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THURSDAY. MARCH 25. 2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 7B
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Junior Makayla Kirchoff at net and Isabella Lowe at baseline playing as the
PHS girls’ number 1 doubles team in action last week.
Church News Continued
books, and more. And it’s a great time to
stock up on puzzles for all ages, and chil
dren’s books.
When shopping the assortment of items
at the Nearly New Boutique you will have
the feeling of being transported to a high-end
boutique on a cozy little street. A huge vari
ety of jewelry, handbags, scarves, shoes,
belts and hats will be sure to please.
And if decor is something you’re looking
for, don’t miss Cathy’s Pottery Comer where
over a 100 pieces of handmade pottery has
been graciously donated by Cathy Smith
from her private collection Cathy and her
husband J. C. are long-time volunteers of
this annual event, and ran the book sale for
16 years.
You might want to visit daily; each day
there will be a different themed silent auc
tion gift basket that will be overflowing with
items you can bid on for yourself, or give as
a great gift.
After your shopping experience, take a
break and visit the Heavenly Coffee Shop.
Hot coffees will be for sale from a new
Jasper business JAX Coffee Company. And
to curb your sweet tooth, you can purchase
single serve homemade cookies, scones, and
muffins
This event is for the entire community
and open to the public. It’s the first 2021
fundraiser for the Big Canoe Chapel
Women’s Fellowship and they hope to see
many satisfied shoppers. Your spending goes
to a very good cause: all proceeds benefit
charities in Dawson and Pickens counties.
The shopping event is open Thursday-Satur
day April 8th-10th from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the
Big Canoe Chapel Broyles Center. For more
information about Books and More, please
contact Pat Papke at 630-802-1865 or Judi
Schoeler at 315-415-5185. Information on
Big Canoe Chapel or the Women’s Fellow
ship can be found on the website: www.big-
canoechapel.org
Palm Sunday at Fellowship
Presbyterian (ECO)
This Sunday, March 28 at our 10 a.m.
worship service, the message will be ‘‘One
Day,” a stirring Easter cantata arranged by
Russel Mauldin. It will be presented by our
full choir under the direction of Thelma
“Bay” Cagle and accompanied by pianist
Donna Garrison.
Come join us in receiving the messages
of inspiring pieces including Mercy Tree and
Say Amen as well as original arrangements
of hymns possibly familiar to you including
Up From the Grave and Turn Your Eyes
Upon Jesus.
Consider this your personal invitation to
Fellowship Presbyterian Church nestled in
the trees at 389 Bent Tree Drive in Jasper.
We’ll be looking for you.
For more information call 770-893-2555.
All of our worship services can be viewed
on our website at www.fellowship-
jasper.com or our Facebook page: Fellow
ship Presbyterian Church.
scholastic book fair at Jasper
First Baptist Preschool
First Baptist Church Jasper Preschool and
Kindergarten are hosting a Scholastic Book
Fair this week through March 26. The book
Fair will be open from approximately 7:45
a.m. to 8 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. We would also be happy to set up a pri
vate buying experience if anyone is inter
ested.
Drive by 90th birthday parade
for Janis Stancil this Sunday
The First Baptist Church of Jasper invites
everyone to join their church family for a
90th birthday drive by parade for Janis Stan
cil on Sunday, March 28 between 11 a.m.
and 1 p.m. at The Retreat in Jasper.
Since we can’t be together on Janis’ big
day, let’s celebrate her birthday in a different
way. Drive by to enjoy curbside treats.
The Retreat is located at 190 Sammy
McGhee Blvd., Jasper. Please use the en
trance from the street beside Auto Zone.
Keeping our distance will surely be hard,
but grab a treat and please lease a card.
Continued: Minister’s Corner
not worry about how or what
you should answer, or what
you should say. For the Holy
Spirit will teach you in that
very hour what you ought to
say." -NKJV
We live within an environ
ment where it seems that
stress is increasing in peo
ple’s lives. When I wake up
some mornings, my mind
starts going over the day
ahead. Perhaps this has also
happened to you. Even
though Jesus instructs us in
Matthew 6 not to take
thought about the future, it
seems to be easier said than
done.
Have you had a situation
lately where you knew that it
might be contentious or have
a negative impact on your
livelihood, and you dreaded
it? Before going into that
event, did you try to rehearse
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in your mind how you were
going to approach it? It’s
been said that most of what
causes us to worry doesn’t
even occur. In the same way,
most of what we rehearse
about an adversarial situation
doesn’t happen.
Even so, we try to reinforce
our self-confidence to face
the unknown in anticipation.
I have noticed when I over
think a situation that it causes
stress to intensify, not dimin
ish. If we get fretful about a
meeting or encounter, it will
shut us down because of fear.
Instead of having the confi
dence to be at ease and han
dling ourselves gracefully,
we sometimes begin to react
to the person or situation out
of our perceived view of how
things should go. If we do
this, it can make for an awk
ward and intense time. It
tends to put us on-edge.
Let’s address the subject
of living in anticipation about
unpleasant events. First of
all, no one knows how it is
actually going to go. Only
God knows, and He wants us
to turn to Him in trust so that
He can direct our steps.
Rehearsing a situation be
fore it happens doesn’t mean
that we will be able to control
all the aspects and people in
volved in it. Therefore, we
must train ourselves to prac
tice what the scriptures above
instructs. When you discover
that you have to attend a
challenging situation or per
son, turn to the Lord in ab
solute trust that He will be
with you, and He will give
you the right words to say.
As we learn to place our
complete trust in the Lord,
the Holy Spirit will be able to
flow through us. Fear and
dread will quench the flow of
God’s Spirit. Consequently,
we are to pray as Paul tells
us, until God’s peace can
guard our hearts and minds.
Anticipation can cause us
to get “worked-up” but faith
in God can keep us at ease.
The next time you have a dif
ficult meeting or a tough day
ahead, PRAY! Pray until
God’s peace fills your heart.
Once you have peace, the
next step is trust God to give
you the right words. Instead
of being uptight, you can be
at rest, and God can turn
everything around for you.
God’s got this!
Asa Dockery is a resident
of Ellijay, and is a published
author who has been writing
devotions for more than 11
years. Asa is also the host of
Keys to Kingdom Living Tel
evision program.
Continued from Pane IB
Trout season primer from the DNR
month.”
Some early trout stocking
efforts have begun, with reg
ular stockings scheduled to
begin the last week of
March. Popular waterbodies
that receive regular trout
stockings include Cooper
Creek in Union County, Lit
tle Amicalola Creek at Am-
icalola State Park, Holly
Creek in Murray County,
and Johns Creek in Floyd
County and the Tallulah
River in Rabun County.
The daily limit is eight
trout on general regulation
trout waters. Anglers are re
minded to respect private
property rights along streams
flowing through private
lands, and to obtain permis
sion before fishing on pri
vate property.
Get info online! Informa
tion on trout fishing and
stocking is readily available
online. You can even sign up
for a weekly trout stocking
email at http://georgiaw-
ildlife.com/Fi shing/T rout.
If you need more fresh
statewide fishing news,
check out our blog report
every Friday at https://geor-
giawildlife .blog/category/fis
hing/.
HOW TO SUPPORT
TROUT MANAGEMENT
IN GEORGIA
Georgia anglers can sup
port fisheries conservation
and trout management sev
eral ways:
Buy a Fishing License:
Did you know that your li
cense purchase allows the
Georgia WRD to continue to
do important research, main
tain and operate public fish
ing areas and more?
Purchase a Georgia license
online at https://gooutdoors-
georgia.com/.
GEORGIA
Trout Unlimited
A wildlife resources officers stocks some of the 700,000 trout that will be released into
area waters this year.
Get set for CARES spring golf classic
Submitted by
Chris Rumble
CARES Executive Director
CARES
In 2020, CARES for Pickens County gave
away over a half million pounds of food.
Yet, still, one in five children in Pickens
County lives with food insecurity. There re
mains so much more to be done.
Please join us at our “First Ever CARES
Spring Classic” and help us keep the love
flowing in 2021. At CARES, our reason for
existing is “Sharing Love and Life’s Essen
tials.” It starts with loving each other and
then loving Pickens County in tangible ways.
We provide counseling, food and financial
assistance to those in need in our community.
Our amazing family of volunteers and
part-time staffers are committed to helping
others reach that "next place" in their life
journey. We take our convictions and turn
them into action and find a lot of joy and fun
along the way.
And that is what the CARES Spring Clas
sic is all about: Coming together with friends
to have a lot of fun while raising a lot of
money to help a lot of people.
We will be offering five fun contests with
amazing prizes. The winner of the Putting
Contest will get a brand new PXG Bat Attack
Gen 2 Putter. Our Longest Drive Contest
winner will get a brand new Cobra Cart Bag.
The one Closest to the Pin will win a brand
new Yeti Hopper Flip Cooler. Everyone who
hits our Mystery Celebrity will win a dozen
Custom CARES golf balls. Finally, if you hit
a Hole in One on the 17th hole, you will win
a car from Shottenkirk Ford in Jasper.
Please visit www.caresforpickens.com
and click on "CARES SPRING CLASSIC"
in the menu and join us on May 17 at Crystal
Falls. Registration for corporate sponsored
teams is happening right now. Open registra
tion for independent teams and private indi
viduals will begin on April 15. It is going to
be an epic day, but it will not be quite as
good without you.
This week in
Sports History
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by Ethan Swiech
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March 21 -
March 27
March 21st:
On this day in 2019, Seat
tle Mariners’ right fielder,
Ichiro Suzuki, played his
final major league game,
which took place in his home
country of Japan. The 45-
year-old went hitless in his
four at-bats, but retired as the
all-time leader for hits at the
professional level with
4,367. Ichiro’s overall hit
total includes his time in both
the Japanese and major
leagues. Anyway, the
Mariners and Oakland Ath
letics went 12 innings before
Seattle prevailed, 5-4, at the
Tokyo Dome.
March 22nd:
On this day in 1971, an
announcement was made
that the Boston Patriots
would change their geo
graphical name and become
the New England Patriots.
The moniker was used to
represent the six New Eng
land states, which consist of
Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Vermont,
New Hampshire and Maine.
This change also made the
Pats the only NFL team to
represent an entire region.
March 23rd:
On this day in 1999, Dick
Enroth, better known as the
voice of the Minneapolis
Lakers, passed away at the
age of 80. Enroth was la
beled the “fastest-talking
sportscaster in the Twin
Cities” and had the privilege
of calling games for the
George Mikan-led Laker
teams that won four NBA ti
tles. He even covered basket
ball and football games for
the University of Minnesota
during the forties and fifties.
March 24th:
On this day in 1974, the
North Carolina State Wolf-
pack captured their first col
lege basketball
championship in school his
tory following a 76-74 win
over Marquette. The Pack
also became the first team
other than UCLA to win a
national title since the 1965-
66 Texas Western Miners.
Ironically, it was NC State
who ended the Bruins’
seven-year run as national
champs during that seasons’
Final Four. The Wolfpack’s
victory over Marquette saw
most outstanding player,
David Thompson, finish with
a team-high 21 points. Monte
Towe logged 16 points while
Morris Rivers and Tom
Burleson scored 14 apiece.
The 7’4” Burleson also
grabbed 11 rebounds and
blocked a game-high seven
shots.
March 25th:
On this day in 1941,
Toronto Maple Leafs’ left
winger, Nick Metz, became
the first player in NHL his
tory to record three assists in
the same period of a playoff
game. This achievement took
place in Game three of the
Stanley Cup Semifinals
against the Boston Bruins.
Metz assisted three second
period goals and scored once
himself as the Leafs routed
the Bruins, 7-2.
March 26th:
On this day in 1994, Utah
Jazz point guard, John Stock-
ton, stole the 2,000th pass of
his NBA career. Stockton
joined Maurice Cheeks as the
only two players in league
history to reach that mile
stone, but it came in a 98-83
loss to the Houston Rockets.
Also, on this day in 1996,
Seattle SuperSonics’ point
guard, Gary Payton, logged
the 2,000th steal of his ca
reer. Payton also had 23
points and 11 assists during
the Sonics’ 114-102 win over
the Golden State Warriors.
March 27th:
On this day in 1952, Turk
Broda became the first goal-
tender in NHL history to ap
pear in 100 playoff games.
The Toronto goaltender
reached the century mark in
Game two of the Stanley
Cup Semifinals against the
Detroit Red Wings. Broda
pitched a shutout over the
final two frames, but the
Maple Leafs fell, 1-0. The
games’ lone goal came cour
tesy of Detroit left winger,
Johnny Wilson, who found
the net at the 15:33 mark of
the opening period. Toronto
eventually lost that series in
a sweep and Broda retired
with a career postseason
record of 60-39. He also won
five Stanley Cup titles and
became a member of the
Hockey Hall of Fame in
1967.