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The ADVANCE, June 16, 2021/Page 8A
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Nitty
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Over this period, per
the report, Black net worth
increased 32.1%, Hispanic
net worth increased 63.6%
and white net worth
increased 4%.
Business equity among
Blacks increased 138%.
How about other
measures of achievement?
Per the Census Bureau,
in 2019, 88% of Blacks had
a high school diploma, 98%
of the national average. In
1950, the percent of Blacks
with a high school diploma
equaled 50% of the national
average.
In 2018, 37.8% of
Blacks ages 18-24 were
enrolled in college,
compared with a national
average of 40.9% in this age
group.
In the age group of 25-
39, 28.4% had a bachelor’s
degree or higher, compared
with 40.5% of the general
population.
The high school
dropout rate among Blacks
in 2018 was 4.9%, compared
with a national average of
5.7%.
Am I trying to divert
attention from the many
real economic and social
problems in many Black
communities?
Certainly not. But what
I do wish to disabuse is the
focus on problems in
certain Black communities
and using this data to
generalize about all Blacks.
It’s certainly false and a
distortion, and ironic how
often this is coming from
those who pretend to be
fighting racism.
It certainly is true, again
according to the Census
Bureau, that in 2019, Blacks,
who constituted 13.2% of
the population, represented
23.8% of those living below
the poverty line.
But is this about
racism? The data tells us
that this is about family
breakdown, not racism.
And the problem of
family breakdown is
afflicting the whole nation.
It just happens to be hitting
many Black communities
particularly hard. Poverty is
excessive in households of
all races that are headed by
single women. Blacks just
happen to have a very high
percentage of households
headed by single women.
But, according to
Statistica, only 6.4% of
Black households headed
by a married couple live in
poverty.
So, enough of racist
generalizations about
Blacks. And enough of the
distortions that Blacks have
not been gaining ground in
our free country and that
where we do have problems,
we need more government.
Black progress and
achievement since the
1960s have been substantial.
Where problems exist,
and where progress is
disappointing, invariably,
government has been the
problem, not the solution.
Star Parker is president of
the Center for Urban Renewal
and Education and host of the
weekly television show "Cure
America with Star Parker." To
find out more about Star
Parker and read features by
other Creators Syndicate
writers and cartoonists, visit the
Creators Syndicate website at
www.creators.com.
Lowry
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whether Susan Collins or
Mitt Romney, is supporting
this partisan power grab.
Manchin isn’t always
as stalwart in standing up
to his own party as he
sounds, but he’s been
remarkably firm so far. His
role as a senatorial brake
on Biden’s left-wing
ambitions has certainly
made him more popular
back home, and the
progressive slanders
against him will only boost
his political standing. The
left will get nowhere if it
tries to primary him in
2024 (assuming he decides
to run again), and if he did
lose to a more progressive
Democrat, Republicans
would easily win his seat.
Surely, the attacks on
Manchin will only get
more venomous. Such is
the price of refusing to
reverse himself on the
filibuster and get on board
a sprawling travesty of a
voting bill.
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
(c) 2021 by King Features
Synd., Inc.
Campus News
Kennesaw State Uni
versity recently named
students to the President's
List and Dean’s List in rec
ognition of their academic
excellence for the Spring
2021 semester. To achieve
the President’s List, each
undergraduate student
must have completed at
least 9 semester hours with
a term grade point average
of 4.0. To achieve Dean’s
List, each undergraduate
student must have com
pleted at least 9 semester
hours with a term grade
point average of 3.5.
Area students who
made the lists are:
President’s List
Caleb Hartley, Lyons
McKinnley Phillips,
Vidalia
Dean’s List
Patrick Newkirk, Vida
lia
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Obituaries
Mrs. Reta Watson
Mrs. Reta Durrence
Watson, age 84, of Vidalia,
died on Wednesday, June
2, 2021, at the Community
Hospice House in Vidalia
after a brief illness.
Mrs. Watson was a
native of Tattnall, a 1954
graduate of Reidsville High
School, and earned a Bach
elor’s degree in Business
Administration from the
University of Georgia. She
was a homemaker and a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Vidalia and the
Winsome Sunday School
Class. Early in her life, she
worked at Ft. Stewart Army
Base as the provost mar
shal’s secretary, where she
met her husband, Rudy,
who was soon retiring from
the military. She was pre
ceded in death by her hus
band, Paul R. Watson; her
parents, David Lester Dur
rence, Sr., and Pearl Too
tle Durrence; and siblings,
Segal Durrence, Edra Dur
rence Burns, Briden Dur
rence, Swinton Durrence,
Rex Durrence, D.L. Dur
rence, Bobby Durrence,
and Kenneth Durrence.
Survivors include 2
children, Beth W. Davis
and husband Steve of Vida
lia, and Brian Watson of Al
pharetta; 3 grandchildren,
Kristin Davis and Anna
Davis of Atlanta, and Chloe
Watson ofKennesaw; 1 sis
ter, Sue Durrence Hommel
of Savannah; and numer
ous nieces and nephews.
The funeral service
was on Monday, June 7,
2021, at 2:00 p.m., in the
chapel of Ronald V. Hall
Funeral Home, with Rev.
Don Moye officiating.
Burial followed in Lakev-
iew Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were Stevie
Durrence, Greg Durrence,
Beuford Durrence, Donald
Durrence, David Durrence,
and Kyle Durrence.
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FUNERAL HOME
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Mrs. Mildred Magnuson
Mrs. Mildred Dixon
Magnuson, age 89, died on
June 7, 2021.
Mrs. Magnuson was
born in Aimwell. Shortly
after her birth, the family
moved to Vidalia, where
she resided until the mid
70’s. She was a secretary
at the Vidalia Garment
Company shirt factory in
the 50’s and 60’s and spent
much of her career as the
executive Secretary to the
President of Simmons Mat
tress. She was married to
the love of her life and nev
er remarried after his death
in 2003. She was preceded
in death by her husband,
George Magnuson; her
parents, Hoke and Ruthie
Dixon; and 2 sisters, Hazel
Coddington and Geraldine
Griffin.
Survivors include 1
niece, Sandra Calhoun
Brawner of Bradenton, FL;
and 2 nephews, Carlton
Griffin of Athens and Son
ny Calhoun of Bradenton.
In lieu of flowers, do
nations may be made to St.
Judes Children’s Hospital
or Shriners Hospital in her
memory.
Amber
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der (OCD).
“For them, a good time
is a Friday night spent clean
ing the house from top to
bottom,” she said with a
laugh.
At Hawk Talk, Mon
teen’s a one-woman show.
She cares for the birds of
prey, but she also hits up
people for money, a nec
essary part of her job she
doesn’t enjoy.
“We always need more
mouse money,” she told me.
“A live mouse costs about
$.83, and some birds eat
one a day and others eat
six or seven, so you do the
math...”
We ventured to the
shelters where the birds of
prey live. I was instantly
hypnotized by the owls’ big
glowing eyes.
Monteen gave me a
leather glove and showed
me how to hold a raptor —
“like you are holding a beer,”
she said. Then she perched
a gentle barred owl named
Fiona on my glove, and just
like that, I was holding an
owl.
We walked down to
another shelter and she
fetched Cotton, a colossal
great horned owl.
“Those tufts on his head
are feathers, not ears,” she
said. “His ears are back here.”
She lifted the small
feathers on the side of his
head exposing tiny open-
ingS ’„
“The shape of his face
helps funnel sound to his
ears. Owls have extraordi
naryhearing,” she said. “And
their eyesight is incredible,
too.”
Then Monteen began
to transfer colossal Cot
ton to my glove, but Cot
ton didn’t like me. Cotton
rebelled. Cotton’s talons
were as big as my hand and
his claws looked as sharp as
razor blades. After a bit of a
kerfuffle, Monteen regained
control of Cotton and said,
“Well, maybe you should
just pet his back.”
And so I did.
The visit to Monteen’s
sanctuary was educational
and helped me understand
the heart of wildlife rehabili-
tators.
“It’s like the little kid
tossing stranded starfish
back into the ocean one at a
time,” Monteen said. “Wild
life rehabilitators don’t affect
the population dynamics as
a whole — we just help one
injured or orphaned animal
at a time.”
Monteen McCord
says through her work
saving birds of prey, she
hopes to earn enough spiri
tual brownie points to get
through the pearly gates.
She need not worry.
Just like the other Monteen
I knew, she’s earned her
wings.
Mr. Henry Bond III
Henry Bond III, 85,
died Thursday, April 22,
2021, in Gainesville, GA.
His funeral will be held at
Ailey United Methodist
Church in Ailey, GA, on
Saturday, June 19, 2021,
at 1:00 p.m., with the Rev.
Denise Vaughn of the Epis
copal Church of the An
nunciation in Vidalia, GA,
officiating. Interment will
follow at the Peterson Cem
etery in Ailey, GA.
Henry was born Feb
ruary 16, 1936, in Chatta
nooga, TN, to Henry Bond,
Jr., and Kathleen James
Lynch Bond. He grew up
on Lookout Mountain,
TN, attended The McCallie
School, and graduated from
The Darlington School in
Rome, GA. He attended
Sewanee (The University of
the South), before graduat
ing from The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
with a BA in
Business. He
subsequently
graduated
from Wash
ington Uni
versity in Saint Louis with
an MBA.
On June 21, 1961,
Henry married Laura Mas-
see Walker, his wife of 57
years, in Pensacola, FL. He
served his country in the
Air National Guard, sta
tioned in France at Toul Ro-
sieres AFB (where daughter
Laura was born). He also
worked for General Electric
in Schenectady, NY (where
son Henry was born), be
fore ultimately settling in
Georgia for the remainder
of his life. He pursued a ca
reer in Information Tech
nology Consulting, work
ing for much of his career
at Management Science
American and American
Software.
A lifelong Episcopalian,
Henry served as an Episco
pal Church Verger. He was
involved at The Cathedral
of St. Philip in Atlanta, The
Episcopal Church of the
Holy Family in Jasper, and
Grace Episcopal Church in
Gainesville. Henry also had
life-long passions for square
dancing, music, and playing
bridge.
Henry is survived by his
two children, Laura Bond
Barker and Henry Rich
mond Bond, their spouses,
Jack Barker and Stephanie
Bond, as well as his four
grandchildren, Kathleen
and Martha Barker, and Ju
lia and Daniel Bond. He was
preceded in death by his
wife, Laura Massee Walker
Bond; his parents, Henry
Bond, Jr. and Kathleen
James Lynch Bond Kemp;
and his sister, Frances Kath
leen “Kay” Bond Scobell
Benson.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests donations
to The Ailey Methodist
Church, P.O. Box 7, Ailey,
GA 30410; or Peterson
Cemetery, also at P.O. Box
7, Ailey, Ga 30410.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
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possessed Rice’s soul?
People want to know.
A survey released last
week now finds that 51%
of voters believe at least
some cheating in 2020
contributed to ^President
Biden’s win.
People like the voters
in Arizona. The audit
continues there, and there
continues to be buzz about
what the findings will
show. That buzz must be
fairly significant. So much
so that Biden Attorney
General, Merrick Garland,
was cajoled to come out
this weekend making a
statement of how the
Justice Department will
need to “scrutinize” the
results of any such audit.
Scrutinize, shputinize.
The Justice
Department can lay no
claim to any authority over
such audit. The
Constitution and the
courts have consistently
found that state legislatures
are the only entitled
powers to do exactly what’s
being done in Arizona.
If Garland or Biden
feel otherwise you know
where that heads? To the
Supreme Court—which
has taken great delight in
slapping Biden and
company down a record
number of times by 9-0 in
these first 150 plus days.
And even on a 5-4 case
sided against Biden just
this last week.
So if Biden is too
feeble, Kamala cackles at
every question she doesn’t
know the answer to, but
the invisible hand of
“someone” continues to
executive order the way
forward, all while we
appear to be complete
soulless idiots on the
global stage—what’s to be
done?
Arizona may be on to
something. Dive deep to
figure out what happened.
Fix it. And tell these power
crazed demons that “We
The People” will take it
from here.
It’s what we must do!
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