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aren't the same. Page 8A,The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, January 9, U.S. Hwy 82 - the Gateway to Lee County, has to be the trashest road in the county. Old political signs, dead deer and dogs, yard signs for out of town business littering the ditches, trash galore, businesses in violation of the sign ordinances, signs on light poles. "Welcome to Lee County - We don't care". As 2018 slips into 2019, will you be a spark for Lee County? DoCo Commissioner wrote in Herald, "For decades, *** Dougherty County has been a beacon, a haven, for those in need across the region." Exactly, why its poverty has grown. Lesson to be learned by Lee—neither a bea con nor haven be. If I owned a business you can bet on rules on smart phone use at work. Want to work or rather play with a phone, dude? Germany in a pickle with effort to go total green electric from wind and solar. Can't meet goal in bad weather or peak use periods and when excess is generated, pays other coun tries to take it. All I wanted for Christmas was the clock to work again on the Courthouse. Maybe next year. On the 3rd day of the new year I did the 2 worst things anyone can do. I went to the Tag office and I went to the Dept of Driv ers services. I went to the tag office first in 2019 Leesburg and spent about 12 minutes there and met a very nice friendly young lady and was gone. I then went to the drivers license place. I had done "Skip a Step" so I got a number and low and behold in less then 10 minutes I was back in my car and gone. Thank you Lee County Tag office and Ga DDS for a quick day, less then 2 hrs including travel. Thirteen percent of the worlds volcanoes and 3% of world's population are in Indonesia. Bad combo for tsunamis in the area. I thought the use of profanity by someone told us they were ignorant. Is liberalism when you go slap crazy and don't care about anyone else. How come all our rich folks, politicians, and military bases have a wall around them? On Saturday, January 5th our package was delivered to the wrong address. I would like to thank the person who was nice enough to bring the package to our address on Lovers Lane Road!! Thank you so much! As an American citizen, if I violate the law, I go to jail, but if you are an illegal immigrant you get free money to live your life until you are approved to become a citizen. Congratulations to the state championship guys. The Lee County Ledger has more Christian articles than most major papers have. Last game and all, Minnesota sure didn't show much respect for Paul Johnson. Triple option leaves with him. r WARNING PROTECTED BY CENTRAL IMONITORINGI 431-0800 A BURGLARY OCCURS EVERY 14.6 SECONDS Security System • Fire Systems Camera Systems Call for a FREE Security Review! 522 Pine Ave www.central911.com (229)431-0800 Always look forward to reading the Soap Box. Never know what you will see. The Lee County Roundball Classic turning into a quality event with a diverse group of teams. Lee does things right! Facebook postings on grabbing and peeping incidents in N Doublegate area are discon certing. Albany's badness will seep into Lee at the border, stay alert jWinsupply OF ALBANY PLUMBING • KITCHEN & BATH Russell Shirley Manager 2150 Gillionville Road Office (229) 888-8088 P.O. Box 3889 Fax (229) 888-9200 Albany, Georgia 31706 rcshirley@winnelson.com winsupplyofalbany.com LeePride CLEANERS 261 Walnut Ave. Downtown Leesburg 759-6200 OmCE/RETAIL Spaces Available! 229-446-8802 or 229-343-0243 Sumter EMC The offices and appliance center of Sumter EMC will be closed on Monday, January 21,2019. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. For emergencies call: (229) 924-8041 or (800) 342-6978. Dispatcher on duty 24 hours per day. Corner of Century Rd. and US Hwy 19 Call For Details! The white line at stop signs and stop lights are there to show you where it is safe to stop. At a stop light if you go past it, the light controls don't know you are there, so it may not change so you can go. At a stop sign if you pass it, turning drivers have to go way out to make the turn. Time to bring home some troops. We still have a presence in too many countries with wars or skirmishes since WWII. Miss Universe contest with a transgender contestant from Spain. Don't care what they say, this is a Mister not a Miss. As one who was in several government shut downs, not one cent of salary was lost and the time off was great. Enjoy. Jim Wilcox pulled the plug and retired, leav ing his mark on the area with the many suc cesses (?) from his 'call to action' editorials. Living on the cooking edge, spatchcocked then brined turkey before roasting. Rave reviews, give it a shot. Confusing zoning hearing request to change property on Cedric for use as a Boarding House. Boarding what? Flu on upswing in GA, time to spend more time away from people when possible and quit eating food samples in stores. 2018 was a tough year for my family, capped off by Hurricane Michael decimating my property. But we are here and optimistic for a better 2019 for all. Since we have people that forget kids left in a car, not much of a stretch to forget food on the stove and cause a fire. Get your head in the. game. Some holding ponds are failing badly. What can be done to make developers 'give' us a better area? Or can we just refuse to accept them? Heard a rumor Mueller investigation will end in 2019 but that's hard to believe. It has taken on a life of its own. Understand the hospital groundbreaking will be in spring 2019 but don't know why. Phoebe in the woodpile again? DoCo was one of the first counties to get a GA Work Ready designation. Looks like being ready to work and taking and keeping a job Albany may be in for a 'do or die' year in 2019. Projects keep mounting up and money running out. Litter louts changing tactics, nothing in the ditch but a great big bag full in trash can at street. Why me, try the neighbors next time. National football play off game Alabama v Clemson was a don't miss event. Sorry Honey, I had other plans. In the 20 years ending in 2017, over 702,000 people died from drug overdose, about same as population of Denver or Seattle. This is a national disgrace. The Trump administration last week an nounced plans to increase enforcement of a 22-year-old law withdrawing food stamps from certain adults who are not working. But state data shows Georgia is way ahead of Washington. With the deepest appreciation, I thank Sam for saving my life. I had fallen and could not get up so I placed a help sign in my window which he saw while delivering the paper. Let's all make America great again. The civil war is over. When everything is coming your way, you are in the wrong lane. Great to see the generosity of people and the law enforcement personnel in proving Christmas cheer for the foster children. Sonja's Kitchen will be missed by many who stopped on their travel to enjoy real home made food. American Marxist Socialists Communists (aka Democrats) have no concern about over 50 million American babies that have been murdered by abortion but let one illegal im migrant child die and they accuse president Trump, Republicans, and border patrol agents of murder and the extremely biased fake news media hypes the incident and goes into the attack mode. In Georgia, only about 8 percent of the population receiving food stamps are able- bodied adults with no children Atlanta, which averages 117 "rain days" a year, received a total of 70.3 inches of rain fall in 2018. That's a 20.9-inch surplus over the 30-year average annual rainfall of 49.71 inches. State general fund spending for the dual enrollment program - the state pays for the high schoolers' college classes - has increased by more than 325 percent over the past five years - from $18.5 million in fiscal year 2014 to $78.8 million in fiscal year 2018 for tuition, fees and books. According to the review recently released by the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, taxpayers will spend $172.3 million overall on the dual enrollment program during the 2017/2018 fiscal year. Just like CNN, WALB broadcast NBC's lies against President Trump. The number of students in the dual enroll ment program has skyrocketed in recent years, from about 11,484 during fiscal year 2013 to 35,862 in fiscal year 2017, a 212 per cent increase Community Calendar • Lee County Board of Education will meet Monday, January 14 at 5:30 p.m. at the Board of Education office building located at 126 Starksville Ave. in Leesburg for their business meeting. • Smithville City Council will meet Thursday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the city hall. • Lee County Utility Authority will meet Thurs day, January 17 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the T. Page Tharp Governmen tal Building, Opal Cannon Auditorium, 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg. • Veterans join the camaraderie of fellow veterans at the Leesburg American Legion Post 182 the first Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at J&E Restaurant on Walnut Ave. in Leesburg. • The Albany Amateur Radio Club meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Ava lon United Methodist Church, Albany (rear of the church). • Albany Shrine Club business meeting is the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. Ladies Night is the third Saturday at 7 p.m. • Cub Scout Pack 210 meets at Leesburg United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Contact Stephen at 229-376-1754.
