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The ADVANCE, November 24, 2021 /Page 9A
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PEOPLE
Jernigan, Coursey
Bennie Joe and Kristy
Jernigan of Vidalia and Ni
cole Jernigan of Warner
Robins announce the en
gagement and forthcoming
marriage of their daugh
ter, Janie Danette Jernigan
of Lyons, to Cody Ryan
Coursey of Lyons, son of
Allen Coursey of Lyons
and Michelle Coursey of
Vidalia.
The bride-elect is the
maternal granddaughter
of the late Celeste Marie
Morris and the late Reggie
Morris. Her paternal grand
parents are Bennie Ray and
Belinda Jernigan of Lyons.
Miss Jernigan is a
2018 graduate of Toombs
County High School. She is
a 2020 graduate of South
eastern Technical College
with an RN degree. She is
currently employed with
Meadows Memorial Hos
pital in Vidalia.
The groom-elect is the
maternal grandson of Mae
Clements of Vidalia and
James Clements of Vidalia.
His paternal grandparents
are the late Claude Coursey
and Dorothy Coursey.
Mr. Coursey is a 2018
graduate of Toombs Coun
ty High School. He is cur
rently employed with Dirty
South Power Sports in Vi
dalia.
The wedding is
planned for Saturday, No
vember 27, 2021, at 5:00
p.m., at The Gathering
Place in Lyons. All friends
and relatives are invited to
attend.
Lowry
continued from page 6A
pared down to largely a
child care and climate
change bill. That’s an
unnatural pairing that
came about not because
those are the top two
things that the public
wants from Washington,
but because they happen
to be what Democrats
think they can pass.
Only now is the White
House trying to argue that
the infrastructure bill and
Build Back Better will
address real public
concerns, namely the
supply chain disruptions
and the inflation that is
outpacing wage growth.
This is clearly a
tendentious, after-the-fact
argument.
The White House can
hope that the supply chain
bottlenecks ease and
inflation declines, but
Biden’s disastrous first year
speaks to a more intractable
problem with the lackluster
occupant of the Oval
Office himself.
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
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OUTSIDE UNDER THE TENTS
1 MEADOWS PRKY, VIDALIA, GA
BENEFITTING PROJECTS OF AUXILIARY
Findley Recognized as GISA Master Teacher
L to R: Travis Absher, Head of School at RTCA; LaRee Findley; and Mark Findley, Board
Chairman and Mrs. Findley's husband.
Robert Toombs Chris
tian Academy would like to
congratulate LaRee Find
ley for being recognized
as a GISA Master Teacher.
To be accepted into GISA's
Master Teacher program,
candidates must submit a
detailed application.
The Master Teacher
program is a year-long
rigorous program that in
volves creating a portfolio
of lesson examples that
show cross-curricular ac
tivities. Teachers must also
submit an unedited video
of themselves teaching a
lesson in the classroom.
They must also submit
several letters of recom
mendations. The portfolio
and video are presented
to a committee who then
evaluates submissions and
awards Master Teacher sta
tus to candidates. Findley
was recognized at the an
nual GISA conference on
Monday, November 15.
"Any award given to
Mrs. Findley is well-de
served. We are very proud
of her for receiving this
honor. I am constantly
impressed to see some
one remain as passionate
about education as she is.
Forty-plus years in the pro
fession, and she comes to
work with a purpose every
day. Her willingness to help
with extra-curricular activ
ities helps set her apart as
well. She is the faculty ad
visor for our Student Gov
ernment Association and
our LEO Club. Mrs. Find
ley also directs our gradu
ation and baccalaureate
ceremonies. She attends all
RTCA events, and she usu
ally plays some role in most
of them. Her love for her
students and RTCA is evi
dent. We are lucky to have
her as a Christian example
for our students," says Tra
vis Absher, Head of School
at RTCA.
Nitty
continued from page 6A
amounts of funds, all of
which are highly politi
cized.
Anyone who has ever
run a business knows what
On Sunday, Novem
ber 28, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.,
Saint Paul African Meth
odist Episcopal Church
will celebrate Men’s Day
2021. The speaker for this
celebration will be a well-
known civic leader in the
City of Vidalia, John Ray
mond Turner. Turner has
been a member of the Vi
dalia City Council since
1983. He is Past President
of the Salvation Army, Past
President of the Toombs
County Boys and Girls
Club and Past President
of the Vidalia Lions Club.
While remaining active in
those organizations, he is
also an active member of
the Mr. Horeb Lodge #114
and the American Legion
Post 313. He is the cur
rent Chairman of the Con
cerned Citizens Coalition.
In 2003, he received recog
nition as Vidalia’s Citizen
of the Year.
I am talking about.
I run a small business
with revenues of a few mil
lion dollars a year. Even at a
few million dollars a year, it
is a great challenge to do
accurate projections.
If it is hard at a few mil-
John Raymond Turner
Turner is a member of
Saint Paul AME Church,
where he serves as the
President Pro-Tern of the
Steward Board and is the
Superintendent of the
Church School.
Turner is married to
Lillie McNear Turner.
The Sunday service
may be viewed on Saint
Paul AME Church Face-
book live at 10:00 a.m. and
by calling 605-313-6000,
Access code 812875.
lion, how about at $6.5 tril
lion, which is where the
federal budget stands this
year?
The corporation with
the largest revenue in the
country is Walmart. It’s
about $560 billion, or
about 10% of the federal
budget.
I am sure if you ask any
analyst in Walmart’s bud
geting department, they
will tell you how hard it is
to project. But aside from
the amounts we’re talking
about, there is another
huge difference between
what is going on in any
private business, at
Walmart, and at the federal
government.
In private business, we
are spending our own
funds. In a big corporation
like Walmart, they are
spending their sharehold
ers’ funds. Every single in
dividual spending and in
vesting these funds is held
personally responsible. If
they are irresponsible, they
get fired.
But where is the per
sonal responsibility for the
trillions being spent by the
federal government?
The 100 Democrat
progressives who are push
ing so hard for this $2 tril
lion in spending have zero
personal responsibility to
assure that these funds are
spent in an effective and
responsible way. It is all
politics. They dream up
programs that sound so
beautiful. But the realities
of these programs submit
to no responsible individ
ual scrutiny.
Americans work too
hard for their income on
which they are paying taxes
to have these funds expro
priated by those who have
political power but no per
sonal responsibility.
In addition, inflation is
also a tax. When the gov
ernment doesn’t explicitly
take the funds through
taxes and prints the money
to meet obligations, this
shows up as inflation,
which then hits every
working American.
In 1900, federal gov
ernment nondefense
spending amounted to
1.8% of our economy; in
1950, it was 10.4%; in
2000, it was 14.8%; and in
2021, it was 28.5%.
Far too much of your
money and mine is being
taken by politicians to
wastefully spend.
Hopefully the $2 tril
lion won’t make it into law.
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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