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THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3B
If He
CONTINUED truly i s the
Minister’s Comer Lord of our
lives, this ques
tion should not
cause us much grief because we would live
our lives doing what He would have us do.
This is not our life it is His. If we follow Him,
it will cost other people more than it cost us.
Our obedience to Him is a blessing to us. We
love Him and want to do His will because
He first loved us.
If you want a blessing and be challenged,
read this book. It has been a blessing to us
here at the Cowboy Church in Jerusalem.
Mt. Zion strives to serve locally
and “in the regions beyond”
This past Lord’s Day, Dr.
Ed Frampton, Director of the
International Board of
Jewish Missions, spoke at
Mt. Zion and gave a detailed
report of how IBJM is work
ing with numerous local
churches and missionaries on
the ground in Ukraine, shar
ing Christ with the large Jew
ish population there, and
Gentiles as well. IBJM is also
involved in the rapidly
changing situation of large
numbers of Jews being dis
placed across Europe, and
many who are making the
“Aliyah”, the immigration of
Jews of the Diaspora to the
land of Israel.
Mt. Zion is committed to
ministering the Gospel to our
community, but also desires
to be a witness for Christ “in
the regions beyond”, and we
thank the Lord for our won
derful missionary family that
makes this possible.
The Word of Life Student
Ministries of Mt. Zion Bap
tist Church will be holding a
BBQ Lunch and Cake Auc
tion this Sunday, March 27,
immediately after our morn
ing worship service at 11:00.
BBQ plates will be available
for $7, with com dog plates
for kids for $5. Desserts,
services and other wonderful
items will be auctioned off,
all to help raise hinds for our
teens going to Word of Life
Camp this summer in Hud
son, Florida. Our Word of
Life program, ministering to
children from three years of
age through high schoolers,
is part of a worldwide min
istry of youth evangelism and
discipleship.
Currently, a network of
WOL Clubs, camps and
Bible Insitutes throughout
Europe are mobilizing to
serve refugees escaping the
war in Ukraine. Mt. Zion is
dedicated to helping young
people “be an example of be
lievers, in word, in conduct,
in love, in spirit, in faith, and
in purity.” (1 Timothy 4.12)
A number of missionaries
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
has long partnered with are
increasingly engaging in
ministry and relief efforts
to those impacted by the
war in Ukraine. Shawn Sul
livan, former church planter
in Ukraine, and now the Di
rector of Mission823, a min
istry focused on ministering
to at risk children in Eastern
Europe, reports: “We're
working hard to help evacu
ate, shelter, feed, provide
medical care and humanitar
ian aid for the people of
Ukraine.”
As of March 16, Shawn
had enabled the safe passage
out of war zones and the re
location of 7000 Ukranian
children, particularly or
phans, as well as women and
the elderly. As an organiza
tion which already had an
amazing team of workers “on
the ground” in Ukraine, Mis-
sion823 has been able to re
spond immediately and
directly to the needs of the
suffering there. Shawn’s min
istry is able to provide serv
ices even large relief
organization generally can
not; for example, securing
specific emergency medical
supplies, even surgical equip
ment, and getting it to health
care workers in those areas of
Ukraine where it is most
needed. Mission823’s mis
sion statement is taken di
rectly from the Word of God
- “Defend the poor and fa
therless: do justice to the af
flicted and needy.” (Psalm
82.3)
Another ministry Mt. Zion
has worked closely with
through the years, Hope &
Help International, which
normally trains and equips
national church planters in
Southern Asia, is now using
its infrastructure to build a
network of missionaries and
churches to direct refugees to
Western Europe, as many of
the nations bordering
Ukraine are becoming over
whelmed with the numbers
of people fleeing the war. For
example, Bill Rose, church
planter to Spain, and who
happened to visit Mt. Zion
just last week, met with Pas
tor Mock and was able to
learn of the efforts of Hope &
Help, and is now in meetings
with various national church
leaders in Spain to coordinate
assistance to refugees. Bill is
hopeful that another mission
ary to Ukraine Mt. Zion sup
ports, who was evacuated
from her home in Kyiv just
days before hostilities began,
can travel to Spain to minis
ter there for a season.
For more information
about our diverse programs
for children and teens, please
visit mtzionjasper.org, or call
the office at 706.692.6315.
Mt. Zion is located at 1036
N. Main in Jasper.
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Gartrell on end of the Freeman era
much higher than state taxes in Georgia. As
a California resident as compared to Georgia,
the Golden State collects $12.23 million
more of his pay.
Additionally, his contact calls for $57 mil
lion in deferred money with no interest pay
ments on it. For the first three years, seven
million dollars and during the final three
years, $ 12 million is withheld from his salary.
He is scheduled to receive that money in de
ferred payments from 2028-2040. In the
event that Freeman is traded by the Dodgers,
his new team would not be able to defer any
of the money he is still owed.
Ultimately, it seems to me that the deal in
Atlanta was sweeter.
Freeman said that in LA, his father and
grandfather could attend every home game
which means more than money. We all get
that point, but reports admit that he was
heartbroken to leave Atlanta.
Who knows the truth for sure?
Unfortunately, it feels like his camp tried
to play a game of “chicken” with the Braves
and lost miserably. The whole incident seems
bizarre and completely avoidable.
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listory
March 20-March 26
March 20th:
On this day in 2020, Tom Brady signed a
guaranteed two-year, $50 million deal with
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This signature
came after Brady spent 20 seasons with the
New England Patriots, where he led the or
ganization to six Super Bowl titles. Brady
capped his first season in Tampa by guiding
the Bucs to their second world championship
in franchise history.
March 21st:
On this day in 1991, Quebec Nordiques
goaltender, Ron Tugnutt, set a very interest
ing NHL single-game record. He made 70
saves, the most ever by any goalie in a mod
em day non-loss, during Quebec’s 3-3 tie
with the Boston Bruins.
March 22nd:
On this day in 1958, the Kentucky Wild
cats claimed the fourth and final NCAA bas
ketball championship of the Adolph Rupp
era. The Wildcats defeated the Seattle Uni
versity Chieftans, 84-72, behind Vernon Hat
ton’s game-high 30 points. Kentucky also
received major contributions from Johnny
Cox, who posted a double-double of 24
points and 16 rebounds. John Crigler added
14 points and 14 boards of his own to the
Cats’ stat sheet. Seattle forward, Elgin Bay
lor, finished with 25 points and 19 rebounds.
Baylor completed the tournament with 135
points and was named the Most Outstanding
Player.
March 23rd:
On this day in 1946, the Oklahoma A&M
Aggies, who are now the Oklahoma State
Cowboys, became the first basketball team to
win consecutive NCAA tournament champi
onships. The Aggies claimed the title follow
ing their 43-40 victory over the North
Carolina Tar Heels. A&M center, Bob Kur
land, won the Most Outstanding Player award
by torching the Heels for nine field goal con
versions and 23 points. Kurland finished the
tourney with 72 points, good for an average
of 24 per game.
March 24th:
On this day in 1936, the Detroit Red
Wings and Montreal Maroons set the record
for the longest, and I’m talking longest, post
season game in NHL history. Both teams
went through the regular three frames before
enduring six torturous overtime periods until
a winner was decided. A winner was ulti
mately decided and that was the Red Wings,
whose hero was right winger, Mud
Bruneteau. The 21-year-old scored the game
winning goal at the 16:30 mark of the sixth
overtime as Detroit scraped by Montreal, 1-
0.
March 25th:
On this day in 1947, the College of the
Holy Cross became NCAA basketball tour
nament champions for the first and only time
in school history. The Crusaders overcame a
halftime deficit and outscored the Oklahoma
Sooners, 30-16, in the second half before
rolling to a 58-47 win. Bob Cousy was a
member of that Holy Cross squad but was a
little-known freshman. This team ran through
center, George Kaftan, who led the way by
making seven field goals for 18 points. Kaf
tan was named the Most Outstanding Player
after racking up 63 points for the tournament.
March 26th:
On this day in 1979, Magic Johnson vs.
Larry Bird became the thing on everyone’s
minds. These two hoops legends first met as
college players in the 1979 national champi
onship game. It was Magic’s Michigan State
Spartans, Big Ten champions, matching up
against Bird’s Sycamores of Indiana State,
who brought an overall record of 33-0 into
this title game. This contest aired on NBC
and it became the highest-rated game in the
history of televised college basketball. Bird
collected 19 points, 13 rebounds and five
steals, but went just seven of 21 from the
field. Magic, on the other hand, racked up a
game-high 24 points on his way to winning
the Most Outstanding Player award. The
Spartans ended up winning, 75-64, for their
first-ever championship.
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Race Recap: Back in the ATL
turns 1 and 2. The green flag
would wave again on lap 31.
The competition caution would
come out on lap 46 with Chas
tain in the lead.
Everybody would come in to
pit and Logano would lead the
field to green on lap 52. Chas
tain took the lead on lap 55, but
would bring out the 3rd caution
of the race for hitting the wall
in turn 1 due to his tire going
down. The restart would hap
pen on lap 101. The 4th caution
of the race would come just
after the restart for Austin Dil
lon getting loose and collecting
Kyle Busch and other drivers.
The stage would end under cau
tion and Byron would win the
stage.
Stage 2 would start on lap
111 with Bell in the lead after
deciding not to pit during the
stage caution. The 6th caution
would come out on lap 145 for
Reddick blowing a right rear
tire and collecting drivers like
Kyle Larson, Austin Cindric,
and Joey Logano. The green
flag would wave again on lap
154, and the 7th caution would
come out on lap 156 for debris.
The green flag flew again on
lap 162. The 8th caution of the
race flew on lap 201 for Sten-
house blowing a tire from the
lead, which collects Cindric,
Jones, Suarez, Bell and Har-
vick. The green flag would fly
again on lap 208, and the cau
tion would come back out for
Larson getting turned by Ham
lin coming off turn 4. Stage 2
would end under caution with
Ryan Blaney winning it.
The green to start stage 3
flew on lap 217 with Suarez in
the lead after not pitting during
the stage caution due to pitting
before that. The 9th caution of
the race would fly on lap 254
for debris on the track again.
The green flag would fly again
on lap 270. The 10th caution of
the race flew on lap 302 for
Todd Gilliland blowing a tire.
The green flag would fly again
on lap 307, and the next lap,
Almirola would spin out on the
front-stretch bringing out the
11th caution. The green flag
would fly again with 13 to go
with Byron still in the lead and
he hung on for the rest of the
race to win the 2022 Folds of
Honor QuikTrip 500. Overall,
this was a really good race and
was much better since the track
was repaved\reconfigured.
There was a lot of side-by-side
racing, similar to a usual super
speedway race, many lead
changes, and a close finish.
This was a good first time on
the new Atlanta surface and
we’ll see if it’s just like this
when we come back here in
July.
Next week, we head over
to Circuit of The Americas,
which is the good Texas track,
and the first road course race on
the schedule. Road courses are
where our driver, Chase Elliott,
is excellent and where he could
very likely get his first win of
the season, but we will just
have to see.
Next week - EchoPark Auto
motive Grand Prix
Technical Adviser - Scott Ko-
rowotny
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