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Letters To The Editor
Gunn: Treat Your Pets Right
Dear Editor:
I like animals of all kinds! Wild animals in
their own habitat, in the zoo’s and the circus,
(f:iatl;; and dogs and other household pets (even
sh).
Never mistreat your pets! Dogs, cats, birds
and others have feeKngs' ; Alwagesfezd your pets
and keep fresh water nearby. that they get
their shots (see vet when needed).
When you have a dog or cat you can no
How To Compete With Textile Imports
Dear Editor:
Imports of textiles have gone ug every time
I have seen the report in The Summerville
News. How safe is the textile worker’s job?
How can we fight back? Exports! Japanese
youths yern for a chance to {lerk on a })alr of
well-worn American jeans. Youths of other
countries may soon follow that trend. We are
missing out on our mtest resource for export.
Image. Esteem. Admiration. :
How do we capitalize? Who benefits? First
we have to make a new brand of blue jeans. Call
them Georgia Blues, maybe. Embroider an
outline of Georgia on a hip pocket, with Georgia
Blues surroumflg a star, representing Atlanta.
Buy one gmr of these jeans for a reasonable
price, wear the tar out of them, then exchange
Raise Pay 0f Judges
Dear Editor:
A proposal to raise the compensation of
Georgia’s judges has surfaced recently, and it
deserves serious consideration by our
lawmakers.
A 15-person Commission on Judicial Com
gnsation was agpointed last summer by the
esident of the State Bar Association to look
at the salary levels of Georgia's J’udges. The
Commission reviewed recent trends in judges’
workloads (i. e., the number of cases handled),
analyzed how salaries have been affected by in
flation over the years, and compared judges’
salaries with the salaries of other lawiers.
Although the salaries of ju%es, which range
from $73,344 for Sugerior ourt judges to
$96,118 for Supreme Court judges, would ap
pear to be more than ade?uate to Georgians ear
ning the state average of $24,336 annually, the
Commission correctly compared judges’
salaries to those of other accomplished at
torneys. Put simply, the Commission looked at
the actual marke:rlace to determine the proper
value of top legal talent.
The Commission found that, compared with
surrounding states, the compensation of
Georgia’s judges ranks at or near the bottom.
More importantly, judges’ salaries were con
siderably lower than those of comparable
lawyers in the private marke?lace, including
those in corporate practice and even many law
school faculty members.
When adjusted for inflation, salaries for
juczf:s of the Supreme Court and Court of Ap
peals have-actually: declined by about. 20 per
cent over the past 25 years, despite the judges’
Darden A Comnservative Democrat
Dear Editor: -/
You certainly know how to mislead your
readers concerning our fine outstanding Con
gres.sxg,a'n George “Buddy”” Darden!!!
It would agpear you wish to paint “Buddy”’
Darden‘as a far-out liberal when, in fact, his
record will prove he’s an outstandinlg Conser
vative Democrat similar to our Democrat
Senator Sam Nunn!!!
" Look at his record —He voted in favor of
Anti-Gunners Are Extremists
Dear Editor:
Every time a crime is committed with a %m
in America the militant gun control lobby,
along with their powerful friends in the media
scream for legislation that will confiscate guns
from law-abiding citizens. Their well-known
aspirations of disarming America are not only
impossible but expose their extremism and
their naivete.
As the anti-gun lobby’s position of disarm
~infi citizens becomes more accepted by many
otherwise rational pe:gle, the other extreme
position should be media-driven as well. That
18 -th;g:goeition of arming all citizens.
I iately, the argument focuses on fears
of returning to the habits of the “Wild West.”
These fears are born out of ignorance of history
and human behavior since most people look for
hgher education from episodes of
“Gunsmoke;”’ and “Ograh Winfrey."”
. Dr. Roger D. McGrath’s, ‘“Gunfighters,
Highwaymen and Vigilantes: Violence on the
Frontier’ examines two western frontier towns
and concludes that crime was, by today’s stan
dards, almost non-existent because people car
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*Reminder: Where Friends Send Friends ;
longer care for, give them to a neighbor or
friend. Never leave them at a trash dump, or'’
in front of someone’s house!
Yes, I have a dog named Maggie, and a cat
named Patches. I am a lover of animals. Treat
your pets like you want to be treated!
Sincerelp
Hugh “Peter’” Gunn
Summerville
them for a new pair at no cost (well, maybe sales
tax). The company that makes the jeans, packs
the worn jeans up and off to Japan, Russia,
China, who knows where.
We g:atethe jobs. We get the good out of the
jeans, (free after the first purchase). They get
the joy of well-worn Georgia Blues.
With the '96 Olympics coming, offer an
Olymgic style, complete with Ocl'ympic Rings
over the star. Let this edition of Georgia Blues
represent the Textile Industry.
The loss of one {ob shortens everyone else’s
payday sooner or later.
Sincerely,
T. Watson Touchstone
Rome
significantly larger caseloads. Superior Court
judges’ salaries also have been red?xeced, declin
ing six percent in real terms since 1967.
To maintain a highly qualified judiciary,
Georgians must be willing to pay enough to
both attract and retain top lawyers to the
bench. The failure to do so will result in a
gradual decline in the quality of the judiciary,
which in turn will result in greater costs down
the road.
Although making a strong case for higher
salaries, the Commission’s recommendation for
the establishment of an inde(i)endent commis
sion to periodically review and set judicial com
pensation would be a mistake. Voluntarily
ceding part of its Constitutionally-based
authority over the appropriations process to a
non-elected commission might be tempting
politically, but it would be extremely unwise of
the General Assembly.
The authority of the l?islature over ap
propriations does not diminish the in
dependence of the judiciary any more than the
judiciary’s authority to declare a statute un
constitutional undermines the independence of
the L:Els lature.
Although admittedlg a tough job, it is never
theless the responsi ih:.{ of the General
Assembly, and the Gener Asseml‘):l{ alone, to
appropriate public dollars among all pressing
needs.
Griff Doyle
Atlanta
President,
Georgia Public Policy Foundation
a Balanced Budget Amendment; he supports
Voluntary Prayer in Schools; he voted against
Taxpayer Fundm% of Abortion; he voted
against Statehood for Washington, D. C.; and
he voted against an attempt to further cut the
defense budget!!!
Your attempt to discredit a fine Conser
vative Democrat is a disgrace.
A.J. Simpson
Douglasville
ried guns. He reports that, ‘‘ American cities to
day average 30 or 40 times as much burflary
and theft per capita as Bodie (California) and
Aurora (Nevada{"
Like the congresses of yesteryear, ours
should be calling for Americans to arm
themselves for protection instead of listening
to the kooks who would follow the lead of every
totalitarian (govemment of this century and
render us defenseless against crime. They
should consider that bandits and é)otential
killers would become polite citizens or dead ones
if Americans were armed. Of course, the media
would accuse supporters in congress of ex
tremism whereby they would obedientlg' sub
mit to the anti-gun extremism favored by the
established alfower brokers.
If only all law-abiding citizens were as well
armed as our criminal community, safety would
be restored to America and the anti-gun peo
pllle coullcll concentra{,& more of their efforts on
their other projects like protecting endangered
buqlg and sgowing contf:)ms to first-graders.
'om Hardigree
Hartwell
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FOUR-VEHICLE COLLISION TURNS INTO FIVE-CAR CRASH THURSDAY
Cloudland Woman’s Car Causes Chain Reaction; Her Auto Then Hit
10 Hurt In Wrecks Near Menlo
Ten people were hurt in
three almost simultaneous traf
fic accidents on Hifhway 48
east of Menlo in a cold, driving
rain Thursday afternoon.
Two others were hurt in a
seven-vehicle accident at Hays
Correctional Institution that
morning.
Seven more motorists were
hurt in separate accidents that
same day, and one was hurt on
Wednesday, Feb. 9.
HEAD-ON
Three motorists were in
jured in a near head-on collision
involving a tractor-trailer truck
and a car on Hiihway 48 just
east of Menlo shortly after 3
p.m. Thursday, reYorted Cor
poral Charles Toles of the
Georgia State Patrol. -
He identified them as John
F. Smith, 17, Summerville Rte.
2; Brian Hankins, 17, Summer
ville Rte. 3; and Albert Smith,
16, Summerville Rte. 2. They
were taken to Chattooga Coun
t{ Hospital in a private vehicle,
the rerort indicated.
Toles said that a 1979
model car driven by John F.
Smith was traveling west on
Highway 48 when it skidded on
the rain-slickened roadway and
smashed nearly head-on into a
1982 model tractor-trailer
truck driven by Edwin G.
Carden, 53, Valley Head, Ala.
FOUR VEHICLES :::
Three people were also hurt
in a four-vehicle accident on
Highway 48 just east of Menlo
about 3:15 p.m. Thursday,
reported Corporal Toles. The
accident occurred moments
after a car and tractor-trailer
accident a few hundred feet
westward on the same road.
The injured were listed as
Katherine M. Guerra, 16,
Menlo; Anita L. Green, 54,
Cloudland; and Cynthia Hayes,
22, Summerville. They were
taken to Chattooga County
Hospital by the Chattooga
Emergency Medical Service
(EMS{e
Corporal Toles said the
1980 model car driven by Ms.
Green was traveling west on
Hi%xway 48 when it collided
with a stopped auto driven by
Ms. Guerra, knocking it into a
1981 stopped pickup truck
driven by John J. Chorzer’nlpa,
44, Huntsville, Ala. The
Chorzempa truck, in turn, was
knocked into a stopped 1988
model car driven by Ms.
Hayes, Toles said.
Ms. Green said her vehicle
was knocked into the Guerra
car, Toles added, while
witnesses said the Green car
skidded into the Guerra car
and was then hit moments
later by another vehicle.
FOUR HURT
That other vehicle was a
1986 model car driven by Guy
H. Toles 111, 16, Menlo, the
corporal said. Four people were
hurt in that accident, the
report indicated.
They were identified as Ms.
Green, Cloudland; as well as
Angelia Howard, 16, Menlo
Rte. 1; Katie Thonézfion. 15,
Cloudland; and Ben Sellers, 15,
Menlo Rte. 1. They, too, were
taken to Chattooga Hospital
by the Chattooga EMS, the
report showed. :
Cor%oral Toles said the car
driven by Guy Toles skidded
into the Green vehicle which
had “swerved and slowed sud
denly to avoid stopped traffic.”
HAYS CI
Troo}Per Bill DeHart of the
State Patrol investigated a
seven-vehicle accident in which
two people were hurt on the
parlnnfiwlot at Hays Correc
tional Institution shortly after
6 a.m. Thursday.
DeHart reported that
lg:borakl: Howell, 34, {-‘;9l'B
yne, , was driving a
model van when the accident
occurred. Ms. Howell r:gxted
that she was having problems
getting the van to run and
when Shebrl::o,%fe on ‘tl:‘l‘l:
emergency br van
'forwurduid. out of control, DeHart
The van struck a 1993
xlzlxodd trélck driven by Bl?bby
ussell Gray, 23, Rising Fawn
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MENLO FIREMEN CHECK INSIDE OF CAR THAT HIT TRUCK ON HIGHWAY 48
Truck Driver Uninjured; Three In Auto Hurt Thursday
comslained of injuries after the
accident, the trooper indicated.
After hitting the Gray
truck, DeHart said, the van
continued on and struck five
more parked vehicles in the lot,
or knocked them into other
‘ vehicles. Owners of those
vehicles were listed as:
Richard Arlen McClung, 40,
Moore Street, Trion; Larry Joe
Raburn, 39, LaFayette Rte. 3;
Charles Michael Frady, 38,
Rains Subdivision, Summer
ville; Richard Kirk Davidson,
26, Ringgold Rte. 2; and Clar
R. Reaves, 41, Gadsden, Ala.
COMMERCE ST.
Three people were injured in
a two-vehicle accident on North
Commerce Street between
Cleghorn Street and Favor
Street Thursday evening.
Sgt. Terry Williamson of
the Summerville Police Depart
ment identified them as gled
win Zane Williams, 20, Sum
merville Rte. 2; Stacy
Reynolds, Summerville Rte. 1,
and Jason Gilleland, Jason
Drive, Trion. They were
treated at Chattooga Hosi:ital.
Sgt. Williamson said that a
mrts—utility truck driven by
is Biddle, 45, Frontier Circle,
Trion, struck a 1993 model car
driven by Williams head-on in
the turn lane in front of
Hardee’s restaurant.
‘THREE AUTOS
The driver of a 1991 mode]
car complained of -injuries
followinfia three-vehicle acci
dent on U. S. Highway 27 just
north of the Summerville city
limits about 4:45 p.m. Thurs
day, reported Trooger J. M.
Carter of the State Patrol.
He was identified as Billy
Gene Price, 37, Summerville
Rte. 1. He was taken to Chat
tooga Hospital in a private
vehicle.
Trooper Carter said the
auto driven b{JPrice was head
ed north on U. S. 27 when it
‘struck a 1988 model car driven
by Sharon M. Graves, 32,
Ninth Street, Trion. The
Graves car was knocked into a
1986 model car driven by
Michael Nolan Floyd, 22,
Ramey Street, Summerville,
she reported. The F‘;l:gd car
was stopred in the’ Food
parking lot entrance when it
was hit bé the Graves vehicle,
Trooper Carter said.
TWO INJURED
078 Highway 27 north of
on U. S. Highway 27 n of
Trion at 11 a.m. Thursday in
jured two motorists, according
to Trooper DeHart of the State
Patrol. !
: R. Trammel, 62,
H.mfllw Trion, and
Whitener Rieo, 19, Dalton,
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A 1993 model car driven by
Bennie Anthony Macon, 21,
Dalton, was involved in a colli
sion with a 1984 model pickup
truck driven by Trammel, ac
cording to DeHart.
PICKUP TRUCK
A passenger in a 1994
model pickup truck was injured
ina cofiision with a 1993 model
sports-utility truck Thursday
morning on U. S. Highway 27
{jl;rslti:tsouth of the Trion town
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Trooper DeHart said
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THREE INJURED IN HEAD-ON CRASH BETWEEN CAR, TRACTOR-TRAILER
Rash Of Accidents Oceur On Wet Highway 48 Near Menlo
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Car Fire
De;;rhe Stlmmervillllzd Fire
artment extinguished a car
fire on Ramey Street this past
week.
Reports indicated that the
1981 model car was driven by
Janice Wood, 23, Menlo Rte. 1.
A backfire throuil: the car
buretor on the vehicle ‘was
listed as the cause of the fire.
It occurred on Wednesday
evening, Feb. 9. j
PTT To Meet
%chool : (Pa_rent Teacher
will thiekt 3¢ 6 p.m. %:esdayq::
the school lunchroom. '
All PTT members, parents
and others may attend. The
third, fourth and fifth grades
will present a program.
The Summerville News, February 17, 1994
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LT. DAN YOUNG, EMTS HELP DRIVER
Injured In Accident Near Menlo
merville, complained of injuries
following the mishap.
DeHart reported that a
flck‘}‘l}: truck driven bé' Cecil M.
cWhorter, 79, Simmons
Street, Trion, was involved in
a collision with a sports-utility
truck driven by Julian Davis
Blalock, 69, Gray Street, Trion.
ONE CAR
One person was injured in a
single-car accident on South
Commerce Street 600 feet
north of Lyerly Street on
Wednesday, Feb. 9.
Mike Steed
from editorial page
And if your parents didn’t abuse you,
just claim your spouse did, or maybe your
minister, or better yet, Michael Jackson.
There’s real money in being abused by
Michael.
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IT’S TIME WE flood the streets with
billboards and bumper stickers reading,
‘““Abuse. Is No Excuse.” Somehow,
sometime, folks have to be accountable for
their own actions. ‘‘Responsibility”’ has
become an unacceptable word today. We
must rehabilitate “‘responsibility.” f
So much for kinder, gentler. It was a
nice thought. It’s a shame it can’t become
a reality. o
Officer Tracy Maddux of
the Summerville Police Depart
ment said Elliott Anne Lee, 16,
Summerville Rte. 4, was in
jured in the mishap.
Maddux said the 1992
model car driven by Ms. Lee
bumped a curb. The driver said
she tried to apf)ly the brakes
but hit the accelerator instead,
Maddux reported, causing the
car to jump the curb, strike two
mailboxes, and cross over the
road, slamming head-on into a
ditch.
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