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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 3, 2008
2008 Wendy’s Heisman Award Winners
Banks County High School’s Sara Wolf and Justin Bowen are 2008 Wendy's
High School Heisman Program winners. The program recognizes high school
seniors nationwide who have learned to collaborate and appreciate the interre
lation of academics, athletics and community service. The selection is award
ed to high school seniors who best exemplify a supreme "scholar-citizen-
athlete." Students had to be nominated, exemplify strong leadership skills,
earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher and participate in community activities. Both
Bowen and Wolf have been attending Banks County schools since kindergar
ten and plan on attending college in the fall of 2009, with the hope of playing
collegiate sports.
NIX BAGS
EIGHT-POINT
TROPHY BUCK
Cody Nix, 13, harvested a nice
an eight-point buck on open
ing day of deer season.
OUTDOORS WITH SKIPPER
The young and the old
t started with a trip to Bass
Pro.
Insulated coveralls, an
orange facemask of his choosing,
and an orange vest, made up the
list of items for a young fellow,
my grandson Carson, age four.
All this was in preparation for
his first hunting trip with Grandpa
into the woods behind our house.
A ground blind was also put up
with two comfortable chairs for
grandson and Grandpa. He had
his hunting clothes ready before
the first trip. In fact, he wore them all day, my
daughter said, even for his afternoon nap.
That Saturday afternoon, Carson and I headed
out to the woods. We got into our ground blind,
opened some windows,
and kept some closed, so
the deer wouldn’t see us.
This was as exciting for
Grandpa as for grandson.
The young one’s first trip
hunting.
As we listened to
sounds, I would ask Car-
son to tell me what they
were: the sound of a crow
overhead, a squirrel look
ing for acorns, the tap
ping of a woodpecker on
a dead tree.
We didn’t see any deer
on this first trip, but we
did have a great time. I
recall the well-given in
structions of when hunt
ing or fishing with a
youngster, make it a fun
time. Let them do what they would like to do. If
it’s tossing rocks in the stream, or getting his feet
wet wading, that’s ok. There will come a time, as
they grow up, for it to become a serious hunting
or fishing trip, but till then just have a good time
being together. That was the trip for the four-year-
old.
Now fast-forward ahead for 85 years, and meet
up with my dad, Carson’s great-Grandpa Stockton
Smith, soon to be 90 years young in six months.
Dad came up here for a visit, and as he had taken
me fishing and given me a love for it since I was
Carson’s age, we still like to get together on a lake
or at a river. His eyesight is not as good as it used
to be, but he can still find the cork. We headed out
skipper
smith
last Friday afternoon to a lake in the woods,
hopeful that we could catch some nice catfish.
The day was beautiful, the trees arrayed in
their golden and reds. Sitting in a couple of
chairs out on the dock, the fishing began.
The bream that had been small last year,
were now about eating size. We caught and re
leased about a dozen, and had a great time just
recalling old times. Not a catfish was caught,
but that didn’t matter. It was the time together
that was the most important.
That evening we headed up to Royston for
a barbecue supper and a bit of dad’s favorite,
Brunswick stew. He ended up with two help
ings.
This writer cherishes these special times with
the young and the old.
On the hunting scene: two nice ten-pointers
were taken last weekend.
One from a stand I had hunted in a
few weeks ago. I only saw a yearling.
Oh well, maybe next trip. If you get a
nice deer, give me a call.
Skipper Smith is an outdoors col
umnist for The Banks County News.
His column appears weekly. Let him
know about your outdoors or hunting
adventures at 706-677-1520.
At left, four year old Carson
Loveridge is ready for his first
hunting trip. Below, Stockton
Smith relaxes while fishing.
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FOR THE
BANKS COUNTY COURTHOUSE ANNEX
ON
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2008
2:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
The public is welcome to drop-in from 2:00 to 4:00
p.m. and take a tour of the new building. A dedication
and recognition ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m.
Directions: From U.S. Highway 441, Turn onto Thompson
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