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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008
PLACE SECOND IN CHAMPIONSHIP
The seven and eight year old Blue Leopards rec team placed second in the
tackle football championship. Players include Emn Brawner, Austin Green,
Luke Gosnell, CJ Thomas, Kaelen Patrick, Grant Rylee, Jared Blackburn, Mar
shall Pace, Cale Pope, Caleb Miller, Henry Garner, Ryan Dilbeck, Tyler Groover,
Cash Laws, Gage Venable, Ean Hubbard, Phate Rucker, Jasper Mote, David
Clark, Blake Wilson and Mitch Moore. The team is coached by Michael Black
burn, Thomas Pace, Justin Blackburn, Ivan Mote and Dee Rylee.
UNDEFEATED FALL CHAMPIONS
The Bone Crushers from Banks County played in the fall league hosted by
Jackson County Parks and Rec. Team members are Savannah Denton, Alexis
Denton, Haley Warner, Lindsey Elliott, Destiney Colley, Leah Dowdy, Toni Mul
lins, Jennifer Bennett, Grace Lunsford and Emily Gailey.
World Crown continued from page IB
winning an event with a rich
history of the World Crown,
where drivers will be racing
in the tire tracks of racing
legends.
“With that caliber of drivers,
it is kind of awesome to know
they were here,” he said. “It
means a lot to drivers to run
races like this and win.
“It would be awesome. To be
rookie of the year and to win
the World Crown would be a
real plus on my resume.”
Rice echoed those senti
ments.
“It’s real important,” he said.
“This would mean a lot to me
and to everybody on crew. A
lot of big names have won this
race. It’s one of the biggest
events you can win.”
Nealis made it clear how he
intends to approach the World
Crown.
“When we come here
Thursday, we want to domi
nate. We want to sit on the
pole and take the win."
The only problem is that
everyone else will have the
same game plan.
The World Crown week
end kicks off on Friday with
heats and features by the local
Mini Stock, Sportsman and
Renegade classes beginning at
7:30 p.m.
Saturday features the 100
lap U.S Auto Sales 100 for
Super Late Models, as well
as an Open Wheel Modified
event, the Super Truck divi
sion and the Pro Challenge
touring series. Racing begins
at 7 p.m.
Sunday’s World Crown fes
tivities begin on Sunday with
an autograph session for the
fans at noon, with racing begin
ning at 2 p.m. Along with the
World Crown Pro Late Model
event, a 50 lap Outlaw Late
Model race will also be held.
Racing begins at 2 p.m.
For more information
about the World Crown
weekend, check online at
www. peach st ate speed way.
com, or call 706-387-7490.
ATTENTION CHOCOLATE LOVERS, BAKERS AND TASTERS!
You're invited to attend the
2008 CHOCOLATE FAIR ON NOVEMBER 10,2008
FROM 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the
TANGER TOWN CENTRE at Banks Crossing
Want to win $100? Enter a chocolate dish in the Banks County CVB Chocolate Fair
Chocolate Competition and if your dish wins, you'll receive $1001 Entry fee is $25 and
the deadline to enter is November 6, 2008.
Want to taste all the chocolate dishes in the competition? Purchase a ticket in advance
for $5 (tickets are $7 at the door) to attend the fair and taste all the dishes in the
competition. No one admitted without ticket. Children 12 and under are admitted free.
Tickets and entry forms available in Homer at First Georgia Bank; and at Banks Crossing
at RE/MAX Select Commerce in the Commerce Crossing mall; and in Cornelia at the
Community Bank & Trust main branch.
For an entry form or more information, call the Banks County Convention & Visitors
Bureau (CVB) at 706-677-5265 or email bankscvb@windstream.net.
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OUTDOORS WITH SKIPPER
Successful hunts for local hunters
R andy Wilbanks of Com
merce was hunting in
Jefferson this past Saturday
morning.
He and his dad, Jerry, were
hunting in an area where they
had been doing some landfill
work. Sitting on the ground,
with his dad doing the same
some distance away, Randy
saw the big one coming. It was
a big eight pointer.
At around one hundred
yards, Randy dropped the deer
hitting it in the neck. You can
ask him where he was really
aiming.
With his dad’s help,
they loaded the estimated
200-pound buck into the back
of the truck. They stopped by
the hardware store in Homer,
and let us see the nice rack.
Meat in the freezer for those
two, and I’m sure dad will
share in the spoils for his ef
fort. Congratulations on a suc
cessful hunt.
There was another success
ful hunter last week.
AT TRACK
Two local guys had lots
of fun spending the day
down at Atlanta Motor
Speedway. Kevin Gar
rison, son of Pete and
Lynda Garrison and
Rodney Dale, son of Ter
ry and Wanda Dale had
the opportunity to drive
18 laps each at the Rich
ard Petty Driving Experi
ence. They had fast laps
of 143 mph and 147 mph.
The instructor said they
did good on their driving
experience.
James Wilson, of
Apple Valley, was
hunting behind his
house in the nice
stand he built.
I described it in
a previous story: a
comfortable chair,
room for two, all en
closed.
Well, right at dark
on a recent Monday,
a nine-pointer came
into view.
Planning to shoot it in the
neck, James’ aim was a little
off. We will allow that for a
person who is the same age as
myself.
He hit it in the ear and bust
ed off a seven-inch tine. They
found the tine that night. The
following Wednesday evening,
James was back in his stand.
Lo and behold, here came
the same nine-pointer minus
one tine. James hit it in the
spine this time and it is down
for good. Heading back to get
some help, he rounded up Sam
Wilson who helped
him load it in the
truck.
The buck would
probably score
around 120 or 130
and weigh around
180 pounds.
The thought was to
glue the tine back on,
when the deer was
mounted. With a bul
let hole also in its ear
from the first shot,
they decided it would be best
to just tie the broken tine onto
the rest of the antlers.
That would open the door to
tell the rest of the story, about
the deer that came back miss
ing part of its antlers, and end
ed up in James’ freezer.
Skipper Smith is an
outdoors columnist for The
Banks County News. His col
umn appears weekly. Let him
know about your outdoors or
hunting adventures at 706-
677-1520.
skipper
smith
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