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j xfr." © The l££ County Ledger Coc«OC»i&<» ■# 1 ■ I (Jour Hometown Source of Cocal flews Hometown Newspaper of Amber and Taylor Corley Volume XXIII - Number 51 Leesburg, Georgia -- August 9,2001 Fifty Cents Heritage Bank Holds Ribbon Cutting a i 111 ^ \\\\i m 5— t Leesburg Police Files Weekly Report Leesburg Police Chief Charles Moore reports that officers with the Leesburg Police Department worked cases during the past week that involved public intoxi cation, traffic violations, and vio lation of probation. Jack Alee Griffin, 66, of 128 Main Street, was charged with public intoxication by Officer David Bullington on August 6. Officer Bullington made contact with Griffin at his residence fol lowing a complaint. Griffin was intoxicated at that time and was trying to get in his vehicle to drive to the store. Griffin was advised that he was too intoxi cated to drive or walk to the store. Later Officer Bullington ob served Griffin walking west from Main Street attempting to cross the railroad tracks. He was placed under arrest for public in toxication and transported to the Lee County jail. A 12 hour hold was placed on Griffin and he was given a summons to appear in municipal court on September 18. Lawanda Ann Hall, 30, of 353 Clifford Avenue, Atlanta, was charged with traffic violations on August 5 by Captain Tim Murphy. Hall was arrested for stop sign violation and no license on person. She did not have other identification in her possession. She stated that she could not re member her driver’s license number or social security num ber. She was placed in the Lee County jail and alter posted a $140.00 cash bond. Captain Monterey Moody made a traffic stop with Lt. Mathis of the Sheriff's Depart ment assisting on August 4. A check was made of Deandrea Tyson’s license. The report on Tyson, 34, showed her license was suspended on December 23, 1998. Ms. Tyson was served for suspended license and released with a licensed driver driving the vehicle. McArthur Johnson, 37, of 124 C Kinchafoonee, Leesburg, was charged with violation of proba tion by Captain Moody on Au gust 4. Captain Moody obtained infor mation from Sgt. Johnson of the Lee County Sheriff’s Depart ment that Johnson had an active warrant for violation of proba tion. Moody observed Johnson on Highway 32 in a vehicle. He was stopped and arrested. Lt. Mathis of the sheriff’s depart ment assisted with the case. HeritageBank officially opened its new office in Leesburg this morning, a 2,200-square-foot fa cility that offers a number of new customer conveniences: three drive-thrus. one with an A TM machine; 60 safe-deposit boxes; and a night-drop depository. Located at 119 Robert B. Lee Dr. and U.S. 19, the new office replaces a mobile office that had been on the site since August 1999, when HeritageBank first came to Lee County. The Lee County Chamber Am bassadors cut the ribbon in pub lic ceremonies Thursday morn ing. Several local officials at tended, along with HeritageBank management. President Lee H. Bettis de scribed the new facility as "evi dence of our bank's commitment and growth in Leesburg and Lee County these past 24 months, and we now look for ward to in creasing our market share here to the ex tent that we will have to replace this facility with an even larger office." Three full time and one part time em ployees staff the Lee County Office. It is opened from 9 Jodi Miller and Lee Bettis a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon., Tue., Thurs., and Fri. On Wednesdays, the office opens at 9 o'clock but closes at 4. Bob Boney, Mayor of Leesburg, was appointed August 3, 2001 by Gov. Roy E. Barnes as a member of the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Pictured on the front row are Mrs. Christine Boney and their great-grandson, Korry Ryan Horne. Pictured on the back row are Mayor Boney and Gov. Barnes. Barnes Swears In Members To The State Board Of Examiners For Speech Language Pathology And Audiology 18 Additional Flooded Homes Approved For Buyout The Lee County Board of Com missioners agreed Monday night to accept a grant application from FEMA and GEMA for $1,828,212 to purchase 18 houses flooded in 1998. Lee County has already been awarded grant money to purchase 66 houses that were flooded. In March 2000, the Lee County commissioners au thorized the staff to apply to GEMA and FEMA for the pur chase of an additional 37 flooded homes. GEMA and FEMA have now awarded the county the ad ditional 1.8 million dollars to pur chase 18 of those 37 homes. The remaining homes are still being reviewed by FEMA and an an nouncement will be made later. Under the approved grant plan, FEMA will pay 75% of the cost of the houses while GEMA will pay 15%. The county will try to find funding sources to help the property owners with the remain ing ten percent. The county could contribute funds to make the new grant equal to the previous grant See County, Page 2A Governor Roy E. Barnes swore in seven members to the State Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiol ogy in a ceremony today at the State Capitol. The State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology safeguards the public health by establishing stan dards and setting guidelines of professional conduct for speech and hearing therapists. The seven members sworn in today were: Robert S. Boney Mayor, City of Leesburg (Leesburg) Albert R. Dechicchis Associate Professor, University of Georgia (Athens) Amelia Williams Hill Audiolo gist, Muscogee County School District (Columbus) Winn W. Hill Director, Colum bus Speech and Hearing Center (Columbus) Yvonne E. McNeil Speech Pa thologist, Dekalb Physical Therapy Association (Dunwoody) Margaret Ann Parker President, Speech Therapy Services, PC. (Suwanee) Alan B. Whitehouse Physician/ Partner, Augusta ENT, PC. (Au gusta) Colony Bank City President Ronnie Middlebrooks announced that the new branch on Ledo Road will be open Monday morning. Colony Bank To Open Monday On Ledo Road Ronnie L. Middlebrooks, City Doherty Duggan zrRouse Insurors Home • Auto • Business • Life/Health P.O.Box 71628 (912)888-2040 Albany, GA 31708-1628 800-628-2040 2301 Dawson Road (31707) Fax (912) 435-3036 www.ddrins.com Parks & Recreation Committee Will Meet 7:00 p.m. Thursday August 9 Admin. Bldg President of Colony Bank Lee, is pleased to announce the open ing of the newest branch of Colony Bank. The full service facility, located at 2609 Ledo Rd. will be open to the public on Monday, August 13,2001 at 9:00 am. Due to continuing growth in Lee County, Colony Bank felt it was necessary to offer its cus tomers two full service branches. The staff would like to invite everyone to come in and visit our beautiful new branch. Lobby hours at the new branch will be Mon-Fri from 9-5. The drive through hours will be extended until 6 pm Mon-Thurs., 7 pm on Fri. and Saturday 9-1. Colony Bank Lee, a subsidiary of Colony Bankcorp, Inc., posted assets of $60 million, loans of $58 million and deposits of $46 million period ending 7/31/01. Colony Bankcorp, Inc. services a fourteen county area in South Georgia through a network of twenty offices located in Lees burg, Albany, Ashburn, Broxton, Chester, Cordele, Douglas, Eastman, Fitzgerald, Moultrie, Pitts, Rochelle, Soperton, Sylvester, Tifton and Warner Robins. Colony Bank first came to the Lee County area five years ago with a loan-processing center followed by the supermarket branch inside Winn Dixie. The Leesburg full service facility opened in the fall of 1998. The tremendous growth and demand of our customers necessitated an additional full service facility. The Winn Dixie branch will close its windows 1 pm on Sat urday and will relocate to the Ledo Rd. branch. Staffing at Ledo Rd. will include two loan officers, administrative assistant, customer service representative, branch manager, head teller and three full-time tellers. The Lees burg branch will be staffed with one loan officer, assistant branch manager, administrative assis tant, head teller and two tellers. BUFFALO ROCK Lee County Parks & Recreation Fall Sports Registartion 10:00 to 12:00 Saturday August 11 in Smithville at the Depot