Newspaper Page Text
Inside this section • Classifieds • Legals • Real Estate February 19,2015
’Nettes headed to state,
Dragons season over
Photo/ Tucker Green
Shannon Brooks finished his high school basketball career
with 1,004 points last Tuesday. Brooks was also named to
the All-Region Team.
The Boys and Girls basketball
teams competed in the 7-AAAA
Region Tournament last week at
Southeast Whitfield. Both teams
represented Pickens High School
well, but only one will continue
on to compete in the State Bas
ketball Tournament.
The boys lost their opening
game to Cartersville to end the
season for the Dragons. Pickens
would finish 11-15 for the year.
One high note was from senior,
Shannon Brooks who scored his
1,000th point during the game
The Nettes also faced
Cartersville in their opening
game of the tournament. After
one quarter of back-and-forth ac
tion, the Nettes would take con
trol of the game in the 2nd,
outscoring Cartersville 20-4.
Cartersville would attempt a 4th
quarter come-back but it would
not be enough as the Nettes lead
was too large to surpass. An ex
citing 48-42 victory would set
Pickens up for a second round
matchup against Northwest
Whitfield.
The Nettes would come out on
the losing end of that game, and
knocking them out of the Cham
pionship game. Pickens would,
however take on Heritage to de
cide the 3rd and 4th seed from
the Region in the State Tourna
ment. Pickens would take the
victory against Heritage along
with the 3rd seed.
The Nettes were scheduled to
take on Chestatee from Region
8-AAAA Tuesday evening, but
the winter weather called the
game off. The game will be re
scheduled for later this week.
Rice to run for Reinhardt
Congratulations to Pickens High's Savannah Rice for signing with Reinhardt University
for a cross country scholarship.
Benefit for Coach Roger McDaniel
Please join us on March 7
from 2-6 p.m. at Rocco’s Pub in
Jasper for a benefit for Coach
Roger McDaniel. McDaniel has
been the longtime coach for the
North Ga. homeschool team that
has included players from Pick
ens County.
Roger has been diagnosed
with Inoperable Stage 3 Lung
Cancer. Roger is unable to work
at full capacity and during the
treatment span his strength will
diminish substantially, rendering
him unable to run his business.
Time lost from work and the ex
penses that go along with treat
ing cancer, put a tremendous
financial burden on the family.
Please donate generously at this
event to help ease that burden for
Roger and his family.
Roger McDaniel has been a
mentor, coach and friend to so
many youth in preparing them
for adulthood. His impact on
lives is immeasurable. As he pre
pares to battle this illness, let’s let
him and his family know that we
are there for support him the way
he has been for our children.
Roger hopes to be at the
event. Please come and share
your appreciation for him.
Entertainment has been do
nated by Bobby Mountain and
Friends; raffle and silent auction
items donated by friends and
businesses in support of Coach
McDaniel; and location donated
by Rocco’s Pub in Jasper.
Office space for rent
in downtown Jasper
Two offices have become available in the Edge Building upstairs from
the Pickens County Progress. There is one smaller office for $200 per
month and a larger one for $300 (includes power and water.)
706-253-2457
Sports Fanatic
NASCAR Fireworks
By Tommy Gartrell
We are four and a half months
from Independence Day, but the
stock car racing world already lit
the fuses for
fireworks
during quali
fying for the
Daytona 500.
Before the
NASCAR
season even
opens, many
drivers are angry, and both driv
ers and fans are confused over
the new qualifying format.
For the 2015 racing season,
NASCAR is trying their “knock
out qualifying” format (intro
duced last year) at the iconic
Daytona 500. Rather than cars
running one-by-one with the two
fastest cars earning the top start
ing spots for the race, cars are
now bunched into groups mak
ing drafting imperative like a
real race.
It is decidedly different from
traditional qualifying, and this
sort of format could be counter
productive to the race itself. The
idea of qualifying is to get the
fastest cars in the front of the
field. It used to be the idea any
way. With the best drafters or
teams taking to pole, those cars
are not necessarily the fastest.
Do fans want a pair of slow mov
ing “jugs” leading the field on
the opening lap at Daytona? It is
contrary to the common sense of
traditionalist fans. Cars waiting
on pit road for drafting partners
for up to two frill minutes to get
one good lap in the middle of a
race is silly and boring to me.
Driver Clint Boyer said,
“We’ve been in meetings for 45
minutes just trying to figure out
what in the hell everybody is
going to do just so we could
make the race. It is stupid! There
is no sense in doing this.”
I tend to agree with Boyer
from a traditional standpoint.
Line the cars up and run them
with the pole going to the fastest
lap time. On the other hand, it
makes for yet another mini-race
in the week-long Daytona expe
rience which should draw more
fans, more interest, more hype,
and more money to NASCAR. It
might also add to the sensory cir
cuit overload of Daytona.
I compare it to reality televi
sion in that artificial drama is
added to the show unnecessarily
for effect. Most reality shows are
so boring that producers and
writers feel that they need more
drama to sell the show, but now,
we are talking about NASCAR.
It does not need the added sus
pense, emotion and storylines.
Does it?
Has 200 mile per hour cars
and flamboyant drivers been re
duced to simply “go fast and turn
left?”
Is NASCAR becoming like
other major sports and becoming
more about money and novelty
and less about substance, or was
it the original sell out sport
which is just adding more outra
geous lipstick and rouge to pan
der to advertisers?
We have all taken long drives
for jobs or on vacation. Driving
500 miles in a day is grueling
enough. Imagine doing it at 200
miles an hour in an automobile
without heat or air conditioning
or bathroom and leg stretching
breaks with three dozen other
cars all around inches from
yours. Now, imagine beating
your car all to pieces in the park
ing lot before you start on your
trip which is what happened to
many drivers at qualifying
within this format. Flow does
that waste translate into a better
product on race day?
Like other changes in
NASCAR from restrictor plates
to the car of tomorrow, fans and
drivers may grow accustomed to
it, and the fireworks will fade.
Then again, more tinkering
could just make fans go away all
together.
Falcon great Steve Bartkowski to speak
at local FCA Banquet
Steve Bartkowski
The 6th Annual 515 Fellow
ship of Christian Athletes
Fundraising Dinner will be held
Tuesday, February 24, at 6 p.m.
at Chattahoochee Technical Col
lege in Jasper. We are happy to
announce that our keynote
speaker for the event will be Mr.
Steve Bartkowski, former quar
terback of the Atlanta Falcons.
Steve Bartkowski was bom in
Des Moines, la., in 1952. His
family moved to Santa Clara,
Ca., in 1962. After graduation
from high school, which in
cluded numerous personal hon
ors in football, basketball and
baseball, he chose from hundreds
of scholarship offers to attend the
University of California at
Berkeley. He was an All Ameri
can in both Baseball and Football
at Cal. In 1975, he was the first
pick in the NFL draft selected by
the Atlanta Falcons. He was their
starting quarterback for 11 sea
sons. He was the NFL rookie of
the year in 1975. He was the
highest rated quarterback for
three years and he earned All-Pro
honors for his efforts in 1980 and
1981. He was the most valuable
offensive player in the NFC in
1980. Steve led the Falcons to
their first ever play-off game in
1978 and again in 1980 and
1982. He is one of only a few
NFL quarterbacks ever to throw
for 30 or more touchdowns in
consecutive seasons. Steve still
holds many of the passing
records for the Atlanta Falcons.
Steve played his last season in
the NFL for the Los Angeles
Rams before multiple operations
on his right knee forced him to
retire in 1987.
Since retiring from Pro-Foot
ball, Steve hosted popular Out
door Television Series on called
“Back Road Adventures with
Steve Bartkowski.” The series
provided a powerful theme of re
spect and concern for wildlife re
sources and a strong
commitment to conservation. He
was also the host of a top rated
Outdoor Television Series called
“Suzuki’s Great Outdoors with
Steve Bartkowski” on ESPN for
several years. He has always
been extremely comfortable in
front of television cameras. He
saw these series as a vehicle to
reach thousands of people with
the message of conservation and
the sportsman’s role in the envi
ronment.
Steve’s business background
is in Marketing. He works for
DPR Construction, Inc., a Na
tional General Contractor based
in Redwood City, Ca., ...DPR
ranks #10 on the 2014 Fortune
Magazine list of the “100 Best
Companies to Work For.” Steve
works out of DPR’s Atlanta of
fice.
Personal: Steve enjoys the
outdoors, golfing and public
speaking. He is an accomplished
golfer who sports a “scratch”
handicap. He is a popular
speaker to both religious and sec
ular groups. He participates in
numerous charitable fundraisers
throughout the year. He is also a
member of the Board of Advi
sors for the Atlanta Falcons. He
also is affiliated with “Operation
One Voice,” an entity that raises
funds to support the families of
fallen and wounded Special Op
erations Forces from all branches
of the US military. He sits on the
board of directors of Preferred
Apartment Communities an
apartment REIT. Steve was in
ducted into the “Atlanta Falcon
Ring of Honor.” He is a member
of the College Football Hall of
Fame; the Georgia Sports Hall of
Fame; and the Atlanta Sports
Hall of Fame. He is also a mem
ber of the University of Califor
nia Sports Hall of Fame. Steve’s
wife Sandee is a talented photog
rapher and they live in the At
lanta area.
We will have both Corporate
and Individual sponsored tables
for this event. Corporate spon
sors will be able to attend a VIP
reception from 5-6 p.m. with Mr.
Bartkowski before the event. If
you are interested in hosting a
Corporate or Individual table,
please contact Eddie McDonald
at 770-324-3603 or Matt Queen
at 706-851-5074.
FILLOWfHIP Of
CHRISTIAN
ATHLETES
Thohoart and soul In sports
S $5,000.00
515 FCA Sponsorship Levels
for February 24,2015
Hall of Fame lone available)
• Host of Steve Bartkowski's table (table of 8)
• Tour of UGA or GA Tech Athletic Facilities (to be arranged)
• Photo opportunity and meeting with Steve Bartkowski immediately pri
or to dinner
• Prominent sponsorship recognition to include:
* Acknowledgement in FCA advertising and promotional
pieces prior to the banquet
* Banner in program at the banquet
* Appreciation from the podium at the dinner
* Name in a featured position on banquet t-shirt
$ $1,000.00 All- American
• Photo opportunity and meeting with Steve Bartkowski
immediately prior to dinner
• Table of 8
• Name listed on banquet t-shirt
• Name listed in program at the dinner
$ $350.00
All - Conference
Table of 8
Name listed in program at the dinner
The FCA Mission
To present to coaches and athletes, and ali whom they influence, the challenge and adventure of receiving
Jesus Christ as Savior and Loni. serving Him in their relationships and in the fellowship of the church.
Legal ads
from across Georgia can be found on our website
pickensprogress.com
or at
www.georgia
publicnotice.com