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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 2023 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3B
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Minister’s Comer
hoping for when you die?”
He responded, “A surprise.”
Also, in a final letter to
Jimmy he wrote, “So you
don’t really know what is
coming? I don’t either. Just
leave a little room.”
It bothered me that my
hero, his friends and many
others could know nothing or
chose to know nothing about
any faith spiritual teachings
concerning their afterlife. It
just seems empty and to re
fuse to accept God’s promise.
The scripture above from
John’s Gospel in the Holy
Bible always touches my
heart and makes me pause
with a deep breath when I
read it personally ... “He
gave me the right to become
a child of God bom of God.”
It is just so special that with
all my warts and humanness
God invites me into his fam
ily through Jesus with the
promise of heaven to come.
Yes, I don’t have any
Facebook photos of heaven
but I believe with my whole
heart that I will be united
with God in His heavenly
family. What do you believe?
God’s promise from John
3:16 says, “For God so loved
the world that He gave his
only begotten son that
whosoever believes in Him
should not perish but have
everlasting life.” It is too late
to invite Jimmy but I want to
invite you.... Will you
choose to become a “child of
God now?” It’s a heartfelt
personal invitation.
Save the Dates for Holy Family’s
Concert Series
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This week in sports history
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The Episcopal Church of the Holy Family
is happy to announce the return of our Con
cert-Evensong Series in a four-event format
for 2023-2024. All programs are presented
on Sunday afternoons at 4 p.m. as follows:
October 15th - Ballet Folklorico Teotl,
Mexican Folkloric Dance Troupe, Adriana
Murillo, director.
December 17th - 18th annual Festival of
Nine Lessons & Carols. Featuring the Choir
of Holy Family and Friends, John King
Carter, director.
February’ 18th - Kennesaw State Univer
sity Faculty Brass Quartet, Jason Casanova,
director.
April 21st - Quadratum, auditioned youth
group performing traditional choral music
and world music including Ghanaian drums
and Indian solkattu, Brian Parks, director.
These programs are offered free of charge
to the entire community. Each concert is fol
lowed by the brief service of Evensong and a
festive reception. Please plan to attend and
bring your friends.
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Family,
100 Griffith Road. For more information,
please visit the website at holyfamilyepisco-
palchurch.net or call the parish office at 770-
893-4525.
September 10-September 16
September 10th:
On this day in 1937, the Cleveland Rams
played their first NFL game, which resulted
in a 28-0 loss to the Detroit Lions. Detroit
scored twice on runs while adding two defen
sive touchdowns. The Rams finished their in
augural campaign with a 1-10 record, but
eventually rose from the scrapheap to be
come league champs in 1945, which was
their last season in Cleveland. The franchise
earned another league title, which came in
Los Angeles in 1951, along with two Super
Bowl championships. Their first Lombardi
Trophy came as tenants of St. Louis in 1999
while the second took place in 2021, six sea
sons after returning to LA. The Rams remain
the only team in NFL history to win titles in
three different cities.
September 11th:
On this day in 1923, Bemie Neis hit the
1,000th home run in Brooklyn Dodgers fran
chise history during a matchup with the
Philadelphia Phillies. This came during the
club’s tenure as the Robins and the right
fielder connected for a three-run shot in the
top of the ninth. Sadly, the issue was already
decided as the Phils romped, 11-3.
September 12th:
On this day in 1930, Brooklyn Robins
catcher, A1 Lopez, logged major league base
ball’s last official bounce home run. The
Robs hosted the Cincinnati Reds and Lopez
got it on a three-run homer with two outs in
the bottom of the fourth. He collected four
RBIs during Brooklyn’s 7-3 win. The next
season saw a rule change as hits that bounced
over the wall became known as ground-rale
doubles.
September 13th:
On this day in 1925, Dazzy Vance became
the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter for the
Brooklyn franchise under the Robins
moniker. This no-no happened in the first
game of a doubleheader against the Phillies,
the same team Vance one-hit five days previ
ous. Vance tallied nine strikeouts while al
lowing one baseranner and a ran on a second
inning sac-fly. The Robins scored six straight
times before pounding the Phils, 10-1.
September 14th:
On this day in 1986, the Philadelphia Ea
gles traveled to Chicago’s Soldier Field to
take on the Bears. This game had special
meaning as Eagles head coach, Buddy Ryan,
made his return to the city where he had
tremendous success. Ryan was the defensive
coordinator for the Bears when they won the
Super Bowl the previous year. Chicago run
ning back, Walter Payton, also set personal
milestones by eclipsing 15,000 rushing yards
while scoring his 100th rushing touchdown.
Sweetness gained 177 yards on 34 carries,
but the game went into overtime, where
Bears kicker, Kevin Butler, made the game
winning field goal from 23 yards out. This
slugfest saw Chicago prevail with a 13-10
victory.
September 15th:
On this day in 1996, the Texas Rangers re
tired their first number in franchise history,
which was Nolan Ryan’s number 34. The
Houston Astros had the same ceremony for
the same numeral exactly two weeks later.
The Express went 51-39 with a 3.43 earned
ran average and 939 strikeouts during his five
seasons in Arlington. He also made an All-
Star appearance as a member of the Rangers
in 1989 while twice topping the majors in
strikeouts. Ryan had his number 30 retired by
the California Angels in 1992 before becom
ing a member of Texas’ hall of fame in 2003.
September 16th:
On this day in 1953, the American League
approved the St. Louis Browns’ move to Bal
timore. The club switched nicknames as well,
becoming known as the Orioles. Their inau
gural season took place the very next year
and the O’s posted an overall record of 54-
100. Success eventually followed the fran
chise during the sixties. Since relocating, the
Orioles have made the playoffs 12 times, won
nine division crowns, six AL pennants and
three World Series titles.
Continued From Sports Page
The Town of
Talking Rock
is looking for bids to renovate and
repair the historic schoolhouse
located at 5 Old Blairsville Hwy,
Talking Rock.
For those interested in this
project, please contact our
Town Clerk to schedule an
appointment to have access
to the building. All bids can
be submitted by mail or in
person at the Town Hall
located at 4675 HWY 136 W,
Talking Rock, GA30175.
For questions
or additional
information,
please call
706-253-5515
or
785-375-3834.
Racing
Report
who also stayed out, was able
to keep the lead for a while,
until Keselowski on new tires
was able to pass him for the
Stage 2 victory. Stage 3 offi
cially started on lap 172.
Hamlin took the lead from
Keselowski and continued to
lead with the race staying
green for a while. Hamlin
looked like he was going to
win, until the caution flew for
another playoff driver,
Buescher, also losing a tire.
During the final set of pit
stops, Suarez stayed out
while Jones, Logano, and
Busch took 2 tires. On the
final restart, Reddick made it
3-wide to take the lead and
win the race at Kansas.
The race wasn’t as excit
ing as the spring race, but just
like last week, it was another
pretty solid race. Drivers
were able to ran any line in
the comers, which lead to a
lot of battles and passing for
position. Stage 1 started off
pretty solid with a lot of good
racing happening. It got a bit
stale near the end of the Stage
before Byron spun out, but it
was still a really good first
Stage. Stage 2 was sort of the
same until when most of the
lead lap drivers pitted when
Larson and others stayed out.
Due to the difference in tires
and with Kansas being a
multi-groove track, it led to
the best racing we had seen
all day at that point, and a
good finish to the Stage with
Keselowski and Elliott. Stage
3 was easily the weakest part
of the race. Due to the race
staying green for a long time,
the field started to get really
spread out, which led to a lot
less exciting racing. The race
did have an exciting end with
Reddick taking it 3-wide to
win, so the ending which is
the most important part of the
race itself was saved to keep
this race as a really good one
to remember. The racing was
good, but also like last week,
it had a lot of playoff drama
with many contenders having
issues like Truex, Wallace,
Byron, Buescher, and others.
In Truex’s case going into
Bristol next week, he is just
below the Top 12 in the Play
off standings to make it into
the next round. There’s a
good chance next week that
the regular-season champion
could be out of the Playoffs
after the 1st round.
Next week, the Cup series
heads back to concrete Bris
tol Motor Speedway. Who
will be the first 4 drivers out
of the playoffs? We shall see.
Technical Advisor - Scott
Korowotny
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