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The Taylor County News, November 4, 2021, Page 2.
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va Loti Moore
Grandma had a she shed before a she shed was a thing! That
sounds like the chorus of an old-timcy, twangy, country song.
Years ago, we bought the old Moore homcplace. It had sold out
of the family, and when it went up for sale, Todd wanted it. It
was his grandparents’, Charlie and Cassie Moore, With time,
the old house was demolished and replaced with a new house
that looks similar to the old one. Lots of folks think it’s the old
house that’s been redone, but it’s not. It’s a totally different house.
The old one was not salvageable. However, the property has sev
eral outbuildings that are the original ones* One of them has
always been called ‘‘Grandma’s house," It’s a small space, maybe
15 ft. by 15 ft. (I’m guessing), and it was Grandma’s personal
space.
I’m a true proponent of having your own personal space. Ev
erybody needs a space that is just theirs! My space has always
been my back porch. Well, my back porch is now temporarily
gone. It’s been torn down to make way for a few changes at the
house. So, I moved to the front porch. Well, now, it is gone, too!
Grandma's house had been turned into a cat house. (I know cat
house is an old term for something other than cats, but that’s not
relevant in this case. It is a true cat house for some of our furry
babies.) It has a heater, cat beds and blankets, and their food,
Weil, with the porches gone, I have moved into the cat house
with the cats, and, honestly, I love it! 1 have a TV, lights, a heater,
a table, a chair, and a sink-and that’s all I need!
I sit in Grandma's house at night for my alone time. While I’m
reading or watching TV, I catch myself wondering what Grandma
used to do in this little space. I can just see her sitting in there
sewing or reading her Bible, and I feel close to heac—even though
she’s been in Heaven for around 40 years and didn’t know me as
her grand daughter-in-law.
I feel certain Grandma needed a space to herself for some quiet
time. She had three children, one of which is my father-in-law,
Raymond Mooro, my Pop! If you know Pop, you know that he is
more than two handfuls! (Pop, I mean that in the best way pos
sible—you know how much I love you.) Plus, he has two sisters,
so 1 know they kept things lively around the house!
I find myself needing a little alone time and space, too. My
family knows that if they can’t find me-I'm in Grandma’s house
with the cats!
To The Light
Bob Wade
Braves 2021
On a fall day 1966, this writer and a college friend drove
from the campus of Georgia Southwestern College to the
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to attend a professional
baseball game. We bought bleacher seats and enjoyed an
entertaining Saturday afternoon baseball game with about
10,000 fellow fans.
Baseball in the days of youth was a big deal to us Miller
Countians.
During summer days, there was almost always a baseball
game underway somewhere in Colquitt*
Each year in early summer, we formed Little League
teams. There were enough youngsters for at least two
teams, so every boy had an opportunity to play the games
regardless of skill level. We played on the school’s baseball
field behind the high school gymnasium, adjacent the
Colquitt United Methodist Church and fronted by 3rd
Street.
Our little league coaches were a combination of high school
coaches and players’ fathers.
Sunday afternoons, the parking lot of the American Le
gion Post across from Hilton Jones' “Ford place” (dealer
ship) up from the Spring Creek bridge on State Route 1
was a preferred site, which happened to be across the road
from this pundit’s house.
Depending on how 7 many young men and boys showed up
at the start of the game decided whether this boy was a
spectator or player. Generally, he was a player but when a
spectator, that did not disappoint because he loved the
game.
Miller County fielded a host of talented ball players*
One was Gordon “Gordie* Richardson. In 1957, he was a
southpaw pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Home air con
ditioning was a rarity, so windows were always open. When
Gordie pitched, we could walk around town and not miss a
pitch he made listening to radios through those open win
dows.
That same year, 1957 Miller County High School’s base
ball team won the Double A state championship, becoming
the only state championship winner of any sport from the
county* Uncle Harrell Wade and friend Ferrell Henry (one
of this writer’s heroes) played on that team.
When Gordie was not pitching, Dad was a New York
Yankee’s fan. We went to the Yankee’s spring training site
in St. Petersburg, Florida for a week. At those games, the
players and fans interacted along A1 Lang Field’s first row
seats. We shook hands with Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra,
Whitey Ford, and others.
But in 1966, this pundit switched his allegiance to the
National League’s Atlanta Braves. That fall day, Dizzy Dean
Scripture Of
The Week
All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteous
ness: That the man of God may be per
fect, thoroughly furnished unto all good
works.
2 Timothy 3:16-17, KJV
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broadcast the play-by-play for the Braves. Dizzy was a
master broadcaster with a persona unrivaled in the craft*
He butchered the English language splendidly while en
tertaining us with his description of every pitch and play
Dean, after retiring from baseball, became a radio broad
caster initially for the St. Louis Cardinals. He received a
letter from an English teacher from that city chastising
him for his frequent use of the word “ain’t.” The next day,
during a lull in the game, he responded to her saying, “A
lot of folks who ain’t sayin’ ‘ain’t,’ ain’t eatin.’ So, Teach,
you learn ‘ein English, and III learn ‘em baseball.’’
Dizzy left a legacy baseball term that is a crown jewel
today. It came when Cleveland Brown outfielder A1 Zarilla
slid in safely at third base. Dean told us, “Zarilla slud into
third!”
Dizzy gave up broadcasting Braves games in 1968.
Ten years later, this Braves fan was a north Taylor County
homeowner. We bought and Leslie Kendrick erected a fifty-
foot-tall television mast with a high-gain anterma at its
tip. WTCG-channel 17 delivered to us live televised Braves
games! Since then, the Wades missed few of them!
We attended the 11th of the 13-game winning streak to
open the 1982 season. We've been to dozens of games but
prefer the televised events.
Wife Brynda vividly remembers watching Sid Bream when
he slud into home plate to win the 1992 NLCS! (This pun
dit in frustration had gone to bed two batters before that
win! That was the last time he gave up on the Braves.)
We watched the Braves win the 1995 World Series Cham
pionship, the third such win in the club’s 146-year history,
and we saw every inning*
Sunday night October 31, 2021, the Wades enjoyed the
fifth game of the 2021 World Series. The first inning grand
slam hit by Adam Duvall was spectacular, but it did not
lead to victory. We endured to the bitter end.
Hopefully, the Braves won the Series: Regardless, they
provided us with five hundred or so hours of good clean
television entertainment!
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Spiritual
Experience
By Billy Powell
On Oct. 13, 2021, William Shatner, age 90, better known
as Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the “Star Trek”
series, became the oldest person to venture into outer space.
Shatner and three passengers traveled inside a spacecraft
into space where they experienced weightlessness and re
turned to earth. Going up at supersonic speeds, Shatner
was stirred when he saw the blue atmosphere pass by so
quickly before the craft entered black space. After landing
back on earth, Shatner was so moved and overcome with
emotion that he told rocket company owner Jeff Bezos: “It
was an unforgettable spiritual experience that I never want
to forget. It was so much larger than life. Everybody in the
world needs to do this.”
The light Shatner saw rapidly passing by was the earth’s
atmosphere that is infused with gases, primarily oxygen
and nitrogen. The spacecraft crew traveled a distance of
65 miles from earth-past the blue, 50-mile high stratosphere
and into the ionosphere where darkness and weightless
ness prevail. The sky is blue because blue light is scattered
more than other colors — it travels in smaller, shorter waves.
The air within our atmosphere comprises 78 percent Ni
trogen and 21 percent Oxygen. Human and animal lives
breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Trees and
plant life breathe nitrogen and exhale rich oxygen—the
necessary element that sustains human life. Beyond that
the Master Designer placed the earth in a ‘goldilocks zone’
w'ithin the universe.
In Shatner’s reasoning, the atmosphere encircling the
earth represented life while the darkness of space symbol
ized death. The process of ascending upwards at astonish
ing speeds-from light to darkness — occurred so quickly that
Shatner equated the experience with the suddenness of
death.
A comparable event occurred at Calgary. As Jesus hung
on the cross, the Savior told the repentant thief on a nearby
cross, “Today you will be with Me in paradise,” As the thief
took his last breath on earth, he sped heavenward to be
with Jesus. Instantly, his soul shot past the light of earth
to reach the gates of heaven.
Then there was Enoch, who at the age of 365 years, had
walked with God all his life, and “God took him away” (Gen
esis 5: 24). The prophet Elijah was taken from the earth in
a chariot of fire and carried into heaven by a whirlwind (II
Kings 2: II). After Jesus’ resurrection, “He appeared to His
followers by many infallible proofs*” After 40 days of ap
pearances, “He ascended from Mount Olivet into a cloud as
His disciples looked heavenward” (Acts I: 1-11).
During the wee morning hours of 9 October 1966 (my 31st
birthday), I was sitting with Grandmother Powell in her
hospital room. Grandmother had suffered a debilitating
stroke and was sleeping peacefully Her respirations were
becoming less frequent —her chest slowly rising and gen
tly deflating. Suddenly, her respirations ceased. A nurse
was quickly summoned. She commenced CPR. At that mo
ment, I envisioned that grandmother’s soul was speeding
heavenward. Grandmother had breathed her last in this
world and would wake up in God’s eternal paradise. In the
twinkling of an eye, she was gone. Instantly, she was in
God’s loving hands.
Taylor County
Sheriff’s Office
Positions Available
The Taylor County Sheriff's Office
is accepting applications
for the following positions:
* Deputy Sheriff
-Jail Officer
Applications will be accepted at the
Taylor County Sheriffs Office and
the Taylor County Government Annex.
The deadline to apply is
Friday, November 5, 2021.
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