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Page 8A,The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Find it hard to believe a fed employee plan ning to sell camper and car when one pay- check is missed and back pay coming. Hook him up with a Dave Ramsey course. Subsidized private low rent housing complex in Albany offering 'rent as low as free'. Of course taxpayers pick up the tab as usual. Wonder why poverty in Albany grows? Bitcoin valued at $20,000 in Dec 2017 now 'worth' $3,650. Like investing in vapors. Australian heat wave bringing 91 degree lows and 120 highs. Come on winter, beyond oppressive. Our future is bleak when the only people we can elect nationally without protest are socialists and anarchists It's a scary world. Guy sees a kid, Jayme Closs, get on a school bus and decides to kidnap her and then kills her parents. How do you stop this? Latvia seizes 2 tons of cocaine worth $1 bil lion, came from Ecuador. Guess our activity at border changed the destination. New Phoebe CEO select won't have a culture shock since he is coming from Detroit. Won der where he will live? CON process not likely to get needed dras tic overhaul in legislature because campaign contributions from hospital lobby will override public interest. Was upset when I heard Tim Tebow took a knee but found out it was while proposing to a former Miss Universe. Nice! Welcome back, Allan Russell, have missed your letters to the editor. 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 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 Sumter EMC STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION Sumter Electric Membership Corporation is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 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Dear Nancy, sorry your trip at our expense was cancelled. Trump says it's dangerous over there but you and Chuck need to go anyway. Well Kate Scarmalis, I've been struggling recently with Gillette's 'toxic masculinity' and finally decided what it means is I won't use their blades anymore. A petition has started asking Super Bowl halftime performers to take a knee in sup port of Colin Kaepernick. Will never give up. The sucking sound you hear at the end of March will be Joel Wernick leaving the build ing with most of Albany's remaining wealth. If ASU had a $250 million impact on the area in 2017, where did it go? Heat and eat chitterling loaf at the grocery makes jelly balls look like gourmet food. Activities were held Monday honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his impact on civil rights - in the U.S. and around the world. UGA teaching assistant's comments advocat ing some whites may have to die in advancing social justice is repulsive. The UGA decision to take no action is even more repulsive. Border agents seizing 700 pounds of coke worth $22 million at a non-entry border area in TX further substantiates need for the wall. It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. Thomas Paine Criteria at the Marine Base: Those who spend money are essential, be at work. The economic forecast for South Georgia looks positive. Don't like the Saints but must admire 40 yo Drew Brees, still got what it takes to be a winner even tho they lost. Recent research shows 60% of coffee spe cies found in the wild may go extinct. Of 124 types, 75 are at risk. No 'mo Joe? Can't begin to tell you how relieved I am to read that Justin Bieber's mother likes his new wife. Maybe he does too, at the moment. Miami Shores FL fines homeowners $50/ day for growing edible plants in a front yard, tomatoes included. A government stretch too far for me. "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." - Martin Luther King Jr. The Democratic Party has become so un hinged that it doesn't just want to keep the U.S. border with Mexico wide open. It wants to stop Trump from deporting illegal child molesters. A liberal judge criticized Trump for deporting an illegal alien who sexually as saulted a child. You gotta laugh at Albany leaders who said they want to build jobs when half the busi ness in the city are begging for workers. There is no skilled labor in this town who want a job that don't already have one. "There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up." - Booker T. Washington Submitted Photo 3rd Grade Twin Oaks Elementary School December Model Students Front row: Cam Courson, Vayda Thomas, Jaelynn Oliver, Lily Addison, and Tim Houston. Back row: Braylon Smith, Lilly Kobs, Kinsley Johnston, Lucy Poulos, Hollis Baxter, and Tillman Calhoun. Submitted Photo 4th Grade Twin Oaks Elementary School December Model Students Front row: Aidan Cauley, Kennady Patrick, Nia Johnson, Danielle Johnson, and Andy Zuniga. Back row: Wesley Johnson, Grayson Luke, Jazlyn Lake, Dmarcus Battle, Ayden Mazariegos, and Sophie Slatton. Not pictured is Delilah Farris. Submitted Photo 5th Grade Twin Oaks Elementary School December Model Students Front row: Garland Saville, Hadiya AM, Zoey Etheredge, Sam Rayment, and Rudra Pithawala. Back row: Ava Hix, Rylee Thompson, Jaidyn Marshall, Sydney Lord, and Katie Vines.
