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2B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, August 1,2018
For the Dawson County News
DCHS students walk with children in Haiti during a mission trip in early July.
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Haiti
our mission to Haiti from July 5
to July 11.”
According to their, website 410
Bridge “is a Christ-centered, non
profit organization committed to
relentlessly pursuing healthy
community development in
nations confined by poverty.”
“We believe it’s not as much as
what we do as it is the relation
ships we build,” Dee Kijanko
said about the group. “We share a
heart for the nations and a pas
sion to build lasting relationships
as we go to serve a world in
need.”
“We want them to know what
their faith means to them, and
their lives,” said Tony.
Along with the Kijanko’s,
other members of the football
program on the trip were defen
sive end Zac Baloga, linebacker
Robbie Rarick, defensive line
man Justin Browning and defen
sive end Jason Browning.
It’s apparent when talking to
the four players that the trip was
an important part of their summer
and an experience they will
remember for the rest of their
lives.
“It was a great chance to bond
as a team. For us to get to know
ourselves and each other. Who
they are, or where they want to
go in life,” said Baloga.
The group did wind up spend
ing a lot of time together as
almost immediately after their
arrival in Haiti, the United States
Embassy issued a “remain in
place” warning for Americans
due to the potential for unrest
because of a sharp increase in
fuel prices.
In fact, riots and upheaval
throughout the country, especial
ly in the capital Port-au-Prince,
kept the group confined to their
compound for the duration of the
trip.
“I was expecting a lot of mean
ness and hatred,” Rarick said,
“but we got none, none at all.”
“The Haitians have nothing,
but they have so much joy,”
Justin Browning said.
Unable to travel to their desti
nation village of Jon-Tal, the
team approached the manage
ment of the compound and asked
them what they could do to be
helpful. After convincing the
authorities that their offer of
goodwill was indeed sincere, the
team spent the next day assisting
the compound by clearing and
leveling a long unused tennis
court and clearing debris from
the local beach.
“This was an exceptional,
exemplary team in every way,”
Dee Kijanko said. “We found
ourselves locked in for our safety
and security by our organization
and the U.S. Embassy. Yet, not
only were they flexible with great
attitudes, they stood strong in
faith, joyful in attitude and fear
less in all that was happening
around them.”
“The funny thing is, almost as
soon as I landed in the States, I
wanted to go back,” Jason
Browning said.
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Shine
Mountain, for the past five
years rides and has seen a
change in both the character of
the SAG stations and the items
she stocks up for the ride.
“We try to keep a little bit of
everything that riders have
asked for over the years, and
we try to make it fun for the
participants” she said, gesturing
to a collection of peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches, orange
slices, bananas, candy bars, gra
nola bars and hard candies.
Stranger items such as pickle
juice and mustard, both effec
tive, quick treatments for
cramps, are prominently dis
played along with the standard
fare of cold water and energy
drinks.
Gathered together under the
tents erected for shade and dec
orated in a Hawaiian theme
complete with a picture of
Elvis, it was almost as if every
one got together to ride up
Burnt Mountain for a party. It’s
easy to see why Wray has won
the Best SAG Stop Award two
years in a row.
As the last of the riders head
ed down the mountain back
into town, relishing the first
downhill stretch of the race, this
year’s Queen of the Mountain,
Paula Boyle, summed up the
whole event.
“The people are really friend
ly, it’s a great ride, with a gor
geous view,” she said.
Photos by Bob Christian Dawson County News
Above, Paula Boyle, a participant
in the 62-mile full metric July 28,
was the first woman to cycle to
the top of Burnt Mountain and
was crowned "Queen of the
Mountain." Left, Full-metric rid
ers make the final stretch up
Burnt Mountain to one of many
SAG stops placed along the way
for water and refreshments.
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Softball
tough, but we’ll get there.”
Featuring the strong arm
of returning starter Maggie
Schandera as pitcher, and
an experienced infield
determined to crack down
on the number of defensive
errors, the team is deter
mined to improve on last
year’s disappointing 10-12
record.
“With so many girls
coming back this year, we
should have some really
good leadership on the
field,” said Connie
Schandera, this year’s
booster club president.
“This is the first summer
that the middle school girls
have participated in the
practices and fund-raising
events and it has been such
a great summer.”
Schandera has been
heading up an ongoing raf
fle for a $200 Visa gift
card, which will be given
away during senior night
Sept. 20. Tickets for the
raffle are available directly
from any member of the
softball team.
As the scrimmage
wrapped up with a final
score of 3-1 July 26 and the
losing team began the half
hearted task of running
their three poles, the team’s
leadership went on full dis
play. Led by the seniors,
the winning group took to
the field with their team
mates and all the girls ran
the outfield together.
The Lady Tigers begin
the season with a 3-game
home stand that starts with
a visit from the White
County Warriors on August
6, with the first pitch sched
uled for 5:55 p.m.
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