neither is it mine,”’
Lawson said.
Lawson’s bid for reinstate
ment to the department was re
jected last year by John Sim
mons, city manager, and by
Mayor Cash.
‘...Now, if this council
wants to have a hearing, fine,”
Cash said. “... It would be
strictly up to them.”
“Yeah, I understand that,”
Lawson said. ‘“So how do we go
about that?”
The former captain would
have to go before the council
with an appeal request, Cash
indicated.
NO APPEAL
Lawson failed to appeal his
termination within the
prescribed length of time, Cash
said, and is no longer affiliated
with the city.
Lawson was acquitted on
Aug. 29, 1991, on charges of
criminal attempt at murder.
He had been charged with try
ing to hire a “hit man” to shoot
his estranged wife, Donna
Marie Lawson, on April 9,
1990.
Lawson said he was on
valium at the time and didn’t
recall any of the events of that
day.
The jury found him
innocent.
Lawson was fired on April
9, 1990, after he was charged
in connection with the alleged
incident.
After he was acquitted last
August, Lawson sought to be
rehired by the city at his rank
of cfiptain with full back esay.
is request was denied by
Simmons.
Simmons had said after
Lawson’s arrest and incarcera
tion in the sprini, 1990, that
Lawson had not then appealed
Deering-Millikin Corp.,
Southern Baptist Religious
Educators, Sommunication
Workers of America, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, U. S.
Air Force, U. S. Arm¥ Reserve,
Mortgage Bankers of America,
U. S. Public Health Service,
and the Internal Revenue
Service.
Joe Moore would like to ex
press his appreciation and
thanks for the concern, visits,
cards and fruit baskets while
he was in the hospital. I afl
preciated the visits from all t
preachers.
his dismissal within the
specified period of time.
Lawson then appealed to
Mayor Cash. He was told in a
letter from Cash in September,
1991 that his appeal was
denied because he r\ad not fil
ed it in a timely manner after
his termination.
CERTIFIED
Lawson is still a certified
police officer, accordin§ to
John Garner, director of the
certification division of the
Georgia Peace Officers Stan
dards and Training (POST)
Council.
The issue of whether
Lawson should remain certified
will go before the council in late
gebruary, Garner said Mon
ay.
Lawson’s comments to
Cash last week may have been
sparked, in part, by the police
department’s recent rehiring of
Mark Underwood. He was
suspended in the spring, 1987
after being charged with ag
gravated assault against a
ummerville man and with
gointing a Pistol at another
ummerville officer. One
charge was dropped and the
other was reduced to simple
assault. Underwood was ac
quitted on that charge on Jan.
28, 1988. His POST certifica
tion was revoked in September,
1988, Garner said.
Heis now servll.xlnf as a third
shift dispatcher while awaiting
a decision on whether he will be
recertified by the POST Coun
cil. A decision on Underwood’s
case is also expected sometime
in February.
Now Taking Applications For
- RECREATION DIRECTOR
Applicant needs to have experience in
recreation, minimum of 2 years.
- Training: Bachelors Degree with a major/
minor in physical education and/or
| experience equivalent to formal training.
. Salary range: SIB,OOO to $25,000 Year.
- Applications will be taken thru Jan. 2
1992,
| Send Application or Resume to:
Summerville Recreation Department
| P. O. Box 463
Summerville, Georgia 30747
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Lyerly
Relatives
Discover
Bodies In
Whitfield
DALTON — A former
Chattooga County man has
been charfifid with murderinj
his two children at his rur
Whitfield Countg home.
Bradford Bagley, 29,
Dawnville, was charged with
two counts of felony murder
Tuesdt‘?', accordinfg to Major
Rudy Jefferson of the Whit
field County Sheriff’s Office.
Bagley is a former resident of
the Lyerly area, Jefferson said.
The two children alleged to
have been slain by Bagley were
identified as his daughters,
Candi, 8, and Josey, 9. Accor
din%o CPt. Ricky Sweeney of
the Whitfield sheriff's depart
ment they had been strangled.
SEARCH
A search for the two girls
began after Bagley allegedly
told a brother that he was go
ing to kill his ex-wife, a resident
of Rome. An arrest refiort
stated that Bagley had
threatened to kill his wife, his
children and himself if they
didn’t get back together as a
family. The Bagleys had been
divorced for several years.
Rome police arrested
Bagley Monday morning a few
blocks from his ex-wife’s home.
They said a loaded .30-.30
calii:;er rifcllem was clfo%ll:d in
Bagley's pi truck. The gun
h:g rgpogtedl}? been obtained
from one of Bagley's brothers,
police said.
Police reports indicated
that Bagley had ;f)icked up.the
irls on Dec. 27 for visitation
ggring the holidays. Bagley
and his daughters were seen at
a Whitfielcf case last Friday
evening, lawmen said.
MOLESTATION
The two Bag}harv children
were victims of child molesta
tion and rape by their step
father, who was convicted of
the crimes thisßpast November.
Lawmen said ailley attended
the trial and saw his daughters
for the first time in about five
years.
The two children attended
Alto Park Elementary School
in Floyd County.
Whitfield authorities said
the bodies of the two children
were found Monday in
Ba%ley’s mobile home by his
mother, Alma Zada Bagley,
Summerville, and two
brothers, David Bagley,
Dalton, and Miles Bagley,
Lyerly. Reports indicated that
a d:ffgty with the Whitfield
sheriff’s office went to Bagley’s
mobile home that morning but
didn’t enter the structure.
Bagley worked for a com
pany that spra])" washes
tractor-trailer trucks.
He resided in the rural
Dawnville community east of
Dalton. UnconfirmeX reé)orts
indicated that Bagley had also
stayed in Chattooga County
several times with a friend in
recent months.