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When was the United States
Department of Education established?
The United States Department
of Education was established by
former President Jimmy Carter
(1977 - 1980) on October 17,1979,
as a political payoff to teachers’
unions for their endorsement of his
candidacy for president in 1976.
According to the
Constitution of
the United States,
which is a com
prehensive list of
things the federal
government is
allowed to do, a
national depart
ment of educa
tion is NOT one
of them. “Education” is specifically
NOT listed in the Constitution,
which means that the authority
over education must be left up to
the state Departments of Educa
tion, those legally responsible for
establishing and running schools.
As results have shown, no one
federal curriculum can meet the
unique needs of millions of school
children across a nation of so many
varied cultures and different edu
cational needs. To circumvent the
Constitution, the U.S. Department
of Education does not directly man
date what schools nationwide are to
do, but instead, withholds funding
unless states follow its conditions
for politically indoctrinating stu
dents to its requirements.
Alarmingly, the Department
violates the personal freedoms of
America’s children by demand
ing that schools acquire uncon
stitutional personal information
from elementary to high school
students about
family members;
u religious beliefs;
~"J / political affilia-
tions; psycho
logical problems;
sex behavior, and
more with the
promise of money
to the schools.
Some of the
many failed Department of Educa
tion initiatives are No Child Left
Behind, Race to the Top, Every
Student Succeeds Act, and espe
cially Common Core (imposing
standard curricula with impossible
math problems, revisionist history
textbooks, and oppressive constant
standardized testing, which was
outrageously expensive for taxpay
ers).
Many parents are demanding
that the unconstitutional U.S. De
partment of Education be abol
ished so that control over education
is restored to the local level, putting
parents and teachers back in charge,
and in control of educational fund
ing.
Florida getting results
with monoclonal antibody
treatments for COVID-19
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis has absorbed a
storm of criticism in the
national media for refus
ing to let school districts
in his state impose mask
mandates to discourage
the spread of COVID-19.
But DeSantis has
launched a statewide ini
tiative to fight the virus
that could take some pres
sure off his state’s hospi
tals.
The Republican gover
nor has been crisscrossing
Florida this week touting
the success of monoclonal
antibody treatment, which
is now available at state-
run sites.
“Since we’ve been
doing those treatments,
we’ve seen a decline in
the hospital census for
COVID,” DeSantis said
Wednesday during a news
conference in Fort Myers,
FL. “We’ve seen a decline
in the emergency visits for
COVID.”
While, DeSantis con
tinues to promote vaccines
as the best defense against
COVID-19, some Florid
ians who have contracted
the virus credit the treat
ment with keeping them
out of the hospital.
Monoclonal antibod
ies are laboratory-pro
duced proteins that func
tion like the antibodies
made by the immune sys
tem in response to infec
tion. Until recently, only
hospitals offered the treat
ment, which was done
through infusions.
Florida has opened
21 centers across the state
that offer the antibodies to
patients at no cost. Each
patient receives four injec
tions.
Monoclonal antibody
treatments typically are
used to prevent patients
who have tested positive
for COVID-19 from get
ting sick enough that they
have to be hospitalized.
Georgia has yet to fol
low Florida’s example by
launching a statewide ini
tiative for monoclonal an
tibody treatments. How
ever, the treatments are
available at 136 locations
in Georgia under a U.S.
Food and Drug Admin
istration emergency use
authorization, state De
partment of Public Health
spokeswoman Nancy Ny-
dam said Friday.
“At this time, the Geor
gia Department of Public
Health is exploring all op-
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tions for making mono
clonal antibody treatment
more accessible to Geor
gians,” Nydam said.
Georgia certainly
could use the help of treat
ments that reduce the
need for hospitalization of
coronavirus patients. The
state set a record for CO
VID-19 hospitalizations
this week at 5,880, topping
the previous high mark set
last January.
As of Thursday after
noon, 1,103,756 Georgians
had been diagnosed with
COVID-19. The virus had
resulted in 73,777 hospital
izations since the pandemic
began in March of last year,
with 23,006 confirmed or
probable deaths.
This story available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
Gospel Sing—
A gospel sing will
be held on Saturday,
September 11, at
6:00 p.m., at The Out
Of Your Comfort Zone
Tent Revival, 214 Aza
lea Road, Baxley,
featuring Ann Yar
brough and Chosen
from Waycross.
Everyone is invited
to attend.
ODDS
NDS
ask
Mbo Magnolia^
Letters have been edited for length and clarity.
Dear Ms. Magnolia,
/ read your answer about the “two
wolves story.” That version spread on
the internet is different from the origi
nal story and leaves out a different les
son that you might like to hear.
The story says that a Cherokee
grandfather is telling his grandson
about the two sides of every human’s
personality - good and evil - as two
wolves fighting inside us. But the inter
net ending says that the wolf who wins
is the one we feed.
But the original story ends different
ly. The grandfather says that if you feed
them right, both wolves win because
they both have qualities that humans
need. The good wolf has compassion, a
caring heart, and concern for the needs
of others. The evil wolf has tenacity,
courage, fearlessness, strength of will,
and resourcefulness.
You see, the two wolves need each
other. Feeding one and starving the oth
er will eventually make both uncontrol
lable. Caring for both allows you to do
something greater, something good with
your time on earth. Consider them both
and you will quiet their internal strug
gle for your attention, and then you can
hear the voices of deeper knowledge
that will guide you in choosing the right
path in every circumstance.
Peace is what we must all strive for
in life. He who has peace inside has ev
erything . He who harbors a storm with
in his heart and soul has nothing. How
you choose to treat the opposing forces
within you will ultimately determine
how you live. This is the true message
of the story of the two wolves.
Tonto
Dear Tonto,
Thank you for this thought-pro
voking addition.
If you have a question for Ms. Magnolia, please mail it to P.O. Box 669, Vidalia, GA
30475, or e-mail to msmagnoliaadvance@yahoo.com.
Georgia tourism industry getting boost
from federal coronavirus relief funds
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia will use $5.8
million in federal corona
virus relief aid to market a
tourism industry that suf
fered losses during the pan
demic, Gov. Brian Kemp
said Thursday.
Travel spending, tour
ism jobs and overall eco
nomic impact from tourism
have all declined during the
pandemic, but the damage
could have been worse.
Visitation to Georgia
during fiscal 2020 nearly
matched the record set
during the previous fiscal
year, as domestic overnight
and day trips to and within
Georgia helped offset the
loss of international visitors
and conventions.
Tourism generated
410,000 jobs statewide in
fiscal 2020 and produced
an economic impact of
$53.72 billion. The Geor
gia Department of Eco
nomic Development has
yet to release figures from
fiscal 2021, which ended
June 30.
The influx of CO
VID-19 relief funds to the
agency’s tourism division
will help build on the suc
cess of the state’s tourism
recovery marketing cam
paign launched earlier
this year,called Ready. Set.
Georgia.
“This funding will help
Georgia’s travel and hospi
tality industry compete in a
highly competitive market
ing landscape,” Kemp said.
The state’s travel web
site also is performing well.
ExploreGeorgia.org has
recorded 15 consecutive
months of record-breaking
traffic, with more than 11
million visits during fiscal
2021, an increase of 59%
over the previous fiscal
year.
“Georgia is a beautiful,
diverse state,” state Com
missioner ofEconomic De
velopment Pat Wilson said.
“Despite the challenges
of the last year, with addi
tional funding ... there are
optimistic signs that point
to a tourism industry well
positioned for future suc
cess.”
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