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PAGE 2B - THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS - TULY 23, 2008
Sport Shorts And Rec News
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Mom And Tot Swim
Commerce Park and Rec will
host a structured swim activity for
children ages six months through
two years.
The activity is scheduled for each
Tuesday from 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
through the end of July. Mothers
or fathers will handle their child in
the water. The sole purpose of
this activity is to acclimate the child
to the water, producing a greater
comfort level.
Pam Minish will lead the activ
ity, which will require no advance
registration. The fee is $3 per visit.
Children should wear air tight rub
ber pants or a special swimming
diaper.
Water Aerobics
Offered At Rec. Dept.
This Commerce Rec. Department
activity is a water exercise class for
adult men and women in general,
but it is particularly beneficial to
individuals with arthritis, muscu
lar disease, osteoporosis, heart
disease and recovery from joint
replacement as well as other dis
abling injuries.
Water aerobics strengthens all
muscles and joints without the
stress, stiffness and soreness
which accompany land exercise
programs.
Workouts will require partici
pants to use their arms, legs, hips
and neck and will elevate the heart
rate through the buoyancy of the
water.
Experienced water aerobics
instructor Sharon Pruitt will lead
the class on Mondays, Wednesday,
and Fridays at 11 a.m. The class
will continue through early August.
Cost is $3 per class at the gate. No
advance registration is required.
No children will be admitted to or
allowed during class.
Commerce Golf
Tournament Aug. 9
The Commerce Tiger football
“film crew” will host a three-man
Lauderdale golf tournament Aug. 9
to benefit the Commerce Booster
Club.
“That’s me and Jeff Streetman,”
explained Mark Fitzpatrick.
The tournament will be held at
Deer Trail Country Club, and two
starting times — 8:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. — are available. The
cost is $65 per player.
Prizes will be awarded to the first,
second and third-place teams, for
the longest drive, and for closest-
to-the-pin on the par three holes.
For information or to register,
contact Deer Trail Country Club
(706-335-3987), Fitzpatrick (706-
202-6585) or Streetman (678-776-
3135).
CHS Cheer Camp
The Commerce High School
Cheerleaders will host the CHS
Community Cheer Camp Aug.
11-13 at the Commerce Primary
School Gym.
The camp is for kids grades
pre-K through six and will run from
3:00 to 5:00 daily.
The $35 registration fee includes
a T-shirt.
Kids can register during the open
houses at the Commerce primary,
elementary and middle schools,
Tuesday, Aug. 5, 6-8 p.m. The
deadline is 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at the
primary school gym.
For information, contact Coach
Dianne Cotrell at 706-215-3001.
Soccer Registration
Grove Level Baptist Church will
be holding soccer registration next
month for age groups 4-6, 7-9 and
10-12. The recreation program is
open to the public. Registration
will be held on Saturday, Aug. 2
and Saturday, Aug. 9 from 9:00
a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Grove
Level Baptist Church Recreation
Building. The cost is $45.00. For
more information, contact David
Vaughn at (706)652-3742.
Fall Activity Sign-Ups
The Commerce Park and Rec
Department will be accepting reg
istration for its youth programs
through August 1. Programs
include Flag Football/Flag Cheer
for ages 6-8, Tackle Football/
Tackle Cheer for ages 9-12, and
soccer ages 4 and up.
Age control dates for football/
cheerleading prior to Sept. 1,
2008. Age control date for soccer
prior to August 1,2008.
Registration will be accepted
weekdays from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. at
the Park & Recreation office at
American Veterans Memorial Park
on Carson Street. Participants
must be present at the time of reg
istration to be sized for uniforms.
Birth certificates are required for
all participants. Parents of post
players may call 706-335-3236 to
verify a birth certificate is on file.
No registration will be accepted
without a birth certificate.
— Lady Eagles Prepare For '08
Haley Moore is another newcomer to the Lady Eagles. Thomas
says Moore is coming along well considering the limited prac
tice time she’s had this summer. Photo by Brandon Reed
Cont. from Page IB
conditioning, and a couple of
girls have already established
themselves as team leaders.
“They all seem to work well
and get along together,” he
said. “You always have rough
spots with any team, and one
of the biggest challenges a
coach faces is in getting peo
ple who don’t otherwise hang
out together or maybe even
don’t like one another to work
together as a team. So far we
don’t have too much of that
going on, and if we can work
out those few rough spots I
think our biggest asset may
turn out to be that cohesive
ness that can be so helpful to
a team’s success.”
Thomas said his team must
work in other areas to make
up for a lack of athleticism, as
well as for its youth.
“Playing as a unit rather than
a bunch of individuals will go
a long way toward making up
for our weaknesses,” he said.
Thomas said that the one
thing he wants his players to
remember as they get ready
to start a fresh season is to
keep their eyes on their goal
in October.
“They need to remember that
everything points to October,”
he said. “No matter what hap
pens - win, lose, start, sub
stitute, sit out a match so
that someone else gets playing
time - everything they’re asked
to do will be geared toward
getting us in the state tourna
ment.”
That journey towards
October will start for the Lady
DID YOU KNOW?
By Preacher Clint
DID YOU KNOW THAT
JESUS CHRIST IS THE
VIRGIN BORN SON OF GOD
WHO CAME TO SAVE
SINNERS? (Matt. 1:21) JESUS’ life
begin in a manger and ended on a
cross. But all of this was according to
GOD’S plan from the beginning of
the ages. When Adam and Eve sinned
in the garden it was no surprise to
GOD because he knew the nature of
man. HE gave man the ability to
choose good or evil, Adam chose to
disobey, but GOD in HIS mercy gave
him another chance and provided a
way of salvation through the blood of
animals until the birth of JESUS, Who
is the perfect “LAMB OF GOD” who
takes away the sins of the world. (Jn.
1:29) Salvation is a gift from GOD to
all mankind. We must believe GOD’S
WORD, ACCEPT GOD’S SON AND
TRUST IN GOD’S SALVATION.
Send comments to
Clinton Sexton
116 Ashland Drive
Commerce, GA 30529
Eagles on August 26, when
they face Apalachee at East
Jackson.
Their first look at on-court
action is scheduled to take
place on Aug. 12 with a scrim
mage game against Jackson
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1985 Season Proved Nothing Is Certain
It’s been an interesting week,
as many of the NASCAR pun
dits are already calling Kyle
Busch the 2008 NASCAR
Sprint Cup Champion.
True, that after picking up win
number seven at Chicagoland
Speedway, young Mr. Busch
is very much a favorable can
didate for the title once the
tour reaches Homestead in
November.
But to call him the champ this
early brings back memories
of another driver who seemed
invincible as NASCAR hit its
summer stride, but who saw his
championship hopes slip away
in a post-Labor Day slide. In
fact, that driver, a red headed
Georgian by the name of Bill
Elliott, had won the same num
ber of races as Busch by this
time in his big season.
The year was 1985.
Bill Elliott and his Harry
Melling owned team served
notice to the competition at
Daytona in February that they
would be a force that year.
First Bill sat on the pole
with a then record speed of
205.114 mph. Then he went
on to lead 136 of 200 laps in a
show of dominating force that
hadn’t been seen at Daytona
in years.
After two bad luck runs at
Richmond and Rockingham,
Elliott silenced all doubters
with another win at Atlanta,
followed by a third at
Darlington.
But, by far, Elliott fired the
biggest shot at Talladega in
May.
After starting on the pole,
Elliott held the point early, until
his Ford began trailing smoke.
An oil line had come loose,
and the Elliott team spent two
laps in the pits fixing it.
What happened next is, with
out a doubt, the greatest come
back in NASCAR history.
Down
The
Stretch
BY BRANDON REED
As leader Cale Yarborough
led the field around at 200
mph, Elliott made up both laps
without the aid of a caution
flag, to put himself back on the
lead lap.
As many watched in disbe
lief, Elliott then put the icing
on the cake. He came around
everyone again, and took the
lead.
Elliott won the race going
away. Nobody had ever seen
anything like it, and likely
never will again at Talladega.
From there, Elliott seemed
unstoppable. He picked up
wins at Dover and Pocono,
and then recorded win number
seven of the year at Michigan
on June 16.
Just as Kyle Busch this year,
everyone felt that Elliott had
the championship in the bag.
Elliott’s performances only
cemented that belief, as he
won two more times, leading
to Labor Day weekend, and the
Southern 500, where his vic
tory over Yarborough’s ailing
Ford gave him a million dollar
payday after his earlier wins at
Daytona and Talladega.
With a 206-point lead, the
pundits were quick to name
Elliott the presumptive champ.
But it didn’t work out that
way.
The win at Darlington sig
naled the beginning of a slide
for the Elliott team. Four races
in a row saw Elliott finish out
side of the top ten, including
a 30th place effort at North
Wilkesboro.
Meanwhile, Darrell Waltrip
and Junior Johnson were lurk
ing in the shadows, watching
for their opportunity.
Waltrip and Johnson were
two of the wiliest competi
tors of all time in NASCAR,
and when Elliott faltered, they
charged.
Waltrip finished second in
three of the four events that fol
lowed Darlington, and took the
points lead from the Georgia
driver at North Wilkesboro.
He also won at Rockingham,
while Elliott finished fourth.
Elliott rebounded with a big
win at Atlanta, closing the gap
to only 20 points with the final
race of the season at Riverside
International Raceway loom
ing ahead.
With both drivers having
seen success at the historic
California road course, the
season finale promised to be a
fierce battle between the two.
But it didn’t happen.
Transmission woes left Elliott
23 laps down, while Waltrip
scampered to a fifth place fin
ish and his third champion
ship.
Elliott’s 11 wins that season
still proved it to be his most
successful, despite missing
the championship. Despite the
pundits’ predictions, he proved
that nothing in life is certain.
With the second half of the
2008 Cup season, we can see if
young Mr. Busch can continue
his winning ways.
But remember the lesson that
was learned back in 1985. It’s
an old one, summed up best by
a legend from another sport.
It ain’t over 'til it’s over.
Brandon Reed is a reporter
for MainStreet Newspapers, Inc.
Contact him at brandon@main-
streetnews.com.
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