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Bob Evans
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1 Remember
the sponsors
Have you ever considered just
what it lakes to get enough money
and support together to hold an
event or special function in the
community ?
Or what about where the money
comes from to cover the sometimes
expensive cost of holding an event?
These arc things that most of us
lake for granted and do not even
think about them when we are tak
ing part in a special affair being
held in the town of Perry or any
where else for that matter.
Probably the most important
aspect of any group sports function
or community project that is held,
is having enough people that share
a concern for that sport or event to
take the time and money to support
it.
The people I am talking about
arc the sponsors.
The ones who day after day shell
out the money and personal support
to different organizations to help
insure that the event that is being
held turns out to be a success.
We read many of their adver
tisements about their businesses in
news media publications and sec
them on the T.V. sets, but we
sometimes forget to give them am
ple credit for what they do.
1 Without them, whether they are
in business or individuals who just
donate to the function in an
anonymous capacity, they are the
backbone of every program that is
held from kiddie events to local
street fairs or town promotional
functions, or to high school and
professional sports events.
Many of their donations of
money and support are fortu
nately for all of us... tax deductible.
However, there arc a lot of times
when they donate to a function and
that donation cannot be declared as a
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tax deduction, then they must write
it off as a cost of doing business.
It comes out of their own pock
ets and in the back of their minds
they hope they will make up what
ever the cost was of what they have
donated.
, Increased sales or customers us
ing their services that they provide
is the only way they can recover
these costs and stay in business.
Many times the costs are never
recovered, and it is those times that
we should not let them forget how
much we appreciate what they do to
help us all out.
So the next time you see the
name of an individual or business
in the newspaper or on T.V. who
has donated their Support financially
or otherwise to sponsor any kind of
an event that is held in our com
munity, even if you don't regu
larly do business with that particu
lar company or person, take the
time to say thank you with a card
or in person to that business or
individual, and let them Icnows. we -
really care about what they do to
support our kids and our town.
You will feel better and most
certainly they will also, just know
* ing that somebody cares enough to
Say "THANKS," sometimes
more than pays the bill.
My sincere "THANK YOU" to
each and every one of you, business
I person or individual, who has taken
the time to sponsor sports events or
other functions in the community
i of Perry.
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■ The Houston Home a
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SATURDAY, JUNE 24,1989-Section B
Warner Robins Dragway is site of
1989 NHRA Winston Series Div. 2
Top cash awards
for dragster
drivers at W.R.D.
By 808 EVANS
Sports Editor
If the squealing of tires, the roar
of big engines, and the excitement
of watching a couple of 500 plus
horsepower cars and drivers battle it
out for the top spot in eighth-mile
drag races is your thing, then the
Warner Robins Dragway is where
you want to be this weekend.
It is the running of the 1989
NHRA Winston Series Division 2
Eighth-Mile Championship drag
races being held at the dragslrip five
miles off interstate 75 (Exit 44), on
highway 96 in Warner Robins.
This weekend's competition will
be bringing some of the top drag
ster and funny car drivers in the na
tion to the Warner Robins Drag
way, and the excitement started
yesterday at 10 a.m. with the spe
cial test and tunc lime trials until 5
p.m. last night.
This (test and tune) part of the
races give the drivers and pit crews
a chance to set up their cars and al
low the mechanics the opportunity
to fine tune their individual racers
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Giants from Perry prevail in
Thursday Rec. tee ball action
By KEVIN NOLES
HHJ Sports Writer
The Perry Giants of the Houston
County Recreation Department Tee
league played in Warner Robins
Thursday evening.
The action at Ted Wright #3
only lasted three innings as the Gi
ants of Perry came out on top by a
final score of 21-17.
The game had been scheduled for
an earlier lime but due to the bad
weather it was rescheduled for
Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m.
In the second inning the Giants
got off to a good start as the first
three batters in the line up got on
base with back to back hits.
Then the power man in the line
up Philip Gentry #l2 stepped up at
the plate. He connected with a ball
and sent it to deep center field and
ended up with a Grand Slam home
run. The giants ran the score up to
19-15.
The great defense of the Giants
soon held the Warner Robins team
to only scoring 1 run, and after two
complete innings of play the score
Continued on Page 4B
Christie's outlasts Evans to
take Ochlatachee league lead
By J.J. COOPER
Staff Writer
In a game that very well could
determine the Senior League
Championship Christie's Eye Care
defeated Evans Printing 10-8.
If Christie's wins one of iheir
last two games or Evans loses their
last game, Christie's will be
crowned champion,
Christie's look an early 5-0 lead
as they scored three in the second
and two in the fourth inning.
But in the bottom of the fourth
Evans knotted the score again as
Christie's pitcher Dallas Waldrip
ran into trouble. Waldrip walked the
first four baserunners to bring Lon
Tallon home.
With the bases still loaded Scan
Cooper singled to score Adam
Simpson and Kevin Bennct.
Jason Long hit into a fielder's •
choice to score Kinnas. Then
Cooper trotted home on an error to
tie the game at 5-5.
Ron Green along with wife Gail, and daughter Laurie pose in front of old #2939
...Green will be competing at Warner Robins, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
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Chad Hamsley #2l of the Giants makes a turn at third.
...The Giants won the game 21 to 17 in three innings.
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Sean Cooper takes a strike in Wednesday’s game
...Cooper lined a single on the next pitch
Inside today's Sports section
Growing up at bat
50 years of Little League. See P-3B
Perry sports
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Two Perry
QB's return
from camp
By J.J, COOPER
Staff Writer
Perry Panther quarterbacks,
Robert Grace and Ken Sikes, along
with Panther coach Ronnie Roys
ton have just returned from quarter
back camp at Furman University.
"It was an intense week of quar
terback preparation," said Royston.
The two Panther signal callers
were able to work with former
Furman and South Carolina stars
and six NFL players.
"It is the best quarterback camp
in the Southeast," said Royston.
There the quarterbacks worked on
fundamentals like their stance,
footwork, and different drop backs.
They also got the chance to study
the Furman film collection.
"Both kids worked extremely
hard. You would think they would
be at each others throats but they're
not. They encourage each other,"
said Royston."
Royston also said that both QB's
Continued on Paae 4B
Lifting at
PHS gets
good start
By J.J. COOPER
Staff Writer
"We've had a great response,"
said Perry Coach Ronnie Royston
concerning their summer
weightlifting program.
"Our kids arc excited about the
upcoming season," said Royston.
The weightlifting will go on until
the start of practice, August 7.
The Panthers will have to meet
20 lifts or do makeup work, extra
running and lifting, early in the
morning at camp.
Royston said that the weight
program is something that has to
be done or the team collectively
will gel weaker.
Perry will start running July 10
to work on speed improvement.
The Panthers are lifting from
8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. and from
4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
"It won't be long before Peach
County is right at the door," said
Dnu ot on
Big time fishing
Tournament competition tough. See P-6B
Perry’s number 1
Super Street
driver Rapid Ron
By 808 EVANS
Sports Editor
The weekend action at Warner
Robins Dragway in the National
Hot Rod Association's Winston
Series Division 2 Championships
will be seeing one of the City of
Perry's best in action.
The person who will be in the
spotlight from Perry is none other
than championship driver "Rapid
Ronnie Greene," and he will be
driving the old number 2939 with a
new number on it. The old 2939
has been transformed into the new
number 22.
The car is a 1967 Chevy Camera
equipped with a 400 small block
motor, 2 speed auto transmission
with trans-brake, 12 boll rear end,
15" wide tires, and develops 490 to
500 horse power with a lop speed
of about 128-130 miles per hour.
The car is also equipped with
special shut-off safely devices to
permit pit crews and emergency
personnel to be able to shut the car
off from outside the vehicle, in the
event of a crash.
Other special equipment included
on the car is an electrical throttle
slop which is used to adjust speeds
for different macks that Greene runs
the car on.
The cooling system is equipped
with electrical fans and water pump
so that the car can be cooled evenly
after a race, with out the engine be
ing in operation.
Greene will be competing
against lop drivers from all over the
country and hopefully will cross the
finish line in first place, bringing
home the cash and the first place
trophy.
"Rapid Ronnie" as he is known
in the racing circles, got into the
racing circuit a few years ago and
has been bringing home trophies
and cash ever since. He has been on
the dragstrips just about every Sat
urday night of the season for the
first eight years
"I figure t have ridden more
miles in a race car than most people
drive in their personal automo
biles," said Greene.
He was the Number 2 Division,
second place winner, in the 1988
NHRA Winston Series and will be
doing his best this weekend to
move up the first place spot.
The nickname "Rapid Ronnie"
was lagged on Greene by fellow
drivers and pit crews, due to him
having one of the fastest cars in the
running in prior years competition.
Greene began his racing career in
1969, just two years after he com
pleted high school. Like many
newcomers to the sport he started
out with a Chevy Corvette and then
went to a Chevy II that he built up
to run. He then went on to go
into a partnership with another
driver, and then when his partner
decided to gel out of racing compe
tition, Greene took over full
ownership of the car and was in the
racing business on his own.
Since that time Greene has built
and owned several race cars includ
ing one of the rail dragsters, and
said, "I enjoy the sport and as long
as 1 can finish in the top point
standings I guess I'll stay with it."
"It is when you start falling off
with your equipment or reaction
time that you need to hang it up,
leave the car in the garage, and find
something cTsc to do."
The phrase "Reaction Time" as
used by Greene is one of the most
important factors in the sport of
drag racing.
The reaction time is the factor
measured from the time the light
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