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J MUiy t. If I / / '' R A L D By JIM DEAN Wildlife Afield A long cloud of chalky dust l>illowod up behind the truck and rolled across llio tobacco fields as 1 li'M the highway and drove up the narrow dirt road, I looked at my watch. It was 5 o’clock. I was V. but that was okay. For the first time in what seemed like months, T was in no hurry. I came to an open gate, turned through it. then hump ed across the gra.ss and stopped in the shade of.sev(*raI old oak trees. The pond shimmered darkly under the brassy mid-summer sky as I walked down to the t^dge. It was not a largo pond, maybe two acres. The upper end was already shaded by the trees on the opposite bank. . r .u * i I wrestled the small aluminum boat out of the truck and dragged it down to the bank. Then, I got my tackle box, cushion, rods, net, paddle, and the small cooler and put them in the boat. It was hot, and there was no breeze. The man on the radio had said it was 93 degrees. At least, I thought. I a drink from the cooler and then walked back up to the truck and sat under one of the oaks to wait and watch. It was funny how already the pond was working its spell. Overhead, two doves flew past. In the distant, a lone buz zard hung in the sky. Insects buzzed and whined, but other than that, it was quiet. Not even the noise from the highway could be heard, and for once, there was no ribbon of jet vapor in the sky. . . i i Across the pond, tobacco was curing in a log barn and several times I thought I delected the fuint smell of the leaves. I looked at my watch. It \\’as past six. Time to get going. i I walked back to the boat, pushed it into the water | and sat on the front seat where I could scull with the paddle with one hand and fish with the other. I rigged a popping bug on my fly rod and a blue woim on my casting rod, then I quietly paddled along the banks casting the bug into the grassy nooks. • Several small bluegills took the popper, but they reallv didn't seem to want it—eating just to be eating. After I had fished past the stumps without a strike, T paddled out into the deper water and began to lish with the plastic worm, , . , , -r , i ^ I fished very slo\vly% and by^ 8 o clock, I had covered the pond rather thoi'oughly, but without success. KINGS MOUNTAIN LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS —Pictured ore the Kings Mountain Little league All Stars who opened district tournament play Wednesday night in Hickory. Botboy Norman Smith is pictured in front of the group. Front row, from left Tim Chapman, Preston Short* Tim Spicer. Ronnie Wilson, Scott EUis, Beanie Smith, and Tim Riddleu Back row, from left C, I.. Peter son, Don Henderson, Rusty Belt Steve Lancaster, Tommy Parker, Kevin Tinsley, Rldcy Deorton, and David Ray Robinson. Coaches, from left are Max Bolin, Optimist' and Conoll Ledfoi4 ond Bill Tinsley, Rotary. (Photo by Lem Lynch) ROTARY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ^ Winner of thel ship Teom was the Rotory team which completed! botboy, is pictured in front of the group. Front Gamble, Chris Bumgardner, Tim Riddle, Beanie Carroll Ledford, Coach; Ronnie Wilson, Tommy and Bill Tinsley, Coach. )Photo by Lean J Little League All-Stars Rotary Club Cops Regular Season Title Kings Mountain’s Little League .•MlSiar team v. as scheduled to open district tournament play last night (Wednesday! at 9 o’clock in l-I.''?kory. The local squad was u play the Hickory’ j'aycces. Firteen players, representing the six league team, make up The all-star team ’which is play ing for a spot in the state tourna ment in .-V heboro. Carroll Ledford and Bill Tins- injiit* , . , Icy, who coaclicd Hotary to the Okay, be that way, I thought. I don’t care if you don t regular season thh and Max Eo- ■ " lin. who eoanhed Optimist to the third spot, are coaching the all- star ouflii. Members of lh<' all-star team include: Rusty Bell, Rotary, shortstop and pitcher; Kevin Tinsley, Ro tary. first baseman; Tommy Par- ■ w bile. And strangely enough I dirint. I was content to stretch out across a boat seat \^ith the cushion under my head and watch the high clouds while the boat <.h-ilted. A snake doctor lit on my foot, and I left hirn thcio. A leaf drifted past like a tiny sailboat. The shadow.s lengthened across the pond, anrl the sun glittered behind the trees for awhile, then.dipped under the bridge. I need to do this at least once a week, I tnouglit. bit- Rotary, catcher and pitcher; ting at my desk a few days later, I happened to notice a Riddle, Rotary, second base; sign I have hanging on a'^ nearby file cabinet. j Ronnie Wilson, outfield; Beanie ® T A Smith, Rotary, ouitiiold and sec- Find Peace In A Violent World Go Fishing I don’t know who wrote that, but he knows some thing about you and me. Two feams^ Two Kings Mcuil teams were am a round winners in t'h| Midwestern Openj lournament wh'f’i day night at Brice | I .uorial Paik in Gvoi Tignors Garage if ji’ovor Klorist lo-T \ niled after live inn| O-run rule. Plonk 'h'c • Nor: is Packlii 'holhy 11-7. Mike Smith, fof j scho(jl and Amori,- 1 baseball standout )icr(l I a home run to lead Tl I tory. Smith was onel \ rignor’s playci’s to ' hits. Bob Green was thi '>itcher for Tignor’.s Blaeic took the lo.ss fj High School Coaches Attend Prep Clinic Members of the Kings Moun tain High School coaching staff are in Greens.boro this week at tending the annual North Caro lina High School Coa^CTiing Clinic. The clinic is held each year in conjunction with the East-West All-Star basketball and football games. KMHS coaches attending the clinic are head football coach ^b Jones, assistants Bill Cashion, Tommy Pruitt, Warren Goforth and Blaine Froneberger, and head basketball coach Allen Dixon. Southwestern Conference ath letes taking part in the all-star week are football standouts Mar cus Mauney and Gaylord Bralley of Shelby and Crest ba-sketball sensation David Thompson. kings Mountain Cantuies Title In Tee League Kings Mountain Drug won the King.-; Mountain tee league ba.s(?- ball ehampionsihip this year with a 10-2 record. Darrell Forbes, Bob ond base. j Also, Steve Lancaster, Park : grace, outfield and pitcher; Scott : Ellis, Parkgrace, catcher; Don I Henderson, Optimist, pitcher and ■outfield; Ricky Deaton. Optimist, j outfield; David Ray Robinson, I Optimist, third base; Tim Chap- I man, Optimist, catcher; I Also, Tim Spicer, C&C Metal, I outfield and shortstop; Preston Short, Kiwanis, second base and shortstop; and C. L. Peterson. Childers, pitcher and outfield. Mitch How/o of Rotary and Bill Easley of Jaycees were also chos en to the all-.star team but were not able to play for various reas ons. Rotary won the regular season title with a 13-1 record, Parkgrace finished second with a 10-4 mark and Optimist was third with W’illiams ! record. Members of the TEE LEAGUE STARS: Pictured above are the tee league au-stors. Front row, left to right, Robert Lutz, Alan Van Dyke, Scott Cline and Dwane Brown. Second row. Chip McGill, David Bolin, Ricky Proctor Mike Spars and Bobby Williams. Back row, Todd Blalock, Greg Tate, Don Sellers, Sherman Jenkiits, Dick Styers, ond Brian Morrow. Wade Stephens Set For August HICKORY. N. C. — August 14 has been set as the date for’’the running of the first annual •‘Wade Stephens Mcmorifl 200” national championship Sportsman -race at Hickory Speedway. The 200-lap event has been named in honor of a rising star on rho Sportsman trail who was killed in a truck a(X*ident in Vir- a ! gini.i, June 2. j Sh'phens, a Hickory native, championship : relatively newcomer to and Richard Styers coached the | j^Jj^ry Club team included Rusty Sportsman Division although team. Players receiving trophies in cluded Rickey Proctor, most valu able; Scott Cline, most improved; Mike Si>ears. best hitter; Dwane Brown, best fielder. The team also received a tro phy for winning the regular sea son title. Bell, Chris Bumgardner, Jeff Cion-' racing since 1963. inger, Eric Dixon. Johnny Gam- j I’lit' 30-^ar-old truck d^riv^ had hie. Mitch How'ze, Mike Howze, " Barry Ledford. Tommy Parker, Wildlife Protectors Get Equal Benefits RALEIGH, N. C. — It took an wore members of LEOBRF, and et^ of the Legislature to put all 78 who were not, yet all were of North Carolina’s wildlife pro-- full-fledged law enforcement of lectors under the same retirement ficers who.se duties w’ere the .same benefits as police, .sheriffs, and -as those considered eligible for Tim Riddle, Beanie Smith, Kevdn Tinsley, Bruce Valentine, Baron Wilson, Ronnie Wihson and Nor man Smith. Tne Rotary Club coaches were honored at the monthly meeting fjf the Rotary Club hist Thursday at the country club. The coaches presented the league champion ship trophy to Uje club at that time. , The Rotary Club players will be taken to Spartanburg later this month for a Western Carolinas League contest. been competing on the Sportsman circuit since 1910 in a 1968 Che- velle. Prior to entering the Senior cir cuit Stephens had p<5stod two vic tories in the Limited Sporfcman class and had set hLs goal of win ning the track’s point champion ship. A purse of $5,110 has been es tablished for the event and many of the nation’s best Spo^Lsman are expected to be footing for it. National Champion Red Farmer has already stated that he would be back and the number two man in the point chase, Sam Som mers, is also expected. The two nationally known aces will get a strong challenge from local hotdogs that will include Harry Gant, Bob Pressley, Jack In gram, Ned Setzex, Bosco Lowe and Roy Trantham. Gant won the last 200-'lap championship race at Hickory topping one of the strongest fields in the track’s history. Read The Herald For Local Sports ether law enforcement groups. Senate Bill 204 passed, the House of Representatives on July 12 after a long but little publiciz ed struggle that lasted more than three months during which the LroSRF membership,” he added. “Meanwhile,” Patton .said, “the \\’ork of tliose who wore denied membership contributed money to tlie LEOBRF court cost fund, but from which they would not have bill was considered dead .several been eligible for retirement bene times. i fits. Back in 1951 the Law Enforce-: *"8. B. 201 was introduced in the ment Officers Benefit and Retire- opening weeks of the Gomual As- ment Fund Board ruled that 53 sembly,” Patton said, "and its wildlife protectors were not eligi-; basic purpo-se wa^ to rectify a dis- ble to participate in the retire- criminatory situation whereby ment system for reasons that some of our men, by arbitrary never were made clear to the Leg- ruling of the LEOBRF Board, were j.'ilature or the wildlife jxrotectors • unable to share in the more at- involvetl. Employed prior to 1951,' tractive retirement benefits of 2.> others had been eligible to' that fund. join the Law Enforcement Offic* | “The bill was finally pas-sod in ers Benefit and Retirement Fund. ■ the la.st few day.s of the 1971 Gen- but were apparently not informed oral .Assembly over strenuous ob- of this by that organization. jeation on the part of other lawiji;^^ Guyton are directing the ■'it was sim:>ly a matter of enforcement grou^js and agencies • tournament. Any team .seekinj^ equitysaid Clyde Patton. Direct- of .state government. It was a ^ further information may contact or of the Wildlife Resources Com j long struggle but justice and | Pearson or Ross at the commun- mission. “We had 88 men who ; equity prevailed.” ! ity center. Softball Tourney Begins Aug. 16 At Deal Park Tlie Greater Kings Mountain Men's Invitational Slowpdtch Softball tournament is schedul ed to open at Deal Street Park on August 16. Any team interested in parti cipating in the double-elimina- Lion event is asked to have a representative present at Ute Community Cnier on August 9 at 7 p. m. Entry deadline is set for Au- ^csX 11 and pairings will bo drawn on August 13. A team roster must be sub mitted beiore opening game. Teams may carry 20 players on their roster, Roy Pearson, Elmer Ross and HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU PASSED UP A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY? Yes, we’ve all passed up opportunities that later turned out to be gold mines for someone else, someone with enough ambition to take a chance and shoot for higher stakes. How would you like .to make 75 to 100 dollairs extra in your own business and work only eight to ten hours. You can grow qufckly to become a full time distributor and 800 to 1200 dol lars a month. North American Vending Company is looking for distributors in this area. Our vending machines have a proven success record. Many men and women have already found a rewarding carer as N. A. V. distributor. This could be YOUR golden oppor tunity. No experience necessary, you make no sales calls. We wdll train you and secure your locations. Your small initial Invest ment of betu’een 900 to 1600 dollars buys all equipment netes- sary. Opportunity is knocking—^Write or call collect NORTH AMERICAN VENDING COMPANY 717-545-8650 A nationwide vending route service 3918 Jonestown Road Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17109 ^amo State 7;2?pd Sportsman Group Expect To Be Even Tougher HICKORY, N. C. — Tlie Limited Sportsman division at Hickory Speedway, made e\ren more com petitive this season with the ad dition of small V-8 engines to run with the six cylinder mills, fig ures to run even closer together In the near future. For both safety and competitive reasons, the cars in the future will have to weigh at least 2900 pounds and bring in the wheeh to measure* no more than two Inches on each side abo\e the same model street car. NASC’AR officials and trad- manager Ned Jarrett have beer concerned about the wide weight variations. An all-out effort to re duce the weight of a car could result in a weakening of the ma chine and make it dangerous for its driver and others on the track. Some of the lighter cars will begin handling better in the turns and result in an overall faster speed, Jarret and the officials be lieve. Bringing in the wheels to a lessen stance Ls also a safety factor. Sportsman cars will have to narrow down the center-to-center of tread wheel width by August 7th. A track rule in the past al lowed a wider stance for the sen ior division. The ponding change will conform the Spoilsman with the NASCAR rule book in all re spects, it was pointed out. The Late Model Sportsman cars have a minimum weight of 3300 ! pounds, figured on a basis of nine i pounds pe^r cubic inch of piston I displacement. Tnis Saturday night the racing card includes sev’en events for Sportsman, Limited Sportsman and Rookie divi£“ions, and a bonus personalities race between area ne^vspaiper, radio and teevee per sonalities. With a week off because of a field of cars is expected for all classes. The gates open at 6, fol lowed by warmups and qualify ing until the first event at 8:30 p.m. In an average lifetime the hu man heart bealts throe billion times and pumps 109 mil'llon gal lons of blood, according to the North Carolina Heart Associa tion. HICKORY—Hanley Pal to look no further tliarl North Carolina for thr<| top freshman football he’s recruiteef in recent ' But the head c^oach antll director at Lenoir Rhynel figures he’ll need them! next few years. Painter, who recently wifl the signing of long-term f(| contracts with Furman ani idson of the Southern Conhl has been on hie toes this recruit players capable of i ing the rougher- schedule] ning in 1972. In addition to a solid returning from last yeaj Kiuad, Painter will have/ •larger of Mr.rlisvilh’. Liirj >f Biyson City and Rust j cf Lenoir entering the Be: I in late August. He exi>e<4-J things” from this trio in j tun*. Barger, Bock and Estes, iaid today, stand the best] es of the 18 players he'.-^i huB far of breaking into' Rhyne’s starting lineup al point this fall. He expects t| at least two more recruits fall prcictice begins. The Bear coach aLso annol the sale of season tijckcts will run Aug. 2 through Sei Tickets for the six homo gnl at College Field will be on at the athletic oHice in Shu: Memorial Gymnasium from m. to 5 p.m. Monday throi Friday and 9 a^m. to noon Si urdays. Painter said Lenoir Rhyne tutors can save $3 by purcha-iin their tickets before Sept. 4. Indi vidual tickets for the six games total $21, and season tickets .sell for $18. A 5-11, 2()5-poun(t center from Davie County High School in Modtsville, iBarger pTnyed at Fork Union Military Academy la.<t fall and rated the All-Military team. The previous year he was the starting center for the victorious North squad in the Shrine Eoavl game at Charlotte and last sum mer for the West team in the East-West All-Star contest at Greensboro. He was also All- State. Bt*ck, a 6-0, 185-pound running ba'ck from Bryson City, will bo used as a taill>ack or a wingback in the Bears’ single-wTng offense, Painter said. Although Injured his senior year in high .scliool, Bwk carried the pigskin for 20 touch downs and over 2,300 yards the year before. are 1 Rinp years! Bau.^ school. cha mp loclcd ter was pi all-state -irf| Six-five, shall, of Ta^ 235-'ix>und Ken bury are the Marshall, “wl! size,” will play^ standout on Army^ years All-South East Rowan High 'Continued On
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