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The ADVANCE, July 21, 2021/Page 11A
Toombs and Wheeler County 4-H’ers
Attend Rock Eagle 4-H Camp
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After a year without
4-H camp, campers and
leaders from Toombs and
Wheeler counties were able
to load up and head to camp
at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in
Eatonton, Georgia. For all
campers, this was their first
time at 4-H camp since all
4-H camps were cancelled
in 2020 due to the CO-
VID-19 pandemic. In the
spring of this year, a plan
was approved by the Uni
versity of Georgia to allow
4-H camp to happen fol
lowing COVID-19 safety
protocols.
To ensure that proto
cols would be followed, the
number of campers able to
attend was limited and the
number of days at camp was
decreased from five to four.
Campers attended activities
in cabin cohorts and, if pos
sible, activities were held
outside. Logistics for camp
may have been slightly dif
ferent, but youth still en
joyed many fun activities.
Campers participated in
games, classes, activities,
and watched skits. Some ex
amples of activities included
archery, recreational games,
lake ecology, arts and crafts,
native lore, and a smoothie
making classes. The camp
ers also watched the vari
ety show and the and Rock
Eagle pageant performed by
the camp counselors.
Campers attending
from Toombs County in
cluded Kaleb Bailey, Jazlynn
Banderas, Madilyn Bell, An-
sleigh Braddock, Jayce Cor
bitt, Joseph Crosby, Cooper
Darden, Haylee Doyle, Ri
ley Earls, Ansleigh Edwards,
Auston Edwards, Hayden
Ford, Jocey Garrett, Au
tumn Hart, Jocelyn Harvill,
Chase Kersey, Jacob Mares,
Adrian Mata, Miranda Mor
gan, Lane Morris, Jordan
Pruitt, Modesto Quintana,
Kallie Rollins, Tiera Shaw,
Layla Sikes, Payton Soles,
Lawton Toole, Kandise
Tootle, Harper Underwood
and Rodger Zamorano.
Campers from Wheel
er County included Payton
Campbell, Rozilynn Cox,
McKenzie Guardiola, Beth
any Ledford, Noah Page,
Dakari Robinson, Raylan
Rodriguez, Fisher Thorn
ton and Aubree Zib.
Teen Leaders for the
week included Brittney Bry
ant, Riley Campbell, Jodi
Kramer and Drew White.
Extension Staff members
Madison Britt (Intern),
Jesseca Campbell, Jason
Edenfield, Cheryl Poppell
and Riley Wimberly along
with 4-H volunteer Shir
ley Earls accompanied the
group.
Although camp was a
little different than years
past, the youth had a blast
and cannot wait for summer
camp in 2022. For more
information about 4-H in
Toombs County, contact
the local office at 912-
526-3101 or visit Toombs
County Extension online at
http://www.ugaextension.
com/toombs/. For infor
mation of 4-H programs in
Wheeler County, contact
the local office at 912-568-
7138 or https://extension.
uga.edu/county-offices/
wheeler.html.
WHEELER GIRLS (CABIN 48) — (L to R): McKenzie Guardiola, Aubree Zib, Raylan Rodri
guez, Rozilynn Cox, Payton Campbell and Bethany Ledford,
TOOMBS/WHEELER BOYS (CABIN 52) — (Lto R): Front: Adrian Mata, Jordan Pruitt, Noah
Page, Hayden Ford, Joseph Crosby, Back: Fisher Thornton, Jacob Mares, Dekari Robin
son, Chase Kersey, Jayce Corbitt,
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ft
TOOMBS GIRLS (CABIN 54) — (L to R): Front: Jodi Kramer, Jocelyn Harvill, Autumn Hart,
Jocey Garrett, Middle: Tiera Shaw, Madilyn Bell, Kandise Tootle, Ansleigh Edwards,
Back: Brittney Bryant.
TOOMBS BOYS (CABIN 53) — (L to R): Front: Auston Edwards, Riley Earls, Modesto Quin
tana, Rodger Zamorano, Kaleb Bailey, Back: Lane Morris, Cooper Darden, Lawton
Toole, Drew White,
TOOMBS GIRLS (CABIN 47) — (L to R): Front: Layla Sikes, Back: Haylee Doyle, Payton
Soles, Harper Underwood, Kallie Rollins, Miranda Morgan, Jazlynn Banderas, Ansleigh
Braddock.
Guest
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away inflation and rising
interest rates as “not our
fault/’ the result would
seem to be foreordained.
Then there is the
matter of race.
Is it a winner for the
Democrats in 2022 to be
seen as the party of tearing
down statues of Robert E.
Lee, Stonewall Jackson,
and Lewis and Clark, of
requiring that
schoolchildren be
indoctrinated in the tenets
of “systemic racism” and
“white privilege,” and learn
about how their ancestors
were slave-owners and
their grandparents cousins
or friends of Jim Crow?
As for the progressives’
agenda, the For the People
Act, the John Lewis Voting
Rights Act and the George
Floyd Justice in Policing
Act could all wind up dead
on the Senate floor
alongside Sen. Bernie
Sanders $6 trillion plan for
remaking America in the
image of Norman Thomas.
All killed by filibusters
bravely defended by Sen.
Joe Manchin (D-WV).
Patrick J. Buchanan is the
author of "Nixon's White
House Wars: The Battles That
Made and Broke a President
and Divided America
Forever." To find out more
about Patrick Buchanan and
read features by other
Creators writers and
cartoonists, visit the Creators
website at www.creators,
com.
Nitty
continued from page 6A
want.
It is the filibuster in the
Senate that prevents
passage of the For the
People Act, the voting and
election reform legislation,
House Resolution 1, that
passed in the House
without a single Republican
vote.
Although HR 1 is being
labelled as “voting rights”
legislation, it addresses
many more aspects of
election law than just
voting. The legislation
eviscerates actions that
Republican states have
moved on to reduce voter
fraud, such as voter ID laws
and stopping vote
harvesting. But it also
moves the federal
government into a host of
other areas, such as defining
political speech and the
organization of the Federal
Election Commission.
The issue here is not to
debate election law but to
ask what this has to do with
poverty and why it is such a
priority for the Poor
People’s Campaign.
In the current
Congress, there are 60
African American senators
and House representatives.
In 1964, there were five.
Per The Wall Street
Journal’s Jason Riley, in
1970, nationwide, there
were fewer than 1,500
Black elected officials.
Today, there are more than
10,000.
In the 2008 and 2012
presidential elections,
Black turnout was higher
than white turnout.
Yet in 2019, the average
Black poverty rate was
more than 2 1/2 times
higher than the white
poverty rate.
There is little evidence
that Black poverty has
persisted over the last half-
century because Black
Americans have not been
able to accumulate political
power or express their will
on election day.
Regarding minimum
wage, economic logic and
economic facts show that
the higher the minimum
wage, the more low-wage
jobs disappear. Raising the
minimum wage is a great
tool to make poverty worse,
not better.
What can make a
difference?
In 2019, the average
poverty rate among
American households was
9%. The average poverty
rate in Black households
headed by a married couple
was 6.4%, per Statistica.
However, the average
poverty rate in Black
households headed by a
single woman was 29.5%,
and 41% of Black
households were headed by
single women.
But the Poor People’s
Campaign has nothing to
say about the data
connecting family
breakdown and abortion to
poverty.
Many Americans do
understand this connection,
including my organization,
CURE. So, when the Poor
People’s Campaign storms
the Senate over the next
four weeks with bogus
claims, we hope our elected
officials will heed other
voices.
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.
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