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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Perry, Watepfopd courses
to hold Super Bowl events
The Men’s Golf
Association is spon
soring its MGA Super
Bowl A, B, C and D Scramble
on Super Bowl Sunday at
Perry Country Club.
It is a 1 p.m. shotgun start,
and the cost is sls plus cart
for MGA members.
Club members who*wish to
compete but aren’t members
can also play for S3O plus
cart. The additional sls will
go as membership dues.
CHECK YOUR HAND -
Perry Country Club is hold
ing Poker Night Feb. 26.
For a $5 donation, players
can try their hands at cards
from 7 to 11 p.m. Sign up is
limited to the First 27 play
ers.
Perry Country Club
987-1033
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The Men’s Golf Association
is hosting its Super Bowl
Scramble on Sunday at
Waterford Golf Club, with a
noon shotgun start.
NHL labor talks break down again
By IRA PODELL
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK - Four meet
ings, three cities, and no
deals.
Talks between the NHL
and the players’ association
broke down again Thursday
night, leaving the sides still
far apart and with no plans
to meet again.
“We continue to have sig
nificant philosophical differ
ences,” NHLPA senior direc
tor Ted Saskin said Thursday
night. “No meetings are
scheduled and we will not
make further comment at
this time.”
With the season on the
brink of being canceled,
negotiations resumed late
Thursday afternoon in New
York. For the second straight
day, both sides were tight
lipped about what was dis
cussed or accomplished.
“We’re going to continue to
keep quiet on the status and
substance of negotiations,”
DRAGWAY
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more structure for his cus
tomers.
“This place has always
been a little bit disorga
nized,” he said. “We aim to
give it its first organized
program.
“We’re still going to do the
things like heads-up racing
and things like that, that
people like, but we’re also
going to be a little more orga
nized about the way we do
things (target the Houston
County audience more was
one of them).”
In perhaps one of his first
official moves, Phillips has
added a 12-race bracket race
series for NHRA Summit
points. Those are scheduled
to run on Sundays. The first
is slated for March 13. Watch
for more details.
As far as what fans and
drivers can enjoy now, the
track is offering Test and
Tune sessions every Sunday
in February from 11 a.m.
until dark. The cost is $lO.
GUM-OUT: The National
Vintage Racing Association
has finalized its race Sched
ule for the upcoming season
(see box for that as well as
their points winners).
New to the venue this year
will be a trip to Talladega
(the short track) in Alabama
as well as Murphy Speedway
in Sweetwater, Tenn.
How did those long-dis
tance destinations get into
the picture?
“We have been fortunate
in the last couple of years
that we are now having peo
ple call us,” said local chap
ter president and driver Bob
Moore.
He is, by the way, recov
ering from gum surgery
Thursday. “It’s a real chal
lenge,” he said in regard to
the pain he was feeling. “And
GOLF
CALENDAR
Compiled by Joe Sersey
The event is limited to
40 two-person teams and
costs S3O per player. Hors
d’oeuvres will be served
after the match.
Waterford Golf Club
328-7533
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A Valentine’s Day 9-hole
couples scramble is sched
uled for Feb. 12 at the
Landings Golf Club. The
scramble will begin at 3 p.m.
with a shotgun start. The
cost is S4O per couple.
Landings Golf Club
923-5222
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A String Scramble is set
for Feb. 12 at International
City Golf Course.
Golfers will be issued
string to measure putt dis
NHL chief legal officer Bill
Daly told The Associated
Press in an e-mail following
the meeting.
Seven representatives from
the league and the union met
for five hours at an undis
closed location following a 5
1/2-hour get-together a day
earlier in Toronto. The small
group format began last week
when the sides sat down on
consecutive days in Chicago
and Toronto.
There was talk earlier in
the day the sides had left
open the possibility of get
ting together again Friday,
but Daly said that would not
happen.
Taking commissioner Gary
Bettman and union chief Bob
Goodenow out of the negoti
ating mix for this period has
apparently done nothing to
soften either side.
The lockout reached its
134th day Thursday and
has forced the cancellation
of 721 of the 1,230 regu
National Vintage Racing Association
2004 points champions
Open Modified
1 - Sam Odom, Warner Robins, 32 Ford
2 - Artie Byrd, Warner Robins, 35 Chevy
3 - Woody Calloway, Bellaire, 37 Ford
Late Model Sportsman
1 - Ron Dykes, Warner Robins, 55 Chevy
2 - Jake Jacob, Jacksonville, Fla., 57 Chevy
3 - Butch Seymore, Warner Robins, 60 Falcon
Modified Sportsman
1 - Cooley Hobdy, Valdosta, 34 Ford
2 - Bill Rolader, Sr., Newnan, 34 Chevy
3 - Bill Rolader, Jr., Newnan, 33 Chevy
Limited Sportsman
1 - Joe Evans, Anderson, S.C., 57 Chevy
2 - Steve Pinson, Forest City, N.C., 35 Ford
3 - Woody Moore. Hawkinsville, 37 Chevy
National Vintage Racing Association
2005 Schedule
Apr. 2 - Swainsboro Raceway, Swainsboro
Apr. 30 - Dixie Speedway, Woodstock
May 14 - Cochran Motor Speedway, Cochran
June 4 - Talladega Short Track, Talladega, Ala.
June 18 - Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania
July 9 - South Georgia Motorsports Park, Adel
July 23 - Oglethorpe Speedway, Pooler
Aug. 6 - Cochran Motor Speedway
Aug. 20 - Murphy Speedway, Sweetwater, Tenn.
Sept. 3 - Senoia Speedway, Senoia
Sept. 17 - Watermelon Capital Speedway, Cordele
Oct. 1 - Oglethorpe Speedway
I’m being absolutely polite
(meaning he’d like to utter
a few curse words) ... that’s
the medicine talking.”
“BOOGITY, BOOGITY ...”:
All you who are a Darrell
Waltrip want-to-be - at
least in this his broadcast
years - Watermelon Capital
Speedway (formerly Cordele)
is looking for a race announc
er and a promotions market
ing person for the upcoming
season.
Per their Web advertise
ment, they are looking for
someone, “... that would be
willing to keep abreast of
who the drivers and owners
tance for gimmees. The
string is cut the length of
the putt. When competitors
run out of string, no more
breaks.
Cost for the scramble is
S2O for members, $25 for
nonmembers and includes
prizes, cart and green fee.
International City Golf Course
322-0276
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Houston Lake Country
Club is sponsoring its
Valentine’s Day Couples
Scramble Feb. 12.
The cost is SSO per couple
and includes a sweethearts’
dinner following play. It is a
3:30 p.m. shotgun start.
THREE NOT A CROWD
- The club will also hold
its 17th Annual 3-man
Scramble Feb. 26-27.
Interested golfers can call
for more information. More
details will be made avail
able next month.
Houston Lake Country Club
218-5252
lar-season games plus the
All-Star game. If an agree
ment isn’t reached, the NHL
will become the first North
American sports league to
lose an entire season to a
labor dispute.
For the second time this
week, rumors swirled the
NHL was prepared to make
another proposal to the
players’ association. Daly
declined comment Thursday
afternoon.
No offers have been
revealed since mid-December
when the union invited the
league back to negotiations
with a proposal that featured
a 24 percent rollback of all
existing contracts and a lux
ury-tax system.
The league countered with
a salary-cap structure, a con
cept the NHL is insisting on
and one the players’ associa
tion says it will never accept.
The NHL wants a direct link
between player salaries and
league revenues.
are, their previous experi
ence and accomplishments,
their off-track activities, et
cetera.” Someone, “... that
will keep those in the stands
informed about what is going
on to the point that everyone
can identify with the cars as
well as the drivers.”
That’s for the broadcaster
part. The marketing portion
calls for someone to help pro
mote the various races and
help in obtaining sales and
advertising for the track.”
Send an e-mail to Marvin
Ragan at mvr777@alltel.net
or call him at (4781-957-6243
if you’re interested.
SPORTS
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submitted
Perry's seventh-grade cheerleading squad placed second in the county championship
held this past December. Members of the team are, front row from left, Paige Francis,
Ashlee Ingram, Calandria Grace, Whitney Cawthon and Emmalee Albritton. Back row,
coach Jennifer Mashburn, Hillary Albritton, Erin McLeod, Morgan Strickland, Marissa
Sapp, Stella Saegar, Hali Brown, Sierra Helmburg and Taylor Feeney.
SERSEY
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learned that it is possible to
measure one’s faith. All that
is needed is a yardstick.
I was covering basketball
games at a local private
school a couple of weeks
ago.
I spotted a guy wearing
Tennessee’s orange col
ors and went to introduce
myself but when I got closer,
I realized that his shirt car
ried the logo of the visiting
team. Like the University of
Texas, his school had stolen
Tennessee’s colors.
I struck up a conversation
anyway, and the first thing
he asked me was, “Is (local
school’s name here) a reli
gious school?”
I responded in the affir
mative because most private
schools are.
He asked what religious
affiliation. I didn’t know
of one and said so, then
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County competitors
asked him why he wanted
to know.
He said, “Look at the
cheerleaders’ skirts. See
how short they are. They
can’t be very religious.” He
compared those uniforms to
the ones worn by his school’s
cheerleaders.
The cheerleaders from the
visiting team wore skirts
that reached to their knees,
but I didn’t get the point
because when they started
leaping and doing all of those
gymnastic things cheerlead
ers do, I didn’t see that it
made much difference.
I don’t apologize for what
I did next. I started laugh
ing. I told him, “I thought it
was the music that decided
those things.”
If anybody would ever
listen to the words of the
songs played during breaks
and the pre-game, he or
she might have some faith
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issues. Still, I try to learn
from every experience, and
it's nice to know I can now
measure exactly the depth
and/or length of one’s faith.
Seriously, I don't have time
or the inclination to mea
sure faith based on appear
ance. I am more concerned
by a person’s behavior.
Jimmy Swaggart is a
snappy dresser.
I know many of the stu
dents at the local private
school in question and they
are great kids - no exception.
I never pay much attention
to the cheerleaders and will
continue that policy. They
are as good or bad as their
hearts. What they do is who
they are. Cheers have never
led me to sin and won’t in
the future.
I do have one question:
How do I measure the faith
of the boys if they don’t
wear skirts?
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