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Page 16, August 26, 2019, The Islander
Football in the heat
Local sports journalist Dave Jordan
has been writing a column for us for
some months now and frankly I don’t
recall whether I ever made an official
announcement to that effect, welcom
ing him to The Islander.
But it doesn’t matter if I’m forgetful
because I’m a boss, not “the” boss, but
a boss.
So, to that point, welcome aboard
Dave, we’re looking forward to a long,
productive partnership together.
And speaking of productive, Dave
talked to Pam and I over lunch at Tra-
mici a while back with an idea that we
really liked.
Starting next Monday, September
2 we will have Dave’s new ‘Football
page’ in the paper every week.
It’s not like our old ‘Football Con
test’ page - that turned into a money
losing proposition - this new one will
feature sports news, info and scores
of our local high school teams, Glynn
Academy, Brunswick High and Fred
erica Academy, along with the Uni
versity of Georgia Bulldogs and other
SEC teams and maybe some Georgia
Tech stuff for all you Yellow Jackets
readers. I know you’re out there.
The page will be sponsored by some
great local businesses like Frosty’s
Grill - the new burger joint on Mallery
St. run by the fine folks at Southern
Soul; Parker’s convenience stores - al
ways clean, well stocked and some of
the cheapest gas prices in town; Geor
gia Beach Rentals - luxury vacation
properties by Benji Bennett and his
mother Wanda; and Hildy’s Pizza -
the island’s newest pizza joint located
on Ocean Blvd. one block east of Mal
lery St.
So, in preparation for our’s and
Dave’s upcoming football page, he
and Pam and I had lunch, again, last
week, again at Tramici, to talk it over.
During the conversation I men
tioned to Dave that I had gone to the
Glynn Academy - Valdosta scrimmage
at Glynn Stadium a couple weeks ago.
I commented on how hot it was and
Dave made what I thought was an
excellent point - it’s much too hot for
high school kids to be playing football
in August in south Georgia.
And it’s because school starts so
early.
When my friends and I were grow
ing up we went back to school in Sep
tember, after Labor Day.
Football season, as I recall, started
later in the month when it was a least
a bit cooler, maybe down in the low
80s, but at least not in the high 90s.
I know it must have been hot in
Orlando for the Florida - Miami on
Saturday, but at least those guys have
the big sideline fans that blow a cool
mist on the players.
I know those in the tourism indus
try don’t like school starting early in
August because it cuts down on family
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vacation time, but maybe the state
high school athletics folks should con
sider starting football season a little
later in the year, when the weather is
not so hot.
Parting shot
My parting shot this week is once
again going to be at golf carts.
As someone with a college degree
in Golf Course Operations, who spent
more than a decade working on three
different golf courses, it is unfathom
able to me that people want to drive
a small, slow, wide open, completely
unprotected vehicle on a public road
that was designed and built for cars
and trucks.
It amazes me even more when
people drive golf carts on the roads at
night. And when it’s home from the
bar? Let Jesus take the wheel is all I
can say.
And my amazement is carried to
way past the Nth degree when I see
things like I saw a week ago on my
way to work...
I was the third car behind a golf
cart on Demere Rd. - I was heading
north to Brunswick and caught up to
the cart between Mallery St. and Sky-
lane Dr.
I politely blew my horn two or three
times indicating there were plenty of
places for the cart to pull over - by now
there a half dozen cars lined up behind
me and I’m not afraid to use my horn
when the situation calls for it.
Anyway, the driver of the cart im
politely and illegally ignored me and
continued all the way to the Frederica
roundabout where he turned right, in
front of Southern Soul.
He stopped to let a car back out
and as I went past heading on to
Brunswick, I looked over, and there,
sitting on one of the back, rear facing
seats was a man holding an infant in
his arms and lap - AN INFANT!!!! The
child could not have been 2 years old.
For a grown adult to believe for one
second that that was safe, is absolute
ly ludicrous. People like that should
not... well, I won’t say anymore, I’ll let
you figure it out.
Anyway, on July 17 the Glynn
County Commission approved the
new Golf Cart Ordinance. It goes into
effect 90 days from that date.
I haven’t had a chance to read it all
the way through yet, but I believe it
sends violators to Magistrate Court
and gives the Judge some latitude to
punish.
It will be interesting to see if and
how it will be enforced.
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