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Armesha RaShande Owens
September 14,1990 - August 16, 2022
Ms. Armesha RaShande Owens passed
on Tuesday, Aug. 16,2022. A Private me
morial Service will be held for the family.
Keep the family in prayer. Freeman Fu
neral Home has charge of arrangements.
JACKS
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be done with it. It will be a
good thing for Forsyth and
Monroe County’
Jacks has 220 locations
across Alabama, Tennessee,
Georgia and Mississippi.
The menu features burgers,
fried chicken, breakfast, bis
cuits, milk shakes and other
fast food items including
french fries and soft drinks.
Jacks was founded on Nov.
21,1960, by Jack Caddell
(1927-1991) as a single
walk-up stand in Home-
wood, Ala., a suburb of
Birmingham. This location
still operates today.
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Edna A. Ginn Gordon
July 22,1925 - August 17, 2022
Forsyth - Edna Annella Ginn Gordon,
97, of Forsyth, passed away peacefully
Wednesday, Aug. 17,2022, surrounded
by family. A graveside service will be held
at 11 a.m„ Saturday, Aug. 20 at Dames
Ferry Baptist Church Cemetery with
visitation following the service. Rev. Larry
Letson will officiate.
Mrs. Gordon was preceded in death
by her parents, Martin Luther Ginn and Alta Prickett
Ginn, sister, brothers and her spouse of 75 years Clarence
Gordon.
She is survived by her daughter Marian Lewis (Joe) of
Toccoa and son Steve Gordon (Donna) of Lorsyth; many
grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a very
loving and caring grandmother all her life.
Mom would want to thank all caregiving girls from
River Place. Special thank you to Sharon Holcombe of
Eternal Hope Hospice for her love and devoted care and
attention she gave.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Angels of
Eternal Hospice, 123 North 18th Street, Griffin, GA 30223
or charity of your choice.
Please visit www.monroecoimtymemorialchapel.com to
express tributes. Monroe County Memorial Chapel has
charge of arrangements.
MP releases new parking guidelines for Game Day
MP will host its first home game on
Lriday night, and with construction of a
new concessions and restrooms taking
up space, the school put out these new
parking guidelines for Game Day at
Dan Pitts Stadium.
Reserved parking:
Reserved Passes MUST be visible.
• Enter Newton Memorial from Lee
Street.
• Take Newton Memorial into the
Reserved parking area.
• ALL cars WITHOUT reserved
passes will be redirected to South King
Street to enter the general parking area.
General Parking:
• Take Brooklyn Avenue (Hwy. 41) to
the Pine Arts Center entrance.
• Poliowing the directions of a park
ing attendant.
• Drop-offs will be allowed at the
main ticket gate area.
• General parking will be allowed at
the Monroe County Pine Arts parking
lot.
General Parking at Mary Persons
High School:
• Take South Lee Street to Montpelier
Avenue.
• Take a left on Rowland Lane
(MPHS entrance)
• Pollow the fence line to Dan Pitts
Stadium (14 mile walk)
JUST THE WAY IT IS by Sloan Oliver
August 24, 2022
Forsyth Cable
adds fiber too
While the EMCs have
been extending high
speed fiber internet to
customers in unincor
porated areas of Monroe
County, Lorsyth Cable is
doing the same for many
of its customers inside
city limits.
Lorsyth Cable had
already extended fiber
internet to most of its
business customers in
downtown Lorsyth. Now,
its crews are extending fiber internet to customers all
the way from the Todd Creek subdivision just south
of town on Hwy. 42 to the Country Club area, and
then extending down Lee Street all the way to the new
Shanes Rib Shack.
Lorsyth Cable spokesman Brandon Kelly said they’re
also running fiber to Josey Road and Reedy Creek
Road south of town, and to Smith Road, Collier Road
and Goodwyne Roads and the Orchard Ridge subdivi
sion north of town.
Lorsyth Cable now offers fiber internet to 1,500
homes in Lorsyth, said Kelly.
And Kelly notes that unlike the EMCs, which are get
ting state and federal funds to help them run fiber in
ternet, Lorsyth Cable is doing it all with its own money.
Since 1898
Call your local Monroe County representative
Scott Harrell
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or toll free: 800-551-1102
They don’t dislike us, they hate us
I f someone spits on
you, calls you horrible
names, and wants you
executed, what would
be your reaction? Would
you think they like
you? Do they want
to discuss world
events to hear what
you have to say? Or
is it more likely they
despise you, hate
you, want
nothing to do
with you, and
care noth
ing about your thoughts,
opinions or what you have
to say? I ask these questions,
not as hypotheticals; I ask
because being hated and
wanting President Trump
executed is what the Demo
crats are openly saying about
conservatives, Republicans,
and Trump. I’m not mak
ing this up. The very upper
echelons of the Democrat
Party are saying what we’ve
long suspected. They don’t
just dislike us, they hate us.
Realize this is not a recent
phenomenon, as in OMG,
they’re now calling us
names. No, the Dems’ ani
mosity toward conservatives
goes back decades (prob
ably longer). Recall in 2008,
Obama said that white,
working-class Americans
were “bitter” and “cling to
their guns and religion.”
He made that pejorative
statement to belittle those
who didn’t worship him or
didn’t get “a thrill up their
leg.” Then in 2016, Hillary
said you could put Trump
supporters into what she
called a “basket of deplo-
rables. They’re racist, sexist,
homophobic, xenophobic,
Islamophobic - you name
it.” Does that sound like
Obama or Hillary likes you
or me?
Neither Barak nor Hill
ary actually used the word
“hate” when talking about
us “flyover-country” folk
but that’s what they meant.
Both were speaking exactly
what Dems think about us
small town citizens - were
nothing but a bunch of
uneducated rural hicks,
not smart enough, elegant
or elite enough to gallivant
about seeking sybaritic
pleasures in places like NYC,
Los Angeles, Boston, or
Washington DC; and not
sophisticated (or connected)
enough to get into Yale,
Stanford, Amherst, or any of
their other snooty institutes
of indoctrination.
The question
we conservatives
often ask is why do
Obama, Hillary,
Biden, and their
millions of support
ers feel this way?
Why do they
hate conserva-
-D-&V tives, Republi
cans, and (since
2015) Donald Trump?
They’ve had their animus for
years but it’s been on steroids
since Trump came down
the escalator. The answer
is found in the Dems’ own
words - Trump is evil; he’s
Hitler; he’s an authoritar
ian; he’s a tyrant; were
deplorables; were racist; and
were sexist. Mind you, the
Dems make those claims
with zero evidence. “You’re
an authoritarian (or Hitler)
because we say you are and
that makes you contempt
ible, deplorable, and a racist.”
If someone truly believes
that another person is Hitler
(or a wannabe dictator),
what wouldn’t they do to
keep that person from being
elected? Answer - nothing.
Dems are doing, and will
do, whatever it takes to keep
conservatives (and Trump)
from elected office.
As hateful as Obama and
Hillary are of conserva
tives (and Trump), it gets
much worse. Last week,
Sam Harris, an influen
tial uber-leftist podcaster,
actually said that it’s good
the Dems conspired/stole/
rigged the 2020 election
because by so doing, they
prevented President Trump
from winning. Harris
stated the conspiracy against
Trump was completely
warranted. In a case of “we
must destroy democracy
to save democracy”, Harris
claimed Trump is horrible
and must be defeated; that
even if dead bodies (i.e.
murder victims) were found
in Biden’s basement, that
wouldn’t have been reason
enough to keep Dems from
voting for Biden. Lor Dems,
“the end justifies the means.”
Translation - every means
must be used, to include
breaking the law (such as
rigging elections), to stop
Trump. Harris admitted
that Dems fully approve of
the exact tactics and actions
they claimed Trump would
use (though he never did).
Harris said the Dems and
media ran a conspiracy to
get Biden elected but that’s
good because preventing
Trump from winning was
so necessary that any and all
means must be employed.
OK, Harris is an influen
tial, leftist philosopher, so
what? Turns out Dems agree
with him. Lirst off, NO Dem
disagreed with anything
he said or condemned his
words. Democrats have
been completely silent be
cause they agree with him.
(Remember how Dems
scream “silence is violence.”)
Second, take Edward Luce,
editor of Linancial Times,
who tweeted, “I’ve covered
extremism and violent
ideologies around the world
over my career. Have never
come across a political force
more nihilistic, dangerous
& contemptible than today’s
Republicans. Nothing
close.” Luce’s comment was
strongly supported by fellow
Leftists and Dems (I repeat
myself). As with Harris, NO
Dem disagreed with Luce.
Just to be clear, Luce is say
ing that you Trump support
ers, you who put America
first, you border enforcers,
you Christians, you 2nd
Amendment supporters,
and you supporters of law
and order are more danger
ous, and more contemptible
than A1 Qaeda (killed 3,000
people on 9/11); than ISIS
(radical Muslims who be
head Christians); than com
munist China (who released
Covid onto the world and
who holds millions of their
countrymen in gulags); than
North Korea (stockpiling
nuclear weapons); and more
dangerous than Iran (who
supports Israel’s destruction
and world-wide terrorism).
Perhaps the best proof of
the Left/Dems’ contempt
and hatred for conserva
tives comes from Michael
Hayden, retired 4-star gen
eral and former NSA and
CIA Director. In response
to Luce’s comment, Hayden
said, “I agree (with Luce).
And I was the CIA Director.”
Think about it, the former
director, of the two most
powerful intelligence agen
cies in the world, admitted
he hates Republicans; that
they are the most dangerous
and contemptible ideology
in the world. Again, not
A1 Qaeda, not communist
China, and not ISIS; it’s sup
porters of Trump, DeSantis,
and Kemp. Hayden went
even further and agreed that
Trump should receive the
same treatment (i.e. execu
tion) as did the Rosenbergs.
Hayden was one of the fif
ty-one “intel officials” who,
before the 2020 election, lied
about Hunter Biden’s laptop
by claiming the laptop was
Russian disinformation.
Hunter’s laptop contained
damning evidence against
Joe Biden; Hayden knew
it did but lied anyway.
Hayden is the epitome of a
deep-state, swamp creature.
How deep does their hatred
go? Were about to find out
because Biden, the Swamp/
Deep State, and the Dems
just authorized 87,000 more
IRS agents to show who’s
really in charge of Washing
ton. It’s not the Constitution;
and it’s not “We the People”;
it’s them, and they’re about
to prove it.
A retired Army officer,
Sloan Oliver of Bolingbroke is
a columnist for the Reporter.
Email him at sloanoliver@
earthlink.net.
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