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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5. 2023 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3B
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Minister’s Comer
ing the Lincoln Memorial. It
is estimated that more marble
was used in American con
struction in the years 1900-
1917 than in the vast Roman
Empire during its entire his
tory. Such accomplishments
were enabled by a single fac
tor, a rail line leading out
from a vast hole in the
ground in Tate, Georgia to all
points beyond.
Just as freight trains were
needed to transport the glis
tening stone treasure from
north Georgia to the world,
so the greatest of treasures,
the saving Gospel of Jesus
Christ, requires the means to
deliver His story to the na
tions. God’s chosen method
is not by ox cart or “iron
horses”, but simple human
transport; people, like the
prophet Isaiah, who are will
ing to say, “Here am I; send
me.” (Isaiah 6.8) Much of the
book of Acts reads as a travel
log of Peter and Paul’s jour
neys to convey the earth
shaking message of salvation
to the whole world. The
Great Commission itself,
found in all four Gospel ac
counts, as well as Acts,
makes it clear that God’s will
for believers is that we leave
our familiar and comfortable
surroundings, and purpose
fully go to the regions be
yond us, to the uttermost
parts of the earth, and bear
witness of Him. Christ’s
empty tomb, in effect a sim
ple hole in the ground, has
the potential for changing the
lives and destiny of any and
all who believe, but they
must first have access to the
story that He is the Stone, cut
out without hands, that one
day will become “a great
mountain and will fill the
whole earth”. (Daniel 2.35)
Bring Your Pets to ‘Blessing of the
Animals’ at Holy Family October 8
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Family
invites all pet owners, pets and companion
animals to participate in the annual Blessing
of the Animals on Saint Francis Day, Sunday,
October 8. The 10:30 a.m. service will be
held on the 38-acre campus of the church in
the meadows near the outside altar. If the
weather is poor, the service will be moved to
the neighboring pavilion next to the confer
ence center. Please bring folding chairs for
your personal use.
The Rev. George Yandell will preach on
Saint Francis' devotion to God as expressed
through his love for all of God's creation.
Saint Francis cared for the poor and sick, he
preached sermons to animals and praised all
creatures as brothers and sisters under God.
Although not unique, Koko the gorilla was
one of the few non-humans known to keep
pets. She had been taught American Sign
Language. Researchers at the Gorilla Foun
dation said that Koko asked for a cat for
Christmas in 1983. Ron Cohn, a biologist
with the foundation, explained to the Los An
geles Times that when she was given a life
like stuffed animal, she was less than
satisfied. She did not play with it and contin
ued to sign "sad". So, on her birthday in July
1984, she was able to choose a kitten from a
litter. Koko selected a gray male Manx from
a litter of abandoned kittens and named him
"All Ball."
In December of that same year, All Ball
escaped from Koko's cage and was hit and
killed by a car. Later, Patterson said that when
she signed to Koko that All Ball had gone,
Koko signed "Bad, sad, bad" and "Frown,
cry, frown, sad". Patterson also reported later
hearing Koko making a sound similar to
human weeping. In 1985, Koko was allowed
to pick out two new kittens from a litter to be
her companions. The animals she chose,
which she later named "Lipstick" and
"Smokey". They were also Manxes like All
Ball.
Fred Rogers wanted to meet Koko the go
rilla, who had often watched "Mr. Rogers's
Neighborhood." When they met, the huge go
rilla gave the diminutive Rogers a big hug,
then took off Mister Rogers's shoes. It is only
too easy to think of a neighborhood more as
a place than as a relationship, more realty
than reality. In our better moments, we might
even call it an outward and visible sign of an
inner and spiritual reality. Then maybe we’d
be on to something. We err when we so often
make the church a remote shrine above it all
for our protection. And of course, this is how
Francis of Assisi lived Church: all beings in
cluded in the fellowship of God, with Jesus
at its center.
Both the 8 a.m. and 10: 30 a.m. services
will celebrate the feast day of St. Francis but
the early service will be held as usual in the
church. Holy Family Episcopal Church is lo
cated off Cove Road at 100 Griffith Road,
Jasper, Ga. For more information about the
church go to holyfamilyepiscopalchurch.net
or call the parish office at 770-893-4525.
When Taking a Fall is Good
Seeing and feeling the ar
rival of autumn brings with it
new expectations and activi
ties for ourselves, so too new
adventures are launching at
Fellowship Presbyterian. The
second in the fall series of free
Family Movie Nights is this
Friday, October 3, at 7 p.m.
You will love seeing a beloved
comic strip come to life in an
imation. Sit back, relax and
enjoy free pizza, snacks and
drinks. Share giggles and
laughs with your children. See
adventures of a boy wearing a
yellow t-shirt with a black zig
zag, his scheming sister and
his philosophical dog.
One of the earliest and
surest signs of fall arriving in
Pickens County is The Geor
gia Marble Festival’s parade,
5k and quarry tours plus
music, foods, crafts, children’s
play area and discoveries
found walking through the
booths in Lee Newton Park.
Take a moment to stop by Fel
lowship Presbyterian’s booth.
The friendly folks there will
greet you with a warm smile
and lollipops for your chil
dren.
FPC launched our 17th
season as host of Casual Clas
sics this past Monday evening.
The performance by David
Coucheron, violinist and Con
cert Master of the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra with his
pianist sister Julie, assistant
professor at KSU was varied
and inspiring. Prior to the per
formance and during intermis
sion attendees socialized over
Red Bean Harvest Coffee.
Promise yourself to attend the
next presentation on Monday,
November 13 at 7 p.m.
Pastor Blake Hudson
began a new sermon series re
viewing the outcome of our
recently completed internal
Vision Frame 2023 study of
FPC. Select members of our
church met over the past sev
eral months to bring clarity to
our church’s strengths, what
we are doing plus why and
how, when are we successful
then where God is taking us
now. The resulting mission
statement for Fellowship Pres
byterian Church is “Connect
ing people to Jesus, the spring
of life”. This first sermon is
drawn from Jesus meeting the
woman at the well in Samaria
(John 4:1-26) where he prom
ised her living water. Hear this
first sermon podcast by scan
ning this symbol.
Fellowship Presbyterian
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This week ip sports history
&y Ethan Swiech
October 1 - October 7
October 1st:
On this day in 1919, the Cincinnati Reds
hosted the Chicago White Sox in the opening
game of a World Series that became notori
ously remembered for “The Black Sox Scan
dal”. Cincinnati starter, Dutch Ruether, was
the star of this show. Ruether tossed a com
plete game, allowing six hits and one
baserunner. He also drove in three runs on a
pair of triples before finishing three for three
and scoring once in the fourth. The Reds
crossed the plate eight consecutive times be
fore taking care of the White Sox, 9-1.
October 2nd:
On this day in 1921, Chicago White Sox
catcher, Ray Schalk, became the first and
only major league battery player to make a
putout at every base in the same game. The
White Sox took on the Cleveland Indians and
Schalk had a total of five POs for the day. He
also contributed a fourth inning single during
Chicago’s 7-4 win.
October 3rd:
On this day in 1920, the American Pro
Football Association, which eventually be
came known as the National Football League,
played its first slate of scheduled games. The
very first contest took place between the Day-
ton Triangles and Columbus Panhandles.
Both sides battled to a scoreless first half be
fore Dayton blanked Columbus, 14-0. Lou
Partlow ran for a seven-yard score before
Frank Bacon returned a punt 60 yards for the
other touchdown.
October 4th:
On this day in 1930, Philadelphia Athlet
ics relief pitcher, Jack Quinn, became the old
est major league player to appear in a World
Series contest. It was Game three between the
A’s and St. Louis Cardinals and the 47-year-
old Quinn surrendered three hits and a run
through two innings. The Cards won this
meeting in a 5-0 shutout.
October 5th:
On this day in 2002, the Anaheim Angels
won a postseason series for the first time in
franchise history. The underdog Halos upset
the New York Yankees in a four-game ALDS.
These were the same Yankees that won the
last four American League pennants, a run
that included three straight World Series ti
tles. Anaheim scored eight unanswered runs
in the bottom of the fifth before coasting past
the pinstripes, 9-5.
October 6th:
On this day in 1911, Cy Young made his
final major league start as a member of the
Boston Rustlers. It was the second game of a
doubleheader against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Unfortunately for Young, this contest ended
in disaster. He allowed 11 hits with just as
many runs through six and one-thirds in
nings. Eight of those runs came in the bottom
of the seventh as the Dodgers demoralized
Boston with a 13-3 win.
October 7th:
On this day in 1950, the New York Yan
kees achieved their lucky 13th World Series
title in franchise history. The Yanks defeated
the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2, before finish
ing off a four-game sweep. Every New York
run came unanswered, including Yogi Berra’s
sixth inning solo shot, which proved to be the
game’s only homer. Berra finished two for
four with two RBIs and a pair of runs. Whitey
Ford got the start and earned the win, giving
up seven hits and a baserunner through eight
and two-thirds. Ford also added seven strike
outs to his stat line while Allie Reynolds got
the save by fanning Phillies pinch hitter, Stan
Lopata, for the final out.
Continued From Sports Page
Chaos
in the Big Ten Championship
Game?
Has it ever been conceivable
that Kentucky could win the
SEC or even the East?
Not in my lifetime...
That possibility is closer to re
ality in ‘23 than many of us want
to admit.
Saturday’s game between the
Wildcats (5-0) and Bulldogs (5-
0) looks like the defacto Eastern
Championship Game already,
and in the West, Alabama (4-1)
v Texas A&M (4-1) could be the
deciding battle there. Tennessee
(4-1), Missouri (5-0), and Ole
Miss (4-1) remain in play, and
even LSU (3-2) with its dreadful
defense could still salvage the
season.
While still works in progress,
I firmly believe that Georgia and
Alabama are the best teams in
their respective divisions. To be
honest though, I would not bet
one dime of my hard earned
money on it.
If we end up with only one or
two loss conference champions
from the big boys, there’s a pos
sibility that someone like an un
beaten San Diego State from a
lesser conference could slip into
the playoff mix as well.
The level of balance and par
ity in college football 2023 is
something that we have not seen
in years and all wanted.
Enjoy it, but remember up
sets are coming and with them -
chaos.
Racing
Report
Stage 2 began on lap 66
with Blaney still leading.
There would be more two
and three-wide racing with
drivers like McDowell,
Herbst, and Gilliand running
up front. Green flag pit stops
started on lap 105 with the
manufacturers pitting at sep
arate times again. The Fords
lead the pack with Ke-
selowski and Logano running
1 and 2. On the final lap of
Stage 2 Keselowski passed
Byron for the lead and won
Stage 2.
Stage 3 started on lap 126
with Logano leading. The
race continued to stay green
for a while until with 27 to
go, the first big incident of
the race happened when Ke
selowski, while pushing Ho-
cevar in the tri-oval, turned
Hocevar and collected driv
ers like Gibbs and Dillon.
After another caution for de
bris, the race went green for
the last 13 laps. On the final
lap, Blaney went down to the
inside lane to pass Harvick
for the lead and edged him
out at the line to win at Tal
ladega.
As for Talladega, it was
another solid Superspeedway
race with the Gen 7 car. Day
tona was a great race with all
of the two and three-wide
racing but this race was even
better. Throughout the race,
the front pack raced two or
three-wide, leading to a lot of
hard racing with many differ
ent drivers leading. It also led
to over 60 lead changes. The
issue with this Gen 7 car at
Superspeedways is that the
runs are not as big as they
were in the late Gen 6 era,
meaning that it’s harder to get
up to the front at Superspeed
way races now. Drivers were
still able to make either the
low, middle, or outside line to
work to makes runs to get up
to the front, leading to the
many two and three-wide
racing. Neither the low, mid
dle, or outside line proved to
be the dominant line to run
in. There would be points at
which the low, middle, or
outside line would start to fall
back, meaning that you
would have to constantly
change lanes in order to stay
towards the front. The race
also had a very exciting fin
ish with Blaney making a last
lap pass on Harvick for the
win and them edging him out
at the line in a photo finish. It
was one of the best races of
the season and the best super
speedway race this season.
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