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Lung Run for cancer to 'lower fatty acids'
“America has become a
country of fatties and it’s time
we get off our fatty acids and do
something about it.”
That's what Stan Cottrell,
honorary chairman of the
Georgia Lung Association
sponsored Lung Run, told
organizers of the Carroll County
event this week.
The Carroll County Lung Run
will be held Saturday, April 28
on the West Georgia College
track from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The
12-hour marathon will help
educate students and local
citizens about the importance of
exercise as a preventive
medicine.
“Over 250,000 Georgians
suffer from lung diseases
today,” Cottrell said on campus
recently. “And many of those
diseases can be prevented by
regular exercise ”
Tennis team distressed after 3 further losses
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Mike Richardson demonstrates the stroke that has carried him to a
7-6 singles record. The tennis team hosts Mercer Monday.
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“Getting out and jogging only
three times a week can reduce
your chances of heart disease
by 64 percent.”
The marathon will be run in
440 yard segments. Par
ticipants may run, jog, or stroll
the lap around the track to keep
the baton moving for the 12-
hour period.
“You don’t have to be a
trained athlete to participate.
We encourage everyone to
come out and have a good
time,” said Cottrell who
shattered a twentieth century
record by running the 405-mile
distance of Georgia in 6 days.
People interested in seeking
sponsorship or information
about the lung run should call
Beth Bickers at 834-1364 or visit
her at the student activities
office in the student center.
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Stan Cottrell (second from left), honorary chairman of the Georgia lung run, recently met with
organizers of the local event. Left to right, they are Charlie Tedder, Beth Bickers, and Lisa Richart.
The Carroll county lung run will be held on the West Georgia track Saturday, April 28.
a commentary
BY BILL PENNINGTON
Coach Tom Learning, after seeing his youthful
men’s tennis team routed three more times this
week, has gotten to the point where he can only
mutter a “no comment” when asked to reflect on
his 2-11 Braves.
The Braves, composed mostly of freshmen and
sophomores, lost to Samford, 6-3, Wednesday; to
Georgia Tech, 8-1, Tuesday ; and to conference
opponent Armstrong State, 9-0, last Saturday.
West Georgia hosts Mercer Monday in a match
scheduled to start at 2:15.
Mercer is one match the Braves feel they can
win since they were beating the Bears last
weekend before their tournament was called off
because of rain.
The scheduled meeting over the weekend with
Georgia State was also cancelled by the weather.
The air about Learning says he is disgusted
about the way things have gone this year for his
tennis unit. He has finally had to face the cruel
fact that you can’t win in college tennis with six
walk-on players no matter how well you coach
them.
Even though Learning will never admit to it,
Intramural
news
The next scheduled event on
the intramural calendar is
volleyball. This year’s play will
be in the form of a double
elimination tournament. The
manager’s meeting will be on
Monday at 5 p.m. Play begins
on Thursday.
In some of the softball action
during the week, Sigma Nu
crushed the Pikes, 18-7; Kappa
Sig overwhelmed Kappa Alpha
Psi, 20-0; Kappa Delta bounced
Phi Mu, 11-7; Alpha Gam
demolished Chi Omega, 16-0;
and the Crew won by forfeit
over the Trojans.
Intramural
Hotline
832-8200
his retirement as tennis coach at the conclusion
of this season was brought on not only because of
his new responsibilities as head of his depart
ment, but also because the school’s athletic
budget does not give him the money to recruit
quality players.
Learning realizes the days of tennis walk-ons
like Larry Schall and Steven Holmes, two former
tennis all-Americans, are over.
Freshman Mike Richardson is the only Braves
Learning can grin about without having to force
it. Richardson has the only individual winning
record on the team at 7-6.
Richardson said he looks at his record as being
9-6 because he had won before the rain started
last weekend.
Two years ago, Learning would have laughed
at the thought of Armstrong beating West
Georgia, mush less blitzing them as they did
Saturday. But Armstrong successfully pleaded
with the Savannah community this year to
supplement a tennis recruiting program.
The result has the Braves and Augusta battling
to keep from being the cellar dweller of the South
Atlantic Conference.
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