Boy Scouts (from left) Jaren Campbell, Mitchell McGahee, Sawyer Burgess, Kav Stapleton, Darrel Chaney, Gavin Dundore, Christian Cooper and Joseph McGahee got a chance to meet with former Major League Baseball player Darrel Chaney at Thursday’s American Values Dinner. JAKE McGAHEE/Submitted
Mitchell McGahee, a member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 5 in Clarkesville, asks Darrel Chaney to sign his cast after the American Values Dinner on Thursday night. Chaney was a Major League Baseball player with the Cincinnati Reds from 1969-1975 and Atlanta Braves from 1976-1979. CHAMIAN CRUZ/Staff
Growing up, Darrel Chaney’s father always told him to work hard, play hard and pray hard. He held true to those values all throughout his life, including during the 1970s when he spent 11 years p...