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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL ' ' tfcM|Hg£§3BraH§BayTOßgfig£*M|^BH^HHKjp^Sgtvac *t'. ~t r *<• • m ■ r “**lSL<ifc U '•■' ys; »;•■.. j!»4 M I *- *• E&'lm £?. -\. f i - ■*♦ JXB Bs : 5 > yyy ..-. ••. : v ENI/Gary Harmon Hot summer temps didn’t bother Larry Beck from Warner Robins. He said he and his group - some of them in their mid-80s, he said - played - and play - 18 holes twice a week no matter what. Here, he warms up at Perry Golf Course this past week. TEMPS From page iB personnel. “Our play is down,” Reneau said. “The first thing in the morning is great but from noon to four, you can see ...” as he point ed toward a nearly empty parking lot. “It begins to pick up after four o’clock, but even our Fridays are dead.” APine Oaks representative said the same thing. “Early tee times are crowded,” he said. “Only the young ones play in this heat.” Landings employee Bill Grigsby said that his course’s numbers haven’t gone down because most of the golfers who play there come on the weekends. “Most of our golfers work Monday through Friday,” he said. “They play in the evenings and on Saturday and Sunday. “They may have altered their tee times, but they still play.” That doesn’t seem pos sible with heat indexes at 105 and 106 degrees. “Everybody’s numbers are down,” said Wood. “Tournaments have been Entries open for Georgia Team Championship Special to the Journal MARIETTA - Entries are now • being accept ed for the Georgia Team Championship, which is set to take place Oct. 28- 29 at The Georgia Club in Statham. The event is open to four man teams of male amateur golfers who are Georgia res idents and selected by their GSGA Member Club. The format of the event is one round of four-ball stroke play and one round of best three out of four PICK From page iB both Lowndes and Valdosta on the road on the same day. The Bears split those games. Griffin said she Maoris > The Original Solunar Tables* By Mrs. Richard Alden Knight Release week of Aug. 27-Sept. 3,2006 f AM PM Date Day Minor Major Minor Major 8/27 Su 8:40 2:25 9:00 2:45 a/28 M 9:20 3:10 9:45 3:30 8/29 T 10:05 3:55 10:35 4:20 8/30 W 10:55 4:45 11:20 5:05 8/31 Th 11:45 5:35 0 6:00 9/1 F 12:15 6:15 12:25 6:55 9/2 S 1:10 7:15 1:25 7:45 9/3 Su 2:00 8:10 2:20 8:40 O 2006 by King Fmlutm Syndic**. Inc Jesse Causey from Warner Robins ensures he’s well hydrated before tee-off. cancelled because not Baker said Perry’s num enough people signed up bers were good during the because of the heat.” June, but the heat in July “People don’t like to play and August put a damper in the heat,” Fanucchi said, on links play. stroke play. Last year, Lanier Golf Club continued its dominance in this event by winning its second straight title and seventh of the last nine Georgia Team Championships. This will be the second consecutive year that The Georgia Club plays host to the champion ship. Qualified teams may enter by going to the GSGA web site at www.gsga.org, click ing the Entry Forms quick link and downloading an entry form as a PDF file. Completed entry forms didn’t want to do that again this year, feeling it would be to their advan tage to play each game on consecutive days. Everything about this year’s trip did go well for Houston until the ride home. The team’s bus broke "Have Cameras, Will Travel" should be mailed to the GSGA. The deadline for entries is Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. The entry period is also currently open for the Atlanta Amateur Match Play Championship (through Sept. 13) and the Georgia Women’s Team Championship (also through Sept. 13). Any questions regarding GSGA competitions may be directed to the Rules and Competitions Department at 770-955-4272 or 800- 949-4742, or via email at info@gsga.org. down in Tift County, and what followed was a two hour wait for a second bus to arrive. The Bears play at Rutland High in Macon Thursday, then host their first home game on Saturday against Valdosta. TURNER PUCTCGRARUy Aerial [hctc&raphy I rad Turner • 4/S- l/MI II rr 478-4C4-6SCI SPORTS Locals Toombs, Barbour to contend in senior tourney Special to the Journal Tom Toombs of Perry and Bill Barbour of Byron are among the 144 listed to contend in the 20th Annual Georgia Senior Championship, which is slated to take plate today through Thursday at the Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta. The competitors are set to play 18 holes of stroke play each day with the field being cut to the low 70 and ties after 36 holes. The Georgia Senior Championship began in 1955 and ran until 1971 before a 15-year hiatus from 1972- 86. Other than the annual champions’ names, not much information is available on the Championship’s early years. The event was revived in 1987 and has since been contested at 16 different GSGA member clubs in 13 cities. This year marks the 20th annual Championship since its return. The champion is present ed with the Johnny Skeadas Trophy, given by his fam- STRONG From page iB in the five games. “Friday was kind of a weak night,” said Arnette. “I’m not sure what happened. In the first game we didn’t Hunter course offered in county, slate Special to the Journal Hunting season is fast approaching and it is time to get ready. This year there are several options available so young hunters can be certified in the required Hunter Safety Education Course. One option is to attend the 10- hour class. This can consist of either a one day class or will be bro ken up into several evening classes. You can go online at gohuntgeorgia.com to find the class times, dates and locations that best suit your needs. After looking up the class that you want to attend, pre-register on the same website so you may secure a spot in the class. You must be present for the complete class to be cer tified. There will be one sched uled in Houston County in the month of August, October and November. The 10-hour course is available in other areas as well and you may attend any available class. If the 10-hour course is not a good option for you, we also have the Hunter Safety Education Course now avail able over the internet or by obtaining a CD-Rom through DNR and taking the class on your home computer. The student will take a short exam after completing each chapter. After passing all chapters the results will be printed and the student is then required to attend a two hour class review and take a final exam. For the internet class the website is: beasafehunter. DONATE TO GOODWILL. , ♦ 2209 Moody Road m ♦ 115 Margie Drive m ♦ 1355 Sam Nunn Blvd M ♦ Galleria Mall - 2922 Watson Blvd www.goodwillworks.org Building lives, families, and communities |35350_ ily in memory and honor of the two-time champion from Savartnah. Skeadas was the first Senior Champion when the event returned in 1987, capturing the title in his hometown at The Landings Club’s Plantation Course. He won again in 1992 at Coosa Country Clilb in Rome. A total of 12 men have won the Skeadas Trophy since 1987. Bill Ploeger of Columbus and Spencer Sappington of Alpharetta have each won the event three times, with Sappington the current three-time defend ing champion. Macon’s Walt Fugate (1990, 1991) and Atlanta?s Joe Estes (1989, 1998) are the only other players besides Skeadas to win multiple titles. Estes and Sappington are both in the field this year. Entries were open to male amateur golfers age 55 and older as of Tuesday, who are GSGA members and Georgia residents. The field of 144 was determined by lowest USGA Handicap Indexes. Since 2004, the play good at all. We weren’t aggressive at the plate and made a couple of errors. “On Saturday we came through and got out of a couple of tight innings. We didn’t have as many errors. I was pleased with the two wins in the eight inning org. To obtain the CD-Rom call the local DNR office at 478- 751-6515. After completing the internet or CD-Rom course go online to gohuntgeorgia. com, look up the class sched ules and find the date and location on a CD-Rom class and register just like the 10 hour class. If you do not see a CD- Rom class that suits your needs, but there is a 10 hour class, you can sign up for that one and just attend the last two hours of the class. You must bring with you to the class the completed ■/®v ><K w w£SL m Jgyi mk 1 I§|r |m| H9B jbhsl - 8 m&mm> j^Wm 4 • 24 Hour Access • Free Weights • Personal Training • Treadmills • 110 Contracts • Family Plan Ruailable 1030 Ball Street (Downtown Perry) 987-8516 TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2006 ♦ Championship has featured a 36-hole cut and is con tested without flights. With the addition of the Senior Tournament to the GSGA competitions schedule, the Senior Championship field and format were revised to better serve the lower-hand icap seniors in Georgia. Cherokee Town & Country Club will play at 6,718 yards and a par 72 for the Senior Championship. Spencer Sappington of Alpharetta captured his third-straight Senior Championship at Albany?s Doublegate Country Club last September, edging the event’s only other three time winner, Bill Ploeger of Columbus, by one stroke. Sappington rebounded from an opening-round 76 to finish at 2-under-par 214 for the championship after subsequent rounds of 68-70. Ploeger had the opportunity on 18 to send the champion ship into a playoff, but his 13-foot birdie putt slid just an inch right of the hole, securing the outright title for Sappington. (playing with the interna tional tiebreaker rule). We put our bunts down, some thing we were not successful with last year.” The Demonettes are 5-1-1 overall for the season and open Region 1-AAAAA play today at Coffee County. CD-Rom or internet exam. If you have any questions or need help registering for any of the classes you may contact the Region IV DNR Law Enforcement Office at 478-751-6415. MsSniSinM SUPPLY $r mmr We Rent! 612 Ball St. Ferry. GA 987-2334 “Body tec Fitness club: f llot just for the guys” w one led al e Uuw'i 3B