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Che Summeruille News
Julie’s
Notes
By
Julie Griffis
Top 10
Reasons
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I Like Him
DAVID LETTERMAN
recently paid tribute to his
boss, David Tisch, who pays
him sl4 million.
Yea, I guess I'd be thankful
for the guy too. But instead,
I’'m stuck with Tommy.
So, I decided, if David Let
terman can make a list of the
top 10 reasons he likes Tisch,
one being that he pays him sl4
million a year, then I can write
a column listing the top 10
reasons I like Tommy, one not
being because he pays me sl4
million.
* * *
IN FACT, he pays me con
siderably less than sl4 million.
Actually, more than con
siderably less. :
So much considerably less,
1 could live well above my cur
rent lifestyle if I only had what
Letterman pays the IRS for
one week’s worth of his salary.
Okay, back to the point.
Why I like Tommy: By
Julie.
* * *
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You get what you pay for!
Actually, I g'ave mixed
emotions. Most of the time, I
like Tommy a lot. Other times,
I want to kill him, like when he
quotes Rush Limbaugh. Call
me wishy-washy.
Therefore, it probably
would be easier for me to list
the top 10 reasons I don’t like
Tommy first, then get on to the
10 reasons I like him.
So here goes.
* * *
THE TOP 10 reasons I
don’t like Tommy:
(10) He thinks Rush Lim
baugh is the best thing since
Elvis.
(9) He acts like Rush Lim
baugh. Thank goodness he
doesn’t have a book with his
face on the cover, so he could
display thousands in his office.
(8) He thinks NOW is
something you say to women
after you've given them an
order.
(7) He always has an opi
nion — on everything. -
(6) His opinions are like
Rush Limbaugh’s — wrong.
(5) He won’t get me a car
phone.
(4) He's sexist.
(3) I don’t like his opinions.
(2) He'sends me to meetings
that don’t exist.
* * *
AND, the number one
reason why I don’t like
Tommy? :
He won't pay me sl4
million.
* * *
NOW, the top 10 reasons I
like Tommy:
(10) He lives in Chattooga
County.
(9) He doesn’t, visit very
often.
(8) When he does visit, he
doesn’t stay very lon%;
(7) We don’t live in the same
neighborhood.
(6) He has a nice girlfriend.
(5) His clothes never clash
with mine because he only
wears na\g' blue and grey.
(4) He doesn’t have a beard.
(3) He doesn’t slurp when he
drinks from a straw.
(2) He's never been on
“Geraldo.”
* * *
AND, the number one
reason I like Tommy?
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Excuse me, my mind has
gone blank.
Oh well, you get what you
pay for!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Financial Aid
A representative of the
Georgia gtudent Finance Com
mission will visit Chattooga
High School today.
Alan May will conduct two
financial aid worksho%s for
students in the school library.
They will begin at 8:30 a.m.
and 7 p.m. Parents are invited
to the sessions.
‘Dogs First In State
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Infant Seats Save Lives
Officers To Crack Down On Seat Law Violators
About $2 in medical costs
are saved for every $1 spent on
a child safety seat, according to
Lt. James {ittle of the Sum
merville Police Degartment.
“Last year, the medical
costs alone for children less
than 5 years old who were in
jured in car crashes totaled
close to $9 million,” Lt. Little
said.
“The cost of a convertible
child safety seat used for in
fants and toddlers costs as lit
tle as $42.”
According to Little, the
Summerville Police De%art
ment and others throughout
the state are issuing citations
to drivers who violate the law,
which requires all children
younger than 18 years old to be
properly buckled up when
ridin¥ in a car.
“Those drivers may end up
gaying more in fines than in
uying a child safety seat,” Lt.
Little said.
A recent study found that
vehicle-related deaths and in
juries to Georgia’s children and
youth cost $2.5 billion in 1991,
including medical care, lost
productivity, emergency ser
vices, legal and administrative
costs, and quality of life cost.
On the other hand, child
safety seats prevented 185
deaths and 72,000 injuries in
the U.S. durin% 1992, the
study indicated. This resulted
in a savings of $3.5 billion, in
cluding $220 million in medical
care costs, Little said. Univer
sal child seat use reportedly
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JEAN CLISBY SHOWS OFF PISTACHIO CAKE
Confection A Hit At Area Festivals, Benefits
CHATTOOGA KITCHENS
Mrs. Clisby’
rs. IS y S
Pistachio Cak
Jean Clisby’s pistachio
cakes are famous at local
festivals and fund-raisers
throughout the Cloudland area.
“Whenever there’s a fund
raiser, I alwafis bake a
pistachio cake,” she said. “It’s
always the first one to go.”
Nf;s. Clisby resides at 165
Meridan Drive, Cloudland,
with her husband, ‘“lke.” They
moved to their modest home
seven years ago from
Melbourne, Fla.
Clisby is retired from the
Navy, while Mrs. Clisby is a
retired mother, having raised
four sons. Between the two of
them, they have six children,
five Erandchildren, 16 step
g{e:;:_l childrenEl h?d(}'e three
8 t-grandchildren.
“fiut they're all ours,” Mrs.
Cliskr said. :
ong with baking cakes
for fund-raisers and local
benefits, Mrs. Clisby’s other
hobbies include reading,
needlepoint on canvas, and
putting up the vegetables
grown in her husband’s garden
eacllllyeare.edlepo
er n int projects in
clude a haunted g:ouse for
Halloween, a ginmbread
house and train for Christmas,
a wood stove recipe card file,
perpetual calendars, and
pozget crosses.
could have saved another $2
billion, including S9O million in
medical costs, fie added.
““The facts are clear,” said
Lt. Little. ‘“Child safety seats
not only save lives, they also
save money.”’
' “It’s one of the simplest —
but more important — thinaEs
you can do for your child: Make
sure she is properly restained
every single time she rides in a
car,” he said.
‘“More parents than ever
are protecting their children by
Trooper Urges Car Seat Use
Georgia State Trooper
Mike King is gearing up for
National (,ghild assenger Safe
ty Awareness Week in Chat
tooga County.
“The leading cause of death
in children is automobile
crashes, and more than 70 per
cent of those deaths could have
been prevented if those
children were properly secured
in safety seats,” King said.
“It is imperative that
parents buckle their children
into appropriate seats each and
eve'?' time they travel.”
he National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) estimates that as
many as 49,000 injuries and
455 deaths could gxave been
prevented in 1991, if every
child younger than five was
correctly secured in a child
The needljfoint on canvas
crafts gener ygo to friends
for Christmas and other
occasions.
Her husband makes hang
ing lamps from flower pots.
Mrs. Clisby also makes
cookies and banana nut breads
for her friends at Christmas.
Her Farden dgoods, canned
v;fietab es, and jellies go to
children and step-children in
Massachusetts, South
Carolina, Florida, Alabama and
Texas.
She also bakes Eoodies for
church bazaars and benefits.
“That’s always a pistachio
cake,” she said.
Mrs. Clisby said she loves
to cook and bake, but explain
ed that it’s difficult to cook for
just two people. She said quite
often she’ll prepare a dish and
take some to a neighbor, who
alw_g: reciprocates.
y came to Cloudland
after visiting several times.
The first visit was about 30
years ago.
“My sons worked at Camp
Cloudmont 30 years ago,” she
said.Al‘l‘:Vehvisited a lol:.’!’l
they appear happy
with thei)x" pchoice of
neighborhoods.
‘We have the best
neighbors in the world,” Mrs.
see MRS, CLISBY, page 4-B
buckling them up in a child
safety seat or with an adult lap
and shoulder belt,” according
to Lt. Little.
But some local residents
still aren’t getting the
message. That holds true
nationally.
With National Child
evassenget Safety Awareness
eek (Feb. 13-19) right around
the corner, Lt. Little wanted
local parents to consider these
statistics:
safety seat.
However, safety seats must
be used correctly if they are to
provide adequate protection.
“It’s important for parents
to read the safety seat
manufacturer’s instructions, as
well as the car manufacturer’s
instructions to guarantee fpro
per installation and use of the
car seat,” King explained.
The NHTSA operates the
Auto Safety Hotline that
answers consumers’ questions
about child safety seats and
has current information on
which car seats have been
recalled.
The hotline number is
800-424-9393. :
For more information on
seat belts and child safety
seats, call King at 295-6002.
Local Farmers Receive ASCS Benefits
Almost Half A Million Dollars Paid To County Landowners Last Year
Slightly more than
$449,000 was paid out to Chat
tooga County landowners dur
ing 1993 by the local
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservations Service (ASCS).
In fact, according to Greg
Tatum, executive director,
1993 was a busy year for both
the local and Walker County
offices.
The ASCS is an agency of
the U.S. Degartment of
Agriculture, and is located at
115 North Economy Street,
Summerville, next to the Chat
too%a Extension Service office.
oth the Chattooga and
Walker county offices are com
bined administratively and
share as executive director.
Each office is open full-time.
PROGRAMS
The Chattooga office has
two employees, while the
Walker (g)unty office has one.
The ASCS offices ad
minister several agricultural
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Nena Morris, Summerville, left, and Kim Alexander, Trion, took ad
vantage of Sundags good weather to take in some fresh air on
horseback. Riding Barr and Cody, they enjoyed the unusually-warm
Church Rises From Flames
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STATISTICS
* More than 1,000 children
younger than 5 years old die
every year in this country in
automobile crashes and
another 50,000 are injured.
* When installed and buckl
ed correctly, child safety seats
used for children younger than
five, are 71 percent effective in
preventing deaths and 67 per
cent effective in preventing
serious injuries.
* Lap and shoulder belts
are just as important for older
children who have ‘““graduated”
from child safety seats. Being
ejected from a car in a crash in
creases the chances of dying by
25 percent, and safety belts
prevent ejection.
* Most (75 percent) of all
traffic fatalities occur within 25
miles of home — at speeds of
less than 40 miles per hour.
GUIDELINES
To help a child every time
he or she is in a passenger car,
Lt. Little provided these
guidelines:
* Choose the rifht type of
seat for your child’s size. In
fant seats — either tub-shaped
or convertible in the reclined
position — should be used un
til your child weifhs about 20
pounds and should always be
installed in a rear-facing
position.
* Do not put the child in the
front seat in a rear-facing posi
tion if there is a passenger side
see INFANT SEATS, page 4-B
‘programs as directed by Con
gress. Programs include con
servation, commodil(:{v price
support, and isaster
emergency.
Program administration is
done by a three-member com
mittee elected by eligible
voters in the county.
The Chattooga County
Committee was made up of
Dorman Gilreath, Mike Flut
chins, and Greg Hurley. Jack
Owin, Elsnwas elected to replace
Hutchins this year.
During 1993:
The cost-share Agricultural
Conservation l{;rogram paid out
$43,189 to Chattooga County
landowners, compared to
$41,705 paid to Wafi(er Coun
tians, for a total of $84,894.
In its cost-share Forestry
Incentive Program, $10,512
was paid to local farmers, com
-Bared to $14,178 in Walker
ounty, totaling $24,690.
The Agricultural Conserva
tion and Forestry Incentive
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RUSS JENNINGS BUCKLES SON, LUCAS, 1, INTO INFANT CAR SEAT
Statistics Prove That Infant, Toddler Car Seats Save Lives
programs are the programs
participated in the most by
Chattoo%a landowners, accor
ding to Tatum.
He also explained the scope
of the two programs.
PASTURE COVER
‘“The Agricultural Conser
vation Program is instituted
annually and includes row
croppedy fields being converted
to pasture cover, hay, etc. The
incentive is to put down a per
manent cover to reduce soil
erosion.”
The ASCS contributes
about 50 percent of the cost in
most cases and up to 75 per
cent in some, Tatum said.
The Forestry Incentive Pro
gram is also a 50-50 cost-share
¥rogram that encourages
armers to plant trees on land
formerly used to produce hay,
gastures, or for land that has
een clear-cut.
Other programs include:
The Acreage Reduction
for-Febn;ary temperatures that through Chattooga County last
weekend. Nena and Kim went rim Highway 48 near Summerville.
(Staff Photo By Jason Espy). . Wi
Program, which is a subsidy
type program that encourages
farmers to plant less corn, cot
ton, grain sorghum, wheat and
barleg'aat; times.
Chattooga farmers received
$99,591 under this program in
1993, compared to $54,210 in
Walker gounty, totaling
$153,801.
The Commodity Loans Pro
gram allows farmers of certain
grains including corn, cotton,
grain sorghum, wheat and
arley, to store their produce
during the harvest season and
sell it after harvest time.
Farmers receive ASCS loans to
carry them through the season.
LOANS
Chattooga farmers received
$63,407 in this program, com
gared to $13,560 for Walker
ounty, totaling $76,967.
Other commodity programs
include:
The cotton loan efficiency
program, in which Chat
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February 10, 1994
tooafkans received $8,747. No
Walker County farmers par
ticipated in the program.
And, the Wool Incentive
Program, in which Chattooga
landowners were paid $52,
while Walker County farmers
were paid $1,491, totaling
$1,543. The Wool Incentive
Program is a payment on
sheared and marketed wool
sold within the market year, ac
cording to Tatum.
Chattoo%:nFarmers receive
the most ds collectively
through Disaster Emergency
programs from the ASCS.
According to Tatum, Chat
tooga farmers received
$138,211 in 1993, while Walker
County farmers received
$86,360, totaling $224,571, in
the disaster funds under the
Disaster Payments Program,
largely due to the 1993
drought.
Tatum said farmers who
had lost 40 percent or more of
see LOCAL FARMERS, page 4-B