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Chamber Won’t Write Off Debt
Ellenburg: $3,800 May Be Recovered From JTPA
By JULIE GRIFFIS
- Staff Writer
The Chattooga County
Chamber of Commerce board
of directors has voted to not
write off $21,000 from its Job
Training Partnership Act
(JTPA) program, reversing a
vote taken at the end of last
year.
Eddy Ellenburg, chamber
president, told the board that
there was a chance of recoup
ing $3,810.49 if the $21,000 is
not written off as a loss.
Ellenburg also Rresented
the board with JTPA balance
sheets for December, 1993 and
Mayor Cash Is
“Satisfactory’
Mayor Sewell Cash of Sum
merville was reported in
“‘satisfactory’’ condition at a
Rome hzsg;ital at midnight
Tuesday after undergoing five
heart bypasses.
Officials at Redmond
Regional Medical Center said
Cash was in room 524 at the
facility at noon Wednesday.
The mayor underwent the
heart sur%ery Thursday morn
ing, following tests the
previous week and earlier that
week.
The 62-year-old mayor was
overwhelminglfw; re-elected to
his fifth term this past fall. He
has been mayor since 1977.
In his absence, Mayor Pro
Tem Ira Pollard is expected to
preside at the February city
council meeting Monday
evening.
He graduated from Sum
merville High School in 1950,
and attended Georgia
Southern Universitgr for one
year before he was drafted by
the U. S. Army. He was sta
tioned in Germany for two
years.
Cash has attended Walker
Technical Institute and several
continuing education classes
related to government.
He and his wife, Jean, are
members of the South Sum
merville Baptist Church. Cash
has three children: Preston
Cash, Keitha Shamblin and
Mike Tucker. He is a member
of the Chattooga Athletic
Boosters, Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 6688, American
Legion Unit 129, the
January, 1994.
The December balance
sheet showed assets, liabilities
and equity at $3,039.32 and a
deficit of $8,771.17. The
January statement revealed
assets, liability and e%uity of
$1,949.03, with a deficit of
$9,861.46.
Ellenburg said the chamber
will request an advance reim
bursement of about SIO,OOO to
be used during the 1994-95
fiscal year, hopefully enabling
the program to break even.
Sue Spivey, chamber ex
ecutive vice president, said
President Clinton had cut the
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of Chief Elected Officers, and
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tion. He has been named to
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sional baseball with the St.
Louis Cardinals’ minor league
team. He is retired from
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She said she feels the program
has but one year left.
“It’s an assumption,” she
said.
In other business:
* Board vice presidents
gave committee reports.
* Pending legiss‘:tion was
discussed.
* And, the president refer
red to his agenda, or plans for
the coming year.
Mrs. Spivey reported that
28 people attended the recent
Leadership Chattooga
program.
“About 20 or 21 were par
ticipants, with two steerin
committee members, ang
spouses, she said.
Scott Tucker, chairman of
the Education Committee,
discussed the Best Quest Pro
gzam at Chattooga High
hool, referring to an article in
The Summe News.
Milton “Cotton” Greeson,
vice president of economic
development, reported that
there is no agri-business com
mittee chairman and one
meeting was _ postponed
because of the Jan. 17 ice
storm.
In the last meeting, he said,
the committee discussed a
speculative building.
Glen Ezell, Retail Small
Business Committee chairman,
discussed the hjih participa
tion of local merchants and in
dustries in the Christmas gift
certificate progam.
However, Ezell said the
committee is in danger because
of low turnout at meetings. He
said only three people showed
up at the last meetinfi.e
“What needs to done
‘can’t be done by three people,”
Eze}l% silaidé o
olly Spray , tourism
chairman, giscumthe coun
ty brochure which is still on the
d¥awin§ board.
Ezell also discussed
membership services. He said
his committee discussed a
membership banquet to which
board members would bring
prospective members.
B Hurley, vice presi
dent g%overnmental Partner
ships, discussed several
legislative bills that would af
fect the chamber and its
membership.
They included:
* House Bill 105, which
would reduce workers compen
sation payments, according to
'l;he ngmerville News, Thursday, February 10, 197%
Hurley. He urged the board to
call or write legislators in favor
of the bill.
* He urged the board to
unite in favor of House Bill
1525, which provides sovereign
immunity and extends hospital
authorities.
* However, Hurley, urged
members not to support Senate
Bill 575, which would brinfi
about written safety an
health programs for companies
with 11 or more employees.
In his president’s agenda,
President Ellenburg told the
board he would like to continue
work with the personnel
committee.
LEGISLATION
“Legislation needs address
ing and we need to keep contac
ting major employers, and
should continue to gromote our
emg}oyers.” Ellenburg said.
e said updated listings of
industries in the county are
needed, as well as the number
of employees and payrolls of
each.
“We need to coordinate
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with the tourism committee,
visit large and small industries,
and Kromote the refion as well
as the area,” he added.
Ellenburg said the board
needs to coordinate with the
Hospitality Committee and
shomfid promote small business
openings.
He also said there is a need
for area small businesses to
sta{ open later on the third of
each month when social securi
ty checks are received.
“Our bank stays open until
5 p.m. if the third falls on a
Wednesday (when Farmers &
Merchants bank is normally
closed) and we do a lot of
business,”’ Ellenburg
explained.
Mrs. Spivey announced
that the next chamber
membership breakfast is set
for 7:30 a.m. March 24 at The
Tavern, Trion.
She also said there are
several o?enings for sponsors
of breakfasts and luncheons
and asked businesses to sign
up to sponsor one.
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