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Miller Plan May Boost
Chattooga Development
By BUDDY ROBERTS
Associate News Editor
A new prososal by Gov.
Zell Miller could result in more
industry locating in Chattooga
County.
Rep. Tim Perry said Miller
outlined the filan Tuesday in
his State of the State address
to legislators. The governor
will give his state of the budget
speech today.
Perry said the governor's
speech was part of “an in
teresting day.” He was ap
pointed to a committee to
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CHATTOOGA
LEGISLATORS'
REPORTS
escort Miller from his office.
The %overnor‘s plan would
expand the state’s tax credit
system for manufacturers. For
ty counties are designated in
which industries may receive a
SI,OOO tax credit per new job
they create over five years. At
%‘i}lal‘:g 15 new jobs must be
Miller proposed to double
the number of counties eligible,
which would make Chattooga
one of the eligible counties.
Chattooga is 63rd on the list of
80 less-develoged counties
compiled by the Georgia
DeFartment of Community
Affairs.
The rankings are based on
the county’s average
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unemployment rate and ger
capita income since 1988,
poverty percentage since 1980,
and weekly manufacturing
wages.
nfie idea, Perry said, is to
stimulate development in rural
areas by providing a state tax
credit incentive to industries
that locate in less-developed
counties.
“Hopefully we will qualify,”
he said. ““It would mag‘; Chat
tooga more attractive to in
dustries that are looking for a
place to locate.”
Chattooga was ranked 63rd
on the list because of its
average unemployment rate of
8.4 since 1988, although Pe:g'
noted it has recently improv ;
The plan could be a “‘shot in
the arm” for less-developed
counties, said John Simmons,
Summerville cit{ manager.
“Any kind of monetary in
centive is a J)lus for all of us
lookingrfor evelopment,” he
said. “This is a very good ef
fort. We support it 100 per
cent.”
~ Simmons said that when in
dustry seeks a new location,
counties are in comK‘etition
with each other as to which has
the best location.
“First of all, we'd have to
have a place for an industry to
come in,”’ he said, referring to
Summerville's Industrial Park.
“The tax credit would provide
an additional incentive to in
dustries who are lookin&to
come in and locate in Chat
toog: County.”
n. Waymond “Sonny”
Hllllfgins said he listened to
Miller’s speech, and “I think
he’s sincere in trying to work
things out.”
ut Hug%ins said he is con
cerned about Miller’s budget
proposal, which relies on an
upswinfiu;lfl the economy. “I
don’t think the economy will
recover one iota,”” the senator
sai;il. 1 dogll;glsmh(l)‘w. l}’mbno
analyst on thi ike that, but
it dg'esn’t look good.”
Miller has proposed an in
crease in user fees, charfng
more for state services such as
drivers’ licenses, automobile
tags, and impact fees.
“I don’t see any harm in
?eople paying their way, but as
ar as user fees bemlf a money
making thing, we’ll just wait
and see. When you start rais
ing things, you raise the
tempers of everybody.”
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DUI File
At least four motorists
were charged with driving
under the influence (DUI) of in
toxicants in Chattooga County
d;n-ingo the past week, accor
dm% jail records.
hey included:
Sarah Thomgson, 34, 16
Stephens St., Summerville,
also charged with driving with
a suspended license; Johnny J.
Craig, 42, Summerville Rte. 1,
also charged with not having
proof of insuranc¢e and driving
on a su‘?mnded license; Ken-,
neth R, White, 32, Summerville
Rte. 3, also charged with at
tempting to elude officers,
refusing to comply, and
reckless driving; and L.
Darlene Smith, 24, Ringg:_)lld
Rte. 8, also charged with driv
ing on a suspended license.
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The Teloga water project was closed out
this month. The $692,000 project was
financed with a Farmers Home Ad
ministration (FmHA) loan and Communi
ty Development Block Grant. It was
d}eveloped by the Chattooga Water
Schools ‘Holding Own’
Superintendent Hayes Tells Education Panel
from front page
said that the schools were
evaluated by the state recent
ly, and it was recommended
that mentally disabled
students, ages 14 to 21, be
associated with their peer
Eroups. The students are now
housed at Pennville.
OPPOSED
Hayes said the move has
been discussed before and was
opposed by system administra
tion. “We think they’re right
where they need to be, but the
state says they need to be with
their peer group.”
The letter asks for time to
E:'eflare for the move to the
igh school, including some
renovations, and if Hayes and
Mrs. Poole can meet again with
the state regresentatives.
Hayes said he believes the let
ter will be accepted.
Board member J o“;ce
Johnson was upset that
parents were not notified of the
planned move. Her daughter
attends the special education
class at Pennville.
“The state has never lived
with this kind of child,” she
said. “It will cost us a great
deal of money to relocate these
children, an(f the state tells us
we have to do it, and we have
to comply.”
She said that because of her
daughter’s needs, it would not
benefit her to move to the high
school. :
The board, bK a split vote,
did not change the day or time
of its regular meeting. It meets
at 8 p.m. on the second Mon
day of each month.
Vice Chairman William
Mitchell made the motion to
keep the same meeting time.
His motion was finallhsecond
ed by Joyce Johnson. They and
Chairman Leroy MasseY voted
for the motion, while Elsberry
and Dot Johnson were
opposed.
CONFLICT
Before Jc:;'ce Johnson of
fered a second, Elsberry asked
that the meeting day be chani
ed because of a conflict wit
the Summerville City Council
meeting, held at 6 p.m. every
second Monday. It is hard to
attend both meetings, he said.
At least one visitor agreed
with Elsberry, who made a mo
tion that the meeting day be
chanfied to everfl second Tues
day. But Mitchell’s motion had
to be voted on first, and it
passed.
Jerry Brown, Gore, asked
that the board discuss school
assemblies and programs that
students must pay to attend.
He su%(glested that a student’s
free reduced, or iaid lunch
status determine how much
they Yay to attend an
assembly.
Massey said the matter will
be taken ugl at the next
meeting, and Hayes was work
ing on a related policy.
The board approved a
Module Learning Proiram and
accepted a report about the
Delta Pto%ram. The programs
are for students who are at risk
of drop%ng out of school.
The Module Learning Pro
fram was develolped with a
ederal grant by Floyd County
as an alternative education pro
gram for juniors and seniors
who are at risk. It is not a
means of graduating early, said
teacher Deborah Osborne, but
requires students to work
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Teloga Water Project
District. From left are Bill Peery, an
engineer for the FmHA; Eddie Shrock,
the district’s engineer; Joiner Smith with
the FmHA; Chattooga Commissioner Jim
Parker; and Jack ’filomas, chairman of
the water district board. (Staff Photo).
- within certain guidelines.
GUIDELINES
Ms. Osborne and Linda
Byars coordinate the Delta
Program at Chattooga High
School.
Hayes gave the board the
high schoo%s annual follow up
report on the previous year’s
graduates.
Best Machine
Catches Fire
Best Manufacturing of
ficials are blaming lint on a fire
in one of the plant's coating
machines Wednesday.
Personnel Director Marty
Brown, who would allow no
photographs to be taken inside
the coating J)lant. said he was
unsure of damages Tuesday
morning.
Brown described the inci
dent as a small fire. The
building was filled with smoke
when The Summerville News
arrived on the scene. The blaze
was extinguished in minutes,
according to Brown.
The fire occurred just
before 11 a.m.
Singing
A singing is set for 7 p.m.
Saturday at Highland Avenue
Baptist Church, Highland
Street, Summerville. =~
- Featured singers will in
clude the Gospelaires, Sum
merville; the New Faith, Sum
merville; the Gloryland
Travelers, Trion; Kathy and
the Kinsmen, Albertville, Ala.;
and Glory Bound, Albertville.
Back In
Seventh?
from front page
Seventh District may be mov
ed north to take in Walker,
Dade and Catoosa counties,
Perry said. The three counties
onnt};e southern-most end of
the district would likely be
moved into the Third District,
based on the state’s new
district map.
THREE COUNTIES
Perry seemed hap%y with
such a Eossible move, because
he worked for Chattooga and
the three other counties to be
in the same congressional
district. But if the plans are
shifted another way, Chat
tooga could be taken from the
seventh and placed in the
ninth. . &
The question legislators will
have to answer, he said, is
whether to accept the justice
department’s changes or fight
them in court. g
Changes in legislative
House district plans will like
ly not affect C‘;lattooga, nor
should those to Senate plans,
said Sen. Waymond ‘‘Sonny”’
Hufigins.
eapportionment commit
tees may work during the
lefilislature’s two-week recess
which begins next week, depen
ding on when the plans are
returned by the justice
department.
A total of 132 students
graduated last year, the :-:iport
showed. Fort, -g'wo entered col
lege last fal{ and 80 began
working. Three attendef a
technical or vocational school.
Two entered the milita.?'.
Eight were unemployed,
and ei"fi?t were listed as
homemakers.
Eleven of the students
worked while in high school.
A total of 24 of the 36
seniors who completed the
state college prfiparatory pro
gram went to co efe. Eight.een
who did not complete the pro
gram entered cofiege.
All but one of the graduates
who went to work found jobs
within 50 miles of Chattooga
County, the report said. :
In other matters, the board:
— Approved a policy about
visitors to schools.
— Learned that the state
has approved its budget for
fiscal year 1992.
NO ACTION
— Did not take action to
support Senate Resolution 159,
which allows local schools to
call for local option sales taxes
to finance construction pro
jects. Chattooga is one oP 10
school systems that already
have such a tax.
- — Hired eiéht substitute
teachers. - -
— Agreed to allow the
Chattooga County Firefighters
Ladies Auxiliary to use the
high school cafeteria for a
pageant.
— Learned that local
technical schools do not allow
students to perform heating or
cooling system work for
schools. The service is not pro
vided because of liability costs.
— Heard a report from Mit
chell about the é)eorgia School
Boards Association Con
vention.
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The Summerville News, 'January 16, 1992
NOTICE
At the regular meeting of the Chattooga
County Board of Education held on January
13, 1992 the time and place for the regular
Board meetings was set as follows:
On a motion by Mr. William Mitchell and
second by Ms. Joyce Johnson the Board voted
3-2 to hold the monthly Board meeting on the
second Monday of each month at 8:00 p.m. at
the Board of Education located on Highway
100.
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The City of Menlo
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Mr. Ralph Chamblee
for his 25 years of service
as a member of the
Menlo Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners.
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