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Sports History by Ethan Swiech
Dodgers a 10-4 loss.
June 30th:
On this day in 1908,
Boston Red Sox pitcher, Cy
Young, became the oldest
hurler to throw a major
league no-hitter. The 41-year-
old allowed one baserunner
as Boston blanked the New
York Highlanders, 8-0.
Young’s no-hitter was also
the first in the history of the
Boston Red Sox/New York
Yankees rivalry, with the lat
ter remaining the High
landers until 1912. His record
stood until 1990, when Nolan
Ryan tossed a no-no for the
Texas Rangers at the age of
43.
July 1st:
On this day in 1910, the
Chicago White Sox hosted
the St. Louis Browns in the
very first game ever played at
White Sox Park, which was
later renamed Comiskey
Park. Chicago starter, Ed
Walsh, and his St. Louis
counterpart, Barney Pelty,
both went the distance. Walsh
allowed seven hits and
logged six strikeouts, but
Pelty earned the shutout by
surrendering five hits and
striking out five batters. The
Browns’ offense scraped to
gether a pair of third inning
runs, which made the differ
ence in the 2-0 win.
July 2nd:
On this day in 2013,
Cincinnati Reds pitcher,
Homer Bailey, threw the sec
ond no-hitter of his career.
He tallied nine strikeouts and
yielded a baserunner as the
Reds blanked the San Fran
cisco Giants, 3-0. Bailey be
came the last pitcher in
franchise history to have two
no-hitters. He also became
the third hurler in major
league history to record the
first no-hitter of a current
season after posting the last
no-hitter of the previous sea
son.
July 3rd:
On this day in 1970, Cali
fornia Angels pitcher, Clyde
Wright, earned the second
no-hitter in franchise history.
Wright faced 29 batters and
allowed three baserunners
during California’s 4-0
shutout of the Oakland Ath
letics. In 10 seasons with the
Angels, Milwaukee Brewers
and Texas Rangers, he posted
an overall record of 100-111
with a 3.50 earned run aver
age and 667 strikeouts.
Wright also made his only
All-Star appearance in 1970.
Coin Club
meets
Tuesday
The Pickens County
Coin Club meets the first
and third Tuesdays of the
month at 5:30 p.m. with an
auction starting at 6:30
p.m. at the Amicalola
Electric Center’s Dean
Center at 544 Highway
515 in Jasper.
The club is also plan
ning a Coin Show on Sat
urday, July 31 at the Dean
Center. The coin show will
be open to the public, free
parking and admission
starting at 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
They provide opportuni
ties to interact with the
public, discuss coin col
lecting with "YN's" young
numismatists, provide ap
praisals and to buy and sell
coins.
All ages welcome and
you don't have to be a
member to attend. For
more information contact
Chris Paire,
cptxaggie@yahoo.com,
678-770-0118.
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O’Neill on the
southern breakfast
le cubed potatoes there,
along with grits, of course.
Are we losing our focus
here? Breakfast around
here means grits, not pota
toes. We have
to decide where we are.
Georgia is not a breakfast
potato place. Come to think
of it, the plate had some or
ange slices and some green
sprigs of some kind on the
side. I wasn’t impressed
and left most of the little
garden. What’s that all
about? Oranges?
I drink orange juice
sometimes on Sunday. I
don’t eat oranges for break
fast. If you were brought
up around here, you won’t
either. About 35-years ago,
my exploding ego necessi
tated entering my entrance
in the Mr. Atlanta Body
Building Championship. It
was that ‘getting old feel
ing’. Finished third and
wouldn’t do it again if guar
anteed to win with a
$100,000 prize. I almost
starved. Lost 40 pounds by
eating mountains of or
anges, potatoes and pasta.
Haven’t been able to eat an
orange since.
I tried one little bite of
the green stuff that morning
in Jonesboro. I didn’t want
to look like a complete boob
in front of my Yankee
friends. I think they are
from far and away up north,
Raleigh or somewhere like
that. The garden didn’t taste
very good. I’m not sure but
that might have been for
decorations only.
Trouble is, people who
don’t like grits don’t know
how to cook’em. Take
notes. First of all, you cook
grits on the stove. Don’t
use
INSTANT GRITS. You
need to get this right. What
ever the cooking instruc
tions say on the box, cook
them much longer and just
before they’re done, add a
quarter pound of butter.
How do you eat them?
Spoon a giant dob on your
plate, add more butter, lots
of it, a considerable amount
of salt and finally cover
them completely with pep
per. As a matter of practice,
go ahead and cover every
thing with pepper; eggs,
gravy, everything.
Mix it all together with
your fork in a swirling
clockwise motion. If you
have grits left over after the
eggs are consumed and
scattered around your plate,
use your biscuit to gather up
the remaining grit (grits?).
‘Sopping up’ is traditional.
Enjoy your breakfast.
Following my lead, break
fast as described should last
you until lunch with country
fried steak, fried apples with
cinnamon, mashed potatoes
(potatoes are OK for lunch)
and plenty of gravy
..again.
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PICKENS COUNTY SPLOST SCHEDULE
2020 SPLOST
PROJECT
ORIGINAL
ESTIMATED
COST
REVISED
ESTIMATED
COST
AMOUNT
EXPENDED
IN CURRENT
YEAR
AMOUNT
EXPENDED
IN PRIOR
YEAR
TOTAL
COMPLETION
COST
EXCESS
PROCEEDS NOT
EXPENDED
ESTIMATED
COMPLETION
DATE
County Road Projects and Facilities
$ 16,039,500
$ 16,039,500
$ 475,248
$
$
$
6/30/26
County Water and Sewer Facilities
1,110,000
1,110,000
6/30/26
County Payment of Enterprise Fund Debt
3,496,500
3,496,500
133,787
6/30/26
County Fire, EMS, and E-911
2,960,000
2,960,000
6/30/26
County Sheriff
2,960,000
2,960,000
6/30/26
County Parks and Recreation Projects
3,700,000
3,700,000
6/30/26
City of Jasper
5,002,400
5,002,400
386,325
6/30/26
City of Nelson
1,650,200
1,650,200
127,442
6/30/26
City of Talking Rock
81,400
81,400
2,794
-
-
-
6/30/26
$ 37,000,000
$ 37,000,000
$ 1,125,596
$
$
-
$
PICKENS COUNTY SPLOST SCHEDULE
2014 SPLOST
ORIGINAL
CURRENT
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
TOTAL
EXCESS
ESTIMATED
ESTIMATED
ESTIMATED
EXPENDED
EXPENDED
EXPENDED
EXPENDED
EXPENDED
EXPENDED
COMPLETION
PROCEEDS NOT
COMPLETION
PROJECT
COST
COST
IN CURRENT
YEAR
IN PRIOR YEAR
2019
IN PRIOR YEAR
2018
IN PRIOR YEAR
2017
IN PRIOR YEAR
2016
IN PRIOR YEAR
2015
COST
EXPENDED
DATE
Road Improvements
$ 14,418,000
$ 14,418,000
$ 1,542,371
$ 3,023,023
$ 3,000,806
$ 1,991,594
$ 2,389,962
$ 1,483,335
$
$
Public Safety Capital Improvements
5,987,000
5,987,000
609,465
1,506,443
2,015,590
587,810
167,140
947,897
Library Capital Improvements
2,000,000
2,000,000
1,758,226
33,176
100,000
1,891,402
6/30/20
Water and Sewer Capital Improvements
800,000
800,000
192,212
City of Jasper
6,000,000
6,000,000
669,600
1,067,196
984,438
898,056
827,933
736,420
5,183,643
6/30/20
City of Nelson
729,000
729,000
81,356
129,664
119,609
109,114
100,594
89,475
629,812
6/30/20
City of Talking Rock
66,000
66,000
10,858
11,739
10,829
9,878
9,107
8,101
60,512
6/30/20
$ 30,000,000 $ 30,000,000 $
4,864,088 $
5,738,065 $
6,164,448 $
3,596,452 $
3,494,736 $
3,365,228 $
7,765,369 $