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Thursday, February 10, 1994
Our Opinion
Tough Decisions Ahead
Whew.
It was a close call. Chattooga County
came within a hair’s breadth of being
without a landfill and nowhere to go with
its solid waste.
The Georgia Environmental Protection
gave the county a last-second reprieve. It
seems a tiny bit of additional space was
found at the Penn Bridge Road landfill.
But it has to be closed no later than
April 8. No kidding. No more reprieves.
That’s the final, final deadline.
By that time, the county’s solid waste
transfer station should be finished. Our
garbage will then be hauled out of the
county. :
Welcome Sen. Nunn
U. S. Sen. Sam Nunn is scheduled to
address the annual meeting of the Chat
tooga County Chamber of Commerce this
coming Monday evening.
The senator is well thought of in Chat
tooga County. His stands for a strong na
tional defense have been most welcome to
John Turner, Genius
John Turner, an art teacher at Chat
tooga High School, is a creative genius.
His Best Quest program has caught on
at CHS, motivating students to improve
themselves personally, academically,
socially, and civically. He has involved the
entire school, and all its departments, in
Best Quest.
Now he wants to export it to inner ci
ty schools around the country. His view
Oppose ‘Reform’ Plans
President Clinton, his wife, and the
Democrats are promising to ‘“‘reform’ our
health care system, using the force and
power of the federal government to bend
us to their vision.
The Republicans, even Sen. Robert
Dole, have offered their own tweedle-dee,
tweedle-dum ‘‘reform’’ package that calls
for more federal intervention in medicine.
Both plans supposedly have lofty
goals. But they have one thing in common.
They’re unConstitutional. In addition,
Look At The Facets
Handgun controls do nothing to reduce
crime.
Not even in New York, which has the
toughest gun control laws in the nation.
It is even a crime to go outside the city to
buy a handgun.
Here are the murder rates per 100,000
in towns with the most restrictive gun
laws (from FBI statistics):
Newark, N. J. 40.7; New York, N.Y.
30.7; Chicago, 111. 30.6; Baltimore, Md.
41.4; Detroit, Mich. 56.6; Washington,
D. C., 71.8; and Boston, Mass. 24.9.
Now, here’s a list of towns with lenient
gun laws and the murder rates per 100,000
people:
The question remains: what is the long
term solution to the solid waste disposal
needs of all local residents? Is it a new
county landfill? A regional landfill? Or
hauling it out of the county as long as
possible, perhaps into the next century?
Commissioner Jim Parker has some
tough options. All of them will be extreme
ly costly, thanks to out-of-control en
vironmental extremism on the federal and
state levels.
The decision will be difficult. And it will
be bound to anger about as many people
as it pleases. We're glad we're not in his
shoes right now.
our patriotic citizens.
He is a very personable and extremely
intelligent individual who knows the Pen
tagon better than anyone in Washingon
ton, D. C.
We welcome Senator Nunn and look
forward to hearing his comments.
is that the motivational program would en
courage youngsters who have little self
esteem, perhaps a poor family life, and lit
tle reason to achieve, to boost themselves
upward.
His ideas have merit and with the ex
posure that the Cable News Network is
providing, Best Quest could spread from
Summerville all across the United States.
they both tend toward socialism and/or
fascism.
If any combination of the ‘“‘reform”
plans pass Congress, Americans can look
forward to more expensive medical care,
more paperwork headaches, and rationing
of health care.
Now is not the time to compromise.
Now is the time to draw a line in concrete
and oppose all federal efforts to become
more heavily involved in the doctor
patient relationship.
Colorado Springs, Colo. 3.2; Omaha,
Neb. 3.3; Tucson, Ariz. 7.4; Arlington,
Texas 3.1; Austin, Texas 9.9; El Paso,
Texas 6.6; and Wichita, Texas 5.9.
Out of 93,500 accidents in 1990, 1,501
— or 1.6 percent — were caused by
firearms.
Out of 397,600 “‘diseases,” including
murders and police shootings, approx
imately 15,420 — or 3.9 percent — were
caused by firearms.
Guns don’t cause crime. Criminals do.
The way to reduce crime is to put criminals
behind bars and keep them there, and to
execute murders within one year of their
conviction.
...$10.60
) Viewpoint
By Tommy Toles, Editor
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How To Love
VALENTINE'’S Day is the traditional
time for candy, flowers and cards to be
delivered to one’s sweetheart or wife.
But love is more than a one time a year
event or a spur-of-the-moment attraction.
There are more manifestations of love than
candy, flowers or cards.
Here are a couple of lists that I, a well
qualified divorced man, have compiled for
those who want to put a bit of spark back
in their relationship:
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FOR MEN: Don’t watch TV one night
a week and help your wife wash dishes,
wash clothes, or clean up the house. Take
her on a spur-of-the-moment walk in the
wpods, or down the block. Don’t yell at
her. Buy her a couple of pairs of new pan
tyhose occasionally without warning.
Brush her hair at night. Don’t buy that
gun if the budget is tight. Give her a hug
out of the blue. Spend a Saturday night
talking about your first dates with each
other. Take her to a romantic movie rather
than to that action flick you’ve been wan
ting to see. Bring her a single rose on oc
casion for no special reason except that
you love her. Hold hands in public. Tell her
daily that you love her... and mean it.
Cook supper. Cuddle without having sex.
Rub her back. Surprise her with a babysit
ter and a night on the town occasionally.
Never put her down, especially in public.
Tell her you appreciate her. Let her dream
her dreams and help her make them come
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Wring It Out
THE CAREFUL shopper picks out her
favorite blend of decaffeinated coffee, fills
up her car with an economical gasoline
made from domestic oil and heads for
home. After unpacking the groceries, she
enjoys a drink of crystal-clear water.
Healthy foods, clean water and affor
dable transportation improve our quality
of life. These nominally priced products
also improve our economy. Caffeine-free
coffee, low-priced gasoline and pure water
are all made from a process using safe and
inexpensive solvents that only 15 years
ago were not even used. These new, high
tech solvents, called ‘‘supercritical fluids,”
are partly responsible for a growing boun
ty for consumers.
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SUPERCRITICAL fluids are now us
ed to decaffeinate coffee, wring more oil
out of spent wells and regenerate the ad
sorbents that purify water. They also ex
tract hops for beer, remove fats from foods
such as potato chips and take cholesterol
out of eggs. They can extract fragile phar
maceuticals from plants or be used as
solvents in painting cars. These
substances also have many important en
vironmental applications, such as cleaning
up contaminated waste dumps. '
The Specialty Separations Center at
Georgia Tech has played an important role
in developing supercritical fluid processes.
“Supercritical fluids are not gases and not
liquids, but unique fluids which possess all
the best properties of both,” says Dr.
Charles A. Eckert, director of the center.
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FOR WOMEN: Make him his favorite
dish more than once a year. Go hunting or
fishing with him . . . at least once. Watch
a ball game on TV with him all the way
through without griping. Tell him that you
love him every day. Hug him when he
leaves and when he returns home from
work. Don’t talk to him when he’s wat
ching ‘“‘the most important game of the
year.” If the budget is tight, don’t risk
buying that ‘“‘bargain’’ blouse or jeans. Tell
him what you think without being overly
subtle — men don’t pick up on subtle hints
very easily. On occasion, when you feel like
saying no, say yes instead. Let him know
you appreciate him. Realize that men find
it hard to talk about personal, intimate
matters and help him say what’s on his
mind. Don’t cry. Don’t scream.
* * *
FOR BOTH: Put Christ first and your
marriage second. Be kind to one another.
Realize that you are both imperfect with
flaws and shortcomings, and love each
other despite that. Be committed to each
other. Talk. Touch. Wink. Help each other
daily, with physical as well as mental
tasks. Put your marriage first and the
children second — without the marriage
the children would be in disarray. Develop
your own interests but don’t grow apart
as a couple. Be tender and gentle with one
another.
Have a better year.
THE MOST commonly used super
critical fluid is carbon dioxide (CO2). We
breathe out CO2 and plants take it in, us
ing it with water and sunlight to make
sugar. It is a colorless, nontoxic, nonflam
mable gas under normal conditions, but at
certain temperatures and pressures it
becomes a supercritical fluid.
“It is nearly as dense as water, but it
has properties like air,” says Eckert. “Car
bon dioxide is also a marvelous solvent. It
often dissolves a million times more
material as a supercritical fluid than it
would as a gas. Since it is normally a gas,
when the solvent is depressurized a pure
product with no solvent residues re
mains.”’
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STARTING NEARLY 20 years ago,
researchers at Tech were among the first
to exploit the unique capabilities of these
solvents. They have developed both the
basic understanding and many of the uses.
One current project involves recovery of
the new, powerful anti-cancer drug, taxol,
from the bark of the Pacific yew tree by
Professor Amyn Teja and Professor Leon
Zalkow. They are using supercritical CO2
to extract the drug which could be damag
ed by conventional solvents. Also, Eckert
and Dr. Charlene Bayer are developing a
method of analyzing impurities in indoor
air which can cause ‘‘sick buildings.”
What else can we expect in the future?
Researchers are looking at many more en
vironmental uses to make our air, water
see GUEST COLUMN, page 5-A
\ Commentary
& By Buddy Roberts
A Month oOf Weeks
THIS IS A very commemorative month.
February contains three special weeks encouraging
Georgians to honor certain groups and be aware of cer
tain things. Gov. Zell Miller signed proclamations last
month designating the weeks.
This week, for starters, is Senior Georgians Week. It
ends Friday.
The governor’s proclamation recognizes Georgia's
residents age 65 and older, and it set a slate of activities
for them at the state Capitol.
‘The designation further “honored the great strides and
the numerous contributions senior Georgians make toward
the progress and development of our society” and
“recognized that in order to stimulate meaningful involve
ment in the community, senior Georgians are getting in
volved and learning more about the legislative process and
the important role every citizen plays in helping to im
prove our quality of life.” : '
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LATER THIS month, we have more observances to
look forward to, thanks to the governor. Feb. 21-25 is
Severe Weather Awareness Week.
Gov. Miller has urged us to become more aware of
severe weather safety measures because ‘“‘each year,
Georgians are faced with the threat of severe weather, and
I am sure that the memories of the tornadoes of 1993 and
the blizzard of the century are still painfully vivid for many
of us.” : ;
His proclamation added that the state’s population
growth has increased the potential for loss of life and pro
perty, and that 109 severe weather-related deaths have oc
curred in Georgia since 1978.
* * *
AFTER WE'VE made ourselves aware about severe
weather, it will be time for another commemorative occa
sion, Student Council Week, which is Feb. 27-March 5.
Student council members deserve a week of their own,
the governor said, because they “‘are charged with the
responsibility of representing their fellow classmates and
developing policies to enhance the well-being of their
schools.”
Student government provides a “firm foundation
for . . . future state leaders,” Gov. Miller continued in his
proclamation, and Georgia's student councils include
“outstanding young leaders who are committed to the
ideals of education and democracy.”
Gov. Miller also designated Jan. 24 as Salute to Sur
vival Day in Georgia, to “increase public awareness of
cancer survivorship issues.” Activities were slated at the
Capitol to allow cancer survivors and American Cancer
Society volunteers to meet with legislators.
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THIS INFORMATION was taken from a package of
news releases from the governor’s office about the three
new weeks. On occasion, the General Assembly has also
designated certain days or weeks for various causes.
Going back to 1990, for example, the legislature
designated the first Sunday in October as Children’s Day.
Also that year, it established Motorcycle Awareness and
You Month. I'm not sure if that involved motorcycle safe
ty or awareness that motorcycles exist.
In 1991, Girls and Women in Sports Day and Georgia
County Government Week were established. March, 1992,
was designated Seabees Month, and Georgia Quality
Month was recognized that October, even if nobody knew
quality what.
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THANKS TO THE legislature, Georgia also has a host
of official state things. Such as the Georgia Folk Festival,
which logically, is the official state folk festival. Others
include “The Reach of Song,” the official state historic
drama; the Vidalia onion, the official state vegetable; and
the Springer Opera House, the official state theater.
My personal favorite is Pogo, Georgia’s official state
opossum. I'd like to shake the hand of the thrifty and
issues-oriented legislator who got that bill passed.
Also during the past couple of years, the General
Assembly authorized the Stewart County Wild Game and
Fish Cookoff, which, no doubt, will soon be properly
recognized as the officiil state wild game and fish cookoff.
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AND BY THE WAY ...if you're a dog owner, start.
preparing for another big observance in May: the
American Kennel Club’s National Canine Good Citizen
glonth. Its aim is to promote the benefits of a well-behaved
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