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The ADVANCE, September 7, 2022/Page 9A
Obituaries
Mr. Jack Sanders
Mr. Jack Graham
Sanders, age 85, of Dublin,
died on Monday, August
29, 2022, at Fairview Park
Hospital in Dublin.
Mr. Sanders was a life
long resident of Dublin and
was a graduate of Dudley
High School. He worked
for the City of Dublin as a
Firefighter, retiring in the
early 2000s as a Sergeant.
As a teenager he worked in
the automotive and marine
upholstery business with
Robert Sanders of Dublin.
He continued working in
the automotive upholstery
business at Smith’s Auto
motive, on days off from
the fire department for over
40 years. He was a member
of Pleasant Springs Baptist
Church, East Dublin. He
was preceded in death by
his parents, Jule and Flossie
Graham Sanders; brothers,
James, Clarence and Eu-
las Sanders; a sister, Mary
Smith; sisters-in-law, Mar
garet Byrd and her husband
Jay, Miriam Carter and hus
band, Francis; and a niece,
Mary Alice Howard.
Survivors include his
wife of 39 years, Eudell
Right Sanders, Dublin;
1 special niece, Taylor
Carter-Dean (Drake),
Jacksonville, FL; sisters-
in-law, Ruby Nelle Black,
Elsie Black; other nieces
and nephews, Judy Wrye
(Randall), Ken Sanders,
Melanie Sanders, Alicia
Howell (Chris), Joy Brown
(David), Michelle Brown-
Dickens (Sammy), Ridge
Brown-Dickens, Michael
Carter, Thomas Carter,
Tucker Carter and David
Howard.
Funeral services were
conducted on Thursday,
September 1, 2022, at
11:00 a.m., at Pleasant
Springs Baptist Church,
East Dublin, with Pastor
Keith Collins officiating.
Interment followed in the
church cemetery with Fire
fighter honors performed
by the City of Dublin Fire
Department.
Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton was in
charge of arrangements.
Lowry
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of pharmacy, hospital
quality committees, and
hospital attorneys to
provide more detailed
guidance to doctors on
how to reach a
determination that
abortion is necessary.
Tragically, this type of
guidance appears slow in
coming.”
It’d also help if
Democrats stopped lying
about these laws, although
that’s not going to happen.
White House press
secretary Karine Jean-
Pierre said the other day
that the Texas pro-life law
will “block medical
providers from providing
life-saving and health
preserving care,” a blatant
falsehood. The Texas law
has a clear life-of-the-
mother exception and
explicitly excludes
treatment for miscarriages
and ectopic pregnancies
from its definition of
abortion.
At the moment,
though, such falsehoods
are carrying the day. To
find their footing,
Republicans will have to
be courageous and shrewd,
two qualities so far in
short supply.
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
(c) 2022 by King Features
Synd., Inc.
Georgia unemployment
rate, job numbers set
new records
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia’s unemploy
ment rate fell again last
month to a record-low
2.8%, while the Peach State
hit an all-time high in job
numbers, the Georgia De
partment of Labor report
ed Thursday.
The jobless rate de
clined slightly in July from
2.9% in June and was
seven-tenths of a percent
lower than the national un
employment rate of 3.5%.
The number of jobs in
Georgia rose last month
to an all-time high of more
than 4.8 million, up 12,500
from June and 214,300
from July of last year.
Job numbers were at
record highs in the trade
and transportation; finan
cial activities; professional,
scientific, and technical
services; and education
and health services sectors.
“Georgia’s job num
bers continue to climb,
reinforcing the state’s posi
tion as one of the nation’s
best places to find employ
ment,” Georgia Commis
sioner of Labor Mark But
ler said Thursday.
“These all-time highs
in multiple sectors dem
onstrate the employment
opportunities the state is
experiencing across the
board.”
On the downside,
initial unemployment
claims increased by 11%
last month from June to
28,545. However, first
time jobless claims have
fallen significantly during
the past year and are down
52%, or 30,266, from July
2021.
There are more than
217,000 jobs listed online
at EmployGeorgia.com,
resulting in a minimum of
more than 285,000 unfilled
positions.
Industries with more
than 10,000 job postings
include health care; retail
trade; accommodation and
food services; manufactur
ing; professional, scientific,
and technical services; fi
nance and insurance; and
transportation and ware
housing.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
MoCo
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the school has been allotted
$450,000 to purchase five
buses. This gives the school
$88,110 to spend on each
bus, but the money must be
spent within 3 years.
According to Ricks, the
price of buses has increased
by around $18,000 per bus,
so he fears the price will
continue to increase if ac
tion is not taken now. The
allotted state fundingwillbe
used for both buses, as well
as an additional $39,584 of
Special Local Option Sales
Tax (SPLOST) per bus.
New Policies
Budget
The FY23 budget was
unanimously approved by
the Board at the August
meeting. This new budget
projects $17,610,991 of
total revenue, $11,000,000
from the general local
and state funding and
$6,610,941 from SPLOST,
local sources, and ESSER.
It also shows plans to use all
ESSER funds for the desig
nated purposes by FY24.
IEDA, IKBB, IKBC
Three policies were
placed on the table for the
procedural 30 days, and
will be voted on at the next
regularly scheduled Board
meeting.
The IEDA Policy, also
known as the Recess/Un
structured Break Time
policy, requires all elemen
tary school students to have
some form of recess every
day, except for days when
physical education, struc
tured activity time (field
trips, assemblies), or in
clement weather (with no
indoor space available) oc
curs.
The IKBB Policy, or Di
visive Concepts Complaint
Resolution Process, states
that parents, emancipated
minors or students at age of
majority, or school staff may
submit written complaints
on divisive concepts being
taught or encouraged at the
school. Once the principal
of the school where the al
leged violation occurs re
ceive a written complaint,
they have 5 days to investi
gate the issue, and 10 days
to respond to the complain
ant. Once receiving the ad
ministrative response, the
complainant may appeal
to the Superintendent and
Board of Education, who
will then review the situa
tion and make a decision.
Complainants also have
the right to request noncon-
fidential records that may
substantiate a complaint
under this policy. Records
should be produced and
available for review within
3 days, and if not, the re
quester should be given a
reason why the records are
unavailable or a timeline of
availability. If records or re
sponse is not given within
30 days, the individual may
appeal the denial or failure
to the Board, who must
put it on the next meeting’s
agenda.
Some subjects that are
deemed “divisive concepts”
within the policy are: rac
ism, personal political be
liefs, race scapegoating, and
racial stereotyping.
The IKBC Policy, also
known as Material Harmful
to Minors Complaint Reso
lution process, has similar
guidelines. This policy al
lows parents or guardians to
submit detailed complaints
of this nature to the prin
cipal of the child’s school.
Within 7 days, the school
principal should review the
complaint and review the
situation. The parent should
receive a response from the
school principal within
10 days, and once that re
sponse is received, the par
ent may appeal the decision
to the Board, which will
speak with the parent and
investigate the situation.
The title of the material
that the Board determines
to not be harmful should be
placed on the Board’s web
site within 15 days of the de
cision and will remain there
for no less than 12 months.
The parent may also request
access to appealed materials
that are physical in nature
and accessible to students
through the school’s media
center.
Examples of material
that are considered harm
ful to minors in this policy
are the description or rep
resentation of nudity, sexual
conduct, sexual excitement,
or sadomasochistic abuse
when it appeals to the pru
rient, shameful, or morbid
interest, lacking in educa
tional value, or discussed in
a offensive nature.
COVID Leave
The 10-day leave for
COVID-positive teachers
was renewed by the Board.
Superintendent Report
Childcare
Superintendent Stan
Rentz told Board mem
bers that the school system
is studying surrounding
school systems, such as Tel
fair County Schools, with
on-campus childcare facili
ties for teachers. These fa
cilities do come at a cost for
these employees, but allow
them to have childcare for
their children at the same
location of their job.
Increase in Enrollment
Rentz said the school
system is experiencing an
increase in enrollment in
the pre-k age group. This
uptick has allowed the
school to create an addi
tional pre-k class, which be
gan this week.
Teacher of the Year
Teachers at each school
will begin to vote for the
teachers of the year later in
the month. A Support Per
son of the Year will also be
chosen from each school
after the recommendation
from Rentz. This award
will celebrate lunchroom
personnel, paraprofession-
als, office receptionists, and
other support staff who
help the schools to function
daily.
Personnel Recommenda
tions
The resignations of
First Grade Teacher Tam
my Murdaugh and Bus
Monitor Regina Best were
accepted.
The following new
hires were approved: Bus
Monitor Alberta Conner,
Bus Monitor Crystal Wil
liams, Work Based Learn
ing Custodian John Holder,
Elementary School Special
Education Paraprofessional
Alicia Newsome, Elemen
tary School Special Educa
tion Professional Ashley
Coursey, Pre-K Paraprofes
sional Brittany Bullard, Pre-
K Teacher Madison Thom
as, and First Grade Teacher
Donna Wilcox.
Several substitutes
were also approved, includ
ing: Randy Dudley, Laura
Clark, Janice Nobles, Amy
Brantley, Donna Warren,
Leaette Williamson, and
Lazaria Williams.
Star
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over this period, and the
price of cellphone service
was down 41% and
computer software was
down 70.5%.
Whereas the price of
college textbooks increased
162%, over the same time
period the price of
recreational books,
according to the Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis,
declined slightly.
The only area that
exceeded college tuition
increases was hospital
services, which were up in
price 220%.
The distinguishing
factor between areas with
large price increases, well
above the general rate of
inflation, and areas with no
change and drops in prices,
is government
involvement.
Areas with a lot of
government in their
business — health care,
higher education, child
care and nurseries — had
price increases over time
well above the general rate
of inflation. Business
operating freely without
government supports
overall were unchanged or
dramatically lower in
prices.
So, our scholarly friend
at the Brookings Institution
may well have things
backward. Government is
not the solution to
escalating costs of college
tuition and books, but to a
large extent the cause.
Universities are free to
bloat their bureaucracies
and offer programs that are
of little practical use, such
as various ethnic studies
programs and other
programs structured to
appeal to politically correct
themes that are popular
with youth. They do it
because they know that
government programs and
supports will bear the
costs.
Of course, universities
should be free to do what
they want. But not on my
dime.
What is being called
loan forgiveness is not loan
forgiveness. It is debt
transfer.
How many reading this
column would be glad to
pay tuition for their
neighbor’s children? This
is what is going on. But it’s
really worse. At least if your
neighbor asks you to foot
the bill for their child’s
tuition, you can refuse.
But now we have a
smiling president buying
the love of Americans who
are happy to see their debts
disappear, while those
debts are transferred, by
presidential fiat, to
American taxpayers.
Is this really the way to
build a nation of strong
character and a thriving,
efficient economy?
Regarding the NAACP,
I wrote a book called
“Uncle Sam’s Plantation:
How Big Government
Enslaves America’s Poor
and what We Can Do
About It”.
NAACP is doing its
part making college too
expensive and getting
government more involved
to make things worse.
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
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COM
Abrams
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of benefits.” Abrams sent
out a press release saying
the practice cheats work
ers out of “unemployment
benefits, workers’ com
pensation, Social Security.”
However, the gubernatorial
candidate is skilled in craft
ing loopholes to exempt her
own non-profits from pay
ing tax revenues. As it turns
out, Abrams’ own non
profits have been penalized
for not paying unemploy
ment contributions to their
own workers.
According to the At
lanta Journal Constitution,
Third Sector Development
was expanded to oversee
her New Georgia Project
voter-registration effort
and reportedly incurred
penalties for that very
practice. “A nonprofit cre
ated by Abrams talked four
liens worth $13,000 from
the Georgia Department
of Labor for unpaid unem
ployment contributions be
tween 2014 and 2016, ac
cording to state tax records.
Abrams earned about
$180,000 in 2014 as the
part-time chief executive of
the New Georgia Project,
which set out to register
hundreds of thousands of
new voters in time for the
midterm election.”
In 2018 Stacey Abrams
owed $54,000 to the IRS,
$96,000 in student loans
and $83,000 in credit card
debt. In 2019 she paid off
all those. Now she is worth
more than $3 million in
cluding $725,000 in stocks
and bonds, a $975,000
property outside of Atlanta,
a $370,000 house in Atlanta
for her parents, and assets
of $560,000 set aside in a
“tax account, along with her
income from various orga
nizations, cowriting books
and making speeches.
In the private sector,
candidate Abrams created
self-serving organizations
structured to deprive the
state and federal govern
ments of tax revenues.
These contrived projects
showed no results from the
millions of dollars contrib
uted to them other than
taking advantage of the
people who were employed
as workers on her projects.
Stacy Abrams has repeated
ly exhibited less than stellar
character traits by cheating
the state out of tax revenues
and is not fiscally fit to be
governor of Georgia.
In the 2020 presiden
tial election, Stacey Abrams
bragged about requesting
1.2 million absentee ballots
for her newly registered vot
ers, most of whom didn’t
even know who was run
ning. Abrams said, “85,000
of those applications are
from voters who did not
vote in the general election,
and they are disproportion
ately between the ages of
18 and 29 and dispropor
tionately people of color.”
Many Georgians still have
“serious concerns” about
the state’s elections and
must have confidence in
the progress for future elec
tions. They want Raffens-
perger to implement a more
“robust verification pro
cess” for reviewing signa
tures on absentee ballot ap
plications and mail-in ballot
envelopes that will include
independent observers so
that Stacey Abrams and her
ilk will not take advantage
of people.