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PIKE COUNTY
JOURNAL REPORTER
ONE DOLLAR
www.pikecountygeorgia.com
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2019
PIKE'S PEEK
Join the June 23
Citizen Science
Academy
Learn about some
of the most exciting
citizen science projects
through Citizen Science
Academy on June 23,
2021! Spend the morn
ing learning about the
numerous opportuni
ties and choose the
project track that you
would like to pursue
in the afternoon. This
program is perfect for
teachers, home school
coordinators and scien
tists of all ages.
Project tracks
include: Georgia Adopt-
A-Stream, Invasive Spe
cies Monitor, Weather
Monitoring and Georgia
Pollinator Census.
Citizen science helps
researchers and sci
entists have a broader
reach and data base, is
an engaging way to col
laborate with and give
back to your communi
ty and is a way to bring
classroom lessons to
life and reinforce con
cepts.
For more, contact
the Pike Extenstion of
fice at 770-567-2010.
Foster families
needed in Pike
Foster families for
sibling groups of two
or more children are
needed in Pike County.
Currently, Pike
only has 12 caregiver
homes. No bond is typ
ically longer, stronger
or more comforting
than that of siblings.
Can you help keep sib
lings in our community
together by opening
your home?
Call Aaliyah Sha
kir at 678-544-6631,
email her at aaliyah.
shakir@dhs.ga.gov or
go to FosterGeorgia.
com to learn how to
become a foster parent
today.
PHOTOS BY RACHEL McDANIEL / PIKE COUNTY JOURNAL REPORTER
Carson Huggins (right) followed in his father Shane Huggins’ footsteps as he trains to be an
umpire. He hopes to officiate at the high school and college level in the future.
Father-son officials build strong team on the field
BY RACHEL McDANIEL
news@pikecountygeorgia.com
Sometimes teens don’t
appreciate time with
their fathers, but Carson
Huggins, 14, decided to
follow in his father’s foot
steps at a young age and
learn to officiate baseball
games with him. Shane
Huggins is an umpire
with Diamond for Scho
lastic Sports and has
been officiating games
for 30 years. This past
season was extra special
for him as he was joined
by his son at the Pike
County recreation fields
to officiate games.
“1 decided to become
an umpire because 1 love
baseball and 1 wanted to
experience it in a differ
ent way, to see a different
perspective of the game,”
said Carson.
Carson with his dad after
winning the All Star state
championship at 6 years old.
For 14, he is very tall
and well spoken so most
parents didn’t even know
he was a teenager for the
entire season. Carson
said he remembers sit
ting behind his dad at the
home plate fence with his
own counter indicator as
his dad would call games.
“I love being out there
on the field. It’s a chal
lenge,” he said. “You can’t
let the pressure get to you
or the parents or coaches
get under your skin. You
have to block that out.”
Shane usually offici
ates high school baseball
and fast pitch softball for
the Georgia High School
Association and USSSA
travel ball but he chose
to umpire for the 6U tee
ball teams in Pike County
to help his son learn how
to make the right calls.
“Carson has a lot of
memories from playing in
this age group. He won the
state championship when
he was 6 years old. He’s 14
now and he can’t officiate
at the scholastic level until
he’s 18 but I know he’s go
ing to be trained right and
he will be able to take the
field at any level and make
the right call,” he said.
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Carson Huggins (left) and his father Shane Huggins (right) officiated together during the
spring baseball season at the Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority fields.
Celebrate America!
Hear live music, see
fireworks on June 26
Christ Chapel Com
munity Church will hold
their Celebrate America
event Saturday, June 26
starting at 5 p.m. with
live performances by
Jason Hoard and thp j|
Oak Ridge Boys and
fireworks at dark. The
event will also have
water slides, inflatables
and games for kids as
well as food trucks and
vendors. Everyone is
encouraged to bring
chairs to sit and enjoy
the show iri tjsfe parking
lot of the church.
“The concert is go
ing to be phenomenal.
We want people /of
know that even though
this is at Christ Chapel,
this is a community
event because that’s
what Christ Chapel is
all about,” said Chad
Loyd. “You don’t have
to go to our church, we
just want to pull togeth
er as a community and
celebrate America!”
Parking will be in the
large field across Old
Zebulon Road from the
church and no drugs,
^alcohol or tobacco is
followed. The concerts,
fireworks and kids en
tertainment are free but
participants may want
to bring cash to spend
at the food trucks and
vendors or for Cel
ebrate America t-shirts
that will be for sale.
“We’re just trying to
bring some normality
back afteY the pandem
ic. We Want to continue
[|:o give back to our com
munity and show them
the love. We are trying
to be the light for our
community,” said Loyd.
“With everything that’s
been going on, we want
people to know that the
love of Jesus still brings
hope and changes lives.”
Winner of Pike’s Got
Talent gets surprise gift
Pike’s Got Talent
drew a large crowd as
local students show
cased their skills on
stage. Winners of the
2021 Pike’s Got Tal
ent show include high
school students Cha
risma Bradfield who
was named champion
for her skills playing
drums, William Gray
who earned first runner
up with his accordion
and Mod 20 - includ
ing Elijah Paschal, Will
Pitts, Jackson Bush
and Hayden Pugh - who
earned second runner
up for their musical
performance. Middle
school winners were all
vocalists, including first
runner up Strylin Row
land and second runner
up Karri Flynn.
The first place for
middle school, Grand
Champion and People’s
Choice Award win
ner - Millie Smith - was
recently surprised
with a special gift after
her outstanding per-
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Millie Smith won the 2021
Pike’s Got Talent Show.
formance of ‘Satisfied’
from the Broadway
musical Hamilton.
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Callista Clark’s video reflects complexity of her individuality
Callista Clark recently released her first music video for her radio single It’s Cause I Am. Watch the video on her YouTube chan
nel or on CMT and go to callistaclark.com for upcoming show details and more.
BY RACHEL McDANIEL
news@pikecountygeorgia.com
Callista Clark made
waves with her first album
Real to Me earlier this
year and now her music
video for It’s Cause 1 Am is
causing a splash too.
“1 couldn’t be more
excited to release my
first music video! This is
the kind of thing 1 have
dreamed about my entire
life. Being on the set
and watching it come to
life was so surreal,” said
Callista. “It’s Cause 1 Am
is my first radio single,
and it has completely
changed my life. 1 am
absolutely amazed with
the way everything came
together.”
Since the release of
Real to Me in Febru
ary, Callista’s music has
spread across the nation
and the globe through
music streaming servic
es. She’s had top billing
by media sources across
the nation and she per
formed on Live with Kelly
and Ryan in April. She
recently filmed her first
music video in Lebanon
TN and she feels like it
reflects the meaning be
hind her single It’s Cause
1 Am.
“1 love fashion and
dressing up, so when 1
first heard the idea that
1 was gonna be dressed
up in different decade
rooms to show the dif
ferent sides of me, 1 was
sold. This video does a
fabulous job of showing
that everyone is multidi
mensional,” she said. “No
one is that easy to figure
out, and that’s what this
song it about. It shows
how much 1 love fashion,
it shows different sides
of my personality and it
shows some of my musi
cal influences in the out
fits that 1 was wearing.”
Callista will perform at
the Warner Robins Inde
pendence Day Celebra
tion Friday, July 2, at the
Big Machine Music City
Grand Prix in Nashville,
TN on Sunday, Aug. 8, at
the Mason County Fair
in Point Pleasant, WV on
Friday, Aug. 13, at the
92.5 XTU Anniversary
Show in Camden, NJ on
Saturday, Aug. 14 and at
KNCl’s Jiffy Lube Country
in the Park 2021 concert
in Sacramento, CA on Sat
urday, Sept. 18.
“Check out my music
video on my YouTube
channel or catch it on
CMT,” said Callista. “Visit
my website callistaclark.
com for upcoming show
details!”
