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Educational Focus: Literacy & Math Grades K-4 (Limited Spacing) Breakfast, Snack, and Lunch Served Swimming 106 CALLAWAY ST. LEESBURG, GA31763 WE ACCEPT CAPS Ouke 3 - 3uUj 1 7:30a.rw - £;ooprvi per person Registration Fee $50 (includes T-Shirt) The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, February 20, 2019, Page 9A Be Good to One Another Special to the Ledger John Wallace The other day I was coming back from Al bany and decided to stop into a chicken joint and get some dinner. Now I had eaten here before, when I worked in Alba ny, but only at lunch. The lunch was always great and I had no reason to believe that their dinners would be any different. As I pulled into the park ing lot I saw a bummy looking guy sitting by the lamp post eating some chicken. Another homeless looking guy came around the corner and they got into some sort of conversation. I had to maneuver around them and I thought, “Someone should do something about these people hanging around here. It could drive away business”. I go inside and there is man ordering food and then I see another outdoorsy looking fellow standing at the end of the counter. I hear him ask the girl if she has anything for him. She gives him two pieces of chicken and out the door he goes. I’m thinking, “I’m in the wrong line, that line over there gives John Wallace you free food.” Then it’s my turn and I ordered a 8 piece family chicken dinner. For a family of two. And yes, I paid for it. Just so you know, I am not going to tell you the name of this place and you shall soon find out why. And it has nothing to do with you getting free chicken. And they got them some good chicken. I get my order and as I am leaving another down and outer opens the door and holds it for me and then he goes in. I’m thinking what is with this place? All these guys that obviously don’t have a dime in their pockets, going in and getting handouts. Why does the owner allow this? Some people pay good money to eat here. And some people that don’t have any money get to eat here for free. What kind of world is this that this sort of thing goes on? And then it hit me. This is how it is sup posed to be. It’s in our moral DNA. Those who can should take care of those who can’t. I know some of you will say they are just lazy people Submitted Photo LCES students LOVE trying out the new instruments in music. Pre-K Online Registration February 22,2019 2019-2020 Pre-K Online Registration will open Friday, February 22,2019 at 8:00. You can access the link at http://www.lee.k12.ga.us/lcss/ registration.html. If the registration form is completed before Febru ary 22nd, you will receive a denied email due to the fact it will not be open. Registering your child is often the first step in a successful academic experience. It involves some time and paperwork. We want to help make the process go smoothly, so please be sure to have all required documents and complete the registra tion forms online. This will expedite the enroll ment process. (The registration forms cannot be completed on a phone- must use a computer or tablet). If you do not have access to a computer or internet, you may come to the Board of Edu cation on Friday, February 22 and someone will assist you. Please check the required documents on the Registration webpage (www.lee.k12.ga.us/lcss/ registration.html) to ensure that you have the necessary documents for your child to attend our Pre-K Program. You child must be 4 years old on or before September 1,2019 and reside in Lee County to be eligible to attend the Lee County Pre-K Program. Once you have completed the form online, please call 229-903-2133 to set up an appointment. You will need to bring ALL required documents to the appointment. The Central Registrar’s office is located at the Board of Education. looking for a handout. I have been there and, sometimes bad things happen to good people and, hey, I pulled out of my nosedive but not everyone is so lucky. The thing I remember most from those days is ev eryone is doing the best they can. But sometimes things don’t shake out the way you think they will. And you could use a helping hand. If you have never been down and out, you have been blessed. But have a little compas sion for those who have not. Recently I read a story about a man who was walking with his father when a deadbeat came up and asked them for money so he could eat. The man refused to give money to the deadbeat but his father reached in his pocket and gave the guy a five dollar bill. Af ter the deadbeat thanked him and left, the man said to his father, “You know he will go and buy wine with that money.” The father said, “If he said he needed money for food and he spends that money on wine, well, that says a lot about his character. But if he asked me for help, and I could have helped him, but I choose not to.. .well, that would say a lot about my character.” This whole episode put me in mind of a few verses from the Bible, although I am sure there is something similar in all religious writings. Like the Golden Rule. Or when Jesus spoke of being Righteous. “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.” “That which you do for the least of my brothers and sisters, you do for me.” And finally, the reason I will not put this busi ness’s business on the street is another reading from the Bible. This one says when you are giving to the needy, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.. Don’t blow your own trumpet about what a good person you are. The Lord will know what you did and you will be rewarded. Anyway I saw this the other day and I was impressed. Verily. Ev erywhere you go, people who know about these things tell us to be good to one another. 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