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Dickey Honored for Supporting Literacy. Georgia District 136 Rep. Robert Dickey
was recently honored by Georgia Adult Literacy Advocates for his support for adult
literacy programs, including Literacy Education for Adults in Peach Inc. Presenting
Rep. Dickey with a certificate of appreciation are Councilwoman Barbara Williams,
Chairwoman of the L.E.A.P. Board of Directors; and Mildred Lindsey, L.E.A.P.
Executive Director. Photo by Victor Kuikosky
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lee Ford-Faherty shows two of the arrows she might use in competition. The thinner,
lighter arrow in her left hand is for indoor competition. The thicker, heavier arrow in her
right hand has more stability for outdoor conditions. Photo by Victor Kuikosky
disability will not define me.”
She did have "a big old pity
party" right after her partial
paralysis began.
“I said, ‘there goes bungee
jumping,” Lee said with char¬
acteristic humor. She wondered
why it had happened to her. and
the answer came:
“So it wouldn’t happen to
someone else who wouldn’t be
able to handle it,” she said, I
chose to handle it.”
Lee’s situation has also been
a boon for her daughter, who
has told her mother she other¬
wise wouldn’t know what other
disabled people go through and
wouldn't understand the need
for handicapped parking spaces.
"Archery can come and go,
but my kid is awesome," Lee
said.
Lee's training and support
from her daughter paid off when
she won a spot on the USA
team and went on to win a Gold
Medal at the Para Pan American
Games in Guadalajara, Mexico
this past November.
The experience turned
surreal as victory approached.
Lee could see the scoreboard
as she shot her arrows, and
she appeared to be ahead. She
recalled thinking. ‘That’s so
wrong. I am so not winning."
She actually asked her coach
what was wrong the scoreboard
until he persuaded her she’d
won the gold.
There was method to her
madness, after all.
“I’d written it down over and
over again and made it true,”
Lee said.
She's still writing it down.
Long-range goal: Win the gold
in London. What needs to
happen: Qualify in April, which
requires living near the site for
two weeks. She also needs to
raise funds and recruit spon¬
sors; the U S Government does
not, Lee reminded her audience,
provide any financial support
one of the world’s elite archery
coaches, agreed to coach her for
free. When coach and student
discussed goals. Lee’s goal was
crystal clear: win Olympic gold.
“He saw something in me
that let him know I would keep
that commitment," Lee said.
Aside from thousands of
hours of training. Lee is a firm
believer in documentation.
“It doesn't mean anything if
you don't write it down," she
said.
She regularly writes down
three types of goals: process,
performance and outcome.
Process is what she will do; per¬
formance is “what will it look
like," or how Lee would deter¬
mine her progress; and outcome
is results, such as making the
Olympic team or winning a
medal.
Lee’s 14-year-old daughter is
her at-home coach.
“Not only does she not mind
my training but she supports it,”
Lee said. Her daughter shoots
along with her and makes
videos that she then ruthlessly
critiques.
“I really won the kid lottery
with her," Lee said.
After dinner each week
night. Lee starts shooting at
a makeshift target, purely for
form, a major factor in archery.
She drives to Kennesaw every
weekend to practice under
real-world conditions includ¬
ing “wind, cold and scorching
heat"
The training gives Lee pain
in her shoulders and beck and
Misters on her fingers, As
someone who uses a wheelchair
beyond a short distance, stand¬
ing up to shoot arrows takes
its tolL
The obvious question is:
“How do you do it?"
“I would like you to know
that my will is stronger than my
pain,” Lee said. “I am able to
overcome my challenges. My
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are presumed innocent unless
proven guilty in a court of law.
Some minor violations that do
not threaten public safety are
not included. These reports
are for the week of Feb. 20,
2012 to Feb.. 27,2012.
Byron Arrests
Alien, Jatarus Demakus.
Hampton. Ga.: Marijuana
Possession, Speeding; Brown
Phillip Thomas, Macon:
Shoplifting - Felony; Daniel.
Roy Lee, Norwood Springs Rd.,
Ft. Valley: Forgery 1st Degree.
Giving False Information.
Identity Fraud; Gess. William.
Chapman Rd..Byron:Controlled
Substance Possession; Gilliam.
Christian Diane, Pell, Ala.:
Speeding, Controlled Substance
Possession, Prescription Drug
Violation; Harris, Richie
Lamonte, Stone Mountain:
Check Fraud; Joiner, Dana
Lynn, Majestic Oak Circle.
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group picture during the February 27, 2012 meeting in the Archives Room of Trinit j
Baptist Church in Fort Valley.
Seated from left Amos Smith, Selma McKellar, Margie Ponder, John Demom
(President), Nettie Brown.
Standing from left Alphonso Vamer, Jessie O’Neal, Delia Taylor, Bettye Zachery
Barbara Latimore, Evelyn Morse, Carolyn Sampson and Julia Law
Photo taken by Janlaya Edwards
for Olympic or Paralympic ath¬
letes.
As for advice for the general
public, Lee offered this:
"Relationships determine
results," she said.
Jim White, her coach, once
worked as a human resources
manager at UPS. One of his
tasks was rounding up support
for employees interested in
sports such as the Olympics.
He eventually became a full¬
time coach, able to leverage
the relationships he’d built up.
Lee’s own relationship with
Jim wound up getting her free
coaching - it normally would
have cost her $60 an hour.
“How you treat other people,
no matter who, determines the
results around you," Lee said.
"Just a little kindness paid
forward pays off."
She’ll be working her rela¬
tionships a lot in the years to
come. Beyond London, Lee has
set her sights on the 2016 games
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where
she intends to compete on the
regular Olympic team.
But before that, she has to
recover from her most recent
back surgery last December,
another spinal fusion, She
hasthat written down, too.
Now 16th among American
women archers and 17th in the
world - "goal set, goal met"
- Lee Fbrd-Faherty is living
proof that disabilities needn’t
stop someone from dreaming,
and achieving, big.
“I’m fighting well right now,"
she said. “I do believe in the
strength I have. I am becoming
a better person.”
Her gold in London -
anybody still doubt her? - will
not be just hers but one for all
her fellow Paralympic athletes.
“The Olympics are where
heroes are made," she conclud¬
ed, “but Para is where heroes
come."
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week-long Thanksgiving
break, with students off for the
Christmas Holidays from Dec,
19, 20I2 through Jan. 7, 20I3.
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Byron: Battery Family
Violence, Terroristic Threats
and Acts. Cruelty to Children
3rd Degree - 3+ Offenses; Just,
Bobby Joe, Laurium, Mich.:
DU I- Alcohol/Con trolled
Substance in Urine/Blood;
Laster, Torrance Raymaris,
Americus, Ga.: Speeding;
Payne. Amer Lynn’Lee, Martin,
Ga.: Entering Auto; Shoats,
Tavaris Jevon, Hollywood,
Fla.: Speeding, Open Alcohol
Container. Controlled
Substance Possession;
Williams, Reginald Shatodd.
Hollywood, Fla.: Open
Alcohol Container, Controlled
Substance Possession;
Fort Valley Arrests
Gullett, Rickey Ricardo.
Conyers, Ga.: Probation
Violation - Felony. Aggravated
Assault, Robbery; harris.
Derrick Lamar, Edward
St., Ft. Valley: Criminal
Trespass, Theft by Receiving
- Misdemeanor; Lyons, Jerome
Wesley, Pecan Ave., t. Valley:
Criminal Trespass, t ruelty to
Children - 1st Degree, Probation
Violation Misdemeanor;
Perriman, Breon Raynard,
State Univ. Dr.. Ft. Valley:
Aggravated Assault, Armed
Robbery: Rainer, Latrice M.,
entire third week of February
off, as well as March 28 through
April 5. Graduation Day and
the last day of classes would be
on May 24.
Request For Proposals
The Fort Valley Housing Authority, of the City of Fort
Valley, Georgia (FTVHA) is seeking proposals from
qualified contractors to renovate the Family Investment
Center (FIC) located at 203 Hunt Street, Fort Valley, Georgia
31030. The Center serves as the multi-purpose facility utilized
by the community.
One original and two (2) copies of the proposal are
required to be submitted to Agency no later than by March 15,
12:00 noon. Please contact FTVHA by calling Eric Rumph,
Executive Director at (478-825-5056).
FTVHA is an Equal Opportunity Agency
MARCH 7,
Stone Mountain, Ga.: Open
Alcohol Container, Aggravated
Assault (Conspiracy);
Washington, Shadrick Antwan,
Roberta, Ga.: Driving While
License Suspended/Revoke -
Felony, Obstructing/Hindering
Officers;
Sheriff’s Office Arrests
Fordham. Bobby Lee,
Macon: Simple Battery, Cruelty
to Children - 3rd Degree -
3+ Offenses; Krueger.
Charles Edward, White Oak
Rd., Byron: Arrest Warrant;
Hogan. Michael Stewart, Sandy
Springs. Ga.: Theft by Taking
- Felony; Howell, Shaykele
Trania, Camp John Hope
Rd., Ft. Valley: DUI-Alcohol;
Rhodes, Anthony Douglas.
Macon: DUI-Alcohol. Driving
on Wrong Side of Street;
Richardson, Jasean Freddie,
State Univ. Dr.: DUI-Alcohol;
Wagner, Dwayne Roy, Falcon
Crest, Byron: Damaging/
Injuring/Interfering w/ Public
Utility Property;
FVSU Campus Safety:
Williams, Donterrious Antonio,
College Park. Ga.: Criminal
Trespass;
The current school year
began way back on Aug. 2.20I l
and runs through May 25. 2012.
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