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Well, it's that time of year
again. High school football
season is upon us and the local
teams are ready to rumble.
Every season I try to give
everyone a quick overview
of the area teams and some
foresight into the upcoming
season, so here We go
LAST SEASON the
Manchestar High Blue Deviis
missed playing in the Class
AA state playoffs for the first
time in a while. The team, not
only ,had a very difficult
schedule, but was kind of
young and several key play-
ers suffered injuries. This
year, the pride will return to
Manchester High.
Coach Greg Ogiesby and
his Blue Devils will see dif-
ferent competition this sea-
son. Simply put the team will
be a much more level play-
ing field with Carver and
Callaway High both moving
into Class AAA. While the
team will face some strong
opponents this season and the
road wont be a lot easier, not
havingto face schools the size
of Callaway and Carver is a
plus.
For the Blue Devils, the
challenge this season will be
to develop a solid offensive
and dofensiveline. The team
graduated almost every
starting lineman last season.
The good news is, the team
has Dame= Turner, Quin
Prather and Devante Davis
returning to the backfield and
that will give the offense
some pop. Defensively, the
team should be speedy and
be able to close on the foot-
ball quickly.
Overall, the Blue Devils
will have a good football team
and does have the coaching
and talent to make the state
playoffs:
TOMMY PARKS and the
Harris County High Tigers
does not know what it feels
like to sit at home when the
state tournament begins.
Parks has greatly improved
the schools program and the
toam has a great deal of talent.
However, Harris County will
face some challenges this
SeJ~n.
For the most part, Park's
team is young. The Tigers
graduated a good number of
starters last season and some
very key players like Jordan
Jenkins, who was a force on
defense.
To make things more dif-
ficult, the team moved from
Class AAAA to Class AAAAA
this season.
The road could be rough
for the Tigers, but the road
to the state playoffs is paved
one brick at a time.
Parks, a good coach and
good motivator, will have to
put his skills to work on the
young Tiger squad, but don1
count the Tigers out.
The team has an excellent
coaching staff and some very
good young talent. Look for
the Tigers to make a run for
the state playoffs again this
season.
UP IN Greenville, the
Patriots are still fuming after
losing in the first round of the
Class A state playoffs last
season to one of the best
teams in the state.
The Patriots graduated a
number of key players last
season, but not all its offen-
sive and defensive weapons.
The Patriots are a little young
this season, but the tradition
at Greenville is strong and
there is some pretty good tal-
ent in those younger players.
Coach Rog McDonald and
the Patriot coaching staff is
a talented bunch themselves
and have a way of getting the
Patriots motivated week
after week. The Patriots, like
always, will be one of the best
teams in Region 4-A and
should have a good shot at the
state playoffs.
COACH PETE Wiggins
and the Callaway High
Cavaliers lost some key play-
ers last season and also
moved into Class AAA this
season.
However, with an excel-
lent coaching staff, some
very good talent and the moti-
vation given by the coaching
staff, the Cavaliers will still
be a state contender this sea-
son.
It should prove to be
another exciting year at
Callaway High as the
Cavaliers make a run for the
playoffs.
THE CENTRAL High
Hawks has a new coach this
season, but is blessed with
talent. While the team grad-
uated several players last
season, the team also returns
some key players like
DeVonte Mathis.
The Hawks could very
well be the sleeper in Region
4-A this season.
THE FRA Wildcats strug-
gled a little last season, but
that won't happen this sea-
son. The Wildcats have a good
coaching staff and some very
good talent,
The glory days will return
to FRA this season and the
Wildcats have what it takes
to return to the state playoffs.
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When he left a 20 year honor.
career in the Coast Guard to
become a freelance writer he SEA-FEVER
had no prospects at all for his Imustgo down to the seas
stories. He moved into aagain, tothelonelyseaandthe
cleaned out storage room in sky.
a Greenwich Village apart- And all l ask is a tallship
lent that was cold and had and a star to stoer her by.
no bathroom. And the wheel's kick and
After going a year with- the wind's song and the whito
out selling a story an old sail's shaking.
friend offered him a public And a gray mist on the
relations job paying $6,000 sea's face and a gray dawn
per year which was a lot of breaking.
money in 1960. He thought Imustgo down to the seas
about it seriously before com- again for the call of the run-
ing up with an answer, ningtide.
"Thanks, but no thanks, I am Is a wild call and a clear
going to be a writer," he told call that maynot be denied.
his friend. And all that I ask is a
He began writing aboutwindy day with the white
thoughts drawn from his clouds flying.
childhood listening to his And the flung sprayand
Grandma, Cousin Georgia,the blown spume and the sea
Aunt Pluys and Aunt Tilas. gulls crying.
They all told stories about his Imustgo down to the seas
family and slavery, again to the vagrant gypsylifo.
It was a long, slow climb To the gull's way and the
out of the shadows but in 1970 whale's way where the wind's
Alex Haley published Roots like a whetted knife.
which resulted in a Pulitzer And all that I ask is a
Prize, nine Emmys for the TV merry yarn from a la ughing
production and the Spingarn follow rover.
medal, the NAACP's highest And quiet sleep and a
downy flake.
The woodsare lovely, dark
and deep but I ha ve promis-
es to keep and miles to go
before I sleep.
-Robert Frost
sweet dream when
tt~p is over.
-John Masefield
the long
SNOWY WOODS
Whose woods these are I
think I know his house is in
THINGS I HAVE
LEARNED
I have learned that after
all these years I still have a
crush on my wife of 56 years.
I have learned that what
my parents said years ago,
"It does not matter what we
think, you are-the one dating
her."
I have learned that life
is like a roll of toilet paper. The
the village though, closer it gets to the end the
He will not see my stop- " faster it goes. ::
ping here to watch his woods I have learned it does nbt
fill up with snow. matter how young you
Mylittle horse must think when you get married as long
it queerto stop withouta farm as it is to the right person. I
house near. was 20 and Frances was 18.
Between the woods and .I have learned that a
frozen lake the darkest lonely place in your heart :an
evening of the year. be filled by as much voIun-
He gives his harness bells teer work as you have time
a shake to askifthere is some to do.
mistake. I have learned that th se
The only sound is the who reached their goals too
sweep of easy wind and easily have aimed too low.
Across our area, schoolsmore money and prestige in
are back in session, the private sector, yet they
This can be a heart- gave that up to teach.
wrenching time for some lit- As we look back, those
tie children facing their first good teachers had much in
school experience. It can be common.
just as difficult for some of They were good teachers
their parents, because they made us work,
The beginning of each they encouraged us to learn,
school year poses adjust-
ments for those younger stu-
dents entering intermediate,
middle school and, high
school. It takes time to learn
their position in the inevitable
pecking order that develops.
and they challenged us to
always strive to be better and
to perform better.
Those good teachers also
had a heart.
They came to know their
students, and they knew when
one of them:
During my time in school
and later in college, I bene-
fited from having some very
good teachers.
From elementary school,
ing :
Rarely would bad teac h-
ers be highlighted for honolTs.
More often they are spoken
of with scorn and remem-
bered with disdain :
IT IS EASY to be a bad
teacher. ::
It takes effort to be a good
teacher.
Both leave lasting
impressions. ::
Good teachers do not have
to wonder if they are good
teachers - they know. So lo
Even for high school stu- something was wrong. Good through high school and those that have passed
dents, the beginning of the teachers are demandingof beyond - there are teachers through their classroom /
school year can bring with it " =:'
performance but tempd / d we fondly remember and Teachers 7that h i $!"t to
some -s'erious trepidation, by compassion, They know appreciate. wonder what side of thaf
High school students must set
their graduation goals early,
as there is little time to lose
in achieving that goal.
Among the angst that
school brings, the teacher
should stand as a symbol of
knowledge, caring, compas-
sion and more
If asked, all of us can
recall our best teachers and
those that were not.
Here is a hearty thank you
to all those good teachers.
I do not have to call them
by name because they know
who they are. They sacrificed
much to be a teacher. Many
of them might have earned
not only when to push stu-
dents, they also when to relax
expectations.
Part of teaching takes
place outside the envirofis of
academia, and good teachers
know this, as well.
Life lessons can be every
bit as important as lessons
found in text books written
and marketed to a captive
audience. Good teachers
know when and how to utilize
life lessons.
Good teachers really care
about students, which is not
something that cannot be
taught.
I applaud each and every
Whatever success we theyareon, well theypr0b-
enjoy, good teachers were a ably know, too.
part of the foundation. Looking ahead we need
more good teachers.
THEN there were the Local school boards
teachers that nobody liked, should institute a program.to
Irememberafewofthose help those bad teache' s
and I am sure you do as well. become better teachers.
All too often bad teachers For those bad teache'rs
generate more publicity in that refuse to change, t
addition to bad memoriesshould be given the oppoff . i-
among former students, nity to explore other career
Bad teachers also leave options.
their mark, most visible in Our students deserve
those students who lose the have the best teachers avail-
desire to learn. Their mark able to prepare them for
can sometimes be found in challenges the future holds)
students who spend more .::
time in trouble than in learn- That's my opinion.
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In the
Hogansville Herald
Compiled by Rob Richardson
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BACK TO THE POLLS - The top:.
story in the Aug. 24, 1972 Hogansville
Herald was about one more election, :::
'q'he voters of Hogansville and Troup
County will have a say-so once more,i:
next Tuesday in their government aS.',:
a runoff is necessary to name:::
Democratic candidates for the upcom-
ing general election in November,:!
Voters can make a choice for a state'"
senator, a county commissioner and':?'[
a judge of the newly-created smalli:
claims court."
"'TROUBLE ON THE THOROUGH-:
FARES- Another front page story
deta ed two wrecks. "Four Hogansville
residents received minor injuries over, ,
the weekend in two wrecks. A two
vehicle collision north of town sent z:
Geneva Ella Hornsby and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Louise Worthy to City-County ;.
Hospital for treatment of injuries. The
other mishap occurred just west of the "
city.
BACK TO CLASS- In the early 1970si.
school still started at the end of August."):
"The city schools of Hogansville will'
open of the 1972-73 term on Thursday,' !';l
Aug. 31. This will be a full school da /" ]
with lunch being served, according to ]
H.L. Dixon, superintendent, i'i:]
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BARGAINS OF THE 70s - An ad for :'J
Colonial Mobile Homes offered some I
tempting prices. The Catalina model:;]
was $3,895, the Argo $4,795 and the:[
doublewide Mount View, $13,500. : |
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