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For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed a program, and other important information, please visit our website at www. southgatech.edu/academics/gainful-employment/ Page 6A,The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, August 7, 2019 LeePride c'TTTvm 261 Walnut Ave. Downtown Leesburg 759-6200 “Green Eggs and Ham” Ruling for Inmate by Gail Drake After receiving a vexa tious boiled egg in the mail from a protesting prisoner, a federal judge responded in verse. Dr. Seuss verse. Inmate Charles Jay FOR SALE: 2007 COACHMEN CROSS COUNTRY MOTOR HOME MODEL #354MBS, $60,000 ONE OWNER, DIESEL PUSHER, 300HP, TURBO CHARGED, ALLISON TRANSMISSION, AIR RIDE SUSPENSION, AUTOMATIC LEVELER, LARGE SLIDE OUT, NEW TIRES & BATTERIES, SHELTERED AND PLUGGED IN 24/7! WAY TOO MANY FEATURES TO DESCRIBE! IMMACULATELY MAINTAINED! CALL KEN JONES, 229-364-9906. Wolff, an Orthodox Jew, was protesting his prison food and accused prison officials of refusing to feed him a kosher diet. In his filed Complaint he alleged he could not tolerate hard-boiled eggs and was su ing the New Hampshire Department of Correc tions for $10 million. He mailed “Exhibit 1,” a hard-boiled egg, as part of his com plaint to U.S. District Court Judge James Muirhead. One of the more color ful duties of judges is to rule on appeals from criminal defendants. Common complaints include insufficient evi dence and incompetence of counsel. But prison food samples attached to the complaint was a first for this court. Wolff had asked the Court for a preliminary injunction that would require prison officials to provide him meals that serve “both his spiri tual and medical needs.” Wolff was serving a 10 to 20-year sentence for sexually molesting a 7-year-old girl. In response, Judge Muirhead reached for Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham” to draft his order. “I do not like eggs in sw Georgia lowers claims in rr W-j i m' « « mi A June the file,” penned Judge Muirhead. “I do not like them in any style. I will not take them fried or boiled. I will not take them poached or broiled. I will not take them soft or scrambled, despite an argument well-ram bled.” Then the judge ordered the egg destroyed. “No fan I am of the egg at hand. Destroy that egg! Today! Today! Today I say! Without delay!” Proverbs 29:4 states: “Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be just like him.” This verse is im mediately followed by a seemingly contradictory verse in Proverbs 29-5: “Answer a fool accord ing to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.” Most scholars believe that rather than Gail Drake contradictory, these verses actually comple ment each other. That there is a time and man ner to refuse to answer a fool, and a time and manner to correct a fool. It seems clear that it is usually pointless to discuss a matter with a fool who just delights to argue and does not genuinely seek a solu tion. We are admonished not to stoop to his level or adopt his methods. However, sometimes there is a place to show the weaknesses of the foolish thinking, and the natural consequences of the choices. These responses should be given for the sake of the person acting foolishly so he can better see the errors of his way. Like Judge Muir head, we can give the unlearned argument, lathered with humor and grace, the dignity it deserves. Gail Drake practices probate, adoption, me diation and children’s law in Lee County, GA. The University of Georgia • Cooperative Extension Service Maypop Doug Collins, Lee County Extension Coordinator Putting Knowledge toWorlTj The maypop flower is a large, colorful, and unusual flower. Special to the Ledger Georgia Labor Com missioner Mark Butler said Thursday that the Southwest Georgia region saw fewer new claims for unemploy ment filed in June. The 16-county area also posted a decrease in labor force and employed residents, preliminary numbers show. “Georgia’s been in an extended growth cycle,” said Butler. “In June, our state and local com munities added jobs and employed more people.” Nationally, the unem ployment rate inched up 0.1 percent points in June see Claims, page 7A Maypop The maypop (Pas- siflora inincarnata) is also known as the true passion flower, purple passionflower, and wild passion vine. It is a perennial flowering vine native to our area and several other states. It is most noted for its unusual flowers and its egg-sized green fruit that can “pop” when someone steps on one of them. They require full sunlight, and thus will grow only in areas that are fairly open. The vines have tendrils and can climb on a fence or trellis, but they will often trail over flat ground. Maypop is of ten considered a weed. nessee called this plant “ocoee”. The Ocoee River and Ocoee Valley derive their name from this plant. The maypop is the state wildflower of Tennessee. Maypop, along with other members of the passiflora genus, serve as the exclusive food for the larval stage of the Gulf fritillary, an orange butterfly com monly spotted during the summer in our area. It also serves as food for the larvae of zebra longwing and variegat ed fritillary butterflies. For more information, call the Lee County Extension Office at 759-6025 or email me MODERN AG PRODUCTS SWAIN EQUIPMENT III ITIahindra Rise. fret More For Your Money! Pest Selection Is Now! COM4 A CUStOMAT... Uav« A Friend" 1718 W. Oakridge, Albany 1-800-554-1428 229-883-1827 S ervice election atisfaction Members of the at collinsd@uga.edu Cherokee tribe in Ten- Let’s remember school has started back. 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