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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Parker carries flag at
North Georgia Speedway
Wimbledon Tennis
Five for Roger
Photo / Margarete Parks & Tammy Parks Rice
Hobby driver #73 Jamie Parker from Talking Rock shows his American Pride by carry
ing the Flag around the track before the nights racing gets underway in late June at the
North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, www.northgeorgiaspeedway.com.
Roger Federer, the world’s
#1 ranked tennis player, showed
why he is still the best as he cap
tured his record-tying fifth con
secutive Wimbledon
Championship last Sunday.
Federer defeated the world’s
#2 ranked player, Rafael Nadal,
by a score of
7-6, 4-6, 7-6,
2-6 and 6-2.
This fifth
victory tied
Federer with
Bjorn Borg
who won
five titles
from 1976-
80. They are
the only two
players to
win five championships in the
past 100 years at Wimbledon.
For fans who enjoy watching
tennis, this championship game
was one to watch as it went
nearly four hours with unbeliev
able shots made by both players.
Federer defeated Nadal in last
year’s final and knew that it
would be tough to defend
against his present-day nemesis
who held an 8-4-career record
against him.
Federer lost to Nadal earlier
in the year at the French Open.
But in the fifth and final set,
Nadal seemed to be in control
and had several break-point
chances to take the lead but
Federer showed the heart and
head of a champion and pulled
away for his 11th career major.
He is tied with Bjorn Bom and
Rod Laver. This was Federer’s
34th straight match win at
Wimbledon and his first five-set
match since 2001.
In the women’s champi
onship, American Venus
Williams ran through the latter
rounds and became the lowest-
ranked woman to win beating
Marion Bartoli of France 6-4, 6-
1 last Saturday for her fourth
championship. Williams entered
the tournament ranked #31. In
2001, she reached #1 in the
world. She played in her 12th
Grand Slam final, sixth at
Wimbledon and won her sixth
major title.
2007 Tour de France
Turmoil at the Tour
9-10 Girls Softball All-Stars
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9-10 Girls win Disctrict 5 Championship
Congratulations to the 9-10
Girls Softball All-Stars on win
ning the District 5
Championship in Bremen, Ga.
The girls will now advance to
the state games which will be
played this weekend in
Madison, Ga.
Front Row: Ariel Byrom,
Brittany Weaver, Mikaela
Peters, Haley Kalson, Makayla
Payne.
Second Row: Kayla Howard,
Kari Henke, Cheyenne Peters,
Olivia LeMieux, Courtney
Walker, Kymberly Elrod, Haley
Howard, Brooke Wilson.
Head Coach: Tommy Payne -
Assistant Coaches Willie
Fortner, Terry Wilson.
Good Luck to the girls that
will be attending the state
games.
Thank you to all of our spon
sors!
Vemie Jones Ford, Victor’s
Nails & Tan, Nivek Services,
Martin & Connie Stephens,
Lawson Chevrolet, Ronnie Ray
Enterprises, HB Grading &
Utilities, North West Salon,
Tom Phillips Oil Co-BP,
Goforth Grading, Jones Oil,
Bellwood Apartments (Pam
Hunt), Appalachian Memories,
Royston, Shaw Supply
Dunn’s Food Store, Garner ACE
Hardware, Jump Start, Cotton
State (Robert Collins).
Lexington Insulators, All State
(Kent Pint), JR’s Bottle Shoppe,
Sackett’s & Garry Copeland,
Brock Supply, Collins Septic
Tank Service (Sammy Collins),
Sonny Underwood, Chevron
Food Mart, Andy Holden,
Citgo, Speedburger, State Farm
(Marty Callahan), Community
Bank, 53 West, Inc., M&M
Contracting, Angela Johnson
Keller, Finish Line Barber
Shop, Greene’s Blue Printing,
LLC, Virginia Jones, Pueblo
Grill, Inc., Jeff & Richie Henke,
Mullinax Truss Co, Inc.,
Appalachian Design &
Development, Inc.
Former All American Jerry Rhome to Conduct
Football Camp
Former All-American,
Heisman runner-up and current
personal football instructor
Jerry Rhome is set to instruct
football skills camp July 12 and
13 at Reinhardt College in
Waleska, Ga.
Open to all young men
between the ages of 12 and 19.
Information at www.northgeor-
giafootball.com or call 770-
714- 5775. Player and coaches
clinic July 12 - 7- 10 p.m.
Football Camp
Dragon Football Camp
will be held July 16, 17, 19
and 20. The draft will be on
the 20th. The fee is $25; reg
istration fee during camp
week is $150. All participants
will receive a football camp
T-shirt. Registrations and
camp registration during
camp week will be held at the
City Baseball Field conces
sion stand. Practice will
begin July 23. Time is 6:30-
8:30 p.m.
For more information call
Bruce Gordon 770-633-9146
(days), 893-3816 (home), or
Kim Fitts 770-894-2074
(days), 893-1560 (home).
Jerry Rhome, former All-American, will be at Reinhardt
Football Camp.
By Don Bryant
Cycling’s biggest event, the
Tour de France, began last
Saturday in London, England.
Fans and enthusiasts of the sport
hope that this year’s winner of
the 94th tour will be clean of
any performance-enhancing
drugs. However, there will be
doubts about any rider who sur
vives a three-week ordeal of
2,120 miles that includes six
mountain hikes, three summit
finishes and two individual time
trials.
The sport continues to have a
black eye year after year with
allegations of doping among
some of its riders which really
came to light in 1998 when a
masseur for the Festina team
was caught driving a car that
contained a dispensary’s worth
of doping products. That year
the race became known as the
Tour de Dopage.
With allegations of the sport
being drug-drenched and dirty
for so long, the question now is
not who will win, but can they
win it clean.
For some of the racers in the
1990s, the red-blood cell boost
er EPO was the thing, but
advances in testing have now
limited its use. Riders now have
turned to blood doping, where
they store their own blood, spin
ning it in a centrifuge to rid it of
plasma then re-injecting the
“packed” red blood cells to dra
matically increase stamina.
Ivan Basso of Italy, the 2005
runner-up, admitted in May of
this year that his blood was
among the 200 bags found a
year earlier at the office of
Eufemiano Fuentes, the doctor
at the center of the Spanish dop
ing investigation. The Italian
Cycling Federation later sus
pended Basso for two years.
Last year’s winner, Floyd
Landis, is appealing a positive
test for synthetic testosterone, a
banned hormone that is a phar
macological staple of many rid
ers. Landis will not race this
year along with other stars
because of doping scandals; so
picking a winner could be hard.
Among the contenders could be
Oscar Pereiro and America’s
best hope, Levi Leipheimer, a
33-year-old Montana native.
Pereiro was second last year and
will become the 2006 winner if
Floyd Landis is stripped of his
title.
If Leipheimer wins he will
give the United States its ninth
consecutive yellow jersey in
Paris. Lance Armstrong won the
Tour seven times followed by
Landis last year. American
Leipheimer won the Tour of
California earlier this year. As
the new leader for Team
Discovery, Leipheimer may not
have the star power of Lance
Armstrong, but may have the
stamina to win the world’s
biggest bike race.
The best thing going for
Leipheimer is that he has never
been linked to any kind of scan
dal.
Regardless of who wins this
year’s event, let’s hope that the
sport gets back to how champi
ons are made through hard work
and determination and not by
performance-enhancing drugs.
Thank You
Northwest Bass Club’s 7th
Annual Kids Fishing Rodeo
was held on June 9 at Salacoa
Creek Park. We would like to
thank the following businesses
for their generosity for this
year’s event. Please show your
support and let them know what
a great event we had because of
their support. Thank you:
Advanced Electrical
Systems, Bethesda Baptist
Men, Bill Crowe Painting, Blue
Star Groceries - Jasper, C&B
Construction, Calhoun Auto
Outlet, Calhoun Times,
Calhoun Wholesale Supply,
Chic-Fil-A, Crowder Plumbing,
Davis Construction, Dwight
Wilson Homes, Express Signs
& Graphics, Fairmount
Building Supply, Gail Brown -
clerk, Pickens County Superior
SWAN DRIVE-IN
THEATRE
Blue Ridge, GA
ADMISSION: Adults $6.00
Children ages 4-11 $3.00
FM Stereo Sound 105.5
OPEN EVERY NITE
DOUBLE FEATURE FRI - SAT
JULY 13-14
1ST SHOW 9:10 PM
TRANSFORMERS
Rated PG134
2ND SHOW 10:40 PM
EVAN ALMIGHTY
Rated PG
SUNDAY THRU THURS
DAY
JULY 15-19 - 9:10 PM
TRANSFORMERS
Rated PG13
Speakers Are Available
Full Concession Stand
Visit our website at
www. s wan-drive-in. com
1-888-469-1955 Toll Free
Local 706-632-5235
Court, Gilbo’s, Gold’s Gym -
Calhoun, Hunt’s Turf Farm,
Little Debbie, Kacee’s Corner,
Masonic Lodges, Mike King
Construction, Plumbing
Distributors, Shaw Industries,
Southern Pipe & Supply, Sugar
Valley Recycling, Superior
Plumbing & Electric, United
Electrical Contractors,
Langston’s Outdoor Lighting.
Pickens County
Recreation Department
SUMMER SOCCER CAMP
£ ^ Girls and Boys 6-17 yrs old *
* * July 16-July 20 % *
Half Day: 9-12pm Full Day: 9-3pm
*You may sign up for the week, or
pay $25 per day for a partial week*
*10% off additional family members and
teams of 10 or more players*
Pay before June 30th $70 half day.. .$90 full day
Pay after June 30th $90 half day. ..$110 full day
Registration and payment accepted
up to and on first day of camp
AT ROPER PARK
Directed by: Jacenir Silva, former professional
Brazilian player & coach; and
Roland Buchanan, Reinhardt College asst, coach
and former British player
Pick up registration forms at Village Cleaners
or at Roper Park Rec. Dept.
Call for more information (706) 692-6482
or (706) 253-7277
LAND FOR SALE
Two adjoining tracts for sale off
Grandview Rd. near dam on opposite
side of road from lake. One lot is 7.75
acres and the other 6.25 acres. Nice
wooded lots with easy access. Very
secluded with nice view of Sharptop
Mountain. $15,000 & $18,000 acre.
770-893-6055