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Page 8 - shelby shopper & info - 704/484-1047 www.shelbyinfo.com Thursday, June 18-June 24, 2020 *DVWRQ9LUWXDO$FDGHP\ (QUROO "11-:0/-*/&XXXHBTUPOLODVTWJSUVBMBDBEFNZ *UDGHV. 7KH*DVWRQ9LUWXDO$FDGHP\LV IXOO\DFFUHGLWHGDVDTXDOLW\VFKRRO ZLWKFDULQJFHUWL¿HGWHDFKHUVZKR JXLGHVWXGHQWVWKURXJKRQOLQHOHDUQLQJ 2QOLQH QRZIRU $XJXVW 3HUVRQDOL]HG/HDUQLQJ )OH[LEOH6FKHGXOH (QULFKPHQW2SSRUWXQLWLHV 6WXGHQWVZKRUHVLGHLQ1RUWK&DUROLQD FDQUHJLVWHUWRDWWHQG²\RXGRQRW KDYHWROLYHLQ*DVWRQ&RXQW\ $BMM GPSNPSFJOGPSNBUJPO 7KHSURJUDPLVLGHDOIRUKRPHVFKRRO VWXGHQWVDQGVWXGHQWVZKRFXUUHQWO\ DWWHQGDSULYDWHRUFKDUWHUVFKRRO 6WXGHQWVPXVWDSSO\DQGFRPSOHWH DVFUHHQLQJWRGHWHUPLQHHOLJLELOLW\ 1RWXLWLRQ²WKH$FDGHP\LVIUHH Local Fishing Report Tammy Melton with Tournament fi shing is trying to get back to a somewhat semi-normal and the Cleveland County Bass Club has fi shed 2 tournaments back to back since my last article. They fi shed Wylie May 30th and the results are listed here. • 1st place, Robbie Rush, 5 fi sh, 7.14 pounds. • 2nd place, Larry Melton, 5 fi sh, 6.68 pounds. • 3rd place, Richard Mize, 4 fi sh, 6.16 pounds. He also took big fi sh of the day with a 2.12 pounder. • 4th place, Jimmy Melton, 3 fi sh, 4.62 pounds. • 5th place, John Rankin, 3 fi sh, 4.26 pounds. High rock was fi shed June 6th. The lake was over crowded, as usual for this time of year. It was hot, and the fi sh just didn't cooperate. There were fi sh caught by a few people and I promise they worked hard to get them. Here are the results: • 1st place Jimmy Melton, 2 fi sh, 7.00 pounds. • 2nd Robby Rush, 3 fi sh, 6.74 pounds. • 3rd Roger Beaver, 2 fi sh, 4.76 pounds. • 4th Larry Melton, 1 fi sh , 3.68 pounds. • 5th John Rankin, 1 fi sh, 1.76 pounds. Jimmy and Larry Melton, father and son, both tied having big fi sh with 3.68 pounders. If you are planning to go fi shing anywhere, I would suggest to go early and leave early, and packing plenty of patience for the landings. All of them, everywhere. Until next time, thank you for letting me share stories with you. Have fun on the water, and be safe. Tammy Melton If you have a fi sh picture that you are proud of or pictures of your kids or grandchildren with their fi rst catch etc, please sent me your information and pictures to: carterchevtammy@yahoo.com OUTDOOR UTDOOR TRUTHS RUTHS I met Mike and some of my North Carolina friends for a day of fi shing. Mike is a striper guide and I have been with him many times when he has put everyone on top of a school of these fi ghters. I've also noticed one of his best tactics for fi nding fi sh is not mounted to his boat. It's held in his hand. It's his phone. When the fi sh are not biting, he sim- ply picks up the phone and calls another striper guide, and the other guide shares this helpful information with Mike. Many times, there have been three different guides fi shing within a few yards of each other. No selfi shness. Nothing hidden. Just different guides trying to help each other be better guides, for the benefi t of their clients. In all of fi shing, this is really unique in how they work to- gether. I wish I had seen this in other areas of my life when I was growing up. In the church world, I was raised in a time where it seemed we weren't allowed to help one another. After all, the Methodists are not as good as the Baptists, and the Pentecostals have so much more of God than the Pres- byterians. So, we were all told. Surely God cannot bless those who don't speak in tongues or who believe bap- tism is essential to salvation, or someone, God forbid, that doesn't believe in the premillennial return of Christ! And as a result, we kept fi shing in the same dry hole, because it was better to fail than to partner with the beer drinking Catholics. And as a result, we all missed out on so much. One of the most amazing truths that has rocked my world in the past few years is how just hours before Je- sus was crucifi ed, (yes, hours) he joined twelve men in an upper room and gave them one fi nal commandment. It was to love people. Jesus said it this way. A new com- mand I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another. (John 13) Read that again if you need to. It's crazy good. He didn't say people will know we are followers of Christ by our affi liation, but by our affection. Let me tell you another truth you may not have real- ized…. God is tenseless. That means God does not re- fer to or live in the past, present, or future. Everything is now. Everything is present. Everything is happening in real time with God. What a tremendous thought. Let me tell you why. Our world is in a mess today, and the question is, if Jesus were in the upper room today, what would God tell him to tell us? But he IS in the upper room today, and he is telling us the same thing. You see, it would be easy to say God was looking ahead when he told Jesus to give us this one commandment of love. But God was not looking ahead. He was looking around. He was looking around at pandemics and racism. He was looking around at genocide, homicide, and suicide. He was looking around at injustices. He was looking around at the hungry and the homeless and the prisoner. And while he was looking around, he said, Jesus tell them this. "By this everyone will know you are my disciples if you love one another." So simple, yet so tremendously hard. Why? Because I must love the one I'm standing against. You see, as Jesus looks around today, know that he didn't come to take sides. He came to make a new side. He didn't come to stand with a party. He came to make another party. This new party is the party of lov- ers. The platform is love and those who affi liate with it will be people who are known for love. Because by this one thing, everyone will know we are followers of Jesus. Not by our denomination or our differences, but by that one thing all followers share. Love. By By Gary Miller Aiming Outdoorsmen Toward Christ gary@outdoortruths.org ~ www.outdoortruths.org GARY MILLER Ethan Holland placing a fl ag on grave at Webb Memorial Cemetery for Memorial day. Carolina Carolina CLASSIFIEDS .com Your Link to Local Classifi eds! Carolina CLASSIFIEDS .com GO TO: www.carolinaclassifi eds.com Cortney, Braiden, Jeffery and Nadalyne Goodwin were enjoy- ing family time while looking for deals at the Mooresboro Town- wide Yard Sale. photo provided by Jeff Melton