Page 4A THE NORTH GEORGIA NEWS March 31, 2021 Opinions Everybody has one... Vietnam War Veterans Day Honest Love Commissioner’s Questions Monday, March 29, was National Vietnam War Veterans Day “Let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and County governments were originally created as administra- in the United States. It is celebrated on the 29th because it was truth. We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will as- tive divisions of the states. Each state government in the country the day the last of the troops were withdrawn in 1973. I state that sure our heart before Him” (1 Jn. 3:18-19). has designed, through its constitution and statutes, the authorities, knowing full well there were troops left behind, perhaps as casual- Kim Scott was an executive with Google and other tech and powers that counties may exercise. I often encounter people ties of war or as prisoners not yet returned to us. President Trump companies. She tells about hiring “Bob,” a likeable guy with a who want to understand more about the differences between a recognized the annual holiday in 2017 by signing this special day stellar resume. Soon it was apparent he couldn’t do the work. She County Sole Commissioner and a County Board of Commissions. into law. It is a separate holiday from and the rest of the team covered for This can become a heated discussion, Veterans Day, which is celebrated in Military Bob... for a while. She finally fired All Things but I do try to help educate our resi- Q & A November to mark the end of World him. He reacted, “Why didn’t you New dents on the advantages of the Sole from Union Musings County War I. Why do you think it took so long tell me? Why didn’t anyone tell me? Commissioner structure for county Commissioner for the VietNam troops to be celebrated Janice I thought you all cared.” It was un- leadership in Union County. – well over 40 years? Perhaps anti-war Walters- caring to let him think all is well. Wayne Q. What are County Com- Lamar sentiment, perhaps the large number of Taylor Love embraces truth, and truth Fowler missions? What do they do? Paris casualties, perhaps the large POW/MIA matters. For example, if it’s true that A. County commissions levy population – all reasons that are very hard to face. God made you, then that defines you. Truth matters because this local taxes, administer county governmental services such as pris- Starting as a civil war (is there really such a thing as a CIVIL is a sin-marred world that is good at deception. It matters because ons, courts, public health oversight, property registration, building war?) between the North and South Vietnam governments – the you cannot be anything you identify yourself to be, and you’ll code enforcement, and public works such as road maintenance and North backed by China and the Soviet Union, the South backed by ruin yourself trying. Isn’t it loving to be honest about that? paving. To effectively carry out the role of commissioner requires anti-communist allies such a Australia, New Zealand and the Unit- This might be inside baseball, but I’ve witnessed a lack of making many decisions. To make good decisions, a commissioner ed States, among others – the war ravaged on for about 20 years, loving honesty among those who claim to represent the Christian needs good information. Gathering the necessary data and statis- stemming the tide of communism in another country. Some say that worldview. Is as though they realize the message of the cross re- tics requires time by the commissioners or staff. The commissions there were communist rumblings in the region as far back as the ally is scandalous and needs softening, modernizing. perform both the executive and the legislative duties, meaning it French Colonial period in the 1800s. In the early 1900s, Ho Chi The soft line is that if you try hard to do better, that’s enacts local ordinances and administers them. The commissioners Minh was trained in the Soviet Union as an agent of Communist In- enough. Hope your good outweighs the bad. God loves you any- approve budgets, oversee spending, and hire county employees. ternational. Japan and France and Germany all had hands in trying way and knows you try. So, keep trying, Bob! The modern take While the commissioners are responsible to the voters, the du- to influence the political climate in the region for nearly 100 years. is that if you interpret the Bible the right way and account for the ties are defined and controlled by the state constitution and state I think often about the horrible welcome that the Vietnam current cultural mood, you’ll see God actually blesses what used statutes. Veterans received upon their return to the motherland. Antiwar pro- to be “sin.” Great job, Bob! Q. Describe the basic differences between a Sole Com- tests fueled dissent about the VietNam War, and that spilled over Here is some honest love. The Bible says you are a bro- missioner and a Board of Commissions organization. into anti-soldier sentiment. Those folks were only over there doing ken, lost sinner in need of a Savior. That’s the scandal. You are A. Basically, the sole commissioner form of government what was asked of them, and we so wrongly took out our frustra- not “basically good” but when God re-creates you in Christ, you has only one executive, whereas the board of commissions form tion with government policies on them. And, as with any war, the inherit His goodness. Your high calling is to live out that new has multiple members. Georgia is the only state that allows sole spoil of civilian carnage is always a factor – innocents caught in identity. Transformed by the love of Christ, you don’t excuse or commissioners. With the board of commissions structure, a coun- the crossfire. bless sin; you abandon it. You flourish as a human by believing ty is usually divided into districts with one commissioner repre- This was not only a war with bullets, it was also a mental war. what God says about you and by being reconciled to God through senting each district. Generally, Post Commissioners spend a lot Some may have heard that the Ace of Spades was often used on the Christ on His terms. Love doesn’t participate in lies and omis- of time protecting and looking after their particular district as that bodies of deceased enemy soldiers, a process that was originally a sions. It speaks the truth even when painful. is where their voters come from. A Sole Commissioner has the ad- spoof. However, by the end of the war, the Ace of Spaces had be- In the foreword to Brennan Manning’s “The Ragamuffin ditional responsibility of looking after the entire county. come synonymous with the representation of death. The Vietnam- Gospel,” Rich Mullins states the gospel of Christ as “the good Q. How many counties have Sole Commissioners? ese also have elaborate death rituals, ensuring safe passage to the news that, although the holy and all-powerful God knows we are A. Seven counties out of 159 counties have a Sole Com- See Walters-Taylor, page 5A See Fowler, page 5A See Paris, page 5A Letters to the Editor Chamber of Commerce What a great week! It’s Easter, and the Resurrection Day trees are blooming. The weather is warming, Dear Editor, and it’s time to give away the huge Easter basket As we fast forward remembering Je- gathered by all the participants in the Blairsville sus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, which Easter Bunny Shops Local Hunt. We want to brings all of mankind hope for another glori- thank Karyn Woody Real Estate for partnering with us to bring a ous day when those who have accepted Christ’s Blairsville death on the cross, His burial and His miraculous fun downtown, egg - Union resurrection from the dead will be ushered into hunt to our com- County the very throne room of God, and there we will munity. Check our Chamber remain forevermore with our Lord and Savior, website, visitblairs- President Jesus Christ. villega.com and Steve Rowe Folks, this old sinful world has no hold on facebook for more those who love God, and it sure doesn’t have any information on this and other Easter egg hunts hope for peace on earth, goodwill towards men. and which local restaurants are serving Sunday People for generations have denied the resurrec- brunch. tion of Christ and have gone out into a holding Mark your calendar for our ribbon crawl, place, until the Great White Judgment seat of April 8th when we welcome The Barn at Young Christ denies them to their face by the saddest Harris and Forget Me Not Collectibles. If you words spoken from Jesus’ mouth — Depart from love students, do not miss the chance to sign up Me, for I never knew you. for limited seating at An Evening with The Stars, As I live and breathe the word of God, I catered by LongHorn Steakhouse on April 15th am telling you all it is going to happen, just like when we honor the STAR Student and other high the Scriptures say, and no human being can turn achieving students and alumni. We want to thank the tide of what God has ordained in the age of the BRMEMC for being our presenting Spon- grace, which we are living in today. Doesn’t mat- See Chamber, page 5A ter what one thinks of what is going to take place when Christ returns to earth to gather His own Prepare for Wildfires The Mailman unto Himself. Cedar-Apple Rust I pray you will be among those who have I know it is raining again and we think My grandparents lived on a dirt road in a Cedar-apple rust is a common disease in received Christ as your Lord and Savior, so that there is no chance of anything burning, but little community called Trapptown in Northwest our area. If you have apple trees you have prob- you will be able to sing a new song in heaven events in a short dry spell a couple of weeks ago Alabama. Even when I was a young child, very ably seen it before. It is an unusual disease in with the rest of the saints of God. should have been a wake-up call of how quick little traffic passed their home, and when a car that it alternates between hosts. Let’s talk about Don’t throw your life away to ill winds of our woods can go from too wet to burn to “OH did pass it was something of interest. If I heard this disease so that you can learn how to identify deceit that Satan has been selling since the Gar- My Goodness call 911, my little leaf pile fire that a car coming down their road, I would run to the and control it. den of Eden. I left unattended for front of the house to Cedar-apple God’s word has remained faithful for over a few minutes is RC&D look and see who Around rust (CAR) is from 2,000 years and has been proved to be not only racing toward my Executive was driving by. I The Farm the Pucciniaceae trustworthy, but downright Holy and Righteous shed!” It can happen Director yearn for that lack family. Members Watching to the core. God didn’t created you to spend eter- before you can turn of traffic nowadays. of this family need and Working nity separated from Him. around and by then Frank But back then a car Mickey more than one host Jacob If I could myself save everyone, I surely it is too late to try to Riley meant the possibility Cummings to complete their Williams would, but that task belongs to the One who stop it. It is a whole of a cousin coming life cycle. Some hung upon that old rugged cross we sing about lot faster than you are! to visit, or if the car was the mailman, maybe we other diseases in this family are black stem rust and died for all sinners, that they might be set We had a couple of wildfires in Towns were about to receive a bit of interesting news. of wheat, soybean rust, and white pine blister free to live in glory with the Lord, Jesus Christ County a few weeks ago both caused by debris And I am quite sure that when my Dad was a boy, rust. Apple trees that are heavily infested with — King overall. Amen. burning at the wrong time and without proper the same was true or maybe more magnified. Be- CAR will see reduced yield and blemished fruit. Frank F. Combs equipment and NO PERMIT. This in not rocket cause in those days, they only had the newspaper It can also weaken and kill eastern red cedar is • science, you just do not burn when the conditions and radio for their news. So, when a car drove the infection is severe enough, but this is rare. Our Answer are unsafe, (wind high, humidity low, moisture down their road, everyone took notice. Red cedar is the primary alternate host for CAR. low) and you do not burn without plenty of wa- Judd Colson was a good man who deliv- On apple trees, the infection creates orange- Dear Editor, ter, proper tools, a wide cleared area, and plenty ered the mail Monday through Friday each week yellowish spots. On cedar trees, you will see ge- I believe our answer to America’s problem of help, even for a small pile of leaves. at the same time of day for years and years. Early latinous masses form that are bright orange. You is in the Bible and prayers. 2 Chronicles 7:14. The burn permit is free, and it can get you in his career he delivered the mail in a T-Model also see what are called telial horns that grow Read it, pray it and pass it on. out of a lot of trouble and expense if your fire Ford in which the heater did not work. So, on out of the mass. To me these masses look like Charlotte Thompson burns something it is not supposed to. Helicop- real cold days, my grandmother would heat up they are not from this earth. If the tree is heavily • ters and bulldozers are terribly expensive and a large rock by placing it close to their fireplace. infected it might look like little Christmas deco- Convention of States can cost you! It is a get out of jail free card so get When Judd drove up to their mailbox, Glenna rations hanging from the limbs. one even for a small fire. and her two young sons, Paul and Bud, would be These masses will start to appear on ce- Dear Editor, I know you think that you have done this waiting. They gave Judd the rock which would dar and juniper trees about seven months after There is an effort underway, and I hope the for years and never had a problem, but that first be placed on the floorboard under his feet. The infection and turn gelatinous 18 months after entire country will truly get behind it, although one that gets your house, shed, car, neighbors warm rock would keep his feet warm for an hour infection. The horns begin to appear, but if the that may be asking too much. The Founders of house, and beyond is a real bummer! And do not or two while he was on his mail route. Judd’s weather is dry, they will dry out quickly, and our Republic were so insightful as to what could forget that the fire agencies can charge you for only vice was that he loved Topp’s Sweet Snuff, then swell back out after a rain. The horns re- happen to the newly formed country that they the suppression costs and you do not even want and he was very messy with it. lease spores to infect apple trees. The masses created in the Constitution Article Five, allow- to know what a heavy lift helicopter cost! For those of you who have never seen on the cedar tree will dry up and remain on the ing the states to form a “Convention of States” So, think before you light that match ”Do snuff being used, let me describe the process. tree for about another year, but they are dead at to alter or amend the Constitution if the federal I really need to burn these leaves now or should Judd would take a pinch of snuff in one hand and that point. The spores released can only infect government became too powerful. I wait until things are right?” That decision can pull out his lower lip with the other. The pinch plants from the rose family, like apple trees, not It takes 38 states to approve Constitutional mean the difference between disaster and busi- of snuff would be placed between the gum and more cedar trees. The spores released can travel amendments without Congressional approval. ness as usual. the lower lip. As Judd grew older, he would use 2 or 3 miles on the wind to infect an apple tree. People, this may be the only hope we have to Here are some tips from NFPA Firewise so much snuff that it would leak out of the cor- When they land on an apple tree, they germinate save our country from becoming One Nation on how to prepare your home for Wildfires. Most ners of his mouth. In an effort to keep his mouth and create the orange spot. These spots release Under Government. are common sense, but we need to be reminded clean, the mailman would grab an old piece of a sticky liquid to attract insects. As the insects The 13-foot fence that was erected around sometimes to check our common sense before paper and wipe his mouth, discarding the paper. pick up the sticky liquid they transport spermatia “our” House of Representatives was put in place we take on something that might lead to disas- He tried to make sure he was presentable. Af- from one infection to the next, which fertilizes to protect less than 400 citizens, yet our south- ter. ter all, he was representing the Federal govern- the disease. The disease then grows through the ern border is so porous now that anywhere from 1. Home Ignition Zones: To increase your ment. leaf and creates new spores on the bottom side 3,000 to 5,000 illegals are crossing every day, home’s chance of surviving a wildfire, choose On a hot day in July, Columbus and Glen- that are blown back to a cedar tree to start the with estimations of up to 117,000 unaccompa- fire-resistant building materials and limit the na as well as their two boys were chopping or cycle all over again. nied children crossing by year end. The Biden amount of flammable vegetation in the three hoeing out their cotton. Granny had just left the Spraying to control this disease on cedar administration has returned to the Obama “catch home ignition zones. The zones include the Im- field to prepare dinner. Dad noticed Judd driv- trees is not recommended. CAR will rarely kill and release” policy; migrants are turning them- mediate Zone: (0 to 5 feet around the house), the ing up the road toward their house. The mailman cedar trees. You can prune out galls to slow its selves in to be bussed, at taxpayer expense and Intermediate Zone (5 to 30 feet), and the Extend- stopped and placed the mail in their mailbox. spread. If you see this disease on a cedar tree, it without any documentation, to all parts of “our” ed Zone (30 to 100 feet). Papa looked up toward the house and told his may be best simply to co-exist with the disease, country, some even testing positive for COVID- 2. Landscaping and maintenance: To two sons to run get the mail. He said, “I have as it does little damage to the cedar. On apple 19. reduce ember ignitions and fire spread, trim a few more feet of this row to finish and I’ll be trees there are some other management options. What will this do to our country? With branches that overhang the home, porch, and along directly.” It will cause apple trees to lose their leaves and total Democratic control in Washington, the al- deck and prune branches of large trees up to 6 The two cotton-headed boys raced the infects the fruit. Captan and myclobutanil can See Crawford, page 5A See Riley, page 5A See Cummings, page 5A See Williams, page 5A North Georgia News Publication No: 001505 Published since 1909 • Legal Organ of Union County Advertising, News deadlines Friday at 4 p.m. • Mail Service for all subscriptions except 30512, 30514 & 30572 - One Year $40. In county, carrier delivered subscription is $5. All subscriptions must be Kenneth West Shawn Jarrard Derek Richards Todd Forrest Lowell Nicholson paid in advance. NORTH GEORGIA NEWS is published weekly by NGN/TCH, Inc., 266 Cleveland Street, Publisher/Owner General Manager/Editor Advertising Director Sports Editor Photographer Blairsville, Georgia, 30512. 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