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Page 4A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, May 18,2022
The Cavalry Is Coming
Special to the Ledger
By Kate Scarmalis
The watch-fires of the
enemy camp burn bright
and long. It is no small
thing. The progressive
elements keep careful
tabs on conservatives.
In kind, it is the voter’s
job to keep tabs on our
officeholders. The elec
tors’ choice at the polls
has never been as crucial
as it has become in re
cent times. Casting your
vote brings the great
hope that a future states
man or stateswoman
will be elected, not just
some Johnny-come-late-
ly political hack.
How can earnest citi
zens go about learning
what each candidate
stands for? Can we trust
campaign ads, glossy
flyers, and campaign
buttons to give us in-
With the possible ex
ception of the live oak,
the white oak is, in my
opinion, the most beau
tiful of the oaks. When
it comes to the bark and
leaf shape and color, the
white oak is the hands
down winner.
Although there is vari
ation from plant to plant
among trees grown from
seed, the white oak can
have dark green leaves
with rounded, blunt tips.
As the tree grows
larger and matures, the
bark takes on a coarse
texture and is light gray
in color.
With its slow to medi
um growth rate, it takes
a white oak a while to
achieve its potential
height of over a hun
dred feet. It can have a
spread of at least one-
half its height, although
a width of almost twice
the height of the tree has
been observed.
Despite a rather
depth information about
those running for office?
Currently, Ballotpe-
dia lists six Republican
congressional hopefuls
- Vivian Childs, Jeremy
Hunt, A. Wayne John
son, Richard Robertson,
Chris West, and Paul
Whitehead have all
registered to run against
Sanford Bishop.
Fortunately, we have
a site that provides resi
dents with real in-person
information about the
candidates. The Dough
erty and Lee County
GAGOP organized the
Georgia 2nd District
Congressional Forum,
recorded live in Albany
on April 23.
Didn’t catch that one?
Well, the entire forum
may now be viewed on
YouTube. Interested
parties can stream it at
lengthy list of potential
pests, a white oak can
live for up to 400 years.
The native range of the
white oak extends from
Florida to Maine.
I planted white oak
seedlings I purchased
from the Georgia For
estry Commission about
twenty to twenty-five
years ago. They have
developed somewhat
rugged bark and have
pretty foliage.
White oaks will grow
in many types of soil,
but do best in deep,
moist, well-drained, acid
soils in full sun.
White oak wood is
suitable for carving and
making baskets. White
oak wood was common
ly used to make cotton
baskets back when cot
ton was picked by hand.
For more information,
call the Lee County
Extension Office at
759-6025 or email me at
collinsd@uga.edu
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=6axykU-
cAC_8. Or, for those
who hate typing, the
link has been made
available on the Kate
Scarmalis Facebook
page.
Please check it out.
Voters can measure
for themselves what
each candidate stands
for, how each presents
his/her candidacy and
aspects of their self-pre
sentation that will not
come forth by simply
looking at preformed
campaign materials.
As a largely conser
vative county, which
characteristics interest
voters in any aspiring
candidate?
One thing for cer
tain is that an effective
office-seeker will keep
the good of all citizens
in mind, one who will
address those important
kitchen table issues that
are so dear to all of us.
A viable candidate
must take our children’s
best interests to heart.
He or she will commit
to fight to preserve the
sanctity of human life
for the unborn.
One more thing that
I look for, as do many
others, is a candidate
who has been raised to
incorporate a solid value
system and a concerted
work ethic in their char
acter, an individual who
knows what it means to
be American.
While candidates
from the Albany Con
gressional Forum each
professed to maintain
conservative values,
one man, in particular,
piqued my interest - Jer
emy Hunt.
By Harry R. Martinez,
Ph. D
Prophecy, pt. 3
During times when
nations are in turmoil
and the rattling of
sabers are heard, there
is increased interest
in Biblical prophecy.
Questions quickly arise
as to whether the world
is coming to an end.
Scripture reveals that
the destruction of world
is not in the hands of
mankind.
God Himself will
bring judgment on the
earth. John writes of
this in the Revelation of
Jesus Christ beginning
in chapter six. The dev
astation that will occur,
called Jacob’s Trouble,
will be unparalleled
in human history. Yet,
the hardness of heart in
man due to unbelief will
refuse to turn in faith
to Christ. “The rest of
mankind that were not
killed by these plagues
still did not repent of the
work of their hands; they
did not stop worship
ing demons, and idols
of gold, silver, bronze,
stone and wood — idols
that cannot see or hear
or walk. Nor did they
repent of their murders,
their magic arts, their
sexual immorality or
their thefts” (Rev 9:20-
21 NIV).
However, until that
time comes in God’s
Plan, every individual
who has placed their
Diving into the inter
net to learn more about
his background, I came
away with
even greater
esteem for
him.
Apparent
ly, I stand
in good
company
in my high
regard for
Hunt. He
has multiple
endorse
ments from
national
governmental figures,
including Mike Pompeo,
Tom Cotton, Josh Haw
ley, Karl Rove, Byron
Donalds, and Newt Gin
grich (among others).
Without a doubt,
Jeremy Hunt has gravi-
tas on a national lev
el. Impressed by this
background, I requested
and was granted an
interview with Cap
tain Hunt on May 11th.
Speaking with him was
a rare pleasure. His life,
his experience, and his
outlook hit features that
most Lee County con
servatives will appreci
ate.
First some back
ground.
A Georgia native, Jer
emy’s origins place him
in a position to see how
America has evolved
from its past, and how
individuals can have
a significant effect on
determining its future.
Born in South Georgia,
Jeremy’s grandmother’s
ancestors had been
freed slaves. In spite of
everything, she refused
to consider herself a
victim, worked hard,
and graduated from Fort
faith in Christ is a re
sistance force to Satan’s
ambition to be wor
shipped as God. Paul, in
writing to the churches
in Thessalonica, encour
aged them that, in spite
of the adverse historical
events that were occur
ring in the first century,
they were not living
in the Biblical period
called the Tribulation,
for that could not occur
until the Lord returned
and removed the Church
in rapture off the earth.
“Now we request you,
brethren, with regard to
the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and our
gathering together to
Him, that you may not
be quickly shaken from
your composure or be
disturbed either by a
spirit or a message or a
letter as if from us, to
the effect that the day
of the Lord has come.
Let no one in any way
deceive you, for it will
not come unless the
apostasy [departure/
rapture] comes first, and
the man of lawlessness
is revealed, the son of
destruction, who oppos
es and exalts himself
above every so-called
god or object of worship,
so that he takes his seat
in the temple of God,
displaying himself as
being God” (2 Thess
2:1-4 NASB).
When will Christ
remove the Church off
the earth? Scripture
Valley State University.
Hunt’s immediate fam
ily stressed selfless ser
vice to God
and country.
His par
ents, both
evangelical
ministers,
gave him
the footing
to aspire to
fulfill the
American
dream.
Given his
background,
I asked
Jeremy whether student
religious expression
should be permitted in
schools.
“Absolutely”, Hunt
replied. “ We have taken
God out of schools.
Children have become
disconnected from
their schools and their
families, leading to an
overall generational de
cline and depression in
school-aged children.”
To secure our families,
however, first, we must
find a way to secure this
country.
Hunt is no novice to
the concept of “peace
through strength”. He
cites my favorite pres
ident, Ronald Reagan,
who reminded us,
“Freedom is never more
than one generation
away from extinction.
We didn’t pass it to our
children in the blood
stream.”
One thing comes
clear, Jeremy Hunt is no
novice to foreign affairs.
During his five-plus
years of active duty
service as an intelli
gence officer, Captain
Hunt was deployed to
Ukraine.
does not set a date, but
His words are certain
... “And if [since] I go
and prepare a place for
you, I will come back
and take you to be with
me that you also may be
where I am”
(John 14:3-4
NIV). That
is the bless
ed hope
of every
believer.
However,
that Truth
presents a
dilemma for
Satan and
his agenda
to establish
a one world
global kingdom over
which he rules and is
worshipped as God. He
does not know when
Christ will return for the
Church.
Therefore, since the
birth of the Church on
Pentecost, Satan always
has prepared someone
to fulfill the role of the
lawless one. During the
twentieth century some
speculated that Hitler,
Mussolini or Stalin
would fill that role.
They did not. Howev
er, when the Body of
Christ is completed and
taken in rapture to be
forever with the Lord,
Satan’s lawless one will
be revealed. His rise to
power in the Tribulation
is prophesied in the Old
Testament... “He [an
tichrist] will confirm a
At the time, Putin had
already taken Crimea.
He planned on Hila
ry Clinton to win the
presidency and saw an
opportunity to defeat
Ukraine under her
weak leadership. When
Trump won, his strength
as commander in chief
forced Putin to draw
back.
Peace through
strength.
Hunt’s deployment
took place at an old So
viet base in Lviv, where
he was tasked to train
the Ukrainian armed
services on NATO doc
trine, and how the west
“does warfare”. Certain
ly the Army’s efforts
there have been put to
good use.
Captain Hunt learned
the ins and outs of
foreign relations from an
insider’s point of view.
From the beginning,
the measure of Jeremy
Hunt’s willingness to
serve his country is
reflected in his stellar
military record. Not
only did he graduate
from West Point with
high honors, but he was
appointed to serve as
Cadet Battalion Com
mander.
He obviously had his
eyes on the prize, from
the get-go.
Where his future takes
him from here, anything
goes.
As a leader in the next
generation of conserva
tives, we welcome him
into the fray.
First: Take down San
ford Bishop.
Kate Scarmalis, retired
and loving life, is cur
rently working on her
novel, “Tell No Tales”.
covenant with many for
one ‘seven’.
In the middle of the
‘seven’ [years], he will
put an end to sacrifice
and offering. And on a
wing [of the temple] he
will set up an
abomination
that causes
desolation,
until the
end that is
decreed is
poured out
on him” (Dan
9:27 NIV).
The demise
of the anti
christ and his
false prophet
is stated in
Scripture ... “But the
beast [antichrist] was
captured, and with him
the false prophet who
had performed the mi
raculous signs on his be
half. With these signs he
had deluded those who
had received the mark of
the beast and worshiped
his image. The two of
them were thrown alive
into the fiery lake of
burning sulfur” (Rev
19:20 NIV).
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.
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The white oak’s beautiful foliage is only one
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