AprilTHE 3, TOWNS 2019 THE COUNTY TOWNS HERALD COUNTY April HERALD 3, 2019 Page 3B Towns County Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports ooolgofk[gmflq`]jYd\f]lÛÝÛ<¤eYadÛl[`]jYd\³oaf\klj]Yef]l Towns County Indians Baseball 2019 Stat totals (through Copper Basin) Soccer Booster Club kayak raffle The 2019 Towns County Soccer Season is off to a great start for our teams. For the first time we had over 100 students participate in tryouts. The purpose of the Towns County Soccer Booster Club is to promote and main- tain an enthusiastic level of interest and participation in the sport of soccer, to support our players and coaches by that the booster club supports. providing for the needs of the In order to continue raising program through fundraising funds to provide for next year’s efforts, to encourage strong needs, we are now raffling off parental involvement, and to a kayak, generously donated further collaborate within our to us by Young Harris Water community for their support. Sports, Lance Markham. Thanks to the hard work of Tickets are $10 each or everyone involved along with 3 for $20 and can be purchased contributions from the school from members of the soccer and local businesses thus far, team or by visiting Young Har- we have already been able to ris Water Sports. provide our teams with new The drawing will be sweatshirts, new uniforms, held April 18th and you do not new equipment, and meals for have to be present to win. Go away games for all four teams Indians! T(Apr3,F1)SH Towns Co. Baseball remaining schedule NASCAR 2019 Proposed Hunting Regulations changes By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter available for review; Public Hearings scheduled Hamlin Wins At Texas Department of Natural Re- intent to give a statement. Ft. Worth, TX - Kyle Busch ville also sees its spring date pushed sources’ Wildlife Resources Those unable to attend may looked like he was headed for a third back to Mother’s Day weekend, and Division webpage at http:// submit input either electron- consecutive victory after winning that Saturday race will now be under georgiawildlife.com/regula- ically or in written statement both the Truck and Xfinity Series the lights for the first time. tions/proposed. form. Input must be received events at Texas Motor Speedway. These changes are the result Hunters and other in- Three public hear- by close of business (4:30 But while leading Sunday’s Cup of collaboration between NASCAR terested citizens are encour- ings are scheduled to pro- p.m.) on April 26, 2019. race, on lap 275 of the 334 lap race, and the sport’s two major track op- aged to review proposed vide the public an opportu- Written statements his car swerved up into the outside erators, Speedway Motorsports Inc., hunting regulation changes nity to share comments on should be mailed to: GA wall. He had to pit and went a lap and International Speedway Cor- down. poration. NASCAR signed a five- relative to the 2019-2020 the proposed changes. All DNR/Wildlife Resources His Joe Gibbs Racing team- year agreement with ISC and SMI and the 2020-2021 hunting meetings will begin at 7 p.m. Division/Game Management mate Denny Hamlin, who had won in 2015 that mandated the physical seasons, and then make plans April 15, 2019, Gainesville Section; Attn: Tina Johanns- Stage Two, gained the lead after a venues for the Cup schedule. That to offer comment at one of Civic Center, Chattahoochee en; 2067 U.S. Highway 278, round of green flag pit stops on lap means for 2020, NASCAR could three scheduled public hear- Room, 830 Green Street, S.E.; Social Circle, Georgia 323 and led the remaining 11 laps. only shuffle the order of its races ings, or through other avail- NE, Gainesville, GA 30501; 30025. It was ironic, but Hamlin was rather than opting to replace or de- able methods. April 15, 2018, Monroe Statements may be penalized twice; once for speeding part from previous tracks. Proposed changes in- County Convention Center, electronically submitted at: on pit road, and another time when Racing Joke: James has just clude amendments to reflect 475 Holiday Circle, Forsyth, https://georgiawildlife.com/ his crew allowed a tire to get away purchased a new Ford Mustang and from them. Both times, he had to Denny Hamlin Wins At Texas is taking a drive in a rural setting, statutory changes, shift the GA 31029; April 18, 2019, regulations/meetings serve a pass-through-penalty in the frey Earnhardt, 9. John Nemechek, when he runs a stop sign and gets Central Georgia bear season, Evans County Wildlife Club, These meeting sites pits. 10. Ryan Sieg. pulled over by the local sheriff. He adjust either sex firearms 501 Cedar Avenue, Hagan, are accessible to people with “Just a fast car,” said Hamlin. Top-10 leaders after 6 of thinks he’s smarter being a big shot days for deer, extend archery GA 30429. physical disabilities. To re- “When you’ve got a car like we had 33: 1. Reddick-266, 2. Bell-256, racer and has a better education than season for urban counties Any participant at the quest sign language interpre- today, you can make up for a lot of 3. Custer-226, 4. Annett-209, 5. any country sheriff. that meet criteria, regulate hearing may present data, tation or other auxiliary aids, mistakes. Once we got out front, we Cindric-209, 6. Allgaier-204, 7. B. “Nothing to sweat. Piece of hunting and other activities make a statement or com- contact Tina Johannsen at could pull away from the pack. We Jones-194, 8. Gragson-191, 9. Sieg- cake,” he says to himself. on wildlife management ar- ment, or offer a viewpoint or (706) 557-3350 no later than had a super fast car. That’s why we 190, 10. Nemechek-179. The sheriff asks for license eas and other public lands, argument, either orally or in 4:30 p.m. on April 7, 2019. were able to win.” Results of Texas Truck Se- and registration. Runner-up Clint Bowyer ries race: 1. Kyle Busch, 2. Stewart James asks, “What for?” and some housekeeping writing. Statements should For more information didn’t lead any laps, but had his best Friesen, 3. Johnny Sauter, 4. Grant The sheriff responds, “You changes. be concise to permit every- or to view the proposed reg- finish of the season. Enfinger, 5. Matt Crafton, 6. Tyler didn’t come to a complete stop at the The complete public one an opportunity to speak. ulation changes, visit http:// “We were going pretty well Ankrum, 7. Ross Chastain, 8. Tyler stop sign.” notice and synopsis of all Participants must register georgiawildlife.com/regula- there at the end,” said Bowyer. “At Dipple, 9. Brennan Poole, 10. Ben James says, “I slowed down proposed rule changes are upon arrival and notify the tions/proposed. NT(Apr3,Z18)CA the start, we couldn’t run with the Rhodes. and could plainly see that no one available on the Georgia registering official of their leaders, but after we got the car ad- Top-10 leaders after 5 of 23: was coming.” justed, it did pretty well.” 1. Friesen-200, 2. Enfinger-194, 3. “You still didn’t come to a Third-place finisher Daniel Rhodes-184, 4. Sauter-176, 5. Mof- complete stop. License and registra- Team DreamRide Bound: A journey to Connecticut Suarez, who was Hamlin and Kyle fitt-174, 6. Crafton-171, 7. Hill-151, tion please,” says the sheriff impa- Busch’s teammates last year, but 8. Gilliland-149, 9. H. Burton-148, tiently. Team Dream Ride moved to Stewart-Haas Racing also 10. Creed-133. James replied, “If you can is a group of Special Ath- had his best finish. EXPECT 2020 show me the legal difference be- letes and their chaperones “This run was good for us,” SCHEDULE CHANGES tween slow down and stop, I’ll give who make an annual trip said Suarez. “We needed this. We’ve NASCAR unveiled its 2020 you my license and registration and to Farmington, Connecticut changed and switched things around Cup Series lineup last week. Chief you can give me the ticket. If not, each year in August to the hoping for something better, and among the changes is moving the you let me go and don’t give me the Dream Ride Rally. today we finally see we are making championship race from Home- ticket.” The Dream Ride Ral- progress.” stead-Miami Speedway to the Phoe- The sheriff says, “That sounds ly is an amazing event for Eric Jones, third member of nix Raceway. Homestead’s lone race fair, please exit your vehicle.” JGR led twice for 30 laps to finish will move to March 22. James steps out and the sher- special needs individuals, fourth, his best of the season. NASCAR’s West Coast iff takes out his nightstick and starts young and old. The oldest Fifth-place finisher and Pole- swing — Las Vegas, Fontana and beating him with it. participant is in their 60s sitter, Jimmie Johnson, led twice for Phoenix — moves up a weekend. The sheriff says, “Do and has participated in Spe- sixty laps. It was also his best finish Those three races will now immedi- you want me to stop or just slow cial Olympics for over 40 of the year. ately follow the Daytona 500. down?” years. His name is Bobby William Byron, Aric Almiro- Consequentially, Atlanta Mo- Needless to say, James and we look forward to see- la, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, and tor Speedway’s spring race, usually wound up with a speeding ticket.