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Page 4A,The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Ge|rgia Forestry
Commission Report
Sharing the Word
Special to the Ledger they will all be put right divine plan ... “But God Himself bore, and our
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Tom Lambert
Lets Think Firewise
Georgia is one of the
fastest growing states
in North America. And
with this growth folks
are moving
farther and
farther out
of town.
Most of
us truly
enjoy the
outdoors
and love
the sights
and sounds
of trees and
the woods.
We under
stand that
trees clean the air we
breathe and produce life-
giving oxygen ... trees
conserve our priceless
topsoil and help keep our
rivers and streams run
ning clean ... that trees
cool our homes, increase
property values and af
ford habitat for wildlife.
Many of us want to be
as close to all this as pos
sible.
This is where ‘Wild
land/Urban Interface’
comes in ... Where urban
dwellings and busi
nesses are in a wildland
setting. (Isn’t it beauti
ful?) But... seldom is
there defensible space
around the structure. We
want to leave the trees
to shade the breakroom
or the bedroom win
dow, to keep the patio
cool for lunch break or
in the afternoon when
we get home. We want
the shrubs to present a
warm, inviting, appear
ance from the road - a
quarter mile away. We
want the deck suspended
over that wonderful rock
out-cropping with the
azaleas tucked in. We
want that tree limb just
outside the kitchen or
office window with bird
feeders on it so we can
watch the bluebirds.
Here in the South,
wildfire season is tradi
tionally from October
through April, and is
most intense from March
through April. However,
during dry hot summers
often time’s fire season
is year round in the
South. Dry, warm and
windy conditions raise
a red flag to fire fighting
agencies that maintain
a 24-hour readiness to
combat wildfires. The
wildfires that have oc
curred in 2007 and again
in 2011 in the Waycross
area serve as a reminder
that when weather
conditions are right, at
any time and from any
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direction a wildfire can
move swiftly through a
neighborhood destroying
homes and property.
‘Firewise’ is clearing
at least 30 feet
around a struc
ture for fire
fighting equip-
* ment. Spacing
trees carefully.
It’s removing
‘ladder fuels’
(vines) that
link grasses
to treetops.
It’s creating
a ‘firebreak’
with drive
ways, gravel
walkways, lawns or a
harrowed perimeter
firebreak. “Firewise” is
removing leaf clutter and
pine straw from roofs
and yards. It’s marking
driveways and access
roads clearly and pro
viding ample space for
fire equipment to your
home with turn around
space too. When pos
sible, “Firewise” is using
construction materials
that are fire resistant or
non-combustible.
To learn more about
“Firewise” and steps you
can take to protect your
home from destructive
wildfires contact the
Georgia Forestry Com
mission office for Lee
County at 759-3011 or
430-5122.
By Harry R. Martinez,
Ph.D
Christ Our Substitute,
Pt.2
This second in a
series of articles on the
substitutionary death
of Christ on the Cross
vividly brings to mind
the necessity of divine
intervention to remedy
the hopeless and helpless
condition of humanity, in
total depravity and alien
ated from the Creator.
Such a condition requires
both a Plan and a Person
to bring about a redemp
tive solution. Thus in
eternity past, before the
creation of the world and
the first man, the God
head decreed to provide
a Savior whose sacrificial
work on the Cross would
reconcile fallen man to
God. This redemptive
work would be accom
plished totally by God
Himself and would be
appropriated by man on
the basis of faith alone
in the finished work of
Christ on the Cross. To
the churches in Rome,
the Apostle Paul wrote
... “So then, as the one
sin condemned all man
kind, in the same way the
one righteous act sets all
mankind free and gives
them life. And just as all
people were made sin
ners as the result of the
disobedience of one man
[Adam], in the same way
Special to the Ledger
By Sheriff
Reggie Rachals
From cell phones and
iPods to fast-food snacks
and driver drowsiness,
there are more than
enough distractions to
keep Georgia motorists
from focus
ing on our
highways.
And now
national data
is showing
driver inat
tention is a
key cause
in most
crashes and
near-crashes.
Senate Bill
360 prohibits
individuals
from using
wireless telecommunica
tions devices for writing,
sending or receiving text
messages while operat
ing a motor vehicle. Spe
cifically the law states:
“No person shall operate
a motor vehicle on any
public road or highway
of this state while using
a wireless telecommuni-
Sheriff
Reggie Rachals
with God as the result of
the obedience
of the one man
[Jesus Christ]”
(Rom 5:18-19
TEV). The end
result of God’s
solution to
man’s dilemma
would be the
Cross. God’s
Plan required
that He enter
the human race
as true human
Texting and Cell Phone
cations device to write,
send, or read any text
based communication,
including but not limited
to a text message, instant
message, electronic mail,
or Internet data.
House Bill 23 prohibits
use of wireless telecom
munications
devices by
persons under
18 years of
age with an
instruction
permit or Class
D license while
operating a
motor vehicle”
The fine for
offenders will
be $150 and
one point on
their driver
license.
This information was
obtained from driv-
inglaws.org. For more
information contact Ma
jor Keith Houston, Lee
County Sheriff’s Office
at 438-2294, or E-mail
khouston@lee .ga .us
ity but not possessing
the sin nature transmit
ted to all men through
Adam. The promise of
the seed of the woman
given in the Garden
(Gen 3:15) was humanly
impossible but not with
God. The prophet Isaiah
announced ... “There
fore the Lord himself
will give you a sign:
The virgin will be with
child and will give birth
to a son, and will call
him Immanuel” (Isa
7:14 NIV). Mary would
become pregnant by the
spoken word of the Holy
Spirit thus preventing the
transmitting of Adam’s
sin to the humanity of
Christ. Luke, a medi
cal doctor records this
immaculate conception
... “And behold, you
will conceive in your
womb, and bear a son,
and you shall name Him
Jesus.” ... And Mary
said to the angel, “How
can this be, since I am a
virgin?” And the angel
answered and said to her,
“The Holy Spirit will
come upon you, and the
power of the Most High
will overshadow you; and
for that reason the holy
offspring shall be called
the Son of God” (Luke
1:31, 34-35 NASB). The
journey to the Cross
had begun. This Jesus,
God’s provision to rec
oncile man back to God
would have to fulfill the
Father’s Plan in every
detail — obedience to the
Father, be able to resist
temptation in the power
of the Spirit, accept
rejection and humiliation
from His own creation
and willingly become
the substitute to bear
the penalty and punish
ment of the sins of the
world. The Cross was
to be accomplished as a
demonstration of God’s
love for man who was
still in a state of condem
nation, and separated
from God by spiritual
death. Again it was Paul
who would reveal the
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Masonic Short Talk
by Ron Rowe, Sr.
Why Is Acacia A
Masonic Symbol
In putting acacia at
the Master’s temporary
grave, Freemasonry
follows beliefs which
go back to the cap
tivity of the Jews in
Egypt. Here acacia
was supposed to
have grown about
and protected
the chest
into which
Osiris had
been tricked
by his jealous brother,
Typhon. Searching for
her husband, Osiris,
Isis discovered the
tree in the home of a
Phoenician King; for
service she rendered
the king, he gave her
the tree and thus the
body of her husband.
Like the evergreens
of this country, acacia
is hardy. Sprouts come
often from beams and
columns made of aca
cia, the shittah wood
of the Old Testament.
The Jews planted
it on graves as a
symbol of life,
and to mark
the resting place
of the dead that
footsteps profane
it not.
As myrtle was to the
Greeks, mistletoe to
the Scandinavians, and
lotus to the Egyptians,
symbols of immor
tality, so is acacia to
Freemasonry.
demonstrates his own
love for
us in this:
While we
were still
sinners,
Christ died
for” (Rom
5:8 NIV).
God the
Holy Spirit
through
the apostle
describes
the sub
stitutionary sacrificial
death of the innocent
Lamb of God. “He made
Him who knew no sin
to be sin on our behalf,
that we might become
the righteousness of God
in Him” (2 Cor 5:21
NASB). Isaiah foretold
the outpouring of God’s
wrath on the Son ...
“Surely our griefs He
Harry R. Martinez
sorrows He carried; yet
we ourselves esteemed
Him stricken, smitten of
God, and afflicted. But
He was pierced through
for our transgressions.
He was crushed for our
iniquities; the chasten
ing for our well-being
fell upon Him and by
His scourging we are
healed” (Isa 53:4-5
NASB). With the song
writer we lift our thanks
and praise — what love
and what grace!
Editor’s note: Dr.
Martinez is an ordained
minister and was a
professor and head of
the music department at
Florida State University
School from 1975 to
2003. He is the father of
five adult children and
resides in Lee County
with his wife, Sara.
Freedom of Speech
Special to the Ledger
by Henry Crain
This was introduced by
our Founding Fathers to
prevent the government
from interfering with
any form of communica
tion. Today it includes
newspapers, audio,
video and any form of
communication which
affords an opinion. In
1798 shortly after the
Constitution was ratified,
the governing Federalist
Party passed the Alien
and Sedition Act. This
Act made criticism of
the President and Con
gress a crime. You could
criticize Vice President
Thomas Jefferson who
opposed the Act. These
acts proved so unpopu
lar that they effectively
ended the Federalist
Party and
when elected
President,
Thomas Jef
ferson par
doned those
convicted
writers and
re-empha-
sized how
critical free
press was to
our nation.
The press re
mained free
until August
of 1861 when President
Lincoln, in a series of
Executive Orders, sus
pended Freedom of the
Press and suspended the
Constitution. Any criti
cism of Lincoln, his staff
or any sympathy shown
for the Southern States
was not tolerated. The
four largest newspapers
in New York city were
shut down, the Bangor
Maine newspaper was
burned to the ground
and hundreds of other
papers in the North were
shut down for opposing
views. Any paper which
defended the South’s
right to succeed was
shut down. Freedom
of speech was no more.
The Espionage Act
of 1917 and the Sedi
tion Act of 1918 placed
restriction on free press
during war time. The
Supreme Court upheld
the law and added “clear
and present danger”
standard. Congress
repealed the Acts in
1921 and replaced “clear
and present danger” with
an “imminent lawless
action test” which is less
restrictive. The latest
Henry Crain
attack on the press was
the Justice Department
under Attorney General
Eric Holder who vigor
ously pursued James
Rosen, a New York
Times reporter, and sub
poenaed him during the
trial of Jeffrey Sterling.
Mr. Rosen called Presi
dent Obama the greatest
threat to freedom of the
press in this century.
Attacks on the Free
dom of the Press contin
ue. Today however the
Drive by media press has
aligned itself with the
Marxists in the media
and in the government.
You have to dig deep to
find the truths although
some citizens are wak
ing up to the govern
ment coverups aided and
abetted by the media.
The corrupt
ness of this
government
gone wild
is at an all
time high. It
will take a
strong group
of believ
ers growing
spiritually in
this nation
to turn it
around. As
go the teach
ing from the
pulpits of America, so
goes the country. The
French philosopher and
writer, Charles Henri
de Tocqueville said:“I
looked for America’s
greatness in her natural
resources, in her work
ethic, in her factories, in
her fruited plains but it
was not until I looked in
the churches that I found
where her greatness re
sides.” America needs
to be made great again!
Editor’s Note: Henry
Crain and his wife Sara
moved back to Lee
County. Henry retired
from the school busi
ness having worked
as teacher, coach and
school administrator
in Georgia and Missis
sippi. He is also retired
from the Army National
Guard. Henry moved
back to Lee County due
to the many Christian
churches, racial har
mony and the county
in which he was most
happy during his career.
He is the owner of Sharp
Book Company, Inc.
and works part-time
brokering and recycling
textbooks.