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PAGE 2A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 2021
Georgia prevails
over Florida
Mini-grants awarded to organizations
for helping children and families
Highland Rivers Foundation -Social emotional expres
sion tools for youth in the APEX program. Kimberly
Guthrie, community support staff Pickens and Gilmer
counties; Jacque Elwarner, coordinator, Pickens County
Family Connection; and Bettji Parker, LCSW, community
liaison manager Whitfield/Murray, Gordon, Fannin,
Gilmer and Cherokee counties.
FERST Readers of Pickens County - Provide age appro
priate books for children under 5 years old. Jacque El
warner, coordinator, Pickens County Family Connection;
and Sue Appleton, chair/Community Action Team, Ferst
Readers of Pickens County.
April 10th designated
countywide cleanup day
Tire amnesty program runs through April
Pickens families can dispose of a limited amount of tires
this month at no charge as part of the tire amnesty program.
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@pickensprogress.com
Do you have old, junky
tires dirtying up your yard or
stacked in the basement? If
so, resist the urge to toss
them on the side of the road
or burn them (the last of
which is illegal, so seriously
don’t do that), because you
can get rid of them for FREE.
For the entire month of
April, every Pickens County
family can recycle up to four
off-the-rim tires at the Pick
ens County Recycling Cen-
Volunteers make strong communities
Strong communities are
able to thrive thanks to the ef
forts of their residents, in
cluding those who give up
their free time to volunteer
with local charitable organi
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of volunteers is often seen
through the lens of the proj
ects they help to initiate and
complete, there's no denying
just how valuable volunteers
are from an economic stand
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in “water wars”
lawsuit
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - The U.S.
Supreme Court Thursday
sided with Georgia in a law
suit Florida filed in 2013
over the allocation of water
that flows between the two
states.
In a unanimous 9-0 opin
ion written by Justice Amy
Coney Barrett, the court
nded that Florida failed to
prove its allegations that
Georgia’s water consump
tion from the Chattahoochee
and Flint river systems
caused the failure of
Florida’s oyster industry in
Apalachicola Bay.
“Florida allowed un
precedented levels of oyster
harvesting in the years be
fore the collapse,” Barrett
wrote. “Georgia’s consump
tion had little to no impact
on the bay’s oyster popula
tion.”
Florida claimed origi
nally that increasing water
consumption in rapidly
growing metro Atlanta was
causing unacceptably low
flows where the Chatta
hoochee River enters
Florida at Lake Seminole.
More recently, including
during oral arguments be
fore the Supreme Court in
February, Florida’s lawyers
put more of the blame on
water consumption by farm
ers in the lower Flint River
irrigating their crops.
Florida’s strategy shifted
as water conservation ef
forts by municipal utilities
in the Atlanta region began
to pay off.
Gov. Brian Kemp hailed
the decision as a “resound
ing victory” for Georgia and
a vindication of the steps the
state has taken to boost
water-use efficiency.
“Our state will continue
to wisely manage water re
sources and prioritize con
servation, while also
protecting Georgia’s econ
omy and access to water,”
Kemp said in a prepared
statement.
“The Supreme Court ...
affirmed what we have long
known to be true: Georgia’s
water use has been fair and
reasonable,” Georgia Attor
ney General Chris Carr
added. “We will continue to
be good stewards of our
water resources, and we are
proud to have obtained a
positive resolution to this
years-long dispute on behalf
of all Georgians.”
Florida’s lawsuit sought
the court to place a cap on
Georgia’s water consump
tion. Georgia’s lawyers ar
gued such a cap would bring
growth in metro Atlanta -
and the region’s economy
with it - grinding to a halt
and devastate Southwest
Georgia’s farm belt.
Thursday’s decision
doesn’t mean an end to the
so-called tri-state “water
wars” between Georgia,
Florida and Alabama that
have dragged on for three
decades.
For one thing, Alabama
is challenging an agreement
Georgia and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers signed
in January that for the first
time authorized the use of
Lake Lanier as a water sup
ply.
While the federally man
aged reservoir has been sup
plying water for decades, its
use for that purpose has
been among the legal issues
contested during the water
wars.
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Submitted by Pickens Fam
ily Connection
Pickens County Family
Connection is pleased to an
nounce the five recipients of
the mini-grants awarded to
local organizations who are
working to improve out
comes for children and fami
lies in Pickens County. We
are excited to support the
work of our partners. The
grants were made possible by
a grant from Resilient GA
and the Pittullouch Founda
tion. Pickens County Family
Connection, along with the
14 other counties that com
prise Region 1, are working
together to create a trauma
and poverty- informed re
sponsive Region of Re
silience. If you are interested
in learning more, please con
tact Jacque Elwarner, the Co
ordinator for Pickens County
Family Connection at pick-
ensfamilyconnection@gmail.
com.
North Georgia Family Partners - Parent Cafe program
that provides resume building, budgeting, meal planning,
healthy parent-child interaction, and other life skills. June
Ash, executive director, North Georgia Family Partners,
and Jacque Elwarner, coordinator, Pickens County Family
Connection.
Boys & Girls Club of North Georgia - Power Hour Pro
gram: tutors and supplies. Jessica Wells, CEO, Boys and
Girls Clubs of North Georgia; Jacque Elwarner, coordina
tor, Pickens County Family Connection; and Cassie Rasco,
director of development, Boys and Girls Clubs of North
Georgia.
Hill City Elementary School (Counseling Department)
- “Counselor CRAFT-tivities” connected to Life Skills/SEL
Lessons. Jennie Hutto-Smith, school counselor Hill City
Elementary School; and Jacque Elwarner, coordinator,
Pickens County Family Connection.
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