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GETTING READY-Forsyth County boxer Dave Wagoner gets help from his sister, Teresa,
prior to going to last week’s Junior Olympics Boxing Championship held in Green Bay, Wis.
Wagoner Brings Home
National Bronze Medal
Forsyth County’s own
Georgia State Junior Olym
pics Boxing Champion and
Southeastern Junior Boxing
Champion Dave Wagoner
traveled to the national
Junior Olympics Boxing
Championships last week
and brought home a bronze
medal declaring him the
third best in the nation.
Wagoner, who has only
been boxing some eight mon
ths, matched up with
longtime battlers from all
over the nation.
When Wagoner arrived at
the national championship in
Green Bay, Wis. he drew a
bye for the first round which
automatically placed him in
the quarter finals.
On Friday at 1 p.m.
Wagoner went into the ring
STEVE
BENNETT
Sports
Columnist
APPROXIMATELY one year ago there was work started
on a county recreational park, similar to the one located in
the city of Cumming.
The location of this park is in the northern part of Forsyth
County around the Chestatee Community. The conception of
this park, an idea which is sorely needed in the county, cah be
attributed to Thelma and Gene Thomas who donated the land
for recreational use.
At their offering, wheels were set in motion and stepped up
action was begun to legitimize land transferrals, acquire
federal monies and employ development construction per
sonnel. From the start the whole operation appeared to be the
flourishing birth of good things to come for the people of For
syth County in meeting their recreational needs.
Talk of other such facilities began concerning other areas
of the county. In short, the need for recreation opportunities
for the people had seemed to rise to the pinnacle of public in
terest and steps had begun to meet these needs.
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BUT THEN, in almost as noticeable a flurry as the concept
began, it went dormant. Work on the project wasn’t halted
completely, but the pace of development and construction
slowed drastically.
Of course, there are factors that, when dealing with an
operation of such nature, have great bearing on the rate of
progress made. The weather, shortage of manpower,
depleted funds, changes in attitude, are just a few of such fac
tors.
But these type things are common in a project of this
nature and should be considered from the outset. Based on
these assumptions the questions being asked now by the
public are, “What’s happened? Why has work on the county
park been discontinued? Could not at least some of it be com
pleted to the extent of being useable? ”
It appears to me that people want to know if the work
already put into the site is going to be wasted and not when
can they expect to find the park completed.
Not knowing what to tell people when they ask me of the
situation, I contacted Gerald Blackburn, Director of the
Cumming Parks and Recreation Department and acting ad
ministrator over the county park in question and discovered
that the anxiousness being experienced by most is soon to be
relieved.
According to Blackburn, the rate of progress on the com
pletion of the park has already been stepped up. Bids have
already been selected for the remainder of the fence work
and also construction of the buildings.
Also, at present, bids are being accepted and reviewed for
water and sewage systems. When asked the reason why the
completion of the tennis courts were almost final but not
quite (they lack only net posts and nets), Blackburn said that
the fear of vandalism prevented it. “It is the feelings of the
county recreation committee that there should be nothing
made available for such actions until someone can be hired to
look after the facility and no one will be hired to fill such a
position until all development is completed. ”
So it appears that a lot of people, myself included, have the
wrong impression about the progress of the park.
It seems that completion and availability to public usage is
a lot closer than at first thought.
for the first time and walked
out with a victory which
placed him in the semi
finals.
The semi-final round was
held Friday at 7:30 p.m. and
Wagoner met a boxer from
Arizona and the veteran
defeated Wagoner.
Wagoner received his
Cumming Mets
Gain Two Wins
The Cumming Little
League Mets took two big
victories last week by
defeating Chestatee on Tues
day 15-4 and then taking Mid
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bronze medal for third place
in his weight class of 156
pounds.
The local young boxer will
be a junior at Forsyth Coun
ty High School next year and
he is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Louin Wagoner of Cumming.
He is a member of the For
syth County Boxing Team.
way later in the week by a
closer score of 5-2.
Robert Yocum went to the
mound to do the pitching for
the Mets against Chestatee’s
Keith Wagoner,
Getting hits for the Mets in
the bout were Paul Haygood,
Eddie Haygood, Greg Allen,
Robert Yocum, Keith Foun
tain, Rocky Brackett, Scotty
Erwin and Keith Porter.
Going against the Midway
team the Mets sent Scotty
Erwin to the mound to do the
pitching while Phil Glover
stationed for the pitching job
for Midway. Each pitcher
clocked down the batters
with 11 strikeouts each.
Phil Glover, the Midway
pitcher, ironically was the
only Midway batter to get a
hit off Erwin.
The Mets scored five hits
with Scotty Erwin hitting a
homerun over the fence and
also connecting a triple.
Robert Yocum slapped two
hits and Cleve Pierce took a
base hit.
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