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THURSDAY. MAY 20. 2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3B
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Minister’s
Corner
to us from scripture. As we
come to know the truth, we
will be able to recognize the
distortion of truth.
Paul writes in 1 Timothy 2 :
14 that Adam was not de
ceived, but Eve was. How
was Satan able to deceive
Eve with the lies that the ser
pent spoke to her and not de
ceive Adam? The Word
states that Adam walked with
God, and the Lord told him
many things as His son. It
does not say that Eve walked
with God. When Eve an
swered the accusations of the
serpent that he had spoken
about God and the forbidden
fruit, she added that she was
n’t supposed to touch it. Eve
didn’t know the truth as
Adam knew it.
Consequently, she gave into
the seductive lie of the ser
pent. She believed the prom
ise he spoke that she
wouldn’t die, but she would
be like God by committing
the sin. The serpent distorted
or misrepresented the truth to
someone who didn’t know
the truth. When truth is
taken out of context or dis
torted, and we do not know
the truth, it opens our heart to
confusion.
Once confusion takes root in
a person’s or nation’s heart
like we read about in Hosea
4, they will stray from the
truth and be consumed by
their sins. If we receive a lie
as truth and are taken over by
confusion, we will allow
Satan to erect strongholds in
our hearts and minds. This
confusion is how individuals
and nations become en
trapped by the lies of Satan
as we read in 2 Corinthians
10.
I am so thankful to God for
giving us His Son Jesus to
die for our sins. However, I
am also grateful that Jesus
gave us the truth before He
returned to heaven. Now, we
can know the truth which
dispels the enemy's lies
which can distort the truth
and cause believers to fall
prey to confusion.
Not only should we know
what is written in the Bible,
but we should obey it every
day, as God’s children. As we
obey the truth, it will begin to
reveal strongholds that have
been in our hearts from the
past that we might be made
free of them. According to
Jeremiah 17, we do not know
what is in our heart. Even so,
the word of God and His
Spirit will reveal any sin that
may be hidden in our heart of
which we not aware. There is
so much confusion in the
world, but we can be free
from it.
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 IB
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This week in
Sports History
by Ethan Swiech
May 16-May 22
May 16th:
On this day in 1965, Bal
timore Orioles pitcher, Jim
Palmer, picked up the first of
his 268 major league wins.
Palmer relieved a struggling
Dave McNally and allowed
four baserunners, two hits
and a run through three and
two-thirds innings. He also
hit a two-run homer in the
fourth as Baltimore came
from behind to defeat the
New York Yankees, 7-5.
May 17th:
On this day in 1925,
Cleveland Indians center-
fielder, Tris Speaker, became
the fifth player in major
league history to collect
3,000 hits. Speaker finished
three for four, but his efforts
couldn’t prevent the Tribe
from suffering a 2-1 loss to
the Washington Senators.
“The Gray Eagle” retired in
192 8 with 3,514 hits and was
inducted into the Baseball
Hall of Fame in 1937.
May 18th:
On this day in 1933, an
announcement was made that
the first major league All-
Star Game would be sched
uled for July 6th at Comiskey
Park as part of the Chicago
World’s Fair. The American
League won that contest, 4-2,
thanks to Babe Ruth, who
went two for four with a two-
run homer.
May 19th:
On this day in 1935, the
National Football League
adopted the college football
draft. The league’s first selec
tion meeting took place on
February 8, 1936, with the
Philadelphia Eagles taking
University of Chicago half
back, Jay Berwanger, as the
first pick. Ironically,
Berwanger was the first
Heisman winner in collegiate
history, but never played a
down in the NFL.
May 20th:
On this day in 1975, one
of the strangest Stanley Cup
Finals games took place at
the Buffalo Memorial Audi
torium. It was Game three
between the defending cham
pion Philadelphia Flyers and
upstart Buffalo Sabres. A bat
flew into the arena before
Buffalo’s Jim Lorentz killed
it with his stick. Also, heavy
humidity caused a dense fog
to drape the playing surface.
The Sabres saw well enough
to pull out a 5-4 overtime
victory on Rene Robert’s
walk-off goal.
May 21st:
On this day in 1979, the
Montreal Canadiens captured
their fourth straight Stanley
Cup after defeating the New
York Rangers in five games.
The Canadiens scored three
unanswered goals before
winning, 4-1, and one of
those netters came courtesy
of Conn Smythe winner, Bob
Gainey. The Montreal winger
completed the playoffs with
16 points and Jacques
Lemaire scored twice in the
second period. This was the
last finals game between two
“Original Six” teams until
2013.
May 22nd:
On this day in 1930, New
York Yankees first baseman,
Lou Gehrig, became the first
player in major league his
tory to have a trio of three-
homer games. This
accomplishment took place
during the Yanks’ 20-13 vic
tory over the Philadelphia
Athletics. Gehrig hit a grand
slam in the top of the first be
fore adding a pair of two-run
blasts, one in the fourth and
the other in the ninth.
right hash where Hand then outran the safety
to the end zone. Dawson would answer the
Pickens score with a touchdown of their own
on the following drive.
Pickens rotated quarterbacks Sam Stre-
icher and Collin Kellogg throughout the en
tire first half by alternating them each series.
Kellogg came in during the second series and
threw a TD pass of his own to Hand from 28-
yards out. That would wrap up the scoring for
Pickens in the scrimmage. Dawson would
answer with a second TD pass and a field
goal to finish the first half off. Pickens was
driving to end the half and threw an intercep
tion deep in Dawson territory with under 30
seconds left in the half. The teams entered the
locker room at halftime with two touchdowns
a piece and a field goal by Dawson.
After halftime both teams began rotating
and subbing players in to start mixing and
matching personnel groups. In the second
half Dawson was able to score two sub-var
sity touchdowns. In all, the Dragons had a
successful scrimmage that allowed them to
get all of their players on film and serve as a
great evaluation tool heading into the sum
mer. Both teams came out of the scrimmage
injury free and healthy to finish off spring
practice. Pickens will finish up the school
year with team meetings, film work, and cor
rections before heading into the first GHSA
dead week from May 31-June 6.
The Dragons will begin summer workouts
on June 8th.
Continued from IB
O-Neill on “that first fishing rod
year. It was just like I left it on the porch, in
the same spot.
Fast forward to age 10 and with a couple
of more summers adding to our adventures.
By that time, we'd already graduated to walk
ing the four miles to Lake Rabun and fishing
off the steep rocky outcroppings. There I
caught my first Warmouth Bream. It looked
like an oversize Bluegill with a big mouth.
We took it home and cooked it as a supple
ment for suppertime. My great Aunt Cleo,
Winifred's mother, cooked on a wood stove.
One of our jobs during the day was to cut
kindlin', small pieces of wood, for her to put
in the stove fire. Guess everything turned out
OK, as I don't ever remember being hungry.
Enough about the cane pole. This story is
about my Uncle Ben.
In the Fall, around the time of my birth
day, when I turned 11, my Uncle Ben came
by the house one afternoon. We lived in a lit
tle house in Toney Valley, a subdivision in
South DeKalb County, and he asked me if I
would ride with him to downtown Atlanta
and help him pick out a rod and reel. Wow, I
was thrilled.
We drove down to Sears and Roebuck on
Ponce De Leon Avenue across from the old
Atlanta Cracker’s ball park.
We picked out a Ted Williams’ model
Shakespeare open face reel, a matching rod,
spooled it with braided nylon line, a little
plastic Old Pal tackle box and even put a few
hooks, a box of split sinkers, a red and white
plastic clip-on float and one Lazy Ike lure for
bass fishing.
I was so proud to be able to have a hand
in such crucial choices, and, was surely grin
ning ear to ear. Uncle Ben was all fixed up.
He'd probably spent $15 all at once on fish
ing tackle and I was impressed beyond belief,
never having witnessed such extravagance
before.
We parked in the driveway at my parent's
home, the driveway was so short it could
only handle two cars at a time. I piled out and
ran into the house to show off all Uncle Ben
had bought. After the description and view
ing all the selections, Uncle Ben fell silent.
He'd had the idea all along. Once all the fab
ulous purchase had been lined up neatly for
all to see, he gave it to me.
That was 66-years ago. Uncle Ben is gone
now dying on my birthday 9 years ago, but
here I am telling the story to you. Why? If
that event is so marked in my memory and
has for so long and meant so much to a little
wide-eyed fisherman, I shout it out again to
encourage you to be an Uncle Ben to as
many little boys and girls as you can.
Take the challenge, follow his lead. Make
a little boy or girl happy with an outfit to fish
from the bank of a small pond or creek.
Maybe they'll write about it one day.
O'Neill Williams, born in Atlanta, is host
of O'Neill Outside, which reaches
277,000,000 subscriber households weekly
on FOX Sports Southeast, Amazon Prime,
Outdoor Action Network, and others. His
"O'Neill Outside" radio broadcasts are heard
in 38 states via WSB Radio. "O'Neill Out
side" radio is the #1 outdoor based live radio
talk show in the country’.
Look for his columns the first and third
week of every month in the Pickens Progress.
Or in our e-edition archives at any time.
Continued from IB
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here,” Kemp said in a prepared
statement.
FanDuel’s 68,0000-square-
foot tech center will be located in
Atlanta’s Midtown area.
“As we grow our business in a
very competitive industry, it’s
critical we have access to a di
verse talent pool needed to build
the most innovative platform in
the sector,” said Sarah Butterfass,
FanDuel Group’s chief product
officer.
Continued from IB
Gartrell
from 1947-56, broke baseball’s color bar
rier, won a World Series, league MVP, and
Rookie of the Year Award. His legacy is
unmatched in its social impact.
3. Bobby Jones (golf) was born in At
lanta. Although he was never considered a
professional golfer, his achievements (13
Major Championships) during a short span
surpasses the career of most every golfer
since. Also, Jones helped design Augusta
National Golf Club and co-founded the
Masters Tournament.
2. Herschel Walker (USFL and NFL)
was bom in Wrightsville. He became a leg
end before ever becoming a pro. His total
of 2,411 yards rushing in 1985 is without
equal. Upon retiring he had accumulated
over 18,000 total yards from scrimmage,
good enough for second place on that list
at that time. Who doesn’t wonder just how
great Walker’s totals would have been had
he entered the NFL right after college?
1. Ty Cobb (MLB) was born in Nar
rows. When the “Georgia Peach” retired,
he had set 90 baseball records and earned
a spot in the inaugural hall of fame class.
He still ranks in the top five in most of
those statistics as well. A ferocious com
petitor, Cobb’s playing style made him
widely feared and disliked, but nobody
questioned his skill. His career average of
.366 towers above all other players.
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