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. . The Summerville News, February 24, 1994
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SHERIFF RALPH KELLETT (R) DISCUSSES
Death With GBl's Charles Johnson
from front page
Plum Street, Trion, according
to Inv. Elsberry.
POINTED GUN
Sgt. Stan Mosley and Inv.
Elsberry said Rape allegedly
pointed a nickel-plated .380
caliber semi-automatic pistol at
the head of Kimberly }g Rape,
28, same address, about 7:30
p-m. Friday.
When she pushed the gun
away from her head, it
discgarged with the bullet
striking a bar between the kit
chen and living room, Elsberry
said. Rape had allegedly fired
the weapon out the door of the
residence three times, the in
vestigator said he was told.
Rape had allegedly kicked
in the door to the Rape home
before the shooting took place,
Elsberry said. Mr. and Mrs.
Rape are in the Erocess of get
ting a divorce, he added.
A Trion area teen-ager has
been charged with terroristic
threats and acts in another
domestic incident.
Ted D. Deßerry Jr., 17,
Trion Rte. 2, was charged at
11:34 p.m. Sunday, according
to Dep. Colbert.
Deßerry was charged with
t Jlling his mother and sister
that he had a kitchen kni.fiand
was going to kill them, Colbert
reported. Deßerry admitted
making the comments, the
deputy added.
TOOLS
Meanwhile, Sgt. Tony Cobb
said $725 worth of toof; were
stolen from a shed behind the
home of Arthur Johnson, Sum
merville Rte. 4, Thursday
niiht. They were listed as a
table saw and three weed
trimmers.
Two dogs valued at S3OO
were stolen from the home of
Brian Southerland, Davis
Road, Trion, this past Sunday,
reported Dep. Alan Bryant.
Dep. Ray Brandon said so
meone trie! to drill a well on
the property of Ken Lanier,
Subligna Road, Summerville,
on Fe%'.115. There was only one
problem —the owner hadn’t
ordered a well drilled and the
equipment got stuck in his
field.
Someone shot the 1987
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Shooting At Menlo Unresolved
model van and camper of Billy
Blackmon, Summerville Rte. 2,
with a shotgun Saturday night,
reported Dep. Ken Anderson.
Inv. Elsberry was also probing
the incident.
Sgt. Mosley said a .?erson
slashed the clothing of Jimmy
Reece Cooper, Vaughn Mobile
Home Park, this past Thurs
day night while Cooper was in
The City of Summerville
f)lans to appeal a $5,000 fine
evied by the Georgia En
vironmental Protection Divi
sion (EPD) because the city
didn’t properly spread
sewerage plant sludge on its
own property.
Charles Kinney, city
manager, said a letter would be
sent to Alan W. Hallum, chief
of the water protection branch
of the EPD asking that the fine
be reduced to SI,OOO.
Hallum wrote in his Feb. 9
letter to Mayor Sewell Cash —
who is still recovering from five
heart bypasses — tgat the ci
ty had allegedly stockpiled
sludge and had not planted a
cover crop to prevent runoff
and to take up nitrogen in the
sludie.
The investigation by the
EPD took place on Oct. 22,
1993. Hallum wrote that the
town had been told about the
violations that day, as well as
in an Oct. 28 conversation with
Kinney, and an Oct. 29 letter.
INSPECTIONS
“We were assured that the
violations were being address
ed,” Hallum wrote. ‘“‘However,
in subsequent inspections on
Nov. 12, Nov. 23 and Dec.
B...the EPD documented
that sludge was still beinfi
stockpiled at the industri
flark site, and no cover crop
ad been planted.”
The city was notified of the
violations on Nov. 12, Hallum
continued, and about sludge
being stockpiled at its Gilreath
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jail. Cooper identified the per
son who was suspected in the
apparent domestic incident.
Cooger, 32, had been charged
with simple battery and
criminal damage to property.
Lt. Dan Young investigated
a $2 gasoline drive-off from
Smile’s convenience store,
Pennville, on Feb. 16.
Among arrests made this
Summerville To Fight Fine
site north of Trion. Evidence
that the problems were being
corrected was presented by the
city at a meeting with the EPD
on Dec. 30, Ha?lum wrote.
Between the time the viola
tions were found and by mid-
December, “the city failed to
correct the violations at the in
dustrial park site and added
new violations at the Gilreath
site,” Hallum said. ‘“This oc
curred despite reminders from
EPD and assurances from the
city that the violations were be
ing corrected.”
Hallum enclosed a propos
ed consent order for the town
to sign and return with its
check for $5,000.
“The letter (from Hallum)
gives the impression that
nothing was being done by the
city to correct the violation for
in January when its latest spill
occurred.
Town officials ‘“‘unofficial
ly”’ suspect sabotage in the in
cident, especially since so
meone reported tKe spill to an
Atlanta television station and
the EPD before town officials
knew of the incident.
So far, February looks fine,
according to Paul Tickerhoof,
plant superinendent.
However, Tickerhoof
reported that work in cleaning
Councilman’s Trial
Planned Wednesday
from front page
paycheck in 1991.
Several city officials are
also being sued in Chattooga
County guperior Court in a
civil action that demands they
pay back monies they had
received for wages lost while on
city business. The suit- by
Patricia Horton-Strange, an
Atlanta-Trion area activist, did
not name Parris as one of those
involved in receiving city
money for lost wages.
Van Pelt said he expected
to carry the Evans case%efore
the August term grand jury, as
well as the investigation into
missing records and changed
insurance deductions.
NO ATTORNEY
The Parris case had been
scheduled for the August, 1993
term of court but Parris did not
obtain an attorney by that
time.
Judge Jon Wood, after giv
ing Parris a tongue-lashing for
not having a lawyer, apgointed
Bobby Hannah of LaFayette
as Parris’ attorney. Hannah
then asked for and received a
continuance from Judge Wood
of the trial so he could acquaint
himself with the case.
Wood is expected to preside
over Parris’ trial next week.
Councilman Parris worked
BULLET IMBEDDED IN BEDROOM WALL
After Passing Through Victim
Trion Settlement Due?
from front page
past week were the following:
— Michael Bryant, 23, Lake
Wanda Reita Road, Summer
ville, was charged with simple
assault Monda%.
— Kenneth T. Venable, 51,
North Commerce Street, Sum
merville, was charged with sim
ple battery Saturday.
— Brian M. Hughes, 23,
Chickamauga, was charged
two months following the
notice,” according to a draft of
acity letter that was expected
to be sent to Hallum this week.
DELAYS
“The fact is that we were
trying to correct the groblems
but were delayed by rainy
weather which made it impossi
ble for equipment to operate at
the site,” the city letter stated.
‘“After several unsuccessful at
tempts to spread the sludge
with our rubber-tired tractor,
we hired a private contractor
with steel-track loaders to do
the work. On two attempts,
this contractor was unable to
work on the site due to wet con
ditions. On the third attempt,
he did get the material spread
and incorporated into the soil.”
Continuing, the city letter
out the equalization basin is at
‘“a standstill” until the county
landfill is closed.
Sludge from the basin will
be used as the last six inches
of top cover for the landfill. The
sludge will be mixed with dirt
and seeded.
ALTERNATIVES
Tickerhoof said he is look
ing for alternatives for the
sludge in an effort to get it out
of the basin.
He said once the basin is
for the City of Summerville
from 1958 to 1970 when he left
as general superintendent to
become a self-employed utility
supply salesman.
He ran for the council and
served a four-year term from
1973 to 19717. He was out of of
fice for two years and then won
another four-year term in 1979,
1991 VOTE
Parris received almost 50
percent of the vote in his 1991
race against incumbent Coun
cilman Phil Cavin. He defeated
Cavin by more than 61 ?ercent
of the vote in a run-off election.
Menlo Panpake Sale
Scheduled Saturday
The Menlo Parent-Teacher Organization will sponsor a pan
cake breakfast Saturday, beginnini:t 7 am.
It will be held in the school lunchroom. Adult plates will
cost $2.50 and children’s plates will be sl. Plates will include
pancakes, sausage and a drink.
A rummage sale will also be held in the school gym.
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INVS. HILL (L), ELSBERRY CHECK BULLET
Located In Ceiling Of Bedroom
with theft by conversion
Friday.
— Mary L. Bailey, 34,
Cartersville, was charged Fri
day with writing a bad check.
— Jason Horton, 18, Sum
merville Rte. 1, was charged
with giving false information
to an officer and false report of
a crime on Feb. 16.
— Matthew W. Dooley, 20.
stated, “The lack of ground
cover on the industrial site was
caused by the fact that one of
the industries was granted per
mission to haul fill dirt from a
portion of vacant land at the in
dustrial park. Without realiz
ing what the{ were doing, they
destroyed the city’s sludge
disposal site at this location.
The city’s workers continued
to J)lace sludge on the barren
and muddy ground, which was
a mistake. After seeing the con
dition of the area (the city)
ordered city personnel to
discontinue sludge disposal on
the disturbed area...”
NOT IGNORED
The letter stated that the ci
ty had not been ‘‘ignoring
EPD’s warnings, but were just
unable to get the problem cor-
cleaned out it will help the
plant’s operation greatly and
“do alot to improve the treat
ment process.’
The 10-to-11 million gallon
basin is filled with about 10 to
14 feet of sludge that is topped
with about two-to-three feet of
water, he said.
Once cleaned out, the basin
will be used for storage when
there is heavy rain, and can be
used as an equalizer and buffer
for sewerage yet to be treated.
With the removal about
Gov. Miller appointed
Cavin to refilace Parris tem
porarily on the council after he
suspended the indicted official,
pending resolution of the
charges against him.
If he is acquitted of the
charges, Parris would im
mediately resume his seat on
the council. If he is convicted
on a felony charge, he would
lose his seat automatically and
a special election would have to
be called to fill his unexpired
term. He could not run for the
vacant seat after being
convicted.
LaFayette, was charged Satur
day with beinfg under 21 and in
possession of alcohol, havinf
an open container of alcohol,
gubhc drunkenness, and not
aving Veroof of insurance.
— William D. Hunt, 38,
Summerville Rte. 1, was charg
ed Monday with theft by tak
ing and criminal damage to
property.
rected sooner due to cir
cumstances beyond our con
trol.”
The town realizes the im
portance ‘‘of strict compliance
with the sludge management
plan, and we are fortunate that
this situation did not result in
any degradation to the environ
ment,”” the letter added. ‘“This
sequence of events has caused
us to realize that we need to ac
quire a manure spreader vehi
cle to spread the sludge at the
time it is first hauled to the
site.”
If the EPD would reduce
the $5,000 fine to SI,OOO, the
letter continued, the city would
“guarantee that the $4,000
reduction would be put toward
purchase of equipment for
spreading of the sludge.”
halfway complete, Tickerhoof
said, the ?‘lant can't be
operated like he wants until the
basin is cleaned.
Since the January spill,
Tickerhoof and town officials
have been “working diligently”’
to get the plant back in proper
working order.
“It’s ix:é)roving,”
Tickerhoof explained. ““It’s bet
ter biologicallfi. We're not
where we were before, but the
biological process is looking
better.”’
SHOOTING
Meanwhile, DA Van Pelt
said he also plans to try Ralph
Battles, 61, Smallen Road,
next week on charges of
shooting his wife at the Golden
Gallon store on Lyerly
Highway in Summerville on
Sept. 7, 1993.
. Battlefs was ixtxgilcted u(l)tlzl
charges of aggravated assault,
dnmi driving, attempting to
elude officers, and being a con
victed felon in possession of a
firearm.
His wife, Juanita, recovered
from her wounds, and Battles
and Mrs. Battles have since
reunited, Van Pelt said.
220 CASES
At least 220 cases are on
the criminal court calendar for
trial next week or during the
week beginning Monday,
March 14.
Two judges will operate
both courtrooms this comin,
week. In addition, a number o%
cases is usually resolved by
plea negotiations between
those who have been indicted
or charged and the district at
torney’s office.
Motions in regard to the u
coming trials were due to &
heard today with pleas and
negotiations set for Friday,
both starting at 9 a.m.
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@ BECAUSE THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW,
(Dereres,
GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY
‘All creditors of the estate of Hugh Leath,
late of said County, deceased are hereby
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aw persons in
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mediate payment to me. This 2nd day of
February, 1994.
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Route 1
Menlo, Ga.
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GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY
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ward Howard, late of said County, deceased
are hereby notified to render their demands to
tite undersigned according to law and “;I;ger
sons indebted to said estate are required to
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195 geeond Street
Trion
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GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY
All creditors of the estate of Mae Pledger
Bulman, late of said County, deceased are
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February, 1994.
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9 Goodwin Dr.,
Summerville, Ga. 30747
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GEORGIA, CHATTOOGA COUNTY
All creditors of the estate of Paul Pullen,
Jr., late of said County, deceased are hereby
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