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Page 4A - The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, December 20, 2001
Merry
Christmas
Christmas is a special time of
year. Christmas is a time of fam
ily and friends and renewing old
relationships. Christmas is a time
of goodwill towards our fellow
man. Christmas is a time of joy
and celebration.
Christmas is also full of tradi
tions and spiritual meaning to
mankind. Did you know that
"Santa Claus' is based on a real
person? Saint Nicolas was a
Christian leader that wanted to
give money to the poor people.
However, he was also a very shy
man. It is said that one day he
climbed the roof of a house and
dropped a purse of money down
the chimney. It landed in a stock
ing in which a girl had put to dry
by the fire. Thus, a Christmas
stocking hung with care and
Santa entering the home thru the
chimney was borne.
It is said that evergreens such
as our traditional Christmas trees
are symbols of enduring life be
cause of their enduring green
color during the winter season.
The Christmas tree lights rep
resent the birth of Jesus, the Light
of the World.
The star often placed on top of
the Christmas tree represents the
brilliant star that guided the three
wiseman to Baby Jesus.
The tradition of exchanging
gifts represents the gold, frank
incense, and myrrh given to the
Christ Child by the wisemen.
It is said that an Indiana candy
maker wanted to invent a candy
that was a witness to Christ. He
made a hard candy because Christ
is the "Rock of Ages" and the
candy was made in the shape of a
shepherd's staff to symbolize the
"Good Shepherd". The white
stripe represents the sinless nature
of Christ and the red stripe repre
sents the blood shed by Christ for
our sins. Of course this candy is
known by everyone as candy
canes.
Christ-Mas - "Christ" means
'Messiah' or 'Anointed One' and
"Mass" is a religious festival.
Christmas is full of traditions and
special meaning to all mankind.
Enjoy time with family and
friends in celebration. Let us all
remember to celebrate the true
The University of Georgia • Cooperative Extension Service
Holly Pit Making Scale
Doug Collins, Acting Lee County
Extension Coordinator
Putting TCnowledge toWork^l
Holly pit making scale causes twigs to become
distorted and sparsely foliaged.
Holly Pit Making Scale
Holly pit making scale affects
American, Chinese, and Japanese
hollies, but not English holly. The
affected holly twigs look irregu
larly swollen. They appear rough,
distorted, and pitted.
The scale insects feed on the
plant juices of the holly. Infested
twigs often have sparse foliage.
Growth can be reduced.
Pit making scale is difficult to
control because it is all but im
possible to kill the adults in the
"pits" with chemicals. The recom
mended course of action is to
prune all dead and scale infested
wood from the plant. Taft Eaker,
the University of Georgia Coop-
The Lee County Ledger
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meaning of Christmas - The birth
of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the
Anointed One, the Son of God.
Tom, Herbert, and Lannis of the
Georgia Forestry Commission in
Lee County wishes everyone a
Safe and a Very Merry Christmas
Then pealed the bells
more loud and deep,
“God is not dead,
nor does He sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth,
good-will to men!”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
'%>u£LL'
Facts About Masonry
erative Extension Service
Homeowner Integrated Pest
Management specialist recom
mends that an application of hor
ticultural oil be made at the time
of pruning to control immature
scale, called crawlers.
While it is almost impossible to
control adult scale insects, the
immature insects are much easier
control. The best time for control
ling them is during the growing
season.
Shake a twig over a white sheet
of paper to detect the presence of
crawlers. For more information,
call the Lee County Extension
Office at 759-6025.
BULL HAS TAKEN
LEE COUNTY
It’s a shame but I hear that Lee
County’s “Raging Bull” admin
istrator seems to be passing out
more than professional advice.
Next, instead of obscentities, he’ll
be screaming “Off with their
heads!” If King Commission al
lows this abuse to continue, he
may lose his crown. Why not take
some of the huge increase they
gave the “Bull” and insist on
some stress managment and sen
sitivity training. Hardworking
people are a precious resource, as
well as voters!
Concerned Citizen
GOODIN HAS WHAT
IT TAKES
Honor and integrity. They are
traits we want in our leaders and
characteristics we admire in our
role models. When coupled with
liberty, honor and integrity yield
freedom, which is the essence of
the red, white and blue flags we
see proudly displayed every
where. They are virtues we hope
to instill in our children because
we understand that to embody
honor and integrity will bring
great things.
That is why I am so bothered
by Coach Goodin's dismissal.
Coach Goodin has built a football
program from scratch, taken the
team to the state playoffs twice,
and has a winning record over
all. But just as important, he has
also shown a consistent willing
ness to take an interest in the kids,
go the extra mile. However, now,
because of someone's arbitrary
and distorted definition of a win
ner, all of his good deeds, the ex
tra effort, his exemplary record on
and off the field, have been dis
counted. It is as if the rules have
been changed after the game has
been played; in a blink of an eye,
the final score has been altered -
forgery, all in the name of win
ning.
But to be a winner, one must act
like a winner. It is self-evident
that a true winner does not engage
in deceit, manipulate the truth, or
run from a sincere question. A
winner does not backstab, does
not engage in cowardly armchair
quarterbacking or hide behind
fabricated rules. A winner will
always take responsibility for his
or her actions, no matter the cost,
for in the end, it is the difficult
things we do in life that are sa
vored the most.
What does it say about our
school board when teachers, the
people in the trenches, the ones
in the know, are afraid to voice
their opinions because of the fear
of reprisals? What happens to our
school system when the free ex
change of valued ideas is
squelched, when liberty is
squashed? Is not progress pref
erable to stagnation and decline?
So why is Dr. Lewis so intent
on avoiding questions? Why is
he so keenly interested in getting
rid of a coach who has shown he
can win football games and is a
person that has demonstrated an
unmistakable willingness to go
the extra mile, to go above and
beyond the call of duty, a man
who will take a personal interest
in a kid's life and make a differ
ence? Why is the school board
so cavalier about losing a coach
who is a credit to the school and
community, a winner in every
sense of the word? Unfortu
nately. it is not uncommon for
people to fear what they don't
understand or feel threatened by
what they don't have. In this case,
what the powers-that-be seem to
be lacking are the essential quali
ties in every winner — honor and
integrity.
John Bagnato
LCHS BAND WEBSITE
We'd like to invite you to visit
the Lee County High School
Band website. We have links to
many different college sites and
local interests. We also have links
to this year’s pictures taken at the
various games and try to keep the
site interesting. The address is
http://www.geocities.com/
lchstrojanband/
Each page plays holiday music
and the holiday page has buttons
which allows visitors to play dif
ferent Christmas music.
We'd like to invite you and the
Lee County Community to visit
the site and to have the best of
Holidays.
Thank you,
Larry Cooley
Webmaster of the Lee County
High School Band Web Site
County Administrator needs
to GO! - NOW
Randy Dowling IS the problem
with morale in Lee County. From
what I've heard, most of the
county employees do not trust
him or expect him to treat them
fairly. He recently "cussed" at one
employee who decided to quit her
job instead of being under the
pressure of a man without tact or
caring toward others. This par
ticular employee had just com
pleted extensive computer train
ing and was a very liked and ca
pable person. Dowling has made
the statement, "She was not a
team player". He continues, to
this day, in an effort to destroy her
credibility. Everyone knows this
particular person, whose mother
works in the Tax Assessor's of
fice. She was a good and capable
county employee who knew how
to treat the public. We need more
like her in county government,
not less. I also heard a story about
Randy having unkind words with
a lady in the office of the Clerk
of Superior Court. If the County
Commissioners were to check
into the circumstances and the
language Randy used against
these two ladies, he would be
fired on the spot. Hopefully, one
or both of these young women
will seek some legal advice on
their employment rights.
The truth is Randy Dowling is
not a team player. Most, if not all.
of Lee County's Elected Officials,
(except 4 of the 5 Commission
ers) do not like, trust or believe
in Randy Dowling. The Sheriff of
Lee County. Mr. Breeden, and his
staff, will not even speak to the
man because of his lack of respect
for law enforcement personnel
and the fact that, in the past,
Dowling stated he “hated the
Sheriff' s Department" . What
kind of statement was that,
Randy?
In the past five years, since
Dowling has been Administrator,
morale within the County has de
clined substantially. The Assistant
County Administrator, Lang
Hollbrook, who recently quit,
could not work with Dowling.
Why did he leave? Miss Dock
ery, his current clerk, is number
three in the past five years. Dowl-
See Letters, Page 10A
By J.M. Rhodes
Member of Chehaw Lodge 701
Leesburg, Georgia
WHEN IS A MAN A MA
SON?
by Rev. Joseph Fort Newton
When he can look out over the
river, the hills, and the far hori
zon with a profound sense of his
own littleness in the vast scheme
of things, and yet have faith,
hope, and courage- which is the
root of every virtue. When he
knows that down in his heart ev
ery man is as noble, as vile, as
divine, as diabolic, and as lonely
as himself, and seeks to know, to
forgive, and to love his fellow-
man. When he knows how to
sympathize with men in their sor
rows, yea, even in their sins-
knowing that each man fights a
hard fight against many odds.
When he learned how to make
friends and to keep them, and
above all how to keep friends
with himself. When he loves
flowers, can hunt birds without
a gun, and feels the thrill of an
old forgotten joy when he hears
the laugh of a little child. When
he can be happy and high-minded
amid the meaner drudgeries of
life. When star-covered trees and
the glint of sunlight on flowing
waters subdue him like the
thought of one much loved and
long dead. When no voice of dis
tress reaches his ears in vain, and
no hand seeks his aid without re
sponse. When he finds good in
every faith that helps any man to
lay hold of divine things and sees
majestic meaning in life, what
ever the mane of that faith may
be. When he can look into a way-
side puddle and see something
beyound mud, and into the face
of the most forlorn fellow mortal
and see something beyond sin.
When he knows how to pray, how
to love, how to hope. When he
has kept faith with himself, with
his fellowman, and with his God,
in his hands a sword for evil, in
his heart a bit of a songglad to
live, but not afraid to die.
Such a man has found the only
real secret of Masonry, and the
one which it is trying to give to
all the world.
Treason
By Hugh Morris
Be strong and very coura
geous. Be careful to obey all the
law my servant Moses gave
you; do not turn from it to the
right or to the left, that you may
be successful wherever you go.
Joshua 1:7
Treason is specifically defined
in the Constitution of the United
States of America Section. 3.
Clause 1: Treason against the
United States shall consist only
in levying War against them, or
in adhering to their Enemies,
giving them Aid and Comfort.
No Person shall be convicted of
Treason unless on the Testi
mony of two Witnesses to the
same overt Act. or on Confes
sion in open Court.
TREASON - This word
imports a betraying, treachery,
or breach of allegiance. Treason
involves a person who owes
allegiance to the United States
and levies war or adheres to the
enemies of the United States,
giving them aid and comfort.
The Supreme Court of the
United States declared that
engaging in actual, physical
hostilities against the United
States constitutes treason and
that such conduct does not have
to take place within the United
States for the country to
prosecute.
Thomas Jefferson on treason
March 22, 1792. “This, when
real, merits the highest punish
ment.”
Treason is a rare phenomenon.
There have been fewer than 40
federal prosecutions for treason
and even fewer convictions.
Several men were convicted of
treason in connection with the
Whiskey Rebellion (1794) but
were pardoned by George
Washington. The most famous
treason trial, that of Aaron
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articles/02049.html" Burr in
1807, resulted in acquittal.
Politically motivated attempts
to convict opponents of the
Jeffersonian Embargo Acts and
the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
all failed. In the 20th century,
treason has become largely a
wartime phenomenon, and the
treason cases of World Wars I
and II were of minor signifi
cance. Most states have
provi
sions in —
their
consti
tutions
or
statutes
similar
to those
in the U.S. Constitution. There
have been only two successful
prosecutions for treason on the
state level, that of Thomas Don-
in Rhode Island and that of
John Brown in Virginia. Cases
pop up in times of national
stress. So it says more about the
times in which we live since
Sept. 11 that there is talk once
more of a treason prosecution.
John Walker fought alongside
the Taliban while his fellow
Americans were fighting
terrorism on the other side of
the battle lines. Walker was
captured during a failed prison
revolt where CIA operative
Johnny Michael Spann was
killed. He could face charges of
treason, conspiracy, providing
material support to terrorists or
murder of a U.S. agent.
Editor’s note: Hugh O.
Morris, Jr is an attorney and
his office is located at 506
North Jefferson Street, Albany,
Georgia, (229) 420-4104.
KPS Model Student
Alyssa Yom was named a
Model Student of the Month for
November, 2001 at Kinchafoonee
Primary School.