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The Red and Black • Thursday, July 27, 1989 • 3
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was that 60 percent of first time of
fenders weren’t “true" first-timers.
In most cases, a prior DUI occurred
a little more than five years before.
The task force did find that there
was significant improvement in
the lifestyle and well-being of the
participants in C.I.P.
The percentage of drinkers who
drove drunk an average of three
times a week dropped from 37 per
cent to 1 percent. Over half the
participants said they were
drinking less because of C.I.P. and
16 percent had quit drinking alto
gether. The number of days that
participants drank was also re
duced significantly after the pro
gram.
C.I.P. is self-supported by client
fees. The cost of SALCE is $45
“Many people gripe about the
cost, but I don t think you could get
a good alcohol evaluation in the
private sector for under $200, ”
Windham said.
The cost for the Level I program
is $50 and the Level II program
costs $75.
The judge can waive the fees if
he decides the person is unable to
pay, Windham said.
The task force recommended
that C.I.P. be implemented state
wide. It went into committee at the
last state legislature, but it didn’t
get out of committee, Windham
said.
“At the next state legislature, I
expect it to come out of aim mi t tee
for a vote to go into immediate im
plementation state-wide in 1990,”
she said.
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Double-barreled cannon had loud past
By WESLEY KINO
Contributing Writer
Athens has its share of landmarks. One is
the double-barreled cannon that stands at
Athens Citv Hall as a monument to the in
genuity and failure of one John Gilleland
Gilleland, a local housebuilder, designed the
cannon during the Civil War while a member of
the “Mitchell Thunderbolts,” a group of men in
eligible for military service in the Confederate
Army because of age or disability
Though Gilleland was not the only person to
ever conceive of a double-barreled cannon, his
design is the only one known in the world to
still exist.
The idea was to simultaneously fire two can
nonballs connected by an eight-foot chain. They
were then supposed to whirl outward and, as
stated on the historical marker at the can
non “mow down the enemy somewhat as a
scythe cuts wheat.”
With this in mind, the cannon was cast,
bored and mounted on a carriage at the Athens
Foundry and Machine Works in 1862. It would
undergo its first test on Newton Bridge Road
the following year
According to a 1956 article by local historian
Charles Brockman, an eyewitness account of
the first firing said the missiles “had a kind of
circular motion, plowed up an acre of land, tore
up a cornfield, mowed down saplings, and the
The cannon was a failure, but
Gilleland pressed on, urging
additional tests by the
Confederate Army in Augusta.
Ultimately, the cannon proved
useless for combat and was
returned to Athens.
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chain broke, the two balls going in opposite di
rections. One of the balls killed a cow in a «1 "
tant field, while the other knocked down tin-
chimney from a log cabin "
The cannon was a failure, hut Gillelaod
pressed on, urging additional tests by the Cor.
federate Army in Augusta Ultimately, the
cannon proved useless for combat and was re
turned to Athens.
The story of the cannon did not end with its
testing For the remainder of the Civil War, the
cannon was placed at the town hall to he used
as a warning if federal troops were approach mg
the c.ty.
In the decades following the war, the cannon
remained in the city and was fired to salute
Democratic political victories
According to James Reap s “Pictorial History
of Atbewp " the weapon eventually fell into dis
repair and disappeared in 1891 It turned up
four years later in the hands of a junk dealer
City leuders rescued the cannon and mounted it
on a new carriage It was displayed at several
places in downtown Athens before being moved
to Citv Hall.
Today, the cannon stands among the shrubs
and flowers of City Hall’s grounds A state his
torical marker and city memorial plaque com
plement the cannon, which has Ix-en restored
and maintained
The cannon, since it is the only one known to
be in existence, is a point of considerable pride
among city leaders
Athens City Council member Gwen O'Looney
said she admires the cannon liecause it was an
attempt to take a chance and be experimental.
Even though it failed, she said she sees it as a
worthy innovation.
“I love the cannon," OT/ooney said “There
are people who are embarrassed by ;t. hut I like
it "
Mayor Dwain Chambers said he shares the
opinion that the cannon has its place in the his
tory o' Athens He views the cannon more as a
reminder of Gilleland’s idea than a war memo
rial.
“It’s a tribute to the ingenuity of an Athens
native,” Chambers said “He was a man that
didn’t think with the patterns of a conventional
Single-barreled cannon,” he said
UGA Student Affairs’ program adviser resigns
By JEFF RUTHERFORD
Contributing Writer
Dave Shaw, the program adviser
for Student Affairs, resigned
Friday to become assistant director
of Student Activities for the Stu
dent Center at the University of
Louisville in Louisville, Ky.
‘In the three years that Dave
has been here, he’s gained respect
from all the students. He has all
the qualities that we hope the next
adviser will have,” Gretchen
Prasse, the Contemporary Con
certs Coordinator, said.
Shew has advised the Contem
porary Concerts, Visual Arts, Va
riety nnd Cinematic Arts divisions
of the University Union since he
was hired in August of 1986. These
divisions ore responsible for the
bands, movies and comedians that
come to the University. They’re
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also responsible for the art dis
plays at the Tate Center Gallery.
Shaw started working at the
University three months after he
received a master’s in education,
with a focus on guidance and coun
seling for college students, from
Eastern Illinois University. Shaw
also participated in a graduate
assistantship with the National
Association for Campus Activities.
NACA is a national organization
that was organized in 1960 to help
universities with hooking talent
and organizing concerts and events
on their campuses. During his
assistantship, Shaw studied nego
tiating contracts with talent agen
cies, technical services for concerts
and events, booking procedures,
marketing, promotion and ad
vising.
“With my job, every day is dif
ferent," Shaw said
One memory Shaw said would
stick with him forever was when
the band Until December opened a
concert for Gene Loves Jezebel in
Georgia Hall of the Tate Student
Center on April 16, 1987. The lead
singer for Until December came
out of the dressing room dressed in
‘With my job, every day
is different’—
Dave Shaw,
former Student Affairs
program adviser
a leather and chain vest and a
leather G string that lefl his but
tocks exposed. Just as the singer
enme out of the dressing room, Wil
liam Porter, the director for Stu
dent Affairs and Shaw’s boss,
walked up.
“His jaw dropped open. No one
expected anything like that," Shaw
said with a laugh.
The situation didn’t improve
once the band took the stage. After
several songs, the singer started
talking about the oral gratification
he would like to receive from the fe
male audience members
Shaw worked diligently on the
Sanford Stadium concert and he
was disappointed when the concert
was eventually canceled. The con-
ci rt was canceled afL-r a number of
hands were contacted and nothing
worked out with their scheduling
The timing was really had We
only had May availal le to us to use
the stadium and not many bands
are touring in May. They’re either
winding down from a winter tour
or geunrig up for a summer one,”
Shaw said
Even though Shaw won’t be here
next year he would like to see a sta
dium concert worked on
“I would like to see it happen
next year. As far as I know, the sta
dium is still available to us and 1
would like to see the Student Assn
ciation and the Union work to
gether on that,” Shaw said
Shaw has been pleased with all
of his experiences at the University
but he does have one regret.
“I would like to see more mi
nority students get involved with
University Union,” Shaw said
All the divisions try to program
events with a large variety of stu
dents in mind, but it would help
the process if more minority stu
dents were involved in the plan
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