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Page 2A - The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, August 9, 2001
Southwestern Circuit
Superior Court Judge
Attends Judicial
Education Course
Superior Court Judge George
Peagler, of the Southwestern Cir
cuit Court, for Sumter, Lee, Stew
art. Webster. Macon, and Lee
Counties, has completed the Gen
eral Jurisdiction course held July
9-27, 2001 at The National Judi
cial College in Reno, Nevada.
General Jurisdiction is NJC's
flagship course for general juris
diction judges and is aimed at
those who are relatively new to
the bench. The course helps new
Judges to discover the processes
that work best for them and aids
them in feeling more comfortable
in the role of judge. The course
examines substantive law and
procedural issues, judicial skills,
trial techniques, and a myriad of
other topics.
Since its founding in 1963, The
National Judicial College has is
sued more than 58.000 certifi
cates of completion. Participants
are judges from all 50 states and
more than 150 foreign countries.
Alumni include U.S. Supreme
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While he missed his family,
Judge Peagler felt that the qual
ity curriculum and faculty at The
National Judicial College moti
vated him to try to positively in
fluence the judicial system in the
Southwestern Circuit and State of
Georgia.
Judge Peagler is grateful to The
National Judicial College and the
State of Georgia for the scholar
ships that allowed him to attend
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Lee County schools starts Fri
day, August 10. Leesburg Police
Chief Charles Moore reminds
motorists that traffic congestion
in downtown Leesburg will be
very heavy with parents trans
porting their children to and from
school. To aid with the traffic
flow on the first day of school,
the Leesburg Police Department
will have extra personnel on duty
to monitor and direct traffic so it
will flow smoothly.
The Leesburg police officers
Chief Charles Moore Attends Georgia Association
Of Chiefs Of Police Training Conference
As part of his continuing edu
cation and training in administra
tion of law enforcement. Chief
Moore, of the Leesburg Police
Department recently attended the
2001 Annual Summer Training
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Georgia Association of Chiefs of
Police.
This year's conference was one
of the largest ever held with heads
of law enforcement agencies
from throughout the state partici
pating in the four-day conference
that continued a long-standing
focus on resource allocation ini
tiatives. The Georgia Association
of Chiefs of Police is responsible
for the delivery of training to the
chiefs of Georgia's police depart
ments and law enforcement agen
cies. In addition to the Law En
forcement Chief Executive Train
ing for newly selected chiefs,
each chief is also mandated by
state law to obtain at least twenty
hours of continuing executive/
management training each year .
The summer training confer
ence was held in the Savannah,
July 29 through August 1,2001.
This year's theme, "Chiefs Sur
vival" covered a variety of top
ics: "Knowing your State and
remind the motorists that due to
the heavy traffic flow, they should
allow additional time to reach
their destination. Parents may use
Lovers Lane Road, Peach Street
and Starksville Street to reach the
schools and save time.
Motorist should use caution and
observe buses loading and un
loading children. Motorists
should use caution in the school
zone as the police officers will
enforce the speed limits. Chief
Moore asks parents and motorists
to work with the police officers
to make Leesburg a safe place for
the children going to and from
school.
Federal Resources". "Ethical De
cision Making for Managers",
"The Legal Do's and Don'ts of
Hiring, Firing & Discipline",
"Grant Writing", "Legislative
Updates for Managers". "Com
puter Forensics", "Georgia Medi
cal Examiners Office" and "Ad
ministrators Guide to Surviving
Natural Disasters".
Chief Moore was among more
the 450 heads of law enforcement
agencies attending the 34th An
nual Georgia Association of
Chiefs of Police Summer Train
ing Conference, Chief Charles T.
Middleton of the Blakely Police
Department, President of the
Georgia Association of Chiefs of
Police, challenged the chiefs to.
"identify and understand the vast
resources available to assist you
in maintaining the safety and se
curity of the community you
serve". He also told the chiefs to,
"prepare themselves to meet the
demands of the twenty first cen
tury and impact of technology".
From County, Page 1A
whereby the property in the new
grant pays 2.5% of fair market
value instead of ten percent.
To do this, the county would
need to contribute approximately
$188,730 either from general
funds or from the county’s
greenspace funds. According to
Randy Dowling, County Admin
istrator, GEMA was asked if
funds are available from the pre
vious grant to make up that dif
ference since the county has pur
chased only 40 of the 66 homes
that were approved for purchase.
GEMA responded that the
county’s funding for the 66
homes has almost been exhausted
due to the low cost estimates
made by GEMA.
In the previous grant, FEMA’s
grant participation rate was
75.0%. HUD’s participation rate
was 18.75%, 4.75% and property
owners’s participation rate was
2.5%. Lee County did not partici
pate in the last grant application.
The 18 houses approved for the
new GEMA property acquisition
project are located at 114
Caro winds Drive, 121 Caro winds
Drive, 132Carowinds Drive, 140
Caro winds Drive, 147 Caro winds
Drive, 159 Carowinds Drive, 165
Carowinds Drive. 113 Creekshire
Court, 264 Kinchafoonee Road,
214 Foxworth, 448 Creekside
Drive, 487 Creekside Drive, 726
Creekside Drive, 159Knollwood
Drive, 146 Carowinds Drive, 166
Knollwood Drive, 100
Creekshire Court, and 155
Knollwood Drive.
It was pointed out that this is a
voluntary program for the
homeowners. Some of the resi
dents at the meeting pointed out
the hardships faced by the adults
and children that endured the
flood. Some went through the 94
and the 98 floods. Some of the
homeowners that do not plan to
sell their houses informed the
commissioners that the value of
their homes have been impacted
from the flood buyout. The dev
astating impact of the empty lots
was emphasized by the remain
ing homeowners.
The commissioners held a pub
lic hearing during the commis
sion meeting Monday night. The
purpose of the public hearing was
to obtain comments from the pub
lic regarding the future develop
ment of four neighborhood parks,
one regional park, landscaping
the median of U.S. 19 and devel
oping the Pirate’s Cove Nature
Park. Landscaping the median of
U.S. 19 and Pirate’s Cove Nature
Park were grant funded. The com
missioners contracted with a pro
fessional park planning consult
ant to assist with developing plans
for the public parks.
Springdale Neighborhood Park
consists of 1.595 acres and lo
cated within the Springdale Sub
division on the Meadow Court
cul-de-sac. Callaway Lakes
Neighborhood Park consists of
3.368 acres and is located with the
Callaway Lakes - Pebble Ridge
Subdivisions at the intersection of
Longleaf Drive and Wiregrass
Way. North Pebble Ridge Neigh
borhood Park consists of six acres
and is located within the North
Pebble Ridge Subdivision at the
end of East Westerly Drive. Pine
Lakes Neighborhood Park con
sists of six acres and is located
within the Pine Lakes Subdivi
sion on Long Pine Drive.
Mossy Dell Regional Park con
sists of approximately 35 acres of
available land for recreational
use. It is located at the intersec
tion of Highway 32 and Mossy
Dell Road.
Pirate Cove Nature Park con
sists of 60 acres of wetland. It is
located within the Northampton
Subdivision on Northampton
Road. The U.S. 19 median land
scaping project will cover an area
from the Leesburg City Limits to
Century Road.
During the public hearing, Don
Murphy representing the
Airmasters Model Airplane Club
(AMAC), inquired if there were
any plans for flying planes at the
Mossy Dell site. Murphy, AMAC
which consist of members from
age eight to 80, wanted to know
if they might lose their site at
Mossy Dell. He then asked if the
county would provide another site
if they lost their present location.
AMAC has about 20 members
from Lee County.
Blaze Goodwin, a Lee countian,
told the commissioners that soc
cer was the number one growing
sport. He stressed the need for
district parks over neighbor hood
parks which do not have parking
facilities.
Commissioner James Mays
pointed out to the citizens in at
tendance that the University of
Georgia has a large tract of land
that would be very suitable for
recreational activities for Lee
County citizens.
Several citizens addressed the
need for security at the Pirate
Cove location. Most felt that the
parking area should be located
behind locked gates to prevent
people using the parking area at
night time.
Bo Johnson, a Lee County citi
zen, commended the efforts of the
commissioners. He said that Lee
County is turning into a city fast.
Earlene Davis explained the need
for a buffer between the parks and
the residential areas.
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