Rutherford Weekly - Shelby NC
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Page 10 - Rutherford Weekly 828-248-1408 www.rutherfordweekly.com Thursday, October 8-October 14, 2015 FARM GARDEN LIME $45 TON. Spread & deliv- ered. "Call For Your Area". 704- 813-7238. Compare our rates! FARM GARDEN 8' JOHN DEERE GRAIN DRILL, good condition, $1000. 980-295- 8808. FARM GARDEN HOPS PLANTS FOR BREWING or landscape. Six varieties with/ without trellis. 828-247-1250. CAMPERS 2012 KEYSTONE PASSPORT Ultralight Grand Touring camper, 33 ft., 1 large slide. Clean and like new. All extras included, $20,000. 864-812-2783. WANT TO BUY: Pop-Up Camp- ers. Call 828-429-3935. HEAVY & FARM 1999 FEATHERLITE ALUMI- NUM Horse Trailer, 4 horse, dressing room, loading ramp, ex- cellent condition, $10,500. 704- 300-6963. HEAVY & FARM MF 40B INDUSTRIAL TRAC- TOR with loader, runs out good, $5800. Long 560, looks a little rough, but runs good, $3000. 704-692-1033. BOATS OLDER 16' BASS BOAT, both motors, good condition. $2000 obo. 864-812-1588. 2002 SEA ARC 176 ALUM BASS BOAT, 90HP 4 stroke Mercury, new trolling motor, $7500 OBO Reasonable. Please call 828- 289-7215. BOAT FOR SALE: 70HP motor, troll, rigged for Cats & Striper. Must see! Please call 828-442- 0101. We Want Your Outdoor Photos! We Want Your Outdoor Photos! Hunting, Fishing, Playing Ball, Etc. Hunting, Fishing, Playing Ball, Etc. Sportsman's Corner Sportsman's Corner Email: Photos@RutherfordWeekly.com Mail: 369 Butler Rd. • Forest City, NC 28043 Phone: 828-248-1408 *Publisher has the fi nal decision of which photos appear in print, per available space. OUTDOOR TRUTHS Safety in the deer hunting world has made so many strides in the past few decades. I can remember when safety harnesses were not even invented and the only disclaimer on some climbing stands was ones that invoked its owner to "climb at your own risk." Many hunters had accidents but it still surprises me that still more did not. I can remember owning one of those stands and I also remember the day it was stolen. I think the Lord was protecting me but not so much the guy who took it. Since those days, climbing tree stands are now considered the saf- est. The same thing happened with those safety harnesses. At fi rst the design was so bad that while it did keep you from falling to the ground, it left you hanging in midair to slowly suf- focate from the restraint that was around your waist. Today's harnesses are very secure and well designed and some even have devices installed to allow you to safely lower yourself to the ground should you accidently fall out of the tree. The lat- est additions for safety are ropes that are attached to the tree at the bottom and just above the stand. The safety harness is attached to the rope while the hunter is on the ground and he or she stays connected to the rope at all times. This really does complete the process for being as safe as possible and it sure makes me feel better when I'm twenty-fi ve feet in the air. And when it comes to deer hunting, higher is better as long as I am still connected to the ground. Sometimes I have the same concern about my Christian life. There is no doubt growing spiritually is my main concern. One might say I am trying to climb higher to the place of God. The truth is however, if my spiritual life is not attached to the ground I am no good to the ones that God has called me to minister to and thus no good to God. My spirituality is never meant to cause me to disassociate myself with my fellow man. It is meant to drive me deeper into their lives. Whatever I become through knowing more about God is meant to cause me to love my neighbor as myself. If my spiritual life is not producing that result, it may not be a Christian one. 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Broadway St., Forest City FAST FAST FAST FAST WAY WAY WAY WAY ©Community First Media Community First Media SPORTS SPORTS Intro In case anybody missed it, Brendan Thompson ran for a 67-yard touchdown at the end of last Friday's game at Crest. Nicknamed "Twink", who is a special needs kid was set up on the last play of the game to do so by coaches on both sides. After the touchdown, players from both sides ran to the end zone to congratulate the young man. It was a scene that you don't see hardly in the sports. Although it rained, it didn't dampen the spirits of good sportsmanship. Kudos to those involved in handling that who thing. While we are on the subject of football, former Chase grad, Carlos Watkins helped the #12 Clemson Tigers seal the game against #6 ranked Notre Dame last Saturday. Watkins fought through a double team and made the game saving tackle on a two-point conversion with seconds to spare in a 24-22 Tiger victory. There is some good and bad news in this next local story. Jimmy Means, who runs his shop out of Forest City in the NASCAR Nationwide Series had his hauler catch fi re on his way back from Kentucky last week. Former Chase grad, Jared Allen was hurt in the fi re and is recovering at home with a hand injury. A wheel bearing caught fi re as Means and Allen were driving down the road. Means checked all the hubs before getting back on the road just 30 minutes prior and all was okay. The fi re toasted the entire hauler as they had to use all of their water onboard to put it out the fi rst time. The driver of the #22 team in the Nationwide Series owned by Roger Penske saw the problem and pulled over to help when the blaze began for a second time. The tractor was spared, but a fi re truck had to fi nish to putting the blaze out. While the fi re destroyed a good portion of the Means Racing equipment onboard, the race cars were not damaged. As a result, an online fund has been set up to purchase some of the equipment they lost in the fi re. Family, friends and people in general have been generous as over $10,000 has been raised in just one week. The NASCAR community has offered to loan a trailer and one unnamed big time car owner directed his employees to give Means whatever he needed to make the Dover race. With Joey Gase driving, they managed a respectable 24th place fi nish at Dover and were 21st at Kentucky. High School Football East Rutherford fi nally earned Rutherford County a hard-earned SMAC win this past Friday. East won 21-20 as they denied Burns the go-ahead two-point conversion at the goal line with just seconds remaining in the contest. Defensively, the Cavaliers were solid with Kendall McGowan, Tyrese Carson, Jarvis Hutchins, Fonzbee Clyburn, Malik Hamrick, Demetrius Mauney, Matthew Bennett, Tyzell Hunt, Dupree Gray and Jadacus Logan all pitching in along with others to get the win. East Rutherford (3-3, 1-2) will have their hands full as perennial power Shelby (6-0, 3-0) comes to town on Friday. The big game in county will be in Harris. R-S Central (3-3, 0-3) is at Chase (2-5, 0-4) this Friday. Both teams are reeling from injuries and depth. Both have recently lost close games to Draughn. Chase only lost 27-12 last week to Crest, which is sort of a moral victory in a sense. The Hilltoppers are more rested with last week's bye and both teams are in dire need of a win right now. R-S Central has started slowly in nearly every game this season and the Chase offense has just struggled. Expect a defensive battle in the fi rst game of the season that determines the Rutherford County Championship. The Gryphons have their biggest game of the season and it is on the road. Thomas Jefferson (5-0, 1-0) goes to Cherryville (0-6) this Friday for their fi rst Southern Piedmont Conference game of 2015. Quarterback, Preston Elliott can run or throw, but depth has been a issue this season for Cherryville. They have also played bigger schools and all of the Ironmen losses have been by 27 or more. Don't overlook that. The Gryphons will have to get the running game going and contain Elliott while on defense. On the NFL scene, the Panthers win again and are now 4-0 at the bye week. The schedule gets tougher and six teams are undefeated at the moment. Considering the wide receiving core Carolina has to work with and being without Kueckly, that's impressive. There is still a lot to prove with Atlanta being unbeaten too in the NFC South. R u t h e r f o r d W e e k l y R u t h e r f o r d W e e k l y By KEVIN CARVER Good Things do Happen too Many people enjoy feeding wildlife because it allows them to have close contact or because they believe they are helping the animals. While seeing wild animals up close can be enjoyable, providing wild animals with a steady, human supplied food source nearly always leads to problems for both the animals and humans. There are many good reasons not to feed wildlife including: • Feeding increases the chance of disease transmission to wildlife, people and pets. When food is readily available, animals will gather in abnormally large numbers. By gathering animals together in unnatural groups, diseases can spread much more quickly. • Feeding can create unintended confl icts with humans. Wild animals that are used to being fed by humans commonly lose their fear of people. Animals that are unafraid of people will approach them for food, and are sometimes mistaken as rabid, aggressive or mean, then killed for that behavior. An instinctive wariness of people is important to a wild animal's survival. • Feeding can degrade surrounding native habitat. Wildlife habitat is negatively impacted when animals are unnaturally concentrated in areas where feeding occurs. Reproduction rates may also be affected when an artifi cial food source is readily available. In the wild, the number of animals being born is often directly related to the amount of natural food available. The number of animals surviving will also depend on how much food is available. This is nature's way of keeping a balance. • Feeding can lead to unhealthy animals and foraging habits. Animals who are raised relying on humans for food may struggle to survive in the absence of that food source when they disperse from their parents' territory. Additionally, wild animals need a variety of foods in their diet, if they fi ll up on human provided food they will not get the nutrients needed to stay healthy. The best thing you can do to care for the wild animals on your property is to give them habitat, not handouts. Naturescaping is a great way to provide the animals with natural sources of food and shelter that will not put them in danger the way a human provided food source will. You will still be able to enjoy wildlife on your property, but at a safe distance for both you and the animals. THE HAZARDS OF THE HAZARDS OF FEEDING WILDLIFE FEEDING WILDLIFE Article provided by: http://www.ncwildlife.org The Forest City Owls baseball team announces its new owners, Becky and Phil Dangel. Effective immediately, the Dangels own the name and rights to the Owls. Much of Phil's life has concentrated on baseball. Growing up in Newton, Mass., he played baseball and developed his love for Boston Red Sox. Phil moved to Atlanta soon after he graduated from Babson College. One of his fi rst moves was to buy season tickets to the Braves who, at the time, played in Fulton County Stadium. Phil also raised three baseball fans. Their eldest son, Paul, lives in Birmingham with a wife and daughter. Their middle son, Keith, resides in Chapel Hill with a wife and son. Phil and Becky's son, Boomer, served as the Owls' Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations in 2015. Boomer graduates from Syracuse University in December. A native North Carolinian, Becky's roots trace back to Greensboro. She attended Grimsley High School in Greensboro and graduated from Duke University. She then worked in Atlanta, where she met Phil. Becky worked in retail as a store manager of an Atlanta, Macy's department store. Becky and Phil have been married for 25 years and lived in Knoxville, Tenn. for the past 20. As their fi rst move as owners, Becky and Phil will extend the ongoing season ticket promotion through October 15. Phil says the new ownership is focused on winning baseball. OWLS NEW OWNERS Article Provided By: Boomer Dangel Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations Forest City Owls - Coastal Plain League Baseball FARM & GARDEN HEAVY/FARM EQUIPMENT BOATS CAMPERS HEAVY/FARM EQUIPMENT FARM & GARDEN FARM & GARDEN