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Page 8 — Griffin Daily News Saturday, Novembers, 1977 lor Saturday ®JT»ir W'AV<fSgffi?-rr >^V^Z~LCy^B^’.r’ ,h ” Fxxxxl 70 hXxvJ =SES N/jfly Data from Showers Stationary Occluded «| NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Flash flood watch through tonight. Periods of showers and a few thunderstorms with rainfall occasionally heavy through tonight. Showers more scattered Sunday. Highs today in mid 60s, low tonight in mid 50s. Sunday highs in upper 60s. Irrigation prompts groundwater study ATI .ANTA (AP) - One day last summer as the sun beat down on withering corn crops across most of Georgia, fanners in Baker County, furiously irrigating their fields, probably pumped more water onto the crops in a 24-hour period than was consumed by over a million residents of Atlanta. State geologists have to say “probably” because there was no one there to measure the withdrawal of water in that county. But they know how many irrigation systems are at work in that county and how much water they can pump in a given period. And if all were at work at the height of last summer’s drought, in 24 hours the water withdrawal there would excede the 250 million gallons per day consumed in metropolitan Atlanta. The same scene was repeated in neighboring Miller County, another one of southwest Georgia’s top agricultural counties. Don’t file that statistic away under the classification of trivia. It points out two important things: —Georgia farmers have turned in creasingly to irrigation to protect their crops from natural disasters and to in crease production. The number of groundwater irrigation systems in use in Georgia jumped from 1,118 in 1975 to 1,771 in 1977. During the same period, the number of acres under irrigation rose from 307,416 to 592,000. —With the increasing number of irrigation systems, ever greater quantities of water are being with drawn from the ground. In some cases, that has caused a reduction in the water table, leaving some wells high — and dry. The increasing demand by farmers for groundwater irrigation has forced the state’s geologists and hydrologists to devote more attention to the un derground water supply that is acknowledged to be staggering in size, yet is poorly understood. And a study is underway in Georgia, financed by a $1 million grant, to find ways of using even more groundwater to extend the number of crops the state's farmers can plant in a year. What happens, then, if many more farmers invest in irrigation systems, tap the underground water supply and place so much pressure on the resource that the water table falls below the limits of their wells? Or is the groundwater supply, as some suggest, a virtually inexhaustible supply? Give Mom A Break! Sunday Dinner at iSSw Catfish Cabin Highway 16, East Jackson Road *Ww r p v yir Really Fresh ojgl Vegetables! ,Jraß 12-3 *S«I This week's menu choice of (1) Meat • Top Round Roast with Gravy • Chicken & Ramplings • Choice of (3) Vegetables • Crowder Peas • Colo Slaw • Fried Okra • Irish Potatoes with White Gravy Served with Hot Com Bread, Rolls, Homemade Peach Cobbler. Only sJ®® (Drinks Extra) (Child’s Plate $1.75) Gov. George Busbee admits to “grave concern” about those questions and is preparing to ask the legislature next year to embark on a five-year study of the resource. At a news conference several months ago, Busbee told reporters, “I am concerned that if everybody had this irrigation, there might be an inadequate supply of water. Someone has to come up with a plan to determine how much water there is and where it is... We have cities and towns whose wells are drying up. This is a serious problem.” The governor said in an interview this week that answering some of the unknowns about the underground water supply remains “one of the high prior ities that I have.” The study he will propose to the legislature calls for concentrating on five specific areas of the state during a five-year period to advance the body of knowledge about the water supply. The first year’s effort would begin in south west Georgia, where farming demand for water is heaviest. The second phase would concentrate on the “recharge zone” around Macon, where water is thought to enter the underground system. Geologists and hydrologists believe a vast amount of water exists in the limestone and sand formations un derlying almost two-thirds of Georgia and reaching into neighboring states. The water flows in a series of horizontal layers of generally sand and limestone that are called aquifers. Aquifers sometimes can be solid, “like a stony sponge,” says State Geologist Sam Pickering, with water flowing through microscopic pores in the limestone. Sometimes there are extensive, water-filled, underground caverns. In some parts of Georgia, a well driller can strike water at six feet below the surface. In other parts, a well must be sunk as deep as 600 feet to strike the water-bearing strata. How much water is there? To that key question, the state’s scientists say they don’t know. But * according to one estimate, the state has 30 times more water underground than it does in all of the aboveground rivers, lakes and streams. One scientist was recently quoted as saying that southwest Georgia has enough groundwater to last 400-800 years, even if the supply were never replenished by rainfall. Shoplift suspect hangs self RIVER ROUGE, Mich. (AP) — A 34-y ear-old woman, charged with shoplifting three porterhouse steaks, hanged herself in a jail cell less than an hour after her arrest, police said. Jessie May Royals was being held alone in a detention cell pending arraignment Friday when jailers found her hanging from a noose she had made from a blanket, according to of ficials in this Detroit suburb. Mrs. Royals, the mother of two teen-aged children, was ar rested earlier in the day for taking the meat, worth 16.60, from a grocery store. Officers said she had been ar rested on the same charge at the same store almost exactly a year ago. Mrs. Royals was found guilty of shoplifting $5.53 worth of porterhouse steaks on Nov. 5, 1976. J >H 9 ' w|^^W^^^w^^^B' i^i '»< '■A'fa’ A-*a» «**■■'* s’ •^‘' *" i*V »%-- 3 K i LaGRANGE, Ga—Georgia State Trooper Jesse Jones checks an unfinished section of Interstate 85 between LaGrange and Grantville for motorists using the highway. Construction crews have complained about the road being Udall warns there may be no oil ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Americans should be prepared to face the possibility that there may be no oil on the Atlantic continental shelf, for mer Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall says. Udall, interior secretary un der Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, commented Friday at an offshore drilling seminar sponsored by Georgia Southern College. Udall said studies in the 1950 s by the U.S. Geological Survey indicated that offshore oil exist ed in areas where they were onshore oil supplies, since the continental shelf is an extension of the continent. But that did not turn out to be the case, he said. “The thing I think we should remember is that even if oil is found off the coast, 50 years from now it will all be history," said Udall, who praised Geor gia’s protection of the state’s coastline. “But the coastline is there for all time if we protect it,” he said. In earlier comments, Rep. Ronald “Bo” Ginn, D-Ga., said oil companies may not be the villains environmentalists claim they are. “Those who are charged with overseeing our environment have at times placed priority on natural resources at the ex pense of human resources,” McDaniel promises higher pay SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Dr. Charles McDaniel, Georgia’s newly appointed superintendent of schools, says his top priority is to “get good teachers and pay them well.” McDaniel said new programs and up-to-date facilities are im portant in education, but the teacher remains the most im portant ingredient in the class room. He warned that low sala ries are forcing some of the best teachers to leave the state for higher paying jobs elsewhere. McDaniel made the com ments in Savannah Friday dur ing a conference of the Georgia Association of Elementary School Prinicipals. He said low teacher salaries are a problem in much of the South, but he added, “in time, I think we will see teachers’ pay become better.” As for his other priorities, McDaniel said increasing school discipline and improving basic academic skills were high on the list. He said lack of discipline is the “the one thing more people are interested in than any other thing,” and said basic skills could be improved by strength ening and expanding the kin dergarten program. McDaniel also said he envis ions programs to give students a basic understanding of our economic system and the tech nical training to help them get jobs without college degrees. McDaniel said greater com munity involvement in the schools is the best way to strengthen community support for education. Watching unfinished highway Ginn said. The congressman said there are indications that the largest source of oil for the future is on . • I SL £ ~ d 1 Si Griffinite honored Maury Gladman (1) congratulated William Scott IV on being presented a Kiwanis International medal for helping to save the life of Gary Cleveland, trapped in a burning apartment on South Hill Street June 11. Gladman, president of Kiwanis International, presented the honor to the Griffin Eagle Scout this week in Macon. Scott is the son of Dr. and Mrs. William Scott, 532 South HUI St. Only 13 of the life saving medals were presented in the 61 nations in Kiwanis International. A large delegation of Griffin Kiwanis members was among the 800 Kiwanis members in Macon for President Gladman’s official visit. 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(AP) - Negotiations between striking United Auto Workers employ ees and officials of the General Motors plant here ended Friday with no progress toward a set tlement, a General Motors spokesman said. Negotiations on strikers’ de mands for a lighter work load are to resume Monday. Meanwhile, GM spokesman Ed Freer said the strike, which began Thursday, has kept an estimated 1,000 automobiles a day off the market during a pe riod of high demand. The walkout by the 4,500 workers is “crucial to the extent that the autos we produce out there, especially the Monte Carlo ... and the new midsized cars, are in demand,” Freer said. 1 Your Neighbor • Haisten Funeral Home I • I' Cares The Most. 1 ► We are deeply appreciative of our Friends. 1i 2 In Our Sixtieth Year | Haisten Brothers, Inc. I Funeral Service i ■ Griffin-Jackson—Barnesville > i Member National Selected Morticians J Byinvitation , Need a flag? STATE FLAGS: Does your organization need a Georgia state flag? The Secretary of State’s office says 3 by 4% foot cotton flags are available for $lO by sending a check payable to Secretary of State Ben Fort son or by dropping by Room 214 at the state Capitol. CATFISH CABIN Highway 16 East Jackson Rood Griffin. Ga. 228-7620 12 PM HI 3 PM SUNDAY Along with oar Regular Sunday Luncheon Special HOME COOKER VEGETABLE DIMMERS FROM THE FARMER S MARKET CHOICE OF 2 meats peTpiate 3 vegetables (Drinks extra) bread, dessert All You Can Eaf Monday Night FROGLEGS (Reg. 2 Prs. $4.25) $/|25 Wednesday Night Reg. $3.50 ROOMER Friday Night FRIER SHRIMP Reg. 5.50 $425 Saturday Night BOILER SHRIMP * (Reg. $5.95) $425 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 5-10 P.M. Sunday 12 Noon-16 P.M.
